Unchosen
When a young mother from a sheltered cult crosses paths with a mysterious stranger, she embarks on a risky affair that awakens desires and dark secrets.…
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Series Like Meenakshi Ponnunga
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Offspring
An exuberant drama set in Melbourne's Fitzroy, centering on Nina Proudman and her struggle to deal with her fabulously messy family, her hunt for a decent love life and her tendenc…
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Tyler Perry's Ruthless
A spinoff of "The Oval," follows Ruth Truesdale as she's forced to play nice with a scandalous religious cult of powerful sex crazed fanatics in the hopes of freeing herself and he…
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Ambitions
A multigenerational family saga centered around one woman who, having recently relocated and intent on revitalizing her marriage, finds herself going head to head with some of the …
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Julia
Through Julia Child’s life and her singular joie de vivre, the series explores a pivotal time in American history – the emergence of public television as a new social institution, …
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Parenthood
The trials and tribulations of the very large, colorful and imperfect Braverman family.…
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Sullivan's Crossing
After Neurosurgeon Maggie Sullivan’s personal and professional life are thrown into turmoil she returns home to Sullivan’s Crossing. While there, Maggie is forced to navigate her c…
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Black Cake
Two estranged siblings must set aside their differences to deal with their mother's death and her hidden past – a journey of discovery that takes them from the Caribbean to London …
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Tip Toe
Neighbours Leo and Clive have lived next door for 15 years, and become deadly enemies as the world around them grows more tense, exploring the prejudices creeping into modern life.…
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Bel-Air
The journey of a book smart teen whose life is forever transformed when he moves from the streets of west Philadelphia to live with his relatives in one of LA’s wealthiest suburbs.…
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Parish
Gray Parish is a good man with a troubled past who gave up his life of crime for life as a family man. But when his son is violently murdered, old habits return, sending him on a r…
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The House of the Spirits
The epic tale of a proud and passionate family, secret loves, and bloody revolution. The Trueba family's passions, struggles, and secrets span a century of violent social change, c…
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SkyMed
Life, death and drama at 20,000 feet. The series weaves together intense character journeys and high-stakes medical rescues, as we follow the triumphs, heartbreaks and tribulations…
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Swagger
A basketball prodigy must navigate a maze of pressure if he's going to overcome the odds against him and learn what it truly means to have swagger.…
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The Newsreader
An unconventional relationship in a world on the cusp of change; a star newsreader and an ambitious bisexual reporter join forces in a ruthless 1986 newsroom, as events unfold that…
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The Clearing
When a local girl goes missing, a woman is forced to face the demons from her traumatic childhood.…
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Wu-Tang: An American Saga
In the early 1990s in New York, during the height of the crack cocaine epidemic, a visionary musician named Bobby Diggs aka The RZA begins to form a super group of a dozen young, b…
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Tell Me a Story
The world's most beloved fairy tales reimagined as a dark and twisted psychological thriller.…
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Tyler Perry's The Oval
A seemingly perfect interracial first family becomes the White House's newest residents. But behind closed doors they unleash a torrent of lies, cheating and corruption.…
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Guardián de mi vida
Sofía Peralta-Avitia Villaseñor, a successful businesswoman and great mother, who feels lonely in her marriage to Gonzalo Balmori-Ricci Nava. At the same time, her daughter, Bárbar…
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Joan
A penniless mother makes an impulsive decision in the jewellery shop where she works, and is propelled into a different world.…
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Star
Star is a tough-as-nails young woman who came up in the foster care system and decides one day to take control of her destiny. She tracks down her sister, Simone, and her Instagram…
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Tales of the Unexpected
A British television anthology of stories, often with sinister and wryly comedic undertones, and a twist at the end. With early episodes written and presented by Roald Dahl, the se…
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Gone
When a headmaster's wife goes missing, suspicion falls on him. Is he hiding something, or is there more to this case than meets the eye?…
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Hill Street Blues
A realistic glimpse into the daily lives of the officers and detectives at an urban police station.…
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Murder in a Small Town
Karl Alberg moves to a quiet coastal town to soothe a psyche that has been battered by big-city police work but finds himself needing to call upon all his skills to solve the murde…
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Light as a Feather
Five teen girls deal with the supernatural fallout stemming from an innocent game of “Light as a Feather, Stiff as a Board.” When the girls start dying off in the exact way that wa…
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Brothers and Sisters
The close-knit Walker family deals with struggles and triumphs.…
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Little Fires Everywhere
The intertwined fates of the picture-perfect Richardson family and an enigmatic mother and daughter who upend their lives. Explore the weight of secrets, the nature of art and iden…
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Chesapeake Shores
A divorced mom deals with an old romance and complicated family issues when she returns to her hometown with her twin daughters.…
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Baretta
Baretta is an American detective television series which ran on ABC from 1975 to 1978. The show was a milder version of a successful 1973–74 ABC series, Toma, starring Tony Musante…
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Knots Landing
The domestic adventures, misdeeds and everyday interactions of five families living on a cul-de-sac in a small California community.…
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Step Up
Twins Tal and Janelle relocate from Ohio to Atlanta, where at their new school High Water is always a beat.…
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Degrassi
The life of a group of adolescents going through the trials and tribulations of teendom at Degrassi Community School.…
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Little Disasters
When Jess takes her baby to hospital with an unexplained head injury, her close friend, A&E doctor Liz, makes the excruciating decision to call social services, igniting an explosi…
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Once and Again
The series depicts the family of a single mother and her romance with a single father.…
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Citadel Honey Bunny
When stuntman Bunny recruits struggling actress Honey for a side gig, they are hurled into a high-stakes world of action, espionage and betrayal. Years later, as their dangerous pa…
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Political Animals
Former first lady and current Secretary of State Elaine Barrish Hammond try to keep her family together while simultaneously dealing with crises of the State Department and fending…
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Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story
The story of the Menéndez brothers, who were convicted in 1996 of murdering their parents José and Mary Louise “Kitty” Menéndez.…
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Mr Inbetween
Ray Shoesmith is a father, ex-husband, boyfriend and best friend: tough roles to juggle in the modern age. Even harder when you’re a criminal for hire.…
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