(1924–2021)

 Guiding Light (1952) Rated TV-14

This show took place in the fictional Midwestern town of Springfield and centered on the middle-class Bauer family.

 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999) Rated TV-14

This series follows the Special Victims Unit, a specially trained squad of detectives in the N.Y.P.D., who investigate sexually related crimes.

 The Help (2011) Rated PG-13

An aspiring author during the civil rights movement of the 1960s decides to write a book detailing the African American maids’ point of view on the white families for which they work, and the hardships they go through on a daily basis.

Fried Green Tomatoes (1991) Rated PG-13

A housewife who is unhappy with her life befriends an old lady at a nursing home and is enthralled by the tales she tells of people she used to know.

 House of Cards (2013) Rated TV-14

A Congressman works with his equally conniving wife to exact revenge on the people who betrayed him.

 Mission: Impossible (1966) Rated TV-PG

An elite covert operations unit carries out highly sensitive missions subject to official denial in the event of failure, death or capture.

 Diary of a Mad Black Woman (2005) Rated PG-13

A couple’s seemingly solid marriage begins to crumble when the wife discovers that her husband intends to divorce her.

 Alex Cross (2012) Rated PG-13

A homicide detective is pushed to the brink of his moral and physical limits as he tangles with a ferociously skilled hired killer who specializes in torture and pain.

Synopsis by IMDB.