Criminally Underrated Television
by yrnej | created - 10 Nov 2016 | updated - 09 Jul 2018 | PublicWhich of these current TV shows most deserves more respect?
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1. Adam Ruins Everything (2015– )
30 min | Animation, Comedy, History
Iconoclastic Adam Conover from CollegeHumor turns life as we know it on its ear by showing us how unnecessary, and sometimes horrible, things we think we know to be real and true really are.
Stars: Adam Conover, Adam Lustick, Emily Axford, Amos Vernon
Votes: 5,979
2. Another Period (2013–2018)
21 min | Comedy, History
A mockumentary-style period piece comedy that follows members of the wealthy Bellacourt family and their servants in early 20th-century Newport, Rhode Island.
Stars: Natasha Leggero, Riki Lindhome, Armen Weitzman, Michael Ian Black
Votes: 4,253
3. Better Things (2016– )
14+ | 22 min | Comedy, Drama
An actress raises her three daughters while juggling the pressures of working in Hollywood and being a single parent.
Stars: Pamela Adlon, Mikey Madison, Hannah Alligood, Olivia Edward
Votes: 11,322
4. Billions (2016– )
14A | 60 min | Drama
U.S. Attorney Chuck Rhoades goes after hedge fund king Bobby "Axe" Axelrod in a battle between two powerful New York figures.
Stars: Paul Giamatti, Damian Lewis, Maggie Siff, David Costabile
Votes: 65,156
5. Black-ish (2014– )
22 min | Comedy
A family man struggles to gain a sense of cultural identity while raising his kids in a predominantly white, upper-middle-class neighborhood.
Stars: Anthony Anderson, Tracee Ellis Ross, Marcus Scribner, Miles Brown
Votes: 18,616
6. Bosch (2014– )
TV-MA | 51 min | Crime, Drama
An L.A.P.D. homicide detective works to solve the murder of a thirteen-year-old boy while standing trial in federal court for the murder of a serial killer.
Stars: Titus Welliver, Jamie Hector, Amy Aquino, Lance Reddick
Votes: 42,161
7. Call the Midwife (2012– )
PG | 60 min | Drama, History
Chronicles the lives of a group of midwives living in East London in the late-1950s to mid-1960s.
Stars: Vanessa Redgrave, Laura Main, Jenny Agutter, Judy Parfitt
Votes: 19,075
8. Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (2015–2019)
42 min | Comedy, Musical
A young woman abandons a choice job at a law firm and her life in New York in an attempt to find happiness in the unlikely locale of West Covina, California.
Stars: Rachel Bloom, Donna Lynne Champlin, Vincent Rodriguez III, Pete Gardner
Votes: 15,863
9. Drunk History (2013– )
22 min | Comedy, History
Historical reenactments by A-list talent are presented by inebriated storytellers.
Stars: Derek Waters, Bennie Arthur, Craig Cackowski, Maria Blasucci
Votes: 8,564
10. Fargo (2014– )
13+ | 53 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Various chronicles of deception, intrigue and murder in and around frozen Minnesota. Yet all of these tales mysteriously lead back one way or another to Fargo, North Dakota.
Stars: Billy Bob Thornton, Martin Freeman, Allison Tolman, Colin Hanks
Votes: 304,897
11. Fresh Off the Boat (2015– )
PG | 22 min | Comedy
A Taiwanese family makes their way in America during the 1990s.
Stars: Randall Park, Constance Wu, Hudson Yang, Forrest Wheeler
Votes: 21,388
12. Full Frontal with Samantha Bee (2016– )
21 min | Comedy, News, Talk-Show
Comedian Samantha Bee gives her own wry commentary to the contemporary issues of the day.
Stars: Samantha Bee, Allana Harkin, Ashley Nicole Black, Mike Rubens
Votes: 5,691
13. GLOW (2017– )
TV-MA | 35 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport
A look at the personal and professional lives of a group of women who perform for a wrestling organization in Los Angeles during the 1980s.
Stars: Alison Brie, Marc Maron, Betty Gilpin, Britt Baron
Votes: 37,738
14. The Good Place (2016–2020)
PG | 22 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Four people and their otherworldly frienemy struggle in the afterlife to define what it means to be good.
Stars: Kristen Bell, William Jackson Harper, Jameela Jamil, D'Arcy Carden
Votes: 98,309
15. Grantchester (2014– )
45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A Cambridgeshire clergyman finds himself investigating a series of mysterious wrongdoings in his small village of Grantchester.
Stars: Robson Green, Tessa Peake-Jones, Al Weaver, Kacey Ainsworth
Votes: 9,132
16. Happy! (2017–2019)
60 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
An injured hitman befriends his kidnapped daughter's imaginary friend - a perky blue flying unicorn.
Stars: Christopher Meloni, Ritchie Coster, Lili Mirojnick, Patton Oswalt
Votes: 31,188
17. Into the Badlands (2015–2019)
14A | 42 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A mighty warrior and a young boy search for enlightenment in a ruthless territory controlled by feudal barons.
Stars: Daniel Wu, Orla Brady, Emily Beecham, Aramis Knight
Votes: 39,484
18. iZombie (2015–2019)
42 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A medical resident finds that being a zombie has its perks, which she uses to assist the police.
Stars: Rose McIver, Malcolm Goodwin, Rahul Kohli, Robert Buckley
Votes: 58,295
19. Jessica Jones (2015–2019)
13+ | 56 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Following the tragic end of her brief superhero career, Jessica Jones tries to rebuild her life as a private investigator, dealing with cases involving people with remarkable abilities in New York City.
Stars: Krysten Ritter, Rachael Taylor, Eka Darville, Carrie-Anne Moss
Votes: 187,741
20. The 100 (2014– )
PG | 43 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Set ninety-seven years after a nuclear war has destroyed civilization, when a spaceship housing humanity's lone survivors sends one hundred juvenile delinquents back to Earth, in hopes of possibly re-populating the planet.
Stars: Eliza Taylor, Bob Morley, Marie Avgeropoulos, Isaiah Washington
Votes: 197,707
21. Outlander (2014– )
13+ | 64 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
An English combat nurse from 1945 is mysteriously swept back in time to 1743.
Stars: Caitriona Balfe, Sam Heughan, Duncan Lacroix, Sophie Skelton
Votes: 113,441
22. Peaky Blinders (2013– )
14A | 60 min | Crime, Drama
A gangster family epic set in 1919 Birmingham, England; centered on a gang who sew razor blades in the peaks of their caps, and their fierce boss Tommy Shelby.
Stars: Cillian Murphy, Paul Anderson, Helen McCrory, Sophie Rundle
Votes: 298,168
23. Preacher (2016–2019)
14A | 60 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
After a supernatural event at his church, a preacher enlists the help of a vampire and his ex to find God.
Stars: Dominic Cooper, Joseph Gilgun, Ruth Negga, Ian Colletti
Votes: 65,137
24. Ray Donovan (2013–2020)
18A | 60 min | Crime, Drama
Ray Donovan, a professional "fixer" for the rich and famous in Los Angeles, can make anyone's problems disappear except those created by his own family.
Stars: Liev Schreiber, Eddie Marsan, Dash Mihok, Pooch Hall
Votes: 74,874
25. Speechless (2016–2019)
30 min | Comedy
The family of a special-needs teen is good at dealing with the challenges he faces - and excellent at creating new ones.
Stars: Minnie Driver, John Ross Bowie, Cedric Yarbrough, Mason Cook
Votes: 6,862
26. Supernatural (2005–2020)
PG | 44 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Two brothers follow their father's footsteps as hunters, fighting evil supernatural beings of many kinds, including monsters, demons and gods that roam the earth.
Stars: Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles, Jim Beaver, Misha Collins
Votes: 375,638
27. Superstore (2015– )
PG | 22 min | Comedy
A look at the lives of employees at a big box store.
Stars: America Ferrera, Ben Feldman, Lauren Ash, Colton Dunn
Votes: 19,514
28. UnREAL (2015–2018)
42 min | Drama
A behind-the-scenes look at the chaos surrounding the production of a dating competition program.
Stars: Shiri Appleby, Craig Bierko, Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman, Brennan Elliott
Votes: 12,987
29. Victoria (2016– )
G | 60 min | Biography, Drama, History
The early life of Queen Victoria, from her ascension to the throne at the tender age of eighteen to her courtship and marriage to Prince Albert.
Stars: Jenna Coleman, Adrian Schiller, Jordan Waller, Tommy Knight
Votes: 21,002
30. Vikings (2013– )
14A | 44 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Vikings transports us to the brutal and mysterious world of Ragnar Lothbrok, a Viking warrior and farmer who yearns to explore - and raid - the distant shores across the ocean.
Stars: Katheryn Winnick, Gustaf Skarsgård, Alexander Ludwig, Georgia Hirst
Votes: 396,031
31. You're the Worst (2014–2019)
30 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Centers on two toxic, self-destructive people who fall in love and attempt a relationship.
Stars: Chris Geere, Aya Cash, Desmin Borges, Kether Donohue
Votes: 22,457
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