Shows Like Murdoch Mysteries

Period-set procedural with a forensically-minded lead solving small-town murders, near-identical tone and structure to Murdoch.

Direct CBC sister show set in 1920s Toronto with crossover characters and the same cozy period-detective DNA.

Classic period detective procedural with the same comforting, episodic, clue-driven tone Murdoch fans love.

Victorian-era detective using observation and forensics, the closest tonal sibling to Murdoch's Holmes-flavored cases.

Victorian-era detective agency procedural with witty banter, romance, and progressive gender dynamics mirroring Murdoch.

Same Victorian-era forensic-policing premise but considerably darker and grittier than Murdoch's lighter tone.

1890s detectives pioneering forensic and psychological investigation, premise twin to Murdoch but darker in execution.

British class-conscious detective duo procedural with the same cozy whodunit cadence.

Long-running British detective procedural with a moral, instinct-driven lead and episodic murder cases.

Holmes-derived deductive detective fiction sharing Murdoch's love of cleverness, though modernized and more stylized.

Literary British police-detective procedural with measured pacing and period flavor close to Murdoch.

Christie-style period whodunit with amateur-sleuth banter that suits Murdoch's cozy register.

Character-driven detective novel adaptation with strong partner dynamic, but contemporary and grittier.

Late-19th-century Canadian period drama shares the era and warmth, though it's not a mystery procedural.

Canadian episodic detective procedural with a light tone, but contemporary and dog-driven rather than period.

Canadian detective drama with strong investigative core, though darker and more serialized than Murdoch.

Light Toronto-set PI procedural with banter and romance, similar mood but contemporary.

Toronto-set crime drama centered on a coroner, thematic nod to Dr. Ogden but contemporary and more somber.

Canadian howcatchem procedural shares the case-of-the-week comfort but lacks period setting.

Cozy period-set amateur-detective procedural with episodic murders and gentle moralism, one of the closest tonal matches to Murdoch.

1920s period detective procedural with a charismatic lead, witty romance, and progressive heroine — a textbook Murdoch peer.

1950s small-town period whodunit with vicar-detective duo, sharing Murdoch's warm episodic mystery formula.