Shows Like Without a Trace

Created by Hank Steinberg (same creator as Without a Trace); gripping legal drama with strong moral stakes.

Direct peer: missing persons cases as the central mission, diverse overlooked victims, procedural format with serialized drama.

FBI agent disappears and resurfaces; missing persons + FBI agent POV mirror Without a Trace's core premise closely.

FBI-led investigation into a missing/kidnapped person as the entire series premise — closest structural match in pool.

FBI agent uses psychic visions to find missing persons; same missing-persons + FBI niche, same era as source show.

Police procedural focused on unsolved/missing cases; CBS era companion show, same audience and emotional tone.

NYC FBI field office procedural by Dick Wolf; direct modern equivalent in setting, agency, and case-of-week format.

Elite FBI unit chasing dangerous subjects; procedural companion from same CBS era with strong fan crossover.

Federal law enforcement procedural launching same year; long-running CBS format twin with case-of-week FBI/federal structure.

NYC-based federal-adjacent procedural, psychological depth in tracking missing/criminal subjects, same network era.

FBI case-of-week procedural using specialist expertise to crack investigations; CBS companion show, same era audience.

FBI-partnered procedural solving cold cases via forensic specialist; same CBS/Fox procedural era, overlapping fanbase.

Consultant assists law enforcement on difficult cases; same procedural format and tonal register as Without a Trace.

FBI procedural with missing/hidden persons and criminal network arcs; shares FBI setting and investigative drama tone.

Definitive NYC crime procedural; audience crossover with Without a Trace is near-total, Dick Wolf production pedigree.

NYC-set crime procedural from same CBS era; forensic investigation of deaths that often involve missing persons.

BBC drama about a father's obsessive search for his missing son; emotionally matches Without a Trace's human stakes.

NYC homicide procedural with consultant dynamic; lighter tone but same police-procedural format and city setting.

UK cold-case investigative team drama; shares procedural DNA and missing-persons cold-case subject matter.

NYC surveillance system flags people before crimes/disappearances; thematic kin to missing-persons prevention premise.