TV Shows

Five women in an affluent California community unravel — domestic abuse, rivalry, trauma, and secrets surface in this gripping drama. Reese Witherspoon, Nicole Kidman, and…

When the president dies in office, Independent Vice President Mackenzie Allen — played by Geena Davis — becomes the first female president of the United…

Set in an Atlanta interior design firm run by two sisters, this beloved 1980s sitcom is celebrated for its sharp feminist commentary. Dixie Carter’s Julia…

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…

A quirky comedy set in a rural English Women’s Institute, following a group of women of all ages — including many over 50 — navigating…

An acclaimed drama about Julia Child’s transformation from a Massachusetts housewife in her early 50s into America’s most beloved cooking teacher, following the creation of…

Madeline “Matty” Matlock (Kathy Bates, 76) comes out of retirement to join a prestigious law firm, deploying her apparent frailty and dotty-grandmother presentation as a…

The battle over the Equal Rights Amendment in the 1970s, centering on Phyllis Schlafly (Cate Blanchett) and the feminist leaders who opposed her — Gloria…

DCI Jane Tennison (Helen Mirren) is a brilliant detective who fights institutional sexism, alcoholism, and her own relentless ambition across seven instalments spanning 15 years.…

Behind-the-scenes drama about the creation of a Broadway musical based on the life of Marilyn Monroe. Anjelica Huston plays Eileen Rand, a formidable producer in…

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…

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…

Julian Fellowes’s HBO period drama set in 1880s New York, where young Marian Brook moves in with her old-money aunts — the formidable Agnes van…

When a Madoff-style financial scandal wipes out her savings and destroys her reputation overnight, attorney Diane Lockhart (Christine Baranski) is forced to rebuild her career…

After her husband, a state’s attorney, is imprisoned following a sex and corruption scandal, Alicia Florrick returns to work as a litigator at a Chicago…

An irreverent, darkly comic dramatization of Catherine the Great’s rise to power. Elle Fanning plays a woman who refuses to accept the diminished role assigned…

Margaret Atwood’s dystopian novel brought to life with harrowing immediacy. A warning about the fragility of women’s rights and bodily autonomy — deeply relevant in…

Based on Nancy Mitford’s beloved novel, two best friends navigate love, war, and society between the wars. Lily James and Emily Beecham are dazzling as…

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…

DCI Vera Stanhope (Brenda Blethyn) is a brilliant, prickly, and resolutely eccentric detective who investigates murders across the wild Northumberland landscape. Blethyn was 64 when…

A miniseries chronicling the lives of LGBT rights activists from the Stonewall era through marriage equality. Features powerful portrayals of older lesbian and queer women…

Hilary Mantel’s trilogy about Thomas Cromwell and Henry VIII’s court, with brilliantly drawn female characters — including Anne Boleyn and Katherine of Aragon — navigating…