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Suburban underbelly

Suburban underbelly TV Series

Dark currents beneath tidy suburban surfaces.

Ranked by how defining this tag is for each show · 62 series

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

Desperate Housewives

★ 7.7
155K 180 2004–2012
Suburban underbelly
10/10

Weeds

★ 7.9
123K 102 2005–2012
Suburban underbelly · Dark comedy
10/10

The Watcher

★ 6.5
94K 14 2022–present
Suburban underbelly · Unsettling
9/10

Good Girls

★ 7.7
68K 50 2018–2021
Suburban underbelly
9/10

Little Fires Everywhere

★ 7.6
62K 8 2020–2020
Suburban underbelly · Class divide
9/10

Candy

★ 7.1
28K 5 2022–2022
Suburban underbelly · True crime
9/10

Candy

★ 8.0
15K 8 2021–present
Suburban underbelly · True crime
9/10

Moral Orel

★ 8.1
9K 43 2005–2009
Faith & religion
9/10

The 'Burbs

★ 6.4
8K 9 2026–present
Suburban underbelly
9/10

Satisfaction

★ 7.2
4K 20 2014–2015
Suburban underbelly
9/10

Grosse Pointe Garden Society

★ 6.8
4K 13 2025–2025
Suburban underbelly
9/10

Breaking Bad

★ 9.5
2.6M 62 2008–2013
Antihero lead
8/10

The Sopranos

★ 9.2
585K 86 1999–2007
Antihero lead
8/10

Big Little Lies

★ 8.4
246K 15 2017–2026
Female perspective
8/10

Riverdale

★ 6.4
166K 137 2017–2023
Soap & telenovela · Young adult
8/10

Santa Clarita Diet

★ 7.8
84K 30 2017–2019
Dark comedy · Suburban underbelly
8/10

Defending Jacob

★ 7.7
80K 8 2020–2020
Suburban underbelly
8/10

Safe

★ 7.2
62K 8 2018–2018
Secrets & lies
8/10

Your Friends & Neighbors

★ 7.7
61K 20 2025–present
Elites & privilege
8/10

Love & Death

★ 7.5
54K 7 2023–2023
True crime · Suburban underbelly
8/10

All Her Fault

★ 7.5
47K 8 2025–2025
Secrets & lies
8/10

Why Women Kill

★ 8.3
39K 20 2019–2021
Female perspective
8/10

Big Love

★ 7.7
25K 53 2006–2011
Faith & religion · Family saga
8/10

Doctor Foster: A Woman Scorned

★ 7.6
24K 11 2015–2017
Revenge · Secrets & lies
8/10