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Outsiders (American TV series)
Outsiders (2016-2017) is an American WGN America drama created by Peter Mattei about the Farrell clan defending Shay Mountain, Kentucky, from a coal company; canceled after two seasons despite strong ratings.
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.
Paradise Lost (2020 TV series)
Paradise Lost (2020) is a Spectrum Originals and Paramount Network Southern Gothic mystery drama, 10 episodes starring Josh Hartnett, Bridget Regan, and Nick Nolte, created by Rodes Fishburne, premiered April 13, 2020, ended after one season.
Patria
Patria (HBO España, 2020) is an eight-episode miniseries by Aitor Gabilondo adapting Fernando Aramburu's novel, following two Basque families divided by ETA, starring Elena Irureta and Ane Gabarain, with Platino and Ondas awards.
Picket Fences
Picket Fences is a 1992–1996 CBS drama series created by David E. Kelley, set in Rome, Wisconsin, starring Tom Skerritt and Kathy Baker; it won 14 Emmys including Outstanding Drama Series in 1993 and 1994.
Promised Land (1996 TV series)
Promised Land (プロミスト・ランド) is a CBS family drama (1996–1999), a Touched by an Angel spin-off created by Martha Williamson, starring Gerald McRaney as Russell Greene, whose family travels America in an Airstream trailer; 69 episodes, three seasons.
Proud (TV series)
Proud is a 2026 Polish HBO Max drama series created by Karol Klementewicz, starring Ignacy Liss as gay model Filip Raczyński, who adopts his niece after his sister's death; it won the Series Mania Grand Prix.
Ramy (TV series)
Ramy is a Hulu comedy-drama (2019-2022, 3 seasons, 30 episodes) created by and starring Ramy Youssef as a first-generation Egyptian-American Muslim in New Jersey; A24-produced, Peabody-winning, Golden Globe-winning, with a fourth season in development as of 2024.
Ransom Canyon (TV series)
Ransom Canyon is a Netflix romantic neo-Western drama created by April Blair, adapted from Jodi Thomas's book series, starring Josh Duhamel and Minka Kelly as Texas ranching-family love interests; it ran two seasons (2025-2026) before cancellation.
Ratu Ratu Queens: The Series
Ratu Ratu Queens: The Series is a 2025 six-episode Netflix Indonesian drama, a prequel to the 2021 film Ali & Ratu Ratu Queens, following Party, Ance, Chinta, and Biyah as Indonesian immigrants in Queens, New York, in 2013.
Red Shoe Diaries
Red Shoe Diaries is a Showtime erotic drama anthology series (1992–1997) created by Zalman King and Patricia Knop, spun off from a 1992 TV movie, hosted by David Duchovny as Jake Winters reading women's intimate diaries, running five TV-MA seasons.
Riches
Riches is a six-part 2022 British family drama created by Abby Ajayi, starring Deborah Ayorinde, Hugh Quarshie, and Sarah Niles, about a fight for control of the Flair & Glory black hair and beauty empire; cancelled by Prime Video in December 2023 after one season. Not the FX series The Riches.
Riot Women
Riot Women is a 2025 BBC One and BritBox six-part drama by Sally Wainwright about five menopausal women in Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, who form a punk band for a talent contest, starring Joanna Scanlan, Rosalie Craig, Tamsin Greig, Lorraine Ashbourne, and Amelia Bullmore, with music by ARXX; renewed for a second series in November 2025.
Ripple (TV series)
Ripple is a 2025 Canadian ensemble drama series created by Michele Giannusa, also known as the Hallmark+ series that moved to Netflix. Eight 42-minute TV-PG episodes follow four New York strangers, Walter, Kris, Nate, and Aria, whose lives interconnect through small chance events.
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.
Rooms (TV series)
Rooms (1974–77) is a British ITV afternoon drama created by John Finch and produced by Thames Television, telling two-part stories of tenants renting bedsits at 35 Mafeking Terrace, London, with Sylvia Kay as landlady Dorothy Lawson.
Scenes from a Marriage
Scenes from a Marriage (Scener ur ett äktenskap) is Ingmar Bergman's 1973 six-part Swedish TV2 miniseries with Liv Ullmann and Erland Josephson, re-edited into a 1974 theatrical film, famed for its Swedish social impact and 2021 HBO remake.
Selena: The Series
Selena: The Series is a Netflix biographical drama (2020-2021) about Tejano singer Selena Quintanilla, created by Moisés Zamora, starring Christian Serratos, released in two nine-episode parts with family participation.
Seven Sisters (TV series)
Seven Sisters is an upcoming FX drama series for Hulu and Disney+, created by Will Arbery, directed by Sean Durkin, starring Elizabeth Olsen as Adrienne, a sister who hears a mysterious voice; ordered to series December 2025, distinct from the Lucinda Riley adaptation.
Sex and the City
Sex and the City: HBO comedy-drama (1998–2004), 94 episodes, created by Darren Star from Candace Bushnell's New York Observer column, starring Sarah Jessica Parker; franchise includes films and And Just Like That..., which ended with season 3 in 2025.
Sex/Life
Sex/Life, Netflix erotic dramedy created by Stacy Rukeyser from BB Easton's memoir 44 Chapters About 4 Men, starring Sarah Shahi; premiered June 25, 2021, reached 67 million households in 30 days, canceled April 2023 after two seasons.
Shameless (British TV series)
Shameless (UK) is a Channel 4 comedy-drama created by Paul Abbott, broadcast 2004-2013 over 11 series and 139 episodes, set on Manchester's fictional Chatsworth Estate and following the alcoholic Frank Gallagher's family; it won BAFTAs and spawned US, Turkish, and Indian remakes.
Shtisel (שטיסל)
Shtisel (שטיסל) is an Israeli Haredi family drama series created by Ori Elon and Yehonatan Indursky, set in Jerusalem's Geula neighborhood, aired 2013–2021 in three seasons, an Ophir-winning Netflix international hit.
Single Ladies (TV series)
Single Ladies (2011–2015) is a VH1 comedy-drama, the network's first hour-long scripted series, produced with Queen Latifah's Flavor Unit. Set in Atlanta, it starred Stacey Dash, LisaRaye McCoy, Charity Shea, and Denise Vasi across four seasons and 52 episodes.
Sirens (2025 TV series)
Sirens is a 2025 Netflix limited dark-comedy drama series created by Molly Smith Metzler, adapted from her play Elemeno Pea. Starring Julianne Moore, Meghann Fahy, and Milly Alcock, its five episodes premiered May 22, 2025.
Sisters (American TV series)
Sisters is an American family drama television series that aired on NBC for six seasons, from 1991 to 1996, following the lives and loves of four close Reed sisters.
Six Feet Under (TV series)
Six Feet Under: HBO drama series (2001–2005, 63 episodes) created by Alan Ball about the Fisher family's Los Angeles funeral home; known for its death-per-episode structure, dark humor, and acclaimed finale "Everyone's Waiting."
Social Distance
Social Distance is a 2020 Netflix anthology series created by Hilary Weisman Graham with Jenji Kohan, eight remotely produced episodes about people staying connected through technology during the COVID-19 quarantine.
Sorry for Your Loss
Sorry for Your Loss is a 2018–2019 Facebook Watch half-hour drama created by Kit Steinkellner, starring Elizabeth Olsen as widow Leigh Shaw; 20 episodes, Metascore 83, canceled January 2020, now on Tubi.
Soundtrack (2019 TV series)
Soundtrack (originally Mixtape) is a 2019 Netflix musical drama created by Joshua Safran, in which Los Angeles characters lip-sync to pop songs; 10 episodes released December 18, 2019, canceled January 31, 2020.