7 Crime Shows like Bad Monkey to Watch Next
Apple TV+’s newest series is the black comedy crime drama, Bad Monkey, starring and executive produced by Vince Vaughn (Queenpins, Wedding Crashers). Developed and executive produced by Bill Lawrence (Ted Lasso, Shrinking), the series premiered on the platform on August 14 with two episodes, with an episode dropping weekly on Wednesdays through October 9.
Bad Monkey follows the story of Andrew Yancy (Vaughn), who has been bounced from the Miami Police Department and is now a health inspector in the Florida Keys. After coming across a case that begins with a human arm found by tourists, he realizes that if he can prove it was murder, he’ll be back in the force.
The cast is also comprised of L. Scott Caldwell (Insecure, Lost), Rob Delaney (Deadpool & Wolverine, Catastrophe), Meredith Hagner (Search Party, Joy Ride), Natalie Martinez (The Fugitive, Kingdom), Alex Moffat (The Bear, Saturday Night Live), Michelle Monaghan (The Family Plan, MaXXXine), Jodie Turner-Smith (After Yang, Queen & Slim), and John Ortiz (American Fiction, Horse Girl).
Currently sitting at a 92% Tomatometer score, the series has a solid mix of dark comedy, crime and drama. If you’re looking for shows with a similar vibe, here are 7 shows like Bad Monkey to watch while you wait for new episodes to roll out.
Bodkin (2024 – )
Cast: Siobhán Cullen, Will Forte, Robyn Cara, David Wilmot, Chris Walley
Synopsis: “A ragtag crew of podcasters sets out to investigate mysterious disappearances from decades earlier in a charming Irish town with dark, dreadful secrets.”
Where to watch: Netflix
Burn Notice (2007-2013)
Cast: Jeffrey Donovan, Gabrielle Anwar, Bruce Campbell, Sharon Gless, Coby Bell, Paul Tei
Synopsis: “Michael Westen is steamed — or, more precisely, burned. His career as a spy ends when he gets a “burn notice,” the covert equivalent of a pink slip. Stuck in his hometown of Miami, he intends to find out who did this to him and why, although that’s not easy to do: With the burn notice attached to his name, he is cut off from his usual contacts and has to fly under the radar of the intelligence network lest he tip off his secret enemy. So it’s a good thing he can rely on help from Fiona, his ex-girlfriend and IRA spy, and his friend Sam, also a former spy. Then there’s Madeline, Michael’s mother, a hypochondriac but probably not a spy.”
Where to watch: Hulu, Max
Florida Man (2023 miniseries)
Cast: Edgar Ramírez, Abbey Lee, Anthony LaPaglia, Otmara Marrero, Emory Cohen, Isaiah Johnson, Lex Scott Davis
Synopsis: “A disgraced cop in debt is forced to return to his home state of Florida for a shady mission only to get swept up in a wild — and deadly — treasure hunt.”
Where to watch: Netflix
Landscapers (2021 miniseries)
Cast: Olivia Colman, David Thewlis, Kate O’Flynn, Dipo Ola, Daniel Rigby, Samuel Anderson, Felicity Montagu, David Hayman
Synopsis: “Inspired by real events, Landscapers tells a unique love story involving Chris and Susan Edwards (Thewlis and Colman), a seemingly ordinary British couple who become the focus of an extraordinary investigation when two dead bodies are discovered in the back garden of a house in Nottingham”
Where to watch: Hulu, Max, Spectrum
Poker Face (2023 – )
Cast: Natasha Lyonne, Benjamin Bratt. Season 1 guests: Adrien Brody, Chloë Sevigny, Dascha Polanco, Ron Perlman, Noah Segan, Hong Chau, Megan Suri, Lil Rel Howery, Charles Melton, Tim Blake Nelson, John Ratzenberger, Colton Ryan, Danielle Macdonald, Judith Light, Ellen Barkin, Tim Meadows, S. Epatha Merkerson, Simon Helberg, Jameela Jamil, Luis Guzmán, Cherry Jones, Stephanie Hsu, David Castañeda, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Rowan Blanchard, Clea DuVall, Rhea Perlman
Synopsis: “Poker Face is a 10-episode “mystery-of-the-week” series following Natasha Lyonne’s Charlie, who has an extraordinary ability to determine when someone is lying. She hits the road with her Plymouth Barracuda and with every stop encounters a new cast of characters and strange crimes she can’t help but solve.”
Where to watch: Peacock
The Resort (2022 – )
Cast: Cristin Milioti, William Jackson Harper, Luis Gerardo Méndez, Skyler Gisondo, Nina Bloomgarden, Nick Offerman, Gabriela Cartol, Dylan Baker, Debby Ryan, Becky Ann Baker, Ben Sinclair
Synopsis: “A multi-generational, coming-of-age love story disguised as a fast-paced mystery about the disappointment of time. An anniversary trip puts a marriage to the test when the couple finds themselves embroiled in one of the Yucatan’s most bizarre unsolved mysteries that took place fifteen years prior.”
Where to watch: Peacock
White Collar (2009-2014)
Cast: Matt Bomer, Tom DeKay, Willie Garson, Tiffani Thiessen, Marsha Thomason, Sharif Atkins, Hilarie Burton Morgan, Diahann Carroll
Synopsis: “A white-collar criminal agrees to help the FBI catch other white-collar criminals using his expertise as an art and securities thief, counterfeiter, and conman.”
Where to watch: Hulu, Netflix
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