2026 is looking like a great year for crime show fans. These are the new shows to get us excited!
Every year brings a bevy of amazing crime shows to TV. Some have been built up for a while and become huge, while others come virtually out of nowhere to become sensations such as Adolescence.
2026 looks to be the same as between the networks and streamers, there will be plenty of series to binge for crime buffs. These are the top 20 crime TV shows to look forward to in the next 12 months to keep us majorly entertained.
We're only looking at new shows coming to our screens in 2026. We have a whole different list for the returning shows!
Run Away (Netflix, January 1)
If it’s New Year’s Day, that means just one thing: A Netflix Harlan Coben adaptation. James Nesbitt plays a father searching for his runaway daughter on Run Away. Finding her with a drug dealer, things escalate and plunge Nesbitt into a dark turn that may reveal secrets behind his seemingly perfect family facade.
The eight-episode series promises all the thrills and twists fans of Coben have come to love and proves how Netflix always does justice to this master storyteller.
His & Hers (Netflix, January 8)
Another dark thriller, this six-episode series from acclaimed filmmaker William Oldroyd adapts the novel by Alice Feeney. It uses the classic “small town with secrets” motif, set in the sweltering Southern U.S.. Tessa Thompson is a jaded TV reporter who hears of a mysterious murder in her hometown outside of Atlanta.
Heading home, she reconnects with her estranged family and friends while the local detective (Jon Bernthal), who's also her distant husband, is suspicious of her motives. His & Hers promises to explore the roots of Gothic horror alongside some intriguing characters to be a must-watch.
Agatha Christie’s Seven Dials (Netflix, January 15)
Any show based on the greatest mystery writer of all time is a must-watch. This three-part Netflix series adapts one of Christie’s less famous works, coming from Broadchurch and Doctor Who producer Chris Chiball. When a local high-society ball ends in a shocking death, an unlikely noblewoman turned sleuth (Mia McKenna-Bruce) tries to figure out who did it.
The excellent supporting cast includes Helena Bonham Carter and Martin Freeman with a script promising to be more light-hearted than most of Christie’s fare. Perhaps Seven Dials will finally get its due and prove how Christie remains the master of mystery.
The Beauty (FX/Hulu January 21)
Ryan Murphy may be hit and miss to many viewers, yet no one else puts out shows like The Beauty. It starts as a standard thriller as two FBI agents (Evan Peters and Rebecca Hall) investigate the sudden rash of deaths of supermodels.
That’s caused by a tech billionaire (Ashton Kutcher) who’s crafted a drug that can turn people into physical perfection…for a terrible price. Between the cast, the original concept and Murphy’s well-earned reputation for shocking television, this could become a sleeper show to check out for crime buffs.
Steal (Prime Video, January 24)
Sophie Turner of Game of Thrones fame headlines the six-part British series Steal. She’s an everyday worker at a London retirement investment firm when a pack of thieves storms the place. They hold everyone hostage as they’re after billions of pounds in the pensions of ordinary people.
While Turner tries to survive the ordeal, a detective seeks to uncover what the thieves are really after. It looks like a mix of Die Hard and Ocean’s 11 and Turner’s star power should make this a good six-episode watch when it drops.
Memory of a Killer (Fox, January 25)
Patrick Dempsey returns to television in a role as far away from McDreamy as possible. On Memory of a Killer, he plays a professional assassin who hides behind the guise of a normal family man. Both lives are upended when he discovers he has early on-set Alzheimer's.
As his memory starts to blur and his future is uncertain, Dempsey has to pull off one more job for his family while worrying about his mob bosses wanting to silence him. Dempsey’s star power pushes the drama, which seeks to balance intriguing turns with brutal crimes for a show to remember.
How to Get To Heaven From Belfast (Netflix, February 1)
From the creator of the beloved Irish comedy Derry Girls comes a likewise comic-filled take on the standard plot of old secrets coming to life. Roísín Gallagher, Sinéad Keenan, and Caoilfhionn Dunne are three lifelong friends who still hang together even as each faces the problems of being in their 30s on How to Get to Heaven from Belfast.
When they get an email about the death of a former member of their group, they’re soon on a quest across Northern Ireland for answers, leading to some long-held issues coming to life. The show promises to balance the crime with wonderful humor and female bonding to be a good take on the crime dramedy.
The ‘Burbs (Peacock, February 8)
The cult 1989 Tom Hanks movie, The 'Burbs, is the latest to get a TV adaptation, courtesy of Peacock. Keke Palmer is a young woman who relocates with her husband to a seemingly picture-perfect neighborhood. When a new neighbor moves in, their presence creates friction that soon leads Palmer to discover just how dirty her “perfect” neighborhood is.
The series has a good cast, including Julia Duffy and Paula Pell and expands on the movie’s plotline. It appears to follow Peacock’s trend of mysteries with dark comedy mixed in and hopefully lives up to the original film well.
CIA (CBS, February 23)
The new FBI spin-off, CIA has had a (to be diplomatic) messy production. It’s now set to debut at mid-season, promising some exciting action revolving around a joint CIA-FBI unit in New York City. Tom Ellis is the rough and tumble maverick CIA operative partnered with Nick Gehlfuss as a by-the-book FBI agent.
The two have to overcome differences to track terrorists, spies, criminals and other threats across New York. Hopefully, the series can overcome its backstage drama to become a worthy entry into the FBI universe and another hit for CBS.
Y: Marshals (CBS, March 1)
The hit Yellowstone franchise comes to network TV in a way few expected with Y: Marshals. Luke Grimes reprises his role as Kayce Dutton, who’s given up his family’s uber wealth to become a U.S. Marshal in Montana. The series likely plays on the former Navy SEAL bringing a literal cowboy style to the Marshals, working with a unit of agents while also handling his family life.
Seeing the character mellowed for network television may be tricky yet the show has a good appeal. The Yellowstone audience will be coming in, while newbies can still enjoy a frontier take on the CBS procedural.
Young Sherlock (Prime Video, March 1)
As if the airwaves weren’t crowded with enough Sherlock Holmes series, here comes one more. Loosely based on the 1985 movie of the same name, Hero Fiennes Tiffin plays Sherlock as a young student who’s pulled into his first case investigating a murder at Oxford.
That will have Holmes use his newfound deductive skills and his first clash with future arch-foe Moriarty. It does have a fun vibe in the trailers and proves there’s no limit to how many adaptations of the iconic detective can be on TV.
Jo Nesbo’s Detective Hole (Netflix, March 26)
One of the greatest Norwegian detective series is finally getting its own TV adaptation (let’s all forget 2017’s terrible The Snowman movie). Netflix produces the Nordic series, Detective Hole, starring Tobias Santelmann as Harry Hole, a very troubled yet brilliant Oslo detective investigating a serial killer plaguing the city.
That brings him into conflict with corrupt cop Tom Waaler (Joel Kinnaman) as the pair are more interested in bringing each other down than stopping the killer. This could kick off a new series franchise for Netflix and long past time Hole got the spotlight as one of the top stars of the Nordic detective genre.
Spider-Noir (MGM+, Release date TBA)
Nicolas Cage is no stranger to bizarre roles, so it’s no wonder his leading TV series debut is going to be nutty. Cage reprises his voice role from Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse as Spider-Noir, the Spider-Man of an alternate world still in the 1930s.
Yep, it’s live-action with Cage in full costume with superpowers solving crimes. That alone is a reason to watch, and that’s without being filmed in black and white and connections to the comics. If anyone makes it work, it’s Cage for the most outlandish crime show on TV this year.
The Savant (Apple TV+, Release date TBA)
The Savant should have been wrapping up its first season by the end of 2025. It boasted a big star in Oscar-winning Jessica Chastain and a strong plotline of her as a suburban mom who moonlights going undercover in radical group chatrooms to uncover possible threats.
The show was pulled from Apple’s schedule just before it was to air due to concerns about the political content. Hopefully, things can settle down to allow it to air after all, as it would be a powerful story and The Savant will be on sometime in 2026.
Trinity (Netflix, release date TBA)
Netflix has a niche for political-themed spy dramas and Trinity is ready to follow that path. The upcoming series stars Gugu Mbatha-Raw as a Navy hero who becomes involved with the Secretary of Defense (Richard Madden). However, her suspicions about his true nature lead her to a dangerous conspiracy that could topple the government.
Oscar winner Marcia Gay Harden plays a CEO who may be behind the plot in a series that promises top-notch action, romance and personal drama to be another fine Netflix thriller.
RJ Decker (ABC, Premiere date TBA)
ABC is stepping up the procedural game by picking up RJ Decker, set to debut sometime in 2026. It’s based on the novels by acclaimed writer Carl Hiaasen that always offer wild tales of criminals in Florida.
Scott Speedman plays the title role of an ex-con/disgraced journalist now trying to make a living as a private eye. He’s soon figuring out strange cases with aid from his ex-girlfriend, her police detective wife and a woman from his own past. With Speedman a great actor and the exotic Florida locales, this may be a surprise hit from ABC.
The Undertow (Netflix, release date TBA)
What’s better than one great Jamie Dornan performance? Two of them. The British star pulls double duty in this adaptation of a Nordic series as identical twins buttoned-up Adam and free-living Lee. Adam is stuck in a loveless marriage with his wife Nicola (Mackenzie Davis), who accidentally kills him.
To keep her kids safe, Nicola convinces Lee to take over his brother’s identity, with the pair trying to maintain the ruse to everyone. The Undertow will make a few differences from the original series while playing on the issues of identity and Dornan’s dual performance should be a highlight.
Anna Pigeon (USA Network, premiere date TBA)
It’s welcome news to see USA Network getting back into the scripted show game and picking a good property for its next series. Based on Nevada Barr's novels, Tracy Spiridakos of Chicago PD plays the title role of a former city cop turned park ranger.
As she copes with the tragedy that changed her life, Anna investigates various crimes across a huge forest range that uncover some twisted criminals. With 19 novels in the Anna Pigeon series, there’s plenty of material to draw from, and Spiridakos knows how to handle the lead in a crime drama. Whenever it arrives, this will be a nice throwback to USA Network’s “Blue Sky” era.
Eve Ronin (Prime Video, release date TBA)
Fresh off the end of Bosch: Legacy, Madison Lintz is taking up the lead in another crime show based on a popular series of novels. Lee Goldberg’s series, Eve Ronin, will star Lintz as the titular character, whose arrest of a movie star leads her to become Los Angeles’s youngest homicide detective.
Eve will have to win the respect of her fellow officers as she investigates murders around the City of Angels. With Lintz’s great appeal and an established heroine, this can be a worthy successor to Bosch.
I Will Find You (Netflix, release date TBA)
To bring the list full circle is another Harlan Coben Netflix adaptation that looks like a mix of The Fugitive and Taken. Sam Worthington is a man imprisoned for the murder of his son, which he’s long claimed to be innocent of. When he receives evidence that the boy could be alive, Worthington breaks out of jail to find out the truth.
I Will Find You will focus on the man’s hunt for answers while trying to evade the authorities, a fantastic mix of action and drama that’s perfect for Coben fans. If this ends up closing out 2026 crime TV, it’d be a worthy conclusion.
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