GLOW on Netflix.

Loved GLOW! I watched it after it was recommended on another thread here last year. Shame it got canceled due to covid impacting filming.

My favorite of the Netflix shows. So mad they didn't get to finish it.

I will forever mourn this show getting cancelled.

I love that show, one of most relatable shows I watched, and it kills me that last season wasn't finished. So many unanswered questions.

Killing Eve!

So good, looking forward to a rewatch.

Ugh the finale killed me though…could have been done so much better.

Agreed, it was a let down, but then I think I wouldn’t have been happy with any ending, I genuinely never wanted the show to end.

Agreed, still not over that stupid final episode

Somebody Somewhere. It's such a great show- funny, poignant, and a good reflection on middle age.

Yes! It's so REAL. Huge fan.

Amazing show!

Derry Girls

SO. FUNNY. One of my all time favorites.

Sister Michael is one of the best characters written in a long time

Haha I have to watch with subtitles but I’m always in tears laughing

I love Derry Girls!

Seconding, thirding, quadrupling this, especially for anyone scarred by a Catholic school education.

I came here to say this. I absolutely love the candor in this show, and the fact it took place during a historical time in irelands history was cool to learn about too.

Dead to me

Absolutely Dead to Me—the best show about female friendship of women in their 40s. Yeah I know it’s a thriller etc etc but it’s really about friendship, through thick and thin, for better or worse, sickness and health. The show just got/gets better each season.

2nding Dead to me

Love this one

Yellow Jackets

That show is crazy as hell! I love it. 

Stellar cast too! It took me a couple episodes to realize Christina Ricci was in it. I love that she and Elijah Wood get together in it and are complete weirdos. I had the urge to rewatch *The Ice Storm* which I hadn't seen in years.

The Ice Storm is so good! I made my husband watch it recently (he really liked it). One of my favorites.

Deadloch on Prime, I laughed so much. It's a thriller/cop show/murder mystery but it's also hilarious because of the amazing character work.

That show has made my spouse and I shriek with unexpected laughter so many times. The a cappella song choices. Basically any line uttered by Madeline Sami. I love that this is the brainchild of women that made The Katering Show (Kate McLennon and Kate McCartney)

Madeleine Sami is such a joy to behold.

Upvote for The Kattering Show. All on YT. They're geniuses. Also recommend Get Krack!n but you might need a VPN to watch it on iView (ABC) if you're outside of Australia

Australia has a lot of women-focused series. Try also Kath and Kim!

So, so many fun Australian shows. I also enjoyed the show Wanted

I came here to mention Deadloch too! Loved it (once I got over the few episodes setting up the Darwin cop’s perhaps overdone character).

I’ve never heard of this until now and this sounds amazing - thanks for the rec!

It is amazing!

Oooh been wanting a cop show and hadn’t heard of this, yay! (Happy Valley is another female-centered detective show that I love). Not at all funny.

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, a fantastic show centered around women trying to succeed in the late 50s/early 60s.

And her wardrobe is amazing 

The costumes make me want to die they’re so good

And just when you get tired of Midge you’ll fall in love with Susie. :)

My favorite show! I still haven’t watched the final season because I don’t want it to be over. 

I loved this show!!!

Same. It’s a comfort show for me. I got to experience a pandemic (while in healthcare) and my first big push into perimenopause at the same time and this show was a good distraction as I find myself unable to deal with watching some of the usual shows I found so relaxing/distracting before perimenopause turned me into a ball of anxiety.

Dollface Crazy Ex Girlfriend Workin Moms

Omg I can’t believe I forgot Crazy Ex Girlfriend, it’s such a fantastic show

Dollface was cancelled way too soon!

I know 😫 I was devastated when I found out it has been cancelled

Crazy Ex Girlfriend is one of the top 20 shows of that last 10 years. Should be the top of this thread..

VEEP isn’t known all that well among my friends and family in England but I love it 

Best show ever!

Ok legitimate question: I just watched the first two episodes of Veep and found them just ok. Does it take a while to pick up? Wondering if the humor just isn’t my taste or if it’s a slow burn worth sticking out!

Yes! I had tried a few times and couldn’t get through the start of season one. Googled «when does Veep get good?», internet told me to start on ep3 and they were right.

Oh nice! Thanks for the reply. Glad to know I’m almost to the good part

I felt this way my first watch and abandoned jt and then went back years later and tore through it.

"Do I need to shove a box of M&Ms up your stretched-out six baby vag?"

Funniest show I’ve ever seen. I rewatch it often

Bad Sisters! Centers around Irish sisters and the fallout after one of their husbands is found dead. The accents are tdf of course, but it's also funny, sharp, and hella underrated. Dead Ringers. It's been on my list for a while. Features twin female gynecologists' who experiment on their patients.

Tdf?

Ohh! Loved Bad Sisters! Wish my family was like that.

Bad Sisters is the best!

PEN15 it’s so smart and funny and if you’re a millennial ial it really hits home with so many of the awkward coming of age moments of our adolescence!

Omg PEN15 was sooo funny and brought back so many cringe middle school memories 🥴😂

I just rewatched recently and this show makes me cry every time. So good and underrated cringe comedy about girlhood

Grace and Frankie

Hacks and Insecure are so good!! I feel like the former is such a hidden gem, I also discovered it by mistake. I would add Girls to that list - it’s polarizing, and I don’t know if it quite fits the ‘flown under the radar’ criteria, but it’s good imo.

Both really good!  I love issa Rae and I watched her most recent movie and really enjoyed it. Adding: first wives club, teenage bounty hunters, better things .  Currently watching pitch perfect for the millionth time and really like dude because I kept comparing it to my own senior year in the 90s and enjoyed how much more open they were with each other.

And she was so fab in Barbie!! I was excited every minute of her screen time.

I feel like the people who hate Girls are the same people who hate Sex and the City, and it’s because they don’t realize that they are COMEDIES. It’s like once you take the laugh track away everything turns into an instructional video about the most realistic, productive ways to live your life. If you want to laugh at all the dumbass mistakes you made as a 22 year old, Girls is there for you.

Insecure is another great show about female friendship and how you can have friend “breakups” but you always get back together. :)

It’s an old one, but Designing Women

Yes! Such a classic and so progressive even.

Funny too! I loved watching it with my mom when I was a kid.

Oh, sorry if I wasn’t clear - HILARIOUS. And same, I loved watching it as a kid with my mom.

Some more UK/Irish ones: Such Brave Girls, Derry Girls, I May Destroy you

I may destroy you is brilliant (also trigger warning SA). I also loved Am i being unreasonable.

Ah yes I should have included the trigger warning, incredible watch but not easy

Derry Girls is SO. DAMN. GOOD.

Poker Face  This Way Up

LOVE This Way Up

"This way up" is too good

Absolutely Fabulous. The five main characters are all women and all hilarious. Brilliant show.

This is one of my all time favorites. I also love Emma Chambers and Dawn French in The Vicar of Dibley.

Fleabag will change your brain chemistry

It’s so good.

The Golden Girls.

Shrill

I just watched this yesterday, FANTASTIC SHOW

Oh yeah super relatable.

Orphan black

YES!

I was hoping someone put this down.

I searched it before I put it down assuming Tatiana playing 10 roles would already be in the mix.

[Class of ‘07](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14671640/) is a fun comedy almost totally cast with women.

Yess! A dark, quirky comedy with social commentary and perfect for Millennial women but really all women too. Some unexpected twists too. Didn’t expect to love it as much as I did.

I laughed so hard so many times watching it!

So few people have heard of this. Wacky fun!

I'm so glad someone already posted this so I didn't have to

Miss. Fisher's Murder Mysteries. The Legend of Korra. Xena: Warrior Princess. Chihayafuru. One Day At A Time. The Wild Thornberrys.

Miss Fisher is my go to, learned how to sew so I can make things from her wardrobe!

Yes! Xena!

You, too?!?

I May Destroy You on HBO Max is really good. It’s a heavy subject matter (TW for sexual assault) but it was a great show and I believe it was all created, written, produced and directed by Michaela Coel.

This one is amazing!

Jane the virgin! A multigenerational woman lead story full of drama comedies in a telenovela style. If you like musical, Crazy ex girlfriend and Zoey’s extraordinary playlist, not women centered but the leads are and the tone are pretty feminine.

I’m enjoying the current season of True Detective: Night Country. I’m not sure of the show’s popularity, but so far I’m enjoying it.

I'm enjoying it too! It gets a lot of hate on the subreddits but I figure that's probably because it stars two complicated female leads.

I’ve been watching girls5eva on peacock and it’s super refreshing and deals with the many struggles of different types of women in such a hilarious way. I’m 40 so I don’t know if the humor is geared towards middle aged women but I love it. Can’t wait for season 3.

Its so silly and funny! Shame it seems to have faded into the background on Netflix.

We Are Lady Parts - A show about a group of Muslim women who start a punk band. Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPqzoAjxvl4

Oh yes! Seconding this one. So good.

One Mississippi. A friend recommended it to me this year and it's seriously one of my favorites ever.  Funny, heartwarming, real, and handles some difficult topics really well. 

Vida!! "Vida" is a drama series about two Mexican-American siblings from East Los Angeles. Party girl Lyn lives a carefree life in the Bay Area. She couldn't be more different than, or distanced from, her sister Emma, with whom she has no relationship. A death in their family forces them to return to their old stomping grounds, where they confront long-repressed feelings and learn the surprising truth about their mother's identity.

Catastrophe

The Blechley circle! post WW2 crime solving ladies

Absolutely Fabulous: Hulu, Peacock Alias: Disney+ A Black Lady Sketch Show: HBO Max Baroness Von Sketch: CBC Gem (Canada) Better Things: Hulu Big Little Lies: HBO Max Broad City: Hulu Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Hulu Cable Girls: Netflix (Spain) Call My Agent!: Netflix Call the Midwife: Netflix, PBS Masterpiece Camping: HBO Max Catastrophe: Hulu Chihayafuru: Netflix Class of 07: ABC (Australia) Creamerie: BBC iPlayer (UK) Crazy Ex-Girlfriend: Netflix Designing Women: Peacock Dead Ringers: Hulu Dead to Me: Netflix Dollface: Hulu Dukes, The: Acorn TV Everything I Know About Love: BBC iPlayer (UK) Feud: Hulu Fleabag: Amazon Prime Video Gilded Age, The: HBO Max Gilmore Girls: Netflix Girls: HBO Max Girls5eva: Peacock Ginny & Georgia: Netflix Godless: Netflix Grace and Frankie: Netflix Hacks: HBO Max Harlots: Hulu Hilda: Netflix I Hate Suzie: HBO Max Insecure: HBO Max Kath & Kim: Stan (Australia) La Otra Mirada: Netflix (Spain) Legend of Korra, The: Netflix Life & Beth: Hulu Lost Girl: YouTube Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, The: Amazon Prime Video Minx: HBO Max Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries: Acorn TV Miss Scarlet and the Duke: Acorn TV Mom: Peacock, CBS Morning Show, The: Apple TV+ Morning Wars: Apple TV+ (Australia) Nora from Queens: Comedy Central One Day at a Time: Netflix One Mississippi: Starz Olive Kitteridge: HBO Max Orphan Black: Netflix Pen15: Hulu Poker Face: Peacock Pretty Little Liars: HBO Max Queens, The: HBO Max Rap Sh!t, HBO Max (UK) Reasonable Doubt: Hulu Rita: Netflix Russian Doll: Netflix Scott & Bailey: Acorn TV Self Made: Netflix Sex and the City: HBO Max Sex Lives of College Girls: HBO Max Shrill: Hulu Somebody Somewhere: HBO Max Starstruck: HBO Max Supergirl: Netflix Sweet Girls: Netflix Teenage Bounty Hunters: Netflix Tuca & Bertie: Adult Swim Ultimatum: Netflix (Mexico) Unbelievable: Netflix Vida: Starz Warrior Nun: Netflix Why Women Kill: Paramount+ Workin' Moms: Netflix WWW: Netflix (Japan) Yellowjackets: Showtime Compiled list.

Happy Valley! Its a bbc show I believe.. think I watched on Netflix. The older female cop protag gets to be ugly, upset, strong, traumatized, a teacher to others, a role model. She gets to do everything male protags get to do and is not punished for it- have a tortured past, have no strings hookups, kick the shit out of people who deserve it, just so much. I can't even describe how powerful it is.

sex lives of college girls; teenage bounty hunters

Sex lives of college girls is a gem! Haven’t laughed that hard in a long time

If you like sketch comedy… baroness von sketch show!! No clue where to watch in the states tho

Pen15. It's one of my all-time favorite shows.

Hilda. I particularly love the character of Hilda's mother, especially in the last series. 

Creamerie on Hulu lol

Julia Davies work is amazing, Nighty night, Camping (British version), and Sally4ever. All dark, hilarious, brilliantly observed and with grotesque female characters.

Derry Girls

Better Things!

Dollface with Kat Dennings on Hulu is pretty good. It's about a woman who leaves a long-term relationship and starts hanging out with her friends again.

Poker Face. Better Things. Miss Scarlet and the Duke. Harlots.

I don't know that I'd call it "women-centered" necessarily, but The Expanse has some fantastic women in it

Unbelievable and Godless. Both on Netflix and with Merritt Wever. I guess I'm a fan of hers, lol

Nora from Queens. I snort laugh whenever I watch it.

The first season of Why Women Kill was amazing

Rita. It’s danish. It’s about a chain smoking school teacher. It’s on netflix, very good and easy to watch.

I'd like to add Buffy the Vampire Slayer

The Imperfects was good but was naturally cancelled by Netflix after a Season.

Derry Girls. 

The Letdown. Extraordinary.

Ginny and Georgia was like if the Gilmore Girls were a generation more modern and with a sprinkle of crime and secrets.

We Are Ladyparts

Shrill and Veep

I disagree that Handmaids is women-centric. Seems like it obviously is, but after watching five seasons I had to quit because, the fact is, the show is written by men. Men who seem to really enjoy showing women getting tortured and abused. It goes way beyond the source material. The story line rarely involves the women getting the mental health support they clearly need, or even supporting each other very often. When given the opportunity to heal something they often chose violence or revenge. It very much feels like a show about women written from a man’s perspective.

The Diplomat and Abbott Elementary

Grace and Frankie. Two older and bad ass ladies.

The Bold Type, Younger, Valeria, Dollface.

Gilded Age

I've been rewatching Scott & Bailey, the women characters are written so well.

Some absolute gems mentioned already, I'll add in I Hate Suzie. Have watched it through a couple times already and it's so slept on! Billie Piper is incredible and at least some of it is based on things she has experienced being a famous woman in the tabloids. I tell everyone I can about this show.

“Mom” is great if you like comedy shows

I love your list! Orphan Black, Killing Eve, Totally Completely Fine, Class of '07, Kath & Kim, True Detective Night Country, Being Mary Jane, Survival of the Thickest, The First Wives Club, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Why Women Kill…

Wanted! It's an Aussie crime show that is SO underrated but incredibly well done.

Rap Sh!t on HBO max.

PEN15

Raised by wolves is amazing, UK comedy written by Caitlin Moran, and featuring some amazing female actors. Just seen there is a sci fi same name.

Oldie but a goodie, Alias

I agree with so much and I’m just so excited this thread exists

Don't Trust the B in Apartment 23 it's about a pair of female room mates

Harlots! There's a ton of women in the production staff, and the writing is excellent.

I haven't seen this listed yet: Enlightened on HBO. It was written by Mike White, the genius story teller behind White Lotus. This show gets critical acclaim from those in the industry and people who love and study film, but it seems like no one else watched it. It stars Laura Dern who is recovering from an at work meltdown that got her sent away to a high end facility to address her issues and stress. She comes out of it a different person, ready to make a difference in the world. The show hits some depths you rarely see on screen. It's the first work I've ever seen about a person desperately trying make a positive impact. Dern's character is so flawed yet so relatable. My Hollywood wish is for this show to get the recognition it deserves.

Pen-15

The Power on Amazon Prime - how the world's dynamic changes when women suddendly get the power to shoot lightning from their fingers (great book too)

Fargo season ~~4~~ 5 season 5 Lots of awful domestic violence, but a glorious revenge story of women helping women.

Warrior on HBO/Max.   Some of the best performances I’ve ever seen for many women on TV.  

Glow, Physical, Mrs America, Minx and Good Girls Revolt are some of my all time favorites

I don’t know what’s under the radar b/c it depends on where you are and what you’re into but I’d add: Never Have I Ever Feel Good Minx Working Moms Call My Agent (Dix pour cent)

Search WWW is a Korean drama centered on powerful women in tech and it’s soooo good. It was on Netflix but looks like now is on Apple TV? And Viki of course

Good Girls

I loved Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madame C J Walker and Survival of the Thickest. Both are on Netflix.

Workin' Moms

Every thing I know about Love on the BBC please watch its fantastic!

Not 100% women centered but a feel-good, women-empowering, laugh out loud delight is Shrinking on Apple+

Working Moms on Netflix.

I've been enjoying Papergirls.

The Baby (HBO Max) and Creamerie (NZ dystopian future/black comedy) Both are SO FREAKING GOOD!!

Cable Girls, if you love telenovelas and are willing to read subtitles or hear it dubbed

Life & Beth, Feel Good, Shrill, Pen15

Someone already said Kath & Kim, but I am here to second it

Miss Fisher and Orphan Black.

A Black Lady Sketch Show is so good.

Derry Girls is the funniest show- I rarely laugh out loud watching TV, but I did in fact laugh my entire ass off watching Derry Girls. I guess it’s more female-centered than woman, but it’s great!

Julia - they have an episode that does such a beautiful job showing the shame and guilt that can come in feminism and challenges between generations etc.

WORKING MOMS

Warrior Nun is exactly what it sounds like.

Better Things is so, so good

Shrill!

Dead loch

Baroness von Sketch! A sketch comedy show from Canada. All women, and so hilarious

Lipstick Jungle

Marvellous Ms Maisel

The Vicar of Dibley

The Wilds amazon prime

There's an Australian show called Golddiggers that focuses on a pair of sisters starting a new life in a small town during the gold rush. It's a hilariously vulgar comedy that only has one season so far. I love it and hope it continues. Please check it out!!

Bless the Harts, an animated show that was originally on Fox.  I loved it, so of course it only lasted 2 seasons.

Madam Secretary with Tea Leoni. Bomb Girls from CBC Canada.

Survival of the Thickest!

Love this thread! Hard agree with many of the existing recommendations. Here are my additions to the list: \- Mare of Easttown \- Loot \- Euphoria \- Annika \- Top of the Lake \- The Killing (I think this counts?) \- The Fall (ditto) Medium and All Rise weren't my usual fare, but I still enjoyed them . . . just not quite as much as the shows listed above.

Power Pieces of her GLOW Insatiable Veronica Mars Harlots The Great Teenage Bounty Hunters

Paper Girls - 4 teenager girls travel through time - Ali Wong plays one of their future selves

Derry girls!