The Best TV Shows on Lifetime

Every Lifetime Show Ranked From Best To Worst

Peruse our comprehensive roster of Lifetime’s top shows, encompassing over 20 distinct series as of November 2026. The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd and Unsolved Mysteries represent the pinnacle of Lifetime’s programming, launching in 1987 and 1988. With its programming history stretching from 1987 to 2024, Lifetime offers an impressive lineup of over 20 shows.

  • You
    You (2018)8.0

    A dangerously charming, obsessive man goes to extreme measures to insert himself into the lives of women who fascinate him.

  • Unsolved Mysteries
    Unsolved Mysteries (1988)7.7

    Combines four to five segments of dramatic re-enactments, interviews and updates of real human and paranormal mysteries. An audience interactive call-to-action request allowed viewers to call in with tips to help solve the cases.

  • Drop Dead Diva
    Drop Dead Diva (2009)7.7

    A shallow model suddenly dies in an accident only to find her soul resurfacing in the body of a brilliant, plus-sized attorney.

  • Any Day Now
    Any Day Now (1998)7.5

    Any Day Now is an American drama series that aired on the Lifetime network from 1998 to 2002. The show stars Annie Potts and Lorraine Toussaint as best friends of different races who grew up in Birmingham, Alabama, in the 1960s during the peak of the Civil Rights Movement. In every episode, contemporary storylines are interwoven with a storyline from their shared past.

  • Army Wives
    Army Wives (2007)7.5

    Army Wives is an American drama series that follows the lives of four army wives, one army husband, and their families.

  • Strong Medicine
    Strong Medicine (2000)7.4

    The lives of staff in the womens' health clinic of a fictitious hospital in Philadelphia.

  • Witches of East End
    Witches of East End (2013)7.3

    The adventures of Joanna Beauchamp and her two adult daughters Freya and Ingrid -- both of whom unknowingly are their family's next generation of witches -- who lead seemingly quiet, uneventful modern day lives in Long Island's secluded seaside town of East Haven. When Freya becomes engaged to a young, wealthy newcomer, a series of events forces Joanna to admit to her daughters they are, in fact, powerful and immortal witches.

  • The Division
    The Division (2001)7.1

    The Division is an American crime drama television series created by Deborah Joy LeVine and starring Bonnie Bedelia. The series focused on a team of women police officers in the San Francisco Police Department. The series premiered on Lifetime on January 7, 2001 and ended on June 28, 2004 after 88 episodes.

  • Dance Moms
    Dance Moms (2011)7.1

    Dance Moms is an American dance reality series that debuted on Lifetime on July 13, 2011. Created by Collins Avenue Productions, it is set in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, at the Abby Lee Dance Company, and follows children's early careers in dance show business and their mothers.

  • Devious Maids
    Devious Maids (2013)7.1

    The series centers on four Latina maids working in the homes of Beverly Hills’ wealthiest and most powerful families, and a newcomer who made it personal after a maid was murdered and determined to uncover the truth behind her demise, and in the process become an ally in their lives.

  • Missing
    Missing (2003)6.9

    Jess Mastriani was a normal person who only wanted to take over her parents' restaurant in Indiana. But that changed when she was hit by lightning. After that she began seeing visions of missing people. Jess decides to use her newfound ability to be a consultant to the FBI, helping locate missing individuals. Eventually, she is hired by the bureau full-time and trained to become an agent, but her by-the-book nature sometimes clashes with the personality of her partner. Jess and her colleagues work out of the FBI's Washington, D.C., office.

  • The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd
    The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd (1987)6.8

    Molly Dodd, a divorced woman in her mid-thirties living in New York, navigates the ups and downs of a rapidly changing career, the challenges of apartment life, and the complexities of love and its consequences.

  • UnREAL
    UnREAL (2015)6.7

    Set against the backdrop of a hit dating competition show, Rachel is a young staffer whose sole job is to manipulate her relationships with and among the contestants to get the vital dramatic and outrageous footage the program's dispassionate executive producer demands.

  • The Client List
    The Client List (2012)6.6

    Riley Parks delicately balances two starkly different lives -- one as a single mom in a conservative town struggling to provide for her family and the other as a savvy and ambitious businesswoman working with a rowdy, sexy and unpredictable group of women.

  • Project Runway All Stars
    Project Runway All Stars (2012)6.6

    The MVPs from past seasons of Project Runway compete for a second chance at runway gold.

  • Hoarders
    Hoarders (2009)6.3

    Each episode of Hoarders is a fascinating look inside the lives of two different people whose inability to part with their belongings is so out of control that they are on the verge of a personal crisis.

  • Project Runway
    Project Runway (2004)6.2

    Aspiring fashion designers compete for a chance to break into the industry. Each week, a designer is eliminated from the competition after exhibiting their work in front of a judges' panel.

  • Married at First Sight
    Married at First Sight (2014)5.0

    The cart comes way before the horse in the reality series "Married at First Sight." Based on a hit Danish format, "Married..." features people who agree to participate in an extreme experiment: Each covenants legal marriage with a complete stranger. Specialists -- including a spiritualist, a relationship coach and a sociologist -- use scientific matchmaking methods to determine each couple, who will not have met or had contact with each other until the wedding day. The series then documents the relationships, including honeymoons and other relatable events of married life. After several weeks, each couple must decide whether to remain together or go their individual ways.

  • Intimate Portrait
    Intimate Portrait (1993)4.5

    Intimate Portrait is a biographical television series on the Lifetime Television cable network focusing on different celebrities, which includes interviews with each subject. Among the people profiled were Grace Kelly, Natalie Wood, Carly Simon, Jackie Kennedy, Katharine Hepburn, Carol Burnett, Tanya Tucker, and Marla Maples.

  • Theresa Caputo: Raising Spirits
    Theresa Caputo: Raising Spirits (2024)N/A

    No topic goes uncovered: from spending time as a devoted friend, mother, daughter, and grandma, to many exciting first-time adventures. She celebrates her son’s wedding, helps her daughter adjust to motherhood, visits with her parents next door… and channels her share of spirits for others. Whether she’s on the road or back home on Long Island, some people are put in Theresa’s path for a reason, and she is known for her surprise readings. Cameras are there to capture these impromptu moments no matter if she’s running an errand or at a drive-thru, and viewers see as she often makes big impressions on skeptics time and again, leaving them stunned.