1. Alias
2. The Mis-Adventures of Awkward Black Girl

3. United States of Tara
4. Friday Night Lights

5. Crashing

6. Girlfriends

7. Everwood
8. My Mad Fat Diary

9. Freaks and Geeks

10. Undeclared

11. The Get Down

12. Looking

13. Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
14. Army Wives

15. Party Down

16. My So-Called Life
17. Veronica Mars

18. Lincoln Heights

19. Broadchurch

20. Roswell
21. 12 Monkeys

22. Misfits

23. And finally, Enlightened

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