Read Ebook {PDF EPUB} The Complete eDating Advice Comedy Series for Women by Maura Stone Women In Comedy. Have You Even Heard Of All These Hilarious Women? Today's The Day To Brush Up On Your Comediennes. The three of us who passed on Game of Thrones for the MTV Movie Awards this year were treated to a rather pleasant surprise -- while we could have done without about 98% of the ceremony, we totally laughed our asses off every single time host Amy Schumer took the stage. Thankfully, we won’t have to snooze through a performance by Fall Out Boy next time we see Schumer on screen -- the crass comedian’s sketch show, Inside Amy Schumer , returns to Comedy Central for a third season today. In honor of Schumer’s big TV comeback, let’s take a moment (or 30) to celebrate some of the funniest femmes to ever grace the silver (and smaller) screen. Seriously, if these ladies don’t leave you in stitches, we don’t know who will. 10 Female Comedy TV Writers To Watch. They’re young, they’re female, they’re absurdly hilarious. These writers are breaking into the comedy television world in a big way. Comedy television has never been more vast or vibrant. Networks are getting creative with shows that include everything from magical realism to the Seinfeldian millennial hits. Most shows have a writers’ room working tirelessly behind the scenes to create longstanding brands of humor. And now, more than ever, those writers’ rooms are being filled with super talented women who are stampeding through the once “man’s world” of comedy and really creating funny and special episodes of television. In honor of this movement, we picked out a handful of super-talented female comedy television writers who are making strides and will take over the world of we let them… Sofia Alvarez. Man Seeking Woman, Sirens. Sofia Alvarez is the writer behind the awesome female-driven Man Seeking Woman episodes—or Woman Seeking Woman if you will . She is the Liz of it all, best known for her first episode, “Teacup,” which switched the vantage point from Josh’s dating life to the worldview of his sister Liz. Regarded as one of the best episodes of the series runs so far, “Teacup” basically reboots the premise of the series and gives viewers a look at what it is like for a woman to be going through a breakup and have to be single again. Alvarez manages to keep the over-the-top magical realism tone and style of Man Seeking Woman while at the same time exploring the differences between the plight of a single female and a single male. Ad – content continues below. In the second season, Alvarez gave viewers yet another Liz-centric episode with “Tinsel,” in which Liz becomes Santa Clause’s mistress. It’s not a holy night when Ol’ Saint Nick finds Liz drinking wine in the living room as he’s coming to leave some gifts under the tree. Then the two start a torrid love affair so tender and mild … until Mrs. Clause finds the scandalous pictures Liz mailed to the North Pole. Alvarez does a great job of adding the female flair to the series, and it looks like that is going to continue to be her niche. Michelle Wolf. Late Night with Seth Meyers, Now Hiring with Michelle Wolf, Used People. Is it okay if I call everyone on this list my favorite? No? Okay, well here is my favorite Michelle Wolf. Watching Wolf perform standup live is like experiencing your brain on drugs while also eating an entire pizza; a little trippy, a little kooky, nauseatingly entertaining, and somewhat inappropriate. It’s disgusting in the best possible way, and extremely filling. But her talent does not stop there. Wolf is a writer for Late Night With Seth Meyers which has been evolving since it’s inception. But the best of Wolf can be seen on her Comedy Central web series, Now Hiring with Michelle Wolf. The series consists of Wolf interviewing candidates to work at a startup called Spark. Season 1, episode 3, is the best of the bunch. Wolf interviews a competitive client and they go tit-for-tat on trying to solve the problem of how many ping-pong balls fit in a 747. Well, until they make out. Lucia Aniello. Broad City, Time Travelling Bong. I will get on any train Lucia Aniello is riding (conducting?). She is not only the director behind the majority of Broad City episodes, but is also credited with writing some of your favorite episodes. Ad – content continues below. One of Aniello’s gem’s, and also one of my personal favorites, is this season’s premiere “Two Chainz,” written with partner Paul W. Downs. I really could not have asked for a better premiere. After waiting a year for everyone’s favorite lady buddies to grace our screens, the episode did not disappoint. Aniello and Downs managed to fit all the classic markers that make Broad City so popular. Even after the bathroom montage catching fans up on everything Abbi and Ilana got up to this past year, the episode blasted off with just about as much craziness they could fit in. First off, Ilana spends the entire episode with a bicycle chain stuck to her waste. That chain remains while they endure a sample sale, try to find a bathroom, and eventually gets Ilana stuck to the back of a truck and magnetic balls. And yet, all of that does not even compare to how perfect the episode is in relaying the important message that women should build each other up. Support each other instead of tearing each other down. If all the Broad City goodness wasn’t enough, she is also part of the Time Travelling Bong miniseries staring Paul W. Downs and Ilana Glazer. Naomi Ekperigin. Broad City, Difficult People. This Broad City staff writer is the definition of an up-and-comer. She has been working on the lady-friend comedy since its start three seasons ago. And though still just a staff writer, she was the opening act on the Broad City Live tour. Forget all that, she is currently in the process of developing a show with TruTV called Inside Caucasia. You think that sounds like a show in which an African American women traverses the plains of places usually considered “white?” Well then, you are absolutely right! Good job. Ekperigin is one of those stand-up comics and writers that is definitely going to blow up very soon. She has comedic genius and influencers like Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer on her side. Ad – content continues below. Now, please watch Ekperigin and Glazer play video games and eat cookies. Becky Mann. It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia. Becky Mann, another one of my favorites, is one of the few females to break through the It’s Always Sunny wall. Mann’s It’s Always Sunny writing credits include “The Gang Exploits the Mortgage Crisis,” “Mac Fights Gay Marriage,” Dee Gives Birth,” and “A Very Sunny Christmas.” Those mark some of the most memorable moments in It’s Always Sunny history. There is a uniqueness to each of those episodes that might not be as apparent in some of the others. They are some of the few that take on politics, the socioeconomic climate, and culture in a distinct way. The underbelly of all those episodes is a lot more than the gang being up to its usual shenanigans. In the “Gang Exploits the Mortgage Crisis” the show dealt with the recession and the housing bubble in a way that has probably never been done before. “Mac Fights Gay Marriage” turned an age-old debate on its head. It took the most religious character in the bunch and gave him a very real cause to fight against, except his only driving force was pure selfishness… jealously led him directly to the doors of the anti-gay movement. The “Dee Gives Birth” episode was a very different kind of episode in its own right. The gang tries to find the father of Dee’s baby by rifling through all her old flings, but unbeknownst to them, she is simply the surrogate for Carmen and her husband ( the same marriage Mac tried to fight). The episode is really an examination of Dee’s character, which hadn’t really been done before, but in an episode that had barely any Dee in it. It did mold Dee as a strong female lead though. We discover, that despite the gang constantly tearing her down, to the outside she is a pretty powerful woman. Take no prisoners. I don’t think a man could have written such an examination of a female character without a woman’s input. My personal favorite of Mann’s bunch is “The Gang Exploits the Mortgage Crisis.” Any episode where Charlie plays bird lawyer extraordinaire is one that skyrockets to my list of favorites. Ad – content continues below. Zoe Jarman. Master of None, Workaholics. You might recognize Zoe Jarman as Betsy Punch on The Mindy Project or her guest appearances in Modern Family , The Office , The Birthday Boys , and Greek . But, aside from being an actress, Jarman is breaking out in the writing world as well. She was the story editor on Aziz Ansari’s Netflix hit Master of None and recently became a writer on Workaholics . Jarman may only have two episodes, “Blood Drive” and “Death of A Salesdude,” under her belt but it is likely that her run on Workaholics will open up other comedy writing doors for her. Jarman co-wrote “Death of a Salesdude” with Sarah Peters. The episode is kind of a female coup of the office. The men are taking control and being all-around douche bags. Then TelAmeriCorp stops selling MenCo products and begins selling FemCo products, and the women get to rule the office for a while. In a show that has been very male-focused for almost four seasons, Jarman and Peters just slid in there and did a very feminist-centric episode without losing any of the wit and charm and style that makes Workaholics so great. It’s another example that shows how much women have to add to a show, and can really bring it over the top. Sarah Heyward. Girls. Sarah Heyward started out at the youngest writer on Girls —aside from Lena Dunham. One of my all-time favorite writers and personal icon, Jonathan Ames, was a visiting professor at Iowa Writer’s Workshop and pushed Heyward to move from novel writing to screenwriting (yes I am extremely jealous of her). The Top Ten TV Series of 2015. From the prehistoric to the Biblical, the “Jarden of Eden” to the river Styx, the second season of HBO’s bold drama is apocalyptic in the oldest sense of the term: a kind of revelation. Spinning the power and pain of last year’s “Guest” into ten wild, profound, humane episodes set in the long aftermath of the Sudden Departure, co-creators Damon Lindelof and Tom Perotta urged the series toward new emotional and aesthetic extremes, testing the limits of the art form to depict the depths of grief. The result, anchored by the performances of five extraordinary women—Amy Brenneman, Carrie Coon, Ann Dowd, Regina King, and Liv Tyler—was the creation of a strange, unsettling world poised on the border between the hellish and the divine, an unflagging effort to mimic the experience of loss using every tool in the medium’s arsenal. Brutal and beautiful in equal measure, it’s now clear that “Mad Men” has a worthy successor: “The Leftovers” is the best show on television. 2. “Transparent” (Amazon) Beginning with the Altmanesque opening minutes of its magnificent second season, a chaotic arrangement of kith and kin that mirrors the Pfeffermans’ own rough edges, Jill Soloway’s warm, touching, and terrifically funny “Transparent” squares space for its unhurried rhythms. Bounding from Weimar Germany to the present day, the series becomes so roomy in its treatment of history, family, and identity that the first season’s catalyst—Maura (Jeffrey Tambor), formerly Mort, comes out to her three adult children as a trans woman—now seems almost incidental; Soloway evinces interest in the politics of gender and sexuality, but only insofar as the subject illuminates her finely drawn characters. As lovingly crafted as an old photograph or home movie, “Transparent” is a tale of people still in the process of discovering who they are, and will be, a treatment of the specific with the weight of the universal. The final season of Matthew Weiner’s messy, ambivalent, luminous microhistory of “the American Century” closes the circle on the so-called Golden Age of Television by casting an eye toward the future. As much an epilogue to the perfect “Waterloo” as an ending in its own right, these seven episodes—with the same vivid style and rich storytelling that defined the series from the start—recognize that the lived experience of change, personal and historical, can often resemble stasis; if its last-act montage seemed a sop to fans, its astonishing smash cut meted out one last measure of doubt as to the characters’ futures. In this sense, “Mad Men” appears to me neither cynical nor sentimental, but realistic—understanding, at the risk of the viewer’s discomfort, that “you, feeling something” is the same point of contact for artists and advertisers alike. Over the course of its tremendous run, in which it gradually emerged as one of the two or three finest series in the history of television, “Mad Men” achieved the same feat as its finest pitches, which was simultaneously to get us to buy into a fiction and to feel something real. Bravo. The second season of HBO’s dramedy transforms the halting brilliance of the first into a permanent feature with a series of deft aesthetic coups. From the rooftop of a San Francisco office building to the basement of a block of luxury apartments, the series unfurls long takes and delicate compositions in the service of its hazy, affecting testament of youth; critics may rail that it’s “boring,” but “Looking” in fact develops an easygoing, off-the-cuff vibe all too rare for television. By the time Patrick (Jonathan Groff) returns to Richie (Raúl Castillo) in the lovely series finale, Michael Lannan and stalwart writer/director Andrew Haigh’s portrait of gay life in contemporary California achieves the emotional heft of a tone poem, lyrical and surprisingly grand. In the series of dissolves that concludes its remarkable third season—a bleak, violent Cold War salvo defined by the crack of a corpse’s bones and the gasps of a dying woman—”The Americans” returns to the thicket of moral, familial, ideological, and marital conflicts that has made it one of television’s most consistently compelling series. Though Joe Weisberg and Joel Fields’ thrilling glimpse into the lives of Soviet spies posing as American travel agents in the early 1980s is resolutely unflashy, full of bad wigs and worse upholstery, it’s more stylish than it’s given credit for, and the aforementioned conclusion to “March 8, 1983” stitches the Jennings family firmly into the pitched battles of the time. At once intimate and worldly, sexy and scary, “The Americans,” with stunning performances from Matthew Rhys, Keri Russell, Noah Emmerich, and the young Holly Taylor, remains committed to the notion that no country or conviction holds a monopoly on evil. The series’ only belief by this point is in the omnipresence of doubt. READ MORE: “For the Love of God (or Country), Start Watching ‘The Americans'” 6. “BoJack Horseman” (Netflix) “Don’t sit so close to the TV, it’ll make you cruel,” the young BoJack Horseman’s mother (Wendie Malick) says in the second season of Netflix’s surprisingly moving farce, yet “BoJack Horseman”—despite its wicked, knowing allusions to the medium’s past and present—never fails to treat its stunted characters with care: the series is obsessed with the small screen, but vicious it is not. Rather, as it holds a magnifying glass to “Hollywoo,” an exaggerated version of Hollywood populated by humans and anthropomorphized animals, the series constructs a deeply empathic, heartbreaking portrait of its equine protagonist (Will Arnett) as he launches the next stage of his career. It’s fantastically witty, of course, down to the droll treatment of rape culture in thinly veiled Cosby smackdown “Hank After Dark,” but here as elsewhere the black humor of “BoJack Horseman” comes infinitesimally close to real life: a portrait of the animals we become when the screen’s blue glare blinds us to the truth. In “The Knick,” no image appears out of place, no frame registers as an attempt at simply “covering” pages in the script: it is, without exaggeration, impeccable. Now, to its familiar bristle of formal innovations—as director, cinematographer, and editor Steven Soderbergh and composer Cliff Martinez plunge the viewer into history’s whirlpool—the second season of Cinemax’s bloody, visceral period piece adds increasingly precise characterization and a canny, complex understanding of Progressive Era politics. Approaching with new vigor both the possibilities of the time and its most dangerous limitations—and, by analogy, those of our own age, mixing technological revolution and ideological revanchism—the series emerges as a form of aesthetic and narrative immersion in the contingent choices from which history is made. Australian writer/creator/star Josh Thomas’ absurd and absurdly winsome comedy, combining off-kilter observations with director Matthew Saville’s colorful kitsch, is a far more convincing portrait of the “Millennial” affect than anything in Lena Dunham’s “Girls.” As Josh (Thomas), his boyfriend, Arnold (Keegan Joyce), and his friends Tom (Thomas Ward) and Claire (Caitlin Stasey) navigate situations both uncommon (killing a chicken) and all-too-real (STDs, unwanted pregnancies, mental illness), the series approaches the hard work of being comfortable in one’s own skin with a deft touch, never patronizing either the characters or the viewer. Whimsical, romantic, and seriously funny, it may be on a network you’ve never heard of, but it’s well worth the effort of searching out. The bifurcated narrative of the series’ final season occasionally fails to keep pace with its ferocious formalism, but that’s only because “Hannibal” is the closest television’s come to what critics once called “pure cinema.” From grotesque tableaux and kaleidoscopic visions, the score’s industrial clink and the dialogue’s incantatory poetry, Bryan Fuller and company create, as FBI profiler Will Graham (Hugh Dancy) says while in pursuit of Dr. Hannibal Lecter (Mads Mikkelsen), “a Valentine written on a broken man.” A nightmarish transposition of the horrific and the hedonistic, the ethical and the aesthetical, “Hannibal” distinguishes the act of killing from the act of understanding it by hewing at every turn to its own unforgettable credo: “This is my design.” Despite the title card’s rather cringe-worthy conceit, that the protagonists are in search of the “casual” relationships one might find through an online dating site, Zander Lehmann and Jason Reitman’s bittersweet comedy forges a lived-in, often surprising portrait of kinship as both weapon and armor. As it eases into its eight-episode first season, lead performers Tommy Dewey and Michaela Watkins develop a gently funny sibling chemistry rooted in loyalty and love rather than rivalry. Indeed, by the time the stellar finale arrives—a half hour of comic disaster that outclasses the vast majority of recent entries in that venerable subgenre, the dysfunctional Thanksgiving dinner—”Casual” fulfills the promise of the title in another sense entirely. Relaxed and unguarded, with intertwined veins of pathos and dark comedy, the series is a tender study in how we present ourselves for other people’s approval—and find solace in those we don’t need to impress. 22 TV Shows With So Much Nudity, 'Game of Thrones' Looks Tame. Back in the day, you had to go out to a video store, look in a private room behind some beaded curtains for a video, drive back home, and then use your VHS player to get nakedness on your television. Or, even worse, you had to call a numbe r and pay over the phone each time you wanted to watch some nudity on screen. But we've come a long way, baby, and now pretty much every channel (barring basic cable) has their own way for a viewer to get their eyes on some boobs and some butts. We've gathered the 22 most naked shows on television for you, and happy watching! Amazon's Carnival Row is here to fill the "fantasy elements with lots of naked people" shaped void in your TV diet. The steampunk-set series takes place in an alternate reality where faeries, fauns, and other magical creatures exist alongside humans (and get busy with them). This ITV classic follows a high-end call girl (played by Doctor Who alum Billie Piper) who relays the often-hilarious tales of the trade (think British Sex and the City with a prostitute). If it's on HBO, you can bet there are going to be naked people. True Detective has had some notable nude moments, like when Alexandra Daddario bared all in Season 1. If you've always wondered what would happen if you took Game of Thrones and the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise and put them in a blender, then start binging Black Sails . The Starz series is set during the "Golden Age" of piracy and features, you guessed it, plenty of ARRRGH-rated moments (won't apologize for puns, ever). This short-lived HBO series about the record industry boasted an A-list cast with the likes of Olivia Wilde and Juno Temple, as well as some of the rawest, most real moments of TV nudity ever to hit the airwaves. Spartacus: Blood and Sand is the first season of Starz's Spartacus series, which follows a gladiator in ancient Rome. Period costumes, action, drama, lots of sexy times and nudity—this is literally the perfect fix if you're ever feeling Game of Thrones withdrawal. If HBO dramas and gratuitous nudity are synonymous at this point, True Blood deserves a lot of the credit. The vampire-fueled, paranormal romance made Game of Thrones look tame when it comes to nudity. Seriously. HBO's gritty teen drama, Euphoria , is all about the darkest side of teenage life and it dives headfirst into heavy issues like drug use and sex in honest and real ways. So, yes, nudity is a given. When a show's title is literally a play on the word "fornication," you should know going in that you're in for a lot of sex and, by extension (on premium cable, anyway), a lot of nudity. Showtime's Californication , about a sex-obsessed novelist, is definitely that. I mean, this Hulu original series is about a brothel. Nudity is almost built into the equation. Starring Samantha Morton as Margaret Wells, an 18th- century brothel owner and mother who finds her entire way of life thrown askew when a rival madam steps into her territory. Lots of cleavage to be seen in these corseted gowns. Yet another show with a concept just begging for nude scenes. Created by David Simon and George Pelecanos, the same people who brought you The Wire , The Deuce follows life in Manhattan during the late 70's Golden Age of Porn and prostitution. Starring James Franco and Maggie Gyllenhaal, this show is sexy as hell, and even more naked. Naked is in the title, I couldn't leave this one off of the list! Yes, it's naked, and no, not the sexy kind of naked. Naked and Afraid takes two strangers–usually a man and a woman—and drops them in a desolate, dangerous environment, with no food, water, or clothing. And they have to just. survive. They've got to make it to 21 days. in the jungle. Shameless lives up to its name with the amount of nudity the show has. Following a working-class family in Chicago just trying to make things work, this show's ensemble cast has never shied away from showing a little skin. Oof, The Affair is another show where the title implies a little bit of nudity must be involved. Following two married couples, Cole (Joshua Jackson) and Allison (Ruth Wilson) as well as Noah (Dominic West) and Helen (Maura Tierney), as Noah and Allison embark on the titular affair, the show shows the affair from both halves' perspective. There's plenty of sex, and plenty of skin to be found here. Considering the first episode includes a naked Evan Rachel Wood, this list would be incomplete without Westworld . Taking place in the future at a themepark for adults of the same name, allowing visitors to become gunslingers in the Wild West. How his theme park operates is through androids, who look like humans but are easily programmable, or so they initially thought. While the premise may not sound naked-friendly, it's got plenty of boobs and butts to be found. Easy is an anthology series following modern romance in Chicago, so there's plenty of sex to be found here. Given that each episode follows a new storyline, and the show has some of your favorite celebs, you may get a glimpse on someone who you never knew you wanted to see in the nude! Following the story of the rise of the cocaine trade in the 1980's and the real life stories of the drug kingpins and the law enforcement trying to take them down. And yes, there are plenty of nude scenes. Orange takes place in a woman's prison and the catalyst for the show involves a lesbian romance—there's no question about how naked this show gets. Telling the stories of the prison and how the women came to get there, this show has an abundance of nude scenes. Based on the 2002 book of the same name, Altered Carbon takes place 300 years in the future where memories and consciousness can be transplanted into an organically created "surrogate" called a "sleeve ", following Takeshi, a political operative with mercenary skills as he wakes up suddenly in a new "sleeve" and is given the choice to go to jail for his crimes, or help the police solve a murder they believe his "sleeve" has committed. Everyone gets naked on this show. Naked AF. Sex Education is far raunchier and more explicit than the average teenage drama, and being on Netflix surely helps that. The series follows a lonely high schooler who recruits his sex therapist mother and another girl in his class to open a "health clinic" for teens. It's a show about sex, so no surprise about the naked content here. Caitriona Balfe and Sam Heughan's time-travel romance show is very sexy, and very naked! Balfe plays Clare Randall, a nurse in 1945 who finds herself suddenly back in 1743, and must rely on Jamie (Heughan) to help her. Of course, another period piece means plenty of space for cleavage! Well, the first nude scene on this show involves a man getting absorbed into a woman's vagina, so it's needless to say that American Gods is naked-friendly, and equal-opportunity naked (meaning both men and women bare all.) Based on the 2001 Neil Gaiman novel of the same name, American Gods follows Shadow, after the death of his wife, being visited by Mr. Wednesday, a mysterious man who knows a lot about him and his dark past. Mr. Wednesday gives Shadow a warning that things are only getting crazier from there, and spoiler alert: they do. For more stories like this, including celebrity news, beauty and fashion advice, savvy political commentary, and fascinating features, sign up for the Marie Claire newsletter. 25 Amazing Shows You Should Be Watching on Amazon Prime. Netflix and chill? More like Amazon Prime and unwind! While Netflix brought us Stranger Things and Hulu has made its mark with The Handmaid's Tale , there's one streaming service many an avid TV enthusiast has been sleeping on: Amazon Prime. For just $119, a year-long Amazon Prime subscription provides access to some of the best shows on not-quite-TV, from buzzy comedies like Fleabag to beloved dramas like The Wire. Better yet, that Prime subscription comes with a whole bunch of perks you're definitely not getting from other TV services—after all, when's the last time your cable company gave you free two-day shipping on paper towels? Whether you're already a Prime member or are just eager to binge your way through the service's free 30-day trial, these are the Amazon Prime shows you need to be watching. And for more great additions to your routine, check out these 20 Amazing Subscription Boxes That Will Make Your Life So Much Easier. Best Life's editors have scoured the internet to bring you the best products out there, and we're hoping you'll love them as much as we do. Full disclosure: we may earn a commission for anything you purchase through links on this page, but that doesn't mean you'll pay more for them (we'd never do that to you!). Pricing and availability are accurate as of the piece's initial publication date, but it's the internet and we can't guarantee that these sweet, sweet deals will last forever, so scoop them up before someone else does! Set in London, Fleabag is a British comedy centered around the show's titular main character, a not-so-lucky-in-love 30-something played by Phoebe Waller-Bridge , the show's creator. Waller-Bridge's character is witty, sexy, and angry as she attempts to navigate her love life, career, and difficult family, while coping with the death of her best friend. And while viewers call it "one of the funniest shows" of the year, there's also a maturity and depth to it that you won't find in your average sitcom. And for more recent shows to watch, check out these 17 TV Shows You're Crazy Not to Watch in 2019. Gilmore Girls creator Amy Sherman-Palladino is no stranger to creating fan-favorite television shows, and The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel is no exception. Already the winner of eight Emmy Awards, the show tells the story of Midge Maisel ( Rachel Brosnahan ), a 1950s housewife living in New York City. Brosnahan's character has her life turned upside down when she's left by her husband, and she ends up performing comedy at a rundown club, where she immediately catches the eye of the club's booker. From there, it develops into a quick-witted, crowd-pleasing story that easily rises to the ranks of Sherman-Palladino's previous hits. While the politics of casting a cis actor in a trans role have been hotly debated, there's no denying that Transparent has been an amazing addition to Amazon's catalog, and a hallmark show in terms of LGBTQIA+ visibility. The show tells the story of Maura, played by Jeffrey Tambor , who transitions later in life, artfully showing how that decision affects not only her, but her family. Its vulnerability and complexity, all told with a gentle humor, are what truly make the show one of Amazon's best. Even though Amazon cancelled Mozart in the Jungle in 2018 after four seasons, the comedy still ranks up there with Amazon's best originals, telling the story of what happens behind the curtain for players in the fictional New York Symphony. Gael Garcia Bernal stars as an eccentric and vivacious new conductor who creates quite a stir among the typically rigid ensemble, while Lola Kirke stars as a young oboist hoping for her big break. Patriot follows John Tavner ( Michael Dorman ), a CIA agent on assignment posing as a Midwestern pipe company engineer And although he has little experience or education related to the job, he has to keep it to maintain his cover and complete his assignment. Fans of Patriot call the show a jack of all trades, transitioning seamlessly from a dark comedy to a melancholy drama and back again, with some musical and thriller components wrapped up in it, as well. Good Omens is one of Amazon's most recent arrivals, but its cast is anything but new to the small screen. Starring Michael Sheen and David Tennant as demon and angel, respectively, it follows the pair's unlikely bond through a fight to prevent the apocalypse and the rise of the Antichrist. Luckily for fans of the 1990 Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett novel it's based on, viewers say that the show's tender and playful comedy is faithful to the original text. While Stranger Things gave us the modern '80s sci-fi we deserved, Red Oaks gives us the modern '80s comedy we've been waiting for. The show follows 20-year-old David Meyers ( Craig Roberts ) during his summer job as a tennis instructor at the Red Oaks Country Club in suburban New Jersey. The coming-of-age story is masterfully woven into the '80s time period, but without making you feel as if it exists solely to evoke sentimentality for fans who came of age in the era of shoulder pads and teased hair. Come for the '80s sets, outfits, and styling, but stay for show's genuinely delightful comedy. And for more '80s nostalgia check out the 25 Songs Every '80s Kid Knows By Heart. While Netflix and Hulu have a variety of older shows in their catalogs, Amazon lays claim to classics like The Wire . Created in 2002, the HBO drama is a raw and realistic portrayal of crime and corruption in Baltimore. Anything but your run-of-the-mill cop drama, if you didn't happen to catch this one while it was on air, it's well worth binging the full five seasons. An FX creation, The Americans is a period spy thriller following two KGB officers posing as an American couple in the suburbs of Washington, D.C. during the Reagan era. The show, which ended in 2018 after six seasons, is considered one of the best contemporary dramas—due in large part to Matthew Rhys' show- stopping performance. And for some decidedly American additions to your everyday life, check out these 23 Red, White, and Blue Accessories You Need This Fourth of July. One of Amazon's first original series, Bosch weaves together some of Michael Connelly's best-selling crime novels. The show stars Titus Welliver as homicide detective Harry Bosch, who starts the series on trial for the fatal shooting of a murder suspect. Viewers insist the show was "made for binge-watching," and Amazon has all of its seasons in stock—the fifth was just released in April of this year and a sixth season has already been confirmed. Miss having Breaking Bad' s Bryan Cranston on your screen every week? Then head to Amazon to watch him wow on Sneaky Pete . Cranston plays a vicious gangster—and the one person the show's main character, played by Giovanni Ribisi , is desperately trying to shake. Ribisi takes cover by assuming the identity of his former prison cellmate Pete, and the show explores his story as he struggles to connect with Pete's estranged family—who may bring bigger problems than the ones he's trying to avoid. There is, quite possibly, no greater TV crime show than The Sopranos— and Amazon has all six seasons at your disposal. Premiering on HBO in 1999, the show centers around New Jersey-based mobster Tony Soprano ( James Gandolfini ) as he struggles with the combined pressures of his life of crime, his family, and evading the long arm of the law. Hailed as one of the greatest TV shows ever made, if you haven't watched The Sopranos yet—or if you want to come back for a repeat viewing—there's no time like the present. Brought to you by the same creative team that produced hits like Blade Runner and The X-Files, The Man in the High Castle explores what life would be like had the Allied Powers not won World War II—leaving Japan and Germany ruling the United States. If the concept alone doesn't intrigue you enough, the cast, which includes actors like Rufus Sewell , Alex Davalos , and Rupert Evans , is well worth tuning in for. Orphan Black is a Canadian thriller unlike any other. The incredible Tatiana Maslany carries the show, playing more than ten different characters— all clones of each other—and the show's gripping sci-fi writing keeps viewers on the edge of their seats. The show follows main character Sarah (played by Maslany) as she assumes the identity of one of her clones, Elizabeth Childs, after witnessing Childs' suicide. Throughout the series, Sarah's problems multiply—and so does she. Widely considered one of the most captivating and well-acted shows of the past decade, once you start watching, you might not want to stop. Based on Gimlet Media's 2016 podcast of the same name, Amazon original Homecoming marks Julia Roberts' first regular role in a TV series. The thriller tells the story of Heidi Bergman, a caseworker in a private retreat for returning war veterans whose job is to help them transition back into civilian life—or at least, that's what it's supposed to be. While the show was originally ordered for two seasons, Amazon has yet to announce when the second season of Homecoming will air—though it has been announced that Roberts will not be reprising her role for season two. Based off the books by Charlaine Harris , True Blood follows Sookie Stackhouse ( Anna Paquin ), a telepathic waitress who falls in love with a vampire. If you're a fan of the supernatural, steamy romance, and southern accents, this is the show for you. And with seven seasons (all on Amazon!), it'll keep you occupied for quite a while. This dark comedy from HBO follows the life of the dysfunctional Fisher family, owners of a Los Angeles-based funeral business, and the dearly departed clients they serve. Six Feet Under drew high ratings while it was on air, with its final episode considered one of the best finales of all time — TIME even included the show on their "All- TIME 100 TV Shows" list. Comedian Julia Louis-Dreyfus stole our hearts in Seinfeld , and she's done it once again with hilarious political satire Veep . Louis-Dreyfus stars as Selina Meyer, a fictional vice president who struggles to maneuver through the messy world of politics. If you love political television but are tired of played-out D.C. dramas, this comedy is the respite you need—it even won three consecutive Emmy Awards for Outstanding Comedy Series. Before he brought Freddie Mercury to the big screen, Rami Malek captivated audiences as the lead in Mr. Robot . In the show, Malek plays computer programmer Elliot Alderson, who works secretly as a vigilante hacker, his double identity catching up to him when he's recruited by a hacking group to destroy the corporation he's paid to protect. In addition to its exciting plot, this cyber thriller takes a nuanced look at complex issues like mental health, capitalism, and civil disobedience. Anything starring Harry Potter's Maggie Smith is worth watching, but that's not the only reason Downton Abbey is widely regarded as one of the best British shows of all time. The period drama, set in a fictional Yorkshire country estate, explores the post-Edwardian era through the lens of the aristocratic Crawley family. Referred to as an "extremely high-end soap opera," by viewers, it's so beloved that despite ending after six seasons in 2015, it was recently awarded a movie adaptation that's set to be released in late 2019. Want to add a feel-good classic to your must-watch list? You're in luck: Amazon has Cheers ' 11 seasons available to stream. For the uninitiated, the beloved sitcom focuses on the bartenders and regulars at a Boston bar where "everybody knows your name," and stars veteran actors like Woody Harrelson , Kirstie Alley , and Kelsey Grammer , during the early days of their careers. Based on Ben Edlund's cult comic, The Tick follows a mysterious blue avenger as he teams up with other odd superheroes. It's the third TV series based on Edlund's comic, but undeniably the most beloved. And, despite it being one of three adaptations of Edlund's satirical comic, there's pretty much no other TV show like it—enough of a reason to give its two seasons a chance, if you ask us. Steve Buscemi stars in this masterful HBO drama that follows the rise of organized crime in Prohibition-era Atlantic City. Just don't let the slightly slower pace of the show's first season throw you off—viewers say this five-season series gets better and better with each successive season. The first adaptation of The Twilight Zone is the OG creepy small-screen classic, and its all available on Amazon! The '60s show follows the lives of ordinary people who suddenly find themselves in extraordinary—and supernatural—situations. And whether you want to watch this classic for the first time or indulge yourself in a rewatch, it's definitely worth checking out. One Mississippi is a semi-autobiographical drama inspired by the life of comedian Tig Notaro . In the series, Notaro's character returns to her hometown in Mississippi, where she struggles with her mother's death while rediscovering her family—and the secrets they've been keeping. Even if you didn't know much about Notaro beforehand, the show is sure to keep you coming back for more as you discover her unique brand of tell-it- like-it-is comedy. And for more exciting additions to your everyday life, check out these 25 Outdoor Party Essentials Under $25 for the Ultimate Summer Bash. To discover more amazing secrets about living your best life, click here to follow us on Instagram!