Joe's Top-5 List: Spy/Espionage TV Shows

Each month I will post Top-5 Lists covering a variety of topics: books, movies, foods, etc. If you have a topic you want me to provide a list for, contact me.

This month, my top 5 spy/espionage TV shows.

DISCLAIMER: There are so many shows. I watched the spy shows as a kid, which might be why I ended up in intelligence. Remember, no show is perfect. Some seasons are stronger than others, but these rise to the top. 

The Americans

The Bureau (French – perhaps the best spy show…ever)

24

Homeland

Mission Impossible (1966)

Some of the best classic and “off-beat” shows:

Get Smart

The Wild, Wild, West

Jonny Quest (great theme song)

The Avengers

The Prisoner (1967)

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

Very Honorable Mentions (because I can’t list them all):

Burn Notice

Le Femme Nikita (1997)

Chuck

Slow Horses

Archer, and on and on…