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PORTLAND, OR – NOVEMBER 10: (R) NBC Entertainment chairman Robert Greenblatt and Oregon governor Kate Brown, pose with the cast of the TV series ‘Grimm’ next to the cake celebrating the 100th episode of the series on November 10, 2015 in Portland, Oregon. (Photo by Steve Dykes/Getty Images)
PORTLAND, OR – NOVEMBER 10: (R) NBC Entertainment chairman Robert Greenblatt and Oregon governor Kate Brown, pose with the cast of the TV series ‘Grimm’ next to the cake celebrating the 100th episode of the series on November 10, 2015 in Portland, Oregon. (Photo by Steve Dykes/Getty Images) /

19. Grimm

Release Year: 2011

Seasons: 5

Creator: Stephen Carpenter, David Greenwalt, Jim Kouf

Starring: David Giuntoli, Russell Hornsby, Bitsie Tulloch, Silas Weir Mitchell, Sasha Roiz, Reggie Lee, Bree Turner, Claire Coffee

When Grimm premiered on NBC in 2011, the occult police procedural wasn’t indicative of the current television climate. Campy series hadn’t been “in” for a while (maybe since Buffy the Vampire Slayer, which defines the campy supernatural drama genre), but Grimm beat the odds.

Detective Nick Burkhardt (David Giuntoli) is something of a Buffy Summers himself as a homicide detective slash descendant of supernatural hunters called the Grimms. He must maintain the precarious balance between humanity and the supernatural underworld of mythological creatures, which isn’t a job without its strange demands. (Buffy knows.)

Who knew that a show that mixed elements of the occult with a crime-of-the-week police procedural could transcend the surface level cheese factor to connect with mainstream audiences? Well, Grimm found its niche fanbase and will bow out with its sixth and final season, bringing the series to a whopping 123-episode binge-watch marathon.