Chicago P.D.

Original characters in a contemporary procedural; no established characters to swap.

Features strong female detectives, but men are not mocked or diminished as a message; Voight remains a central authority figure.

• Female officers like Hailey Upton and Kim Burgess are competent leads alongside male counterparts

Some LGBTQ+ characters appear over the series' run, notably a recurring lesbian officer, but it's a minor element in an ensemble.

• Officer Kim Ruzek's storylines are straight; recurring character Officer Vanessa and others touch on identity occasionally
• A lesbian officer subplot appears in later seasons

Diverse ensemble cast fits naturally in a modern Chicago setting; plausible rather than a quota.

• Atwater (Black officer), Olinsky, Ruzek represent a mixed urban precinct

Episodes occasionally engage policing controversies and racial issues but generally keep them within the procedural drama framework.

• Storylines addressing police misconduct, race relations, and reform in later seasons

Centers on tough, traditionally masculine cops; little framing of masculinity as toxic.

• Voight embodies a hard-edged, morally gray masculine authority figure

Original series with no source material.