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- CreatorTodd KatzbergKen RobinsonJason SmilovicStarsMax IronsKristen HagerBob BalabanA brilliant, young, idealistic CIA analyst finds himself in the middle of a conspiracy that kills everyone else at his office. Can he, with no field experience, stay alive long enough to get to the bottom of it?
- CreatorOlen SteinhauerStarsLeland OrserMichelle ForbesMina TanderFollows a CIA team in Berlin and their clandestine activities.
- CreatorMatthew ParkhillSimon MaxwellStarsJoe DempsieKarima McAdamsAnastasia GriffithWhat happens when a man who believes he has retired from MI6 is called back to do one more job to regain his life, only to discover that this job may mean he has no life to go back to.
- StarsSimon MacCorkindaleChristopher PlummerTom KneeboneAfter his wife is killed in a terrorist operation, international industrialist Alexander Addington assembles a private team of troubleshooters to help combat terrorism around the world.
- CreatorDavid WolstencroftStarsPeter FirthHugh SimonNicola WalkerThe missions of MI-5, the UK's domestic intelligence organization.
- CreatorJohn FoxJohn RogersStarsPhilip WinchesterDamon GuptonWesley SnipesA former intelligence and FBI officer, who now works as a security expert in Las Vegas, is recruited by mysterious pit boss Mr. Johnson to, based on his tips, try to prevent crimes, while the rich place bets on his chances of success.
- CreatorBruce GellerStarsPeter GravesBarbara BainGreg MorrisAn elite covert operations unit carries out highly sensitive missions subject to official denial in the event of failure, death or capture.
- CreatorJoseph WeisbergStarsKeri RussellMatthew RhysKeidrich SellatiAt the height of the Cold War, two Russian agents pose as the average American couple, complete with family.
- CreatorJoel SurnowStarsPeta WilsonDon FrancksEugene Robert GlazerA clandestine anti-terrorist organization fakes the death of a convicted murderer and trains her in the fighting skills necessary to succeed in her new job.
- CreatorCraig SilversteinStarsMaggie QShane WestLyndsy FonsecaA rogue assassin returns to take down the secret organization that trained her.
- CreatorAaron SorkinStarsMartin SheenRob LoweAllison JanneyInside the lives of staffers in the West Wing of the White House.
- CreatorBarbara HallStarsTéa LeoniTim DalyErich BergenA political drama which looks into the life of the Secretary of State as she tries to balance work with family.
- CreatorDavid GuggenheimStarsKiefer SutherlandAdan CantoItalia RicciA low-level Cabinet member becomes President of the United States after a catastrophic attack kills everyone above him in the line of succession.
- CreatorIzhar HarlevUri LevronDaniel SyrkinStarsYehuda LeviLiron VaismanHana LasloThe hamidrasha is a drama thriller TV series about the Israeli secret service spy's academy.
- CreatorAvi IssacharoffLior RazStarsLior RazItzik CohenNeta GartyThe human stories on both sides of the Israel-Palestine conflict.
- CreatorBrian ClemensStarsGordon JacksonMartin ShawLewis CollinsBodie and Doyle, senior agents of the British intelligence service CI5 (Criminal Intelligence 5), and their handler George Cowley fight terrorism and similar high-level crimes.
- CreatorDick WolfCraig TurkStarsMissy PeregrymZeeko ZakiJeremy SistoProcedural drama about the inner workings of the New York office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
- CreatorBenjamin CavellStarsDavid BoreanazNeil Brown Jr.A.J. BuckleyThe lives of the elite Navy SEALs as they train, plan, and execute the most dangerous, high-stakes missions the United States of America can ask.
- CreatorMichael DugganMichael M. RobinStarsEric RobertsD.B. SweeneyChristine TucciThe series revolves around Criminal Division Squad 16, part of the Los Angeles field office of the FBI.
- CreatorEthan ReiffCyrus VorisStarsMichael EalyOded FehrHenri LubattiAn American undercover FBI agent is assigned to infiltrate a terrorist sleeper cell that is planning an attack in Los Angeles.
- CreatorAlex GansaHoward GordonStarsClaire DanesMandy PatinkinDamian LewisA bipolar CIA operative becomes convinced a prisoner of war has been turned by al-Qaeda and is planning to carry out a terrorist attack on American soil.
- CreatorGideon RaffStarsIshai GolanYoram ToledanoYaël AbecassisAfter 17 years in captivity, Israeli soldiers Nimrode Klein, Uri Zach and Amiel Ben Horin return to the country that made them national icons. They work to overcome the trauma of torture and captivity.
- CreatorTim KringStarsJeremy IrvineTracy IfeachorOmar MetwallyHaving created super-spy Jason Bourne, the Treadstone project turns its attention on a new protocol to develop unstoppable superhuman assassins.
- CreatorRichard LindheimMichael SloanStarsEdward WoodwardKeith SzarabajkaRobert LansingA retired Intelligence Agent turned private detective helps various threatened clients to equalize the odds.
- CreatorChris FedakJosh SchwartzStarsZachary LeviYvonne StrahovskiJoshua GomezWhen a computer geek inadvertently downloads critical government secrets into his brain, both the CIA and the NSA assign an agent to protect him and exploit his newfound skills.
- CreatorLuc BessonAlexander CaryStarsClive StandenJennifer BealsAdam GoldbergAs former CIA agent Bryan Mills deals with a personal tragedy that shakes his world, he fights to overcome the incident and exact revenge.
- StarsPhilip WinchesterSullivan StapletonMichelle LukesFollows the actions of Section 20, a secretive unit of British military intelligence. A team of special operations personnel conduct several high risk missions across the globe.
- CreatorCraig SilversteinStarsJamie BellHeather LindSamuel RoukinA Long Island farmer bands together a group of childhood friends to form an unlikely group of spies who turn the tide in America's fight for independence.
- CreatorJonathan NolanStarsJim CaviezelTaraji P. HensonKevin ChapmanAn ex-CIA agent and a wealthy programmer save lives via a surveillance AI that sends them the identities of civilians involved in impending crimes. However, the details of the crimes, including the civilians' roles, are left a mystery.
- StarsKim Yeong-cheolYun Ju-sangKim Seung-wooThe National Security Service (NSS) is a secret South Korean black ops agency that takes on a secret terrorist organization, called IRIS.
- CreatorSydney NewmanStarsPatrick MacneeDiana RiggHonor BlackmanA quirky spy show of the adventures of eccentrically suave British Agent John Steed and his predominantly female partners.
- CreatorSam RolfeStarsRobert VaughnDavid McCallumLeo G. CarrollThe two top Agents of the United Network Command for Law and Enforcement (U.N.C.L.E.) fight the enemies of peace, particularly the forces of T.H.R.U.S.H.
- StarsDavid TennantJanet MontgomeryMarcin DorocinskiA military attaché at the French embassy is drawn into a world of abduction, betrayal and intrigue in the diplomatic salons and back alleys of Warsaw.
- CreatorLee David ZlotoffStarsRichard Dean AndersonDana ElcarBruce McGillThe adventures of a secret Agent armed with almost infinite scientific resourcefulness.
- CreatorCarlton CuseGraham RolandStarsJohn KrasinskiWendell PierceMichael KellyUp-and-coming CIA analyst, Jack Ryan, is thrust into dangerous field assignments.
- CreatorPaul T. ScheuringStarsDominic PurcellWentworth MillerAmaury NolascoA structural engineer installs himself in a prison he helped design, in order to save his falsely accused brother from a death sentence by breaking themselves out from the inside.
- CreatorDonald P. BellisarioDon McGillStarsDavid McCallumSean MurrayMark HarmonFollows the Major Case Response Team (MCRT) from the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS), as they get to the bottom of criminal cases connected to Navy and Marine Corps personnel.
- CreatorJonathan E. SteinbergStarsMark ValleyChi McBrideJackie Earle HaleyA unique bodyguard protects his clients by secretly infiltrating their lives in order to draw out and eliminate threats.
- CreatorMichael Frost BecknerStarsRocky CarrollPaige TurcoDavid ClennonA look at the inner workings of the CIA.
- CreatorDavid MametStarsDennis HaysbertRegina TaylorAudrey Marie AndersonA secret US military group conducts covert operations across the world, facing several life-threatening situations during their missions.
- CreatorHoward GordonStarsSean BeanMorris ChestnutAli LarterFollows a deep-cover operative named Martin Odum, who has an uncanny ability to transform himself into a different person for each job. But his own identity comes into question when a mysterious stranger suggests that Martin isn't who he thinks he is.
- CreatorEdward Allen BerneroStarsTom WlaschihaDonald SutherlandLara RossiA special crime unit investigates serialized crimes that cross over European borders, to hunt down criminals and bring them to justice.
- CreatorJoshua SafranStarsPriyanka Chopra JonasJake McLaughlinJohanna BraddyA look at the lives of young FBI recruits training at the Quantico base in Virginia when one of them is suspected of being a sleeper terrorist.
- CreatorJohn McNamaraIvan RaimiSam RaimiStarsLinden AshbyAllison SmithBruce McCartyLorne and Max are spies in the post-Cold War age of espionage.
- CreatorJ. Michael StraczynskiStarsMira FurlanRichard BiggsStephen FurstIn the mid 23rd century, the Earth Alliance space station Babylon 5, located in neutral territory, is a major focal point for political intrigue, racial tensions and various wars over the course of five years.
- CreatorChris CarterStarsDavid DuchovnyGillian AndersonMitch PileggiTwo F.B.I. Agents, Fox Mulder the believer and Dana Scully the skeptic, investigate the strange and unexplained, while hidden forces work to impede their efforts.
- CreatorAnthony HorowitzStarsMichael KitchenHoneysuckle WeeksAnthony HowellAs WWII rages, DCS Foyle fights his own war on the home-front; investigating crime on the south coast of England. Later series, see the retired detective working as an MI5 agent in the aftermath of the war.
- StarsRobert LoggiaFredric LehneLindsay FrostNick Mancuso, the FBI agent from the mini-series, Favorite Son is back. This time in a series wherein he fights for justice, while having to deal with elements in his own government who sometimes oppose him.
- CreatorDan GordonRobert McCulloughGreg StrangisStarsBrad JohnsonTim AbellMelinda ClarkeIn a world where there are no obvious "bad guys", where governments engage in secret wars and illegal activities that threaten the security of every individual and nation on the planet, a group of highly trained covert military operatives have just joined forces to become Soldier of Fortune, Inc., an elite crime fighting unit. Led by retired Colonel Matt Shepherd, Soldier of Fortune, Inc. goes where our government cannot and will not venture, to protect national and international interests and to maintain the balance of power. Even in the new world order, people are still up to the same old tricks.
- StarsChris O'DonnellAlfred MolinaMichael KeatonReal-life figures from the Cold War-era mix with a fictional story based on a group of C.I.A. operatives and their counterparts in the K.G.B., MI6, and the Mossad.
- StarsJemma RedgraveJames RemarPiter MarekA team of American and British counter-terrorists are tasked with stopping a terrorist cell who's operating on a global level.
- StarsAlec GuinnessEileen AtkinsBill PatersonThe murder of a Soviet defector forces his old handler, British spymaster George Smiley, out of retirement. His investigation leads to an old nemesis, the Soviet spymaster known only as "Karla". This will be their final dance.
- CreatorShane SalernoDon WinslowStarsOded FehrJon SedaVera FarmigaAs a federal team, the group responds to emergencies all over the country: taking down elite bank robbers, drug kingpins, domestic terrorists, spies, jewel thieves, and corrupt cops. The unit is headed by authoritative Frank Donovan with undercover agents Jake Shaw and Alex Cross who runs all of the high-tech surveillance operations.
- CreatorJohn J. SakmarKerry LenhartStarsScott BakulaMaria BelloRoy DotriceTwo spies are recruited by an intelligence agency. They pose as a married couple Mr. and Mrs. Smith when they are on their missions.
- CreatorDavid McKennaKen RobinsonStarsBenjamin BrattAunjanue Ellis-TaylorDennis HopperMajor Jim Tisnewski, until recently an active special forces commando, takes up a Pentagon job as assistant of US Army colonel Eli McNulty. He must now learn to battle the Pentagon way against politicians and careerist officers who often oppose what makes operational sense. On occasion, Jim returns to his team or otherwise interacts with his former mates, especially Bobby Wilkerson. Jim also develops a triangle relationship with a CIA agent, his lover, and Pentagon lawyer Samantha 'Sonny' Liston, who has a crush on the hunky officer-gentleman.
- CreatorAdam ReedStarsH. Jon BenjaminJudy GreerAmber NashCovert black ops and espionage take a back seat to zany personalities and relationships between secret agents and drones.
- CreatorGregory PoirierStarsAshley JuddCliff CurtisAdriano GianniniWhen a woman's son goes missing under suspicious circumstances, she will do anything it takes to find him.
- StarsPatrick McGoohanRichard WattisLionel MurtonJohn Drake is a special operative for NATO, specializing in security assignments against any subversive element which threatened world peace.
- StarsRoger MooreIvor DeanLeslie CrawfordSimon "The Saint" Templar, a wealthy adventurer and 20th-century Robin Hood, travels the world in his white Volvo P1800S, solving unsolvable problems and righting wrongs.
- CreatorMonty BermanDennis SpoonerStarsStuart DamonAlexandra BastedoWilliam GauntAfter a plane carrying three UN Agents crashes in the Himalayas, they are rescued by an advanced civilisation secretly living in Tibet who grant them enhanced versions of the ordinary five senses, and intellectual and physical abilities.
- CreatorRichard RegenBarry JosephsonBarry SonnenfeldStarsCostas MandylorDina MeyerDondré T. WhitfieldSuave spy Monk and his gorgeous partner, Holiday, work for a government agency so secret nobody even knows what its initials stand for.
- CreatorJonathan GlassnerBrad WrightStarsRichard Dean AndersonMichael ShanksAmanda TappingA secret military team, SG-1, is formed to explore other planets through the recently discovered Stargates.
- DirectorDavid HareStarsBill NighyRachel WeiszTom HughesJohnny works for MI5. His neighbor Nancy approaches him. When his best friend and boss suddenly dies, Johnny's left to sort out things about the PM, MI5 and US.
- StarsPeter HaberMaria GripSture DjerfSomeone is killing off Swedish military officers and making it look like the works of Soviet agents. Hamilton has to crack the case before all hell breaks loose and there is a full scale spy-war with the soviets.
- DirectorPeter AndrikidisStarsDougray ScottRachael BlakeJeremy Lindsay TaylorA British diplomat is arrested on charges of working with Russian mafia. After death threats to his wife, they are taken into protective custody. Then the MI6 shows up with a new piece of the puzzle.
- StarsJodie WhittakerPaul RhysHarriet WalterCIA counter-intelligence officer Sandy Grimes works to save Soviet intelligence officers from being exposed by a mole inside her organization.
- StarsDominic CooperLara PulverSamuel WestLook at the 007 creator, Ian Fleming, and his early life set against the permissive society of war-torn WWII London.
- DirectorPeter SmithStarsLena StolzeMartin Glyn MurrayBill PatersonWhen a bomb explodes in a British RAF base in Germany, MI5 terrorist specialist Bull (Bill Paterson) is called in to investigate. However, the further he begins to dig into the secrets behind the terrorism, the more he finds himself immersed in dodgy goings-on in the corridors of power of NATO itself.
- CreatorAbi MorganStarsRomola GaraiBen WhishawDominic WestA behind-the-scenes drama and espionage thriller in Cold War-era England that centers on a journalist, a producer, and an anchorman for an investigative news programme.
- CreatorFrank SpotnitzStarsMelissa GeorgeAdam RaynerPatrick MalahideMeet Sam. A spy. A hunter. And herself hunted by an enemy more ruthless and determined than any she's ever known.
- CreatorPatrick McGoohanStarsPatrick McGoohanAngelo MuscatPeter SwanwickAfter he resigns, a secret agent is abducted and taken to what looks like an idyllic village, but is actually a bizarre prison. He refuses to give his warders information while attempting to escape.
- StarsPowers BootheLesley Ann WarrenLili TaylorBased on a true story, a naval officer (Powers Boothe) sells top-secret information to the Soviets and recruits family and friends into the scheme.
- StarsNecati SasmazÖzgü NamalGürkan UygunFollows a Turkish agent working under the assumed identity of Polat Alemdar attempting to infiltrate the Turkish mafia.
- CreatorPhilip BedardLarry LalondeDavid J. PattersonStarsPaolo SegantiSydney PennyDiego WallraffLargo (Winch) is the illegitimate son of Nerio Winch, a billionaire industrialist, who did business very much in a greyish manner. When Nerio sensed his time was up he named Largo his heir, who did not know Nerio was his father. Together with Simon, a friend whom he met when he was in prison, Joy, Nerio's bodyguard, Karinsky, a former KGB computer expert, and John Sullivan, Nerio's attorney, Largo tries to right some of the wrongs Nerio may have done and to keep up the good which he has done, and every now and then Largo has to shoot his way out of the situation he finds himself in.
- CreatorToby WhithouseStarsTom HughesJonathan ArisVictoria HamiltonA Cold War spy thriller that tells the story of invisible wars fought by MI5.
- StarsJung Woo-sungSoo AeCha Seung-wonIRIS Spin-Off about a new agency, called the National Anti-Terror Service (NTS), as they go up against another secret terrorist organization, called Athena.
- StarsEdward WoodwardIan CharlesonJoss AcklandA tense tale of Cold War espionage and betrayal. A Russian agent enters England to force a hidden British agent high in the KGB to reveal himself.
- CreatorJames MitchellStarsEdward WoodwardRussell HunterLisa LangdonDavid Callan is the top agent/assassin for the Security Service (British counterintelligence), but he is an embittered man who performs his duties "for Queen and country" under duress. This bleak, "Spy who Came in from the Cold"-style espionage drama concentrates on the seamy underside of covert operations: assassinations, blackmail and dirty dealing.
- StarsPeter StraussRobert MitchumConnie SelleccaTwo orphans, Romulus and Remus, are raised by CIA handler John Eliot to be the best in the cloak and dagger game. Decades later, he turns on them and orders their elimination. They decide to fight back and track him down to learn why.
- DirectorMcKay DainesStarsThomas GibsonGraham GreeneLouise LombardA rogue NSA agent joins an elite group of Native American trackers who call themselves the Shadow Wolves as they engage in missions to protect justice in America and abroad.
- CreatorGlenn DavisWilliam LaurinStarsSandrine HoltIvan SergeiNicholas LeaThe misadventures of a gang of Canadian spies, agents, criminals and mobsters, including three spies, an enigmatic director and two grim-faced assassins.
- StarsPaddy ConsidineNabhaan RizwanBel PowleyA young East London man is coerced by an officer to work undercover for him.
- CreatorJanet MacLeanJeremy HolePeter RaymontStarsJames McGowanGraham AbbeyJonas ChernickThe cases of the Canadian Immigration and Customs Security Squad.
- CreatorRod LurieStarsGeena DavisDonald SutherlandHarry LennixMacKenzie Allen becomes the first woman American president after she ascends to the job following the death of president Teddy Bridges.
- StarsHope DavisScott CohenMargarita LevievaA rookie CIA analyst doesn't know that members of his family are part of a Russian sleeper cell.
- CreatorAnna WingerJörg WingerStarsJonas NayMaria SchraderUlrich NoethenMartin Rauch is recruited by the HVA to infiltrate the West Germany army. As a rookie spy, his decisions constantly put his cover at risk and force his agency to take extreme measures.
- CreatorEric KripkeStarsKarl UrbanJack QuaidAntony StarrA group of vigilantes set out to take down corrupt superheroes who abuse their superpowers.
- CreatorJeff EastinStarsDaniel SunjataAaron TveitVanessa FerlitoA rookie FBI agent is sent to a house for undercover agents in Southern California, where he is trained by a former legend FBI agent.
- CreatorAdam ArmusNora Kay FosterPeter HortonStarsAnna FrielPeter FacinelliJake RobinsonThree families are torn apart when a stranded female soldier, a disillusioned corporate attorney and a disrespected political activist are pulled into the same shocking international military conspiracy.
- CreatorGary GlasbergStarsScott BakulaRob KerkovichCCH PounderFollows an NCIS team that investigates criminal cases involving military personnel in The Big Easy, a city known for its music, entertainment, and decadence.
- CreatorKen WoodruffStarsJennifer CarpenterMorris ChestnutRaza JaffreyFBI agent Will Keaton enlists the most notorious traitor in American history to help catch a spy.
- CreatorGreg HaddrickFelicity PackardStarsParker SawyersJacqueline McKenzieSteve ToussaintSet in the intensely secretive world of intelligence and the enigmatic US/Australia joint defence facility in central Australia, the spy-thriller Pine Gap delves into the famously strong alliance between the two countries.
- CreatorDavid HemingsonStarsScott FoleyLauren CohanAna OrtizAn FBI agent and his new partner, a CIA operative, embark on missions to save the world, but have to put up with each other first.
- CreatorDavid FarrStarsEsme Creed-MilesMireille EnosÁine Rose DalyIn equal parts high-concept thriller and coming-of-age drama, HANNA follows the journey of an extraordinary young girl raised in the forest, as she evades the relentless pursuit of an off-book CIA agent and tries to unearth the truth behind who she is.
- StarsTom SchillingSofia HelinFriederike BechtLars is a "Romeo agent" from East Germany in the 1970s. His task is to go West, first to seduce and then to spy on Western women who worked in government or defense institutions.
- StarsStuart TownsendGreg BrykStephen McHattieAn amnesiac secret operative is being used by unknown groups to cover up dirty business involving high ranking officials from the CIA.
- CreatorAdam GlassStarsMargarita LevievaCillian O'SullivanLydia FlemingExposed as an ex-Russian spy, an American single mom must juggle family life and unique shape-shifting skills in a battle against an insidious enemy.
- CreatorRobert LevineJonathan E. SteinbergStarsJeff BridgesJohn LithgowE.J. BonillaA retired CIA agent is hunted by both the agency he once worked for and his own nightmares, when an unknown man suddenly visits him after nearly three decades.
- DirectorPeter Barber-FlemingStarsDennis WatermanSimon CadellSaskia WickhamAn intelligence agent starts to investigate the mysterious goings on surrounding the death of a military chief who had links to a powerful merchant banker.
- DirectorNicholas LaughlandStarsDennis WatermanCorin RedgraveKate BufferyAn Irish secret service agent seeks a former colleague, now involved in international intrigue.