The Best TV Thrillers from 2008


Below is our top ten list of the best TV Thrillers which first started broadcasting in 2008.

10. The Andromeda Strain


The%20Andromeda%20StrainFirst Aired: 11 May, 2008

The Andromeda Strain is a TV mini-series starring Benjamin Bratt, Christa Miller, and Louis Ferreira. A crack team of top scientists work feverishly in a secret, state-of-the-art laboratory to discover what has killed the citizens…


9. True Blood


True%20BloodFirst Aired: 07 September, 2008

True Blood is a TV series starring Anna Paquin, Stephen Moyer, and Sam Trammell. Telepathic waitress Sookie Stackhouse encounters a strange new supernatural world when she meets the mysterious Bill Compton, a southern Louisiana…


8. Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles


Terminator%3A%20The%20Sarah%20Connor%20ChroniclesFirst Aired: 13 January, 2008

Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles is a TV series starring Lena Headey, Thomas Dekker, and Summer Glau. Set after the events in Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991), Sarah Connor and her son, John, try to stay under-the-radar from…


7. Flashpoint


FlashpointFirst Aired: 11 July, 2008

Flashpoint is a TV series starring Hugh Dillon, Amy Jo Johnson, and David Paetkau. The missions and trials of a Toronto police tactical unit.


6. Leverage


LeverageFirst Aired: 07 December, 2008

Leverage is a TV series starring Timothy Hutton, Gina Bellman, and Christian Kane. A crew of high-tech crooks attempt to steal from wealthy criminals and corrupt businessmen.


5. The Mentalist


The%20MentalistFirst Aired: 23 September, 2008

The Mentalist is a TV series starring Simon Baker, Robin Tunney, and Tim Kang. A famous “psychic” outs himself as a fake, and starts working as a consultant for the California Bureau of Investigation so he can find “Red John”, the…



4. Wallander


WallanderFirst Aired: 23 November, 2008

Wallander is a TV series starring Kenneth Branagh, Richard McCabe, and Jeany Spark. A television show centered on a soul-searching Swedish cop.


3. Fringe


FringeFirst Aired: 09 September, 2008

Fringe is a TV series starring Anna Torv, Joshua Jackson, and John Noble. An F.B.I. agent is forced to work with an institutionalized scientist and his son in order to rationalize a brewing storm of unexplained phenomena.


2. Sons of Anarchy


Sons%20of%20AnarchyFirst Aired: 03 September, 2008

Sons of Anarchy is a TV series starring Charlie Hunnam, Katey Sagal, and Mark Boone Junior. A biker struggles to balance being a father and being involved in an outlaw motorcycle club.


1. Breaking Bad


Breaking%20BadFirst Aired: 20 January, 2008

Breaking Bad is a TV series starring Bryan Cranston, Aaron Paul, and Anna Gunn. A high school chemistry teacher diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer turns to manufacturing and selling methamphetamine in order to secure his family’s…