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Set in Baltimore, this show centers around the city's inner-city drug scene. It starts as mid-level drug dealer, D'Angelo Barksdale beats a murder rap. After a conversation with a judge, Det. James McNulty has been assigned to lead a joint homicide and narcotics team, in order to bring down drug kingpin Avon Barksdale.

Avenue 5 is a comedy set on a luxury space cruise ship. The ship's captain and crew deal with a series of mishaps and crises while trying to keep their passengers happy. The show explores themes of human behavior and the consequences of technology in a futuristic setting. The ensemble cast features a mix of seasoned actors and up-and-coming talent.

The Leftovers is a TV series that explores the aftermath of a mysterious event where a large number of people disappear without explanation. The show follows the lives of those who are left behind and how they deal with the sudden loss of loved ones and the uncertain future that lies ahead of them.

Curb Your Enthusiasm is a TV series featuring Larry David playing himself in verite-style footage of his daily life, encountering fictional and real-life characters. The half-hour episodes show David getting into predicaments at home, work, and around town with a humorous and satirical approach.

A new show from the creator of Downton Abbey. The American Gilded Age was a period of immense economic change, of great conflict between the old ways and brand-new systems, and of huge fortunes made and lost. Against the backdrop of this transformation, young Marian Brook moves from rural Pennsylvania to New York City after the death of her father to live with her thoroughly old-money aunts. Accompanied by Peggy Scott, an aspiring writer seeking a fresh start, Marian inadvertently becomes enmeshed in a social war, between one of her aunts, a scion of the old-money set, and her stupendously rich neighbors, a ruthless railroad tycoon and his ambitious wife. Exposed to a world on the brink of the modern age, will Marian follow the established rules of society, or forge her own path?

The Righteous Gemstones is a televangelist family comedy that follows Jesse and Eli Gemstone as they try to expand their global TV ministry. The Gemstone family's legacy of deviance, greed, and charitable work is explored as they try to modernize their father's world-famous preaching empire.

Lovecraft Country follows Atticus Black as he joins up with his friend Letitia and his Uncle George to embark on a road trip across 1950s Jim Crow America in search of his missing father. This begins a struggle to survive and overcome both the racist terrors of white America and the terrifying monsters that could be ripped from a Lovecraft paperback.

Meet Tony Soprano: your average, middle-aged businessman. Tony's got a dutiful wife. A not-so-dutiful son. A daughter named Meadow. A hot-headed nephew. A not-too-secret mistress. And a shrink to tell all his secrets, except the one she already knows: Tony's a mob boss who's troubles are wrapped up in his two families.

Filmed in and around Manhattan, the series delves into the intricacies of a complex New York City murder case with cultural and political overtones. The story examines the police investigation, the legal proceedings, the criminal justice system and "the feral purgatory of Rikers Island", where the accused await trial for felony crimes.

Boardwalk Empire is a TV series that follows the life of Nucky Thompson, a powerful figure in Atlantic City. He is known for his political and gangster activities. The show depicts the era of Prohibition, and Nucky's rise to power in the criminal underworld. It explores the complex relationships he has with his associates, family, and enemies.