The Best TV Thrillers from 2002


Below is our top ten list of the best TV Thrillers which first started broadcasting in 2002.

10. CSI: Miami


CSI%3A%20MiamiFirst Aired: 23 September, 2002

CSI: Miami is a TV series starring David Caruso, Emily Procter, and Adam Rodriguez. The cases of the Miami-Dade, Florida police department’s Crime Scene Investigations unit.


9. Rose Red


Rose%20RedFirst Aired: 27 January, 2002

Rose Red is a TV mini-series starring Nancy Travis, Matt Keeslar, and Kimberly J. Brown. A group of people with psychic powers are invited to spend the night in a haunted house.


8. Without a Trace


Without%20a%20TraceFirst Aired: 26 September, 2002

Without a Trace is a TV series starring Anthony LaPaglia, Poppy Montgomery, and Enrique Murciano. The cases of an FBI unit specializing in missing persons investigations.


7. The Twilight Zone


The%20Twilight%20ZoneFirst Aired: 18 September, 2002

The Twilight Zone is a TV series starring Forest Whitaker, June B. Wilde, and Chris Shields. This second revival of The Twilight Zone (1959) presents tales of suspense, fantasy, science fiction and horror.


6. Taken


TakenFirst Aired: 02 December, 2002

Taken is a TV mini-series starring Dakota Fanning, Matt Frewer, and Emily Bergl. Three families experience alien abductions over a period of five decades.


5. Spooks


SpooksFirst Aired: 13 May, 2002

Spooks is a TV series starring Peter Firth, Hugh Simon, and Nicola Walker. The missions of MI-5, the UK’s domestic intelligence organization.



4. Wire in the Blood


Wire%20in%20the%20BloodFirst Aired: 20 August, 2002

Wire in the Blood is a TV series starring Robson Green, Mark Letheren, and Emma Handy. A psychologist gets inside of the minds of both killers and victims to aid the police in solving gruesome serial killings in Northern England.


3. The Shield


The%20ShieldFirst Aired: 12 March, 2002

The Shield is a TV series starring Michael Chiklis, Catherine Dent, and Walton Goggins. Follows the lives and cases of a dirty Los Angeles Police Department cop and the unit under his command.


2. Kôkaku kidôtai: Stand Alone Complex


K%C3%B4kaku%20kid%C3%B4tai%3A%20Stand%20Alone%20ComplexFirst Aired: 01 October, 2002

Kôkaku kidôtai: Stand Alone Complex is a TV series starring Shirô Saitô, Mary Elizabeth McGlynn, and William Frederick Knight. The futuristic adventures of a female cyborg counter intelligence agent and her support team.


1. The Wire


The%20WireFirst Aired: 02 June, 2002

The Wire is a TV series starring Dominic West, Lance Reddick, and Sonja Sohn. The Baltimore drug scene, as seen through the eyes of drug dealers and law enforcement.