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Shows of 2016

60 shows from 2016. Includes Planet Earth II, Stranger Things, and Fleabag.

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Planet Earth II
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Max

Planet Earth II

2016 · 1 Season

Nature & ScienceDocumentaryFamily

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

Stranger Things
86
Netflix

Stranger Things

2016 · 5 Seasons

Creature FeatureUrban FantasyMonsters

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

Fleabag
86
Prime

Fleabag

2016 · 2 Seasons

Dark ComedyComedyDrama

A portrait into the mind of a dry-witted, sexual, angry, porn-watching, grief-riddled woman, trying to make sense of the world.

This Is Us
86
Hulu

This Is Us

2016 · 6 Seasons

Grief & LossParenthood & Family BondsAddiction & Recovery

Follows the lives and families of three adults living and growing up in the United States of America in present and past times.

Scarlet Heart: Ryeo
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Scarlet Heart: Ryeo

2016 · 1 Season

Time-Travel Sci-FiEpic FantasyTime Travel

A story of a 25-year-old Go Hajin who is transported back in time to the Goryeo Dynasty.

Guardian: The Lonely and Great God
85

Guardian: The Lonely and Great God

2016 · 1 Season

Romantic ComedyBuddy ComedyRevenge Thriller

In his quest for a bride to break his immortal curse, a 939-year-old guardian of souls meets a grim reaper and a sprightly student with a tragic past.

The Crown
85
Netflix

The Crown

2016 · 6 Seasons

BiopicRoyalty & Palace IntrigueBased on a True Story

The gripping, decades-spanning inside story of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and the Prime Ministers who shaped Britain's post-war destiny.

Mob Psycho 100
85
Netflix

Mob Psycho 100

2016 · 3 Seasons

SuperheroComing-of-AgeUrban Fantasy

Shigeo Kageyama, a.k.a.

ERASED
84
Hulu

ERASED

2016 · 1 Season

ProceduralAnimeDetective

Satoru Fujinuma is a struggling manga artist who has the ability to turn back time and prevent deaths.

Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia
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Netflix

Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia

2016 · 3 Seasons

FamilyAnimationAction

After uncovering a mysterious amulet, an average teen assumes an unlikely destiny and sets out to save two worlds.

Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok-joo
84

Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok-joo

2016 · 1 Season

Romantic ComedyComedyDrama

A competitive swimmer crosses paths with his childhood friend, a rising weight lifting star, and realizes that she has a secret crush on his cousin.

Atlanta
84
Hulu

Atlanta

2016 · 4 Seasons

ComedyDrama

Two cousins work through the Atlanta music scene in order to better their lives and the lives of their families.

Westworld
83

Westworld

2016 · 4 Seasons

AI & RobotsScience FictionFantasy

A dark odyssey about the dawn of artificial consciousness and the evolution of sin.

My Hero Academia
83
Netflix

My Hero Academia

2016 · 8 Seasons

SuperheroRevenge ThrillerAnime

Izuku has dreamt of being a hero all his life—a lofty goal for anyone, but especially challenging for a kid with no superpowers.

The Night Of
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Max

The Night Of

2016 · 1 Season

ProceduralLegal DramaPrison

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.

Yuri!!! on Ice
83
Hulu

Yuri!!! on Ice

2016 · 1 Season

Romantic ComedyAnimeAnimation

While on the verge of retirement, skater Yuri Katsuki meets Yuri Plisetsky and Victor Nikiforov, two skaters who rekindle his competitive fire.

The Disastrous Life of Saiki K.
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Netflix

The Disastrous Life of Saiki K.

2016 · 2 Seasons

AnimeAnimationComedy

High school sophomore Kusuo Saiki swore as a child that he would keep his psychic talents hidden, but his abilities still make his life difficult.

Letterkenny
83
Hulu

Letterkenny

2016 · 12 Seasons

Comedy

Letterkenny follows Wayne, a good-ol’ country boy in Letterkenny, Ontario trying to protect his homegrown way of life on the farm, against a world…

Signal
83
Netflix

Signal

2016 · 2 Seasons

ProceduralDetectiveTime Travel

Detectives from the present and a detective from the past communicate via walkie-talkie to solve a long-time unsolved case.

Billions
82
Paramount+

Billions

2016 · 7 Seasons

Wall Street & FinanceDrama

Shrewd, savvy U.S.

American Crime Story
82
Hulu

American Crime Story

2016 · 3 Seasons

Legal DramaBased on a True StoryLegal

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

Descendants of the Sun
82

Descendants of the Sun

2016 · 1 Season

Medical DramaMilitaryMedical

After a chance meeting in a hospital, an ardent soldier falls for a gifted surgeon.

Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World-
82
Hulu

Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World-

2016 · 1 Season

Time-Travel Sci-FiEpic FantasyUrban Fantasy

Natsuki Subaru, an ordinary high school student, is on his way home from the convenience store when he finds himself transported to another world.

Lucifer
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Netflix

Lucifer

2016 · 6 Seasons

SuperheroCrimeScience Fiction

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…

The Good Place
81
Prime

The Good Place

2016 · 4 Seasons

Science FictionFantasyComedy

Eleanor Shellstrop, an ordinary woman who, through an extraordinary string of events, enters the afterlife where she comes to realize that she…

W
81

W

2016 · 1 Season

Romantic ComedyDramaComedy

After being pulled into the webtoon world created by her father, a surgical resident gets entangled in a murder mystery involving the story's hero.

The Young Pope
81
Max

The Young Pope

2016 · 1 Season

ConspiracyDrama

Lenny Belardo, the youngest and first American Pope in the history of the Church, must establish his new papacy and navigate the power struggles…

Animal Kingdom
81
Netflix

Animal Kingdom

2016 · 6 Seasons

Mob / MafiaParenthood & Family BondsMafia & Mob

17-year-old Joshua "J" Cody moves in with his freewheeling relatives in their Southern California beach town after his mother dies of a heroin…

El marginal
81
Netflix

El marginal

2016 · 5 Seasons

PrisonCrimeDrama

An ex-cop entered a prison as convicted under a false identity in order to infiltrate within a group of prisoners that has just kidnapped the…

The Girl
81

The Girl

2016 · 1 Season

DocumentaryDramaAction

A young woman who was part of the guerrilla group is now seeking a better life in the city.

Kim's Convenience
81
Peacock

Kim's Convenience

2016 · 5 Seasons

Comedy

The funny, heartfelt story of The Kims, a Korean-Canadian family, running a convenience store in downtown Toronto.

Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
80

Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency

2016 · 2 Seasons

ProceduralDetectiveComedy

A comedic thriller that follows the bizarre adventures of eccentric “holistic” detective Dirk Gently and his reluctant assistant Todd.

Goliath
80
Prime

Goliath

2016 · 4 Seasons

CrimeDrama

Once a powerful lawyer, Billy McBride is now burned out and washed up, spending more time in a bar than a courtroom.

Victoria
80
Netflix

Victoria

2016 · 3 Seasons

Drama

The story of Queen Victoria, who came to the throne at a time of great economic turbulence and resurgent republicanism – and died 64 years later…

Hwarang: The Poet Warrior Youth
80

Hwarang: The Poet Warrior Youth

2016 · 1 Season

Romantic ComedyComing-of-AgeRoyalty & Palace Intrigue

An elite group of young warriors trained in morals and martial arts finds love and friendship in Silla during Korea’s ancient Three Kingdoms period.

11.22.63
79
Netflix

11.22.63

2016 · 1 Season

Time-Travel Sci-FiTime TravelDrama

An English teacher travels back in time to prevent the Kennedy assassination, but discovers he is attached to the life he has made in a bygone era.

The Night Manager
79
Prime

The Night Manager

2016 · 2 Seasons

EspionageDramaMystery

Former British soldier Jonathan Pine navigates the shadowy recesses of Whitehall and Washington where an unholy alliance operates between the…

Travelers
79
Netflix

Travelers

2016 · 3 Seasons

Time-Travel Sci-FiTime TravelDrama

Hundreds of years from now, the last surviving humans discover the means of sending consciousness back through time, directly into people in the…

Queen of the South
79
Hulu

Queen of the South

2016 · 5 Seasons

CrimeDrama

Teresa flees Mexico after her drug-runner boyfriend is murdered.

Bungo Stray Dogs
79

Bungo Stray Dogs

2016 · 1 Season

ProceduralUrban FantasyAnime

Stalked by a beastly white tiger, Atsushi Nakajima has no idea that the menace lives inside him—a power that catches the attention of the Armed…

War and Peace
79
Prime

War and Peace

2016 · 1 Season

Period & Historical DramaDrama

The love story of young Countess Natasha Rostova and Count Pierre Bezukhov is interwoven with the Great Patriotic War of 1812 against Napoleon's…

Another Miss Oh
79
Prime

Another Miss Oh

2016 · 1 Season

Romantic ComedyComedyDrama

Two women working in the same industry with the exact same name keep getting their lives entangled both professionally and personally.

Preacher
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Preacher

2016 · 4 Seasons

SuperheroUrban FantasyVampires

A preacher sets out on a mission to make the almighty himself confess his sin of abandoning the world.

Orange
78

Orange

2016 · 1 Season

Time-Travel Sci-FiComing-of-AgeAnime

One day, Naho Takamiya receives a letter written to herself from ten years in the future.

Medici: Masters of Florence
78
Prime

Medici: Masters of Florence

2016 · 3 Seasons

DramaWar

The story of the Medici family of Florence, their ascent from simple merchants to power brokers sparking an economic and cultural revolution.

Vice Principals
78
Max

Vice Principals

2016 · 2 Seasons

Dark ComedyHigh SchoolComedy

After North Jackson High's long-time principal steps down to tend to his ailing wife, Neal Gamby and Lee Russell, the school's vice principals,…

The OA
77
Netflix

The OA

2016 · 2 Seasons

Science FictionFantasyMystery

Seven years after vanishing from her home, a young woman returns with mysterious new abilities and recruits five strangers for a secret mission.

Lethal Weapon
77
Prime

Lethal Weapon

2016 · 3 Seasons

ProceduralActionAdventure

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…

The Exorcist
77

The Exorcist

2016 · 2 Seasons

SupernaturalMysteryDrama

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

The Story of God with Morgan Freeman
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The Story of God with Morgan Freeman

2016 · 3 Seasons

Documentary

Morgan Freeman presents his quest in order to find how most religions perceive life after death, what different civilizations thought about the…

Doctors
77
Netflix

Doctors

2016 · 1 Season

Romantic ComedyDramaComedy

A recalcitrant, delinquent teen girl meets a compassionate teacher, who inspires her to alter her path and become a street-savvy neurosurgeon.

Ajin
76
Netflix

Ajin

2016 · 2 Seasons

AnimeSupernaturalAnimation

17 years ago, immortals first appeared on the battlefields of Africa.

Wynonna Earp
75
Prime

Wynonna Earp

2016 · 4 Seasons

Urban FantasySupernaturalAction

Wyatt Earp's great granddaughter Wynonna battles demons and other creatures with her unique abilities and a posse of dysfunctional allies - the…

Timeless
75
Prime

Timeless

2016 · 2 Seasons

Time-Travel Sci-FiTime TravelDrama

A mysterious criminal steals a secret state-of-the-art time machine, intent on destroying America as we know it by changing the past.

Shooter
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Tubi

Shooter

2016 · 3 Seasons

ConspiracyMilitaryAction

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.

Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life
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Netflix

Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life

2016 · 1 Season

DramaComedy

Set nearly a decade after the finale of the original series, this revival follows Lorelai, Rory and Emily Gilmore through four seasons of change.

40 y 20
73

40 y 20

2016 · 14 Seasons

Comedy

A comedy series about a divorced dad who likes younger women, and his son who likes older women.

Designated Survivor
73
Netflix

Designated Survivor

2016 · 3 Seasons

PoliticalConspiracyDrama

Tom Kirkman, a low-level cabinet member is suddenly appointed President of the United States after a catastrophic attack during the State of the…

Marvel's Luke Cage
71
Disney+

Marvel's Luke Cage

2016 · 2 Seasons

SuperheroDramaAction

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

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