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Buffy the Vampire Slayer(1997-2003)

FSK: 16+ years
| 43min per episode | Science-Fiction & Fantasy, Comedy, Drama, Action & Adventure
4.1/5 (with 786 votes)

Into every generation a slayer is born: one girl in all the world, a chosen one. She alone will wield the strength and skill to fight the vampires, demons, and the forces of darkness; to stop the spread of their evil and the swell of their number. She is the Slayer.

Parks and Recreation(2009-2015)

FSK: 16+ years
| 22min per episode | Comedy
4.0/5 (with 671 votes)

In an attempt to beautify her town — and advance her career — Leslie Knope, a mid-level bureaucrat in the Parks and Recreation Department of Pawnee, Indiana, takes on bureaucrats, cranky neighbors, and single-issue fanatics whose weapons are lawsuits, the jumble of city codes, and the democratic process she loves so much.

Sabrina, the Teenage Witch(1996-2003)

FSK: 12+ years
| 22min per episode | Comedy, Kids & Family, Science-Fiction & Fantasy, Kids & Family
3.9/5 (with 505 votes)

On her sixteenth birthday, Sabrina Spellman discovers she has magical powers. She lives with her 600-year-old aunts Hilda and Zelda as well as talking cat Salem in the fictional town of Westbridge, Massachusetts.

Xena: Warrior Princess(1995-2001)

FSK: 16+ years
| 44min per episode | Drama, Action & Adventure, Science-Fiction & Fantasy
3.8/5 (with 598 votes)

Xena is an infamous warrior on a quest to seek redemption for her past sins against the innocent. Accompanied her comrade-in-arms Gabrielle, the campy couple use their formidable fighting skills to help those who are unable to defend themselves.

Charmed(1998-2006)

FSK: 12+ years
| 42min per episode | Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Science-Fiction & Fantasy
4.1/5 (with 1,070 votes)

Three sisters (Prue, Piper and Phoebe) reunite and unlock their powers to become the Charmed Ones, the most powerful good witches of all time, whose prophesied destiny is to protect innocent lives from evil beings such as demons and warlocks. Each sister possesses unique magical powers that grow and evolve, while they attempt to maintain normal lives in modern day San Francisco.

The Nanny(1993-1999)

FSK: 6+ years
| 24min per episode | Comedy
4.1/5 (with 524 votes)

Fran, fresh out of her job as a bridal consultant in her boyfriend’s shop, first appears on the doorstep of Broadway producer Maxwell Sheffield peddling cosmetics, and quickly stumbled upon the opportunity to become The Nanny for his three children. But soon Fran, with her offbeat nurturing and no-nonsense honesty, touches Maxwell as well as the kids.

Marvel's Jessica Jones(2015-2019)

FSK: 18+ years
| 52min per episode | Science-Fiction & Fantasy, Drama
3.8/5 (with 1,067 votes)

After a tragic ending to her short-lived super hero stint, Jessica Jones is rebuilding her personal life and career as a detective who gets pulled into cases involving people with extraordinary abilities in New York City.

30 Rock(2006-2013)

FSK: 12+ years
| 22min per episode | Comedy
3.7/5 (with 309 votes)

Liz Lemon, the head writer for a late-night TV variety show in New York, tries to juggle all the egos around her while chasing her own dream.

Gilmore Girls(2000-2007)

FSK: 12+ years
| 44min per episode | Comedy, Drama
4.0/5 (with 454 votes)

Set in the charming town of Stars Hollow, Connecticut, the series follows the captivating lives of Lorelai and Rory Gilmore, a mother/daughter pair who have a relationship most people only dream of.

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel(2017-2023)

FSK: 16+ years
| Comedy, Drama
4.0/5 (with 344 votes)

It’s 1958 Manhattan and Miriam “Midge” Maisel has everything she’s ever wanted - the perfect husband, kids, and Upper West Side apartment. But when her life suddenly takes a turn and Midge must start over, she discovers a previously unknown talent - one that will take her all the way from the comedy clubs of Greenwich Village to a spot on Johnny Carson’s couch.

Girl Meets World(2014-2017)

FSK: 6+ years
| 23min per episode | Comedy, Kids & Family
4.2/5 (with 327 votes)

The adventures of relatable and adventurous Riley Matthews, the tween daughter of Cory and Topanga Matthews, and her bold best friend Maya as they traverse the twists and turns of teenage years at Manhattan's John Quincy Adams Middle School where Riley's dad is their History teacher.

Supergirl(2015-2021)

FSK: 12+ years
| 42min per episode | Drama, Science-Fiction & Fantasy, Action & Adventure
3.7/5 (with 2,025 votes)

Twenty-four-year-old Kara Zor-El, who was taken in by the Danvers family when she was 13 after being sent away from Krypton, must learn to embrace her powers after previously hiding them. The Danvers teach her to be careful with her powers, until she has to reveal them during an unexpected disaster, setting her on her journey of heroism.

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Stranger Things(2016-)

4.3/5 (with 8,329 votes)

When a young boy vanishes, a small town uncovers a mystery involving secret experiments, terrifying supernatural forces, and one strange little girl.

Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir(2015-)

FSK: 12+ years
| 24min per episode | Action & Adventure, Animation, Kids & Family
4.0/5 (with 2,137 votes)

Normal high school kids by day, protectors of Paris by night! Miraculous follows the heroic adventures of Marinette and Adrien as they transform into Ladybug and Cat Noir and set out to capture akumas, creatures responsible for turning the people of Paris into villains. But neither hero knows the other’s true identity – or that they’re classmates!

Directed by Thomas Astruc

Chihayafuru(2011-2020)

23min per episode | Animation, Drama
3.9/5 (with 22 votes)

Chihaya Ayase has spent most of her life supporting her sister’s model career. When she meets a boy named Arata Wataya, he thinks Chihaya has potential to become a great karuta player. As Chihaya dreams of becoming Japan's best karuta player, she is soon separated from her karuta playing friends. Now in high school, Chihaya still plays karuta in the hope that she will one day meet her friends again.

Only Murders in the Building(2021-)

FSK: 12+ years
| 33min per episode | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
4.2/5 (with 494 votes)

Three strangers who share an obsession with true crime suddenly find themselves wrapped up in one.

Killing Eve(2018-2022)

FSK: 16+ years
| 43min per episode | Crime, Drama
4.0/5 (with 582 votes)

A security consultant hunts for a ruthless assassin. Equally obsessed with each other, they go head to head in an epic game of cat-and-mouse.

Chilling Adventures of Sabrina(2018-2020)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h per episode | Mystery, Science-Fiction & Fantasy, Drama
4.1/5 (with 1,697 votes)

As her 16th birthday nears, Sabrina must choose between the witch world of her family and the human world of her friends. Based on the Archie comic.

Frieren: Beyond Journey's End(2023-)

4.4/5 (with 46 votes)

After the party of heroes defeated the Demon King, they restored peace to the land and returned to lives of solitude. Generations pass, and the elven mage Frieren comes face to face with humanity’s mortality. She takes on a new apprentice and promises to fulfill old friends’ dying wishes. Can an elven mind make peace with the nature of life and death? Frieren embarks on her quest to find out.

Directed by Keiichiro Saito

Barbie: Life in the Dreamhouse(2012-2015)

FSK: 0+ years
| 3min per episode | Animation, Kids & Family
3.8/5 (with 189 votes)

The series is set as a reality TV-esque show following Barbie, her sisters and her friends in the day-to-day activities that take place in the Dreamhouse and surrounding areas. Much of the humor in the show derives from parodying and lampooning both the traditional reality TV format and the Barbie franchise itself.

Directed by Andrew Tan, Kyran Kelly

Dark Angel(2000-2002)

FSK: 16+ years
| 43min per episode | Action & Adventure, Drama
3.7/5 (with 199 votes)

Super soldier Max Guevera tries to live a normal life in post-apocalyptic Seattle while eluding capture by government agents from the covert biotech facility she escaped from as a child and searching for her genetically-enhanced brothers and sisters who have dispersed after escape.

Harvey Street Kids(2018-)

FSK: 6+ years
| 24min per episode | Animation, Comedy, Kids & Family, Kids & Family, Action & Adventure
3.9/5 (with 5 votes)

Kids rule in a place called Harvey Street, where a trio of girls right wrongs, ice cream is always an option, and every day feels like Saturday.

Good Girls(2018-2021)

FSK: 12+ years
| 42min per episode | Comedy, Drama, Crime
4.0/5 (with 266 votes)

Three "good girl" suburban wives and mothers suddenly find themselves in desperate circumstances and decide to stop playing it safe and risk everything to take their power back.

iZombie(2015-2019)

FSK: 16+ years
| 42min per episode | Drama, Crime, Science-Fiction & Fantasy
3.9/5 (with 1,343 votes)

A medical student who becomes a zombie joins a Coroner's Office in order to gain access to the brains she must reluctantly eat so that she can maintain her humanity. But every brain she eats, she also inherits their memories and must now solve their deaths with help from the Medical examiner and a police detective.

Emily in Paris(2020-)

FSK: 12+ years
| Drama, Comedy
3.9/5 (with 592 votes)

When ambitious Chicago marketing exec Emily unexpectedly lands her dream job in Paris, she embraces a new life as she juggles work, friends and romance.

With Lily Collins, Ashley Park, Camille Razat, Samuel Arnold, Kate Walsh, Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu, ...

Haven(2010-2015)

3.8/5 (with 212 votes)

FBI agent Audrey Parker arrives in the small town of Haven, Maine to solve a murder and soon discovers the town's many secrets—which also hold the key to unlocking the mysteries of her lost past.

Motive(2013-2016)

FSK: 16+ years
| 44min per episode | Crime, Drama, Mystery
3.2/5 (with 38 votes)

A team of Vancouver investigators, led by homicide detective Angie Flynn, sets out to uncover the motive of each puzzling murder by discovering the killer's connection to the victim. Viewers get a glimpse of the killer before and after the crime is committed.

The Apothecary Diaries(2023-)

23min per episode | Animation, Drama, Mystery
4.2/5 (with 15 votes)

Maomao lived a peaceful life with her apothecary father. Until one day, she's sold as a lowly servant to the emperor's palace. But she wasn't meant for a compliant life among royalty. So when imperial heirs fall ill, she decides to step in and find a cure! This catches the eye of Jinshi, a handsome palace official who promotes her. Now, she's making a name for herself solving medical mysteries!

The Summer I Turned Pretty(2022-)

FSK: 16+ years
| 45min per episode | Drama
4.1/5 (with 281 votes)

Every summer, Belly and her family head to the Fishers’ beach house in Cousins. Every summer is the same ... until Belly turns sixteen. Relationships will be tested, painful truths will be revealed, and Belly will be forever changed. It’s a summer of first love, first heartbreak and growing up — it's the summer she turns pretty.

Marcella(2016-2021)

FSK: 18+ years
| 45min per episode | Crime, Drama
3.5/5 (with 104 votes)

Marcella is shocked to the core of her being when her husband Jason leaves her unexpectedly, confessing he no longer loves her. Heartbroken, Marcella returns to the Met’s Murder Squad. Ten years ago Marcella gave up her fast-tracked police career to marry and devote her life to her family. With the abrupt end to her marriage and isolated from her 13 year old daughter and 10 year old son, Marcella throws herself into work to stop herself from falling apart.

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