Listed below are series aimed at a younger or an older audience : teens, young adults (20-30), midlife (40-50) and seniors. However, this classification may be tricky. I’m not a teen nor a senior, but I adored some of the series in these categories, though.
Adolescence
- Boy swallows universe / Netflix / Brisbane, in the 70’s. Two brothers struggle to build their life in a poor suburb
- Buffy / Disney+ / Once in each generation, a girl get the gift to fight and slay demonic creatures
- Mère / fille / Disney+ / Isa, 38 years old, her daughter Barbara, 14 years old. Between arguments and ruses, two young women.
- Never have I ever / Netflix / Devi is a nerdy Indian girl in a californian high-school. A fresh, funny, moral booster series !
- Renegade Nell / Disney+ / England, 18th century. Helped by a pixie, a young woman fights for justice.
- Sex education / Netflix / The son of a sexologist decides to give sex advices in his high school to impress a girl
- The last airbender / Netflix / 4 nations, 4 elemental powers. A boy gets the power and responsibility to maintain balance.
Young adults
- Charmed / Disney+ / San Francisco, in the 2000’s. Three sisters discover that they belong to a long line of witches.
- Detox (Off the hook) / Netflix / Two cousins in their twenties set themselves a challenge : no more internet for a month !
- Friends / Netflix / THE CLASSIC that made so many people love series. What to say ? Bravo !
- My lady Jane / Amazon / In a dystopic England, Jane Grey becomes Queen of a nation divided between “normal” humans and metamorphic ones
- Sense8 / Netflix / 8 people around the world discover that they are connected and can act together.
- The big bang theory / Amazon / Four nerds, a cute blonde girl. Everyone will have to step out of their comfort zone…
Midlife (crises)
- Desperate housewives / Netflix / Four women, best friends, living in the same street, four lifestyles. A smart series, a milestone !
- Fisk / Netflix / A shy lawyer tries to find her place in a very small firm that handles estates
- Modern family / Disney+ / Three generations, a dozen of lifestyles… Arguing, caring, supporting themselves. Family…
- Not dead yet / Disney+ / Nell is having an early midlife crises, and now, as if that weren’t enough, she sees ghosts. Oh boy, life is really not simple…
- Sex and the city / Amazon / Four women, best friends, try to live their romantic life in New Yord, each one in her own style.
- The intern / Disney+ / A 50 years old woman, ex mayor, ex convict, begins a second career as an apprentice judge!
- The rookie / Netflix / A 50 year old man, divorced, begins a second career as a policeman in LAPD
- Wellmania / Netflix / A 40 years old woman comes back to Australia, but must improve her health before leaving
Seniors
- Grace and Frankie / Netflix / Two women in their seventies are left by their husbands, who remarry together.
- The Kominsky method / Netflix / An acting coach in his seventies manages his life between drama and happiness
- Only murders in the building / Disney+ / Three neighbours who have nothing in common join forces to solve murders. Brillant !