fx-shows, a list by nconnor

8.7

/96141/

86

/4889/

81

/815/

90

/121/

96

89

/46/

age 16+

The story of an inner-city Los Angeles police precinct where some of the cops aren't above breaking the rules or working against their associates to both keep the streets safe and their self-interests intact.

87

8.6

/237352/

85

/9540/

84

/1580/

4.4

/123025/

99

/110/

85

85

/41/

RogerEbert

3.5

age 16+

In Japan in the year 1600, at the dawn of a century-defining civil war, Lord Yoshii Toranaga is fighting for his life as his enemies on the Council of Regents unite against him, when a mysterious European ship is found marooned in a nearby fishing village.

87

8.4

/121641/

83

/9840/

79

/1020/

96

/277/

94

89

/154/

age 16+

Set during the Cold War period in the 1980s, The Americans is the story of Elizabeth and Philip Jennings, two Soviet KGB officers posing as an American married couple in the suburbs of Washington D.C. and their neighbor, Stan Beeman, an FBI Counterintelligence agent.

87

8.6

/97175/

83

/5569/

80

/807/

98

/186/

85

92

/99/

age 15+

Two cousins work through the Atlanta music scene in order to better their lives and the lives of their families.

87

8.6

/128962/

84

/6967/

79

/796/

97

/182/

95

86

/92/

age 17+

A character drama based on the 2001 Elmore Leonard short story "Fire in the Hole." Leonard's tale centers around U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens of Kentucky, a quiet but strong-willed official of the law. The tale covers his high-stakes job, as well as his strained relationships with his ex-wife and father.

86

8.7

/45513/

83

/2161/

82

/278/

95

/29/

98

75

/13/

age 16+

Ray Shoesmith is a father, ex-husband, boyfriend and best friend: tough roles to juggle in the modern age. Even harder when you’re a criminal for hire.

86

8.5

/84934/

82

/4636/

77

/552/

93

/120/

95

87

/93/

age 18+

Louis C.K. stars as a fictionalized version of himself; a comedian and newly divorced father raising his two daughters in New York City.

86

IMDb 29

8.8

/461171/

85

/17482/

83

/3087/

93

/304/

85

84

/176/

age 15+

A close-knit anthology series dealing with stories involving malice, violence and murder based in and around Minnesota.

86

8.5

/124435/

82

/6916/

79

/918/

96

/222/

92

83

/79/

age 14+

A documentary-style look into the daily (or rather, nightly) lives of a group of vampires in Staten Island who have “lived” together for hundreds and hundreds of years.

85

8.8

/277965/

86

/12397/

82

/1261/

94

/273/

90

72

/77/

age 17+

Four egocentric friends run a neighborhood Irish pub in Philadelphia and try to find their way through the adult world of work and relationships. Unfortunately, their warped views and precarious judgments often lead them to trouble, creating a myriad of uncomfortable situations that usually only get worse before they get better.

85

8.4

/101929/

79

/4492/

75

/1021/

97

/93/

94

age 15+

An anthology series centered around some of history's most famous criminal investigations.

85

8.6

/36016/

85

/1630/

82

/579/

98

/154/

88

76

/52/

age 15+

A dance musical that explores the juxtaposition of several segments of 1980s life and society in New York: the ball culture world, the rise of the luxury Trump-era universe and the downtown social and literary scene.

84

8.5

/350272/

85

/18486/

84

/3140/

87

/138/

91

75

/73/

age 16+

The Sons of Anarchy (SOA) are an outlaw motorcycle club with many charters in the United States and overseas. The show focused on the original and founding charter, Sons of Anarchy Motorcycle Club, Redwood Original, often referred to by the acronym SAMCRO, Sam Crow, or simply Redwood Charter. The charter operates both legal and illegal businesses in the small town of Charming, California. They combine gun-running and a garage, and involvement in porn film industry. Clay, the charter president, likes it old school and violent; while Jax, his stepson and the club's VP, has thoughts about changing the way things are done. Their conflict has effects on both the club and their personal relationship, especially when Jax goes on a personal quest to cleanse the SAMCRO name and image.

84

8.3

/11688/

81

/687/

79

/101/

93

/27/

97

75

/24/

age 16+

Ex-cop and recovering alcoholic Hank Dolworth partners with his best friend, former criminal Britt Pollack, in an unlicensed private investigation business. The series is set in Ocean Beach, San Diego, California, although it is portrayed as a distinct town, with Dolworth having once been a member of the fictional Ocean Beach Police Department.

83

8.3

/24687/

77

/1379/

77

/154/

95

/68/

89

77

/33/

age 14+

Documentary series tracking the dreams and worries of Wrexham, a working-class town in North Wales, UK, as two Hollywood stars (Rob McElhenney and Ryan Reynolds) take ownership of the town’s historic yet struggling football club.

83

8.3

/29159/

79

/927/

76

/177/

88

/105/

89

85

/100/

age 16+

Rescue Me revolves around the lives of the men in a New York City firehouse, the crew of 62 Truck. Examining the fraternal nature and relationships of firefighters, the series tackles the daily drama of the life-and-death situations associated with being a firefighter, while exploring the ways the men use dark humor to protect their true emotions.

83

8.5

/45524/

83

/2592/

83

/697/

92

/86/

93

63

/50/

age 17+

Los Angeles. 1983. A storm is coming and its name is crack. Set against the infancy of the crack cocaine epidemic and its ultimate radical impact on the culture as we know it, the story follows numerous characters on a violent collision course.

83

8.6

/174416/

84

/13057/

79

/1370/

91

/154/

84

79

/82/

age 15+

Sterling Archer is the world's most daunting spy. He works for ISIS, a spy agency run by his mother. In between dealing with his boss and his co-workers - one of whom is his ex-girlfriend - Archer manages to annoy or seduce everyone that crosses his path. His antics are only excusable because at the end of the day, he still somehow always manages to thwart whatever crises was threatening mankind.

82

8.1

/29725/

79

/2439/

73

/239/

95

/125/

89

77

/58/

age 17+

Narcissistic, brash, and self-destructive Jimmy Shive-Overly thinks all relationships are doomed. Cynical, people-pleasing, and stubborn Gretchen Cutler knows that relationships aren't for her. So when they meet at a wedding, it's only natural that the two of them go home together.

82

8.1

/9044/

76

/643/

74

/77/

94

/32/

99

72

/23/

age 16+

Jim Jefferies, an edgy, foul-mouthed stand-up comedian from Australia, in his mid-30s and living in LA, is endeavoring to make his life and career more “legit,” only to find it a difficult, uncomfortable uphill struggle every step of the way. Jim is encouraged in his quest by Steve, his neurotic best friend and roommate, a cyber-law library salesman who struggles to stay on his feet in the wake of a divorce, and Steve’s brother Billy, who suffers from advanced staged Muscular Dystrophy and is confined to a wheelchair.

82

8.1

/102720/

78

/7757/

75

/1496/

91

/157/

85

82

/56/

age 16+

David Haller, AKA Legion, is a troubled young man who may be more than human. Diagnosed as schizophrenic, David has been in and out of psychiatric hospitals for years. But after a strange encounter with a fellow patient, he’s confronted with the possibility that the voices he hears and the visions he sees might be real.

82

7.9

/19894/

76

/1244/

72

/193/

98

/166/

84

88

/84/

age 16+

Sam Fox is a single, working actor with no filter trying to raise her three daughters – Max, Frankie and Duke – in Los Angeles. She is mom, dad, referee and the cops.

81

8.1

/32802/

78

/1620/

74

/230/

91

/87/

87

78

/81/

age 17+

Damages is an American legal thriller television series created by the writing and production trio of Daniel Zelman and brothers Glenn and Todd A. Kessler. The plot revolves around the brilliant, ruthless lawyer Patty Hewes and her protégée, recent law school graduate Ellen Parsons. Each season features a major case that Hewes and her firm take on, while also examining a chapter of the complicated relationship between Ellen and Patty. The first two seasons center around the law firm Hewes & Associates. Later seasons center more on Patty and Ellen's relationship as Ellen begins to distance herself from Hewes & Associates and begins an independent career.

79

8.3

/29324/

78

/919/

76

/248/

4.1

/9522/

86

/177/

78

76

/81/

age 15+

Anthology series of famous feuds with the first season based on the legendary rivalry between Bette Davis and Joan Crawford which began early on their careers, climaxed on the set of "Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?" and evolved into an Oscar vendetta.

77

7.4

/11318/

71

/712/

60

/53/

95

/56/

85

82

/32/

age 14+

A high school teacher in Austin tries to balance the competing demands of the students and their parents in a world where the rules seem to change every day.

77

7.1

/95401/

74

/5420/

73

/866/

94

/121/

65

85

/41/

age 15+

When the mysterious deep space research vessel USCSS Maginot crash-lands on Earth, Wendy and a ragtag group of tactical soldiers make a fateful discovery that puts them face-to-face with the planet's greatest threat.

77

7.8

/45454/

75

/2862/

76

/435/

83

/76/

88

66

/33/

age 17+

Everyone else sees Wilfred as just a dog, but Ryan sees a crude and somewhat surly, yet irrepressibly brave and honest Australian bloke in a cheap dog suit. While leading him through a series of comedic and existential adventures, Wilfred the dog shows Ryan the man how to overcome his fears and joyfully embrace the unpredictability and insanity of the world around him.

77

7.6

/13494/

72

/863/

69

/144/

92

/65/

86

72

/46/

age 14+

Chip Baskets wants to follow his dream of being a French clown—however, reality keeps interfering. Saddled with financial difficulties and facing an impenetrable language barrier, he moves back home to Bakersfield with high hopes. There, he is forced to confront his past while working as a rodeo clown and competing with his siblings for his mother's approval and affection.

77

7.6

/9541/

73

/600/

69

/96/

92

/56/

87

70

/21/

age 16+

Exposing the parental-paradox that it is possible, in the very same moment, to love your child to the horizon of the universe, while being apoplectically angry enough to want to send them there.

78

76

IMDb 92

7.3

/6638/

70

/333/

66

/42/

98

/55/

77

85

/29/

age 15+

Follow the gritty exploits of citizen journalist Lee Raybon, a self-proclaimed Tulsa "truthstorian" whose obsession with the truth is always getting him into trouble.

76

7.6

/21378/

73

/1642/

66

/181/

88

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83

75

/50/

age 17+

A murdered body on a bridge between El Paso and Juarez bring together El Paso detective Sonya Cross and Chihuahua State Police detective Marco Ruiz.

76

8.2

/54131/

80

/3241/

73

/216/

81

/77/

83

58

/34/

age 17+

The League is an American sitcom and semi-improvised comedy about a about a fantasy football league and its members and their everyday lives.

75

7.7

/61549/

76

/2170/

71

/507/

74

/110/

83

72

/95/

age 18+

Hotshot plastic surgeons Dr. Sean McNamara and Dr. Christian Troy experience full-blown midlife crises as they confront career, family and romance problems.

74

7.9

/359908/

78

/20598/

80

/5913/

77

/367/

66

65

/173/

age 17+

An anthology horror drama series centering on different characters and locations, including a house with a murderous past, an asylum, a witch coven, a freak show, a hotel, a farmhouse in Roanoke, a cult, the apocalypse and a summer camp.

74

7.3

/92379/

72

/7116/

74

/1933/

79

/111/

79

70

/54/

age 17+

A high concept thriller that tells the story of Dr. Ephraim Goodweather, the head of the Center for Disease Control Canary Team in New York City. He and his team are called upon to investigate a mysterious viral outbreak with hallmarks of an ancient and evil strain of vampirism. As the strain spreads, Eph, his team, and an assembly of everyday New Yorkers, wage war for the fate of humanity itself.

75

73

7.9

/8065/

72

/300/

70

/69/

4.0

/5514/

80

/87/

83

68

/36/

age 15+

The story of the romantic and creative partnership between Bob Fosse and Gwen Verdon. He was a filmmaker and one of theater's most influential choreographers and directors; she was the greatest Broadway dancer of all time. Together, they changed the face of American entertainment — at a perilous cost.

72

7.5

/62104/

73

/2697/

72

/419/

80

/76/

68

70

/36/

age 15+

Dan Chase absconded from the CIA decades ago and now lives off the grid. When an assassin arrives and tries to take Chase out, the old operative learns that to ensure his future he now must reconcile his past.

73

72

7.8

/8947/

73

/354/

68

/56/

86

/27/

70

68

/39/

age 16+

A family of crooks assume the identity of an upper-middle-class suburban clan in the Deep South.

73

72

7.5

/8837/

71

/443/

69

/88/

3.8

/2371/

78

/60/

79

67

/24/

age 17+

The trials and triumphs of one of the wealthiest and unhappiest families of the United States, the Gettys. Originally planned to be told over multiple seasons and spanning the twentieth century, the series begins in 1973 with the kidnapping of John Paul Getty III, an heir to the Getty oil fortune, by the Italian mafia in Rome.

71

7.3

/21158/

70

/1066/

68

/149/

3.5

/2445/

92

/49/

47

79

/26/

age 17+

Having left the hollers of Kentucky 15 years ago, Raylan Givens is now based in Miami, balancing life as a marshal and part-time father of a 15-year-old girl. A chance encounter on a Florida highway sends him to Detroit and he crosses paths with Clement Mansell, aka The Oklahoma Wildman, a violent sociopath who’s already slipped through the fingers of Detroit’s finest once and wants to do so again.

71

7.5

/27128/

75

/1756/

79

/806/

57

/20/

age 17+

Set in the aftermath of Jax Teller’s death, Ezekiel "EZ" Reyes is fresh out of prison and a prospect in the Mayans M.C. charter on the Cali/Mexi border. Now, EZ must carve out his new identity in a town where he was once the golden boy with the American Dream in his grasp.

71

70

7.4

/7480/

71

/445/

62

/40/

74

/35/

83

65

/21/

age 15+

A group of twenty-somethings in New York trying to be good people, despite being neither "good" nor "people" yet.

68

7.7

/24087/

75

/1493/

66

/177/

60

/72/

78

56

/44/

age 18+

The story of an unassuming American family drawn into the workings of a turbulent Middle Eastern nation. Bassam "Barry" Al Fayeed, the younger son of the dictator of a war-torn nation, ends a self-imposed 20-year exile to return to his homeland, accompanied by his American wife and children, for his nephew's wedding. Barry’s reluctant homecoming leads to a dramatic clash of cultures as he is thrown back into the familial and national politics of his youth.

85

67

8.6

/1880/

70

/100/

84

/27/

4.1

/1208/

100

/9/

94

78

/5/

age 15+

Explore the history of activist Afeni Shakur and hip-hop icon Tupac Shakur, two voices that could not be silenced. Told through the eyes of the people who knew them best, this series is an intimate wide-angle portrait of the most inspiring and dangerous mother-son duo in American history, whose unified message of freedom, equality, persecution and justice are more relevant today than ever.

78

67

8.0

/3457/

69

/166/

70

/23/

90

/31/

85

79

/25/

age 16+

Lights Out is an American television boxing drama series from the FX network in the United States. It stars Holt McCallany as Patrick "Lights" Leary, a New Jersey native, and former heavyweight champion boxer who is considering a comeback. The series premiered on January 11, 2011 at 10 pm ET/PT. On March 24, 2011, FX announced the cancellation of the show. The final episode aired on April 5.

62

6.1

/11178/

62

/558/

73

/239/

75

/16/

53

51

/7/

age 16+

A series of heinous crimes have unsettled a small community, and Detective Lois Tryon feels they are eerily personal, as if someone—or something—is taunting her.

67

61

7.1

/3780/

65

/185/

57

/43/

61

/54/

89

60

/32/

age 14+

Johnny Rock is the aging lead singer of NYC's legendary early-'90s band The Heathens, who is trying to get both his band and his life back together. The aging and broke bad-boy rocker gets another shot at fame as a songwriter for a brash and talented young singer who's a big fan of his early work.

63

58

7.1

/3776/

64

/262/

62

/33/

56

/36/

75