Shows Like Adam-12

Jack Webb's other LAPD procedural — same creator, same documentary-style realism, same era

Same creators (Jack Webb & Robert A. Cinader), same LA setting, same procedural format

LA-set patrol-officer procedural with two-partner format and lighthearted tone

Veteran officer trains rookies on patrol — direct spiritual successor to Adam-12's mentor/rookie dynamic

Contemporary LAPD procedural from the same era and city

1970s American police drama in the same procedural tradition

Same launch year, undercover-cop format with young officers on the LA streets

Modern LAPD patrol procedural with veteran-trains-rookie dynamic that mirrors Malloy & Reed

LAPD procedural with partnered officers, leans more detective than patrol

Realistic urban-station police drama — evolved the procedural style Adam-12 helped establish

Young-cops procedural in the post-Adam-12 patrol-officer tradition

Long-running uniformed-patrol procedural, British counterpart to Adam-12's beat-cop focus

LAPD buddy-cop procedural, more action-oriented but shares the partnered-officers core

LAPD procedural focused on detectives rather than patrol officers

LAPD procedural continuing The Closer's detective-unit format

LAPD-set procedural, but emphasis is on prosecution rather than street patrol

LAPD-set series, glossier and more action-driven than Adam-12's grounded realism

Modern LAPD detective drama, darker and serialized but shares the LA police-world setting

LAPD-set thriller with task-force focus, far from Adam-12's everyday-patrol tone