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- StarsGuy Van SandeKatrien VandendriesGeorge ArrendellIn this Flemish detective series, serious crimes are investigated, usually leading to arrests by the sullen, socially inept detective Tom Segers and his female partner. Together with their police quad, they fight crime from the center to the port of Antwerp. Under the uniform of each character we find a real human of flesh and blood, with his or her love, hope and expectations, but also with many problems and disappointments.
- StarsHilde De BaerdemaekerLuk WynsLotte PinoyIn an ideal world law and justice are the same. A criminal commits a crime against a victim and justice makes sure scandals are balanced. The offender gets his punishment and the victim gets compensated for his suffering. Unfortunately, reality is quite different. That is why justice is wearing her blindfold for centuries. Big frauds go free and petty thiefs are handled hard. Offenders walk because of procedural mistakes and victims stand in the cold. Justice can be really unjust. Coppers is about the federal police, seeking for this justice.
- StarsNathalie MeskensMichel van DousselaereMarianne DevrieseA former hairdresser graduates from law school and starts working as a cheap legal consultant. Her ambition, her spontaneous and unique way to investigate cases, her big heart and her first successes as a lawyer soon deliver her many clients.
- StarsHilde De BaerdemaekerRoel VanderstukkenRudy MorrenA man turns in a women after a one night stand to see the world trough their perspective.
- DirectorDaniel LamboStarsPeter Van den EedeHerwig IlegemsMark VerstraeteThree small time criminal brothers plan a final heist before they are too old to do so.
- StarsHerbert FlackMichel van DousselaereHerman BoetsIn each episode of this Flemish whodunit based on the books of Pieter Aspe, a serious crime - usually one or more murders in the author's home town Bruges - gets investigated by the grumpy but brilliant chief inspector Pieter Van In and his team.
- StarsOscar WillemsJoren SeldeslachtsLouis TalpeThis series was named The Score when screened in the U. K.
- CreatorGert GoovaertsStarsKarlijn SileghemGilles De SchryverRobrecht Vanden ThorenTom and Harry are two normal boys. One day, they find out that they were changed when they were born...
- StarsVeerle BaetensMichael PasMarc LauwrysHannah Maes leads a police squad, specialized in sexual offenses. At the same time she is investigating a robbery at her home where her mother got brutally raped.
- StarsMathias SercuWim DanckaertPieter EmbrechtsThe Rodenburgs are an influential, very wealthy family, which lives in a small castle near the Flemish city Kortrijk. As in "Dallas", the fortune patriarch Karel gathered doesn't bring them much happiness. And a complex, partially illegitimate family tree is just part of the dirty intrigue. Ambitious oldest son Olivier represents them in politics.
- CreatorPhilippe De SchepperHilde PallenStarsJoren SeldeslachtsGeert Van RampelbergJurgen DelnaetOnly a while after the death of Mark Nuyens, his doting son adolescent son Maarten, his legally unwed ma, housewife Karen, and others learn that Mark lead a double bigamy-like life. Only Mark's brother Ruben knew he secretly married, in another province, advertising-career-bachelorette Nina. The inheritance is only one of many complications for the bereaved and those in their own lives.
- StarsJohan TerrynHilde HeijnenMichel BauwensIn this Flemish police series, called after the river which runs trough the district where it plays, crimes are investigated and solved, usually in one episode, by a police team. The main protagonists, Lucas Bataillie, a brilliant but socially rather inept inspector, and his more career-oriented colleague Veerle De Tender, who becomes his superior, but only in rank, also have an on-off personal relationship. In the first season, they're also assisted by promising young trainee Simon Knops. The old commissioner is incompetent and often ignored, other recurrent characters are quite minor.
- CreatorYouri BooneJan PepermansPieter PeylsStarsTiny BertelsRomy LauwersThomas De SmetWhen her marriage fails Sylvia is forced to move with her children into a brothel on the Chaussée d'Amour. Out of financial necessity she decides to exploit the bar. Meanwhile a detective tries to solve an old murder case.
- CreatorGeoffrey EnthovenMariano VanhoofStarsTiny BertelsLize FerynJacob OogheWhen a luxury retirement home finds itself in trouble, four young offenders are brought in to do community service. But when the worlds of the young and old begin to collide, their values and expectations are put to the test. Bright, beautiful and a world away from Nordic noir... In Flemish with English subtitles.
- StarsCarry GoossensJan Van DykeGaston BerghmansSupported by a large pool of guest actors, Carry Goossens and Jan Van Dyke (and originally also Gaston Berghmans) star in a series of short, often stereotypical comedy sketches. These quickies are supplemented with some longer serials that return every episode. The adventures of two clumsy handymen are shown in "Sus & Klus", while in "Tommeke" a funny ginger rascal continuously makes his mother end up in total embarrassment.
- StarsPeter Van den BeginStany CretsKristine Van PellicomA story about the death struggle of the Flemish vaudeville theaters in the late 70's, when television was at the height of its popularity.
- StarsStan Van SamangJoke DevynckKevin JanssensThe missing persons unit of the Belgian federal police goes all the way each time a child or adult is likely to be in need of urgent help. Some cases are just domestic or false alerts, other link to various other crimes, from blackmail to terrorism. The team members barely have any time left for personal lives, so their relationships tend to suffer badly.
- CreatorPierre De ClercqStarsMark TijsmansLudo HellinxVeerle MalschaertPopular fiction series about police officers in a precinct of Ghent (Flanders, Belgium), both professionally and in their private lives.
- CreatorRik D'HietStarsClara CleymansDahlia PessemiersMichael PasHelena is a public prosecutor in Gent.
- StarsLucas Van den EyndeVeerle EyckermansMathijs ScheepersLargely fictionalized, partly fictitious chapters from the life of the Belgian royal family during and around the reign of king Albert II. Besides his duties, including signing a more federal regime for the Belgian state, focus is on his marital troubles, illegal offspring and unruly sons. Albert's elder brother and predecessor Boudewijn I and his widow Fabiola also play a largely fictionalized part.
- StarsLinda de MolPeter Paul MullerTjitske ReidingaFollows four friends in 't Gooi, a Dutch region where rich people live.
- StarsSteve GeertsIni MassezNicky LangleyThe life of an average family is turned upside down when they win the national lottery.
- CreatorVince GilliganPeter GouldStarsBob OdenkirkRhea SeehornJonathan BanksThe trials and tribulations of criminal lawyer Jimmy McGill in the years leading up to his fateful run-in with Walter White and Jesse Pinkman.
- CreatorPierre De ClercqJean-Claude Van RijckeghemStarsJurgen DelnaetJohny VonersWouter HendrickxFive guys spent their time in prison. Some of them even for murder. Now they want to run a restaurant called Amigo's. But not everything goes how it was supposed to go.
- StarsElla-June HenrardBart De PauwTom AudenaertKenny wants to be a star... but he is not a born talent.... whit the help from his (crazy) family he tries out everything. From singer to magician!! But will he succeed????
- StarsKürt RogiersDries VanhegenRik van UffelenIn this Flemish lawyer series, brilliant young plead-attorney Milo Meijers takes on various court cases, often pro deo (or at reduced rate, again for non-affluent clients) as he has an idealistic belief in the justice system, which poses financial problems for his firm, and even more for his fellow senior partner Koen Vermaet, who has renounced a better-paying job with his money-motivated father but has a wife and children and a new house to pay for. They also have a female third partner Eva and a cocky secretary. In each episode, Milo and one or both of his partners each handle a court case, usually without continuity with other episodes, and try to deal in-between with their complicated personal and love lives.
- StarsUrbanusMichael PasStef BranckaertThis short-lived Flemish comedy is really just a vehicle for stand-up comedian Urbanus Van Anus, who plays Urbain (his nickname in real life, simply the French for Urbanus, as he's generally abbreviated) as his eternal persona, sort of a self-confident version of Frank Spencer (from Some Mothers 'Ave Em): nobody is safe for his inverse Midas-touch and crazy ideas, and he's guaranteed to attract more bad luck then Murphy's Law predicts, but he's unrepentant.
- StarsKatrien De RuysscherRobert De La HayeTuur De WeertIn this mini-series after the novel by Flemish author Aster Berkhof (the identical Dutch title means "Good luck, professor"), brilliant but unknown art historian Peter Falke, a Rubens-expert, gets the career opportunity of a life-time when an established colleague at his university is suddenly medically unavailable to give his course at Mrs. Thompson's exclusive annual holiday academy for the very rich in a Swiss luxury hotel. Must students are spoiled brats, so their interest goes less to the courses then to Alpine fun, drinking pranks and dares- Ann Shirling, the most popular girl, makes a bet which starts a comedy of errors involving the kind but rather clumsy and society-inept Peter, who secretly falls in love with her, to the amusement of his older colleagues.
- CreatorMartin GeroStarsSullivan StapletonJaimie AlexanderAudrey EsparzaJane Doe is found in Times Square with no memory and mysterious tattoos on her body.
- CreatorJoss WhedonStarsSarah Michelle GellarNicholas BrendonAlyson HanniganA young woman, destined to slay vampires, demons and other infernal creatures, deals with her life fighting evil, with the help of her friends.
- CreatorDonald P. BellisarioGlen A. LarsonStarsTom SelleckJohn HillermanRoger E. MosleyThe adventures of a Hawaii-based private investigator.
- StarsAdrian PaulStan KirschJim ByrnesDuncan MacLeod is Immortal, and must live in modern society, concealing his true nature while fighting other Immortals.
- CreatorEric BressJ. Mackye GruberStarsMatt DallasMarguerite MacIntyreBruce ThomasA family takes in a formerly institutionalized teen savant who is missing standard human behaviors such as anger, joy, and love.
- CreatorConstance M. BurgeStarsHolly Marie CombsAlyssa MilanoBrian KrauseThree Halliwell sisters discover that they are descendants of a line of good female witches and are destined to fight against the forces of evil, using their combined power of witchcraft known as the "Power of Three".
- CreatorChristian WilliamsStarsKevin SorboMichael HurstKevin SmithHercules is half-man, half-god and a hero of fantastic strength. After his malevolent stepmother, Hera, kills his wife and children, he wanders about Earth with mortal best friend Iolaus, fighting evil and trying to overcome his loss.
- CreatorStephanie SavageJosh SchwartzStarsBlake LivelyLeighton MeesterPenn BadgleyPrivileged teens living on the Upper East Side of New York can hide no secret from the ruthless blogger who is always watching.
- CreatorMark SchwahnStarsChad Michael MurrayJames LaffertyHilarie Burton MorganHalf-brothers Lucas and Nathan Scott trade between kinship and rivalry both on the basketball court and in the hearts of their friends in the small, but not so quiet town of Tree Hill, North Carolina.
- CreatorFernando GaitánSilvio HortaStarsAmerica FerreraEric MabiusTony PlanaSmart but wholesome Betty embraces her unique appearance and independent attitude in the cutthroat world of New York fashion.
- CreatorAmy Sherman-PalladinoStarsLauren GrahamAlexis BledelKeiko AgenaA dramedy centering around the relationship between a thirtysomething single mother and her teen daughter living in Stars Hollow, Connecticut.
- CreatorShonda RhimesMichelle LirtzmanStarsEllen PompeoChandra WilsonJames Pickens Jr.A drama centered on the personal and professional lives of five surgical interns and their supervisors.
- CreatorWhitney CummingsMichael Patrick KingStarsKat DenningsBeth BehrsGarrett MorrisTwo young women waitressing at a greasy spoon diner strike up an unlikely friendship in the hopes of launching a successful business - if only they can raise the cash.
- CreatorDavid CraneMarta KauffmanStarsJennifer AnistonCourteney CoxLisa KudrowFollows the personal and professional lives of six twenty to thirty year-old friends living in the Manhattan borough of New York City.
- CreatorLee AronsohnChuck LorreStarsJon CryerAshton KutcherAngus T. JonesA hedonistic jingle writer's free-wheeling life comes to an abrupt halt when his brother and 10-year-old nephew move into his beach-front house.
- CreatorDavid LittMichael J. WeithornStarsKevin JamesLeah ReminiJerry StillerDeliveryman Doug Heffernan has a good life: He has a pretty wife (Carrie), a big television, and friends with which to watch it. Then Carrie's goofy, annoying father Arthur moves in with them.
- CreatorJames BurrowsGlen CharlesLes CharlesStarsTed DansonRhea PerlmanJohn RatzenbergerThe regulars of the Boston bar "Cheers" share their experiences and lives with each other while drinking or working at the bar where everybody knows your name.
- CreatorDon ReoDamon WayansStarsDamon WayansTisha CampbellGeorge Gore IIMichael Kyle longs for a traditional life, but his day-trader wife Janet, gangsta rap-worshipping son Michael Jr., and brooding daughters Claire and Kady make his dream just that ... a dream.
- CreatorTracy NewmanJonathan StarkStarsJim BelushiCourtney Thorne-SmithLarry Joe CampbellA television show centered around a macho everyman, his loving wife, and their three precocious children.
- CreatorTracy GambleStarsKatey SagalKaley CuocoAmy DavidsonThe Hennessy clan -- mother Cate, daughters Bridget and Kerry, and son Rory -- look to one another for guidance and support after the death of Paul, the family patriarch. Cate's parents lend a hand.
- CreatorTom HertzStarsPatrick WarburtonMegyn PriceOliver HudsonTwo couples and their single friend, all at different stages in their relationships, deal with the complications of dating, commitment, and marriage.
- CreatorLinwood BoomerMichael GloubermanGary MurphyStarsFrankie MunizBryan CranstonJustin BerfieldA gifted young teen tries to survive life with his dimwitted, dysfunctional family.
- CreatorChuck LorreDottie Dartland ZicklinStarsJenna ElfmanThomas GibsonJoel MurrayA free-spirited yoga instructor finds true love in a conservative lawyer and they get married on the first date. Though they are polar opposites, he fulfills her need of stability and she fulfills his need of optimism.
- CreatorDavid KohanMax MutchnickStarsEric McCormackDebra MessingMegan MullallyGay lawyer Will and straight interior designer Grace share a New York City apartment. Their best friends are gleeful and proud gay Jack and charismatic, filthy-rich, amoral socialite Karen.
- CreatorDavid E. KelleyStarsCalista FlockhartGreg GermannJane KrakowskiFollows the personal and professional life of lawyer Ally.
- CreatorDavid AngellPeter CaseyDavid LeeStarsKelsey GrammerJane LeevesDavid Hyde PierceDr. Frasier Crane moves back to his hometown of Seattle, where he lives with his father and works as a radio psychiatrist.
- CreatorSam BobrickStarsMark-Paul GosselaarMario LopezDustin DiamondA close-knit group of six friends get through their teens together while attending Bayside High School in Palisades, California.
- CreatorWilliam BickleyRobert L. BoyettThomas L. MillerStarsPatrick DuffySuzanne SomersBrandon CallDivorced contractor Frank Lambert and widowed beautician Carol Foster meet, fall in love and quickly get married. Both have three children and when the families all move in together the kids and parents have a lot of learning to do.
- CreatorJeff FranklinStarsBob SagetJohn StamosDave CoulierA widowed sportscaster raises his three daughters with assistance from his rock and roll brother-in-law and madcap best friend.
- CreatorWilliam BickleyRobert L. BoyettThomas L. MillerStarsReginald VelJohnsonJaleel WhiteDarius McCraryThe Winslow family deals with various misadventures, many of them caused by their pesky next-door neighbor, ultra-nerd Steve Urkel.
- CreatorCarmen FinestraDavid McFadzeanMatt WilliamsStarsTim AllenEarl HindmanTaran Noah SmithThe daily trials and tribulations of Tim "The Tool Man" Taylor, a television show host raising three mischievous boys with help from his loyal co-host, loving wife, and eccentric neighbor.
- CreatorJonathan SchmockNell ScovellStarsMelissa Joan HartCaroline RheaBeth BroderickSabrina is a normal teenager, except for one thing - she's a witch. Guided by her aunts, who come from a long line of witches, and Salem, a mischievous warlock doing penance as a cat, Sabrina continually struggles to harness her powers.
- CreatorTom PatchettPaul FuscoStarsMihaly 'Michu' MeszarosPaul FuscoMax WrightWhen an ugly creature, who loves eating cats, crash-lands into the Tanner family's garage, they treat him as a guest and allow him to live with them as he comments on the stupidity of mankind.
- CreatorMichael JacobsBob YoungStarsStuart PankinAllan TrautmanJessica WalterThis show follows the life of a family of dinosaurs, living in a modern world. They have televisions, refrigerators, et cetera. The only humans around are cavemen, who are viewed as pets and wild animals.
- CreatorJeff HarrisBernie KukoffStarsGary ColemanTodd BridgesConrad BainThe misadventures of a wealthy Manhattan family who adopted the children of their late African American housekeeper from Harlem.
- CreatorMichael JacobsApril KellyStarsBen SavageRider StrongWilliam DanielsAn adolescent with two siblings tests his various theories about life as he endures the trials of growing up alongside a good friend.
- CreatorKim BassGary GilbertFred ShaffermanStarsTia MowryTamera Mowry-HousleyJackée HarryTia Landry and Tamera Campbell are twins separated at birth who learn of each other's existence and come together as teenagers.
- CreatorSherwood SchwartzStarsRobert ReedFlorence HendersonAnn B. DavisThe misadventures of a large family united when a widower and a widow marry.
- CreatorMichael LeesonStarsBill CosbyPhylicia RashadMalcolm-Jamal WarnerThe goings-on in the life of a successful African-American family.
- CreatorAli LeRoiChris RockStarsTerry CrewsTichina ArnoldTequan RichmondA young African-American teen attempts to survive with his dysfunctional family and his all-white school in the 1980s.
- CreatorFran DrescherPrudence FraserPeter Marc JacobsonStarsFran DrescherCharles ShaughnessyDaniel DavisAfter being fired from her job and dumped by her boyfriend, a cosmetics saleswoman becomes the nanny to the three children of a rich English widower. As time passes, the two fall for each other.
- CreatorLarry DavidJerry SeinfeldStarsJerry SeinfeldJulia Louis-DreyfusMichael RichardsThe continuing misadventures of neurotic New York City stand-up comedian Jerry Seinfeld and his equally neurotic New York City friends.
- CreatorPeter M. LenkovAlex KurtzmanLeonard FreemanStarsAlex O'LoughlinScott CaanTaylor WilyWhen Steve McGarrett returns home to Oahu to find his father's killer, the Governor offers him the chance to run his own task force: Five-0.
- CreatorDonald P. BellisarioDon McGillStarsDavid McCallumSean MurrayMark HarmonFollows the Major Case Response Team (MCRT) from the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS), as they get to the bottom of criminal cases connected to Navy and Marine Corps personnel.
- CreatorAndrew W. MarloweStarsNathan FillionStana KaticSusan SullivanWhen a psychopath commits murders based on novelist Castle's books, Detective Beckett seeks his help to solve the case. He decides to work with her and uses his experiences as research for his novels.
- CreatorSamuel BaumStarsTim RothKelli WilliamsBrendan HinesAbout Cal Lightman, the world's leading deception expert who studies facial expressions and involuntary body language to expose the truth behind the lies.
- CreatorAndy BreckmanStarsTony ShalhoubJason Gray-StanfordTed LevineThe series follows Adrian Monk, a brilliant former San Francisco detective, who now consults the police as a private consultant whilst battling with an obsessive-compulsive disorder.
- CreatorAnn DonahueCarol MendelsohnAnthony E. ZuikerStarsDavid CarusoEmily ProcterAdam RodriguezAn elite unit, led by an ex-homicide cop, which is linked to the Miami-Dade Police Department, uses all possible resources and skills at their disposal to solve complex crimes in cross-cultural Miami.
- CreatorBruno HellerStarsSimon BakerRobin TunneyTim KangA famous "psychic" outs himself as a fake, and starts working as a consultant for the California Bureau of Investigation so he can find "Red John", the madman who killed his wife and daughter.
- CreatorHart HansonStarsEmily DeschanelDavid BoreanazMichaela ConlinF.B.I. Special Agent Seeley Booth teams up with the Jeffersonian's top anthropologist, Dr. Temperance Brennan, to investigate cases where all that's left of the victims are their bones.
- CreatorAnthony E. ZuikerStarsWilliam PetersenLaurence FishburneTed DansonIn Las Vegas, a squad of forensic investigators are trained to solve crimes by meticulously examining the evidence. They employ advanced technology and their rationality to detect the perpetrators.
- CreatorIan BrennanBrad FalchukRyan MurphyStarsLea MicheleJane LynchMatthew MorrisonA group of ambitious misfits try to escape the harsh realities of high school by joining a glee club headed by a passionate Spanish teacher.
- CreatorRobert CochranJoel SurnowStarsKiefer SutherlandMary Lynn RajskubCarlos BernardCounter Terrorism Agent Jack Bauer races against the clock to subvert terrorist plots and save his nation from ultimate disaster.
- DirectorJohn LasseterStarsTom HanksTim AllenDon RicklesA cowboy doll is profoundly threatened and jealous when a new spaceman action figure supplants him as top toy in a boy's bedroom.
- CreatorJan Harm DekkerRolf KootVictor ReinierStarsVictor ReinierAngela SchijfSergio IJsselThe personal and professional lives of two police detectives, and their colleagues in uniform, unfold in the picturesque town of Maastricht, in the south of The Netherlands.
- CreatorLuc BeertenBruno RaesWilly VandurenStarsDanni HeylenMarijn De ValckAn SwartenbroekxOscar Crucke is the coach of substandard enthusiasts soccer team F.C. De Kampioenen. His marriage to Pascale is challenged by president Boma, who loves her while renting the clubhouse to them. Teenage daughter Bieke troubles housekeeping.
- StarsPiet RömerVictor ReinierMartin SchwabIn this Dutch police detective series, Detective Jurriaan 'Jurre' de Cock is the 'Columbo' of a Dutch city's police department.
- StarsJeroen SpitzenbergerChantal JanzenWaldemar TorenstraA drama centered on three different men who move in together after they all get separated from their wives.
- DirectorWill KoopmanStarsLinda de MolSusan VisserTjitske ReidingaAs Cheryl's husband continues to ogle other women and Claire's daughter and grandson leave, the ladies decide that they deserve a trip to Paris.
- CreatorPierre De ClercqStarsWarre BorgmansGene BervoetsTom Van BauwelThis drama series is about a small helicopter unit of the Belgian Air Force based at Koksijde, on the North Sea coast, which specializes in patrolling and rescue operations at sea. The interactions of the various staff (crew, maintenance, command, logistics, communications, administration...) on the base and some of their personal lives, even elsewhere, also provide various story lines.
- StarsMarieke DillesJenne DecleirJeroen Van DyckDe Vijfhoek focuses on the residents of the Brussels Kattenberg district, a square in the heart of Brussels that is threatened by a major construction project. At first, the residents are too busy with their own lives to pay attention.
- StarsJan Van LooverenPatsy Van der MeerenLouis TalpeWhen chef Mauro decides to change his kitchen employees, he feels that, for the first time ever, his restaurant could be worth a Michelin Guide Star. First he and his new team have to overcome the obstacles of personal affairs.
- StarsGert WinckelmansSandrine AndréVeerle BaetensSara is a Flemish soap, on a modest budget, about the people connected to the fashion firm Présence, founded by Leon van Wyck and his late partner but artistically dependent on the gay designer Marnix Standaardt; since Leon retired, his son Simon, the commercial brain, took over as CEO but the other heir, financial director Alexander Delanoye -whose sister Helena is Simon's fiancée, a loveless alliance in his mind- schemes to seize the throne. Sara De Roose is a naive college graduate, who accepted to work under Simon below her qualifications because she is madly in love with him, and gets drawn into the dirty games he plays in business and, partially connected, in his complex and utterly unfaithful love-life, while she tries to help her even naiver father Hans, a nursery laborer. Other characters include Lieven Pauwels, the personnel chief, Britt, the secretary who can't stomach Sara becoming Simon's private assistant, cute runner Thomas and his mother Ellen who hid for him his father Patrick is alive, and his girlfriend Ann.
- CreatorBram RendersStarsDavid CantensLouis LemmensTom AudenaertFour brother's inherit an interesting villa but must all live under its roof for 1 year together with their wives in order to collect the inheritance.
- StarsMieke LaureysAnn Van den BroeckKatrien De BeckerElke, Ruth and Monica live together in the same house. Elke is a sexologist, her best friend Ruth wants to be a famous reporter. Monica is one of Elke's most active clients: she's rich, divorced and enjoys her freedom.
- CreatorJohan NijenhuisJoop van den EndeStarsJoep SertonsHenriëtte TolMiryanna van ReedenThis Dallas-type series is about two competing Dutch families, Noordermeer and De Graaf, running ancestral firms in the Rotterdam shipbuilding business, each with numerous internal tensions, especially between the generations, as some are business-prone, others adverse, some ruthless, some soft or moralistic, but also with their staff, often meeting each-other in both ruthless commercial rivalry and personal relationships, again also with staff and third parties (clients, competitors, suppliers...), producing an intricate web of sub-plots, some sex, some crime etcetera.