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Decades before “Law & Order” premiered, there were still plenty of shows about law and order. The 1960s were awash with crime dramas, many of which have since fallen into obscurity. Now that there’s such an appetite for crime shows in the 2020s, however, why not look back to the ’60s for shows that could…

Jon Hamm has delivered some of the finest TV performances of the last couple decades. Though he made his name with his portrayal of Don Draper on “Mad Men,” Hamm has since solidified his standing as a modern small screen legend with standout performances in “Fargo,” “Your Friends & Neighbors,” and even the chilling “Black…

Joel Kinnaman has arguably been doing his best work on TV of late. His lead performance in one of the best sci-fi shows of the 2020s, Apple TV’s “For All Mankind,” is a standout, but he’s also delivered great turns in “In Treatment” Season 4 and the 2026 limited series “High Value Target: The Hunt…

Anyone who is even remotely familiar with television knows about “Breaking Bad,” “The Sopranos,” “The Wire,” and other all-time great crime dramas that changed the game. However, the genre has produced countless terrific shows that are overlooked in the grand scheme of things. Not every series can capture the wider public’s imagination, mind you, but…

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Crime dramas are a pretty fascinating TV genre, all things considered. Thanks to recent fascinations with true crime, semi-fictional and straight-up fictional crime dramas are also more popular than ever, to the point where it’s a joke that people love their “murder shows.” (I’m not kidding. “Saturday Night Live” did a whole sketch about it.) In…