Why has crime become one of the most common and favored genres in a television series?

The Blacklistis a cryptic crime series featuring Spader in one of his finest television roles to date.

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Nathan Fillion as Richard Castle and Stana Katic as Kate Beckett standing together in a police precint in Castle

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Some of the mostchilling episodes ofCriminal Mindshighlight some of the most horrifying characters on TV.

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Taron Egerton and Paul W Hauser talking in jail in Black Bird

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James Spader in The Blacklist wearing a top hat, head cocked.

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Charles, Oliver, and Mabel peek through a door on ‘Only Murders in the Building.'

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Evan Peters and Kate Winslet wearing coats, walking along side one another in ‘Mare of Easttown’.

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Viola Davis as Annalise Keating looks solemn in a courtroom on How to Get Away With Murder.

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Aaron Hotchner (Thomas Gibson) on ‘Criminal Minds.'

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Emily Deschanel as Brennan and David Boreanaz as Booth standing together in ‘Bones’

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