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- CreatorBrian YorkeyStarsDylan MinnetteKatherine LangfordChristian NavarroFollows teenager Clay Jensen, in his quest to uncover the story behind his classmate and crush, Hannah, and her decision to end her life.
- CreatorCharlotte JonesStarsAnnabelle ApsionMark BentonJamie BlackleyThe story of a bustling and glamorous five star hotel at the center of London society and a world at war.
- CreatorRoberto Aguirre-SacasaStarsLili ReinhartCamila MendesCole SprouseWhile navigating the troubled waters of romance, school and family, Archie and his gang become entangled in dark Riverdale mysteries.
- CreatorJulie AndemStarsJosefine Frida PettersenIman MeskiniUlrikke FalchThe story of young teenagers and pupils on Hartvig Nissens upper secondary school in Oslo, and their troubles, scandals and everyday life. Each season is told from a different person's point of view.
- StarsKatherine KellyGreg AustinJordan RenzoThe sixth formers of Coal Hill Academy all have their own secrets and desires. They have to deal with the stresses of everyday life including friends, parents, school work, sex, and sorrow, but also the horrors that come from time travel.
- CreatorJarl Emsell LarsenStarsAxel BøyumAnneke von der LippeOdin WaageTwo 15 year old boys secretly meet up in the forest, only to witness a blood bath. They are seen, but escape trying to keep this as a secret, both in fear of the perpetrator and that their secret is revealed.
- StarsElias AntonMatt NableBen KindonDanny, a talented swimmer who dreams of winning gold at the Olympic games, is given a sports scholarship to a prestigious Melbourne private school. At school he receives his fair share of harassment from the more privileged students.
- CreatorCasey JohnsonJoshua SterninJennifer VentimiliaStarsMartha PlimptonJay R. FergusonNoah GalvinA family's bond is strengthened when the youngest son tells his parents that he's gay.
- CreatorPhoebe Waller-BridgeStarsPhoebe Waller-BridgeJonathan BaileyJulie DrayA comedy series following the lives of six 20- and 30-somethings living together as property guardians of a large, disused hospital.
- CreatorEd DecterStarsKatherine McNamaraDominic SherwoodAlberto RosendeAfter her mother disappears, Clary must venture into the dark world of demon hunting, and embrace her new role among the Shadowhunters.
- CreatorHéctor LozanoStarsFrancesc OrellaPere PonceCarlos CuevasMeet the renegade philosophy teacher who's not afraid to speak his mind and break the rules to revolutionize his students' lives, including the son he barely knows and a student with a severe social phobia.
- CreatorRichard BlaimertStarsTorri HigginsonLauren Lee SmithRick RobertsSet in contemporary Montreal, This Life is a family saga focusing on Natalie Lawson, an accomplished columnist and single mother in her early forties whose terminal cancer diagnosis sends her on a quest to prepare her teenage children for life without her. Her tight-knit family - sister, two brothers and parents - do the best they can to help her, while coping with their own responses to this revelation. THIS LIFE is a funny, honest, heartfelt series about a regular family whose world turns upside down overnight. Faced with the uncertainty of life, each Lawson does their best to embrace the absurdity of the journey, while confronting the drama that comes with all of their choices big and small.
- CreatorTom Rob SmithStarsBen WhishawEdward HolcroftJim BroadbentA chance romance between two men from very different worlds, one from the headquarters of the Secret Intelligence Service, the other from a world of clubbing and youthful excess, leads into mystery after one of them is found murdered.
- StarsAshley WaltersJacob IfanPeter SullivanA fresh, authentic and visceral drama that takes the audience on an exhilarating ride through the challenges of front-line policing.
- CreatorElliott KerriganStarsNigel BettsJonny DixonJanine DuvitskiComedy series about a couple who find love across the transgender age gap.
- CreatorMarta KauffmanHoward J. MorrisStarsJane FondaLily TomlinSam WaterstonFinding out that their husbands are not just work partners, but have also been romantically involved for the last twenty years, two women with an already strained relationship try to cope with the circumstances together.
- CreatorRobert CarlockTina FeyStarsEllie KemperJane KrakowskiTituss BurgessA woman is rescued from a doomsday cult and starts life over again in New York City.
- CreatorDan LevyEugene LevyStarsEugene LevyCatherine O'HaraDan LevyAfter being a victim of fraud, Johnny Rose and his family go from extremely wealthy to penniless overnight. The only asset left to them is a small, unsophisticated town: Schitt's Creek. They relocate there. Culture shock ensues.
- CreatorRussell T. DaviesStarsFisayo AkinadeFreddie FoxVincent FranklinCelebrate love without labels; join eight different couples on their journey of love, heartbreak, sex, and drama.
- StarsVincent FranklinJulie HesmondhalghJames MurrayModern gay life in Manchester.
- CreatorJack ThorneStarsYasmin PaigeJordan StephensBilly HowleWhen the body of a local teenager was found behind the wheel of a tractor, the isolated villagers and their friends were forced to open up their world.
- CreatorJason RothenbergStarsEliza TaylorBob MorleyMarie AvgeropoulosSet 97 years after a nuclear war destroyed civilization, when a spaceship housing humanity's lone survivors sends 100 juvenile delinquents back to Earth, hoping to repopulate the planet.
- CreatorCarter CovingtonDana GoodmanJulia Lea WolovStarsRita VolkKatie StevensGregg SulkinAfter numerous attempts of trying to be popular two best friends decide to come out as lesbians, which launches them to instant celebrity status. Seduced by their newfound fame, Karma and Amy decide to keep up their romantic ruse.
- CreatorMichael LannanStarsJonathan GroffFrankie J. AlvarezMurray BartlettThree best friends living in San Francisco share the nuances and complexities of contemporary gay relationships as they explore a variety of options, both in love and in life.
- CreatorDominic MitchellStarsLuke NewberryHarriet CainsMarie CritchleyFour years after the Rising, the government starts to rehabilitate the Undead for reentry into society, including teenager Kieren Walker, who returns to his small Lancashire village to face a hostile reception, as well as his own demons.
- CreatorBevan LeeStarsMarta DusseldorpNoni HazlehurstBrett ClimoSarah Adams returns to Australia post World War II to start anew. She begins working in a hospital, much to the dismay of Elizabeth Bligh, a wealthy matriarch.
- CreatorBradley BredewegPeter PaigeStarsTeri PoloSherri SaumHayden ByerlyTeenager Callie Jacob is placed in a foster home with a lesbian couple and their blend of biological, adoptive, and foster children.
- CreatorAmy HarrisStarsAnnaSophia RobbAustin ButlerEllen WongCarrie Bradshaw is in her junior year of high school in the early 1980s. She asks her first questions about love, sex, friendship and family while navigating the worlds of high school and Manhattan.
- StarsJosh ThomasThomas WardJohnTwenty something Josh is going through a number of big changes as he navigates his first decade of adulthood. After being dumped by his girlfriend, he comes to the realization that he is gay.
- StarsCiara BaxendaleDan CohenJodie ComerSet in the mid-90s at the height of Cool Britannia, a drama based on real diaries takes an honest look at teenage life through the eyes of funny, music-mad Rae
- CreatorPaul AbbottJohn WellsStarsEmmy RossumWilliam H. MacyEthan CutkoskyA scrappy, feisty, fiercely loyal Chicago family makes no apologies.
- CreatorJeff DavisStarsTyler PoseyHolland RodenDylan O'BrienAn average high school student and his best friend get caught up in some trouble causing him to receive a werewolf bite. As a result they find themselves in the middle of all sorts of dramas in Beacon Hills.
- CreatorJamie BrittainBryan ElsleyStarsKaya ScodelarioNicholas HoultJoe DempsieThe story of a group of British teens who are trying to grow up and find love and happiness despite questionable parenting and teachers who would rather be friends (and lovers) than authority figures.
- CreatorSamantha StraussJoanna WernerStarsXenia GoodwinAlicia BanitDena KaplanFifteen-year-old Tara Webster's dream of dancing comes true when she gets into a top dance academy. She soon realizes dancing is only half the battle.
- CreatorDiablo CodyStarsToni ColletteJohn CorbettRosemarie DeWittA woman struggles to find a balance between her dissociative identity disorder and raising a dysfunctional family.
- CreatorMichael GreenStarsIan McShaneChristopher EganSusanna ThompsonA modern day, alternate-reality drama about a hero who rises to become the King of his nation, based on the biblical story of King David.
- CreatorCarlos MonteroStarsAna MilánAndrea DuroJavier CalvoFollowing the lives of students in high school, dealing with drugs, their sexuality, and teen pregnancy.
- CreatorJon Robin BaitzStarsDave AnnableCalista FlockhartRachel GriffithsThe story of the drama surrounding a family's adult siblings.
- CreatorEllie BeaumontTim PyeDrew ProffittStarsFirass DiraniRhys MuldoonGary SweetThe lives of four Australian men who are raising their children.
- CreatorLinda SchuylerYan MooreStarsNa'ku'set GouldAmanda ArcuriSara WaisglassDegrassi: Next Class follows the lives of the students from Degrassi Community School, a fictional high school in Toronto.
- CreatorRon CowenDaniel LipmanRussell T. DaviesStarsGale HaroldHal SparksRandy HarrisonBrash humor and genuine emotion make up this series revolving around the lives, loves, ambitions, careers and friendships of a group of gay men and women living on Liberty Avenue in contemporary Pittsburgh, PA.
- CreatorChristian TorpeStarsMille DinesenLise BaastrupNikolaj GrothSchoolteacher Rita is a very outspoken, rebellious woman who is competent in the classroom but needs her own advisor when it comes to her personal life.
- CreatorMatt EvansColin O'DonnellStarsRyan McParlandJamie-Lee O'DonnellCillian O'SullivanSix young people striving for answers as they move from youth to adulthood.
- StarsSimon BöerLukas KarlschTom HoßbachAn outward-looking pastor and his four sons of age 10 to 22 try to live their life in accordance with their Christian faith and in so doing face challenges for their faith.
- StarsJulien BouanichSamuel JouyThierry GimenezPolitical intrigue surrounding a Paris Capuchin monastery describes only one aspect of "Ainsi Soient-ils (Churchmen)".
- StarsGijs BlomJonas SmuldersSol VinkenThe 19 year old dutch Jim has been diagnosed with cancer. After having undergone all possible treatments of which none cured him, he was given up. Together with his 5 friends, his girlfriend and his brother he planned to have the best possible last summer of his life.
- StarsJulian MorrisVanessa RedgraveOliver Jackson-CohenTales of love across two films highlighting the very different challenges that face the couples, With Michael and Thomas just after WWII, and Adam and Steve in the present day.
- CreatorJames PhelanStarsAmy HubermanRory KeenanEmmet ByrneWhen Tara discovers that her fiancé and fellow lawyer, Eric, has been cheating on her with a colleague, she leaves him and his prestigious law firm to establish her own practice specializing in family law and divorce.
- CreatorLaurie NunnStarsAsa ButterfieldGillian AndersonNcuti GatwaA teenage boy with a sex therapist mother teams up with a high school classmate to set up an underground sex therapy clinic at school.
- CreatorJack RookeStarsDylan LlewellynJon PointingCamille CoduriShy, closeted Jack has spent the past year grieving for his father at home with his mum. But the time has come for him to take his place at uni.