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Beauty in Black
Beauty in Black is a Tyler Perry Netflix drama (2024– ) set in Chicago, starring Taylor Polidore Williams as Kimmie and Crystle Stewart as Mallory of the Bellarie hair-care dynasty; renewed for Season 4 after Season 3 was planned as the final season.
Beef (TV series)
Beef is a Netflix and A24 comedy-drama anthology series created by Lee Sung Jin. Season 1 (2023) starred Steven Yeun and Ali Wong in a road rage feud; Season 2 (2026) recast the anthology with Oscar Isaac and Carey Mulligan. It won eight Emmys including Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series.
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend: CW musical comedy-drama (2015-2019) by Rachel Bloom and Aline Brosh McKenna; lawyer Rebecca Bunch moves to West Covina for ex Josh Chan; 157 original songs, BPD storyline, 4 Emmys, 2016 Golden Globe.
Desperate Housewives
Desperate Housewives: ABC comedy-drama (2004–2012, 8 seasons, 180 episodes) created by Marc Cherry, set on Wisteria Lane in Fairview, filmed on Universal's Colonial Street, narrated by suicide victim Mary Alice Young, starring Hatcher, Huffman, Cross, and Longoria.
Dynasty: The Reunion
Dynasty: The Reunion is a two-part, four-hour ABC miniseries aired 20 and 22 October 1991, reuniting John Forsythe, Linda Evans, Joan Collins and others to resolve the cliffhangers left when Dynasty was canceled in 1989.
Empire (2015 TV series)
Empire (2015 TV series) is a Fox musical drama created by Lee Daniels and Danny Strong, running 2015 to 2020 over six seasons. It follows music mogul Lucious Lyon (Terrence Howard) and ex-wife Cookie (Taraji P. Henson) in a hip-hop succession struggle.
Footballers' Wives
Footballers' Wives is a British ITV1 drama series that ran from 2002 to 2006, following the wives and girlfriends of players at fictional club Earls Park FC.
Grosse Pointe Garden Society
Grosse Pointe Garden Society, NBC dark comedy-drama by Jenna Bans and Bill Krebs (Good Girls creators), premiered February 23, 2025; stars Fumero, King, Rappaport, Robb as garden club members covering up a murder; canceled after one season.
Hart of Dixie
Hart of Dixie is an American comedy-drama series on The CW from 2011 to 2015, starring Rachel Bilson as a New York doctor in small-town Alabama.
Howards' Way
Howards' Way: BBC One Sunday drama serial (1985–1990), created by Gerard Glaister and Allan Prior, set in fictional Tarrant on the Hamble; 78 episodes, six series, about redundant designer Tom Howard's boatyard and 1980s aspirational drama.
Motorvalley
Motorvalley is a 2026 Italian Netflix drama miniseries, six episodes, set in Emilia-Romagna's Motor Valley and the Italian GT Championship; created by Matteo Rovere, Francesca Manieri, and Gianluca Bernardini, starring Luca Argentero, Giulia Michelini, and Caterina Forza.
Nashville (2012 TV series)
Nashville (2012 TV series) is a Callie Khouri-created musical drama starring Connie Britton and Hayden Panettiere, airing 2012-2018 on ABC then CMT across six seasons and 124 episodes.
North Shore (2004 TV series)
North Shore was a Fox prime-time soap (June 14, 2004 to January 13, 2005, 21 episodes) set at the fictional Grand Waimea resort on Oahu, starring Kristoffer Polaha and Brooke Burns; canceled after one season.
P-Valley
P-Valley (from Katori Hall's play Pussy Valley) is a Starz drama, premiered July 2020, set at The Pynk strip club in fictional Chucalissa, Mississippi, starring Nicco Annan, Brandee Evans, Shannon Thornton, and Elarica Johnson.
Rock Follies
Rock Follies: British ITV Thames Television musical drama (1976, sequel Rock Follies of '77) by Howard Schuman with music by Roxy Music's Andy Mackay, following the all-female band The Little Ladies; BAFTA-winning, number-one soundtrack album, 2023 stage revival.
Ted Lasso
Ted Lasso is an Apple TV+ sports comedy-drama starring Jason Sudeikis as an American football coach hired to manage English soccer club AFC Richmond. Originating in 2013 NBC Sports commercials, it won seven Emmys and returned for a fourth season in 2026.
The Feud (TV series)
The Feud is a 2025 six-part Channel 5 British domestic thriller starring Jill Halfpenny and Rupert Penry-Jones as neighbours on Shelbury Drive; distinct from FX's Feud anthology, it streams in the US as The Feud on Shelbury Drive on Acorn TV.
The Royals (TV series)
The Royals (2015-2018) is E!'s first scripted series, a Mark Schwahn prime-time soap about a fictional British royal family starring Elizabeth Hurley, William Moseley, and Alexandra Park; four seasons, 40 episodes, canceled August 2018. Distinct from the 2025 Netflix Hindi series of the same name.
Too Close to Home (TV series)
Too Close to Home is Tyler Perry's 2016-2017 TLC political drama, the network's first scripted series, starring Danielle Savre as Anna, a White House intern in an affair with the president; two seasons, 16 episodes, canceled December 2017 despite rising ratings.
Ugly Betty
Ugly Betty, also an adaptation of Yo soy Betty, la fea, is an ABC comedy-drama (2006-2010) developed by Silvio Horta, starring America Ferrera as Betty Suarez at Mode magazine; four seasons, Golden Globes, canceled for low ratings.