“Alcatraz” (debuting at 8 p.m. tonight on Fox) concerns a group of prisoners who

“Alcatraz” (debuting at 8 p.m. tonight on Fox) concerns a group of prisoners who disappeared in 1963 from the island prison and have now reappeared — unaged — in modern-day San Francisco. The J.J. Abrams drama is the latest series about crimesolvers set in the City by the Bay. Here are five others:

v “Ironside” (1967-75): In his first post-“Perry Mason” role, Raymond Burr starred as the wheelchair-bound special consultant to the San Francisco Police Department.

v “McMillan and Wife” (1971-77): In this lighthearted mystery series, Rock Hudson played the San Francisco police commissioner who found himself solving cases with his wife.

v “Streets of San Francisco” (1972-77): This popular series, filmed entirely on location in San Francisco, starred Karl Malden as a veteran cop.

v “Nash Bridges” (1996-2001): Don Johnson played the wisecracking title character, who led the elite Special Investigations Unit of the SFPD.

v “Monk” (2002-09): Tony Shalhoub was the phobic private eye, who had been a SFPD detective. He was discharged from the force after suffering a nervous breakdown in the wake of his wife’s murder.

DVD RELEASES

Movies available Tuesday on DVD and through digital providers include:

“The Ides of March” (R): An idealistic staffer for a presidential candidate gets a crash course in dirty politics. Starring George Clooney, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Paul Giamatti.

“Courageous” (PG-13): Four cops struggle with job and family responsibilities.

“Abduction” (PG-13): A young man finds out that his life is a lie. Starring Taylor Lautner, Lily Collins and Alfred Molina.

“betty white’s 90th birthday” (8 p.m., nbc): “Betty White’s 90th Birthday: A Tribute to America’s Golden Girl” is a star-studded celebration of a national treasure. It airs just before “Betty White’s Off Their Rockers,” a hilarious hidden-camera series in which a merry band of senior citizens play pranks on unsuspecting younger “victims.”

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