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- CreatorMisha GreenStarsJonathan MajorsJurnee SmollettCourtney B. VanceA young African-American travels across the U.S. in the 1950s in search of his missing father.
- CreatorLiz FlahiveCarly MenschStarsAlison BrieMarc MaronBetty GilpinA look at the personal and professional lives of a group of women who perform for a wrestling organization in Los Angeles during the 1980s.
- CreatorFrank SpotnitzStarsAlexa DavalosLuke KleintankRufus SewellIn a dystopian America dominated by Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan, a young woman discovers a mysterious film that may hold the key to toppling the totalitarian regimes.
- CreatorRyan MurphyEvan RomanskyStarsSarah PaulsonFinn WittrockCynthia NixonIn 1947, Mildred Ratched begins working as a nurse at a leading psychiatric hospital. But beneath her stylish exterior lurks a growing darkness.
- CreatorEd BurnsDavid SimonStarsWinona RyderAnthony BoyleZoe KazanCharacters live in an alternative history in which Franklin D. Roosevelt was defeated in the U.S. presidential election of 1940 by Charles Lindbergh.series set in the late 1930s. As the Nazi regime rises in Germany, a working-class Jewish family in New Jersey witnesses the horrible triumph of an unexpected Presidential candidate: celebrity aviator Charles Lindbergh, noted anti-Semite and Nazi sympathizer.
The series, based on the novel by Philip Roth, is less about Lindbergh’s campaign and more about the life of the Levins, struggling in an America where the political ascension of Lindbergh has fostered a whole new wave of anti-Jewish sentiment. It’s a period coming-of-age story, but also very much a story meant to make us consider “what if”—and take comfort in the fact that, well, in this case it didn’t. Set between 1940 and 1942, - StarsMasali BaduzaJack RowanHelen BaxendaleDrama set in a dangerous, alternate world where racism divides society.set in an alternate reality where black people (the Crosses) rule over white people (the Noughts), making Africans the colonizers and Europeans the colonized, and showing white people in a position without power. By switching reality, it tackles all the gritty, tragic aspects of colonization, race, and oppression in a world where an African Empire exists alongside the Malian Empire and Ottoman Empire.
- CreatorSteven CanalsBrad FalchukRyan MurphyStarsMichaela Jaé (MJ) RodriguezDominique JacksonIndya MooreIn the New York of the late '80s and early '90s, this is a story of ball culture and the gay and trans community, the raging AIDS crisis, and capitalism.
- 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.
- CreatorRonald D. MooreBen NediviMatt WolpertStarsJoel KinnamanMichael DormanWrenn SchmidtIn an alternative version of 1969, the Soviet Union beats the United States to the Moon, and the space race continues on for decades with still grander challenges and goals.what if the Soviet Union had beaten America to the moon in 1969?” what would happen if the 1960s Space Race between Americans and Soviets never ended?
For All Mankind is a show with an ultimately optimistic outlook, as the first season’s depiction of a revitalized space program led to things yet to happen in “our” reality in the 1960s: female astronauts and astronauts of color on the moon, the creation of a habitable moonbase, and the passing of the Equal Rights Amendment.
it is perhaps the lone example of an alternate universe show that aims to inspire us. - CreatorJenji KohanStarsTaylor SchillingDanielle BrooksTaryn ManningConvicted of a decade-old crime of transporting drug money, ordinarily law-abiding Piper Chapman is sentenced to 18 months behind bars and quickly discovers the realities of life-changing prison time.
- 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.
- CreatorDavid CollinsStarsAntoni PorowskiKaramo BrownTan FranceA new Fab Five set out to Atlanta to help some of the city's people refine their wardrobes, grooming, diet, cultural pursuits, and home décor.
- CreatorDavid CollinsStarsTed AllenCarson KressleyKyan DouglasFive gay men try to improve the lives and confidence of straight men by giving them makeovers and advice.
- CreatorStephen DunnStarsFin ArgusCGJesse James KeitelIt centers on a group of club-going friends who find support in the gay community following a tragedy.
- 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.
- CreatorDamon LindelofStarsRegina KingYahya Abdul-Mateen IITom MisonSet in an alternate history where masked vigilantes are treated as outlaws, Watchmen embraces the nostalgia of the original groundbreaking graphic novel of the same name, while attempting to break new ground of its own.Watchmen doesn’t set up its alternate universe as good or bad (it just is) it’s a rare exception,
an angry police officer in 1938, after being assaulted by white members of the force, puts on a mask to become the first vigilante, Hooded Justice. The second (much more important in the graphic novel, but still very relevant to the series) is an accident at Gila Flats in 1959, when a man’s desire to retrieve his wristwatch leads to him being transformed into the omnipotent Dr. Manhattan. - CreatorFrank SpotnitzStarsAlexa DavalosLuke KleintankRufus SewellIn a dystopian America dominated by Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan, a young woman discovers a mysterious film that may hold the key to toppling the totalitarian regimes.What if the Nazis won World War II? Grounded in period details as well as the creation of many varied 1960s universes, High Castle made a point of preaching the idea of resistance, albeit from a fairly confused point-of-view. Set in a parallel 1962. the U.S. is basically cold-war Germany split in two with the Nazis occupying the east and the Japanese in the west.
- CreatorIan BrennanRyan MurphyStarsDavid CorenswetDarren CrissLaura HarrierA group of aspiring actors and filmmakers in post-World War II Hollywood try to make it big - no matter the cost.reimaging late-1940s Hollywood as a land of inclusivity and fairness. Hollywood showcases what would have happened if the film industry dismantled racism and homophobia much earlier.
race,gender - CreatorJaffe CohenRyan MurphyMichael ZamStarsJessica LangeAlison WrightNaomi WattsAn anthology series centering on famous feuds, including Bette Davis and Joan Crawford, and Truman Capote and the New York elite.
- CreatorHeidi ThomasStarsVanessa RedgraveLaura MainJenny AgutterChronicles the lives of a group of midwives living in East London in the late 1950s to late 1960s.
- CreatorDominique MoloneyStarsCharles De'AthJohn BowlerJennie JacquesThe daily challenges facing the first Woman Police Constable to join a West Midlands force in the 1950s, where sexism, chauvinism and petty grudges are rife.
- CreatorMatthew WeinerStarsJon HammElisabeth MossVincent KartheiserA drama about one of New York's most prestigious ad agencies at the beginning of the 1960s, focusing on one of the firm's most mysterious but extremely talented ad executives, Donald Draper.
- CreatorJustin SimienStarsLogan BrowningBrandon P BellDeRon HortonAt a predominantly white Ivy League college, a group of black students navigate various forms of racial and other types of discrimination.
- CreatorMisha GreenJoe PokaskiStarsJurnee SmollettAldis HodgeJessica De GouwWith the country on the brink of Civil War, the struggle for freedom is more dangerous than ever. Underground follows the story of American heroes and their moving journey to freedom.