Best American TV shows – page 3
244K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 47 min.
TV show
Story:
Mad Men is set in the 1960s, initially at the fictional Sterling Cooper advertising agency on Madison Avenue in New York City, and later at the newly created firm, Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce, located nearby in the Time-Life Building, at 1271 ...
Style:
captivating, serious, atmospheric, stylized, clever ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
advertising, family problems, workplace, boss and employee, career, advertising agency, businessman, womanizer, workplace intrigue, ambition, office, ambitious ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa
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260K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
Both a gift and a curse, Graham has the extraordinary ability to think like his prey—he sees what they see, feels what they feel. But while Graham is pursuing an especially troubling, cannibalistic murderer, Special Agent Jack Crawford teams him ...
Style:
psychological, scary, tense, suspenseful, atmospheric ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, cannibal, death, mind game, cannibalism, murder, graphic violence, psychiatrist, killer, manipulation, mental patient ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit. These are ...
Style:
tense, captivating, clever, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
sexual abuse, law and order, police detective, sex crime, law enforcement, female detective, police officer, partners against crime, police, criminal, lawyer, fighting crime ...
Time:
20th century, 2010s, 2000s, 90s, 2020s ...
Place:
new york, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Three strangers who share an obsession with true crime suddenly find themselves wrapped up in one.
Style:
humorous, funny, captivating, entertaining, exciting ...
Plot:
murder, crime solving, stranger, amateur detective, private detective, lesbian, murder mystery, lgbt, serial killer, amateur sleuth, murder investigation, criminal ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
new york
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151K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
From murder and espionage to terrorism and stolen submarines, a team of special agents investigates any crime that has a shred of evidence connected to Navy and Marine Corps personnel, regardless of rank or position.
Style:
captivating, serious, exciting, semi serious, tense ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
law enforcement, special agents, teamwork, partners against crime, crime investigation, victim, evidence, investigation, forensics, military, computer genius, government agency ...
Time:
2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
washington d.c., virginia, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
A documentary-style look into the daily (or rather, nightly) lives of three vampires in Staten Island who have “lived” together for hundreds and hundreds of years.
Style:
humorous, sitcom, light, funny, absurd ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
supernatural, vampire, supernatural being, friends, supernatural power, fantasy world, humour, social problems, city life, social relations, urban setting, lifestyle ...
Time:
2010s, 2020s, 21st century
Place:
manhattan new york city
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74K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 51 min.
TV show
Story:
Based on Michael Connelly's best-selling novels, these are the stories of relentless LAPD homicide Detective Harry Bosch who pursues justice at all costs. But behind his tireless momentum is a man who is haunted by his past and struggles to ...
Style:
realistic, serious, exciting, tense, neo noir ...
Plot:
law enforcement, coworker, police detective, police, determination, murder investigation, homicide detective, suspicion, murder, father daughter relationship, riddles and clues, police investigation ...
Time:
future, 2010s, 2020s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa
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237K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA
TV show
Story:
When Steven Grant, a mild-mannered gift-shop employee, becomes plagued with blackouts and memories of another life, he discovers he has dissociative identity disorder and shares a body with mercenary Marc Spector. As Steven/Marc’s enemies converge ...
Style:
mysterious, captivating, psychedelic, semi serious, funny ...
Plot:
superhero, split personality, egyptian mythology, pyramid, villain, dissociative identity disorder, deity, justice, transformation, partners, heroes, mental disorder ...
Place:
egypt, london
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269K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
Firefly is set in the year 2517, after the arrival of humans in a new star system and follows the adventures of the renegade crew of Serenity, a "Firefly-class" spaceship. The ensemble cast portrays the nine characters who live on Serenity.
Style:
exciting, captivating, witty, futuristic, clever ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
space, friendship, spacecraft, space travel, preacher, space opera, escapades, survival, space and aliens, captain, smuggling, space wars ...
Time:
future
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
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Story:
A riveting police drama about the men and women of the Chicago Police Department's District 21 who put it all on the line to serve and protect their community. District 21 is made up of two distinctly different groups: the uniformed cops who ...
Style:
exciting, tense, realistic, serious, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
police, law enforcement, policewoman, crime investigation, victim, police detective, sergeant, partners, murder, gang, abduction, fbi ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
chicago illinois, usa, illinois
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
Under the Dome is based on the novel of the same name by Stephen King. It tells the story of the residents of the small town of Chester's Mill in Maine, where a massive, transparent, indestructible dome suddenly cuts them off from the rest of ...
Style:
exciting, mind bending, surreal, tense, atmospheric ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
supernatural, survival, trapped, life turned upside down, twists and turns, small town, isolation, small town life, teenage girl, human existence, society, contingency plan ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new england
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story:
A dark medieval fantasy following the last surviving member of the disgraced Belmont clan, trying to save Eastern Europe from extinction at the hand of Vlad Dracula Tepe himself. Inspired by the classic video game series.
Style:
dark fantasy, anime, atmospheric, bloody, tense ...
Audience:
kids, teens
Plot:
vampire, demon, dracula, vampire hunter, monster, magic, medieval, hunter, fight, supernatural, violence, witchcraft ...
Time:
middle ages
Place:
romania
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63K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
Explores the inner workings of an urban teaching hospital and the critical issues faced by the dedicated physicians and staff of its overburdened emergency room.
Style:
sincere, emotional, touching, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
hospital, doctor, emergency room, surgical operation, medical, workplace situations, workplace romance, suffering, nurse, surgery, intern, coworker ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, chicago illinois, illinois
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Based on the bestselling book by Candace Bushnell, Sex and the City tells the story of four best friends, all single and in their late thirties, as they pursue their careers and talk about their sex lives, all while trying to survive the New York ...
Style:
sentimental, sitcom, sexy, sexual, erotic ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, kids, girls' night
Plot:
female friendship, sexual intercourse, couple relations, looking for love, everyday life, sex, up and down relationship, friendship, looking for sex, sexual attraction, love, friends ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, usa
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A comedic thriller that follows the bizarre adventures of eccentric “holistic” detective Dirk Gently and his reluctant assistant Todd. An adaptation of Douglas Adams’ wildly successful comic novels.
Style:
ironic, psychological, intellectual, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
clue, time travel, private detective, murder investigation, partners, unstoppable, investigation, hallucination, strange person, detective agency, crime investigation, supernatural ...
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242K
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story:
The adventures of a late-20th-century New York City pizza delivery boy, Philip J. Fry, who, after being unwittingly cryogenically frozen for one thousand years, finds employment at Planet Express, an interplanetary delivery company in the ...
Style:
adult animation, futuristic, cynical, surreal, sitcom ...
Audience:
teens, kids, adult
Plot:
scientist, space travel, robot, mad scientist, social satire, alien, goofy hero, adult humor, space and aliens, cyclops, time travel, androids and robots ...
Time:
future, 20th century, year 1999, 90s, distant future
Place:
new york
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51K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story:
Mary, Queen of Scots, faces political and sexual intrigue in the treacherous world of the French court.
Style:
sexy, stylized, serious, tense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama, adult
Plot:
royal family, female protagonist, intrigue, queen, royal court, aristocracy, rivalry, state affairs, love triangle, power struggle, couples, ruler ...
Time:
16th century
Place:
france, scotland, europe
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1.9M
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 49 min.
TV show
Story:
When Walter White, a New Mexico chemistry teacher, is diagnosed with Stage III cancer and given a prognosis of only two years left to live, he becomes filled with a sense of fearlessness and an unrelenting desire to secure his family's ...
Style:
serious, captivating, tense, psychological, rough ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
criminal, life turned upside down, family problems, peril, drug dealing, meth lab, drug lord, unlikely partners, master criminal, cancer, life is a bitch, ambition ...
Time:
2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
new mexico, albuquerque new mexico, usa
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
After a teenage girl's perplexing suicide, a classmate receives a series of tapes that unravel the mystery of her tragic choice.
Style:
emotional, psychological, thought provoking, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
suicide, high school, depression, guilt, loss of friend, human relationship, death of daughter, suicidal, classmate classmate relationship, teenage girl, loss of daughter, teenage boy ...
Place:
usa
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story:
When heroes alone are not enough ... the world needs legends. Having seen the future, one he will desperately try to prevent from happening, time-traveling rogue Rip Hunter is tasked with assembling a disparate group of both heroes and villains to ...
Style:
captivating, humorous, exciting, sad, absurd ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
superhero team, villain, time travel, save the world, lgbt, alternate reality, superhero, female warrior, lesbian love, lesbian, martial arts, supernatural ...
Time:
2010s
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532K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A group of vigilantes known informally as “The Boys” set out to take down corrupt superheroes with no more than blue-collar grit and a willingness to fight dirty.
Style:
entertaining, tense, bloody, satirical, funny ...
Plot:
superhero, dark humor, society, rivalry, murder, vengeance, super speed, supernatural power, corruption, superhero team, superheroine, investigation ...
Time:
future, 2020s, 2010s
Place:
new york
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196K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 55 min.
TV show
Story:
A group of high school students navigate love and friendships in a world of drugs, sex, trauma, and social media.
Style:
thought provoking, captivating, depressing, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
mental illness, teenager, drugs, drug addict, high school, sex, lgbt, youth, teenage life, sexuality, friends, coming of age ...
Time:
2020s, 2010s
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
TV show
Story:
The prequel series finds the Targaryen dynasty at the absolute apex of its power, with more than 15 dragons under their yoke. Most empires—real and imagined—crumble from such heights. In the case of the Targaryens, their slow fall begins almost ...
Style:
exciting, captivating, tense, stylized, dramatic ...
Plot:
dragon, knight, queen, incest, king, kingdom, legend, serial killer, sword and sorcery, adaptation, interracial romance, evil ...
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413K
Genre: Animation, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story:
Set in Springfield, the average American town, the show focuses on the antics and everyday adventures of the Simpson family; Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie, as well as a virtual cast of thousands. Since the beginning, the series has been a pop ...
Style:
sitcom, adult animation, humorous, not serious, anime ...
Audience:
teens, kids, family outing, chick flick, adult
Plot:
dark humor, suburbs, goofy hero, society, siblings relations, social satire, satire, family relations, eccentric family, beer, housewife, parents and children ...
Time:
80s, 90s, 20th century, 2010s, 2000s ...
Place:
usa
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 55 min.
TV show
Story:
An American anthology police detective series utilizing multiple timelines in which investigations seem to unearth personal and professional secrets of those involved, both within or outside the law.
Style:
neo noir, serious, atmospheric, gloomy, realistic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, investigation, police investigation, murder mystery, police detective, murder investigation, murder, murderer, drinking problem, partners, partners against crime, graphic violence ...
Time:
20th century, 2010s, 90s, 21st century
Place:
louisiana, california, usa
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394K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 49 min.
TV show
Story:
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 ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, melancholic, bleak ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
hacker, computers and web, fighting the system, computer hacker, conspiracy, split personality, secret society, psychotherapy, hacking, paranoia, conspiracy theory, introvert ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york
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346K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 59 min.
TV show
Story:
Told from the points of view of both the Baltimore homicide and narcotics detectives and their targets, the series captures a universe in which the national war on drugs has become a permanent, self-sustaining bureaucracy, and distinctions between ...
Style:
clever, tense, cynical, serious, captivating ...
Plot:
organized crime, police detective, corruption, police, urban ghetto life, life is a bitch, working undercover, drug dealing, fighting crime, police investigation, gang, drug lord ...
Time:
2000s, future, 50s, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
baltimore, maryland, usa
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story:
In a war-torn world of elemental magic, a young boy reawakens to undertake a dangerous mystic quest to fulfill his destiny as the Avatar, and bring peace to the world.
Style:
exciting, captivating, semi serious, stylized, adult animation ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, preschoolers, teens, pre-teens
Plot:
friends, supernatural ability, chosen one, peril, martial arts, friendship, heroic mission, save the day, magical, honor, good versus evil, training ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
asia
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
TV show
Story:
Beginning in a time of relative peace, we follow an ensemble cast of characters as they confront the re-emergence of evil to Middle-earth. From the darkest depths of the Misty Mountains, to the majestic forests of Lindon, to the breathtaking island ...
Style:
atmospheric, exciting
Plot:
sword, good versus evil, kingdom, bow and arrow, fight, enemy, magic, village, journey, power, master, ancient ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
When an old enemy, the Cylons, resurface and obliterate the 12 colonies, the crew of the aged Galactica protect a small civilian fleet - the last of humanity - as they journey toward the fabled 13th colony, Earth.
Style:
futuristic, exciting, suspenseful, stylized, clever ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
space travel, space, space wars, space and aliens, androids and robots, cyborgs, alien planet, extinction, human in outer space, military, heroes, space battle ...
Time:
future
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