5 TV crime shows to watch this week (September 4-10, 2023)
Usually, September is when TV viewers are looking forward to the scores of new TV show seasons hitting the airwaves. Sadly, due to the various strikes across Hollywood, that’s not happening yet. There are limited TV crime shows to check out on broadcast networks this fall.
Thankfully, there are still a few shows to check out on streaming and cable. The pickings are a bit slimmer this week, but between some international shows and a couple of Lifetime thrillers, There are some options.
Not sure where to start? Here are five TV crime shows to watch for the week of September 4-10, 2023, and still entertain viewers!
5 TV crime shows to check out this week
The Curse
This underrated British comedy-crime series focuses on a pack of small-time crooks in the 1980s whose jobs regularly turn into disasters. To their own shock, they somehow manage to pull off the biggest gold heist in history. Season 2 now shows the gang discovering pulling off an extraordinary crime is one thing; getting away with it is something else.
The gang is hiding out in Spain, trying to lay low, only to once more get pulled into a wild crime involving the local mobs. Expect plenty of nutty antics and some fun humor in the typical heist show.
The Curse Season 2 premieres on Wednesday, Sept. 6 on BritBox.
Reporting For Duty
For some laughs with the crime, this new Brazilian comedy looks to be a nice fit. Leandro Hassum is a small-town police chief who accidentally catches a career criminal. He’s thus assigned to Rio de Janeiro, a town packed with scores of crime.
The problem: The guy barely understands police work and is totally in over his head. Yet his endearing drive for the job wins over his colleagues, who range from dedicated detectives to one trying to look younger than he is to the chef who barely cares about her job. Fans of Brooklyn Nine-Nine may find a lot to love on this show.
Reporting for Duty premieres on Wednesday, Sept. 6 on Netflix.
Burning Body
This Spanish series begins with the horrifying murder of a Barcelona policeman burned alive. As the cops investigate, they focus on two of his fellow officers who may have been hiding a lot of secrets. The series is based on a true story, emphasizing the dark tale amid the wild turns, and the Barcelona setting is an elegant one for what looks like a wicked Spanish crime show.
Burning Body premieres on Friday, Sept. 8 on Netflix.
Taken in Montana
Lifetime has been busy with stories set on camping trips from Vanished in Yosemite to Kidnapping in the Grand Canyon. Expect another spin on the formula as a family vacation in the Montana woods goes wrong when the parents vanish. Their teen daughter tries to find them but may end up trusting the wrong person for help.
Expect some wild twists in another movie that may make you rethink that next camping trip.
Taken in Montana premieres on Saturday, Sept. 9 at 8/7 on Lifetime and streams on LifetimeTV.
Danger Below Deck
Fresh off her run on Walker Independence, Katherine McNamara stars in this film (originally titled Sugar), now reworked into an LMN entry. She and Jasmine Sky Sarin play influencers who think they’ve landed a dream vacation on a cruise ship. It doesn’t take long for them to realize the cruise has a sinister purpose and must work together to escape.
McNamara should bring her usual drive and energy to spark up the film and make you miss Walker: Independence even more.
Danger Below Deck premieres on Monday, Sept. 4 at 8/7 on LMN.
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