1974-80 NBC. James Garner. This is Jim Rockford. Tom Selleck appears twice as a private detective. Very funny. Dennis Dugan as Richie Brockelman, another private detective and a spin-off show, was also fun. There was another spin-off attempt and backdoor pilot with Lou Gossett and Isaac Hayes.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rockford_Files
1982-87 NBC. Steele watching. I have the first season on DVD and still watch random episodes from the first few seasons pretty regularly. Even better I know many more of the movie references now, when I watched in the 80s I would have seen very few of those movies.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remington_Steele
https://metv.com/lists/12-cool-hard-facts-about-remington-steele
https://screenrant.com/remington-steele-hidden-details-missed/
https://medium.com/fan-fare/how-remington-steele-ruined-me-for-adult-life-e5dffee74c0f
1985-89 ABC. I watched this when it aired. I have season one and two on DVD. I like the Herbert/Miss Dipesto episode where they are at the haunted house but the later seasons start to fall apart.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moonlighting_%28TV_series%29
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/76039/15-fast-talking-facts-about-moonlighting
1977 NBC. Anthology series. Saw this mentioned yesterday in the comments in an old post in the Kinja archive. Not to be confused with Roald Dahl's Tales of the Unexpected, which was a British show. Quite a few of the other Quinn Martin shows are already here. One or two of these is on Youtube. 8 episodes.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quinn_Martin%27s_Tales_of_the_Unexpected
1971-78 NBC.(Later ABC.) Peter Falk. Part of the NBC Mystery Movie originally. I've been watching a random Columbo lately, along with some 80s detective shows, and Dennis Dugan was on the one yesterday. I have the first four seasons on DVD.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbo
1975-76 ABC. Anthony Franciosa. Pilot and others are on Youtube. 13 episodes.
1976-77 CBS. Norman Lear. Richard Crenna, Bernadette Peters, Michael Keaton. 24 episodes. When I find something new on Youtube I will always check the channel for more good things and found some of these episodes a few months old.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All%27s_Fair
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073956/
1995 ABC. James Brolin. Post-Super Bowl slot. 13 episodes. Six unaired.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extreme_(1995_TV_series)
1981-82 CBS. Peter Cook. Butler. 20 episodes.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Two_of_Us_(1981_TV_series)
1982-83 ABC. Richard Crenna, Patty Duke. Kids played by Helen Hunt and Anthony Edwards. A couple on Youtube. 22 episodes.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It_Takes_Two_(American_TV_series)
1987-88 ABC. 14 episodes. One unaired.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Headroom_(TV_series)
https://www.avclub.com/nearly-30-years-ago-max-headroom-took-viewers-20-minut-1798268468
1977-79 ABC. I watched a few on these on Youtube. Production quality was nice. Nancy Drew was better.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hardy_Boys/Nancy_Drew_Mysteries
https://www.metv.com/lists/12-uncovered-truths-about-the-the-hardy-boys-nancy-drew-mysteries
1982-85 ABC. Came back for one season on CBS. Cop William Shatner. Ernie Anderson promos.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T._J._Hooker
https://www.metv.com/lists/10-things-you-probably-never-knew-about-tj-hooker
1975-79 ABC. Cop promos with Ernie Anderson. Huggy Bear's place has pinball and some video games later.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starsky_%26_Hutch
1978 CBS. Mark Harmon. Cop. Dog. 6 episodes.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_(1978_TV_series)
https://www.metv.com/lists/was-the-1977-78-television-season-the-worst-ever
1981-82 ABC. Robert Stack. Ernie Anderson promos. I watched one of these on Youtube at some point. 20 episodes.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strike_Force_(TV_series)
1971-72 NBC. George Kennedy. Cop/priest. Started as an Ironside spinoff. Also new on Youtube. 16 episodes.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarge_(TV_series)
I didn't use a Cop tag but I now have the majority of 70s and 80s cop shows covered too.
(edit) - Cop tag available now with 97 entries. Private Detective now up to 132.
1970-71 ABC. Burt Reynolds. Cop. A Quinn Martin Production. Norman Fell. I saw some of this when we had get-TV. Some are on Youtube but I didn't check quality. 26 episodes.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_August
1975-76 CBS. George Kennedy. Cop. Joseph Wambaugh book. New on Youtube. 23 episodes. Six unaired.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serpico_(TV_series)
1976 ABC. A Quinn Martin Production. Paul Sorvino. Tough cop. 12 episodes. One unaired.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bert_D%27Angelo/Superstar
ABC 1983-86. Stephen J. Cannell and Ernie Anderson.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardcastle_and_McCormick
1971 CBS. 13 episodes plus TV movie. Pilot movie used to be on Youtube but I don't see it now.
1987-88 CBS. Spinoff of Murder She Wrote. Jerry Orbach. Some of these are on Youtube. 17 episodes.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Law_%26_Harry_McGraw
1987-88 NBC. Stephen J. Cannell. 16 episodes. Ben Vereen as Tenspeed appears.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J.J._Starbuck
1985 ABC. Robert Wagner. Samantha Smith. 8 episodes.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lime_Street_(TV_series)
1985-89 CBS. Edward Woodward. Thrilling Detective TV timeline has this in it so I'm including it on that.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Equalizer
1972-73 NBC. Burgess Meredith, Doug McClure, Tony Franciosa, Hugh O'Brian. 23 episodes.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Search_(American_TV_series)
1973-74 ABC. Lorne Greene. Ben Murphy. Private detective. 13 episodes.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Griff_(TV_series)
1978-81 ABC. Robert Urich. This comes and goes on Youtube. Ernie Anderson is particularly good with his Vegas promos.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vegas_(1978_TV_series)
1981-83 NBC. Robert Blake. Series of three private detective TV movies.
I've now covered the majority of 70s and 80s TV detective shows. Only a few left.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Dancer
https://thrillingdetective.com/2018/09/06/television-chronological/
TV detective timeline link.
1987-88 NBC. Dennis Franz. David Milch. Pilot directed by Hal Ashby and rest of the run on Youtube. 13 episodes.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beverly_Hills_Buntz
1969-74 ABC. Anthology series. Decades has a Love, American Style all day marathon going. Bob Dishy was just on. Third time now I'm seen Bob Dishy since the Columbo episode I watched recently. Also in Barney Miller, Alice, back to back days, and now this. Proto Happy Days happened on that show too.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love,_American_Style
https://www.metv.com/lists/8-things-you-never-knew-about-love-american-style
1998 ABC. Short summer series. Elmore Leonard. I have this taped on VHS when it aired. Good show. Comes and goes on Youtube. 7 episodes.
1973-80 CBS. Quinn Martin. Airs late night on Me-TV after Mannix and Cannon. Favorite show of handyman George Utley on Newhart.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnaby_Jones
https://crimereads.com/a-short-history-of-classic-tvs-most-unusual-investigators/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ironside_(1967_TV_series)
https://www.metv.com/lists/11-things-you-never-knew-about-raymond-burrs-ironside
1987-88 CBS. Tim Reid. A couple of these are on Youtube. 22 episodes.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank%27s_Place
1992 CBS. Hanna-Barbera. John Ritter, Ed Asner, Tim Curry, Hector Elizondo, Jonathan Winters, Robert Guillaume, Buddy Hackett. I watched all of these last year. Good show. Comes and goes on Youtube. Part of several animated network shows meant to compete with The Simpsons that all tanked. 6 episodes. Three unaired.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fish_Police_(TV_series)
1986-88 NBC. Michael Mann. Dennis Farina. This is another show that comes and goes on Youtube but the FilmRise channel looks like they have the whole thing up now in good quality. You can't watch just one because it is a serial. 44 episodes.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_Story_(American_TV_series)
https://www.vulture.com/2019/03/how-michael-manns-crime-story-revolutionized-crime-dramas.html
1994-95 NBC. Dabney Coleman. Craig Bierko. I watched one of these last year. NBC Blackout Thursday promo in the header. Wiki says it was one of the highest rated shows ever to get cancelled but it did have a Seinfeld lead-in. 16 episodes.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madman_of_the_People
1976 ABC. Bill Cosby variety show. Bay City Rollers clip below. 9 episodes.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cos_(TV_series)
