

Shows Like Bull
Dr. Jason Bull is the brilliant, brash, and charming founder of a hugely successful trial consulting firm.
Ranked by shared creators, cast, themes, genre, and network — not just generic recommendations.

Perception
Brilliant psychologist consults on criminal cases using behavioral insight - directly mirrors Bull's expert-consultant formula.

Lie to Me
Behavioral expert reads people to crack cases - same psychology-as-detective premise as Bull's jury science.

Elsbeth
Quirky legal-minded outsider uses sharp observational skills to corner criminals - similar tone, lead-driven, procedural.

Matlock
Charismatic lawyer wins cases with unconventional tactics and read-the-room intuition, in Bull's CBS procedural lane.

All Rise
Contemporary courtroom legal drama with ensemble of lawyers and judges - same legal-procedural setting.

Goliath
Lawyer-led courtroom drama with charismatic protagonist taking on big trials.

Accused
Legal/courtroom anthology focused on trials and the accused - direct genre overlap.

Law & Order
The benchmark legal procedural - cases ripped from headlines, courtroom and investigation backbone.

Medium
DA's office consultant with unique perception solves crimes - same outside-expert-helps-prosecution structure.

Diagnosis: Murder
Charismatic professional consultant solves crimes with intuition - lighter procedural cousin to Bull.

Harry Wild
Sharp expert-outsider can't resist investigating - similar consultant-meddles-in-cases vibe with comedic edge.

My Life Is Murder
Investigator with sharp insight into human nature solves cases - tonally aligned light crime drama.

Bones
Brilliant expert pairs with law enforcement; banter-driven procedural with science-meets-instinct dynamic.

Rumpole of the Bailey
Witty courtroom barrister character study - legal genre kin, classic counterpart.

Harrow
Unorthodox expert (medical examiner) solves cases - consultant-procedural feel without the courtroom focus.

A Nero Wolfe Mystery
Genius outsider detective solves seemingly impossible cases - eccentric-expert lineage.

The Good Wife
From Robert and Michelle King (Elsbeth creators) - high-end CBS legal drama centered on courtroom strategy and firm politics, the closest tonal match to Bull.

The Mentalist
Charismatic consultant uses observation and psychology to crack cases for law enforcement - the archetypal Bull-style procedural.

The Practice
David E. Kelley courtroom ensemble drama - foundational legal-procedural sibling to Bull.
How Good Is Bull?
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