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Flawed Protagonists TV Shows
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Starring Hank Azaria Harry Shearer Nancy Cartwright
THE SIMPSONS immediately struck a chord with viewers across the country over 20 years ago as it poked fun of itself and everything in its wake. With its subversive humor and delightful wit, the series has made an indelible imprint on American pop culture, and the family members have become...
- House
Starring Hugh Laurie Omar Epps David Shore Charlyne Yi Odette Annable
House, also known as House, M.D., is an American television medical drama that debuted on the Fox network on November 16, 2004. The show's central character is Dr. Gregory House (Hugh Laurie), an unconventional medical genius who heads a team of diagnosticians at the fictional Princeton Plainsboro...
- Dexter
Starring Michael C. Hall Jennifer Carpenter James Remar
He's smart, he's good looking, and he's got a great sense of humor. He's Dexter Morgan, everyone's favorite serial killer. As a Miami forensics expert, he spends his days solving crimes and nights committing them. But Dexter lives by a strict code of honor that is both his saving grace and lifelong...
- Bones
Starring Emily Deschanel David Boreanaz Michaela Conlin TJ Thyne
BONES, a darkly amusing procedural, is inspired by real-life forensic anthropologist and novelist Kathy Reichs. Dr. Temperance Brennan (Emily Deschanel) is a highly skilled forensic anthropologist who works at the Jeffersonian Institute in Washington, D.C., and writes novels on the side.
- Weeds
Starring Mary-Louise Parker Justin Kirk Kevin Nealon
Pot-selling single mom turned danger junkie Nancy Botwin has been dodging disaster since day one, but she's always had a special talent for manipulating her friends, her family, and even the law to her advantage. And the more desperate things become, the more she's ready and willing to take...
- Breaking Bad
Starring Bryan Cranston Anna Gunn Aaron Paul
Diagnosed with cancer and given only two years left to live, high school chemistry teacher Walter (Emmy winner Bryan Cranston) attempts to secure his family's financial future by teaming up with his former student, Jesse (Aaron Paul), to produce and distribute crystal meth.
- Mad Men
Starring Jon Hamm Elisabeth Moss Vincent Kartheiser
It's 1960, and ad executive Don Draper rules the roost at New York's Sterling Cooper Advertising Agency amid a glamorous climate of never-ending cocktail hours, worry-free smoking and ego-stroking power in this critically acclaimed series. Draper has the good fortune of being a man's man -- and a...
- Californication
Starring David Duchovny Natascha McElhone Evan Handler
Golden Globe winner David Duchovny is back in the throes of addiction as sex- and drug-obsessed novelist Hank Moody, a Los Angeles scribe whose heated battles with personal demons continually threaten his closest relationships. As the third season unfolds, Becca (Madeleine Martin) remains in Hank's...
- White Collar
Starring Matthew Bomer Tim DeKay Tiffani Thiessen
In this clever and thrilling new TV series, charming con man Neal Caffey (Matthew Bomer) escapes from a maximum-security prison, only to be recaptured by his nemesis, FBI Agent Peter Burke (Tim DeKay). With few options, Caffey agrees to help the bureau bring down other elusive criminals in...
- Lie to Me
Starring Tim Roth Kelli Williams Brendan Hines
Tim Roth stars as Dr. Cal Lightman, a behavioral scientist with a special talent for reading the giveaway body language, facial expressions and other tell-tale signs criminals exhibit when trying to get away with a lie. Together with his crack team of specialists, Lightman helps the FBI, local...
- The Sopranos
Starring James Gandolfini Edie Falco Lorraine Bracco
New Jersey mob boss Tony Soprano brings a slight element of humanity to the "family" in this Emmy Award-winning series from HBO. In the first season, Tony turns to a psychiatrist to come to terms with the effect of his job's brutality on his life.
- Nurse Jackie
Starring Edie Falco Eve Best Peter Facinelli
The Showtime Original Series Nurse Jackie ended season two with the ugly truth closing in on super-nurse Jackie Peyton. Her lover Eddie threatened to come clean about their affair to his good friend Kevin, who also happens to be Jackie's husband. And O'Hara and Kevin put the pieces together about...
- Curb Your Enthusiasm
Starring Larry David Cheryl Hines Jeff Garlin
Seinfeld co-creator Larry David stars in this off-kilter, oft-improvised comedy series featuring David as a writer with $400 million in the bank who is married to the woman of his dreams, but still finds a way to allow everyday life to baffle and wreak havoc on him.
- Homeland
Starring Claire Danes Mandy Patinkin Laura Fraser
HOMELAND is a psychological thriller that tells the story of Carrie Anderson (Claire Danes), a CIA officer battling her own demons, who becomes convinced that the intelligence that led to the rescue of Scott Brody (Damian Lewis) a U.S. soldier who had been missing and presumed deal for nine years...
- Eastbound and Down
Starring Danny R. McBride Andrew Daly Katy Mixon
After blowing it as a major league baseball pitcher, Kenny Powers returns to his small Southern hometown, where he takes a gig as a substitute gym teacher at his old middle school. There, he gets to see his former high school sweetheart, April, who is engaged to Terrence, the dimwitted principal.
- Leverage
Starring Timothy Hutton Gina Bellman Aldis Hodge
Follow the high-stakes exploits of former insurance agent Nathan Ford (Timothy Hutton) and his team of thieves, hackers and grifters as they use their talents to help innocent victims win justice against ruthless corporations and faceless government agencies.
- United States of Tara
Starring Toni Collette John Corbett Brie Larson
Executive Produced by Steven Spielberg and created by Diablo Cody, the Academy Award® winning writer of Juno, the SHOWTIME Original Series United States of Tara returns for a third season. Suburban wife and mother Tara Gregson (Emmy® Award winner Toni Collette) juggles her family and career while...
- The Big C
Starring Laura Linney Oliver Platt John Benjamin Hickey
Cathy Jamison has always played by the rules. That is, until she finds out she's got cancer. But instead of giving up -- Cathy decides to live it up. She is going to say and do exactly what she wants from here on out. No more being polite to the not-so-nice neighbors, no more indulging her...
- Torchwood: Miracle Day
Starring John Barrowman Mekhi Phifer Eve Myles
One day, nobody dies. All across the world, nobody dies. And then the next day, and the next, and the next, people keep aging -- they get hurt and sick -- but they never die. The result: a population boom, overnight. With all the extra people, resources are finite.
- The Shield
Starring Michael Chiklis Benito Martinez Walton Goggins
Michael Chiklis ("The Commish") reprises his role as conflicted Strike Team leader Detective Vic Mackey in the seventh and final season of this Emmy-winning FX drama, following the exploits of an experimental Los Angeles police division that works out of a converted church.
- Boss
Starring Kelsey Grammer
Ruthless Mayor Tom Kane (Kelsey Grammer) holds the power in Chicago, but he also hides a crushing secret. He keeps his advisors Kitty O'Neill (Kathleen Roberston) and Ezra Stone (Martin Donovan) in the dark, State Treasurer Ben Zajac (Jeff Hephner) is too ambitious to notice, and Kane's wife...
- Luther
Starring Idris Elba Ruth Wilson Steven Mackintosh
Luther is a gripping psychological thriller driven by a brilliant and emotionally impulsive detective tormented by the darker side of humanity. A self-destructive near-genius, Luther might just be as dangerous as the depraved criminals he hunts. In each episode, the murderer's identity is known...
