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The Shield breaks the conventional formula of the cop genre. The series focuses on the tension between a group of corrupt but effective cops and a captain torn between bringing them down and advancing his own political ambitions.

Oz is the name on the street for the Oswald State Penitentiary. Our wheelchair-bound narrator Augustus Hill (Harold Perrineau Jr.) takes us through the wacky world of Emerald City, the experimental prison unit started by Tim McManus (Terry Kinney). There's shankin' and lovin' and cussin' and fightin' but in the end, HBO makes a damn fine prison drama. It's gritty. And there you have it.

Wayne is a gritty and sometimes bloody tale about fifteen year-old Wayne, who sets out on a dirt bike with his new crush Del to take back the 1978 Pontiac Trans Am that was stolen from his father before he died. It is Wayne and Del against the world.

A drama series featuring the character of Jack Taylor created by author Ken Bruen.

One of the most critically acclaimed shows in TV history, Homicide: Life on the Street reinvigorated a tired genre by focusing on the grueling work of solving murders instead of an endless succession of bloody crimes and car chases. Inspired by David Simon's Edgar Award-winning account of Baltimore homicide detectives and brought to television by writer Paul Attanasio and director Barry Levinson, Homicide boasted a powerhouse ensemble cast featuring Ned Beatty, Yaphet Kotto, Richard Belzer, and breakout star Andre Braugher.

Each week viewers see the gritty reality of life in a New York City Police unit as the officers go about their work with a grim determination.

In this ABC crime drama project, a fictional documentary filmmaking crew goes inside Detroit's homicide division.

With no memory of his previous life-or who replaced his head with a giant gun-Juzo Inui now scratches out a living in the dark streets of the city as a Resolver.

Experience the gritty reality of the drug world through the eyes of dealers, users, and law enforcement in this intense and gripping series. With unparalleled access to all sides of the war on drugs, Dope takes viewers on a raw and unfiltered journey. Get ready for a wild ride.

A gritty, realistic look at the life of cops in a large metropolitan city.

Southern Gothic is a gritty documentary series that explores twisting true crime stories while capturing the duplicitous characters, unique settings, and boundless mystery of the American South by utilizing the perpetually compelling way of the Southern storyteller.

When Rob Lake (Max Beesley) begins work in a maternity unit, he soon comes to suspect that his new boss, Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist Roger Hurley, may be incompetent. He tries to turn a blind eye, but one of Hurley's blunders leads to a young mother being left brain-damaged and her baby stillborn. Rob watches a fellow doctor being hounded for attempting to bring the incompetence to light, seeing the ranks of the establishment join together to protect one of their own. He realizes he must risk his career to put a stop to Hurley's negligence. Meanwhile, his passionate affair with colleague Donna leaves him alternately confused and hungry for more. This riveting medical drama series, starring Max Beesley, Keith Allen and Patrick Baladi developed a cult following with its gritty story lines and gruesome theater scenes, during its two series on BBC.

Follows stories revolving around mankind's dark nature and how far some people are willing to go to survive.

The harsh, unforgiving streets of Los Angeles are the scene of TNT's original dramatic series Wanted, a gritty, edgy crime thriller that follows a specialized team of law enforcement officers as they track down the city's 100 most wanted criminals.

Lynda La Plante presents a new way of looking at a crime drama in Trial And Retribution. Most crime dramas consist of the investigation or the trial, but the series includes the crime, investigation and the trial. The series is a gritty and serious drama that centers around the crimes, its detection and the characters who are involved in the crime and investigation.

A drama about a police squad in Glascow.

Feuds, flirtations and toilet talk go down among the incarcerated women at the Orleans Justice Center in New Orleans on this gritty reality series.

A drug dealer and a cop go head-to-head in an urban western set against the backdrop of the 2005 Paris riots.

The series is a gritty ensemble drama about the off-field lives of a group of players on a pro football team and how they deal with the pressure of being on the professional level.

McGraw Ave is a drama series which is set in one of the most notorious neighborhoods in the heart of Detroit. The main story is anchored by two men with different intentions in navigating the streets to seek dominance. The series showcases a cast of compelling characters that amplify the will to survive. The question is who will survive in the streets of McGraw Ave?