We discuss 10 TV shows about the FBI you must watch. Add these well-recommended and thrilling series to your watch list.
Over the years, people have been fascinated with true crime and the FBI. Any units that have to deal with criminals or the law have had so much longevity on television.
It’s interesting to see how audiences have stayed with the series for a long period of time, even though they cover the same structure every episode.
Even though the structure is fairly the same in 60-minute episodes, it’s the stories that are presented to the FBI that keep bringing people back.
The series on this list are some of the best and longest-running television series that have the FBI front and center. The stories that are explored in each episode in all of these can be traumatic and a bit graphic, but absolutely necessary viewing to understand what’s out there.
That’s the beauty of these series; it’s the simple fact that there are horrors in the world that people don’t necessarily want to face, so these series help viewers understand that their stories are not that far-fetched.
10 TV Shows about the FBI you must watch
Bones (2005)
Forensic anthropologist Dr. Temperance “Bones” Brennan and cocky FBI Special Agent Seely Booth build a team to investigate murders. Quite often, there isn’t more to examine than rotten flesh or mere bones.
Emily Deschanel and David Boeanaz have excellent chemistry and are the main reason the show went on for 12 years.
Criminal Minds (2005)
A group of criminal profilers who work for the FBI as members of its Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU) use behavioral analysis and profiling to help investigate crimes and find the suspect, known as the unsub.
This is still on television and has exceeded 10 seasons. Everyone who loves true crime watches this series, and it quickly becomes an obsession.
The Blacklist (2013)
A new FBI profiler, Elizabeth Keen, has her entire life uprooted when a mysterious criminal, Raymond Reddington, who has eluded capture for decades, turns himself in and insists on speaking only to her.
James Spader is the star of this show and has made this series worth the watch. It went on for 10 years; the final season was this year.
White Collar (2009)
If you didn’t know, Matt Bomer splashed onto the screen in this series before he was known in Magic Mike. A white-collar criminal agrees to help the FBI catch other white-collar criminals using his expertise as an art and securities thief, counterfeit, and conman.
Mindhunter (2017)
David Fincher doing anything will sell on any platform, and this series was incredible. Even though it was short-lived, nothing will prepare you for the journey this show takes you on. In the late 1970s, two FBI agents broaden the realm of criminal science by investigating the psychology behind murder and end up getting too close to real-life monsters.
The Night Agent (2023)
2023 has been a good year for Netflix, with plenty of surprises on from their television section.
Low-level FBI agent Peter Sutherland works in the basement of the White House manning a phone that never rings- until the night it does, propelling him into a conspiracy that leads all the way to the Oval Office.
Hannibal (2013)
This was a series that was cut too short and had an incredible concept. Mads Mikkelsen and Hugh Dancy’s chemistry is what drew audiences in and kept them coming back.
This explores the early relationship between renowned psychiatrist Hannibal Lecter and a young FBI criminal profiler who is haunted by his ability to empathize with serial killers.
Quantico (2015)
Before Priyanka Chopra made a name for herself and became a Jonas, she was on a killer FBI series. This one was also short-lived but had an exhilarating couple of seasons.
This series explores the lives of young FBI recruits training at the Quantico base in Virginia when one of them is suspected of being a sleeper terrorist.
Without a Trace (2002)
This is an older series that ran for seven seasons and was frankly underappreciated at the time of its run. This series explores the FBI Missing Persons Squad that finds missing people by applying advanced psychological profiling to reveal the victims’ lives.
Limitless (2015)
If you remember the film of the same name with Bradley Cooper, creator Craig Sweeny reinvents this for television and pulls on the same threads. Television episodes can pack in so much because of all the time you have, and that’s the difference when exploring this concept.
An average 28-year-old man who gains the ability to use the full extent of his brain’s capabilities is hired by the FBI as a consultant.
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