CIA vs Happy Face
CIA has the higher audience score (8.8/10 against 7/10 for Happy Face). Happy Face is the older of the two (2025 against 2026). Both are crime, drama shows, so they suit a similar mood.
CIA
Happy Face| CIA | Happy Face | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.8/10 | ★ 7.0/10 |
| Year | 2026 | 2025 |
| Seasons | 1 | 1 |
| Genres | Crime, Drama | Crime, Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Creator / director | – | Jennifer Cacicio |
| Main cast | Necar Zadegan, Tom Ellis, Nick Gehlfuss, Natalee Linez | James Wolk, Dennis Quaid, Annaleigh Ashford, Tamera Tomakili, Khiyla Aynne |
Synopsis
CIA
When by-the-book FBI Special Agent Bill Goodman is loaned out to a clandestine CIA/FBI task force, he finds himself teamed up with secretive and roguish CIA case officer Colin Glass. Together they work covert operations in New York, uncovering international plots, terrorist cells, and geopolitical secrets.
Happy Face
The story of Melissa Reed, daughter of Keith Jesperson, aka the Happy Face Killer. After decades of no contact, Keith forces his way back into his daughter’s life, and Melissa must find out if an innocent man is going to be put to death for a crime her father committed. In the process, she must face a reckoning of her own identity.