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The A-Team(1983-1987)

TV-PG
| 45min per episode | Action & Adventure, Comedy, Crime
3.7/5 (with 456 votes)

A fictional group of ex-United States Army Special Forces personnel work as soldiers of fortune while on the run from the Army after being branded as war criminals for a "crime they didn't commit."

Prison Break(2005-2017)

TV-14
| 45min per episode | Action & Adventure, Crime, Drama
4.1/5 (with 2,335 votes)

Due to a political conspiracy, an innocent man is sent to death row and his only hope is his brother, who makes it his mission to deliberately get himself sent to the same prison in order to break the both of them out, from the inside out.

Alcatraz(2012)

TV-14
| 43min per episode | Mystery, Action & Adventure, Drama
3.2/5 (with 124 votes)

A unique team, consisting of a federal agent, a police officer and a conspiracy theory novelist, investigate the shocking reappearance of Alcatraz's most notorious prisoners, fifty years after they supposedly vanished.

Directed by J. J. Abrams - With Sarah Jones

The Huntress(2000-2001)

1h per episode | Drama, Crime
3.0/5 (with 2 votes)

The Huntress is an American TV series that appeared on the USA Network over subsequent summers of the 2000 and 2001 television seasons. It was inspired by a book about the real bounty hunter, Dottie Thorson, and is also a belated sequel to the 1980 Steve McQueen film, The Hunter.

Breakout Kings(2011-2012)

TV-14
| 1h per episode | Action & Adventure, Drama, Crime
3.3/5 (with 53 votes)

Driven by the fact that there are few things more dangerous than a prisoner who has just escaped, and tired of following protocol and resorting to outdated methods of law enforcement, veteran U.S. Marshals Charlie Duchamp and Ray Zancanelli are taking an unorthodox approach to their work: using former fugitives to catch fugitives.

Chase(2010-2011)

TV-14
| 42min per episode | Drama, Action & Adventure, Crime
3.5/5 (with 14 votes)

Chase is an American police procedural drama television series created by Jennifer Johnson for the NBC network. The series follows a U.S. Marshals fugitive-apprehension team, based out of Houston, Texas. Jerry Bruckheimer and Johnson serve as executive producers for the one-hour drama. The series originally aired on Mondays at 10:00 pm ET/9:00 pm CT and premiered on September 20, 2010. After the mid-season break, Chase returned on Wednesdays at 9:00 pm ET/8:00 pm CT On October 19, 2010, the network ordered a full season consisting of 22 episodes, but this order was cut to 18 in December. On February 3, 2011, the show was put on "a hiatus" with no plan regarding the remaining episodes. On April 6, 2011, NBC announced the remaining five episodes would be broadcast on Saturday nights beginning on April 23, 2011. Later the show was replaced by Harry's Law.

We Are Angels(1997)

TV-PG
| 1h 30min per episode | Comedy, Action & Adventure, Crime
3.0/5 (with 5 votes)

Bob and Joe are two prisoners locked up in the Latin American maximum security prison of Santa Consuelo. The two manage to escape during an attack by the revolutionaries commanded by Napoleon Duarte and pretend to be friars, taking refuge in the mission of San Rolando. In the mission, in which monks and Indians live in harmony, the two escapees become Father Orso and Father Zaccaria and win the affection of all.

Directed by Ruggero Deodato

Caught(2018-)

42min per episode | Crime, Drama
3.3/5 (with 5 votes)

David Slaney escapes from jail and attempts to hook up with his partner for one last deal, while evading the detective on his trail. Based on the novel by Lisa Moore.

Wanted(2005)

TV-MA
| 52min per episode | Drama
4.0/5 (with 1 vote)

Wanted was a 2005 American primetime police drama television series broadcast on the TNT network. The series was created by Louis St. Clair and Jorge Zamacona, and executive produced by Aaron Spelling, E. Duke Vincent and Jorge Zamacona.

Au nom de la loi(2005)

1h per episode | Crime, Drama
4.3/5 (with 1 vote)

Au nom de la loi is a limited-run Quebecois téléroman series on Radio-Canada, seen from September 15, 2005 to November 17, 2005. The series ran for ten episodes, running 50 minutes each episode.

Directed by Daniel Grou - With Patrick Huard, Pierre Chagnon, Mélanie Pilon, Jean Harvey, Jessica Malka, Benoît Gouin, ...

Hot Pursuit(1984-1985)

1h per episode | Drama
2.5/5 (with 2 votes)

Hot Pursuit is a short-lived American television series starring Kerrie Keane and Eric Pierpoint, which aired from September 22 to December 28, 1984 on NBC. It was written and directed by executive producer Kenneth Johnson.

Stir Crazy(1985-1986)

1h per episode | Comedy
2.5/5 (with 1 vote)

Stir Crazy is a situation comedy aired in the United States on CBS as part of its 1985 fall lineup. Stir Crazy was based on the hit 1980 film of the same name. The theme song was "Stir It Up" by Patti LaBelle.

Directed by Peter H. Hunt, Christian I. Nyby II - With Larry Riley
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Faraday and Company(1973-1974)

1h 30min per episode | Drama, Crime

Faraday & Company is an American crime drama series that aired in the 1973-1974 season. It starred Dan Dailey as Frank Faraday, a private investigator falsely accused of murdering his partner who returns to Los Angeles after 28 years of imprisonment, and James Naughton as Steve, his son who is also a private investigator.

Directed by Gary Nelson

The Fugitive(2000-2001)

TV-14
| 43min per episode | Drama, Action & Adventure, Mystery
2.8/5 (with 5 votes)

The Fugitive is a remake of the 1963 TV series of the same name that aired for one season on CBS between October 6, 2000 and May 25, 2001. It stars Tim Daly as Dr. Richard Kimble, Mykelti Williamson as lieutenant Philip Gerard, and Stephen Lang as Ben Charnquist.