25 Days of Crime-mas Day 1: The crime drama Christmas countdown

"Musical Chairs" -- The NCIS team investigates the murder of a musician in the Navy's most elite band that performs at diplomatic events around the world, on NCIS, Tuesday, Nov. 19 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Pictured: Eynas Younis as Navy Senior Chief Musician Neil Farzad, Wilmer Valderrama as NCIS Special Agent Nicholas "Nick" Torres, Emily Wickerham as NCIS Special Agent Eleanor "Ellie" Bishop, Sean Murray as NCIS Special Agent Timothy McGee. Photo: Greg Gayne/CBS ©2019 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved
"Musical Chairs" -- The NCIS team investigates the murder of a musician in the Navy's most elite band that performs at diplomatic events around the world, on NCIS, Tuesday, Nov. 19 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Pictured: Eynas Younis as Navy Senior Chief Musician Neil Farzad, Wilmer Valderrama as NCIS Special Agent Nicholas "Nick" Torres, Emily Wickerham as NCIS Special Agent Eleanor "Ellie" Bishop, Sean Murray as NCIS Special Agent Timothy McGee. Photo: Greg Gayne/CBS ©2019 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved

We’re starting a Christmas countdown in the style of Freeform’s 25 Days of Christmas. Here’s a look at what to expect from the 25 Days of Crime-mas.

We’re into December and you know what that means. It’s a countdown to Christmas. To start our first year here at Precinct TV, we want to bring you the 25 Days of Crime-mas.

This is your place to come for crime drama suggestions throughout the runup to Christmas. Whether you celebrate it or not, you can join in. There will be dramas you definitely recognize and there may be some that you haven’t heard of yet. Some will have standalone cases of the week like NCIS, while others will see a season focus on one case, like Broadchurch.

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This is your first day, which is more of a day to get ready for the countdown. We’ll keep this page updated with the daily suggestions, so you can quickly find them and watch an episode or two.

There are so many crime dramas out there that we couldn’t possibly cover them all. That’s why we want to bring a good mixture of content. There will be British TV crime dramas, shows from the past, and ones that are currently on the air that you may have missed.

In many cases, you’ll need a streaming service to be able to watch the shows. However, most of them are also available to purchase on DVD or Blu-ray or you can get the Digital copies so you can stream right away on the day.

Are you ready to countdown Christmas with us? Tune in for Day 2, which will be the most popular TV crime drama in the United States.

25 Days of Crime-mas:

Day 1: Introduction into the countdown to Christmas

Day 2: NCIS

Day 3: Midsomer Murders

Day 4: CSI

Day 5: Law & Order

Day 6: Ripper Street

Day 7: Line of Duty

Day 8: Murdoch Mysteries

Day 9: Law and Order UK

Day 10: Keeping Faith

Day 11: Life on Mars (UK)

Day 12: Shetland

Day 13: The Chicago Code

Day 14: Marcella

Day 15: Homicide: Life on the Street

Day 16: The Fall

Day 17: Waking the Dead

Day 18: Bones

Day 19: Cold Case

Day 20: Criminal Minds

Day 21: City Homicide

Day 22: The Missing

Day 23: White Collar

Day 24: Dexter

Day 25: Motive

What are you watching in the runup to Christmas? What’s your favorite TV crime drama? Share in the comments below.

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