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Top 100 TV Shows as Rated by Women on IMDb in 2016

by IMDb-Editors • Created 9 years ago • Modified 7 years ago
In celebration of International Women's Day, we've compiled the top 100 TV shows as rated by women on IMDb. Do you agree with the results? Is "Band of Brothers" your top ranked show? Log in to IMDb to rate these shows and add your vote!
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  • Scott Grimes, Damian Lewis, Ron Livingston, Shane Taylor, and Peter Youngblood Hills in Band of Brothers (2001)

    1. Band of Brothers

    200110 epsTV-MATV Mini Series
    9.4 (562K)
    The story of Easy Company of the U.S. Army 101st Airborne Division and their mission in World War II Europe, from Operation Overlord to V-J Day.
    StarsScott GrimesDamian LewisRon Livingston
  • Planet Earth (2006)

    2. Planet Earth

    200611 epsTV-PGTV Mini Series
    9.4 (227K)
    A documentary series on the wildlife found on Earth. Each episode covers a different habitat: deserts, mountains, deep oceans, shallow seas, forests, caves, polar regions, fresh water, plains and jungles. Narrated by David Attenborough.
    StarsSigourney WeaverDavid AttenboroughNikolay Drozdov
  • Game of Thrones (2011)

    3. Game of Thrones

    2011–201974 epsTV-MATV Series
    9.2 (2.4M)
    Nine noble families fight for control over the lands of Westeros, while an ancient enemy returns after being dormant for millennia.
    CreatorsDavid BenioffD.B. WeissStarsEmilia ClarkePeter DinklageKit Harington
  • Martin Freeman and Benedict Cumberbatch in Sherlock (2010)

    4. Sherlock

    2010–201715 epsTV-14TV Series
    9.0 (1M)
    The quirky spin on Conan Doyle's iconic sleuth pitches him as a "high-functioning sociopath" in modern-day London. Assisting him in his investigations: Afghanistan War vet John Watson, who's introduced to Holmes by a mutual acquaintance.
    CreatorsMark GatissSteven MoffatStarsBenedict CumberbatchMartin FreemanUna Stubbs
  • Colin Firth and Jennifer Ehle in Pride and Prejudice (1995)

    5. Pride and Prejudice

    19956 epsTV-PGTV Mini Series
    8.8 (98K)
    While the arrival of wealthy gentlemen sends her marriage-minded mother into a frenzy, willful and opinionated Elizabeth Bennet matches wits with haughty Mr. Darcy.
    StarsColin FirthJennifer EhleSusannah Harker
  • Adam Baldwin, Nathan Fillion, Ron Glass, Sean Maher, Jewel Staite, Gina Torres, Alan Tudyk, Morena Baccarin, and Summer Glau in Firefly (2002)

    6. Firefly

    2002–200314 epsTV-14TV Series
    8.9 (291K)
    Five hundred years in the future, a renegade crew aboard a small spacecraft tries to survive as they travel the unknown parts of the galaxy and evade warring factions as well as authority agents out to get them.
    CreatorJoss WhedonStarsNathan FillionGina TorresAlan Tudyk
  • Bryan Cranston in Breaking Bad (2008)

    7. Breaking Bad

    2008–201362 epsTV-MATV Series
    9.5 (2.3M)
    A chemistry teacher diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer turns to manufacturing and selling methamphetamine with a former student to secure his family's future.
    CreatorVince GilliganStarsBryan CranstonAaron PaulAnna Gunn
  • Zach Tyler Eisen, Mae Whitman, and Jack De Sena in Avatar: The Last Airbender (2005)

    8. Avatar: The Last Airbender

    2005–200862 epsTV-Y7-FVTV Series
    9.3 (406K)
    In a war-torn world of elemental powers, a young boy reawakens to undertake a dangerous mystic quest to fulfill his destiny as the Avatar, and bring peace to the world.
    CreatorsMichael Dante DiMartinoBryan KonietzkoStarsDee Bradley BakerZach Tyler EisenMae Whitman
  • Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry, and David Schwimmer in Friends (1994)

    9. Friends

    1994–2004235 epsTV-14TV Series
    8.9 (1.1M)
    Follows the personal and professional lives of six twenty to thirty year-old friends living in the Manhattan borough of New York City.
    CreatorsDavid CraneMarta KauffmanStarsJennifer AnistonCourteney CoxLisa Kudrow
  • Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey (2014)

    10. Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey

    201413 epsTV-PGTV Mini Series
    9.2 (134K)
    An exploration of our discovery of the laws of nature and coordinates in space and time.
    StarsNeil deGrasse TysonChristopher EmersonKeythe Farley
  • Christopher Eccleston, Peter Capaldi, David Tennant, Matt Smith, and Jodie Whittaker in Doctor Who (2005)

    11. Doctor Who

    2005–2022175 epsTV-PGTV Series
    8.5 (257K)
    The further adventures in time and space of the alien adventurer known as the Doctor and his companions from planet Earth.
    CreatorSydney NewmanStarsJodie WhittakerPeter CapaldiPearl Mackie
  • Richard Armitage and Daniela Denby-Ashe in North & South (2004)

    12. North & South

    20044 epsTV-PGTV Mini Series
    8.5 (37K)
    North and South is a four-part adaptation of Elizabeth Gaskell's love story of Margaret Hale, a middle-class southerner who is forced to move to the northern town of Milton.
    StarsDaniela Denby-AsheRichard ArmitageTim Pigott-Smith
  • John Oliver in Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (2014)

    13. Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

    2014– 383 epsTV-MATV Series
    8.8 (100K)
    Former Daily Show host and correspondent John Oliver brings his persona to this weekly news satire program.
    StarsJohn OliverDavid KayeRyan Barger
  • Rod Serling in The Twilight Zone (1959)

    14. The Twilight Zone

    1959–1964156 epsTV-PGTV Series
    9.0 (101K)
    Ordinary people find themselves in extraordinarily astounding situations, which they each try to solve in a remarkable manner.
    CreatorRod SerlingStarsRod SerlingRobert McCordJay Overholts
  • Jason Bateman, Jeffrey Tambor, Will Arnett, Michael Cera, and Alia Shawkat in Arrested Development (2003)

    15. Arrested Development

    2003–201984 epsTV-14TV Series
    8.6 (335K)
    Level-headed son Michael Bluth takes over family affairs after his father is imprisoned. But the rest of his spoiled, dysfunctional family are making his job unbearable.
    CreatorMitchell HurwitzStarsJason BatemanMichael CeraPortia de Rossi
  • Oz (1997)

    16. Oz

    1997–200356 epsTV-MATV Series
    8.7 (112K)
    The daily activities of an unusual prison facility and its criminal inhabitants.
    CreatorTom FontanaStarsErnie HudsonTerry KinneyJ.K. Simmons
  • Linda Cardellini, John Francis Daley, James Franco, Samm Levine, Seth Rogen, Martin Starr, and Jason Segel in Freaks and Geeks (1999)

    17. Freaks and Geeks

    1999–200018 epsTV-14TV Series
    8.8 (160K)
    A high school mathlete starts hanging out with a group of burnouts while her younger brother navigates his freshman year.
    CreatorPaul FeigStarsLinda CardelliniJohn Francis DaleyJames Franco
  • Lorraine Bracco, James Gandolfini, Edie Falco, Steven Van Zandt, Dominic Chianese, Robert Iler, Michael Imperioli, Steve Schirripa, Jamie-Lynn Sigler, Tony Sirico, and Aida Turturro in The Sopranos (1999)

    18. The Sopranos

    1999–200786 epsTV-MATV Series
    9.2 (524K)
    New Jersey mob boss Tony Soprano deals with personal and professional issues in his home and business life that affect his mental state, leading him to seek professional psychiatric counseling.
    CreatorDavid ChaseStarsJames GandolfiniLorraine BraccoEdie Falco
  • Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones, and Monty Python in Monty Python's Flying Circus (1969)

    19. Monty Python's Flying Circus

    1969–197445 epsTV-14TV Series
    8.8 (82K)
    The original surreal sketch comedy showcase for the Monty Python troupe.
    CreatorsGraham ChapmanEric IdleTerry JonesStarsGraham ChapmanJohn CleeseTerry Gilliam
  • Elizabeth McGovern, Maggie Smith, Hugh Bonneville, Brendan Coyle, Joanne Froggatt, Penelope Wilton, Allen Leech, Michelle Dockery, Laura Carmichael, Lily James, Fifi Hart, and Oliver Barker in Downton Abbey (2010)

    20. Downton Abbey

    2010–201552 epsTV-PGTV Series
    8.7 (235K)
    A chronicle of the lives of the British aristocratic Crawley family and their servants in the early twentieth century.
    CreatorJulian FellowesStarsHugh BonnevillePhyllis LoganElizabeth McGovern
  • Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson in True Detective (2014)

    21. True Detective

    2014– 31 epsTV-MATV Series
    8.9 (702K)
    Anthology series in which police investigations unearth the personal and professional secrets of those involved, both within and outside the law.
    CreatorsNic PizzolattoIssa LópezStarsVince VaughnColin FarrellRachel McAdams
  • Twin Peaks (1990)

    22. Twin Peaks

    1990–199130 epsTV-MATV Series
    8.7 (232K)
    An idiosyncratic FBI agent investigates the murder of a young woman in the even more idiosyncratic town of Twin Peaks.
    CreatorsMark FrostDavid LynchStarsKyle MacLachlanMichael OntkeanMädchen Amick
  • Dekalog (1989)

    23. Dekalog

    1989–199010 epsTV-MATV Mini Series100Metascore
    8.9 (31K)
    Ten television drama films, each one based on one of the Ten Commandments.
    StarsArtur BarcisOlgierd LukaszewiczOlaf Lubaszenko
  • Life (2009)

    24. Life

    200911 epsTV-GTV Mini Series
    9.1 (46K)
    A global view of the specialized strategies and extreme behavior that living things have developed in order to survive; what Charles Darwin termed "the struggle for existence."
    StarsOprah WinfreyDavid AttenboroughDoug Allan
  • Kevin Spacey in House of Cards (2013)

    25. House of Cards

    2013–201873 epsTV-MATV Series
    8.6 (547K)
    A Congressman works with his equally conniving wife to exact revenge on the people who betrayed him.
    CreatorBeau WillimonStarsKevin SpaceyMichel GillRobin Wright

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