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The Most Brilliant TV Detectives
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Posted on 11/18/2018 7:23:00 AM PST by Leaning Right
Just for fun, here's a list of the top 100 TV detectives as determined by the Ranker community.
TOPICS: TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: detectives; tv
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To: yarddog
"I always liked Columbo and Peter Faulk until I heard Columbo say, “I don’t like guns”. Suddenly lost interest."
I recall one episode (could be that very same episode) in which columbo was reminded that he was required to show up at a police firing range for a regularly scheduled target practice test. He kept putting it off as he didnt want to have to shoot a gun. His supervisors were putting pressure on him to take this test. So columbo got a fellow cop to fraudulently go in his place and take the test for him.
To: yarddog
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posted on
11/18/2018 10:01:28 AM PST
by
wally_bert
(I will competently make sure the thing is done incompetently.)
To: Radagast the Fool
63
posted on
11/18/2018 10:02:29 AM PST
by
wally_bert
(I will competently make sure the thing is done incompetently.)
To: dfwgator
Tied for tops in my book.
Trust me, I know what I’m doing.
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posted on
11/18/2018 10:03:15 AM PST
by
wally_bert
(I will competently make sure the thing is done incompetently.)
To: moovova
Stavros, Crocker, Rizzo, Saperstein.
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11/18/2018 10:04:29 AM PST
by
wally_bert
(I will competently make sure the thing is done incompetently.)
To: DeFault User
No Barnaby Jones?
He was good too.
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posted on
11/18/2018 10:05:20 AM PST
by
wally_bert
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To: ArtDodger
Chief Ironside was really good.
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posted on
11/18/2018 10:06:23 AM PST
by
wally_bert
(I will competently make sure the thing is done incompetently.)
To: ArtDodger
Some of the really early OTR Dragnet shows gad Raymond Burr as Ed Backstrand, the chief.
Ironside 1.0.
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posted on
11/18/2018 10:08:03 AM PST
by
wally_bert
(I will competently make sure the thing is done incompetently.)
To: Leaning Right
Streets of San Francisco.
That was before they got covered in poo.
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posted on
11/18/2018 10:10:44 AM PST
by
Leep
(we need a Trump like leader for President 2024!)
To: Leaning Right
Banacek
McCloud
Hec Ramsey
Monk
Ironside
Rockford
Nick Slaughter
Kojak
Benton Fraser
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posted on
11/18/2018 10:11:25 AM PST
by
wally_bert
(I will competently make sure the thing is done incompetently.)
To: GSWarrior
I like Bergerac, The Sweeney, Shoestring, and both with Gene Hunt.
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posted on
11/18/2018 10:12:40 AM PST
by
wally_bert
(I will competently make sure the thing is done incompetently.)
To: Leaning Right
Few know of Sheriff Lobo.
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11/18/2018 10:15:29 AM PST
by
wally_bert
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To: catman67
The original was best in black and white.
That 90s series was ok.
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posted on
11/18/2018 10:16:30 AM PST
by
wally_bert
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To: sevlex
Honorable mention - Petrocelli.
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posted on
11/18/2018 10:20:26 AM PST
by
wally_bert
(I will competently make sure the thing is done incompetently.)
To: Leep
Lenny Murchison might be able to figure out the psychological aspects of some SF freaks.
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posted on
11/18/2018 10:24:42 AM PST
by
wally_bert
(I will competently make sure the thing is done incompetently.)
To: Leaning Right
1. Sherlock Holmes
2. Columbo
3. Adrian Monk
4. Olivia Benson
5. Fox Mulder & Dana Scully
6. Hercule Poirot
7. Leroy Jethro Gibbs
8. The Scooby Gang
9. Temperance “Bones” Brennan
10. Gil Grissom
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Wow.
Pretty much my Top Ten, though not in the order as listed.
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posted on
11/18/2018 10:30:25 AM PST
by
Notthereyet
(NotThereYet)
To: Leep
Bert D’Angelo Superstar might have flown.
An episode was a backdoor pilot.
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posted on
11/18/2018 10:31:47 AM PST
by
wally_bert
(I will competently make sure the thing is done incompetently.)
To: Leaning Right
To: sevlex
Neither is Bones. She is an anthropologist.
79
posted on
11/18/2018 11:00:51 AM PST
by
ozaukeemom
(9/11/01 Never Forget. Never.)
To: Leaning Right
Bobby Goren from Law and Order
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posted on
11/18/2018 11:05:05 AM PST
by
shotgun
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