List of serial drama television series

This is a list of serial drama television series. A serial is a television show which has a continuous plot that unfolds in sequential episode-by-episode fashion. Serials are, more often than not, shows that possess narrative complexity.[1] They typically follow many story arcs that span entire television seasons, or even in some cases, the entire run of the series.

Contents

• Top
• 0–9
• A
• B
• C
• D
• E
• F
• G
• H
• I
• J
• K
• L
• M
• N
• O
• P
• Q
• R
• S
• T
• U
• V
• W
• X
• Y
• Z

#

• 12 Monkeys (2015 – 2018)
• 21 Jump Street (1987 – 1991)

• 24 (2001 – 2010 + 2014)
• 24: Legacy (2017)
• 2000 Malibu Road (1992)
• 3% (2016 – 2020)
• The 4400 (2004 – 2007)
• 666 Park Avenue (2012 – 2013)
• 90210 (2008 – 2013)
• The 100 (2014 – 2020)

A

• The Act (2019)
• The Affair (2014 – 2019)
• Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2013 – 2020)
• Alcatraz (2012)
• Almost Human (2013 – 2014)
• Alias (2001 – 2006)
• The Alienist (2018 – present)
• Alphas (2011 – 2012)
• Altered Carbon (2018 – 2020)
• American Crime Story (2016 – present)
• American Gods (2017 – present)
• American Horror Story (2011 – present)
• American Soul (2019 – present)
• American Vandal (2017 – 2018)
• The Americans (2013 – 2018)
• Angel (1999 – 2004)
• Another Life (2019 – present)
• Arrow (2012 – 2020)
• Ash vs Evil Dead (2015 – 2018)
• Awake (TV series) (2012)

B

• Babylon (2014)
• Babylon Berlin (2017 – present)
• Babylon 5 (1993 – 1998)
• Banshee (2013 – 2016)
• Barry (2018 – present)
• Baskets (2016 – 2019)
• Bates Motel (2013 – 2017)
• Battlestar Galactica (2004 – 2009)
• Batwoman (2019 – present)
• Baywatch (1989 – 2003)
• Being Human (US) (2011 – 2014)
• Being Human (UK) (2008 – 2013)
• Better Call Saul (2015 – present)
• Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990 – 2000)
• The Big C (2010 – 2013)
• Big Little Lies (2017 – 2019)
• Big Love (2006 – 2011)
• Billions (2016 – present)
• The Black Donnellys (2007)
• Black Lightning (2018 – present)
• Black Monday (2019 – present)
• Black Sails (2014 – 2019)
• The Blacklist (2013 – present)
• Blindspot (2015 – 2020)
• Bloodline (2015 – 2017)
• Boardwalk Empire (2010 – 2014)
• Das Boot (2018 – present)
• The Borgias (2011 – 2013)
• Bosch (2014 – present)
• Boss (2011 – 2012)
• The Boys (2019 – present)
• Brain Dead (2016)
• Breaking Bad[2] (2008 – 2013)
• The Bridge (2013 – 2014)
• Broadchurch (2013 – 2017)
• Brothers & Sisters (2006 – 2011)
• Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997 – 2003)
• Burn Notice (2007 – 2013)

C

• Caprica (2010)
• Carnival Row (2019 – present)
• Carnivàle (2003 – 2005)
• Castle Rock (2018 – present)
• Catch-22 (2019)
• Catherine (2014 – present)
• Catherine the Great (2015)
• Central Park West (1995 – 1996)
• Charmed (1998 – 2006)
• Chernobyl (2019)
• Chuck (2007 – 2012)
• The Client (1995 – 1996)
• Code of a Killer (2015)
• Codes of Conduct
• Colony (2016 - 2018)
• The Comeback (2014)
• Continuum (2012 – 2015)
• Counterpart (2017 – 2019)
• Courthouse (1995)
• Crash (2008 – 2009)
• Crime Story (1986 – 1988)
• The Crossing (2018)
• Crusade (1999)

D

• Dallas (1978 – 1991)
• Dallas (2012 – 2014)
• Damages (2007 – 2012)
• Dark (2017 – 2020)
• The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance (2019)
• Dawson's Creek (1998 – 2003)
• Daybreak (2019)
• The Dead Zone (2002 – 2007)
• Deadwood (2004 – 2006)
• Deep State (2018 – present)
• Defying Gravity (2009)
• Desperate Housewives (2004 – 2012)
• The Deuce (2017 – 2019)
• Devs (2020)
• Dexter[3] (2006 – 2013)
• Dirt (2007 – 2008)
• Dirty John (2018 – present)
• Dispatches From Elsewhere (2020 – present)
• Doctor Who (1963 – 1989 + 2005 – present)
• Dollhouse (2009 – 2010)
• Dominion (2014 – 2015)
• Downton Abbey (2010 – 2015)
• Dracula (2020)
• Dynasty (1981 – 1989)
• Dynasty (2017 – present)
• Dystopia

E

• Eli Stone (2008 – 2009)
• Emergence (2019 – 2020)
• Empire (2015 – 2020)
• Euphoria (2019 – present)
• The Event (2010 – 2011)
• Everwood (2002 – 2006)
• Evil (2019 – present)
• The Expanse (2015 – present)
• The Exorcist (2016 – 2017)
• Extant (2014 – 2015)

F

• Falcon Crest (1981 – 1990)
• Falling Skies (2011 – 2015)
• Fargo (2014 – present)
• Fear the Walking Dead (2015 – present)
• Feud (2017)
• The Flash (2014 – present)
• FlashForward (2009 – 2010)
• The Following (2013 – 2015)
• For All Mankind (2019 – present)
• Forever (2018)
• Friday Night Lights (2006 – 2011)
• Fringe (2008 – 2013)
• The Future Is Wild (2007 – 2008)

G

• Game of Thrones (2011 – 2019)
• Generator Rex (2010 – 2013)
• Glee (2009 – 2015)
• GLOW (2017 – 2019)
• Godless (2017)
• Goliath (2016 – present)
• Good Girls (2018 – present)
• Good Omens (2019)
• The Good Wife (2009 – 2016)
• Gossip Girl (2007 – 2012)
• Gotham (2014 – 2019)
• Grey's Anatomy (2005 – present)

H

• Halt and Catch Fire (2014 – 2017)
• The Handmaid's Tale (2017 – present)
• Hannibal (2013 – 2015)
• Harlots (2017 – 2019)
• Harper's Island (2009)
• Heartland (2007 – present)
• Helix (2014 – 2015)
• Hell on Wheels (2011 – 2016)
• Heroes (2006 – 2010)
• His Dark Materials (2019 – present)
• Homeland (2011 – 2020)
• Hostages (2013 – 2014)
• House (2004 – 2012)
• House of Cards (2013 – 2018)
• How to Get Away with Murder (2014 – 2020)
• Humans (2015 – 2018)
• Hunters (2020 – present)
• Hyperion Bay (1998 – 1999)

I

• In Treatment (2008 – 2010)
• The I-Land (2019)
• The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret (2010 – 2016)

J

• Jack Ryan (2018 – present)
• Jericho (2006 – 2008)
• Joan of Arcadia (2003 – 2005)
• Justified (2010 – 2015)

K

• Kidding (2018 – 2020)
• Kidnapped (2006 – 2007)
• The Killing (2011 – 2014)
• Killing Eve (2018 – present)
• Kings (2009)
• The Knick (2014 – 2015)
• Knightfall (2017 – 2019)
• Knots Landing (1979 – 1993)
• Kyle XY (2006 – 2009)
• Krypton (2018 – 2019)

L

• The L Word (2004 – 2009)
• The Last Kingdom (2015 – present)
• Last Resort (2012 – 2013)
• The Last Ship (2014 – 2018)
• The Leftovers (2014 – 2017)
• Legion (2017 – 2019)
• The Librarians (2014 – 2018)
• Life on Mars (U.K.) (2006 – 2007)
• Life on Mars (U.S.) (2008 – 2009)
• Lilyhammer (2012 – 2014)
• Line of Duty (2012 – present)
• Living With Yourself (2019)
• Locke & Key (2020 – present)
• The Looming Tower (2018)
• Lost (2004 – 2010)
• Lovecraft Country (2020 – present)
• The Lottery (2014)
• Luck (2011 – 2012)

M

• Mad Men[4][5] (2007 – 2015)
• The Magicians (2015 – 2020)
• The Man in the High Castle (2015 – 2019)
• The Mandalorian (2019 – present)
• Manhattan (2014 – 2015)
• Manhunt: Unabomber (2017 – present)
• Maniac (2018)
• Manifest (2018 – present)
• Marianne (2019)
• Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2013 – 2020)
• Marvel's Daredevil (2015 – 2018)
• Marvel's Jessica Jones (2015 – 2019)
• Marvel's The Punisher (2017 – 2019)
• The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (2017 – present)
• Masters of Sex (2013 – 2016)
• Mayans M.C. (2018 – present)
• Medici (2016 – 2019)
• Melrose Place (1992 – 1999)
• Melrose Place (2009 – 2010)
• The Messengers (2015)
• Millennium (1996 – 1999)
• Mindhunter (2017 – present)
• The Mist (2017)
• The Morning Show (2019 – present)
• Mr. Robot (2015 – 2019)
• Mrs. Fletcher (2019)

N

• The Name of the Rose (2019)
• Nashville (2012 – 2018)
• The Newsroom (2012 – 2014)
• The Night Of (2016)
• Nikita (2010 – 2013)
• The Nine (2006 – 2007)
• Nip/Tuck (2003 – 2010)
• Narcos (2015 – 2017)
• Narcos: Mexico (2018 – present)
• Nurse Jackie (2009 – 2015)

O

• The O.C. (2003 – 2007)
• On Becoming a God in Central Florida (2019)
• Once Upon a Time (2011 – 2018)
• Once Upon a Time in Wonderland (2013 – 2014)
• One Tree Hill (2003 – 2012)
• Orange Is the New Black (2013 – 2019)
• Origin (2018)
• The Originals (2013 – 2018)
• Orphan Black (2013 – 2017)
• Our Friends in the North[6] (1996)
• Outlander (2014 – present)
• The Outsider (2020)
• Oz (1997 – 2003)
• Ozark (2017 – present)
• The OA (2016 – 2019)

P

• Parenthood
• Party of Five
• Peaky Blinders
• Penny Dreadful
• Pennyworth
• Person of Interest
• Persons Unknown
• Picnic at Hanging Rock
• The Playboy Club
• Point Pleasant
• Poldark
• The Politician
• Power
• Preacher
• Pretty Little Liars
• Prison Break
• Profit
• Project Blue Book
• The Purge

Q

• Queer as Folk (UK) (1999 – 2000)
• Queer as Folk (US) (2000 – 2005)

R

• The Rain
• Ravenswood
• Ray Donovan
• Rectify
• Reign
• Rescue Me
• Resurrection
• The Returned
• Reunion
• Revenge
• Revolution
• The Riches
• Ringer
• Ripper Street
• The River
• Riverdale
• Rome
• Roswell
• Roswell, New Mexico
• The Royals
• Rubicon
• Russian Doll

S

• Salem
• Salvation
• Scandal
• Scream Queens
• Secret Diary of a Call Girl
• Secret Life of the American Teenager
• Secrets & Lies
• See
• A Series of Unfortunate Events
• Seven Seconds
• Shameless
• Sharp Objects
• The Shield
• Show Me a Hero
• The Sinner
• Six Feet Under
• The Slap (Australia)
• The Slap (U.S.)
• Sleeper Cell
• Sleepy Hollow
• Smallville
• The Society
• Sons of Anarchy
• The Sopranos[7]
• Soul Food
• Space: Above and Beyond
• Spartacus
• Spartacus: Blood and Sand
• The Spy
• Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
• Star Trek: Discovery
• Star Trek: Picard
• The Strain
• Strange Angel
• Stranger Things
• Succession
• Suits
• Supergirl
• Supernatural
• Swamp Thing

T

• Taken
• Ten Days in the Valley
• Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
• Terra Nova
• Terriers
• That's Life
• The Terror
• The X-Files
• This Is Us
• Threshold
• Top of the Lake
• Treadstone
• Treme
• Triumph Over Evil
• True Blood
• True Detective
• The Tudors
• Twin Peaks
• Twisted
• Tyrant

U

• Unbelievable (2019)
• Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (2015 – 2019)
• Under the Dome (2013 – 2015)
• Underground (2016 – 2017)
• Undone (2019 – present)

V

• V (2009 – 2011)
• V Wars (2019)
• The Vampire Diaries (2009 – 2017)
• Vanished (2006)
• Veronica Mars (2004 – 2019)
• Victoria (2016 – 2019)
• Vikings (2013 – present)

W

• Waco (2018)
• The Walking Dead (2010 – present)
• Warehouse 13 (2009 – 2014)
• Watchmen (2019)
• Wayward Pines (2015 – 2016)
• Weeds (2005 – 2012)
• The West Wing (1999 – 2006)
• Westworld (2016 – present)
• The Whispers (2015)
• The White Princess (2017)
• The White Queen (2013)
• The Widow (2019)
• Wild Palms (1993)
• Winx Club (2004 – 2009 + 2011 – 2019)
• The Wire[8] (2002 – 2008)
• The Witcher (2019 – present)
• Wolf Creek (2016 – 2017)
• Wolf Hall (2015)
• Wynonna Earp (2016 – present)

X

• The X-Files (1993 – 2002 + 2016 – 2018)

Y

• Years and Years (2019)
• Yellow Peppers (2010 – 2014)
• You (2018 – present)
• The Young Pope (2016)
• The Young Warriors (2006)

Z

• Z Nation (2014 – 2018)
• Zero Hour (2013)

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