Here's our pick of the six best spy series.
"Alias," the spy series, which is in its fourth season, is drawing 2.8 million more viewers than at the same time last year.
The game is set in the world of the James Bond books and movies, probably the most famous spy series of all time.
Some years later, Allen, with egg on his face, cast about for his own spy series.
It was originally intended that this film would act as the television pilot for a new spy series.
He also made his television debut by appearing in two episodes of the spy series I Spy.
The show moved to CBS for its final season, with ratings declining, as spy series went out of fashion.
A contemporary spy series about a hunted secret agent created by Frank Spotnitz.
Altogether, only about 20 of his roughly 270 contributions to Mad were of anything other than the spy series.
He chose it, he said, because he loved all those old spy series in the 1960's.