[Davonu]

My wife and I really loved the following three detective series: 1) The Mentalist; 2) Monk, and 3) Psych.

They were all first and foremost really good quality crime solving shows. Private investigators working with law enforcement to solve crimes. But they also share the fact that they were consistently, week-in and week-out, very funny. The main characters personalities were so likeable, relatable, and yes...funny. There was consistent subtle, clever humor. And occasionally they'd get a bit silly or wacky, but just enough, never too much.

And I want to stress, the humor never got in the way of or superseded the crime investigation nature of the show. The investigations were always clever, interesting and hard to predict.

Well, naturally my question is...

Can anybody recommend other shows that could be considered similar to the above three shows? Thanks much.