20 Best Drama TV Shows on Peacock 2026
Find the strongest Peacock drama picks, from Supernatural and Yellowstone to Law & Order, Line of Duty, and more standout series now.
If you’re searching for Peacock shows that deliver real tension, strong characters, and stories that stick with you, this list is built for you. From the dark supernatural edge of Supernatural (2005) to the sweeping crime drama Yellowstone (2018), Peacock offers plenty of series that keep the stakes high. You’ll also find smart, atmospheric picks like Line of Duty (2012), Vigil (2021), and The Undeclared War (2022), plus long-running staples such as Law & Order (1990). With drama, fantasy, horror, mystery, and thriller titles in the mix, this roundup helps you find the right next binge without wasting time.
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Won 6 Emmys Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series (2006) · 25 nominations
crime · drama · mystery · thriller
In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit. These are their stories.
Directed by Jean de Segonzac, David Platt, Peter Leto, Juan José Campanella, Norberto BarbaCast Mariska Hargitay, Ice-T, Dann Florek, Richard Belzer, Kelli GiddishHuluPeacock PremiumMore details on IMDb → -
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Law & Order
Won 6 Emmys Outstanding Drama Series (1997) · 52 nominations
crime · drama · mystery · thriller
In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing the evidence and questioning the suspects until someone is taken into custody. The district attorney's office then builds a case to convict the perpetrator by proving the person guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Working together, these expert teams navigate all sides of the complex criminal justice system to make New York a safer place.
Directed by Constantine Makris, Edwin Sherin, Jace Alexander, David Platt, Richard DobbsCast Sam Waterston, S. Epatha Merkerson, Jerry Orbach, Steven Hill, Jesse L. MartinNetflixHuluPeacock PremiumMore details on IMDb → -
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Chicago Med
drama
An emotional thrill ride through the day-to-day chaos of the city's most explosive hospital and the courageous team of doctors who hold it together. They will tackle unique new cases inspired by topical events, forging fiery relationships in the pulse-pounding pandemonium of the emergency room.
Directed by Michael Waxman, Anna Dokoza, Charles S. Carroll, Michael Pressman, Nicole RubioCast Oliver Platt, S. Epatha Merkerson, Marlyne Barrett, Lorena Diaz, Nick GehlfussPeacock PremiumMore details on IMDb → -
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The Rainmaker
crime · drama · mystery & thriller
Fresh out of law school, Rudy Baylor goes head to head with courtroom lion Leo Drummond as well as his law school girlfriend, Sarah. Rudy, along with his boss, Bruiser, and her disheveled paralegal, Deck, uncovers two connected conspiracies surrounding the mysterious death of their client's son.
Directed by Russell Lee Fine, Randy Zisk, Michael SeitzmanCast Milo Callaghan, Lana Parrilla, Madison Iseman, P.J. Byrne, Wade BriggsAmazon Prime VideoPeacock PremiumMore details on IMDb → -
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Line of Fire
action & adventure · crime · drama · mystery & thriller
A family of law enforcement agents bridges personal differences and crosses professional boundaries as they tackle cases for the FBI, US Marshals, Secret Service and Department of Justice. After a seemingly cut-and-dry case turns into a deadly conspiracy, they must use the expertise from a lifetime of protecting civilians and politicians to protect one another and bring the killer to justice … even if it means betraying their sworn code.
Directed by Rebecca ThomasCast Peter Krause, Hope Davis, Tommy O'Brien, Kat Cunning, Taylor BloomPeacock PremiumMore details on IMDb →
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Supernatural
3 Emmy nominations
drama · fantasy · horror · mystery · thriller
When they were boys, Sam and Dean Winchester lost their mother to a mysterious and demonic supernatural force. Subsequently, their father raised them to be soldiers. He taught them about the paranormal evil that lives in the dark corners and on the back roads of America ... and he taught them how to kill it. Now, the Winchester brothers crisscross the country in their '67 Chevy Impala, battling every kind of supernatural threat they encounter along the way.
Directed by Robert Singer, Philip Sgriccia, John F. Showalter, Thomas J. Wright, Kim MannersCast Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles, Misha Collins, Mark Sheppard, Jim BeaverAmazon Prime VideoPeacock PremiumMore details on IMDb → -
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Chucky
comedy · drama · fantasy · horror · thriller
After a vintage Chucky doll turns up at a suburban yard sale, an idyllic American town is thrown into chaos as a series of horrifying murders begin to expose the town’s hypocrisies and secrets. Meanwhile, the arrival of enemies — and allies — from Chucky’s past threatens to expose the truth behind the killings, as well as the demon doll’s untold origins.
Directed by Samir Rehem, Jeff Renfroe, Leslie Libman, John Hyams, Don ManciniCast Zackary Arthur, Bjorgvin Arnarson, Alyvia Alyn Lind, Brad Dourif, Devon SawaAmazon Prime VideoPeacock PremiumAMC+More details on IMDb → -
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Modern Family
Won 22 Emmys 3x Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series · 85 nominations
comedy · drama · romance
The Pritchett-Dunphy-Tucker clan is a wonderfully large and blended family. They give us an honest and often hilarious look into the sometimes warm, sometimes twisted, embrace of the modern family.
Directed by Gail Mancuso, Steven Levitan, Beth McCarthy-Miller, Michael Spiller, Jason WinerCast Ed O'Neill, Sofía Vergara, Julie Bowen, Ty Burrell, Jesse Tyler FergusonHuluPeacock PremiumMore details on IMDb → -
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Yellowstone
1 Emmy nomination
drama · western
Follow the violent world of the Dutton family, who controls the largest contiguous ranch in the United States. Led by their patriarch John Dutton, the family defends their property against constant attack by land developers, an Indian reservation, and America’s first National Park.
Directed by Stephen Kay, Taylor Sheridan, Christina Alexandra Voros, Guy Ferland, John DahlCast Kevin Costner, Luke Grimes, Kelly Reilly, Wes Bentley, Cole HauserPeacock PremiumMore details on IMDb → -
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The Good Place
12 Emmy nominations 3x Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
comedy · drama · fantasy · mystery · romance
Eleanor Shellstrop, an ordinary woman who, through an extraordinary string of events, enters the afterlife where she comes to realize that she hasn't been a very good person. With the help of her wise afterlife mentor, she's determined to shed her old way of living and discover the awesome (or at least the pretty good) person within.
Directed by Dean Holland, Beth McCarthy-Miller, Morgan Sackett, Drew Goddard, Michael SchurCast Kristen Bell, William Jackson Harper, Jameela Jamil, D'Arcy Carden, Manny JacintoAmazon Prime VideoHuluPeacock PremiumMore details on IMDb → -
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Person of Interest
1 Emmy nomination
action · crime · drama · mystery · sci-fi · thriller
John Reese, former CIA paramilitary operative, is presumed dead and teams up with reclusive billionaire Finch to prevent violent crimes in New York City by initiating their own type of justice. With the special training that Reese has had in Covert Operations and Finch's genius software inventing mind, the two are a perfect match for the job that they have to complete. With the help of surveillance equipment, they work "outside the law" and get the right criminal behind bars.
Directed by Chris Fisher, Richard J. Lewis, Frederick E.O. Toye, Jeffrey G. Hunt, Stephen SurjikCast Jim Caviezel, Kevin Chapman, Michael Emerson, Amy Acker, Taraji P. HensonAmazon Prime VideoPeacock PremiumMore details on IMDb → -
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Columbo
Won 13 Emmys 2x Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series · 39 nominations
crime · drama · mystery · thriller
Columbo is a friendly, verbose, disheveled-looking police detective who is consistently underestimated by his suspects. Despite his unprepossessing appearance and apparent absentmindedness, he shrewdly solves all of his cases and secures all evidence needed for indictment. His formidable eye for detail and meticulously dedicated approach often become clear to the killer only late in the storyline.
Directed by Bernard L. Kowalski, Harvey Hart, James Frawley, Richard Quine, Leo PennCast Peter Falk, Mike Lally, Dianne Travis, Bruce Kirby, John FinneganAmazon Prime VideoPeacock PremiumMore details on IMDb → -
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The Originals
1 Emmy nomination
drama · fantasy · horror · mystery
The Vampire Diaries spin-off that follows the Mikaelsons, a family of millennia-old, power-hungry vampires who want to reclaim the city they built, New Orleans, and dominate all those who have wronged them.
Directed by Matthew Hastings, Chris Grismer, Jeffrey G. Hunt, Jesse Warn, Lance AndersonCast Joseph Morgan, Daniel Gillies, Charles Michael Davis, Phoebe Tonkin, Yusuf GatewoodAmazon Prime VideoPeacock PremiumMore details on IMDb → -
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The Vampire Diaries
drama · fantasy · horror · mystery · romance · thriller
The story of two vampire brothers obsessed with the same girl, who bears a striking resemblance to the beautiful but ruthless vampire they knew and loved in 1864.
Directed by Chris Grismer, Joshua Butler, Michael A. Allowitz, Marcos Siega, Pascal VerschoorisCast Paul Wesley, Ian Somerhalder, Kat Graham, Candice King, Zach RoerigPeacock PremiumMaxMore details on IMDb → -
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Broadchurch
Won 3 BAFTA TV Awards 4 nominations
crime · drama · mystery
The murder of a young boy in a small coastal town brings a media frenzy, which threatens to tear the community apart.
Directed by James Strong, Paul Andrew Williams, Euros Lyn, Mike Barker, Jessica HobbsCast David Tennant, Olivia Colman, Jodie Whittaker, Andrew Buchan, Carolyn PicklesNetflixPeacock PremiumMore details on IMDb → -
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The Fall
2 BAFTA TV Award nominations
crime · drama · thriller
When the Police Service of Northern Ireland are unable to close a case after 28 days, Detective Superintendent Stella Gibson of the Metropolitan Police Service is called in to review the case. Under her new leadership, the local detectives must track down and stop a serial killer who is terrorising the city of Belfast.
Directed by Allan Cubitt, Jakob VerbruggenCast Gillian Anderson, Jamie Dornan, John Lynch, Aisling Franciosi, Niamh McGradyAmazon Prime VideoPeacock PremiumAMC+FreeveeMore details on IMDb → -
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The Day of the Jackal
1 Emmy nomination
action · crime · drama · thriller
An unrivalled and highly elusive lone assassin, the Jackal, makes his living carrying out hits for the highest fee. But following his latest kill, he meets his match in a tenacious British intelligence officer who starts to track down the Jackal in a thrilling cat-and-mouse chase across Europe, leaving destruction in its wake.
Directed by Brian Kirk, Paul Wilmshurst, Anu Menon, Anthony Philipson, Neasa HardimanCast Eddie Redmayne, Lashana Lynch, Eleanor Matsuura, Chukwudi Iwuji, Úrsula CorberóPeacock PremiumMore details on IMDb → -
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Lonesome Dove
Won 7 Emmys 19 nominations
adventure · drama · western
A pair of longtime friends and former Texas Rangers crave one last adventure before hanging-up their spurs. After stealing over a thousand head of cattle from rustlers south of the border, they recruit an unlikely crew of hands to drive the herd 3,000 miles north to the grasslands of Montana.
Directed by Simon WincerCast Robert Duvall, Tommy Lee Jones, Danny Glover, Diane Lane, Robert UrichAmazon Prime VideoPeacock PremiumMore details on IMDb → -
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Haven
crime · drama · fantasy · horror · mystery · sci-fi · thriller
FBI agent Audrey Parker arrives in the small town of Haven, Maine to solve a murder and soon discovers the town's many secrets—which also hold the key to unlocking the mysteries of her lost past.
Directed by Shawn Piller, T.W. Peacocke, Lee Rose, Robert Lieberman, Rick BotaCast Emily Rose, Lucas Bryant, Eric Balfour, Richard Donat, John DunsworthAmazon Prime VideoPeacock PremiumFreeveeMore details on IMDb → -
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Heartland
drama · family
Life is hard on the Flemings' ranch in the Alberta foothills where abused or neglected horses find refuge with a kind, hard-working family. Debts abound and the bank is about to foreclose. Can they keep the ranch running?
Directed by Dean Bennett, Chris Potter, Grant Harvey, Eleanore Lindo, Ken FilewychCast Amber Marshall, Michelle Morgan, Shaun Johnston, Chris Potter, Graham WardleNetflixHuluPeacock PremiumMore details on IMDb →
Wrapping Up
Whether you want crime cases, haunted-road tension, or sharp political intrigue, Peacock’s lineup has plenty to keep a drama fan busy. Titles like The Good Place (2016), M.I.A. (2026), and the rest of this list show how wide the platform’s range can be, from genre-bending stories to grounded, high-stakes series. Bookmark this page so you can come back when you need a fresh pick, because it’s updated regularly as the catalog changes. That makes it an easy place to check before starting your next watch.
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