My Favorite Action/Adventure/Mystery/Thriller TV Shows of the 90's
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- CreatorDick WolfRick EidStarsJerry OrbachJesse L. MartinDennis FarinaNew York's finest police detectives and prosecutors fight to make the city a safer place. With integrity as the guiding force from investigation to verdict, the teams weigh every perspective in their commitment to finding justice.
- CreatorSteven BochcoDavid MilchStarsDennis FranzJimmy SmitsGordon ClappDetectives from NYPD's 15th Precinct investigate homicides within their precinct.
- CreatorJohn McNamaraIvan RaimiSam RaimiStarsLinden AshbyAllison SmithBruce McCartyLorne and Max are spies in the post-Cold War age of espionage.
- CreatorJohn J. SakmarKerry LenhartStarsScott BakulaMaria BelloRoy DotriceTwo spies are recruited by an intelligence agency. They pose as a married couple Mr. and Mrs. Smith when they are on their missions.
- CreatorBrian ClemensStarsJaye GriffithsJesse BirdsallCraig McLachlanEd, Ros, Alex and Beckett form the high-tech crime fighting team who work for the mysterious, secretive Bureau 2 chief, Jan, and are only assigned the most difficult and dangerous cases.
- CreatorMax A. KellerMicheline H. KellerStarsCatherine OxenbergBrendan KellyAlison ArmitageIt is about 6 former secret agents who act as a covert agency based out of Mexico. They are undercover as bathing suit designers and models and thwart attempts to kidnap, murder and bomb all over Mexico.
- CreatorMax A. KellerMicheline H. KellerStarsAlison ArmitageMichael WorthChrista SaulsFive years after their last mission (see Acapulco H.E.A.T. (1993)), the two remaining members of the original H.E.A.T. team join a mysterious French woman and a dizzy computer whiz as for-hire undercover agents.
- CreatorJoseph MerhiRichard PepinStarsWolf LarsonSteven WilliamsRenee TenisonThe action-packed cases of two cops--one white, one Black--in Los Angeles. A wisecracking combination with plenty of action, chases, and explosions thrown in for good measure.
- CreatorChristopher CanaanLeslie GreifPaul HaggisStarsChuck NorrisClarence Gilyard Jr.Sheree J. WilsonCordell Walker and his partner, James Trivette, are Texas Rangers. They make it their business to battle crime in Dallas and all around the state of Texas.
- CreatorStephen J. CannellStarsLorenzo LamasBranscombe RichmondDon LaFontaineAfter crooked cop Lieutenant "Dutch" Dixon kills his girlfriend and frames him for murder, Reno Raines escapes from jail and goes on the run.
- CreatorBill NussStarsJim DavidsonPaula TrickeyDarlene VogelBicycle officers patrol Santa Monica, California.
- CreatorCynthia SaundersStarsAlly WalkerJulian McMahonA MartinezDr. Sam Waters is a detective with the Violent Crimes Task Force, a federal agency which often works with the FBI, ATF, and other crime-solving agencies.
- CreatorSteven Long MitchellCraig W. Van SickleStarsMichael T. WeissAndrea ParkerPatrick BauchauA specially gifted man, with the ability to instantly master any skill, escapes from a secret testing facility and travels the country taking on different jobs and helping strangers while hiding from his kidnappers.
- CreatorJoel SurnowStarsPeta WilsonDon FrancksEugene Robert GlazerA clandestine anti-terrorist organization fakes the death of a convicted murderer and trains her in the fighting skills necessary to succeed in her new job.
- CreatorCarlton CuseStarsDon JohnsonCheech MarinJodi Lyn O'KeefeA smart alecky San Francisco, California cop and his get rich quick scheme of a partner keep tabs on crime and take down the bad guys in the Bay Area.
- CreatorDan GordonRobert McCulloughGreg StrangisStarsBrad JohnsonTim AbellMelinda ClarkeIn a world where there are no obvious "bad guys", where governments engage in secret wars and illegal activities that threaten the security of every individual and nation on the planet, a group of highly trained covert military operatives have just joined forces to become Soldier of Fortune, Inc., an elite crime fighting unit. Led by retired Colonel Matt Shepherd, Soldier of Fortune, Inc. goes where our government cannot and will not venture, to protect national and international interests and to maintain the balance of power. Even in the new world order, people are still up to the same old tricks.
- CreatorMichael BerkGregory J. BonannDouglas SchwartzStarsDavid HasselhoffPamela AndersonYasmine BleethAt a Los Angeles beach, a team of lifeguards led by Lieutenant Mitch Buchannon save lives, deal with personal dramas, fight crime and participate in over the top adventures on a daily basis.
- CreatorDanny BilsonPaul De MeoStarsRichard BurgiGarett MaggartBruce A. YoungIn the jungles of Peru, the fight for survival heightened his senses. Now, Detective Jim Ellison is a sentinel in the fight for justice. Anthropologist Blair Sandburg works side by side with Jim, helping him develop these senses.
- CreatorChris CarterStarsLance HenriksenMegan GallagherTerry O'QuinnA former FBI profiler with the ability to look inside the mind of a killer begins working for the mysterious Millennium Group which investigates serial killers, conspiracies, the occult, and those obsessed with the end of the millennium.
- StarsWilliam SnowRene NaufahuRachel BlakelySouth Seas captain David Grief lives a life of danger and excitement as he and his friends face a new adventure every day.
- CreatorPeter BenchleyMalcolm MacRuryStarsC. Thomas HowellCarol AltChris William MartinA commercial aircraft crashes in the Amazon rain forest in Brazil, leaving only a handful of survivors.
- CreatorJacqueline ZambranoStarsTony CraneBarry CorbinEric GeorgeA handsome New Orleans detective and a sexy district attorney heat things up in New Orleans--The Big Easy--as the two investigate crimes in a beleaguered police department.
- StarsCameron DaddoChristina CoxRichard WaughRollie Tyler, a special effects expert, helps his detective friend solve crimes by making criminals see what they want to see. But what is real and what is illusion?
- CreatorMichael BerkGregory J. BonannDouglas SchwartzStarsHulk HoganChris LemmonCarol AltTwo former Navy Seals work as mercenaries with a high-tech boat.
- StarsSam J. JonesCaryn RichmanTed Jan RobertsThe adventures of the Johnson family. The father, Troy, is a park ranger; the mother, Jayne, is a veternarian. They live on a California ranch where they train animals for the movie business.
- CreatorCaroline GrahamStarsJohn NettlesJane WymarkBarry JacksonA veteran Detective Chief Inspector and his young Sergeant investigate murders around the regional community of Midsomer County.
- CreatorPeter HajekPeter MoserStarsGerhard ZemannHeinz WeixelbraunWolf BachofnerA recently divorced cop adopts a police dog who lost his former companion; together they solve crimes in and around Vienna.
- CreatorCarlton CuseStarsSammo Kam-Bo HungKelly HuArsenio HallA Shanghai cop who is a master of martial arts fights crime in the Los Angeles Police Department.
- StarsDavid CarradineChris PotterRichard AndersonKwai Chang Caine was a monk at a Shaolin temple, where his son Peter also lived and studied.
- CreatorDonald P. BellisarioStarsDavid James ElliottCatherine BellPatrick LabyorteauxThe cases of Harmon Rabb, former Navy fighter pilot, and his fellow lawyers of the U.S. Navy's Judge Advocate General's office.
- CreatorPhilip DeGuere Jr.StarsLorenzo LamasScott PlankDiana BartonRio and his buddy Wiley are supposedly just ordinary pilots working for the Latin American air transport company Air America. In truth, they are undercover secret agents receiving their orders directly from the State Department in Washington. As part of their duties they investigate international crime, protect witnesses, rescue people who need rescuing, and occasionally get themselves out of messes that their boss, Furman, keeps getting them into as he tries to line his own pockets.
- CreatorRob CowanDeborah PrattIrwin WinklerStarsBrooke LangtonJoseph BottomsEric SzmandaComputer programmer Angela Bennett discovers a shadowy group of cyber terrorists who completely erase her true identity. Falsely labeled a criminal, she finds herself on the run, and she'll never stop until she's got her life back.
- CreatorMichael DugganMichael M. RobinStarsEric RobertsD.B. SweeneyChristine TucciThe series revolves around Criminal Division Squad 16, part of the Los Angeles field office of the FBI.
- CreatorPaul HaggisStarsPaul GrossBeau StarrTony CraigThe adventures of an impossibly upright Royal Canadian Mounted Police constable and his American colleagues in the city of Chicago.