List of serial drama television series
Appearance
This is a list of serial drama television series. A serial is a television show which has a continuous plot that unfolds in sequential episode-by-episode fashion. Serials are, more often than not, shows that possess narrative complexity.[1] They typically follow many story arcs that span entire television seasons, or even in some cases, the entire run of the series.
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A
- The Affair
- Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
- Alias
- Alphas
- American Horror Story
- The Americans
- Angel
- Arrow
- Alexa and Katie(TV series)
B
- Babylon
- Babylon 5
- Banshee
- Bates Motel
- Battlestar Galactica
- Baywatch
- Being Human
- Being Human (UK TV series)
- Better Call Saul
- Beverly Hills, 90210
- The Big C
- Big Love
- The Black Donnellys
- Black Sails
- Bloodline
- Boardwalk Empire
- Bosch
- Breaking Bad[2]
- Brothers & Sisters
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer
- Burn Notice
C
- Caprica
- Carnivàle
- Catherine
- Catherine the Great
- Central Park West
- Charmed
- The Client
- Code of a Killer
- Codes of Conduct
- Courthouse
- Crash
- Crusade
D
- Dallas (1978 TV series) (1978-1991)
- Dallas (2012 TV series) (2012-2014)
- Damages
- Dawson's Creek
- The Dead Zone
- Deadwood
- Designated Survivor
- Desperate Housewives
- Dexter[3]
- Dirt
- Doctor Who
- Dollhouse
- Downton Abbey
- Dynasty (1981 TV series) (1981-1989)
- Dynasty (2017 TV series)
E
F
- Falcon Crest
- Falling Skies
- Fear the Walking Dead
- FlashForward
- The Following
- Friday Night Lights
- Fringe
G
H
- Halt and Catch Fire
- Hannibal
- Heartland
- Hell on Wheels
- Heroes
- Homeland
- Hostages
- House
- House of Cards
- How to Get Away with Murder
- Hyperion Bay
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
- The O.C.
- Once Upon a Time
- Once Upon a Time in Wonderland
- One Tree Hill
- Orange Is the New Black
- Orphan Black
- Our Friends in the North[6]
- Outlander
- Oz
P
- Parenthood
- Party of Five
- Penny Dreadful
- Persons Unknown
- Point Pleasant
- Power
- Pretty Little Liars
- Prison Break
Q
R
- Ravenswood
- Ray Donovan
- Rescue Me
- Resurrection
- Reunion
- Revenge
- Revolution
- The Riches
- Riverdale
- Rome
- Roswell
- The Royals
- Rubicon
S
- Secret Life of the American Teenager
- Secrets & Lies
- Shameless
- The Shield
- Six Feet Under
- Sleeper Cell
- Sleepy Hollow
- Smallville
- Sons of Anarchy
- The Sopranos[7]
- Soul Food
- Spartacus
- Spartacus: Blood and Sand
- Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
- Supernatural
- Suits(TV series)
T
- Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
- That's Life
- Treme
- Triumph Over Evil
- True Blood
- True Detective
- The Tudors
- Twin Peaks
- Twisted
- Tyrant
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V
W
Y
Z
References
- ^ "Complex TV: The Poetics of Contemporary Television Storytelling by Jason Mittell". Media Commons Press. Retrieved April 11, 2015.
- ^ "TV Drama Structure: Why TV is the Future, and How to Write For It". Script Magazine. September 10, 2013. Retrieved March 26, 2015.
- ^ "At Midseason, Serial Dramas Serve Up Big Twists". www.npr.org. Retrieved February 27, 2015.
- ^ "Does Mad Men deserve to be in the Smithsonian?". The Guardian. February 19, 2015. Retrieved March 26, 2015.
- ^ "Serial TV: Mad Men, True Detective, and the Miseducation of the TV Fan". New Republic. Retrieved March 26, 2015.
- ^ Wickham, Phil (2000). "BFI TV 100 - 25: Our Friends in the North". Archived from the original on March 21, 2012. Retrieved January 31, 2015.
- ^ "The Greatest TV Drama of the Past 25 Years, Round One: The Sopranos vs. Six Feet Under". Retrieved February 4, 2015.
- ^ "The Wire: HBO Serial Television Drama, Created by David Simon". Retrieved February 4, 2015.