The Best TV Shows on Zee TV

Every Zee TV Show Ranked From Best To Worst

Leading the pack on Zee TV are Kabhi To Milenge and Jeena Isi Ka Naam Hai, with their initial broadcasts in 2001 and 2002. Zee TV has over 20 shows broadcast from as early as 2001 and as recent as 2023. As of January 2026, we’ve curated over 20 of Zee TV’s premier shows for your viewing pleasure.

  • Maitree
    Maitree (2023)7.7

  • Guddan - Tumse Na Ho Payega
    Guddan - Tumse Na Ho Payega (2018)6.8

    Guddan faces a big challenge when she becomes a mother-in-law to three daughters-in-law after marrying Akshat, a widower.

  • Pavitra Rishta
    Pavitra Rishta (2009)6.3

    Pavitra Rishta is an Indian soap opera that airs on Zee TV. It premiered on 1 June 2009 and airs weeknights. It is produced by Ekta Kapoor of Balaji Telefilms. Pavitra Rishta portrays the life of two common middle-class Maharashtrian families in the city of Mumbai and their day-to-day life. It particularly focuses on the journey of the couple Manav and Archana and their grown-up children.

  • Jeena Isi Ka Naam Hai
    Jeena Isi Ka Naam Hai (2002)6.0

    Host Farooq Shaikh interviews many well-known Bollywood faces as well as television celebrities and gives a peek into their private and professional lives.

  • Queen of Jhansi
    Queen of Jhansi (2009)5.9

    Ek Veer Stree Ki Kahaani... Jhansi Ki Rani is an Indian historical drama based on the life of Lakshmi Bai, the Rani of Jhansi, one of the leading figures of the Indian Rebellion of 1857. The series was directed by Jitendra Srivastava and written by Rajesh Saksham, Ila Dutta Bedi, Malavika Asthana and Mairaj Zaidi. It premiered on 18 August 2009 on Zee TV with Ulka Gupta playing Queen Lakshmi Bai. On 8 June 2010 the story moved on several years and Kratika Sengar portrayed the Queen from there on. The show's last episode went to air on 19 June 2011.

  • Bhagya Lakshmi
    Bhagya Lakshmi (2021)5.8

    Hailing from a middle-class family, Lakshmi’s life is upended when she realises that her marriage to Rishi Oberoi, an industrialist’s son, is a sham to keep his death at bay.

  • Young Dreams
    Young Dreams (2012)5.5

    The story of two teenage girls Gunjan and Rachna. Gunjan, a modern girl living in Mumbai, loses her very loved mother after she gets diagnosed with cancer. Sneha, Gunjan's late mother, tells her sister Shail before she dies to take Gunjan back to her very large family and home in Banaras. Rachna, an old-fashioned, sweet, and simple girl living in Banaras is delighted to have a sister and makes Gunjan happy in every way she can with her mischievous little cousin, Dholu. Lots of problems enter the Garg household but will they be able to handle them whilst sticking together as one?

  • Jodha & Akbar
    Jodha & Akbar (2013)5.5

    Jodha Akbar is an epic drama about a sixteenth century story of the political marriage of convenience between a Mughal emperor Abu'l-Fath Jalal ud-din Muhammad Akbar and a Rajput princess Jodha Bai. The show focuses on how their political marriage brings love between them to an extent that it changed the fate of India. This period drama also portrays the wars of that time along with the relations between the Mughals and the Rajputs. The drama also focuses on the functioning of the queens, the courts, courtesans, the ministers and their influence on the love story of Jalal ud-din Muhammad Akbar and Jodha Bai. The show also highlights on how Mughal emperor Jalal ud-din Muhammad acquires the title of Akbar from the people.

  • Pyar Ka Pehla Naam: Radha Mohan
    Pyar Ka Pehla Naam: Radha Mohan (2022)5.5

    In modern-day Vrindavan, Mohan, a charming flute player, loses his spark post a tragedy. Radha, who admires him since her childhood days, decides to remind him of his true love, Lord Krishna.

  • Tujhse Hai Raabta
    Tujhse Hai Raabta (2018)5.0

    Tale of a bittersweet relationship between stepmother and daughter.

  • Lag Ja Gale
    Lag Ja Gale (2023)5.0

    Shiv and Ishani tie the knot to ease the path for their siblings’ marriage. Will their marriage, which has taken place under compelling circumstances, stand the test of time?

  • Kumkum Bhagya
    Kumkum Bhagya (2014)3.6

    Follow the life of Punjabi matriarch Sarla Arora who runs a marriage hall and lives with the hope of seeing her two daughters Pragya and Bulbul who're poles apart, happily married some day.

  • Meet
    Meet (2021)3.5

    A remake of Zee Sarthak’s Sindura Bindu. Despite her efforts to provide for her family, Meets disregard for societal gender norms and her nonconformist job as a delivery agent make her an unsuitable girl in the eyes of her family.

  • Survivor
    Survivor (2021)3.0

    Popular celebrities participate in this reality show that takes them to an island where their instincts of human survival are tested through demanding mental and physical challenges

  • Kasamh Se
    Kasamh Se (2006)2.0

    Bani, Piya and Rano who move to Mumbai following their father's death. The trio reunite with their late father's wealthy acquaintance, Jai Walia... hence, their fate and very purpose of existence is put on the line - questioning the promise they made; supporting one another through thick and thin.

  • Aap Ke Aa Jane Se
    Aap Ke Aa Jane Se (2018)2.0

  • Hamari Wali Good News
    Hamari Wali Good News (2020)2.0

    Hamariwali Good News is a Hindi drama serial that depicts the sweet and sour relationship between Kavya, daughter-in-law of the Tiwari family based in Agra and her mother-in-law, Renuka. The beauty of their relationship further develops when Kavya learns that she cannot become a mother and Renuka decides to bear her children for her.

  • Kabhi To Milenge
    Kabhi To Milenge (2001)N/A

    Kabhi To Milenge is an Indian television series that aired on Zee TV based on the story of a woman who has been wrongly convicted for the murder of her own husband. The series premiered on July 2, 2001, and aired every Monday to Friday at 10pm IST. It starred known Bollywood film actress Rati Agnihotri in the main lead and was directed by known Bollywood film director Anant Mahadevan who also worked in the series.

  • Aapki Antara
    Aapki Antara (2009)N/A

    Aapki Antra was a Zee TV soap opera which premiered on June 1, 2009 and ended on February 18, 2010. The story is about a girl, Antara, who is diagnosed with autism and who positively affects the lives of those she encounters during her life.

  • Phir Subah Hogi
    Phir Subah Hogi (2012)N/A

    Phir Subah Hogi is an Indian soap opera series that currently airs on Zee TV, about the Bediya community of Bundelkhand region, Madhya Pradesh. It premiered on April 17, 2012. It airs weeknights. It is being shot in Wai village near Mahabaleshwar.