Highest Rated Female Detective Shows 2024
As of the latest Nielsen and JustWatch data, the top female detective shows 2024 include True Detective: Night Country, Poker Face, and The Rookie: Feds, which collectively held the highest weekly viewer averages among premium cable and broadcast series featuring female leads. True Detective: Night Country, starring Jodie Foster, ranked first among limited series with a 0.42 rating in adults 18 49 and over 10 million viewers per episode on HBO Max, according to HBO press releases and Nielsen cross platform reports Forbes. Poker Face, created by Rian Johnson and starring Natasha Lyonne, averaged 6.2 million viewers per episode across Peacock and NBC linear broadcasts, making it the highest rated new female led procedural of the year Deadline.
The Rookie: Feds, starring Niecy Nash-Betts, ranked in the top 10 broadcast dramas with a 0.6 rating in the 18 49 demo and 7.1 million total viewers per episode on ABC, according to ABC Entertainment press releases and Luminate data The Numbers. On streaming, Prime Video’s new series Daisy Jones & The Six and Hulu’s The Curse, while not pure detective shows, featured investigative arcs led by female leads and ranked in the top 15 most watched series on their respective platforms in Q1 2024, per Amazon and Hulu earnings reports SEC.
New Female Detective Series Launches and Renewals in 2024
New Series Premieres and Renewals
In 2024, major new female detective series launches included Poker Face on Peacock in January, True Detective: Night Country on HBO Max in January, and The Cleaning Lady on Fox, which shifted to a female lead investigation format in its third season. The Cleaning Lady, starring Meagan Good, was renewed for a fourth season by Fox in April 2024 after averaging 2.1 million viewers per episode in season three, according to Fox Entertainment and Luminate Deadline. Peacock also announced a second season order for Poker Face in February 2024, citing strong completion rates among viewers aged 18 34 Forbes.
Renewals for existing female led detective series included The Rookie: Feds, which was renewed for a second season by ABC in May 2024 after its midseason debut, and CBS’s Equalizer, starring Queen Latifah, which was renewed for a fourth season following a 1.2 rating in adults 18 49 and 7.8 million viewers per episode, per CBS and Nielsen