TV-shows with continuous storylines / Ongoing-plot TV-series / SERIAL 100%
All with continuous story lines that evolve strongly from episode one through to the last episode!
All of the shows in this list have ongoing-plot-continuous story lines (i.e. they do not try and wrap up at the end of each episode and have a new story for the next episode).
!No case/monster/villain/mission/story-of-the-week!
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**UPDATED on May 14, 2024: 'School of Champions’ added & updated notes on soap operas-series**
All of the shows in this list have ongoing-plot-continuous story lines (i.e. they do not try and wrap up at the end of each episode and have a new story for the next episode).
!No case/monster/villain/mission/story-of-the-week!
The list will be always updated and added after watching a such series.
You can suggest me to add more titles. Just comment down below. :)
The category of this list is:
- Standard TV-Series (1.)
- Animation (2.)
- Anime (3.)
- Documentary (4.)
- Kids & Family (5.)
- Reality TV-Shows (6.)
- Soap Operas (7.)
**UPDATED on May 14, 2024: 'School of Champions’ added & updated notes on soap operas-series**
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- StarsKippei ShînaShinnosuke MitsushimaEri KamatakiNothing is as it seems when a charismatic conman and an aspiring film crew delve into the lives of two emotionally scarred women.
- CreatorGuy BurtStarsOtto FarrantVicky McClureBrenock O'ConnorAlex Rider is an ordinary teenager enlisted to work on behalf of MI6, where he uses skills he didn't know he had to become an extraordinary spy.
- CreatorManolo CaroStarsCecilia SuárezErnesto AlterioAlejandro SpeitzerThe story begins with a young boy being asked by his parents to return to Spain to meet his fiance. He returns accompanied by Lazaro, a mysterious ballet dancer.
- CreatorBryan FullerMichael GreenStarsRicky WhittleEmily BrowningYetide BadakiA recently released ex-convict named Shadow meets a mysterious man who calls himself "Wednesday" and who knows more than he first seems to about Shadow's life and past.
- CreatorBrad FalchukRyan MurphyHalley FeifferStarsLady GagaKathy BatesAngela BassettAn anthology series centering on different characters and locations, showcasing different aspects of horror.
- CreatorAaron MartinStarsKatee SackhoffSamuel AndersonA.J. RiveraAstronaut Niko Breckenridge and her young crew face unimaginable danger as they go on a high-risk mission to explore the genesis of an alien artifact.
- CreatorAndrew HinderakerStarsHilary SwankJosh CharlesVivian WuAn American astronaut struggles with leaving her husband and daughter behind to embark on a dangerous mission with an international space crew.
- CreatorBrett BaerDave FinkelSharon HorganStarsSharon HorganEve HewsonSarah GreeneThe Garvey sisters are bound together by their parents' deaths and a promise to always protect one another.
- CreatorAndreas HeckmannArne NoltingJan Martin ScharfStarsLaurence RuppJeanne GoursaudDavid SchütterTorn between the mighty empire that raised him and his own tribal people, a Roman officer's conflicted allegiances lead to an epic historical clash.
- StarsKjell BergqvistAgnes Lindström BolmgrenFilip BergUnscrupulous and arrogant murder detective Evert Bäckström finds himself with the hardest case he ever had when a skull pierced with bullet holes is found on an uninhabited island in the archipelago.
- CreatorSteve LightfootStarsSimona BrownEve HewsonTom BatemanIt follows Louise, a single mum with a son and a part-time job in a psychiatrist's office. She begins an affair with her boss and strikes up an unlikely friendship with his wife.
- CreatorOlen SteinhauerStarsLeland OrserMichelle ForbesMina TanderFollows a CIA team in Berlin and their clandestine activities.
- StarsAnja PichlerMara RomeiFanni SchneiderTwo worlds collide when two best friends from modest backgrounds who dream of a better life and two sisters who live their dreams - mainly with their parents' money. Love, lies and recklessness are inevitable.
- CreatorChristian DitterStarsLuna WedlerJessica SchwarzThomas PrennA fast-paced thriller following medical student Mia Akerlund who discovers the use of highly advanced biohacking technology in her university town.
- CreatorDennis LehaneStarsTaron EgertonPaul Walter HauserGreg KinnearJimmy Keene is sentenced to 10 years in a minimum security prison but he cuts a deal with the FBI to befriend a suspected serial killer. Keene has to elicit a confession from Larry Hall to find the bodies of as many as eighteen women.
- StarsAma QamataKhosi NgemaGail MabalaneA local teen uncovers her family's secret past and navigates the complicated world of a South African high school.
- CreatorEsmir FilhoStarsCaio HorowiczIza MoreiraMichel JoelsasIn a Brazilian cattle-ranching town, adolescents panic when they're threatened by the outbreak of a contagious infection transmitted by kissing.
- CreatorJed MercurioStarsRichard MaddenSophie RundleVincent FranklinTroubled war veteran turned Police Officer David Budd is assigned to the Metropolitan Police's Specialist Protection Branch.
- StarsTainá MüllerAdriano GaribSilvio GuindaneAfter witnessing a suicide, an unobtrusive police clerk decides to investigate two neglected cases on her own, both involving abused women.
- CreatorChris Van DusenStarsNicola CoughlanClaudia JessieLuke NewtonThe eight close-knit siblings of the Bridgerton family look for love and happiness in London high society.
- CreatorThierry FaberStarsLuc SchiltzSophie MouselBrigitte UrhausenIn a Luxembourg village where everyone is keeping secrets, gruff police inspector Luc Capitani investigates the suspicious death of a 15-year-old girl.
- CreatorDago GarcíaStarsJulián DelgadoJulián CeratiMariana GómezAn inept magician pulls off the trick of his life: accidentally disappearing a wanted criminal during a police raid. Now he's going to pay for that.
- StarsPark Bo-gumPark So-damByeon Woo-seokTwo actors and a makeup artist fight to make their own way in a world that weighs the backgrounds they were born into more than their dreams.
- CreatorMirna NogueiraCarlos SaldanhaRodrigo NogueiraStarsMarco PigossiManuela DieguezAlessandra NegriniAn underground world is inhabited by mythical creatures evolved from a deep lineage of Brazilian folklore. One detective who finds himself caught in a murder investigation that puts him in the middle of a battle between these two worlds.
- CreatorMiguel García MorenoAdriana PelusiCarlos QuintanillaStarsAna Valeria BecerrilMichael RondaYankel StevanWhen a hacker begins releasing students' secrets to the entire high school, the socially isolated but observant Sofía works to uncover his/her identity.
- CreatorFrank MillerTom WheelerStarsKatherine LangfordDevon TerrellGustaf SkarsgårdA teenage sorceress named Nimue encounters a young Arthur on her quest to find a powerful and ancient sword.
- CreatorBaran bo OdarJantje FrieseStarsLouis HofmannKaroline EichhornLisa VicariA family saga with a supernatural twist, set in a German town where the disappearance of two young children exposes the relationships among four families.
- StarsAustin AbramsMidori FrancisDante BrownA whirlwind holiday romance builds as cynical Dash and optimistic Lily trade dares, dreams and desires in the notebook they pass back and forth at locations all across New York City.
- CreatorSanne NuyensBert Van DaelRoel MondelaersStarsLuc De RuelleMaaike NeuvilleTom VermeirTwelve ordinary people are called for jury duty for a murder case as traumatizing as it is controversial in which a woman stands trial for killing her own blood.
- CreatorMark BombackStarsChris EvansMichelle DockeryJaeden MartellThe limited drama series is a gripping, character-driven thriller based on the 2012 New York Times best selling novel of the same name by William Landay. An assistant DA's world is shattered when his beloved son gets charged with murder.
- StarsDavid TennantDaniel MaysJason WatkinsIn 1983, Scottish serial killer Dennis Nilsen was arrested after the discovery of human remains which had blocked a drain near his London home.
- StarsJi Chang-wookKim Ji-wonKim Min-SeokHeart stolen by a free-spirited woman after a beachside romance, a passionate architect sets out to reunite with her on the streets of Seoul.
- StarsLee Sun-kyunPark Hee-soonLee ElBrilliant brain scientist Sewon (Lee Sun-Kyun) suffers a horrific personal tragedy. Desperate to uncover what happened to his family, he conducts "brain syncs" with the dead to access their memories for clues.
- CreatorMark BoalStarsMichiel HuismanLuke EvansJessica Ann CollinsWhen Amber Chesborough goes missing along the Colombia-Venezuela border, her brother and her husband struggle to find her against the backdrop of a secret war.
- CreatorLuis ArranzJose VelascoStarsJaime LorenteFrancisco OrtizAlicia SanzThe story of Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, a Castilian nobleman and war hero in medieval Spain.
- CreatorCarlos MonteroStarsInma CuestaBárbara LennieTamar NovasBased on the novel of the same name winner of the Primavera award 2016. Raquel, a young literature teacher, gives her marriage a second chance and moves to her husband's birth town, which hides a dark secret she will try to unravel.
- CreatorAsier AnduezaStarsAlbert SalazarJoel BosquedMina El HammaniA school for problem children located next to an old monastery, in an inaccessible and isolated spot between the mountains.
- CreatorArmando BoStarsAndrés ParraKarla SouzaPaulina GaitanThe head of a small Chilean football club becomes a key player in the 2015 FIFA corruption scandal.
- DirectorAriel WinogradStarsGuillermo FrancellaDiego PerettiLuis LuqueIn 2006, a group of thieves performed what is considered one of the most famous and smart bank heists in the history of Argentina when they rob the Banco Río branch in Acassuso.
- StarsKirill KäroMaryana SpivakNatalya ZemtsovaA terrible plague strikes and a group decides to risk their lives. Humanity struggles to survive as they face the end of their civilization.
- CreatorTea LindeburgStarsDanica CurcicLars BrygmannKaroline HammAstrid was traumatized by the mysterious disappearance of a school class in 1999. Twenty years later, when she finds out that the only survivor from 1999 mysteriously died, Astrid sets off to discover what really happened.
- StarsKim Dong-HeePark Ju-hyunJung Da-binA model high school student who's steeped in a world of serious crime finds his double life upended when a classmate takes an interest in his secret.
- StarsLing-Wei LeeNing HanGuan-Zhi HuangA tormented student uncovers unsettling secrets at her remote high school as betrayal and a paranormal encounter upend her life.
- CreatorBrian YoungStarsAbigail CowenHannah van der WesthuysenPrecious MustaphaA live-action adaptation of Nickelodeon's Winx Club (2004). It follows Bloom as she adjusts to life in the Otherworld, where she must learn to control her dangerous magical powers.
- CreatorMaggie FriedmanStarsKatherine HeiglSarah ChalkeBen LawsonTully and Kate support each other through good times and bad with an unbreakable bond that carries them from their teens to their forties.
- CreatorCarlton CuseJohn RidleyStarsVera FarmigaCherry JonesCornelius Smith Jr.Doctors and nurses at the intensive care unit of a New Orleans hospital struggle with treating patients during Hurricane Katrina when the facility is without power for 5 days.
- CreatorRonald D. MooreBen NediviMatt WolpertStarsJoel KinnamanMichael DormanWrenn SchmidtIn an alternative version of 1969, the Soviet Union beats the United States to the Moon, and the space race continues on for decades with still grander challenges and goals.
- CreatorJosh FriedmanDavid S. GoyerStarsJared HarrisLou LlobellLeah HarveyA complex saga of humans scattered on planets throughout the galaxy all living under the rule of the Galactic Empire.
- StarsRobert FinsterElla RumpfGeorg FriedrichYoung Czech-Austrian psychoanalyst, Sigmund Freud, investigates a murder conspiracy in 1880's Vienna.
- CreatorKyle HunterHoward OvermanAriel ShaffirStarsJosh HutchersonEliza CoupeDerek WilsonJosh Futturman, a janitor by day and a gamer by night, is recruited by mysterious visitors to travel through time to prevent the extinction of humanity.
- CreatorDavid BenioffD.B. WeissStarsEmilia ClarkePeter DinklageKit HaringtonNine noble families fight for control over the lands of Westeros, while an ancient enemy returns after being dormant for millennia.
- CreatorRyan J. CondalGeorge R.R. MartinStarsMatt SmithEmma D'ArcyOlivia CookeAn internal succession war within House Targaryen at the height of its power, 172 years before the birth of Daenerys Targaryen.Prequel of ‚Game of Thrones‘
- StarsKim AdisBethany AntoniaJessica AlexanderIt follows four teenage girls at private elite school who form their own secret society to expose bullies.
- CreatorHolly PhillipsStarsLashay AndersonAmelia BrooksAshling O'SheaA trio of cheerleaders at a posh private school revive their former classmates' anti-bullying club, and team up to fight injustice in this teen thriller.Spin-Off of ‚Get Even‘
- CreatorSarah LampertStarsBrianne HoweyAntonia GentryFelix MallardGinny Miller, an angsty fifteen-year-old, often feels more mature than her thirty-year-old mother, the irresistible and dynamic Georgia Miller.
- CreatorNeil GaimanStarsDavid TennantMichael SheenMiranda RichardsonThe End of the World is coming, which means a fussy Angel and a loose-living Demon who've become overly fond of life on Earth are forced to form an unlikely alliance to stop Armageddon.
- StarsViolet BraeckmanBoris Van SeverenLaurian CallebautGR5 revolves around four people in their mid-twenties who embark on the hiking trail Grande Randonnée 5, to commemorate their friend Lisa who went missing on the path five years before. Was there an accident? Or was she harmed? What happened to her ? With a diary revealing an act of desperation, her friends Zoë, Michiel and Ylena, decide to make the same journey, from the North Sea over the Ardennes, the Vosges and the French Alps to the Riviera. Coming together, the explorers all have different reasons for making the journey, but one common goal unites them - to find the truth about Lisa. The journey will change them forever: the heavy physical effort and mutual tensions lead to a confrontation, and a search to uncover the truth behind Lisa's mysterious disappearance.
- StarsKim Tae-heeLee Kyoo-hyungKo Bo-gyeolIt's the story of a mother who died and begins a 49-day long project of reincarnation and a husband who has barely begun to live a new life after overcoming the pain of losing his wife.
- StarsDario Yazbek BernalDiana BovioRegina BlandónBased on a true story about the disappearance of a small girl from her home outside Mexico City
- CreatorIan BrennanRyan MurphyStarsDavid CorenswetDarren CrissLaura HarrierA group of aspiring actors and filmmakers in post-World War II Hollywood try to make it big - no matter the cost.
- CreatorDana FoxDara ResnikStarsJim SturgessBrooklynn PrinceAbby MillerYoung investigative journalist Hilde Lisko moves with her family to the small town her father left behind, only to unearth shocking secrets in her pursuit of the truth.
- CreatorPhilipp KässbohrerMatthias MurmannStarsMaximilian MundtDanilo KamperidisLena KlenkeTo win back the love of his life, a high school student and his best friend launch Europe's largest online drug business from their teenage bedroom.
- StarsJu Ji-hoonKim Hye-suLee Kyoung-young'Hyena' deals with very competitive, private lawyers who only work for the richest 1% of society.
- CreatorHaro AsoStarsKento YamazakiTao TsuchiyaNijirô MurakamiObsessed gamer Arisu suddenly finds himself in a strange, emptied-out version of Tokyo in which he and his friends must compete in dangerous games in order to survive.
- CreatorJason GeorgeStarsPauline EtienneLaurent CapellutoMehmet KurtulusWhen radiation from the sun causes a global disaster on Earth, survivors on an overnight flight from Brussels race from city to city trying to stay ahead of the sun's rays by remaining in the cover of night.
- CreatorSimon KinbergDavid WeilStarsGolshifteh FarahaniShioli KutsunaShamier AndersonEarth is visited by an alien species that threatens humanity's existence. Events unfold in real time through the eyes of five ordinary people across the globe as they struggle to make sense of the chaos unraveling around them.
- CreatorTakashige IchiseStarsYoshiyoshi ArakawaYuina KuroshimaSeiko IwaidôHonjo Haruka is a rookie actress. She hears the sounds of footsteps at night in her house. When she learns of psychic researcher Odajima Yasuo from a TV variety program, she seeks counseling from him about her problem.
- CreatorIan GinnMaarten AlmekindersStarsKarina SmuldersSusan RadderMatteo van der GrijnXandra lives a safe life with her husband and daughter in Amsterdam. But Xandra aches for more excitement in her life. She is tempted to once again become involved with her old life when she's secretly offered a challenge.
- CreatorVitus ReinboldNiko Schulz-DornburgStarsBen FelipeFelix MayrValerie HuberA year after the tragic death of her brother, Lisi enters the decadent world of a Munich clique at a ski resort, but soon she kicks off an avalanche that reveals the truth behind the facade full of glamor, money and hedonism.
- CreatorÁlex PinaStarsÚrsula CorberóÁlvaro MorteItziar ItuñoAn unusual group of robbers attempt to carry out the most perfect robbery in Spanish history - stealing 2.4 billion euros from the Royal Mint of Spain.
- CreatorÁlex PinaStarsYoo Ji-taeYunjin KimJeon Jong-seoA genius strategist and people with different personalities and abilities fighting an extraordinary variable and engaging in an unprecedented hostage play.Korean-Remake of ‚La casa de papel‘
- StarsJulien FrisonLionel ErdoganMarilou AussillouxIn a reimagined history of the French Revolution, the guillotine's future inventor uncovers a disease that drives the aristocracy to murder commoners.
- StarsJulianne MooreClive OwenJennifer Jason LeighA widow becomes the object of a dangerous stalker, obsessed with her husband's work.
- CreatorLiz TigelaarStarsReese WitherspoonKerry WashingtonRosemarie DeWittBased on Celeste Ng's 2017 bestseller, "Little Fires Everywhere" follows the intertwined fates of the picture-perfect Richardson family and the enigmatic mother and daughter who upend their lives.
- CreatorMeredith AverillCarlton CuseAron Eli ColeiteStarsDarby StanchfieldConnor JessupEmilia JonesAfter their father is murdered under mysterious circumstances, the three Locke siblings and their mother move into their ancestral home, Keyhouse, which they discover is full of magical keys that may be connected to their father's death.
- CreatorMiguel BarrosMateo GilStarsLuis TosarMarta BelmonteGuillermo ToledoLos Favoritos de Midas is based on the 1901 short story by Jack London. The six-part series follows Victor, a rich businessman, who is blackmailed in a strange way by a mysterious organization.
- StarsAyelet ZurerLihi KornowskiGal TorenFascination spirals into Faustian bargain after an ambitious female film director meets-and obsesses over-a younger femme-fatale screenwriter.
- CreatorIsaac AptakerElizabeth BergerStarsMichael CiminoRachel HilsonAnthony TurpelVictor is a new student at Creekwood High School on his own journey of self-discovery, facing challenges at home, adjusting to a new city, and struggling with his sexual orientation.
- CreatorGeorge KayStarsOmar SyLudivine SagnierSoufiane GuerrabInspired by the adventures of Arsène Lupin, gentleman thief Assane Diop sets out to avenge his father for an injustice inflicted by a wealthy family.
- StarsÈve LandryHolly UlothFlorence Longpré-'M'entends-tu?' is a dramatic comedy that plunges us into the unusual daily life of Ada, Fabiola and Carolanne, three long-time friends from the midst of poverty.
- CreatorCarolina RiveraFernando SariñanaStarsLudwika PaletaPaulina GotoMartín AltomaroAfter finding out their babies were switched at birth, two women develop a plan to adjust to their new lives creating a single and very peculiar family.
- StarsPrajakta KoliRohit SarafMuskkaan JaferiThe movie will be a romantic film featuring two people who are not right for each other. The story is about Prajakta's character who is a tech wizard and the guy who is interested in her.
- CreatorEliot LaurenceStarsTaylor HicksonAmalia HolmDemetria McKinneyA trio of witches are trained to become powerful weapons for the American military.
- CreatorDavid E. KelleyStarsBrendan GleesonHolland TaylorJharrel JeromeA demented killer taunts a retired police detective with a series of lurid letters and emails, forcing the ex-cop to undertake a private, and potentially felonious, crusade to bring the killer to justice before he can strike again.
- CreatorLang FisherMindy KalingStarsMaitreyi RamakrishnanPoorna JagannathanDarren BarnetThe complicated life of a first-generation Indian-American teenage girl, inspired by Mindy Kaling's own childhood.
- StarsAshleigh CummingsÓlafur Darri ÓlafssonJahkara SmithCharlie Manx, a seductive immortal who feeds off the souls of children, has his whole world threatened when a young woman in New England discovers she has a dangerous gift.
- CreatorRamón CamposGema R. NeiraTeresa Fernández-ValdésStarsMarina de TaviraMaribel VerdúJosé María YazpikA multi-layered thriller that explores the differences between youthful aspirations and the reality of adulthood, when the lives of a group of college friends are forever changed after a celebratory weekend ends up with one of them dead.
- CreatorDamian KindlerStarsTamara TaylorJ.C. MacKenzieAurora Dawson-HunteA semi-retired couple who work for a clandestine monster hunting agency discover dark family secrets and the truth about their employer after their magically inclined nigh adult kids reawaken a witch bent on revenge.
- CreatorChristian LimmerRonny SchalkAlexis WittgensteinStarsMisel MaticevicMartina GedeckKlaus SteinbacherIn 1900, A rich newcomer with a shady past arrives in Munich determined to crash the local Oktoberfest with his own brewery. But when his daughter falls in love with the heir to a rival brewery, a violent chain of events is unleashed that will threaten both families' futures.
- CreatorLeticia López MargalliStarsMaite PerroniErik HayserJorge PozaMarried Alma spends a fateful weekend away from home that ignites passion, ends in tragedy, and leads her to question the truth about those close to her.
- CreatorShannon BurkeJonas PateJosh PateStarsChase StokesMadelyn ClineMadison BaileyOn an island of haves and have-nots, teen John B enlists his three best friends to hunt for a legendary treasure linked to his father's disappearance.
- CreatorRonald D. MooreStarsCaitríona BalfeSam HeughanSophie SkeltonClaire Beauchamp Randall, a nurse in World War II, mysteriously goes back in time to Scotland in 1743. There, she meets a dashing Highland warrior and gets drawn into an epic rebellion.
- StarsLee Min-hoChoi Joon-YoungSoji AraiBased on the New York Times bestseller, this sweeping saga chronicles the hopes and dreams of a Korean immigrant family across four generations as they leave their homeland in an indomitable quest to survive and thrive.
- CreatorAmr SalamaStarsRazane JammalKarla MaatoukPhilip ShahbazSet in the 1960s, the series, packed with mystery and suspense, depicts the adventures of Doctor Refaat Ismail, a single hematologist who finds himself faced with a series of supernatural events.
- CreatorNatxo LópezRuth GarcíaDavid OlivaStarsDaniel GraoCarolina LapausaMelani OlivaresA man gets caught in Colombian customs with drugs, his goal is to end up in prison to contact who kidnapped his daughter years ago.
- CreatorAnnie WeismanStarsRose ByrneRory ScovelDierdre FrielA woman struggling in her life as a quietly tortured housewife finds an unconventional path to power through an unlikely source: the world of aerobics.
- CreatorRyan MurphyEvan RomanskyStarsSarah PaulsonFinn WittrockCynthia NixonIn 1947, Mildred Ratched begins working as a nurse at a leading psychiatric hospital. But beneath her stylish exterior lurks a growing darkness.
- CreatorTatiana BacalJoão Costa Van HombeeckRodrigo MonteStarsRavel AndradeHarley YeagerCarla RibasA zombie apocalypse that imprisons participants and producers of a reality show called Olimpo, The House of the Gods. The studio becomes a shelter for those who seek salvation in Rio de Janeiro where chaos and hopelessness begin to rule.
- StarsElla BalinskaTamara SmartSiena AgudongNearly three decades after the discovery of the T-virus, an outbreak reveals the Umbrella Corporation's dark secrets.
- CreatorRoberto Aguirre-SacasaStarsLili ReinhartCamila MendesCole SprouseWhile navigating the troubled waters of romance, school and family, Archie and his gang become entangled in dark Riverdale mysteries.