From Walter White to Tony Soprano, some of the greatest TV characters ever created — especially the antiheroes — appear in crime shows. The criminal underworld is a great vehicle for morally dubious characters, like The Wire ’s business-savvy drug dealer Stringer Bell .

This genre has also given us lovable characters on the right side of the law, like Brooklyn Nine-Nine ’s Captain Holt , and crooked cops who walk a fine line between the two, like The Shield ’s Vic Mackey. These are the greatest TV characters from the well-trodden crime genre.

Jessica Fletcher

Murder, She Wrote

Jessica peeks through a door with shock on her face in Murder, She Wrote.

The premise of Murder, She Wrote is a doozy. Jessica Fletcher is a bestselling author of mystery novels who uses her know-how

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