Best TV Shows of 2018
Best TV Shows of 2018
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Set in present day Washington, D.C., House of Cards is the story of Frank Underwood, a ruthless and cunning politician, and his wife Claire who will stop at nothing to conquer everything. This wicked political drama penetrates the shadowy world of greed,
Genre: | Drama |
Number Of Seasons: | 6 |
Network: | Netflix |
Created By: | Beau Willimon |
Status: | Ended |
User Score (votes): | 8.2 / 10 (1034) |
Silent Witness is a British crime thriller series focusing on a team of forensic pathology experts and their investigations into various crimes.
Genre: | Drama |
Number Of Seasons: | 21 |
Network: | BBC One |
Created By: | Nigel McCrery |
Status: | Returning Series |
User Score (votes): | 7.4 / 10 (22) |
A drama about the local field office that investigates criminal cases affecting military personnel in The Big Easy, a city known for its music, entertainment and decadence.
Genres: | Drama, Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy |
Number Of Seasons: | 5 |
Network: | CBS |
Created By: | Gary Glasberg |
Status: | Returning Series |
User Score (votes): | 6.4 / 10 (143) |
A family man struggles to gain a sense of cultural identity while raising his kids in a predominantly white, upper-middle-class neighborhood.
Genre: | Comedy |
Number Of Seasons: | 5 |
Network: | ABC |
Created By: | Kenya Barris |
Status: | Returning Series |
User Score (votes): | 7.1 / 10 (98) |
This reality competition sees teams embark on a trek around the world to amazing destinations where they must compete in a series of challenges, some mental and some physical. Only when the tasks are completed will they learn of their next location. Teams
Genres: | Reality, Action & Adventure |
Number Of Seasons: | 30 |
Network: | CBS |
Created By: | Elise Doganieri, Jerry Bruckheimer, Bertram van Munster |
Status: | Returning Series |
User Score (votes): | 6.6 / 10 (58) |
A vast international plot explodes when a beautiful Jane Doe is discovered naked in Times Square, completely covered in mysterious, intricate tattoos with no memory of who she is or how she got there. But there's one tattoo that is impossible to miss: the
Genres: | Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Sci-Fi & Fantasy |
Number Of Seasons: | 4 |
Network: | NBC |
Created By: | Martin Gero |
Status: | Returning Series |
User Score (votes): | 6.3 / 10 (553) |
An emotional thrill ride through the day-to-day chaos of the city's most explosive hospital and the courageous team of doctors who hold it together. They will tackle unique new cases inspired by topical events, forging fiery relationships in the pulse-pou
Genre: | Drama |
Number Of Seasons: | 4 |
Network: | NBC |
Created By: | Dick Wolf, Matt Olmstead |
Status: | Returning Series |
User Score (votes): | 6.7 / 10 (107) |
Life is hard on the Flemings' ranch in the Alberta foothills where abused or neglected horses find refuge with a kind, hard-working family. Debts abound and the bank is about to foreclose. Can they keep the ranch running?
Genre: | Drama |
Number Of Seasons: | 12 |
Network: | CBC Television |
Created By: | Heather Conkie, Хезер Конки |
Status: | Returning Series |
User Score (votes): | 7.6 / 10 (88) |
The hosts talk about the latest cars and its specifications. They review the performance of the car and also find out if it is as good as the manufacturers claim. The current hosts are Chris Evans and Matt LeBlanc with The Stig.
Genres: | Documentary, Comedy |
Number Of Seasons: | 25 |
Network: | BBC Two |
Created By: | Derek Smith |
Status: | Returning Series |
User Score (votes): | 7.5 / 10 (292) |
Everyone has secrets and Olivia Pope has dedicated her life to protecting and defending the public images of the elite by keeping those secrets under wraps. Pope and her team are at the top of their game when it comes to getting the job done for their cli
Genre: | Drama |
Number Of Seasons: | 7 |
Network: | ABC |
Created By: | Shonda Rhimes |
Status: | Ended |
User Score (votes): | 6.7 / 10 (222) |
Explore the high-pressure experiences of police officers, paramedics and firefighters who are thrust into the most frightening, shocking and heart-stopping situations. These emergency responders must try to balance saving those who are at their most vulne
Genres: | Drama, Action & Adventure, Crime |
Number Of Seasons: | 2 |
Network: | FOX |
Created By: | Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk |
Status: | Returning Series |
User Score (votes): | 6.7 / 10 (83) |
Families, friends, enemies and lovers experience life-changing events in the large upstate New York city of Port Charles, which has a busy hospital, upscale hotel, cozy diner and dangerous waterfront frequented by the criminal underworld.
Genres: | Drama, Soap |
Number Of Seasons: | 11 |
Network: | ABC |
Created By: | Doris Hursley, Frank Hursley |
Status: | Returning Series |
User Score (votes): | 4.8 / 10 (132) |
A glimpse into the outrageous lives and loves of those responsible for a global women's magazine. Their struggles are about finding your identity, managing friendships and getting your heart broken, all while wearing the perfect jeans to flatter any body
Genres: | Comedy, Drama |
Number Of Seasons: | 2 |
Network: | Freeform |
Created By: | Sarah Watson |
Status: | Returning Series |
User Score (votes): | 5.3 / 10 (30) |
Given superstrength and durability by a sabotaged experiment, a wrongly accused man escapes prison to become a superhero for hire.
Genres: | Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Action & Adventure |
Number Of Seasons: | 2 |
Network: | Netflix |
Created By: | Cheo Hodari Coker |
Status: | Canceled |
User Score (votes): | 6.9 / 10 (568) |
A security consultant hunts for a ruthless assassin. Based on the Villanelle novellas by Luke Jennings.
Genres: | Crime, Drama |
Number Of Seasons: | 2 |
Network: | BBC America |
Created By: | Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Rob Williams |
Status: | Returning Series |
User Score (votes): | 8.8 / 10 (59) |
Once a powerful lawyer, Billy McBride is now burned out and washed up, spending more time in a bar than a courtroom. When he reluctantly agrees to pursue a wrongful death lawsuit against the biggest client of Cooperman & McBride, the massive law firm
Genres: | Crime, Drama |
Number Of Seasons: | 2 |
Network: | Amazon |
Created By: | Jonathan Shapiro, David E. Kelley |
Status: | Returning Series |
User Score (votes): | 7.9 / 10 (98) |
An all-new “Fab Five” advise men on fashion, grooming, food, culture and design in this modern reboot of the Emmy Award-winning reality series.
Genre: | Reality |
Number Of Seasons: | 2 |
Network: | Netflix |
Status: | Returning Series |
User Score (votes): | 8.9 / 10 (12) |
Reporter Camille Preaker confronts the psychological demons from her past when she returns to her hometown to investigate the murders of two young girls.
Genres: | Drama, Crime, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Mystery |
Number Of Seasons: | 1 |
Network: | HBO |
Created By: | Marti Noxon |
Status: | Ended |
User Score (votes): | 6.7 / 10 (95) |
The story of Claire Randall, a married combat nurse from 1945 who is mysteriously swept back in time to 1743, where she is immediately thrown into an unknown world where her life is threatened. When she is forced to marry Jamie, a chivalrous and romantic
Genres: | Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Sci-Fi & Fantasy |
Number Of Seasons: | 4 |
Network: | Starz |
Created By: | Ronald D. Moore |
Status: | Returning Series |
User Score (votes): | 7.2 / 10 (431) |
A diverse group of recruits has arrived at the FBI Quantico Base for training. They are the best, the brightest and the most vetted, so it seems impossible that one of them is suspected of masterminding the biggest attack on New York City since 9/11.
Genres: | Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Mystery |
Number Of Seasons: | 3 |
Network: | ABC |
Created By: | Joshua Safran |
Status: | Canceled |
User Score (votes): | 6 / 10 (292) |
The orphaned Baudelaire children face trials, tribulations and the evil Count Olaf, all in their quest to uncover the secret of their parents' death.
Genres: | Drama, Family, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Mystery |
Number Of Seasons: | 3 |
Network: | Netflix |
Created By: | Daniel Handler, Barry Sonnenfeld, Lemony Snicket |
Status: | Ended |
User Score (votes): | 7.1 / 10 (202) |
The Crains, a fractured family, confront haunting memories of their old home and the terrifying events that drove them from it.
Genres: | Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Mystery |
Number Of Seasons: | 1 |
Network: | Netflix |
Created By: | Mike Flanagan |
Status: | Returning Series |
User Score (votes): | 7.9 / 10 (136) |
An eager young rookie joins the ragtag small-town police force led by his dad as they bumble, squabble and snort their way through a big drug case.
Genres: | Animation, Comedy |
Number Of Seasons: | 1 |
Network: | Netflix |
Created By: | Roger Black, Waco O'Guin |
Status: | Returning Series |
User Score (votes): | 7.7 / 10 (16) |
Two teenagers from very different backgrounds awaken to newly acquired superpowers which mysteriously link them to one another.
Genres: | Action & Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy |
Number Of Seasons: | 1 |
Network: | Freeform |
Created By: | Joe Pokaski |
Status: | Returning Series |
User Score (votes): | 6.8 / 10 (78) |
Esther and Benji are platonic best friends who want nothing more than to be accepted by the vain and status-obsessed culture of Los Angeles. Despite their sometimes contentious relationship, when push comes to shove, they’ve got each other’s back … And th
Genre: | Comedy |
Number Of Seasons: | 2 |
Network: | Freeform |
Created By: | Benji Aflalo, Esther Povitsky, Eben Russell |
Status: | Canceled |
User Score (votes): | 5.7 / 10 (10) |
A powerful family drama about the head of a music empire whose three sons and ex-wife all battle for his throne.
Genres: | Soap, Drama, Music |
Number Of Seasons: | 5 |
Network: | FOX |
Created By: | Lee Daniels, Danny Strong |
Status: | Returning Series |
User Score (votes): | 6.6 / 10 (320) |
Tensions run high between African American citizens and Caucasian cops in Jersey City when a teenage African American boy is critically injured by a cop.
Genres: | Crime, Drama, News, War & Politics |
Number Of Seasons: | 1 |
Network: | Netflix |
Created By: | Veena Sud |
Status: | Ended |
User Score (votes): | 8 / 10 (23) |
Honest cop Tony Jr. gets advice from his unscrupulous father, retired NYPD officer Tony Sr., about everything from his job to his love life.
Genres: | Comedy, Drama |
Number Of Seasons: | 1 |
Network: | Netflix |
Created By: | Andy Breckman |
Status: | Returning Series |
User Score (votes): | 5.9 / 10 (9) |
Brand new lawyers work for both the defense and the prosecution as they handle the most high profile and high stakes cases in the country – all as their personal lives intersect.
Genre: | Drama |
Number Of Seasons: | 2 |
Network: | ABC |
Created By: | Paul William Davies |
Status: | Returning Series |
User Score (votes): | 7 / 10 (13) |
A group of heroic firefighters at Seattle Fire Station 19—from captain to newest recruit—risk their lives and hearts both in the line of duty and off the clock. These brave men and women are like family, literally and figuratively, and together they put t
Genre: | Drama |
Number Of Seasons: | 2 |
Network: | ABC |
Created By: | Stacy McKee |
Status: | Returning Series |
User Score (votes): | 7.3 / 10 (21) |
A group of friends from Boston who feel stuck in life experience an unexpected wake-up call after one of their friend dies unexpectedly.
Genre: | Drama |
Number Of Seasons: | 1 |
Network: | ABC |
Created By: | D.J. Nash |
Status: | Returning Series |
User Score (votes): | 7.3 / 10 (4) |
Before there were parenting blogs, trophies for showing up, and peanut allergies, there was a simpler time called the '80s. For geeky 11-year old Adam these were his wonder years and he faced them armed with a video camera to capture all the crazy. The Go
Genre: | Comedy |
Number Of Seasons: | 6 |
Network: | ABC |
Created By: | Adam F. Goldberg |
Status: | Returning Series |
User Score (votes): | 7.7 / 10 (107) |
In a working-class neighborhood outside Los Angeles, Mike and Peggy raise eight boisterous boys. There are 10 people, three bedrooms, one bathroom and everyone in it for themselves.
Genre: | Comedy |
Number Of Seasons: | 1 |
Network: | ABC |
Created By: | Tim Doyle |
Status: | Returning Series |
User Score (votes): | 10 / 10 (2) |
A therapist tries to save her marriage after a cycling accident causes them to reassess their relationship.
Genre: | Drama |
Number Of Seasons: | 1 |
Networks: | BBC One, Netflix |
Created By: | Nick Payne |
Status: | Returning Series |
User Score (votes): | 5 / 10 (5) |
June and Oscar live a comfortable but very predictable wedded life when suddenly they find themselves in a completely unexpected situation, raising questions about love and marriage.
Genres: | Comedy, Drama |
Number Of Seasons: | 1 |
Network: | Amazon |
Created By: | Alan Yang, Matt Hubbard |
Status: | Returning Series |
User Score (votes): | 6.2 / 10 (5) |
They're ordinary husband and wife realtors until she undergoes a dramatic change that sends them down a road of death and destruction. In a good way.
Genre: | Comedy |
Number Of Seasons: | 2 |
Network: | Netflix |
Created By: | Victor Fresco |
Status: | Returning Series |
User Score (votes): | 7.4 / 10 (159) |
An MIT grad student and a tech superstar bring a low-level Pentagon official a staggering discovery that an asteroid is just six months away from colliding with Earth.
Genres: | Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy |
Number Of Seasons: | 2 |
Network: | CBS |
Created By: | Matt JL Wheeler, Elizabeth Kruger, Craig Shapiro |
Status: | Canceled |
User Score (votes): | 6.3 / 10 (161) |
A critical and often humorous look at the upper class, tracking the protagonist’s harrowing odyssey from a deeply traumatic childhood through adult substance abuse and, ultimately, toward recovery.
Genres: | Comedy, Drama |
Number Of Seasons: | 1 |
Networks: | Showtime, Sky Atlantic |
Created By: | David Nicholls |
Status: | Ended |
User Score (votes): | 8.1 / 10 (34) |
This stylish mix of documentary and historical epic chronicles the reign of Commodus, the emperor whose rule marked the beginning of Rome's fall.
Genres: | Drama, Documentary |
Number Of Seasons: | 2 |
Network: | Netflix |
Status: | Returning Series |
User Score (votes): | 5.8 / 10 (15) |
Follow the first human mission to Mars, exploring the challenges of taking the first steps toward interplanetary colonization. The story focuses not only on the astronauts, but also on their families and loved ones, as well as the ground team on Earth.
Genres: | Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy |
Number Of Seasons: | 1 |
Network: | Hulu |
Created By: | Beau Willimon |
Status: | Returning Series |
User Score (votes): | 7.9 / 10 (11) |