Leonardo ran from 2021 and built the kind of audience that still talks about it — a 7/10 TMDB score is the lasting evidence. Streaming catalogues shift constantly, so use TV Butler below to find out exactly where it is available in your region right now. Every episode of its run is worth tracking down. With 170 viewer ratings on TMDB, this is no cult obscurity — it is a mainstream audience that found something genuinely good. The procedural format has produced a lot of memorable television, but Leonardo sits at the top end of it. Search TV Butler by title and it will find you the fastest route to watching in your country, regardless of which platform has it.

At its heart, Leonardo is a procedural that understands what makes the genre work — character first, plot second. A fresh look at the life and legacy of the iconic artist Leonardo da Vinci, positing that he was a gay outsider who used his work as a way of hiding his true self. Each episode will examine one of da Vinci’s artworks for hidden clues about a tortured artist struggling for perfection. Aidan Turner and Freddie Highmore lead a cast that brings real weight to the material. It aired in 2021. It delivers reliably on what it promises, which is more than most of its competition manages. What distinguishes the best crime dramas from the rest is whether the character work can carry episodes where the mystery takes a breath — Leonardo passes that test consistently.

If you are the type who cannot walk away from a good mystery, Leonardo will keep you watching far longer than you planned. The run is short enough to finish in a weekend but substantial enough to feel satisfying. The procedural elements give the show its rhythm, but it is the character development across the run that creates genuine investment. Viewers who think they have seen every variation of the crime drama format tend to find Leonardo goes somewhere they were not expecting. The writing takes the genre seriously without disappearing into self-referential games, and the result is a show with genuine momentum — the kind where you finish an episode and immediately start the next.