Things like The Crown, The Testaments, Queens Gambit etc
The Bear and The Pitt are both great and, with my ADHD, the only shows I’ve ever been able to fully lock in on and consistently give 100% attention to.
The Bear is phenomenal and one of the most realistic portrayals of restaurant work. That being said, I only watched the first season, I don’t know if it keeps it up throughout.
I liked season 1 and 2, didn’t really care for 3, 4, and 5.
I really liked the pitt! Good show. I was a HUGE ER fan back in rbe day
House
- Outer Banks
- Downton Abbey
- The Gilded Age
- Victoria
- All Creatures Great and Small
- Murdock Mysteries
- Ms Fisher’s Murder Mysteries
- Doc Martin
- Ms Scarlett and The Duke
I loved Downton couldn’t get into the gilded age though
Downton is one of the greatest of all time. I really loved that show. I have no seen the third one but I did like the first two movies.
I made it to the second season of Gilded Age before I bailed. The first season had its moments and I was always right on the edge of loving it.
Outer Banks
I have been surprised at how much I liked this show!
I really loved the first season, it lost me later on, but I do think it fits what lady is looking for.
Have you tried k dramas? There are a lot that fit that description, but some are on the fence.
Couple of French series:
Chefs(2016) - French cuisine drama
Engrenages-Spiral(2005-2020) - Police drama
You might like Dickinson on Appletv+
Give The Practice a try
If you’re into Jdrama, Gokusen was pretty good. Campy and cheesy when it counts, funny and amusing when it doesn’t, sentimental and cringy just enough to make you embarrassed to admit you like it but not enough to make you stop watching.
Another one called Trick has same main actress and is a little more on the funny side, and is absolutely loaded with the signature campiness that makes Japanese comedy so great. It’s still a drama, but balanced more like Scrubs where you’ll laugh more often than you cry.
If you like the goofy detective in Trick (the same actor as the vice principal in Gokusen), he has a spinoff series called Detective Kenzo Yabe.
And if you like Japanese camp, Legal High is full of it. Different actors completely, and this one’s not really much of a drama. But it’s an honorable mention.
There are of course Jdramas that are more serious and less comedic/campy, but I’m not as familiar with those 😅
I would argue Gokusen is too much of a comedy rather than the drama vibe from the examples OP listed. But I do love Gokusen so if anybody wants a comedy please watch.
Yeah but there’s usually at least one sentimental part in each episode, so it still counts as a drama in my opinion, even if it’s really only, like, mock-sentimental…
Yeah there are some heart felt moments. But the vibe of Gokusen is no where close to something like the Queen’s Gambit or the Crown that OP gave as examples
I’ll be honest, I haven’t seen any of those
The Durella in Corfu is good if you have PBS Masterpiece. The actors are all incredible and it’s pretty cozy despite the drama.
Speaking of Masterpiece, the new Count of Monte Cristo is fantastic. I wasn’t familiar with the book, but the show was so good it inspired me to read it.
