Best TV SHOWS from 2016
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- CreatorMatt DufferRoss DufferStarsMillie Bobby BrownFinn WolfhardWinona RyderWhen a young boy vanishes, a small town uncovers a mystery involving secret experiments, terrifying supernatural forces and one strange little girl.
- CreatorDan FogelmanStarsMilo VentimigliaMandy MooreSterling K. BrownA heartwarming and emotional story about a unique set of triplets, their struggles, and their wonderful parents.
- CreatorLisa JoyJonathan NolanStarsEvan Rachel WoodJeffrey WrightEd HarrisAt the intersection of the near future and the reimagined past, waits a world in which every human appetite can be indulged without consequence.
- CreatorRichard PriceSteven ZaillianStarsRiz AhmedJohn TurturroBill CampAfter a night of partying with a woman he picked up, a man wakes up to find her stabbed to death and is charged with her murder.
- CreatorBrian KoppelmanDavid LevienAndrew Ross SorkinStarsPaul GiamattiDamian LewisMaggie SiffNew money means no mercy as Mike Prince takes the Axe Capital throne. Chuck Rhoades is convinced no one should have that much wealth - or power. As all the players seek out new alliances, only one thing's for certain - wealth means war.
- CreatorDonald GloverStarsDonald GloverBrian Tyree HenryLaKeith StanfieldEarn and his cousin, Alfred, try to make their way in the world through Atlanta's rap scene. Along the way they come face-to-face with social and economic issues touching on race, relationships, poverty, status and parenthood.
- CreatorSharon HorganStarsSarah Jessica ParkerThomas Haden ChurchMolly ShannonA couple goes through a long, drawn-out divorce.
- CreatorPeter MorganStarsClaire FoyOlivia ColmanImelda StauntonFollows the political rivalries and romances of Queen Elizabeth II's reign and the events that shaped Britain for the second half of the 20th century.
- StarsDavid AttenboroughChadden HunterGordon BuchananDavid Attenborough returns with a new wildlife documentary that shows life in a variety of habitats.
- StarsSarah PaulsonSterling K. BrownNina JacobsonInside the series of the same name.
- CreatorScott AlexanderLarry KaraszewskiSarah BurgessStarsSarah PaulsonAnnaleigh AshfordSterling K. BrownAn anthology series centered around America's most notorious crimes and criminals.
- CreatorDavid FarrStarsTom HiddlestonHugh LaurieElizabeth DebickiThe night manager of a Cairo hotel is recruited to infiltrate an arms dealer's inner circle.
- StarsJeremy ClarksonJames MayRichard HammondJeremy, Richard and James embark on an adventure across the globe, driving new and exciting automobiles from manufacturers all over the world.
- CreatorGuillermo del ToroStarsCharlie SaxtonLexi MedranoAnton YelchinAn ordinary boy finds a magic amulet that chooses him to be a Trollhunter, a guardian that defends the world of humans and the secret world of trolls.
- StarsShinnosuke MitsushimaTao TsuchiyaMinami Takayama29-year-old Satoru Fujinuma is sent back in time 18 years to prevent the events leading to his mother's death, which began with a series of kidnappings while he was in 5th grade.
- CreatorLouis C.K.StarsLouis C.K.Steve BuscemiEdie FalcoLouis C.K.'s Eugene O'Neill-esque dramatic web series about two cousins, introverted Horace and mentally ill Pete, the current owners of their family's Irish bar "Horace and Pete's", and their dysfunctional family and friends.
- CreatorArunabh KumarSameer SaxenaStarsSumeet VyasMaanvi GagrooAmol ParasharDivorced, jobless, hopeless. Three siblings plan a road trip together. Chandan, Chanchal & Chitvan. Together they start a hilarious journey, to find themselves and their relations..
- CreatorStephen Adly GuirgisBaz LuhrmannStarsJustice SmithShameik MooreHerizen F. GuardiolaA ragtag group of teenagers run wild in the streets of the Bronx in the late 1970s.
- StarsTim RothNico MirallegroSamantha MortonA three-part drama about serial killer John Christie and the murders at 10 Rillington Place in the 1940s and early 1950s.
- CreatorBen SinclairKatja BlichfeldStarsBen SinclairKate Lyn SheilBritt LowerA comedy that explores the private lives of unique New York individuals through a common thread: their weed deliveryman.
- CreatorPhoebe Waller-BridgeStarsPhoebe Waller-BridgeSian CliffordOlivia ColmanSeries adapted from the award-winning play about a young woman trying to cope with life in London whilst coming to terms with a recent tragedy.
- CreatorIssa RaeLarry WilmoreStarsIssa RaeYvonne OrjiJay EllisFollows the awkward experiences and racy tribulations of a modern-day African-American woman.
- CreatorDana GouldStarsJohn C. McGinleyJanet VarneyDeborah Baker Jr.An aging police sheriff begrudgingly joins an alliance with a new sheriff, Evie Barret, to battle angry demons haunting their small New Hampshire town.
- StarsLesley ManvillePeter MullanSam SwainsburyAfter the death of her husband, a woman attempts to rebuild her life while surrounded by her sometimes problematic family and friends.
- CreatorMichelle KingRobert KingStarsMary Elizabeth WinsteadDanny PinoAaron TveitA government employee discovers that the cause of the tensions between the two political parties is a race of extraterrestrial insects eating the brains of the politicians.
- CreatorPam BradyMitchell HurwitzStarsMaria BamfordFred MelamedMary Kay PlaceSeries is based on what Maria has accepted to be "her life." The occasionally surreal episodes, refracted across multiple periods of the actor/comedian's life, tell the story of a woman who loses - and then finds - herself.
- StarsDaiki YamashitaJustin BrinerNobuhiko OkamotoA superhero-admiring boy enrolls in a prestigious hero academy and learns what it really means to be a hero, after the strongest superhero grants him his own powers.
- CreatorBaltasar KormákurStarsÓlafur Darri ÓlafssonIlmur KristjánsdóttirBjörn Hlynur HaraldssonIn a remote town in Iceland, police desperately try to solve a crime as a powerful storm descends upon the town.
- StarsPaul DanoJames NortonLily JamesAs the Russian conflict with Napoleon reaches its peak, five aristocratic families face the possibility of their lives being changed forever.
- CreatorPaolo SorrentinoStarsJude LawDiane KeatonSilvio OrlandoThe beginning of the pontificate of Lenny Belardo, alias Pius XIII, the first American Pope in history.
- CreatorLodge KerriganAmy SeimetzAnja MarquardtStarsRiley KeoughPaul SparksJulia Goldani TellesExplores the relationships between exclusive escorts and their clients, for whom they provide far more than just sex. Known as GFEs, they are women who provide emotional and sexual relationships at a very high price.
- CreatorMette HeenoStarsMaria RossingPeter PlaugborgViola MartinsenA married couple with two young girls decide to split up. Well, sort of: they will stay in their house, but take turns living with the girls. One week they have the girls and live upstairs, one week they live in the basement.
- CreatorRobert KirkmanStarsPatrick FugitPhilip GlenisterWrenn SchmidtA young man searches for answers as to why he's been suffering from supernatural possessions his entire life.
- CreatorPaul AttanasioPhil McGrawStarsMichael WeatherlyGeneva CarrJaime Lee KirchnerBrilliant, brash, and charming, Dr. Bull is the ultimate puppet master as he combines psychology, human intuition, and high-tech data to learn what makes jurors, attorneys, witnesses, and the accused tick.
- StarsSamantha BeeAllana HarkinMike RubensComedian Samantha Bee gives her own wry commentary to the contemporary issues of the day.
- CreatorRyan J. CondalCarlton CuseStarsJosh HollowaySarah Wayne CalliesPeter JacobsonIn the wake of a mysterious alien invasion, a family fights to stay together in a new world order.
- CreatorRich CohenMick JaggerMartin ScorseseStarsBobby CannavalePaul Ben-VictorP.J. ByrneRichie Finestra, a shrewd record executive from New York, tries to promote American Century, his music label, amidst the changing music scene in the 1970s.
- CreatorNeil BiswasStan LeeStarsJames NesbittSienna GuilloryDarren BoydFrom the mind of comic book legend Stan Lee comes a bold new action crime series about a brilliant but flawed police officer with the power to control luck.
- CreatorJudd ApatowLesley ArfinPaul RustStarsGillian JacobsPaul RustClaudia O'DohertyA program that follows a couple who must navigate the exhilarations and humiliations of intimacy, commitment, and other things they were hoping to avoid.
- CreatorJonathan LiscoStarsShawn HatosyBen RobsonJake WearyCenters on a Southern California family, whose excessive lifestyle is fueled by their criminal activities.
- CreatorM.A. FortinJoshua John MillerStarsAlice BragaHemky MaderaPeter GadiotTeresa flees Mexico after her drug-runner boyfriend is murdered. Settling in Dallas she looks to become the country's reigning drug smuggler and to avenge her lover's murder.
- CreatorJody HillDanny McBrideStarsDanny McBrideWalton GogginsSheaun McKinneyAn overprotective father is obsessed with becoming a principal and competes against the popular vice principal. However, something happens that makes them work together to save the day.
- CreatorAva DuVernayStarsRutina WesleyKofi SiriboeOmar J. DorseyFollows the life of three siblings, one of whom moves from Los Angeles to Louisiana to claim a shared inheritance from their recently departed father: an 800-acre sugarcane farm.
- StarsJohn JarrattLucy FryDustin ClareAn anthology series which centers on different characters being targeted by crazed serial killer Mick Taylor in the Australian outback.
- CreatorMichael D. FullerGraham GordyStarsLogan Marshall-GreenJodi BalfourDamon HerrimanQuarry, a disillusioned Vietnam War vet, returns home to Memphis in 1972 only to find rejection and scrutiny at every step. A mysterious man known only as The Broker gives him an offer he can't refuse - to work for him as a hitman.
- CreatorEric KripkeShawn RyanStarsAbigail SpencerMatt LanterMalcolm BarrettAn unlikely trio travels through time to battle unknown criminals and protect history as we know it.
- CreatorGreg BerlantiMarc GuggenheimPhil KlemmerStarsCaity LotzAmy Louise PembertonDominic PurcellTime-traveling rogue Rip Hunter must recruit a ragtag team of heroes and villains to help prevent an apocalypse that could impact not only Earth, but all of time.
- CreatorRand RavichStarsRobert KazinskyDilshad VadsariaAdhir KalyanA billionaire bio-engineer brings a dead police officer back to life.
- CreatorBridget CarpenterStarsJames FrancoSarah GadonGeorge MacKayJake Epping, a teacher, gets a chance to travel back in time to avert the death of John F. Kennedy. However, history's aversion to alteration and his love for the era and a woman endanger him.
- CreatorGlen MazzaraStarsBradley JamesMegalyn EchikunwokeOmid AbtahiAfter discovering his origins, Damien Thorn must cope with life as the Anti-Christ.
- CreatorKate AtkinsonHelen GregoryAllan HeinbergStarsMireille EnosPeter KrauseJay HaydenFollows a female private investigator whose career specialty is exposing fraud for a living. She is drawn to a man whose career appears to be committing fraud for a living.
- CreatorJulie PlecStarsDavid GyasiChristina MosesChris WoodThe series follows an epidemic that breaks out in Atlanta, leaving the large city quarantined and those stuck on the inside fighting for their lives.
- StarsJonathan Rhys MeyersMalachi KirbyForest WhitakerAn adaptation of Alex Haley's "Roots." Chronicles the history of an African man and his descendants sold into slavery in America.
- CreatorCorinne BrinkerhoffStarsJuliet RylanceAntony StarrJustin ChatwinThe members of a prominent Boston family suspect that one of their own is working with an infamous serial killer.
- StarsKelly OvertonJonathan ScarfeAleks PaunovicVanessa Helsing, distant relative of famous vampire hunter Abraham Van Helsing, is resurrected only to find that vampires have taken over the world.
- CreatorGiampiero RigosiCarlo LucarelliStarsGabriella PessionLino GuancialeValentina RomaniLeonardo Cagliostro, a policeman, dies and decides to stay on Earth in order to find out more about the circumstances of his death and to save his wife, Anna, who's in danger.
- CreatorRobert MunicRon BassStarsCam GigandetJeremy SistoAudrey Marie AndersonA diamond dealer navigates the culturally diverse and otherwise treacherous world of the diamond business.
- CreatorPedro AguileraStarsBianca ComparatoVaneza OliveiraRodolfo ValenteA post-apocalyptic thriller set in near-future Brazil, where a select few are allowed to join a privileged society after undergoing an intense and competitive process.
- CreatorNick AntoscaStarsBrandon ScottMarina Stephenson KerrAbigail PniowskyAn anthology series based on popular Internet Creepypastas Candle Cove, The No-End House, Butcher's Block, and The Dream Door.
- StarsMelanie ScrofanoTim RozonDominique Provost-ChalkleyBattling demons and other creatures with her unique abilities and a posse of dysfunctional allies, Wyatt Earp's great great-granddaughter Wynonna is the only thing that can bring the paranormal to justice.
- CreatorStéphane BergmansBenjamin d'AoustMatthieu DonckStarsYoann BlancJasmina DouiebLara HubinontCrime series kick-started by the finding of a young man's body.
- CreatorMiikko OikkonenStarsVille VirtanenMatleena KuusniemiAnu SinisaloQuirky police detective, in Finland, delves into his memory palace to solve despicable crimes all the while trying to keep his family together. If Sherlock was based in Finland this would be it.
- CreatorOlen SteinhauerStarsLeland OrserMichelle ForbesMina TanderFollows a CIA team in Berlin and their clandestine activities.
- CreatorMåns MårlindBjörn SteinStarsLeïla BekhtiGustaf HammarstenAlbin GrenholmThe brutal murder of a French citizen sees French homicide investigator Kahina Zadi go to Kiruna, Sweden. Together with Rutger Burlin she begins an investigation that soon takes on staggering proportions.
- CreatorJeppe Gjervig GramJannik Tai MosholtAnders Frithiof AugustStarsEsben SmedThomas HwanNatalie MadueñoA big Danish sustainable energy company has had an enormous, suspect growth. Problems start, when an employee's body is found and cop detective Justesen starts investigating Energreen.
- StarsNoah TaylorYael StoneJeremy Lindsay TaylorWhen a young gay man is brutally murdered near Bondi Beach, Detectives Tori Lustigman and Nick Manning are assigned to investigate. After more bodies are found, Tori links the deaths to a series of murders of gay men in the 1980s and '90s.
- StarsMarco BocciPeppino MazzottaRenato CarpentieriSolo (Mafia Undercover) stars Marco Bocci as Marco Pagani. Marco is an undercover cop code named Solo who has infiltrated the Italian Mafia in Rome. By twice saving Bruno Corona (Peppino Mazzotta), whose deal with a Ukrainian arms dealer goes bad he is able to ingratiate himself into his trust.
- CreatorAlfred GoughMiles MillarStarsAustin ButlerIvana BaqueroManu BennettSeries of adventures, war, and evil that occur throughout the history of the Four Lands.
- CreatorMatthew ArnoldJosh FriedmanStarsAdria ArjonaOliver Jackson-CohenAna UlaruA modern reimagining of the stories that led to 'The Wizard of Oz'.
- CreatorDaisy GoodwinStarsJenna ColemanAdrian SchillerTommy KnightThe early life of Queen Victoria, from her ascension to the throne at the tender age of 18 to her courtship and marriage to Prince Albert.
- StarsDavid BelleJo PrestiaDavid SaracinoSince the death of his son murdered by accident by thugs, Daniel Munoz, a former thug, has decided to take the law into his own hands. He refuses the help of his brother Thomas, an arms dealer. Gaetan Veron, a criminal police officer, careerist and unscrupulous, convinces Thomas to reveal to him the place of Daniel's next action. Thomas, unaware of his younger brother's turnaround, finds himself face-to-face with him.
- CreatorScott SilveriStarsMinnie DriverJohn Ross BowieCedric YarbroughThe family of a special-needs teen is good at dealing with the challenges he faces--and excellent at creating new ones.
- CreatorHervé HadmarMarc HerpouxStarsVeerle BaetensFrançois DeblockGeraldine ChaplinLisa inherits an abandoned house from an unknown benefactor. On her first night in the house, after hearing noises, she knocks a hole in the wall and crawls through to discover an inescapable, infinite, labyrinthine "house."
- StarsKeeley HawesJosh O'ConnorMilo ParkerLouisa Durrell raises her four children single-handedly after her husband's death. Following a financial crisis, the family moves to the Greek island of Corfu and tries to adapt to life there.
- StarsLee JehoonKim Hye-suCho Jin-woongA cold-case profiler in 2015 and a detective in 1989 work together to solve a series of related murders spanning three decades using a special walkie-talkie to communicate with each other.
- StarsAsami MizukawaSumire AshinaHana HizukiAsami Mizukawa plays Aya, a woman who arrives in Tokyo in her twenties, then grows and changes along with her career and romances through various residential areas in the glittering city.
- CreatorMarnie DickensStarsJodie ComerValene KaneRichard Rankin26-year-old Ivy Moxam steps out of an ordinary house, on an ordinary street, on an ordinary day. Ivy hasn't been seen for thirteen years; she was kidnapped in 2003 at the age of thirteen.
- CreatorHamid HliouaStarsKate MoranChristophe PaouYasin HouichaWhen a huge marijuana shipment falls prey to thieves, the aftermath touches players from all ranks on the drug trade between Morocco and Europe.
- StarsMichael BidwillSteve KeimBruce AriansFor the first time in history, Amazon and NFL Films present an unprecedented inside look at the lives of players, coaches and owners of a franchise over the course of an entire NFL season. Witness the real life, behind the scenes journey on the field, off the field, and everything in between.
- CreatorJared KeesoJacob TierneyStarsJared KeesoNathan DalesMichelle MylettQuick-witted, fast-paced snappy comedy about rural folk getting by in a small town.
- CreatorJon Iver HelgakerJonas TorgersenStarsKåre ConradiNils Jørgen KaalstadJon ØigardenViking life at the close of the 8th century.
- CreatorScott BaileyPetro DuszaraAlain ZaloumStarsMichael Douglas CakeLiana MontoroTyrone BenskinEach episode is a crime-solution reenactment of a real murder. The actual detectives offer commentary throughout the show.
- StarsMorgan FreemanRobert ThurmanAmir HussainMorgan Freeman presents his quest in order to find how most religions perceive life after death, what different civilizations thought about the act of creation and other big questions that mankind has continuously asked.
- CreatorJessica GoldbergStarsAaron PaulMichelle MonaghanEmma GreenwellA man who converts to a controversial following suffers from a crisis of faith.
- StarsHynek CermákLukás PríkazkýAlexej PyskoDetective Kunes has a problem once again: he's lambasted the boyfriend of his ex-wife, and is threatened with dismissal from the police service. His high-ranking (female) boss has a solution for him: "removing" him on an internships in a back-of-beyond borderland region. But there's a fly in the ointment. His real mission is to unravel the two-year old case of the murder of policewoman Wágnerová, the investigation of which has reached an impasse. But the crime rate in the borderlands is one of the highest in the whole country - involving smuggling, drug production, poaching, prostitution and murders. Kunes has to deal with one difficult case after another, and it takes quite some time before he can start doing what he's sent to do, and then he does it in fact by coincidence.
- CreatorPredrag AntonijevicNatasa DrakulicMarko MiskovicStarsVuk KosticMarko JanketicNina JankovicThe action series takes place in Belgrade at the present time. Aleksandar Jakovljevic (Vuk Kostic), a young but experienced inspector, gets his first big case: the murder of the daughter of a reputable building contractor.Parallel to the development of the investigation, which goes in several directions, Aleksandar is torn between two woman working with him on the case: young forensic scientist Jelena, with whom he's secretly in love; and public prosecutor Marija, with whom he's having an affair. He reveals that the death of his former-police-inspector father is in some mysterious way connected with the death of innocent girls. Completely alone in the fight for the truth, he risks his own life.
- CreatorDavid JenkinsStarsWyatt CenacLuka JonesAlice WetterlundJournalist Ozzie Graham is skeptical when he investigates a support group for oddballs who think they have been abducted by aliens -- yet the more he learns, the more confused, intrigued, and seduced he becomes.
- CreatorFabien NuryStarsMathieu SpinosiOlivier RabourdinAnne SuarezVincent, a 20-year old geology student from Paris, goes to French Guyana to do an internship at a gold mining company. Taken under the wing of local gold lord Antoine Serra, Vincent quickly falls into the much more lucrative and dangerous world of gold trafficking. From Serra, who acts like a father to him, Vincent learns everything there is to know about the business. Newcomers aren't welcome - Louis, Serra's right hand, makes it clear that he does not trust him. Vincent and Serra start building a camp to explore a gold mine, but tensions rise to a full-fledged war between them and their Brazilian competitors. And things get even more complicated when Vincent discovers that the mythical Sarah Bernhard mine is not a legend. The Guyanese jungle is a world where businessmen, gangsters, geologists and soldiers collide, and men kill are killed for a few grams of the precious metal.
- CreatorPeter BowkerStarsMax VentoLee InglebyChristopher EcclestonThe Hughes family work and love and fight like every other family. Then, their youngest son is diagnosed with autism and they don't feel like every other family anymore.
- CreatorSharon HorganHolly WalshGraham LinehanStarsAnna Maxwell MartinLucy PunchDiane MorganThis is a programme about navigating the trials and traumas of middle-class motherhood. It looks at the competitive side and unromantic tale on parenting--not the cute, acceptable face of motherhood.
- CreatorOmri GivonRotem ShamirStarsJonah LotanTomer CaponeNevo KimchiThe night before a high profile operation on the PM, the surgeon due to perform the procedure is surprised at her family home by four masked men. The gang quickly take control of her and her family and order her to kill the PM.
- CreatorDan FogelmanRick SingerStarsKylie BunburyMark-Paul GosselaarMark ConsuelosA young pitcher becomes the first woman to play in the Major Leagues.
- StarsZuzana StivínováJaroslav DusekEliska KrenkováIn a remote village where everyone knows each other, a girl goes missing under suspicious circumstances.
- CreatorVicki MaddenVincent SheehanStarsElizabeth DebickiMatthew Le NevezHenry NixonDoctor Anna Macy finds herself inexplicably linked to the disappearance of two girls, fifteen years apart.
- CreatorJason KatimsSarah WatsonStarsDermot MulroneyAugustus PrewOdette AnnableA young Silicon Valley tech-titan enlists a veteran surgeon with a controversial past to start a hospital with a cutting-edge, new-school approach to medicine.
- CreatorAnthony HorowitzStarsMark StrepanBen TavassoliMark AddyThe series follows junior investigators Stefan and Rash, who are brought together by a link between two seemingly unrelated cases.
- CreatorSarah-Violet BlissCharles RogersMichael ShowalterStarsAlia ShawkatJohn ReynoldsJohn EarlySearch Party is a dark comedy about four self-absorbed twenty-somethings who become entangled in an ominous mystery when a former college acquaintance suddenly disappears.
- StarsMarta EturaEduardo NoriegaDaniel GraoMadrid, end of the 40s. Marta has a promising future when she met Antonio, but a misunderstood loyalty with Rafael, will disrupt their lives. When Antonio falls ill, Marta is forced to put herself to work, exposing herself to Rafael's jealousy, the murmuring of the neighborhood and the indignation of a humiliated husband.
- CreatorAaron MartinStarsChristopher JacotPaula BrancatiJoanne VannicolaAn anthology series featuring rampaging serial killers leaving carnage in their wake as their next victims fight to stay alive.
- StarsMichael EalyBarry StraussRichard RiddellRome. The greatest empire the world has ever known. This docudrama tells the story of Rome through the eyes of the empire's many adversaries who battled to see its destruction.