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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.

Hung (TV series)

Hung is an HBO comedy-drama (2009–2011, also known as Superdotado) created by Dmitry Lipkin and Colette Burson, starring Thomas Jane as a Detroit teacher who becomes a gigolo; three seasons, 10 episodes each, four Golden Globe nominations.

I Hate Suzie

I Hate Suzie: British dark comedy-drama created by Lucy Prebble and Billie Piper for Sky Atlantic, 2020; Piper plays Suzie Pickles after a phone hack. Eight grief-named episodes; season 2 I Hate Suzie Too, three 2022 episodes; Metacritic 85.

It's Not Like That

It's Not Like That is a 2026 Prime Video faith-based family drama created by Ian Deitchman and Kristin Robinson, starring Scott Foley and Erinn Hayes as a widowed pastor and divorced mom; canceled after one eight-episode season despite a 100% Rotten Tomatoes score.

Jack & Bobby

Jack & Bobby is a 2004–2005 WB drama, also called Jack and Bobby, about brothers Jack and Bobby McCallister, one of whom becomes US president elected in 2040; Bobby is the future president, Jack dies young.

Kidding

Kidding: Showtime comedy-drama (2018–2020), created by Dave Holstein, starring Jim Carrey as children's TV host Jeff Pickles aka Mr. Pickles, directed by Michel Gondry; canceled after two seasons.

Kingdom (American TV series)

Kingdom (2014-2017) is an American family drama TV series created by Byron Balasco, set at the Navy St. MMA gym in Venice, California, starring Frank Grillo, Kiele Sanchez, Matt Lauria, Jonathan Tucker, and Nick Jonas on DirecTV's Audience Network.

Last Tango in Halifax

Last Tango in Halifax: BBC One romantic comedy-drama by Sally Wainwright, 2012–2020, five series, 24 episodes; Derek Jacobi and Anne Reid as widowed septuagenarian sweethearts reunited via Facebook, BAFTA-winning.

Life Goes On (TV series)

Life Goes On: ABC family drama (1989–1993, 4 seasons, 83 episodes), first major network series with a lead character with Down syndrome, Chris Burke as Corky Thacher; theme song Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da; later HIV storyline with Chad Lowe.

Life Sentence (TV series)

Life Sentence is an American comedy-drama television series created by Erin Cardillo and Richard Keith for The CW, starring Lucy Hale as a young woman whose cancer is cured.

Little America

Little America is an Apple TV+ anthology series created by Kumail Nanjiani, Emily V. Gordon, and Lee Eisenberg, adapting true immigrant stories from Epic Magazine into standalone half-hour episodes; two seasons aired 2020–2022.

Little Disasters

Little Disasters is a six-part Paramount+ psychological thriller adapted from Sarah Vaughan's 2020 novel, starring Diane Kruger as Jess and Jo Joyner as doctor Liz, who reports her friend to social services over her baby's unexplained head injury; UK premiere May 22, 2025, US December 11, 2025.

Lost Boys and Fairies

Lost Boys and Fairies is a 2024 three-part BBC One bilingual English/Welsh drama by Daf James about a gay Cardiff couple, Gabriel and Andy, adopting a child; it won an International Emmy and BAFTA Cymru awards.

Loudermilk (TV series)

Loudermilk: American comedy-drama created by Peter Farrelly and Bobby Mort, starring Ron Livingston as a gruff recovering alcoholic and substance abuse counselor; three seasons, 2017-2020, Audience Network, later on Netflix.

Love (TV series)

Love (TV series): American Netflix comedy-drama created by Judd Apatow, Paul Rust, and Lesley Arfin, starring Rust and Gillian Jacobs as Gus and Mickey; three seasons, 34 episodes, 2016–2018, set in Los Angeles.

Masaba Masaba

Masaba Masaba (मसाबा मसाबा) is a Netflix Hindi comedy-drama series in which designer Masaba Gupta and her mother Neena Gupta play fictionalized versions of themselves; two seasons, 2020 and 2022, directed by Sonam Nair.

McLeod's Daughters

McLeod's Daughters, Australian Nine Network drama (2001–2009), 224 episodes in eight seasons, based on a 1996 telemovie; half-sisters Claire and Tess McLeod run the Drover's Run cattle station in South Australia with an all-female workforce.

Mix Tape (miniseries)

Mix Tape is a 2025 four-part Australian-Irish romantic drama miniseries adapted from Jane Sanderson's novel, starring Teresa Palmer and Jim Sturgess as Sheffield teenage sweethearts who reconnect decades later through shared songs, airing on Binge and BBC2.

Mo (TV series)

Mo is a Netflix comedy-drama (2022-2025) created by Mo Amer and Ramy Youssef, a semi-autobiographical series about Palestinian refugee Mo Najjar seeking asylum in Houston, Texas, in two seasons.

Monarch (American TV series)

Monarch (American TV series) is a 2022 Fox country music drama created by Melissa London Hilfers, starring Susan Sarandon, Trace Adkins, and Anna Friel as the Roman family dynasty; it ran 11 episodes, averaged 4.1 million viewers, and was canceled after one season. Not the Apple TV Monsterverse series.

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.

Mozart in the Jungle

Mozart in the Jungle, Amazon Studios dramedy (2014-2018), Gael García Bernal as conductor Rodrigo De Souza and Lola Kirke as oboist Hailey; based on Blair Tindall's 2005 memoir, four seasons, two Golden Globes and two sound-mixing Emmys.

My Father Is Strange (아버지가 이상해)

My Father Is Strange (아버지가 이상해) is a 2017 KBS2 weekend family drama, 52 episodes, written by Lee Jung-seon, starring Kim Young-chul as a father living under a dead friend's identity.

My Perfect Landing

My Perfect Landing is a Canadian children's gymnastics drama series created by Frank van Keeken (The Next Step), airing one 15-episode season on Family Channel from January 8 to April 22, 2020, starring Morgan Wigle as gymnast Jenny Cortez.

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.

No Good Nick

No Good Nick: Netflix multicam dramedy (April 15, 2019) in which teen con artist Nick, short for Nicole, infiltrates the Thompson family for revenge. Created by Steinberg and Kogan; 20 episodes, canceled after one season.

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.

Northern Exposure

Northern Exposure, CBS comedy-drama 1990–1995 by Joshua Brand and John Falsey, set in fictional Cicely, Alaska, filmed in Roslyn, Washington; seven Emmys, two Peabodys, Golden Globe winner.

Once and Again

Once and Again is an American ABC family drama (1999–2002) by Marshall Herskovitz and Edward Zwick, starring Sela Ward and Billy Campbell as divorced parents who fall in love; critically acclaimed (Metascore 92) but canceled after three seasons and seven time-slot moves.

Ordinary Joe

Ordinary Joe is an NBC drama series starring James Wolk as Joe Kimbreau, shown in three parallel timelines as a musician, a nurse, and a police officer.