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Criminals as Main Characters (TV)

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8.7

9.4

1. Breaking Bad (2008)

Main Crimes:

- Mass Methamphetamine Manufacture
- Drug Dealing
- Money Laundering
- Murder

707

8.6

9.4

2. The Wire (2002)

Main Crimes:

- Drug Dealing
- Organized Crime
- Murder
- Extorsion
- Corruption
- Smuggling
- Police Brutality

1402

8.4

9.1

3. Firefly (2002)

Main Crimes:

- Smuggling
- Theft

8.5

8.9

4. House of Cards (2013)

Main Crimes:

- Political Corruption
- Murder

639

8.3

8.7

5. Boardwalk Empire (2010)

Main Crimes:

- Embezzelment
- Corruption
- Murder
- Prostitution
- Organized Crime
- Bootlegging
- Electoral Fraud

386

8.3

8.6

6. Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog (2008)

Main Crimes:

- Attempted murder
- Manslaughter / Reckless Endangerment
- Organized Crime (League Or Evil)

NOTE: Super Villain

2721

8.3

7. Dexter (2006)

Main Crimes:

- Mass Murder

861

8.2

8.7

8. Mad Men (2007)

Main Crimes:

- Identity Theft
- Defector

224

8.2

8.7

9. Justified (2010)

Main Crimes:

- Incitement ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incitement )

8.2

7.7

10. Romanzo criminale - La serie (2008)

Main Crimes:

- Organized Crime
- Theft
- Murder
- Drug Dealing
- Extortion

303

8.2

8.4

11. Shameless (2011)

Main Crimes:

- Fraud
- Grand Theft Auto
- Theft
- Drug production & selling

657

8.1

8.4

12. Misfits (2009)

Thanks to Phob0s for getting them qualified!

Main Crimes:

- Manslaughter / Murder
- Vandalism

8.1

7.9

13. The Americans (2013)

Main Crimes:

- Espionage

473

8.2

8.6

14. Sons of Anarchy (2008)

Main Crimes:

- Organized Crime
- Theft
- Drug Dealing
- Extortion
- Murder

349

8.6

15. Homeland (2011)

Main Crimes:

- Treason
- Attemped Act Of Terrorism

105

8.1

7.9

16. Bates Motel (2013)

Main Crimes:

- Murder (not an spoiler, is it?)

620

8.9

17. Deadwood (2004)

Main Crimes:

- Tresspassing Indian Territories

"There´s no law in Deadwood, no law at all"

The state of lawlessness the city is in makes all the murders and extortions commited by main characters not crimes. When the city joins the Dakota Territory all that´s going to change but the series timeframe is mainly before that.

8.2

7.3

18. Shinryaku! Ika Musume (2010)

Main Crimes:

- Attempted Genocide
- Attempted Mass Slavery

173

8.2

8.4

19. Hannibal (2013)

Main Crimes:

- Murder & Cannibalism (not really a spoiler, is it?)

412

7.9

8.8

20. Black Adder Goes Forth (1989)

Main Crimes:

- Murder
- Election Fraud
- Bribing various Authorities
- State Office Abuse
- AWOL
- High Treason
- Theft
- Fraud

1473

7.9

9.2

21. Arrested Development (2003)

Main Crimes:

- Embezzelment
- Creative Accounting

173

7.8

22. Black Lagoon (2006)

Main Crimes:

- Murder
- Smuggling
- Mercenary Pirating

682

7.8

8.9

23. Oz (1997)

Main Crimes:

- Murder
- Drug Dealing
- Rape
- Prison Uprising
- Almost Every Major Criminal Offences

2330

7.8

8.5

24. Supernatural (2005)

Main Crimes:

- FBI Agent Impersonation
- Fraud

1419

7.8

9.1

25. The Sopranos (1999)

Main Crimes:

- Murder
- Drug Dealing
- Organized Crime
- Extortion

7.8

26. The Corner (2000)

Main Crimes:

- Drug Dealing
- Minor Theft

263

7.8

8.1

27. Arrow (2012)

Main Crimes:

- Vigilantism

400

7.6

8.2

28. White Collar (2009)

Main Crimes:

- Forgery
- Prison Breaking
- Theft
- Fraud / Scam

7.6

8.2

29. Hell on Wheels (2011)

Main Crimes:

- Murder
- Theft

1252

7.5

7.7

30. Weeds (2005)

Main Crimes:

- Drug Dealing
- Marihuana cultivation

3047

7.5

8.7

31. Futurama (1999)

Main Crimes:

- Theft
- Fraud
- Pillage, looting and plundering
- Reckless endangering of his pet (Fry)
- Attempted Murder

557

7.5

8.5

32. Carnivàle (2003)

Main Crimes:

- Prostitution
- Fraud (?)

163

7.6

7.4

33. Leverage (2008)

Main Crimes:

- Theft
- Black Hat Hacking (not so black, though)
- Fraud

They are supposed to be criminals more than being actual ones though.

443

7.5

8.5

34. The Shield (2002)

Main Crimes:

- Corruption
- Murder
- Forgery of Evidence

238

7.4

7.9

35. Paranoia Agent (2004)

Main Crimes:

- Vandalism
- Battery

NOTE: He´s not really the main character, though.

2577

7.3

8.5

36. Prison Break (2005)

Main Crimes:

- Prison Breaking (!)

133

7.3

7.6

37. Lupin III (1971)

Main Crimes:

- Theft

235

7.3

7.8

38. Bored to Death (2009)

Main Crimes:

- Unlicensed Private Detective

160

7.2

7.8

39. Hustle (2004)

Main Crimes:

- Theft
- Fraud

106

7.3

7.6

40. The Black Donnellys (2007)

Main Crimes:

- Theft
- Battery
- Extorsion
- Murder

1753

6.9

7.8

41. My Name Is Earl (2005)

Main Crimes:

- Vandalism
- Theft
- Almost every kind of minor misdemeanor you can think of

323

6.8

7.3

42. Big Love (2006)

Main Crimes:

- Poligamy

6.8

7.2

43. Brotherhood (2006)

Main Crimes:

- Corruption
- Murder

132

6.6

6.7

44. Hung (2009)

Main Crimes:

- Prostitution

143

6.4

7.5

45. The Riches (2007)

Main Crimes:

- Property Theft
- Identity Theft

740

5.9

6.6

46. Knight Rider (1982)

Main Crimes:

- Vigilantism: FLAG was a private organization who fighted crime without goverment approval.

6.9

47. Vegas (2012)

Main Crimes:

- Organized Crime
- Battery
- Corruption
- Murder

7.2

48. Trailer Park Boys (2001)

Disqualified

Criminals Disqualified for this list and why:

Do you have a different opinion? Tell me!

7.4

49. The Guardian (2001)

I´m pretty sure that his drug use and possession wasn´t a felony (am I wrong?). The fact that he got out with 1500 hours of community service it´s, I think, some proof.

If I´m wrong please someone tell me!

670

6.4

7.4

50. The A-Team (1983)

They were branded as War Criminals for a 'Crime They Didn´t Commit'! Some vigilantism and working as soldiers of fortune, etc. are not enough for me to include this good guys in a criminals list!

A list of TV series with criminal intent!

Some TV series are about criminal activities specifically while others only have protagonists who happen to break the law regularly, both are listed here.

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Comments

Drako Z

Posted: 10 months, 2 weeks ago at Aug 3 17:43

jajajaja Prison Break jajaj
Great List!

Phob0s

Posted: 10 months, 2 weeks ago at Aug 3 18:00

Very nice idea and i would like to argue about the misfit group, they murdered quite allot of people, you can argue that was in self defense but what is more in couple of instances after killing someone they hided there bodies by burying them in a remote place or trowing someones body in a lake and i believe that is quite a serious felony. Also in one instance they broke in someones apartment and s#%ted on a bed and i believe that can be interpreted as vandalism.

keiju

Posted: 10 months, 2 weeks ago at Aug 3 18:05

@Drako Z: Thanks man!
@Phob0s: I was dying to get Misfits in the actual list so thank you for you input. They are going down as murderers (perhaps just manslaughter) and vandals!