Happiness then Tragedy TV Shows (
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When the queer female characters have a glorious, glorious moment of joy and rapture and everything is good… and then their relationships are torn asunder for the stupidest reasons. Usually driven by scared networks and similar excuses.

All in the Family

All in the Family is touted as the series that brought reality to prime-time TV entertainment.
Those were the days.

Network:
Airdates: 1971 - 1979

All My Children

All My Children was a daytime soap opera featuring the legendary Erica Kane played by Susan Lucci.

Network:
Airdates: 1970 - 2011

Ally McBeal

Ally McBeal is a young attorney who joins a prestigious law firm with a highly sexual environment.

Network:
Airdates: 1997 - 2002

Away

Commander Emma Green leaves behind her husband and daughter to lead an international crew of astronauts on a perilous three-year mission to Mars.

Network:
Airdates: 2020

Babylon 5

In the mid 23rd Century, the Earth Alliance space station Babylon 5, located in neutral territory, is a major focal point for political intrigue, racial tensions and various wars.

Network:
Airdates: 1994 - 1998

Bad Girls

A British hard-hitting drama about the staff and inmates of a women’s prison.

Network:
Airdates: 1999 - 2006

Buffy The Vampire Slayer

A young woman, destined to slay vampires, demons and other infernal creatures, deals with her life fighting evil, with the help of her friends.

Network: ,
Airdates: 1997 - 2003

Claws

Five manicurists at the Nail Artisan salon of Manatee County, Florida enter the traditionally male world of organized crime when they begin laundering money for a neighboring pain clinic.

Network:
Airdates: 2017 - 2021

Club Friday The Series

True stories of people’s lives and struggles with romance.

Network:
Airdates: 2012 - 2023

Code Black

The staff of the LA County Hospital emergency room treats patients under difficult circumstances.

Network:
Airdates: 2015 - 2018

Cold Case

The Philadelphia homicide squad’s lone female detective finds her calling when she’s assigned “cold cases”, older crimes that have never been solved.

Network:
Airdates: 2003 - 2010

Coronation Street

One of the most popular soaps in Britain. It’s simply about the people who live on Coronation Street, but they are anything but simple.

Network:
Airdates: 1961 - current