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.

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.

The Sex and the City revival follows Carrie, Miranda, and Charlotte into their 50s — navigating grief, career pivots, divorce, and what friendship and identity mean in the second half of life. Brave in its willingness to address the realities of aging women’s lives.

The beloved baking competition that features contestants of all ages — including many women in their 50s, 60s, and beyond who become fan favorites. A warm, gentle reminder that passion, skill, and creativity flourish at any age.

A gay man with cerebral palsy rewrites his own narrative. Relevant for midlife women because of its unflinching look at ableism, disability, sexuality, and the right to live a full life outside of conventional expectations about what a good body and a good life look like.

An obsessive cat-and-mouse game between an MI5 operative (Sandra Oh, 50s) and a brilliant psychopathic assassin (Jodie Comer). Sandra Oh’s Eve is a woman in midlife who is dissatisfied, brilliant, and dangerous — a thrillingly unconventional portrayal of a woman over 40.

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.

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.

A murder in a small English coastal town unravels an entire community. Olivia Colman is extraordinary as DS Ellie Miller — a woman in midlife navigating grief, betrayal, and professional survival. One of British television’s finest crime dramas.

A quirky comedy set in a rural English Women’s Institute, following a group of women of all ages — including many over 50 — navigating village life, relationships, menopause, and small-town politics with warmth and hilarity.

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.

Vicky McClure plays Lana Washington, an explosives disposal operator in London facing a targeted bombing campaign. A gripping thriller centered on a woman over 40 whose competence, courage, and emotional complexity are the engine of the story.

Two amateur metal detectorists search the fields of England for buried treasure. A gentle, deeply felt comedy about friendship, disappointment, hope, and finding meaning in small pleasures. A quiet masterpiece about what matters in midlife and beyond.

Four women who were briefly famous as a 1990s pop group reunite in their 40s for a second shot at fame. A hilarious, tender exploration of female friendship, midlife ambition, failed dreams, and the refusal to accept that your best days are behind you.