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Best Drama TV Series of the 1990s

Top 500 most popular Drama series that started in the 1990s

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500 series (top 500 shown)

Sunset Beach

★ 6.9
3K 755 1997–1999
Drama · Romance

Wild Angel

★ 7.3
3K 270 1998–1999
Comedy · Drama · Romance

Bad Girls

★ 7.9
3K 107 1999–2006
Crime · Drama

The '60s

★ 7.0
3K 2 1999–1999
Drama

Dark Skies

★ 7.5
3K 19 1996–1997
Adventure · Drama · Mystery

The Darling Buds of May

★ 7.8
3K 20 1991–1993
Comedy · Drama

Warriors

★ 8.2
3K 2 1999–1999
Drama · War

Ready or Not

★ 6.9
3K 65 1993–1997
Drama · Family

Our Friends in the North

★ 8.6
3K 9 1996–1996
Drama · History

Murder One

★ 8.2
3K 41 1995–1997
Crime · Drama · Mystery

Streets of Laredo

★ 7.2
3K 3 1995–1995
Drama · Western

Sisters

★ 7.5
3K 127 1991–1996
Drama

Wild Palms

★ 7.0
3K 5 1993–1993
Drama · Mystery · Sci-Fi

Happy People

★ 7.7
3K 70 1993–1996
Comedy · Drama

Providence

★ 6.8
3K 96 1999–2002
Drama · Romance

Touching Evil

★ 7.8
3K 16 1997–1999
Crime · Drama · Mystery

Revolutionary Girl Utena

★ 8.1
3K 39 1997–1997
Animation · Comedy · Drama

Pie in the Sky

★ 7.7
2K 40 1994–1997
Comedy · Crime · Drama

Rough Riders

★ 7.3
2K 2 1997–1997
Action · Drama · History

Maury

★ 4.1
2K 5055 1991–2022
Comedy · Drama · Talk-Show

Hetty Wainthropp Investigates

★ 7.6
2K 27 1995–1998
Comedy · Crime · Drama

Atomic Train

★ 4.7
2K 2 1999–1999
Action · Drama · Thriller

Dark Shadows

★ 7.5
2K 12 1991–1991
Drama · Fantasy · Horror

Profit

★ 8.6
2K 8 1996–1997
Crime · Drama
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