TV Shows

Pamela Adlon writes, directs, and stars as Sam Fox — a single actress-mother raising three daughters while navigating Hollywood, aging, menopause, desire, and her eccentric mother. Honest, funny, and fiercely non-sentimental about the realities of midlife womanhood.

The sweeping dramatization of Queen Elizabeth II’s reign. Later seasons follow Elizabeth as an older woman dealing with family crisis, political pressure, and aging with quiet, steely resolve. A compelling portrait of women navigating power across six decades.

Bridget Everett plays Sam, a woman in midlife returning to her small Kansas hometown, grieving her sister and trying to find her footing. A tender, funny, deeply human show about belonging, found family, and rediscovering yourself after loss.

A Cuban-American single mother veteran raises her family across three generations. Rita Moreno’s Lydia is a revelation — an older woman whose sexuality, vanity, and full personhood are celebrated rather than erased. Among the best representations of older Latinx women on television.

Based on Stephanie Land’s memoir, a young mother escapes domestic abuse with nothing and fights her way through bureaucracy toward independence. Gripping and unsparing in its portrayal of poverty and the near-impossible barriers facing women escaping abuse. Essential viewing for anyone who cares about women’s economic safety.

Kate Winslet plays a middle-aged small-town detective in Pennsylvania investigating a murder while navigating family dysfunction, divorce, depression, and her own limitations. A meticulous, unglamorous portrait of a woman in midlife who is imperfect, exhausted, and completely compelling.

A media dynasty implodes as aging patriarch Logan Roy refuses to relinquish power. Sarah Snook’s Siobhan is a brilliant, compromised woman navigating a world designed by and for powerful men. An unsparing portrait of wealth, power, and family dysfunction.

Amy Adams plays a reporter returning to her hometown to cover a murder, unraveling her own trauma and her mother’s toxic influence. A disturbing, beautifully crafted exploration of mother-daughter trauma, self-harm, and the long reach of childhood wounds into midlife.

A teenager with a sex therapist mother creates an informal sex therapy clinic. Gillian Anderson’s character is a perfectly drawn portrait of a single, sexually active, professionally successful woman in her 50s. Funny, frank, and refreshingly sex-positive about midlife desire.

The lives of an aristocratic family and their servants in early 20th century England. Features Maggie Smith’s Violet Crawley — an elderly woman of ferocious wit, political skill, and unapologetic power — as one of television’s great portraits of older womanhood.

A Los Angeles family is upended when their parent comes out as transgender in later life. A pioneering, imperfect show that opened conversation about gender identity, family, and the courage to live authentically — at any age.

Skilled craftspeople restore cherished heirlooms brought in by members of the public. A deeply moving show about memory, family history, craftsmanship, and the emotional weight of objects. A gentle antidote to the throwaway culture that devalues what endures.

Three generations of women work as divorce lawyers in London — navigating their own marriages, family secrets, and competing loyalties. Over three acclaimed series, Abi Morgan digs deeper into divorce, infidelity, identity, and the impossible choices facing women who want everything — career, family, and passion. One of British television’s most sophisticated explorations of modern womanhood.

Three women discover they are half-sisters when their fertility doctor used his own sperm. A darkly funny and moving drama about family, identity, betrayal, and the unexpected bonds that form between women who need each other.

A widow uproots her dysfunctional family to the Greek island of Corfu in the 1930s. A warm, funny portrait of a woman reinventing her life in midlife with chaos and courage — and eventually thriving.

A multi-generational Latinx family drama featuring three generations of women — grandmother, mother, and daughter — navigating love, identity, faith, and ambition. A warm, witty celebration of women who refuse to be diminished.