Top Ten Obligatory Shows to put on a Top Ten List:
- The Good Place
- This Is Us
- Stranger Things
- Glee
- Gilmore Girls
- Parks and Recreation
- Breaking Bad
- Gray's Anatomy
- The Office
- The Wire
- Friday Night Lights
My favourite light-hearted shows with a strong female lead (alphabetical, because really, how hard is this already?)
- Anne with an E
- Chewing Gum
- Drop Dead Diva
- Gentleman Jack
- Lady Dynamite
- iZombie
- The Mindy Project
- Shrill
- Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
- New Girl
My favourite shows with a great female couple or ensemble:
- Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (forget about the supposed love story; the friendship between Rebecca and Paula is the biggest deal in this show)
- Derry Girls
- Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23
- Feel Good (comedian Mae Martin stars)
- GLOW
- Grace and Frankie
- Great News (Katie and her mother, played by Andrea Martin)
- Jane the Virgin
- One Day At a Time (the 2017 version; Penelope and her mother, played by Rita Moreno)
- Sisters (an Australian show)
- Workin' Moms
Shows that really get that representation matters:
- Speechless
- Special
- Sense8
Other (mostly) light-hearted shows:
- Brooklyn Nine-Nine
- Sex Education
- Schitt's Creek
- Community
- Kim's Convenience
- Black-ish
- Atypical
- Lucifer
- Champions
- Downton Abbey
My favourite sketch and standup:
- Hannah Gadsby (Nanette and Douglas)
- A Black Lady Sketch Show
- Wanda Sykes
- Trevor Noah
- Mae Martin
- Bridget Christie
- Queer Eye
- Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat
- The Great Interior Design Challenge
- Next in Fashion
- Making It
- The Home Edit
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