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TV Shows & Series: Popular TV Shows/Series of 2016

TV shows/series in chronological context: 2016 (MMXVI)was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2016th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 16th year of the 3rd millennium, the 16th year of the 21st century, and the 7th year of the 2010s decade. 2016 was designated as: International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly.International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the International Social Science Council (ISSC), and the International Council for Philosophy and Human Sciences (CIPSH). ()

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Stranger Things(2016-)

TV-14
| 50min per episode | Drama, Mystery, Science-Fiction & Fantasy
4.2/5 (with 1,038 votes)

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

Directed by Duffer Brothers, Shawn Levy, Andrew Stanton - With Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Matthew Modine, Finn Wolfhard, Millie Bobby Brown, Gaten Matarazzo, ...
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Westworld(2016-)

TV-MA
| 1h per episode | Western, Science Fiction
4.1/5 (with 867 votes)

A dark odyssey about the dawn of artificial consciousness and the evolution of sin. Set at the intersection of the near future and the reimagined past, it explores a world in which every human appetite, no matter how noble or depraved, can be indulged.

With Evan Rachel Wood, Thandie Newton, Jeffrey Wright, James Marsden, Ingrid Bolsø Berdal, Luke Hemsworth, ...
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Lucifer(2016-)

TV-14
| 45min per episode | Crime, Science-Fiction & Fantasy
3.7/5 (with 437 votes)

Bored and unhappy as the Lord of Hell, Lucifer Morningstar abandoned his throne and retired to Los Angeles, where he has teamed up with LAPD detective Chloe Decker to take down criminals. But the longer he's away from the underworld, the greater the threat that the worst of humanity could escape.

With Tom Ellis, Lauren German, Lesley-Ann Brandt, Kevin Alejandro, Rachael Harris, D. B. Woodside, ...
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DC's Legends of Tomorrow(2016-)

TV-14
| 42min per episode | Action & Adventure, Drama, Science-Fiction & Fantasy
3.1/5 (with 328 votes)

When heroes alone are not enough ... the world needs legends. Having seen the future, one he will desperately try to prevent from happening, time-traveling rogue Rip Hunter is tasked with assembling a disparate group of both heroes and villains to confront an unstoppable threat — one in which not only is the planet at stake, but all of time itself. Can this ragtag team defeat an immortal threat unlike anything they have ever known?

Directed by Glen Winter - With Arthur Darvill, Brandon Routh, Victor Garber, Caity Lotz, Franz Drameh, Ciara Renée, ...
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Marvel's Luke Cage(2016-2018)

TV-MA
| 46min per episode | Drama, Science-Fiction & Fantasy, Action & Adventure
3.5/5 (with 292 votes)

Given superstrength and durability by a sabotaged experiment, a wrongly accused man escapes prison to become a superhero for hire.

With Mike Colter, Alfre Woodard, Theo Rossi, Mahershala Ali, Rosario Dawson, Simone Missick, ...
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Preacher(2016-)

TV-MA
| 1h per episode | Comedy, Science-Fiction & Fantasy
3.7/5 (with 210 votes)

A preacher sets out on a mission to make the almighty himself confess his sin of abandoning the world. With his best friend Cassidy, an alcoholic Irish vampire, his love Tulip, a red blooded gun towing Texan, and the power of genesis, an unholy child born from an angel and a devil, Jesse gives up everything to set the world straight with its creator.

Directed by Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, Michael Slovis, Craig Zisk, Guillermo Navarro, Wayne Yip, ... - With Dominic Cooper, Joe Gilgun, Ruth Negga, Lucy Griffiths, William Earl Brown, Anatol Yusef, ...
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Designated Survivor(2016-)

TV-PG
| 42min per episode | Drama, War & Politics
3.6/5 (with 165 votes)

Tom Kirkman, a low-level cabinet member is suddenly appointed President of the United States after a catastrophic attack during the State of the Union kills everyone above him in the Presidential line of succession.

Directed by Paul McGuigan, Brad Turner, Sergio Mimica-Gezzan, Paul A. Edwards, Michael Katleman, Richard J. Lewis, ... - With Kiefer Sutherland, Natascha McElhone, Adán Canto, Italia Ricci, Kal Penn, Maggie Q, ...
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Lethal Weapon(2016-)

TV-14
| 43min per episode | Action & Adventure, Crime, Drama
3.7/5 (with 161 votes)

A slightly unhinged former Navy SEAL lands a job as a police officer in Los Angeles where he's partnered with a veteran detective trying to keep maintain a low stress level in his life.

With Clayne Crawford, Damon Wayans, Jordana Brewster, Kevin Rahm, Keesha Sharp

The Shannara Chronicles(2016-2017)

TV-14
| 45min per episode | Action & Adventure, Science-Fiction & Fantasy
3.3/5 (with 154 votes)

A young Healer armed with an unpredictable magic guides a runaway Elf in her perilous quest to save the peoples of the Four Lands from an age-old Demon scourge.

With Austin Butler, Poppy Drayton, Manu Bennett, Ivana Baquero
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This Is Us(2016-)

TV-14
| 43min per episode | Comedy, Drama
4.0/5 (with 154 votes)

Follows the lives and families of three adults living and growing up in the United States of America in present and past times. As their paths cross and their life stories intertwine in curious ways, we find that several of them share the same birthday - and so much more than anyone would expect.

With Milo Ventimiglia, Mandy Moore, Sterling K. Brown, Susan Kelechi Watson, Ron Cephas Jones, Justin Hartley, ...
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The Night Of(2016)

TV-MA
| 50min per episode | Crime, Drama, Mystery
3.9/5 (with 146 votes)

After a night of partying with a female stranger, a man wakes up to find her stabbed to death and is charged with her murder.

Directed by Steven Zaillian - With John Turturro, Riz Ahmed, Bill Camp, Payman Maadi, Poorna Jagannathan, Sofia Black D'Elia, ...

Planet Earth II(2016)

TV-G
| 1h per episode | Documentary, Kids & Family
4.2/5 (with 142 votes)

David Attenborough presents a documentary series exploring how animals meet the challenges of surviving in the most iconic habitats on earth.

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The OA(2016-)

TV-MA
| 1h per episode | Science-Fiction & Fantasy, Mystery, Drama
3.7/5 (with 138 votes)

Prairie Johnson, blind as a child, comes home to the community she grew up in with her sight restored. Some hail her a miracle, others a dangerous mystery, but Prairie won’t talk with the FBI or her parents about the seven years she went missing.

Directed by Zal Batmanglij - With Brit Marling, Emory Cohen, Scott Wilson, Phyllis Smith, Alice Krige, Patrick Gibson, ...
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The Grand Tour(2016-)

TV-MA
| 1h per episode | Documentary
3.9/5 (with 137 votes)

Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May are back with a show about adventure, excitement and friendship... as long as you accept that the people you call friends are also the ones you find extremely annoying. Sometimes it's even a show about cars. Follow them on their global adventure.

Timeless(2016-2018)

TV-14
| 43min per episode | Action & Adventure, Drama, Science-Fiction & Fantasy
3.6/5 (with 136 votes)

A mysterious criminal steals a secret state-of-the-art time machine, intent on destroying America as we know it by changing the past. Our only hope is an unexpected team: a scientist, a soldier and a history professor, who must use the machine's prototype to travel back in time to critical events. While they must make every effort not to affect the past themselves, they must also stay one step ahead of this dangerous fugitive. But can this handpicked team uncover the mystery behind it all and end his destruction before it's too late?

With Goran Višnjić, Abigail Spencer, Matt Lanter, Malcolm Barrett, Sakina Jaffrey, Paterson Joseph, ...

Colony(2016-2018)

TV-14
| 43min per episode | Science Fiction, Drama
3.4/5 (with 133 votes)

In the near future a family must make difficult decisions as they balance staying together with trying to survive. They live in Los Angeles, which has been occupied by a force of outside intruders. While some people have chosen to collaborate with the authorities and benefit from the new order, others have rebelled — and suffer the consequences.

Directed by Juan J. Campanella - With Josh Holloway, Sarah Wayne Callies, Peter Jacobson, Amanda Righetti, Tory Kittles, Isabella Cramp, ...
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Billions(2016-)

TV-MA
| 1h per episode | Drama
3.9/5 (with 133 votes)

A complex drama about power politics in the world of New York high finance. Shrewd, savvy U.S. Attorney Chuck Rhoades and the brilliant, ambitious hedge fund king Bobby "Axe" Axelrod are on an explosive collision course, with each using all of his considerable smarts, power and influence to outmaneuver the other. The stakes are in the billions in this timely, provocative series.

With Paul Giamatti, Damian Lewis, Maggie Siff, Malin Åkerman, Toby Leonard Moore, David Costabile, ...
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Shadowhunters(2016-)

TV-14
| 42min per episode | Action & Adventure, Drama, Science-Fiction & Fantasy
3.2/5 (with 132 votes)

When Clary Fray's mother has disappeared, Clary joins a band of Shadowhunters; demon killing hunters, and gets caught up in a plan to save the world.

With Katherine McNamara, Dominic Sherwood, Alberto Rosende, Emeraude Toubia, Matthew Daddario, Harry Shum, ...

American Crime Story(2016-)

TV-MA
| 42min per episode | Crime, Drama
3.6/5 (with 125 votes)

An anthology series centered around some of history's most famous criminals.

With Cuba Gooding Jr., Sarah Paulson, John Travolta, David Schwimmer, Courtney B. Vance, Nathan Lane, ...
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The Crown(2016-)

TV-MA
| 52min per episode | Drama
4.1/5 (with 120 votes)

The gripping, decades-spanning inside story of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and the Prime Ministers who shaped Britain's post-war destiny. The Crown tells the inside story of two of the most famous addresses in the world – Buckingham Palace and 10 Downing Street – and the intrigues, love lives and machinations behind the great events that shaped the second half of the 20th century. Two houses, two courts, one Crown.

Directed by Stephen Daldry, Philip Martin, Julian Jarrold - With Claire Foy, Matt Smith, John Lithgow, Vanessa Kirby, Eileen Atkins, Jeremy Northam, ...
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Shooter(2016-2018)

TV-14
| 42min per episode | Action & Adventure
3.4/5 (with 119 votes)

Bob Lee Swagger is an expert marksman living in exile who is coaxed back into action after learning of a plot to kill the president.

With Ryan Phillippe, Cynthia Addai-Robinson, Omar Epps, Eddie McClintock, Shantel VanSanten
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The Good Place(2016-)

TV-14
| 22min per episode | Science-Fiction & Fantasy, Comedy
3.9/5 (with 112 votes)

Eleanor Shellstrop, an ordinary woman who, through an extraordinary string of events, enters the afterlife where she comes to realize that she hasn't been a very good person. With the help of her wise afterlife mentor, she's determined to shed her old way of living and discover the awesome (or at least the pretty good) person within.

With Kristen Bell, Ted Danson, Jameela Jamil, William Jackson Harper, Manny Jacinto, D'Arcy Carden, ...
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The Night Manager(2016)

TV-14
| 1h per episode | Action & Adventure, Drama, Mystery
3.9/5 (with 110 votes)

Former British soldier Jonathan Pine navigates the shadowy recesses of Whitehall and Washington where an unholy alliance operates between the intelligence community and the secret arms trade. To infiltrate the inner circle of lethal arms dealer Richard Onslow Roper, Pine must himself become a criminal.

Directed by Susanne Bier - With Tom Hiddleston, Hugh Laurie, Tom Hollander, Olivia Colman, Elizabeth Debicki, Alistair Petrie, ...

Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency(2016-2017)

TV-14
| 42min per episode | Comedy, Science-Fiction & Fantasy
3.9/5 (with 102 votes)

A comedic thriller that follows the bizarre adventures of eccentric “holistic” detective Dirk Gently and his reluctant assistant Todd. An adaptation of Douglas Adams’ wildly successful comic novels.

Directed by Paco Cabezas, Michael Patrick Jann, Dean Parisot, Tamra Davis, Douglas Mackinnon, Richard Laxton, ... - With Samuel Barnett, Elijah Wood, Hannah Marks, Fiona Dourif, Mpho Koaho, Michael Eklund, ...

Travelers(2016-2018)

TV-MA
| 45min per episode | Drama, Science-Fiction & Fantasy
3.7/5 (with 96 votes)

Hundreds of years from now, the last surviving humans discover the means of sending consciousness back through time, directly into people in the 21st century. These "travelers" assume the lives of seemingly random people, while secretly working as teams to perform missions in order to save humanity from a terrible future.

With Eric McCormack, MacKenzie Porter, Nesta Cooper, Jared Abrahamson, Reilly Dolman, Patrick Gilmore, ...
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Van Helsing(2016-)

42min per episode | Action & Adventure, Science-Fiction & Fantasy
2.9/5 (with 94 votes)

Vanessa Helsing, the daughter of famous vampire hunter and Dracula nemesis Abraham Van Helsing is resurrected five years in the future to find out that vampires have taken over the world and that she possesses unique power over them. She is humanity’s last hope to lead an offensive to take back what has been lost.

With Kelly Overton, Jonathan Scarfe, Christopher Heyerdahl, David Cubitt, Vincent Gale, Tim Guinee, ...
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The Exorcist(2016-2017)

TV-14
| 43min per episode | Drama, Mystery
3.6/5 (with 87 votes)

Follow the lives of two very different priests tackling one family’s case of terrifying demonic possession.

With Alfonso Herrera Rodriguez, Ben Daniels, Geena Davis, Alan Ruck

MacGyver(2016-)

TV-14
| 42min per episode | Drama, Action & Adventure
2.8/5 (with 85 votes)

20-something Angus MacGyver creates a clandestine organization where he uses his knack for solving problems in unconventional ways to help prevent disasters from happening.

With Lucas Till, George Eads, Tristin Mays, Justin Hires, Sandrine Holt, Addison Timlin, ...

Atlanta(2016-)

TV-MA
| 30min per episode | Comedy
3.8/5 (with 85 votes)

Two cousins, with different views on art versus commerce, on their way up through the Atlanta rap scene; Earnest 'Earn' Marks, an ambitious college dropout and his estranged cousin, who suddenly becomes a star.

Directed by Donald Glover - With Donald Glover, Lakeith Stanfield

Outcast(2016-2017)

TV-MA
| 50min per episode | Drama
3.5/5 (with 81 votes)

Kyle Barnes has been plagued by possession since he was a child. Now an adult, he embarks on a spiritual journey to find answers, but what he uncovers could mean the end of life on Earth as we know it.

With Patrick Fugit, Philip Glenister, Wrenn Schmidt, Kate Lyn Sheil, David Denman, Brent Spiner, ...
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