Romance TV Shows — NYT Top 100

Browse 6 romance TV shows from The New York Times' 100 Best TV Shows of the 21st Century, in their original ranking order.

Years on air

6 shows

  1. 13. Girls

    2012–2017

    Comedy, Drama, Romance

    Four young women in New York stumble through work, relationships, money, friendship, and adulthood with uncomfortable honesty.

  2. 42. Hacks

    2021–2026

    Comedy, Drama, Romance

    A legendary Las Vegas comedian and a young writer form a prickly partnership that evolves into rivalry, mentorship, and genuine attachment.

  3. 49. Normal People

    2020

    Drama, Romance

    Two Irish teenagers from different social backgrounds repeatedly come together and drift apart as they move from school into adulthood.

  4. 52. Downton Abbey

    2010–2015

    Drama, Family, Romance

    An aristocratic English family and its servants face love, scandal, war, inheritance, and social change in the early 20th century.

  5. 91. Catastrophe

    2015–2019

    Comedy, Romance

    An American man and an Irish woman become a couple after an unexpected pregnancy, then discover how messy marriage and parenting can be.

  6. 99. Gilmore Girls

    2000–2007

    Comedy, Drama, Romance

    A fast-talking single mother and her teenage daughter navigate love, school, family expectations, and life in a quirky Connecticut town.