Are you looking for a new television series to binge watch? Do you love shows with incredibly strong female characters? Then clear your schedule and fire up Netflix, because you need to check out these shows:
1. Girls follows four young women named Hannah Horvath, Jessa Johansson, Shoshanna Shapiro and Marni Michaels; this close group of friends is fresh out of college, and through heartbreak, girly drama, failed career moves, drunken escapades, rehab, and trying to survive in The Big Apple, Hannah, Jessa, Shosh, and Marni prove to their parents, colleagues, and even themselves that they are more than capable of success in their respective paths even in difficult times.
2. Gossip Girl shows the transformation of best friends Blair Waldorf and Serena Van Der Woodsen, from their rebellious high school years to being mischievous college students, and eventually becoming powerful, successful professionals while their deepest secrets were constantly put on blast to all of New York City by the infamous Gossip Girl.
3. Scandal’s Olivia Pope was a Presidential campaign’s media relations consultant who later became the President’s assistant for communications. However, after her own political love affair, Pope quits her job to open a consulting firm called “Olivia Pope and Associates” that protects the public images and reputations of people in the political spotlight.
4. 2 Broke Girls features two very opposite, very broke roommates named Max Black and Caroline Channing who work at a rundown Brooklyn diner. Though at first they dislike each other, they become the unlikeliest of best friends that share a dream opening their own cupcake shop. Even when they seem to run into dilemmas that set them back, Max and Caroline work their tails off to earn their total goal of $25,000.
5. Scrubs’ Elliot Reed began as an intern at Sacred Heart Hospital and worked her way up to being a Chief Resident Doctor. Elliot endures ridicule from male colleagues and many patients simply because she is a female doctor, but proves herself to be one of the top young doctors in her hospital. Another strong female character from Scrubs is Carla Espinosa, the Head Nurse of Sacred Heart Hospital. Carla is the one person who always picks everyone up when they fall apart while staying on top of her career and balancing her family and personal life. Elliot and Carla are a powerful duo that balances each other as they fight to break the female stereotypes of the medical field.
6. The Carrie Diaries is a prequel show to Sex and The City, and is all about an adolescent Carrie Bradshaw. Carrie is a determined high school student who finds her niche in the world of journalism, and is offered a great internship at Interview Magazine. Carrie will do anything and everything she can to prove to her father, her employer, and everyone in the professional world that she is serious, committed, and capable of being a professional journalist even as a teenager.Â