Criminal investigation drama is a kind of TV drama with the police, forensic evidence, forensic or lawyer as the protagonist, using high precision instruments, psychological theory as the technical means, through careful inference to study crime and arrest criminals. The development of narrative art of criminal investigation drama can show the construction results of our legal society, which has greater practical significance. With the development of China’s criminal investigation drama, the narrative change between the main-land criminal investigation drama and the Hong Kong and Taiwan criminal investigation drama has become increasingly apparent. In the comparative analysis of Medical Examiner Dr. Qin, Forensic Heros III, Murder Diary and Danger Zone and other criminal investigation dramas, it can be found that the structure of the plot changes from single to multiple, and the characters gradually become three-dimensional from flat, and the narrative theme from the external environment to the inner world of people. These analyses and discussions can provide more reference for the creation and development of criminal investigation drama in the future, and also provide rich experience of ar-tistic expression for the construction of legal society in China.