List of serial drama television series

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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 Act (2019)
  • The Affair (2014 – 2019)
  • Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2013 – 2020)
  • Alcatraz (2012)
  • Alex Rider (2020 – present)
  • Almost Human (2013 – 2014)
  • Alias (2001 – 2006)
  • The Alienist (2018 – present)
  • Alphas (2011 – 2012)
  • Altered Carbon (2018 – 2020)
  • Akame ga Kill! (2014)
  • American Crime Story (2016 – present)
  • American Gods (2017 – present)
  • American Horror Story (2011 – present)
  • American Soul (2019 – present)
  • American Vandal (2017 – 2018)
  • The Americans (2013 – 2018)
  • Andromeda (2000 — 2005)
  • Angel (1999 – 2004)
  • Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day (2011)
  • Another Life (2019 – present)
  • Arcane (2021 – present)
  • Arrow (2012 – 2020)
  • Ash vs Evil Dead (2015 – 2018)
  • Attack on Titan (2013 – present)
  • Avatar: The Last Airbender (2005 – 2008)
  • Awake (2012)

B[]

  • Babylon (2014)
  • Babylon Berlin (2017 – present)
  • Babylon 5 (1993 – 1998)
  • Baccano! (2007)
  • Band of Brothers (2001)
  • Banshee (2013 – 2016)
  • Barry (2018 – present)
  • Baskets (2016 – 2019)
  • Bates Motel (2013 – 2017)
  • Battlestar Galactica (2004 – 2009)
  • Batman: The Animated Series (1992 – 1995)
  • Batwoman (2019 – present)
  • Baywatch (1989 – 2003)
  • Being Human (US) (2011 – 2014)
  • Being Human (UK) (2008 – 2013)
  • Ben 10: Alien Force/Ultimate Alien (2008 – 2012)
  • Berserk (1997 – 1998)
  • Better Call Saul (2015 – present)
  • Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990 – 2000)
  • The Big C (2010 – 2013)
  • Big Little Lies (2017 – 2019)
  • Big Love (2006 – 2011)
  • Billions (2016 – present)
  • The Black Donnellys (2007)
  • Black Lightning (2018 – present)
  • Black Monday (2019 – present)
  • Black Sails (2014 – 2019)
  • The Blacklist (2013 – present)
  • Blindspot (2015 – 2020)
  • Blood+ (2005 – 2006)
  • Bloodline (2015 – 2017)
  • Blood of Zeus (2020 – present)
  • Boardwalk Empire (2010 – 2014)
  • Bojack Horseman (2014 – 2020)
  • Das Boot (2018 – present)
  • The Borgias (2011 – 2013)
  • Bosch (2014 – present)
  • Boss (2011 – 2012)
  • The Boys (2019 – present)
  • Brain Dead (2016)
  • Breaking Bad[2] (2008 – 2013)
  • The Bridge (2013 – 2014)
  • Broadchurch (2013 – 2017)
  • Brotherhood (2006 - 2008)
  • Brothers & Sisters (2006 – 2011)
  • Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997 – 2003)
  • Burn Notice (2007 – 2013)

C[]

  • Canaan (2009)
  • Cane (2007)
  • Caprica (2010)
  • Carnival Row (2019 – present)
  • Carnivàle (2003 – 2005)
  • Castle Rock (2018 – present)
  • Castlevania (2017 – 2021)
  • Catch-22 (2019)
  • Catherine (2014 – present)
  • Catherine the Great (2015)
  • Central Park West (1995 – 1996)
  • Charmed (1998 – 2006)
  • Chernobyl (2019)
  • Chuck (2007 – 2012)
  • Claymore (2007)
  • The Client (1995 – 1996)
  • Code Geass (2006 – 2008)
  • Code of a Killer (2015)
  • Codes of Conduct
  • Colony (2016 - 2018)
  • The Comeback (2014)
  • Continuum (2012 – 2015)
  • Counterpart (2017 – 2019)
  • Courthouse (1995)
  • Cowboy Bebop (1998 – 1999)
  • Crash (2008 – 2009)
  • Crime Story (1986 – 1988)
  • Cross Ange (2014 – 2015)
  • The Crossing (2018)
  • The Crown (2016 – present)
  • Crusade (1999)

D[]

  • Dallas (1978 – 1991)
  • Dallas (2012 – 2014)
  • Damages (2007 – 2012)
  • Danganronpa: The Animation (2013)
  • Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak High School (2016)
  • Dark (2017 – 2020)
  • The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance (2019)
  • Dark Matter (2015 - 2017)
  • Dawson's Creek (1998 – 2003)
  • Daybreak (2019)
  • The Dead Zone (2002 – 2007)
  • Deadwood (2004 – 2006)
  • Death Note (2006 – 2007)
  • Deep State (2018 – present)
  • Defying Gravity (2009)
  • Desperate Housewives (2004 – 2012)
  • The Deuce (2017 – 2019)
  • Devs (2020)
  • Dexter[3] (2006 – 2013)
  • Dirt (2007 – 2008)
  • Dirty John (2018 – present)
  • Dirty Sexy Money (2007 - 2009)
  • Dispatches From Elsewhere (2020 – present)
  • Doctor Who (1963 – 1989 + 2005 – present)
  • Dollhouse (2009 – 2010)
  • Dominion (2014 – 2015)
  • Downton Abbey (2010 – 2015)
  • Dracula (2020)
  • Dynasty (1981 – 1989)
  • Dynasty (2017 – present)

E[]

F[]

  • Falcon Crest (1981 – 1990)
  • The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (2021)
  • Falling Skies (2011 – 2015)
  • Fargo (2014 – present)
  • Farscape (1999 - 2003)
  • Fear the Walking Dead (2015 – present)
  • Feud (2017)
  • The Flash (2014 – present)
  • FlashForward (2009 – 2010)
  • The Following (2013 – 2015)
  • For All Mankind (2019 – present)
  • Forever (2018)
  • Friday Night Lights (2006 – 2011)
  • Fringe (2008 – 2013)
  • Fullmetal Alchemist (2003 – 2004)
  • Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (2009 – 2010)
  • The Future Is Wild (2007 – 2008)

G[]

  • Game of Thrones (2011 – 2019)
  • Gargoyles (1994 – 1996)
  • Gavin & Stacey (2007 - 2010, 2019)
  • Generator Rex (2010 – 2013)
  • The Girl from Tomorrow (1991 - 1993)
  • Glee (2009 – 2015)
  • Gravity Falls (2012 – 2016)
  • GLOW (2017 – 2019)
  • Godless (2017)
  • Goliath (2016 – present)
  • Good Girls (2018 – present)
  • Good Omens (2019)
  • The Good Wife (2009 – 2016)
  • Gossip Girl (2007 – 2012)
  • Gotham (2014 – 2019)
  • Grey's Anatomy (2005 – present)
  • Gurren Lagann (2007)

H[]

  • Halt and Catch Fire (2014 – 2017)
  • The Handmaid's Tale (2017 – present)
  • Hannibal (2013 – 2015)
  • Harlots (2017 – 2019)
  • Harper's Island (2009)
  • Heartland (2007 – present)
  • Helix (2014 – 2015)
  • Hell on Wheels (2011 – 2016)
  • Heroes (2006 – 2010)
  • Heroes Reborn (2015 - 2016)
  • Highschool of the Dead (2010)
  • His Dark Materials (2019 – present)
  • Homeland (2011 – 2020)
  • Hostages (2013 – 2014)
  • House (2004 – 2012)
  • House of Cards (2013 – 2018)
  • How to Get Away with Murder (2014 – 2020)
  • Humans (2015 – 2018)
  • Hunters (2020 – present)
  • Hyperion Bay (1998 – 1999)

I[]

  • In Treatment (2008 – 2010)
  • Inuyasha (2000 – 2004 + 2009 – 2010)
  • Invasion (2005 - 2006)
  • Invincible (2021 – present)
  • The I-Land (2019)
  • The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret (2010 – 2016)

J[]

  • Jack Ryan (2018 – present)
  • Jericho (2006 – 2008)
  • Joan of Arcadia (2003 – 2005)
  • Justified (2010 – 2015)

K[]

  • Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress (2016 – 2019)
  • Kidding (2018 – 2020)
  • Kidnapped (2006 – 2007)
  • The Killing (2011 – 2014)
  • Killing Eve (2018 – present)
  • Killjoys (2015 - 2019)
  • Kill la Kill (2013 – 2014)
  • Kings (2009)
  • The Knick (2014 – 2015)
  • Knightfall (2017 – 2019)
  • Knots Landing (1979 – 1993)
  • Kyle XY (2006 – 2009)
  • Krypton (2018 – 2019)

L[]

  • The L Word (2004 – 2009)
  • The Last Kingdom (2015 – present)
  • Last Resort (2012 – 2013)
  • The Last Ship (2014 – 2018)
  • The Leftovers (2014 – 2017)
  • The Legend of Korra (2012 – 2014)
  • Legion (2017 – 2019)
  • Lexx (1997 - 2002)
  • The Librarians (2014 – 2018)
  • Life on Mars (U.K.) (2006 – 2007)
  • Life on Mars (U.S.) (2008 – 2009)
  • Lilyhammer (2012 – 2014)
  • Line of Duty (2012 – present)
  • Living With Yourself (2019)
  • Locke & Key (2020 – present)
  • Loki (2021 - present)
  • The Looming Tower (2018)
  • Lost (2004 – 2010)
  • Lovecraft Country (2020 – present)
  • The Lottery (2014)
  • Lucifer (2016 – 2021)
  • Luck (2011 – 2012)

M[]

N[]

  • The Name of the Rose (2019)
  • Nashville (2012 – 2018)
  • Neon Genesis Evangelion (1995 – 1996)
  • The Newsroom (2012 – 2014)
  • The Night Of (2016)
  • Nikita (2010 – 2013)
  • The Nine (2006 – 2007)
  • Nip/Tuck (2003 – 2010)
  • Narcos (2015 – 2017)
  • Narcos: Mexico (2018 – present)
  • Nurse Jackie (2009 – 2015)
  • Nowhere Man (1995 - 1996)

O[]

P[]

Q[]

  • Quantum Leap (1989 - 1993)
  • Queer as Folk (UK) (1999 – 2000)
  • Queer as Folk (US) (2000 – 2005)

R[]

S[]

T[]

U[]

  • Unbelievable (2019)
  • Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (2015 – 2019)
  • Under the Dome (2013 – 2015)
  • Underground (2016 – 2017)
  • Undone (2019 – present)

V[]

  • V (2009 – 2011)
  • V Wars (2019)
  • Valvrave the Liberator (2013)
  • The Vampire Diaries (2009 – 2017)
  • Vanished (2006)
  • Veronica Mars (2004 – 2019)
  • Victoria (2016 – 2019)
  • Vikings (2013 – present)

W[]

  • Waco (2018)
  • The Walking Dead (2010 – present)
  • WandaVision (2021)
  • Warehouse 13 (2009 – 2014)
  • Watchmen (2019)
  • Wayward Pines (2015 – 2016)
  • Weeds (2005 – 2012)
  • The West Wing (1999 – 2006)
  • Westworld (2016 – present)
  • The Whispers (2015)
  • The White Princess (2017)
  • The White Queen (2013)
  • The Widow (2019)
  • Wild Palms (1993)
  • Winx Club (2004 – 2009 + 2011 – 2019)
  • The Wire[8] (2002 – 2008)
  • The Witcher (2019 – present)
  • Wolf Creek (2016 – 2017)
  • Wolf Hall (2015)
  • Wynonna Earp (2016 – present)

X[]

  • The X-Files (1993 – 2002 + 2016 – 2018)

Y[]

  • Years and Years (2019)
  • Yellow Peppers (2010 – 2014)
  • Yellowstone (2018 - present)
  • You (2018 – present)
  • Young Justice (2010 – 2013 + 2018 – present)
  • The Young Pope (2016)
  • The Young Warriors (2006)

Z[]

  • Z Nation (2014 – 2018)
  • Zero Hour (2013)

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