Playing House

A brilliant college dropout works with a hotshot lawyer at a top law firm despite the fact that he doesn't have a degree.

The versatile Tony Shalhoub starred in this weekly, hour-long mystery series as Adrian Monk, an unorthodox but undeniably brilliant San Francisco police detective. Quitting the force after the death of his wife, Monk suddenly began developing profound and bizarre obsessive-compulsive tendencies, allowing his many phobias -- including a morbid fear of heights, germs, darkness, crowds, even dairy products -- to compromise his skills as a forensic investigator. Nonetheless, Monk flourished as a private detective with the help of his live-in nurse Sharona Fleming (Bitty Schram) and the grudging assistance of his envious former SFPD superior Captain Stottlemeyer (Ted Levine). A marvelous blend of high humor and deadly seriousness (in the two-hour opener, Monk had to chase a perpetrator into the sewer system, nearly causing him to go into a hissy-fit when his immaculate wardrobe picked up a stain or two), Monk debuted with much fanfare over the USA cable network on July 12, 2002.

Self-made millionaire Todd Chrisley uses his business acumen in his home life, to the amusement and dismay of his family.

The humor-filled adventures of a detective agency run by a fake psychic and his dubious sidekick provide a refreshing take on the crime-solving genre.

A blacklisted doctor stumbles into private medical service for the rich and famous in the Hamptons.

A high-powered corporate attorney is thrust into the chaotic world of public defense after an epic fall from grace.