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In the near future a family must make difficult decisions as they balance staying together with trying to survive. They live in Los Angeles, which has been occupied by a force of outside intruders. While some people have chosen to collaborate with the au
Genres: | Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Sci-Fi & Fantasy |
Number Of Seasons: | 3 |
Network: | USA Network |
Created By: | Carlton Cuse, Ryan Condal, Wes Tooke |
Status: | Ended |
User Score (votes): | 6.7 / 10 (260) |

Two teenage boys secretly meet up in a cabin, bear witness to a shooting and barely escape with their lives. Desperate to keep their relationship a secret and in fear of being found by the perpetrator, they remain silent but soon learn that what has been
Genres: | Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Mystery |
Number Of Seasons: | 1 |
Network: | USA Network |
Created By: | Adi Hasak |
Status: | Canceled |
User Score (votes): | 7.5 / 10 (22) |

Join RuPaul, the world's most famous drag queen, as the host, mentor and judge for the ultimate in drag queen competitions. The top drag queens in the U.S. will vie for drag stardom as RuPaul, in full glamazon drag, will reign supreme in all judging and e
Genre: | Reality |
Number Of Seasons: | 10 |
Networks: | Logo, VH1 |
Status: | Returning Series |
User Score (votes): | 7.7 / 10 (68) |

The most celebrated competitors from RuPaul's Drag Race vie for a second chance to enter Drag Race herstory. This drag queen showdown is filled with plenty of heated competition, lip-syncing for the legacy, and, of course, the All-Stars Snatch Game.
Genre: | Reality |
Number Of Seasons: | 4 |
Networks: | Logo, VH1 |
Created By: | RuPaul |
Status: | Returning Series |
User Score (votes): | 8.6 / 10 (19) |

Comedy about the life and times of William Shakespeare as he starts to make a name for himself in London, whilst also trying to balance life as a husband and father for his family in Stratford-upon-Avon.
Genre: | Comedy |
Number Of Seasons: | 3 |
Network: | BBC Two |
Created By: | Ben Elton |
Status: | Returning Series |
User Score (votes): | 7.5 / 10 (11) |

Hank and Dean Venture, with their father Doctor Venture and faithful bodyguard Brock Samson, go on wild adventures facing megalomaniacs, zombies, and suspicious ninjas, all for the glory of adventure. Or something like that.
Genres: | Animation, Action & Adventure, Comedy |
Number Of Seasons: | 7 |
Network: | Adult Swim |
Created By: | Christopher McCulloch, Doc Hammer |
Status: | Returning Series |
User Score (votes): | 8.2 / 10 (79) |

Squidbillies is an animated television series about the Cuylers, an impoverished family of anthropomorphic hillbilly mud squids living in the Appalachian region of Georgia's mountains. The show is produced by Williams Street Studios for the Adult Swim pro
Genres: | Animation, Comedy |
Number Of Seasons: | 11 |
Network: | Adult Swim |
Created By: | Dave Willis, Matt Maiellaro, Jim Fortier |
Status: | Returning Series |
User Score (votes): | 6.6 / 10 (27) |

No Activity is a unique and hilarious comedy that follows the nightly exploits of our boys and girls in blue, and their shady criminal counterparts, through an unfolding kidnapping investigation. Truth is, being a cop or a crook is nowhere near as exciti
Genre: | Comedy |
Number Of Seasons: | 2 |
Network: | Stan |
Created By: | Trent O'Donnell, Patrick Brammall |
Status: | Returning Series |
User Score (votes): | 8 / 10 (6) |

In his funky California beach enclave, Chip's the go-to guy for personal insights. But he isn't quite as enlightened when it comes to his own baggage.
Genres: | Drama, Comedy |
Number Of Seasons: | 2 |
Network: | Netflix |
Created By: | Will Arnett, Mark Chappell |
Status: | Returning Series |
User Score (votes): | 7 / 10 (27) |

A fast-paced reality show that follows several incredibly busy and ambitious Manhattan women. Watch as they balance envious social calendars, challenging careers, and motherhood, with the hustle and bustle of the big city all around.
Genre: | Reality |
Number Of Seasons: | 11 |
Network: | Bravo |
Status: | Returning Series |
Origin Country: | US |
User Score (votes): | 4.9 / 10 (20) |

In a docuseries set at one of NCAA football's most fertile recruiting grounds, guys with red flags seek to prove their worth on the field and in class.
Genre: | Documentary |
Number Of Seasons: | 4 |
Created By: | Greg Whiteley |
Network: | Netflix |
Status: | Returning Series |
Origin Country: | US |
User Score (votes): | 7.7 / 10 (16) |

After breaking up with his girlfriend, Josh comes to the realization that he is homosexual. With the support of his now ex girlfriend Claire, and his best friend and house mate Tom, Josh must help his mother with her battle with depression and the rest of
Genres: | Drama, Comedy |
Number Of Seasons: | 4 |
Created By: | Josh Thomas |
Networks: | ABC, ABC Comedy |
Status: | Ended |
Origin Country: | AU |
User Score (votes): | 7.9 / 10 (44) |

Comedian Billy Eichner, unfiltered and unapologetic, hits the streets of New York City to test unsuspecting strangers on their knowledge of music and pop culture. With microphone in hand and money in tow, Eichner gives contestants the chance to win cash b
Genre: | Comedy |
Number Of Seasons: | 6 |
Networks: | Fuse, truTV, funnyordie.com |
Status: | Returning Series |
Origin Country: | US |
User Score (votes): | 5.5 / 10 (8) |

Amy and Raquel attempt to navigate their way through the choppy waters of their early twenties whilst simultaneously kicking the ass of some seriously gnarly demons. What could possibly go wrong?
Genre: | Comedy |
Number Of Seasons: | 1 |
Created By: | Howard Overman |
Network: | E4 |
Status: | Ended |
Origin Country: | GB |
User Score (votes): | 6.9 / 10 (36) |

A look into American politics, revolving around former Senator Selina Meyer who finds being Vice President of the United States is nothing like she expected and everything everyone ever warned her about.
Genre: | Comedy |
Number Of Seasons: | 7 |
Created By: | Armando Iannucci |
Network: | HBO |
Status: | Returning Series |
Origin Country: | US |
User Score (votes): | 7.3 / 10 (163) |

A contemporary and culturally resonant drama about a young programmer, Elliot, who suffers from a debilitating anti-social disorder and decides that he can only connect to people by hacking them. He wields his skills as a weapon to protect the people that
Publisher: | Universal Cable Productions, Anonymous Content |
Genres: | Crime, Drama |
Number Of Seasons: | 3 |
Network: | USA Network |
Created By: | Sam Esmail |
Status: | Returning Series |
User Score (votes): | 7.9 / 10 (1348) |

Jessica Day is an offbeat and adorable girl in her late 20s who, after a bad breakup, moves in with three single guys. Goofy, positive, vulnerable and honest to a fault, Jess has faith in people, even when she shouldn't. Although she's dorky and awkward,
Publisher: | Meriwether Productions, Chernin Entertainment, Twentieth Century Fox Television, American Nitwits |
Genre: | Comedy |
Number Of Seasons: | 7 |
Network: | FOX |
Created By: | Elizabeth Meriwether |
Status: | Ended |
User Score (votes): | 6.6 / 10 (397) |

The exploits of FBI Special Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully who investigate X-Files: marginalized, unsolved cases involving paranormal phenomena. Mulder believes in the existence of aliens and the paranormal while Scully, a skeptic, is assigned to make
Publisher: | Fox Productions |
Genres: | Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Mystery |
Number Of Seasons: | 11 |
Network: | FOX |
Created By: | Chris Carter |
Status: | Returning Series |
User Score (votes): | 8.1 / 10 (897) |

Meet the most beloved sitcom horse of the 90s - 20 years later. BoJack Horseman was the star of the hit TV show "Horsin' Around," but today he's washed up, living in Hollywood, complaining about everything, and wearing colorful sweaters.
Publisher: | NetFlix, Tornante Company, ShadowMachine Films |
Genres: | Drama, Comedy, Animation |
Number Of Seasons: | 5 |
Network: | Netflix |
Created By: | Raphael Bob-Waksberg |
Status: | Returning Series |
User Score (votes): | 7.9 / 10 (257) |

Narcissistic, brash, and self-destructive Jimmy thinks all relationships are doomed. Cynical, people-pleasing, and stubborn Gretchen knows that relationships aren't for her. So when they meet at a wedding, it's only natural that the two of them go home to
Genres: | Comedy, Drama |
Number Of Seasons: | 5 |
Network: | FX |
Created By: | Stephen Falk |
Status: | Returning Series |
User Score (votes): | 7.7 / 10 (85) |

Elegant, proper Grace and freewheeling, eccentric Frankie are a pair of frenemies whose lives are turned upside down - and permanently intertwined - when their husbands leave them for each other. Together, they must face starting over in their 70s in a 21
Genres: | Comedy, Drama |
Number Of Seasons: | 4 |
Network: | Netflix |
Created By: | Marta Kauffman, Howard J. Morris |
Status: | Returning Series |
User Score (votes): | 7.7 / 10 (73) |

Difficult People hails from the comedic minds of Julie Klausner (Ugly Americans) and Billy Eichner (Emmy-nominated Billy on the Streets), who star as themselves. As best friends living in New York City, their typical, irreverent behavior lands them in som
Genre: | Comedy |
Number Of Seasons: | 3 |
Network: | Hulu |
Status: | Canceled |
User Score (votes): | 6.9 / 10 (14) |

A dysfunctional family tries to help each other navigate the modern dating scene. Recent divorcee Tara and her bachelor brother coach each other through the crazy world of dating (on-line and off), while living under the same roof again for the second tim
Genre: | Comedy |
Number Of Seasons: | 4 |
Network: | Hulu |
Created By: | Jason Reitman, Zander Lehmann |
Status: | Ended |
User Score (votes): | 6.5 / 10 (32) |

A group of students trapped in a high school must fight for survival when predatory mutant freaks take over after a meltdown at the local chemical plant.
Number Of Seasons: | 2 |
Network: | Hulu |
Genres: | Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Sci-Fi & Fantasy |
Created By: | Beth Szymkowski |
Status: | Returning Series |
User Score (votes): | 5.5 / 10 (17) |

A sexy, suspense-driven legal thriller about a group of ambitious law students and their brilliant, mysterious criminal defense professor. They become entangled in a murder plot and will shake the entire university and change the course of their lives.
Genres: | Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Mystery |
Number Of Seasons: | 5 |
Network: | ABC |
Created By: | Peter Nowalk |
Status: | Returning Series |
User Score (votes): | 7.4 / 10 (368) |

Sick, twisted, politically incorrect and Freakin' Sweet animated series featuring the adventures of the dysfunctional Griffin family. Bumbling Peter and long-suffering Lois have three kids. Stewie (a brilliant but sadistic baby bent on killing his mother
Genres: | Animation, Comedy |
Number Of Seasons: | 17 |
Networks: | FOX, Adult Swim |
Created By: | Seth MacFarlane |
Status: | Returning Series |
User Score (votes): | 6.5 / 10 (1343) |

Twenty-four-year-old Kara Zor-El, who was taken in by the Danvers family when she was 13 after being sent away from Krypton, must learn to embrace her powers after previously hiding them. The Danvers teach her to be careful with her powers, until she has
Genres: | Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Sci-Fi & Fantasy |
Number Of Seasons: | 4 |
Networks: | CBS, The CW |
Created By: | Greg Berlanti, Andrew Kreisberg, Ali Adler |
Status: | Returning Series |
User Score (votes): | 5.8 / 10 (823) |

Bored and unhappy as the Lord of Hell, Lucifer Morningstar abandoned his throne and retired to Los Angeles, where he has teamed up with LAPD detective Chloe Decker to take down criminals. But the longer he's away from the underworld, the greater the threa
Genres: | Crime, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Sci-Fi & Fantasy |
Number Of Seasons: | 3 |
Networks: | FOX, Netflix |
Created By: | Tom Kapinos |
Status: | Returning Series |
User Score (votes): | 7.3 / 10 (860) |

A slightly unhinged former Navy SEAL lands a job as a police officer in Los Angeles where he's partnered with a veteran detective trying to keep maintain a low stress level in his life.
Genres: | Crime, Drama, Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy |
Number Of Seasons: | 3 |
Network: | FOX |
Created By: | Matthew Miller |
Status: | Returning Series |
User Score (votes): | 7.3 / 10 (308) |

An elite team of FBI profilers analyze the country's most twisted criminal minds, anticipating their next moves before they strike again. The Behavioral Analysis Unit's most experienced agent is David Rossi, a founding member of the BAU who returns to hel
Genres: | Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Mystery |
Number Of Seasons: | 14 |
Networks: | CBS, ION Television |
Created By: | Jeff Davis |
Status: | Returning Series |
User Score (votes): | 7 / 10 (531) |

Based on the Pretty Little Liars series of young adult novels by Sara Shepard, the series follows the lives of four girls — Spencer, Hanna, Aria, and Emily — whose clique falls apart after the disappearance of their queen bee, Alison. One year later, they
Genres: | Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Mystery |
Number Of Seasons: | 7 |
Networks: | ABC Family, Freeform |
Created By: | I. Marlene King |
Status: | Ended |
User Score (votes): | 6.2 / 10 (438) |

A drama about a multi-generational family of cops dedicated to New York City law enforcement. Frank Reagan is the New York Police Commissioner and heads both the police force and the Reagan brood. He runs his department as diplomatically as he runs his fa
Genres: | Crime, Drama |
Number Of Seasons: | 9 |
Network: | CBS |
Created By: | Robin Green, Mitchell Burgess |
Status: | Returning Series |
User Score (votes): | 6.8 / 10 (205) |

Four egocentric friends who run a neighborhood Irish pub in Philadelphia try to find their way through the adult world of work and relationships. Unfortunately, their warped views and precarious judgments often lead them to trouble, creating a myriad of u
Genre: | Comedy |
Number Of Seasons: | 13 |
Networks: | FX, FXX |
Created By: | Rob McElhenney |
Status: | Returning Series |
User Score (votes): | 8.2 / 10 (352) |

A thriller set two hundred years in the future following the case of a missing young woman who brings a hardened detective and a rogue ship's captain together in a race across the solar system to expose the greatest conspiracy in human history.
Genres: | Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Mystery |
Number Of Seasons: | 4 |
Networks: | Syfy, Amazon |
Created By: | James S. A. Corey |
Status: | Returning Series |
User Score (votes): | 7.5 / 10 (638) |

Two cousins, with different views on art versus commerce, on their way up through the Atlanta rap scene; Earnest 'Earn' Marks, an ambitious college dropout and his estranged cousin, who suddenly becomes a star.
Genre: | Comedy |
Number Of Seasons: | 2 |
Network: | FX |
Created By: | Donald Glover |
Status: | Returning Series |
User Score (votes): | 7.5 / 10 (163) |

The series centers on 17-year-old Joshua "J" Cody, who moves in with his freewheeling relatives in their Southern California beach town after his mother dies of a heroin overdose. Headed by boot-tough matriarch Janine "Smurf" Cody and her right-hand Baz,
Genres: | Crime, Drama |
Number Of Seasons: | 3 |
Network: | TNT |
Created By: | Jonathan Lisco |
Status: | Returning Series |
User Score (votes): | 6.5 / 10 (105) |

Rebecca Bunch is a successful, driven, and possibly crazy young woman who impulsively gives up everything - her partnership at a prestigious law firm and her upscale apartment in Manhattan - in a desperate attempt to find love and happiness in that exotic
Genres: | Comedy, Music |
Number Of Seasons: | 4 |
Network: | The CW |
Created By: | Aline Brosh McKenna, Rachel Bloom |
Status: | Returning Series |
User Score (votes): | 6.8 / 10 (50) |

Based on the novel by Pamela Redmond Satran, "Younger" follows 40-year old Liza, a suddenly single mother who tries to get back into the working world, only to find it’s nearly impossible to start at the bottom at her age. When a chance encounter with a y
Genres: | Drama, Comedy |
Number Of Seasons: | 5 |
Networks: | TV Land, Paramount Network |
Created By: | Darren Star |
Status: | Returning Series |
User Score (votes): | 5.7 / 10 (58) |

Former British soldier Jonathan Pine navigates the shadowy recesses of Whitehall and Washington where an unholy alliance operates between the intelligence community and the secret arms trade. To infiltrate the inner circle of lethal arms dealer Richard On
Genres: | Action & Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Mystery |
Number Of Seasons: | 1 |
Networks: | BBC One, AMC |
Created By: | David Farr |
Status: | Ended |
User Score (votes): | 7.7 / 10 (215) |

In a parallel present where the latest must-have gadget for any busy family is a 'Synth' - a highly-developed robotic servant that's so similar to a real human it's transforming the way we live.
Genres: | Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Mystery |
Number Of Seasons: | 3 |
Network: | Channel 4 |
Created By: | Jonathan Brackley, Sam Vincent |
Status: | Returning Series |
User Score (votes): | 7.5 / 10 (254) |