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Top 500 most popular Drama series that started in the 2000s

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500 series (top 500 shown)

Langt fra Las Vegas

★ 7.4
2K 53 2001–2003
Comedy · Drama

Afterlife

★ 7.9
2K 14 2005–2006
Drama · Horror · Mystery

Intelligence

★ 8.1
2K 26 2005–2007
Crime · Drama · Mystery

Homicide Hills

★ 8.0
2K 58 2008–2024
Comedy · Crime · Drama

See No Evil: The Moors Murders

★ 7.0
2K 3 2006–2006
Crime · Drama · Thriller

Masters of Science Fiction

★ 6.7
2K 6 2007–2007
Drama · Fantasy · Horror

XXXHOLiC

★ 7.6
2K 40 2006–2011
Animation · Comedy · Drama

The Starter Wife

★ 6.8
2K 10 2007–2007
Comedy · Drama · Romance

The Idiot

★ 8.3
2K 10 2003–2003
Drama

One Outs

★ 8.2
2K 25 2008–2009
Animation · Drama · Sport

Kaiba

★ 8.0
2K 12 2008–2008
Adventure · Animation · Drama

Criminal Justice

★ 7.6
2K 10 2008–2009
Crime · Drama · Mystery

Rush

★ 7.5
2K 70 2008–2011
Crime · Drama · Mystery

Murder in Sweden

★ 6.8
2K 51 2008–present
Crime · Drama · Thriller

Mistresses

★ 7.6
2K 16 2008–2010
Drama

For You in Full Blossom: Ikemen Paradise

★ 7.9
2K 13 2007–2008
Comedy · Drama

Blue Murder

★ 7.3
2K 19 2003–2009
Crime · Drama · Mystery

Right on Time

★ 6.6
2K 24 2008–2008
Comedy · Drama

The Lost Prince

★ 7.6
2K 2 2003–2003
Biography · Drama

Junjou Romantica

★ 7.6
2K 37 2008–2015
Animation · Comedy · Drama
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