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Ensemble cast

Ensemble cast TV Series

Many characters carrying equal weight.

Ranked by how defining this tag is for each show · 779 series

10/10 means the show is a defining example. Shows scoring below 7/10 don't make the list.

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779 series Taste tags cover the 5,000 most-rated shows.

This Is England '90

★ 8.4
11K 4 2015–2015
Working class · Naturalistic
8/10

American Crime

★ 7.7
10K 29 2015–2017
Social commentary · Anthology
8/10

Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later

★ 6.8
10K 8 2017–2017
Parody · Absurdist · Ironic & meta
8/10

Reboot

★ 7.3
10K 8 2022–2022
Ironic & meta · Satirical
8/10

Grand Army

★ 7.4
10K 9 2020–2020
School & campus · Coming of age
8/10

Are You Being Served?

★ 8.0
10K 69 1972–1985
British TV · Workplace · Sitcom
8/10

The Larry Sanders Show

★ 8.5
10K 89 1992–1998
Satirical · Workplace
8/10

EastEnders

★ 4.8
10K 7405 1985–present
Soap & telenovela · Long-runner
8/10

Tales of the City

★ 7.4
10K 10 2019–2019
Queer stories · Found family
8/10

The Chi

★ 7.5
10K 88 2018–2026
Social commentary · Gritty
8/10

The Big Door Prize

★ 6.5
10K 20 2023–2024
Small town · Ensemble cast
8/10

Lark Rise to Candleford

★ 8.2
9K 40 2008–2011
Period piece · Cozy · Small town
8/10

Soap

★ 8.3
9K 88 1977–1981
Soap & telenovela · Parody · Campy
8/10

Cubicles

★ 8.2
9K 20 2019–present
Workplace · Ensemble cast
8/10

Kengan Ashura

★ 7.9
9K 52 2019–present
Anime · Adrenaline · Sports
8/10

The House of Flowers

★ 7.5
9K 34 2018–2020
Family saga · Secrets & lies
8/10

Sports Night

★ 8.3
9K 45 1998–2000
Dialogue-driven · Workplace
8/10

World on Fire

★ 7.4
9K 13 2019–2023
War & military · Period piece
8/10

Benidorm

★ 7.6
9K 74 2007–2018
British TV · Ensemble cast
8/10

The Hateful Eight: Extended Version

★ 8.4
9K 4 2019–2019
Dialogue-driven · Graphic violence
8/10

Phoenix Nights

★ 8.6
8K 12 2001–2002
Working class · British TV
8/10

You, Me and the Apocalypse

★ 7.6
8K 10 2015–2022
Dark comedy · Ensemble cast
8/10

St. Denis Medical

★ 7.2
8K 37 2024–present
Workplace · Medical · Sitcom
8/10

Heroes

★ 7.5
8K 3 2006–present
Cliffhanger-driven · Mystery box
8/10