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Has there been a finer TV drama in the past decade? I think not. Downton Abbey proves that shows don’t have to be dark and depressing and populated with anti-heroes. Sure, it has bleak moments, but it’s also fun and funny, with characters you can’t help but love. Don’t think it’s your cup of Earl Grey tea? Watch one episode; I guarantee you’ll be hooked.

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Basada en la película homónima de 2004, la serie Friday Night Lights (2006-2011), creada por Peter Berg, es considerada como uno de los programas que dio origen a la actual era dorada de las series de TV, con 96 nominaciones (y 13 victorias) en los premios Emmy.

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Just as Battlestar Galactica isn’t about spaceships, Friday Night Lights isn’t really about football. It’s a fully realized human drama, one that hums with relatable stories and lovable, often deeply flawed characters. The show came to IMDb TV a couple of years ago; it’s now available on Peacock as well.

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AMC

Mad Men is a slow burn, a show that takes time to flesh out its stories and characters. At first you’ll echo the first season’s underlying question, “Who the heck is Don Draper?” Then, in subsequent seasons, you’ll wonder, “What is Don Draper?” Hero? Villain? Something in between? It’s easy to see why this soapy slice of ’60s melodrama took home a suitcase full of Emmys.

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During its amazingly strong nine-season run, The Middle aired right after Modern Family, offering the perfect bookend to that show’s moneyed milieu. This quirky family lives a decidedly middle-class lifestyle in the middle of the country. The kids are weird, but not in a sitcom-y way. The parents work unglamorous jobs and would rather watch TV than, well, parent. It’s all wrapped in a funny, relatable, often sweet show that feels more real than most.

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Though it lasted just two short seasons, Pushing Daisies made a lasting impression. How can you not love a show about a lovestruck pie-maker who brings people back from the dead to help solve their own murders? And who literally cannot touch the object of his affections lest he send her back to the dead? It’s creepy, funny (the first episode is called “Pie-lette”), fantastical and oozing with charm.

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This is the one series here I haven’t yet seen, but you can bet it’s on my watch-list. That’s because everyone I know won’t shut up about it and it keeps appearing in “best series of the year” stories. In fact, Schitt’s Creek won an Emmy for Outstanding Comedy Series.

You can watch the first five seasons on IMDb TV; it’s also available on CW Seed.

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