(Genre). Fantasy.
George R.R. Martin's best-selling book series "A Song of Ice and Fire" is brought to the screen as HBO sinks its considerable storytelling teeth into the medieval fantasy epic.
It's the depiction of two powerful families -- kings and queens, knights and renegades, liars and honest men -- playing a deadly game for control of the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros, and to sit atop the Iron Throne.
(Genre). Post-Apocalyptic fiction.
Based on the comic book series written by Robert Kirkman, this gritty drama portrays life in the weeks and months following a zombie apocalypse.
Led by police officer Rick Grimes, his family and a group of other survivors find themselves constantly on the move in search of a safe and secure home.
But the pressure each day to stay alive sends many in the group to the deepest depths of human cruelty, and Rick discovers that the overwhelming fear of the survivors can be more deadly than the zombies walking among them.
(Genre). Crime fiction.
Mild-mannered high school chemistry teacher Walter White thinks his life can't get much worse.
His salary barely makes ends meet, a situation not likely to improve once his pregnant wife gives birth, and their teenage son is battling cerebral palsy.
But Walter is dumbstruck when he learns he has terminal cancer.
Realizing that his illness probably will ruin his family financially, Walter makes a desperate bid to earn as much money as he can in the time he has left by turning an old RV into a meth lab on wheels.
(Genre). Mystery.
This haunting series follows the thrilling yet terrifying journeys of Sam and Dean Winchester, two brothers who face an increasingly sinister landscape as they hunt monsters.
After losing their mother to a supernatural force, the brothers were raised by their father as soldiers who track mysterious and demonic creatures.
Violent memories and relationship-threatening secrets add additional burdens on Sam and Dean as they investigate all things that go bump in the night.
As old tricks and tools are rendered useless and friends betray them, the brothers must rely on each other as they encounter new enemies.
(Genre). Adventure.
Filmed in Ireland, it premiered on March 3, 2013 in Canada.
Vikings is inspired by the sagas of Viking Ragnar Lothbrok, one of the best-known legendary Norse heroes and notorious as the scourge of England and France.
(Genre). Horror fiction.
"American Horror Story" was created by the co-creators of "Glee," but the shows have little in common besides that.
The show revolves around the Harmons, a family of three, who move from Boston to Los Angeles in order to reconcile past anguish.
What the Harmons don't know is that the house they've moved into is haunted.
But it's not haunted by Casperesque friendly ghosts -- it's haunted by demonic creatures.
The creatures have a history of not only spooking the house's residents but also devouring them. After living in this house, family patriarch and psychiatrist, Ben, may need a shrink of his own.
(Genre). Post-apocalyptic fiction.
Several years since a zombie virus swept across America, there's only one person -- who goes by just Murphy -- known to have survived the infection -- the world's last hope at creating a vaccine.
The last functioning viral lab needs blood from him for its antibodies, but the facility is in California and the man is in New York.
A ragtag group of strangers works to transport him to the West Coast, but his dark secret remains hidden, which could threaten everyone.
Hammond and his second in command, Garnett, initially lead the group of the living -- later replaced by Lt. Warren -- and computer hacker Citizen Z helps everyone navigate through the zombie-infested terrain.
When the group meets a man in Colorado, he offers to take Murphy the rest of the way to California.
When nuclear weapons are launched, people head into survival mode and become desperate to find a cure.
(Genre). Fantasy.
Ex-convict Shadow Moon roams a world he doesn't understand, left adrift by the recent, tragic death of his wife.
Little does he know his life is about to change after he meets a crafty, charismatic con man named Mr. Wednesday, who offers Shadow a job as his bodyguard.
As their journey begins, Shadow encounters a hidden America where magic is real and fear grows over the ascending power of New Gods like Technology and Media.
In a grand plan to combat the threat, Mr. Wednesday attempts to unite the Old Gods to defend their existence and rebuild the influence that they've lost, leaving Shadow struggling to accept this new world and his place in it.
(Genre). Historical period drama.
Adventurer James Keziah Delaney, long believed to be dead, returns home to London from Africa in 1814 in order to inherit his late father's shipping empire.
All is not what it seems, however, as Delaney encounters numerous enemies intent on making his life back in the United Kingdom very difficult.
Focused on building a shipping empire to rival the imperious East India Company, Delaney's other wish to seek vengeance for his father's death means conspiracy, betrayal and bloodshed are also in the cards.
As he works to accomplish that, Delaney must also navigate increasingly complex territories in order to avoid his own death sentence.
(Genre). Comedy.
Three young men and three young women - of the BFF kind - live in the same apartment complex and face life and love in New York.
They're not above sticking their noses into one another's businesses and swapping romantic partners, which always leads to the kind of hilarity average people will never experience - especially during breakups.
(Genre). Crime fiction.
Michael Scofield is a desperate man in a desperate situation.
His brother, Lincoln Burrows, was convicted of a crime he didn't commit and put on Death Row.
Michael holds up a bank to get himself incarcerated alongside his brother in Fox River State Penitentiary, then sets in motion a series of elaborate plans to break Lincoln out and prove his innocence.
Once out of jail, their perils aren't over -- the brothers must flee to escape recapture and battle an intricate political conspiracy that puts everyone's life at risk.
