Structured around the most com­pelling shows on television today, each episode focuses on one character archetype that has remained a staple of primetime through the generations.

The Middleman is an American television series. The series, which was developed for television by Javier Grillo-Marxuach for ABC Family, is based on the Viper Comics series, The Middleman, created by Grillo-Marxuach and Les McClaine. The series ran for one season in 2008. Originally confirmed for an initial 13 episodes, the order was reduced to a 12-episode season due to low ratings. In February 2009, a comic book based on the unproduced 13th episode was announced, confirming the series' cancellation. Billed as a "series finale", The Middleman – The Doomsday Armageddon Apocalypse was released in July 2009. The complete series DVD set was released by Shout! Factory on July 28, 2009.

Tim and Eric's dark comedy anthology series.

Mad Dogs is a British black comedy and psychological thriller television series created by Cris Cole that began airing on Sky1 on 10 February 2011. It is produced by Left Bank Pictures, and co-produced by Palma Pictures. The series stars John Simm, Marc Warren, Max Beesley, and Philip Glenister as four long-time and middle-aged friends getting together in a villa in Majorca to celebrate the early retirement of their friend Alvo. However, after Alvo is murdered, the group find themselves caught up in the world of crime and police corruption. The series was initially a story about a rock band, but changed after a feeling that bands have been "done to death". After gaining interest from some terrestrial networks, the series was commissioned by British Sky Broadcasting. Filming took place on location throughout the island of Majorca in May 2010, and took around four million euros and 44 days to make. The main themes are friendship and growing older; Glenister said it is about ageing and "getting closer to death". Photographer David LaChapelle directed three 30-second advertisements for the series. Mad Dogs opened with 1.61 million viewers, the 17th highest rated programme ever for Sky1, and attracted positive reactions from critics. They noted similarities with British gangster films, more predominantly the 2000 film Sexy Beast.

A small group of military veterans sets out to rob a major bank in Pittsburgh. When things go awry, they're forced to take more than a dozen hostages from all walks of life, including a wealthy and powerful businessman's daughter.

Comic Garry Shandling draws upon his own talk show experiences to create the character of Larry Sanders, a paranoid, insecure host of a late night talk show. Larry, along with his obsequious TV sidekick Hank Kingsley and his fiercely protective producer Artie, allows Garry Shandling and his talented writers to look behind the scenes and to show us a convincing slice of behind the camera life.

First Wave is a Canadian/American science fiction television series, filmed in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, that aired from 1998 to 2001 on the Sci-Fi Channel. The show was created by Chris Brancato, who co-wrote an early version of the script for the seminal X-Files episode "Eve". Francis Ford Coppola was executive producer on the show. In an unusual move, the Sci-Fi Channel picked up the series on a 66-episode contract. The show was subsequently canceled once the contract expired at the end of the third season due to disappointing ratings.

Meet the Donnelly brothers: Tommy, Jimmy, Kevin and Sean. There is nothing these four Irish brothers wouldn't do to protect each other, and for them that means lying, cheating, stealing and, occasionally, calling the cops. Narrated by wannabe gangster Joey "Ice Cream," this gritty series bears witness to the Donnelly brothers' sudden involvement in organized crime, focusing on how they go from boys to mobsters, and showing how their new life affects their relationships with friends, family and lovers.

Felicity Porter, a sensitive and intelligent girl from the San Francisco Bay Area, decides to give up a slot at Stanford University's pre-med program to follow her long time crush to college in New York City. Things get even more complicated when she meets her dorm's resident advisor and they fall in love.

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.

Três graduados desmotivados estão prestes a aprender sobre o que é o mundo real. A partir de agora eles serão obrigados a seguir os códigos de vestimenta, prazos e, acima de tudo acordar antes do meio dia. Depois de perceber que já não são responsáveis por tirar nota na escola, eles vão fazer o que for preciso para evitar o trabalho e se divertir.

The adventures of the beautiful, enigmatic and always surprising Dr. Helen Magnus, a brilliant scientist who holds the secrets of a clandestine population called Abnormals—a group of strange and sometimes terrifying beings that hide among humans. Magnus seeks to protect this threatened phenomena as well as unlock the mysteries behind their existence.

A look into American politics, revolving around former Senator Selina Meyer who finds being Vice President of the United States is nothing like she expected and everything everyone ever warned her about.

Michael Bluth é um viúvo que apenas quer ser um bom pai para George-Michael, o seu filho de 13 anos. Nesse sentido, resolve deixar o negócio da família de vez e mudar-se para o Arizona para começar uma vida nova. No entanto, Michael é impedido de fazê-lo pela sua excêntrica família, quando o pai, George Bluth Sr., é preso por fraude contabilística na Bluth Co. A família fica em choque e, quando os bens são congelados, as vidas de todos enfrentam grandes limitações. Contra a sua vontade, Michael acaba por ter de ajudar a família a reerguer-se e a aprender, lentamente, a viver sem a grandeza de outrora.

A detective investigates a mysterious motel room, which acts as a portal to an alternate universe.

Na corrida ao ouro de Silicon Valley, os mais qualificados são os menos capazes de gerir o sucesso. Mike Judge presenteia-nos com o seu humor irreverente, em parte inspirado nas suas experiências, enquanto engenheiro em Silicon Valley.

Nesta história verídica de um homicídio no submundo da criação de felinos, as coisas descontrolam-se entre o proprietário de um zoo e diversas personalidades excêntricas.

High school mathlete Lindsay Weir rebels and begins hanging out with a crowd of burnouts (the "freaks"), while her brother Sam Weir navigates a different part of the social universe with his nerdy friends (the "geeks").

Durante dezessete anos, as vidas de dois detetives, Rust Cohle e Martin Hart, entrelaçam-se para dar conta da caçada a um serial killer no estado de Louisiana.

Conheça um grupo de amigos que juntos administram um bar no norte da Philadelphia, são eles Mac, Charlie e Dennis. O trio pensava que ter um bar iria ajudá-los a transar com lindas mulheres, porém a realidade se mostrou um pouco diferente.