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Family saga

Family saga TV Series

Bonds and fractures across generations of one family.

Ranked by how defining this tag is for each show · 301 series

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

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

This Is Us

★ 8.7
175K 106 2016–2022
Tearjerker · Family saga
10/10

Bloodline

★ 7.8
64K 33 2015–2017
Family saga · Secrets & lies
10/10

Parenthood

★ 8.3
44K 103 2010–2015
Family saga · Tearjerker
10/10

Mahabharat

★ 8.9
28K 94 1988–1990
Sprawling saga · Indian TV
10/10

Brothers & Sisters

★ 7.5
27K 110 2006–2011
Family saga · Ensemble cast
10/10

One Hundred Years of Solitude

★ 8.3
20K 16 2024–2026
Family saga · Sprawling saga
10/10

Pachinko

★ 8.4
18K 16 2022–2024
Family saga · Immigrant experience
10/10

Matador

★ 9.2
6K 24 1978–1982
Family saga · Period piece
10/10

Rich Man, Poor Man

★ 8.2
4K 9 1976–1976
Family saga · Event miniseries
10/10

Heimat: A Chronicle of Germany

★ 8.7
4K 11 1984–1984
Family saga · Real history
10/10

The Legacy

★ 7.6
4K 26 2014–2017
Family saga · Character study
10/10

House of the Dragon

★ 8.3
541K 27 2022–present
Royalty & aristocracy
9/10

Succession

★ 8.8
360K 39 2018–2023
Elites & privilege · Cynical
9/10

The Haunting of Hill House

★ 8.5
331K 10 2018–2018
Psychological horror · Unsettling
9/10

Yellowstone

★ 8.6
315K 53 2018–2024
Family saga · Rural & frontier
9/10

Downton Abbey

★ 8.7
247K 52 2010–2015
Period piece
9/10

Six Feet Under

★ 8.7
169K 63 2001–2005
Character study · Melancholic
9/10

The Originals

★ 8.2
161K 92 2013–2018
Family saga · Supernatural
9/10

1923

★ 8.3
104K 15 2022–2025
Rural & frontier · Period piece
9/10

Ray Donovan

★ 8.3
100K 82 2013–2020
Family saga · Antihero lead
9/10

The Righteous Gemstones

★ 8.1
66K 36 2019–2025
Faith & religion · Family saga
9/10

Animal Kingdom

★ 8.2
59K 75 2016–2022
Criminal underworld · Family saga
9/10

Blue Bloods

★ 7.7
54K 293 2010–2024
Family saga · Long-runner
9/10

Empire

★ 7.4
43K 102 2015–2020
Music scene · Soap & telenovela
9/10