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- CreatorGreg BerlantiMarc GuggenheimAndrew KreisbergStarsStephen AmellKatie CassidyDavid RamseySpoiled billionaire playboy Oliver Queen is missing and presumed dead when his yacht is lost at sea. He returns five years later a changed man, determined to clean up the city as a hooded vigilante armed with a bow.
- CreatorAaron SorkinStarsJeff DanielsEmily MortimerJohn Gallagher Jr.A newsroom undergoes some changes in its workings and morals as a new team is brought in, bringing unexpected results for its existing news anchor.
- CreatorRobert DohertyStarsJonny Lee MillerLucy LiuAidan QuinnA crime-solving duo that cracks the NYPD's most impossible cases. Following his fall from grace in London, eccentric Sherlock escapes to New York where his father forces him to live with his worst nightmare - a sober companion, Dr. Watson.
- CreatorEric KripkeStarsBilly BurkeTracy SpiridakosGiancarlo EspositoFifteen years after a permanent global blackout, a group of revolutionaries seek to drive out a tyrannical militia that's taken over the former United States of America.
- CreatorMichael Dante DiMartinoBryan KonietzkoStarsJanet VarneyP.J. ByrneDavid FaustinoAvatar Korra fights to keep Republic City safe from the evil forces of both the physical and spiritual worlds.
- CreatorShonda RhimesStarsKerry WashingtonDarby StanchfieldKatie LowesA former White House Communications Director starts her own crisis management firm only to realize her clients are not the only ones with secrets.
- CreatorLena DunhamStarsLena DunhamAllison WilliamsJemima KirkeA comedy about the experiences of a group of girls in their early 20s.
- CreatorSimon BarryStarsRachel NicholsVictor WebsterErik KnudsenA detective from the year 2077 finds herself trapped in present-day Vancouver and searching for ruthless criminals from the future.
- CreatorTim KringStarsKiefer SutherlandDavid MazouzGugu Mbatha-RawA widower struggling to raise his emotionally challenged son discovers that he can predict events before they happen.
- CreatorSteven LilienElizabeth SarnoffBryan WynbrandtStarsSarah JonesJorge GarciaJonny CoyneIn 1963, all the prisoners and guards mysteriously disappear from Alcatraz. In the present day, they resurface and a secret agency are tasked with re-capturing them.
- CreatorAlex HirschStarsJason RitterAlex HirschKristen SchaalTwin siblings Dipper and Mabel Pines spend the summer at their great-uncle's tourist trap in the enigmatic Gravity Falls, Oregon.
- CreatorSherri Cooper-LandsmanRon KoslowJennifer LevinStarsKristin KreukJay RyanNina LisandrelloA beautiful detective falls in love with an ex-soldier who goes into hiding from the secret government organization that turned him into a mechanically charged beast.
- CreatorArmando IannucciStarsJulia Louis-DreyfusTony HaleAnna ChlumskyFormer Senator Selina Meyer finds that being Vice President of the United States is nothing like she hoped and everything that everyone ever warned her about.
- CreatorBruce HelfordStarsCharlie SheenShawnee SmithNoureen DeWulfEx-baseball-player Charlie is an anger-management therapist who has small-group sessions at home, an OCD teen daughter, an ex-wife, and a sex-buddy/therapist.
- CreatorNahnatchka KhanStarsKrysten RitterDreama WalkerMichael BlaiklockChloe is a New York party girl with the morals of a pirate. She causes trouble for her best friend James Van Der Beek and her naive small-town roommate June.
- CreatorMichael BrandtDerek HaasStarsTaylor KinneyChristian StolteEamonn WalkerThe story of firefighters and paramedics in the city of Chicago, both on a personal and professional level.
- CreatorMindy KalingStarsMindy KalingIke BarinholtzEd WeeksA young Ob/Gyn doctor balances her personal and professional life, surrounded by quirky co-workers in a small office.
- CreatorReki KawaharaStarsYoshitsugu MatsuokaHaruka TomatsuBryce PapenbrookIn the year 2022, thousands of people get trapped in a new virtual MMORPG and the lone wolf player, Kirito, works to escape.
- CreatorMatthew CarnahanStarsDon CheadleKristen BellBen SchwartzCharming, fast-talking Marty Kaan and his crack team of management consultants use every dirty trick in the book to woo powerful CEOs and close huge deals in this scathing, irreverent satire of corporate America today.
- CreatorEilif SkodvinAnne BjørnstadStarsSteven Van ZandtTrond FausaSteinar SagenA New York mobster goes into hiding in rural Lillehammer in Norway after testifying against his former associates.
- CreatorHunt BaldwinJohn CovenyStarsRobert TaylorKatee SackhoffLou Diamond PhillipsWalt Longmire is the dedicated and unflappable sheriff of Absaroka County, Wyoming. Widowed only a year, he is a man in psychic repair but buries his pain behind his brave face, unassuming grin and dry wit.
- CreatorKarl GajdusekShawn RyanStarsAndre BraugherScott SpeedmanDaisy BettsA U.S. sub picks up Navy SEALs and receives an order for a nuke launch. Due to the circumstances of the order, the Captain refuses to fire. After escaping an attack from another U.S. sub, the crew and SEALs take refuge on a small island.
- CreatorCallie KhouriStarsHayden PanettiereClare BowenCharles EstenFollows the lives and tragedies of rising and fading country music stars in Nashville, Tennessee.
- CreatorKyle KillenStarsJason IsaacsLaura AllenSteve HarrisAfter a car accident takes the life of a family member, a police detective lives two alternating parallel lives, one with his wife and one with his son. Is one of his "realities" merely a dream?
- CreatorScott SilveriStarsMatthew PerryLaura BenantiJulie WhitePressured by his boss to join a support group because he can't move forward after his wife's death, an irreverent sportscaster finds connection with the extremely varied members.
- CreatorRicky GervaisStarsRicky GervaisKerry GodlimanDavid EarlDerek is a loyal nursing home care assistant who sees only the good in his quirky co-workers as they struggle against prejudice and shrinking budgets to care for their elderly residents.
- CreatorFabrice GobertStarsAnne ConsignyClotilde HesmeFrédéric PierrotIn a small French mountain town where everyone knows each other, the dead begin to inexplicably return as if their death never happened. Forcing the townsfolk to confront their difficult past as they seek to understand this phenomenon.
- CreatorKenneth BillerMike SussmanStarsEric McCormackRachael Leigh CookKelly RowanDr. Daniel Pierce is an eccentric neuropsychiatrist who uses his unique outlook to help the federal government solve complex criminal cases.
- CreatorDavid WilcoxStarsRachael TaylorDave AnnableRobert BuckleyAt the 203 apartments Drake, NYC, residents are granted one wish - any wish. But beware of the price. There's something supernatural and evil about The Drake that only the owners, Gavin and Olivia. know about/control.
- CreatorRichard WarlowStarsMatthew MacfadyenAdam RothenbergMyAnna BuringThe streets of Whitechapel are the haunt of Detective Inspector Edmund Reid and his team of officers, who aim to maintain law and order in a place once terrorized by Jack the Ripper.
- CreatorOren PeliMichael R. PerryStarsBruce GreenwoodJoe AndersonLeslie HopeThe crew of a research vessel are on a quest to find a missing TV explorer in the Amazon.
- CreatorTheresa RebeckStarsDebra MessingJack DavenportKatharine McPheeMore drama occurs behind the scenes than on stage, as the team prepares an ambitious Broadway musical on the life of Marilyn Monroe.
- StarsMurat CemcirAhmet KuralSadi Celil CengizAhmet, Murat and Sadi are actors who dream of shooting a movie and present a documentary called 'Meslek Hikayeleri' in order to make money.
- CreatorDan BerendsenStarsJean-Luc BilodeauDerek ThelerMelissa PetermanA 20-something bachelor bartender becomes an unlikely parent when an ex-girlfriend leaves a baby girl on his doorstep.
- CreatorHart HansonStarsGeoff StultsMaddie HassonMercedes MasonAn Iraq war vet suffers a brain injury that triggers the ability to see connections between seemingly unrelated events, objects or people.
- CreatorHeidi ThomasStarsVanessa RedgraveLaura MainJenny AgutterChronicles the lives of a group of midwives living in East London in the late 1950s to late 1960s.
- StarsJosh BlaylockEllary PorterfieldJohanna BraddyIn a futuristic world where gaming is the top sport, a teenager attends a school which specializes in a curriculum of video games in each genre.
- CreatorKeegan-Michael KeyJordan PeeleStarsKeegan-Michael KeyJordan PeeleMetta World PeaceProject sees Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele in front of a live studio audience bantering about a topic weaved between filmed shorts and sketches.
- StarsJon HammDaniel RadcliffeRosie CavalieroIn the early 20th century, a young doctor arrives in a small Russian village around the time of the Russian Revolution to work in the local hospital.
- CreatorMitch GlazerStarsJeffrey Dean MorganOlga KurylenkoSteven StraitCenters on Miami mobsters and other characters from Miami Beach in the late 1950s.
- CreatorAli AdlerRyan MurphyKatherine ShafferStarsJustin BarthaAndrew RannellsGeorgia KingA single mother's life after she accepts the offer to be a surrogate mother for a gay couple.
- StarsJase RobertsonSi RobertsonWillie RobertsonFollows a wealthy Louisiana family known for their successful duck-hunting business.
- CreatorTom FontanaWill RokosStarsTom Weston-JonesKyle SchmidAnastasia GriffithIn the 1860s, an Irish-American Civil War veteran joins the New York City police force.
- CreatorApril BlairStarsNick RouxRowly DennisDavid Clayton RogersA case of mistaken identity has a dateless high school outsider living a double life as a twenty-something career girl in the fashion world.
- CreatorCynthia CidreDavid JacobsStarsJosh HendersonJesse MetcalfeJordana BrewsterThe next generation of the Ewing family, cousins John Ross Ewing and Christopher Ewing, clash over the family's oil business and vast fortune.
- CreatorGregory PoirierStarsAshley JuddCliff CurtisAdriano GianniniWhen a woman's son goes missing under suspicious circumstances, she will do anything it takes to find him.
- CreatorJames DuffStarsMary McDonnellG.W. BaileyTony DenisonThe Closer (2005) spin-off series, which follows Captain Raydor of the Los Angeles Police Department.
- CreatorJordan BuddeSuzanne MartinStarsJennifer Love HewittLoretta DevineColin EgglesfieldRiley is a single mother living in a small Texas town and leading a shocking double life.
- CreatorRobert HarlingStarsLeslie BibbJennifer AspenMarisol NicholsSeeking a fresh start, recently-widowed mother-of-two Amanda Vaughn moves back to the affluent Dallas neighborhood where she grew up to find herself in the whirling midst of salacious gossip, Botox, and fraud.
- CreatorBill GallagherSarah BartonSarah BrownStarsJoanna VanderhamEmun ElliottStephen WightThe story of a young woman who works in a department store and gets caught up in the charms of the modern world.
- CreatorRoger BlackWaco O'GuinStarsDaniel ToshRoger BlackDavid HermanA group of never-do-well forest rangers are facing the shutdown of their National Park when a new ranger arrives to help transform them and save the park.
- CreatorGen UrobuchiStarsKana HanazawaMiyuki SawashiroNoriko HidakaBelieving in humanity and order, policewoman Akane Tsunemori obeys the ruling, computerized, precognitive Sibyl System. But when she faces a criminal mastermind who can elude this perfect system, she questions both Sibyl and herself.
- CreatorFrank SpotnitzStarsMelissa GeorgeAdam RaynerPatrick MalahideMeet Sam. A spy. A hunter. And herself hunted by an enemy more ruthless and determined than any she's ever known.
- CreatorDan FogelmanStarsJami GertzLenny VenitoSimon TemplemanA New Jersey family moves to an affluent gated community composed entirely of extraterrestrials.
- CreatorBreckin MeyerStarsDanny MastersonMichael CassidyAdam BuschComedy following the misadventures of four buddies who work together at a magazine.
- CreatorDoug MirabelloStarsJo ShannonAlana ThompsonJune ShannonA reality-TV show featuring the life of "Toddlers and Tiaras" competitor Alana 'Honey Boo Boo' Thompson and her overweight family through their day-to-day lives.
- CreatorTodd McFarlaneDavid MichelinieBill MantloStarsDrake BellOgie BanksChi McBrideSpider-Man battles evil with a new team of teen colleagues and training from S.H.I.E.L.D.
- CreatorLamar DamonAmy Sherman-PalladinoStarsSutton FosterKaitlyn JenkinsJulia Goldani TellesMichelle, a Las Vegas showgirl marries a man on a whim and moves to his sleepy coastal town where she winds up working alongside her new mother-in-law at her dance school.
- CreatorNicholas PileggiGreg WalkerStarsDennis QuaidMichael ChiklisCarrie-Anne MossRalph Lamb, a former MP for the US Army, becomes sheriff. His brother, Jack, and his son, Dixon, are deputized. Meanwhile, Vincent Savino comes from Chicago to Vegas to run The Savoy hotel and casino.
- CreatorAdam HorowitzEdward KitsisSteven LisbergerStarsElijah WoodTricia HelferCharlie BeanIn the computer world of the Grid, a young program joins Tron's fight against their world's tyranny.
- StarsShaun EvansRoger AllamJames BradshawSet from 1965 into the 1970s, the show follows Endeavour Morse in his early years as a police constable. Working alongside his senior partner DI Fred Thursday, Morse engages in a number of investigations around Oxford.
- StarsEssie DavisNathan PageHugo Johnstone-BurtA female sleuth sashays through the back lanes and jazz clubs of Melbourne in the late 1920s, fighting injustice with her pearl-handled pistol and her dagger-sharp wit.
- StarsJay BaruchelChristopher Mintz-PlasseT.J. MillerThe further adventures of Hiccup and his friends on the Island of Berk.
- StarsChris VanceFrançois BerléandCharly HübnerFrank Martin is an ex special ops, who now spends his life as a transporter on the other side of the law. With three rules, he always completes his contracts. One way, or the other.
- StarsRachael StirlingJulie GrahamSophie RundleIn 1952, four women who worked at the wartime code-breaking centre, Bletchley Park, reunite to track down a serial killer.
- CreatorJennie Snyder UrmanStarsMamie GummerJustin HartleyAja Naomi KingA young doctor realizes that working as an intern in a big hospital is very much the same as being in high school.
- CreatorCiro NieliJoshua SterninJennifer VentimiliaStarsSean AstinRob PaulsenGreg CipesFour ninja turtles, mutated by a mysterious alien substance, must rise up out of the sewers and defend New York City against evil forces from both the past and present.
- CreatorCormac WibberleyMarianne WibberleyStarsMichael EalyWarren KoleSonya WalgerCenters on cops Wes Mitchell and Travis Marks, who have a problem -- each other -- so their captain sends them to couples therapy.
- StarsLayton WilliamsMathew HorneCharlie WernhamComedy series about a teacher who is a bigger kid than the kids he teaches.
- CreatorMax JosephAriel SchulmanNev SchulmanStarsNev SchulmanMax JosephKamie CrawfordNev Schulman and Max Joseph help people who have fallen in love online test the authenticity of their lovers' identities.
- CreatorJed MercurioStarsMartin CompstonVicky McClureAdrian DunbarDrama series following the investigations of AC-12, a controversial police anti-corruption unit.
- CreatorLukas ReiterStarsJosh LucasCallum Keith RennieMolly ParkerDefense Attorney Mitch McDeere is targeted for execution by the Chicago Mob in retaliation for bringing down a profitable Mob-operated Memphis law firm ten years earlier.
- CreatorLars LundströmStarsLisette T. PaglerPia HalvorsenJohan PaulsenIn an alternative present, companion robots are commonplace. When humans make copies of themselves so lifelike that they form emotional bonds, questions and ethical dilemmas arise.
- CreatorDana FoxStarsDakota JohnsonNat FaxonLucy PunchA free-spirited young guy moves in with his tightly-wound Type-A sister under the guise of being his niece's caregiver.
- CreatorMorwyn BrebnerMalcolm MacRuryStarsErica DuranceMichael ShanksBenjamin AyresA supernatural medical drama that centers on the lives of the doctors and nurses of Hope Zion Hospital.
- StarsKevin SmithWalter FlanaganMike ZapcicAn unscripted series set in Smith's iconic comic shop Jay and Silent Bob's Secret Stash and captures the world of the neighborhood comic book store and fanboy culture.
- CreatorJimmy FallonCharlie GrandyAmy OzolsStarsAnthony AndersonJesse BradfordZach CreggerThree 30-something dads struggle as parents because they are still children at heart.
- CreatorPaul AbbottStarsChloë SevignyRoma ChristensenJorden BennieFollows the life of transgender contract killer Mia, who travels to West Yorkshire to seek out her ex girlfriend.
- CreatorJulie LarsonDottie Dartland ZicklinStarsLaura PreponLauren LapkusJake McDormanA comedy about a 20-something woman based loosely on the outrageous number one best-selling book by Chelsea Handler.
- StarsChris O'DowdDavid RawleDeirdre O'KaneMartin Moone is a young boy who relies on the help of his imaginary friend, Sean, to deal with the quandaries of life in a wacky small-town Irish family circa 1990.
- CreatorJosh BermanRob WrightStarsJordana SpiroWilliam ForsytheJames CarpinelloA young thoracic surgeon becomes indebted to the South Chicago mafia and is forced to moonlight as a mob doctor, while also working full time at Chicago's most prominent hospital.
- CreatorDavid KohanMax MutchnickStarsMichael UrieDavid KrumholtzSophia BushTwo lifelong friends, who are both architects, form a business partnership.
- StarsAamir KhanVikky KumarSrideviAamir Khan hosts and produces this documentary/talkshow that explores the social issues affecting modern India.
- StarsOliver StoneAlan ShearmanJim WardOliver Stone 's re-examination of under-reported events in American history.
- CreatorMichael B. KaplanPhilip StarkStarsGenevieve HanneliusBlake MichaelFrancesca CapaldiA family adopts a dog named Stan in the hope that two feuding step-siblings will bond over the pet. It works when the siblings soon find out that the dog can talk and write.
- StarsAltan ErkekliFüsun DemirelOlgun SimsekHumorous way of life with three different families that have diversified lifestyle habits.
- CreatorGillian HorvathGarfield Reeves-StevensJudith Reeves-StevensStarsNiall MatterSara CanningDanny RahimCanadian spin-off of Primeval (2007). A new team of scientists from the Cross Photonics company in Vancouver track down dangerous creatures emerging through anomalies in time.
- CreatorBrad CopelandStarsBubba LewisZack PearlmanJoey PollariFour high school friends are not cool or popular, but not total dorks, either.
- CreatorJosh GadJon LovettJason WinerStarsJosh GadJenna ElfmanMartha MacIsaacPresident Gilcrest and his trophy wife are living in the White House, with their overachieving daughter sidetracked by pregnancy, a couch potato hopeless son, a genius young son, and an odd middle school girl.
- StarsAtsushi AbeNatsumi TakamoriTomoaki MaenoA young man named, Koichi Sakakibara, transfers to a new school where he finds himself drawn into a mystery involving a mysterious girl and a series of gruesome deaths.
- CreatorJerry SeinfeldStarsJerry SeinfeldMichael RichardsMario JoynerJerry Seinfeld is joined by friends for a cup of coffee and a drive in a classic car, sharing stories all along the way.
- CreatorRobin FrenchKieron QuirkeStarsGreg DaviesHelen BaxendaleTyger Drew-HoneyCuckoo is every parent's worst nightmare - a slacker full of outlandish, New Age ideas.
- CreatorMichael MacLennanAdrienne MitchellStarsMeg TillyJodi BalfourCharlotte HegeleA drama about World War II women at work in a munitions factory.
- CreatorBryan MooreChris PetersonStarsWilliam BrentSpencer BoldmanKelli BerglundA scrawny 14-year-old, having discovered his inventor stepdad has three bionic, super-powered teens living cloistered in a secret lab beneath their home, brings them out into the world.
- StarsElliot KnightMarama CorlettElliot CowanA Persian prisoner sets out to find his dead brother with help from his misfit group.
- StarsKenan ImirzaliogluBergüzar KorelÇetin TekindorThe Kara family's life is turned upside down because of a wrongful accusation that results in the imprisonment of Nazif Kara for a murder he didn't commit.
- CreatorBrian GatewoodAlessandro TanakaStarsJustin KirkJoAnna Garcia SwisherBobby LeeAn animal loving veterinarian despises pet owners.
- CreatorScott AukermanStarsScott AukermanReggie Watts'Weird Al' YankovicA talk-show parody that features celebrity guests, comedy sketches, and animation. Based on the podcast of the same name.
- CreatorSally WainwrightStarsAnne ReidDerek JacobiSarah LancashireAfter 50+ years apart, Celia (Anne Reid) and Alan (Derek Jacobi) are reunited and decide to marry.
- StarsYûki KajiYôko HikasaShizuka ItouAfter being killed on his first date, idiotic and perverted Issei Hyodo is resurrected as a demon by Rias Gremory only to be recruited into her club of high-class devils.