The 12 Best Musical Drama TV Series of All Time

Soap-opera stakes, original songs and backstage rivalries, with some entries that are far more serious than the genre suggests.

1. 1
   Glee

   The 2009 series about a high school glee club that turned show-tune and pop covers into a TV phenomenon.
   1000pts
2. 2
   Nashville

   A drama about rival country singers and the music business in Tennessee's capital.
   953pts
3. 3
   Fame

   The 1982 series about students at New York's High School for the Performing Arts.
   900pts
4. 4
   Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist

   A drama in which a programmer can hear people's inner feelings as pop songs.
   680pts
5. 5
   Treme

   HBO's drama about musicians and residents rebuilding New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina.
   600pts
6. 6
   Cop Rock

   Steven Bochco's 1990 series that put musical numbers into a police drama.
   600pts
7. 7
   Vinyl

   The HBO drama about a record label boss in 1970s New York.
   600pts
8. 8
   Crazy Ex-Girlfriend

   A musical comedy-drama with original songs about a lawyer who moves to California for an old flame.
   400pts
9. 9
   Julie and the Phantoms

   A Netflix series about a teen who forms a band with the ghosts of three musicians.
   273pts
10. 10
    Empire

    The Fox drama about a hip-hop mogul and his sons fighting for his music empire.
    273pts
11. 11
    Smash

    A drama following the creation of a Broadway musical about Marilyn Monroe.
    273pts
12. 12
    Daisy Jones & the Six

    The 2023 limited series about a fictional 1970s rock band's rise and breakup.
    0pts

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