Favorite TV Crime Shows

"Law & Order" debuted in 1990 and is ending its 20-season run on May 24, 2010. The original series has led to spin-offs including "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" and "Law & Order: Criminal Intent."

Take a look at some other favorite crime shows, from old standards to new favorites.

"CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" debuted in 2000 and is set in Las Vegas. There are separate "CSI" spin-offs that take place in Miami, New York and Los Angeles.

"24" debuted in November 2001 and stars Kiefer Sutherland as agent Jack Bauer, who fights threats to the country in real time.

"The Sopranos," which centered around a New Jersey family and its ties to the mafia, aired for six seasons on HBO from 1999 to 2007.

"NCIS" (which stands for Naval Criminal Investigation Service) premiered in 2003. There is also a spin-off series, "NCIS: Los Angeles."

"The Shield" premiered in 2002 and aired on FX for seven seasons. It was known for its controversial portrayal of corrupt police officers.

"The Wire" aired for five seasons, from 2002 to 2008. Each season focused on a different facet of the city of Baltimore.

Dexter, which debuted in 2006, is a crime show with a killer twist - the title character is a serial killer who works as a blood spatter analyst for the Miami Police Department.

"Monk," about a private detective with obsessive compulsive disorder, aired for eight seasons from 2002 to 2009.

"Oz," which centered around the prisoners and staff in a maximum-security prison, was the first one-hour dramatic television series to be produced by HBO. It debuted in 1997 and aired for six seasons.

"Kingpin" aired for six episodes in 2003, and revolved around a Mexican drug trafficker and his family life.

"Hill Street Blues" ran for seven seasons, from 1981 to 1987, and focused on the lives of the members of a police precinct in an unnamed city.

"NYPD Blue" debuted in 1993 and aired for 12 seasons, ending in 2005. It centered around the struggles of the fictional 15th precinct in New York.

"Homeicide: Life on the Street," which centered around a fictional Baltimore Police Department homicide unit, aired for seven seasons, from 1992 to 1999.

"Dragnet" and its main character, Sergeant Joe Friday (played by Jack Webb), originally aired from 1951-1959. A remake, also starring Webb, aired from 1967-1970. After Webb's death, two more versions were aired - one in 1998 and another in 2003.

"Murder, She Wrote" aired from 1984-1996. Angela Lansbury starred as a mystery writer whose curiosity gets her involved in murder investigations.

"Diagnosis: Murder" aired for eight seasons from 1993-2001. Dick Van Dyke starred as a medical doctor who also solved crimes.

"Columbo" aired regularly from 1971 to 1978 on NBC, and then more infrequently on ABC beginning in 1989. The most recent episode was broadcast in 2003. The episodes were all movie-length, between 70 and 100 minutes long, excluding commercials.

"Ironside," about a wheelchair-bound chief of detectives, aired from 1967 to 1975.

"Moonlighting," which starred Bruce Willis and Cybill Shepherd as private detectives, aired from 1985 to 1989.

"Perry Mason" aired from 1957 to 1966, and starred Raymond Burr as the titular character, a defense attorney who helped solve crimes. Another series starring Monte Markham as Mason ran from 1973 to 1974, and Burr returned as Mason in 30 made-for-TV movies that aired from 1985 to 1995.

"The Streets of San Francisco" aired for five seasons, from 1972 to 1977, and starred Michael Douglas and Karl Malden.

"The Mod Squad," which centered around a trio young, hip crime fighters, aired from 1968 to 1973.

"Twin Peaks" followed the investigation of the murder of the homecoming queen in the small town of the show's name. It aired for two seasons, from 1990 to 1991, and starred Kyle MacLachlan and Sheryl Lee.

"Miami Vice" starred Don Johnson and Philip Michael Thomas as two detectives working undercover in Miami. It aired for five seasons between 1984 and 1989.