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Browse - Most popular shows featuring: strong female leadx
Stumptown
Stumptown follows Dex Parios, a strong, assertive, and unapologetically sharp-witted Army veteran working as a P.I. in Portland, OR. With a complicated personal history and only herself to rely on, she solves other people's messes with a blind eye toward her own.
Jane the Virgin
Loosely based on the 2002 Venezuelan telenovela Juana la Virgen, The CW's Jane the Virgin is about Jane Villanueva, a twenty-something virgin, whose devoutly-Catholic life is turned upside-down when she learns she's pregnant. Jane's fruitfulness, however, is far cry from the Immaculate Conception, and it's no miracle. On the contrary, this bun reaches her oven through science and a simple paperwork error. During what is supposed to be a regular checkup, Jane's gynecologist mistakenly artificially inseminates her, and that's not all - to complicate things further, the father turns out to be Jane's married boss.
30 Rock
Liz Lemon, head writer of the sketch comedy show "TGS with Tracy Jordan", must deal with an arrogant new boss and a crazy new star, all while trying to run a successful TV show without losing her mind.
Wynonna Earp
A modern supernatural Western. It centers on Wynonna, the great, great granddaughter of famous lawman Wyatt who inherits his near mythic abilities-as well as his gun-destined to battle Wyatt's legendary old West enemies-demons who rise from Hell, again and again.
Gilmore Girls
Set in a storybook Connecticut town populated with an eclectic mix of everyday folks and lovable lunatics, "Gilmore Girls" is a humorous multigenerational series about friendship, family and the ties that bind.
Avatar: The Legend of Korra
Avatar Korra must defend the neutral Republic City from the Equalists, a massive secret society with the purpose of ridding the entire world of the ability to manipulate the elements of nature.
Griselda
Chronicles the life of Griselda Blanco, who created one of the most profitable cartels in history. A devoted mother, Blanco's lethal blend of charm and unsuspecting savagery helped her expertly navigate between family and business leading her to become widely known as the "Black Widow."
Broad City
This show follows two girls, played by Jacobson and Glazer, throughout their daily lives in New York City, making the smallest and mundane events hysterical and disturbing to watch all at the same time.
Paper Girls
Paper Girls follows four young girls who, while out delivering papers on the morning after Halloween in 1988, become unwittingly caught in a conflict between warring factions of time-travelers, sending them on an adventure through time that will save the world. As they travel between our present, the past, and the future - they encounter future versions of themselves and now must choose to embrace or reject their fate. An emotional adventure in which the girls and the women they eventually become are tough, their friendships are authentic, and their journey through time is epic.
The Mindy Project
This is a new single-camera comedy from Emmy Award-nominated writer/producer and New York Times best-selling author Mindy Kaling ("The Office") that follows a woman who, despite having a successful career, desperately needs to break bad habits in her personal life.
Bitten
Elena Michaels is the only female werewolf in the world, keeping her secret while working as a photographer in Toronto. But her past catches up with her.
As she navigates her new life, Elena must confront her former pack and the dangerous world of werewolves. Will she be able to survive?
Renegade Nell
A swashbuckling adventure series set in the 18th century. When she's framed for murder, Nell Jackson is forced into a life of highway robbery, along with her two orphaned sisters Roxanne and George. Aided by a plucky little spirit called Billy Blind, Nell realises that fate has put her on the wrong side of the law for a reason, a reason much bigger than she could've ever imagined, a reason that goes right up to Queen Anne and beyond, to the struggle for power raging across the battlefields of Europe.
Vera
Brenda Blethyn headlines ITV's new detective drama as workaholic Detective Chief Inspector Stanhope. The TV series is adapted from the Vera Stanhope novels by Ann Cleeves.
The Spanish Princess
The Spanish Princess, the latest chapter in the dynastic saga of Tudor England, is a powerful, epic story that not only returns the audience to the world of royal court intrigue as seen uniquely through the perspective of the women, but also sheds light on a previously untold corner of history - the lives of people of color, living and working in 16th century London.
The Way Home (2023)
Kat Landry, her 15-year-old daughter Alice and Kat's estranged mother Del are all strong, willful and independent. More than 20 years prior, lifechanging events created a chasm in their family that time has yet to repair. Kat and Del still aren't on speaking terms. Alice has never met her grandmother and is unaware of the reasons for their fractured family. When the three generations come together under one roof for the first time in more than two decades, a surprising discovery unexpectedly sets the trio on a path toward healing and helps them find their way back to each other.
Reasonable Doubt
In Reasonable Doubt, you'll judge Jax Stewart for her questionable ethics and wild interpretations of the law... until you're the one in trouble. Then you'll see her for what she is: the most brilliant and fearless defense attorney in Los Angeles who bucks the justice system at every chance she gets.
Anne with an E
Anne is a coming-of-age story about an outsider who, against all odds and numerous challenges, fights for love and acceptance and for her place in the world. The series centers on a young orphaned girl in the late 1890's, who, after an abusive childhood spent in orphanages and the homes of strangers, is mistakenly sent to live with an elderly spinster and her aging brother. Over time, 13-year-old Anne will transform their lives and eventually the small town in which they live with her unique spirit, fierce intellect and brilliant imagination.
Call Me Kat
The show, based on the UK's "Miranda," is about a woman's daily struggle against her mom to prove that you cannot have everything you want - and still be happy. So she spent the money her parents set aside for her wedding to open a Cat Cafe in Louisville, Kentucky.
P-Valley
This is a scripted one-hour drama that takes an unflinching and unapologetic look at the lives of pole dancers working down in the Dirty Delta. Creator and writer Katori Hallwill executive produce "Pussy Valley" with Chernin Entertainment's Peter Chernin; Jenno Topping; and Dante Di Loreto. Khaliah Neal will serve as consulting producer. Set in an infamous Mississippi "shake junt" called the Pink Pony, "Pussy Valley" is an intimate window to the unexplored southern strip club world, where the desires of pro-ballers and politicians collide with the dreams of five brave women. For these women, the line between performance and reality becomes blurred, as the drama of their outside lives threaten their onstage personas. On the quest for money, power, and respect, each woman must make a choice. For some it's a step down, for others a step up, as the Pink Pony stage constantly shape-shifts between a platform for freedom and a gilded cage.
Rebel (2021)
Inspired by the life of Erin Brockovich today, Annie "Rebel" Bello is a blue-collar legal advocate without a law degree. She's a funny, messy, brilliant and fearless woman who cares desperately about the causes she fights for and the people she loves. When Rebel applies herself to a fight she believes in, she will win at almost any cost.
Speechless
Maya DiMeo is a mom on a mission who will do anything for her husband, Jimmy, and kids Ray, Dylan, and JJ, her eldest son with special needs. As Maya fights injustices both real and imagined, the family works to make a new home for themselves and searches for just the right person to give JJ his "voice."
Tommy
A former high-ranking NYC police officer becomes the first female LAPD Chief of Police and uses her unflinching honesty and hardball tactics to navigate the social, political and national security issues that comes with law enforcement.
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