Shows Like Mannix

Quintessential LA private investigator series, contemporary peer to Mannix with same lone-PI premise, urban setting, and case-of-the-week format.

CBS LA private investigator series airing parallel to Mannix; same network, era, and tough-PI formula.

Direct successor to the lone-wolf PI formula Mannix established; charismatic lead, episodic cases, action-driven investigations.

Classic detective-agency PI drama with the same case-of-the-week structure and tonal mix of action and character work.

LA-area detective agency run by ex-soldiers; shares Mannix's PI/military-veteran investigator DNA.

Direct stylistic predecessor: LA private detectives, glamorous Sunset Strip setting, the template Mannix updated for the late 60s.

Same era's suave action-investigator format with mystery-of-the-week structure that Mannix viewers gravitated toward.

Co-created by Mannix's creators Levinson and Link; same era detective mystery with iconic lead investigator.

Levinson and Link detective series from the same period; classic whodunit format that complements Mannix's mystery roots.

Detective-agency premise with PI cases; lighter tone but core formula is the LA-style investigation series Mannix popularized.

PI-and-prosecutor crime procedural with classic CBS detective sensibility carrying Mannix's lineage forward.

Action-driven crime drama with case-of-the-week format and an investigator-and-sidekick dynamic in Mannix's tradition.

Contemporary LA-set crime drama with action-heavy investigation; appeals to the same Mannix audience even as cops rather than PIs.

LAPD detective drama in the gritty Mannix mold; tough lead, action sequences, episodic cases.

Levinson and Link mystery series; cozier tone but same case-of-the-week sleuthing structure.

LA-set undercover police drama from Mannix's run; shares era, city, and investigative beats.

Gritty 70s crime drama contemporary to Mannix with hard-edged investigators tackling weekly cases.

60s action-investigator series; spy rather than PI but shares the lone-operative-on-cases template.

Charismatic lead investigator, signature car, and case-of-the-week format extend the Mannix sensibility into the 90s.

80s spy/investigation drama with episodic cases; lighter tone but appeals to classic-procedural fans.