Need a great dramatic series to binge and get comfortably lost in while the Writer’s and Actor’s Strike wages on?
Well, as we’ve long maintained, wherever we direct our thoughts ultimately impacts our imagination and, as a result, impacts our performance as voice actors.
The same applies to writers and directors as it applies to actors, regardless of the genre or medium. And just as writers must read a great deal to improve their literary prowess and find their voice, actors need to study a variety of recorded media (film, TV and voiceover) that shape our culture and the work we’ll most likely perform. Besides, audition specs are often full of pop culture references from popular TV shows, film and social media. That doesn’t mean you have to watch everything out there to FEED YOUR READ, but…
Here are 101 of the best dramatic TV series you’ve either yet to see or that are well worth revisiting.
1. The Americans
2. Yellowjackets
3. Mad Men
4. The Handmaid’s Tale
5. The Sopranos
6. The Wire
7. Big Love
8. House
9. Deadwood
10. Sons of Anarchy
11. In Plain Sight
12. Ray Donovan
13. The West Wing
14. Orange is the New Black
15. 24
16. Six Feet Under
17. Oz
18. Nurse Jackie
19. Grey’s Anatomy
20. The Killing
21. Rescue Me
22. Shameless
23. Parenthood
24. Killing Eve
25. Luther
26. The Good Wife
27. Yellowstone
28. Damages
29. Friday Night Lights
30. Newsroom
31. Law & Order
32. The Practice
33. The Lincoln Lawyer
34. House of Cards
35. How to Get Away with Murder
36. Band of Brothers
37. American Horror Story
38. Invasion
39. Castle
40. Alias
41. Buffy the Vampire Slayer
42. Twin Peaks
43. Prison Break
44. True Blood
45. Top of the Lake
46. Broadchurch
47. Homeland
48. Pretty Little Liars
49. Bones
50. Psyche
51. Little Fires Everywhere
52. In Treatment
53. Breaking Bad
54. Rome
55. The X Files
56. House of Lies
57. Big Little Lies
58. Boardwalk Empire
59. Silo
60. Jack Ryan
61. Mrs. America
62. Scandal
63. Once Upon a Time
64. The Good Fight
65. True Detective
66. Succession
67. Fargo
68. Stranger Things
69. ER
70. Better Call Saul
71. Game of Thrones
72. Ozark
73. White Lotus
74. The Night Of…
75. Anne of Green Gables
76. Firefly
77. Mr.Robot
78. Chernobyl
79. Westworld
80. Vikings
81. The Last of Us
82. Band of Brothers
83. House of the Dragon
84. From the Earth to the Moon
85. Pose
86. Dopesick
87. The Queen’s Gambit
88. Sherlock
89. Lonesome Dove
90. Severance
91. Downtown Abbey
92. 1883
93. Perry Mason
94. Peaky Blinders
95. Black Bird
96. The Morning Show
97. The Dropout
98. The Twilight Zone
99. When They See Us
100. Slow Horses
101. The Offer
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