Awkward in a Nutshell

Show Name: Awkward (2011-present)
Genre: Romance, Comedy, Teen, Drama
Run: 5 seasons (65 episodes as of today)
Running Time: 20-44 minutes
Network: MTV

Jenna Hamilton is a very normal, very awkward 15-year-old girl. And like most girls at Palos Hills High School, she's crushing on very popular, very attractive Matty McKibben. So when Matty invites her to meet him in a utility closet, she just can't say no. Jenna's life is no longer the same as she deals with boy problems, misunderstandings, and trying NOT to be a loser in high school.

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Hart of Dixie in a Nutshell

Show Name: Hart of Dixie (2011-2015)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Run: 4 seasons (76 episodes)
Running Time: 43 minutes
Network: The CW

New Yorker Zoe Hart thought she had it all together. After graduating from med school, she would become a cardio-thoracic surgeon like her father. However, it turns out her father is not a cardio-thoracic surgeon but small town physician, Dr. Harley Wilkes. Then, her life starts falling apart so she takes an offer from Dr. Harley Wilkes to work at his practice in Bluebell, Alabama, unbeknownst to her that he has a partner, Dr. Brick Breeland, and that he's actually dead and has left the practice to her.

When she arrives, Zoe starts out on the wrong foot with nearly everyone in town. However, knowing that this is her chance to get out away from her overbearing mother, Zoe braves it out and decides to stay in Bluebell. Here, in Bluebell. she finally finds a place that feels like home.

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Full House in a Nutshell

Show Name: Full House (1987-1995)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Run: 8 seasons (192 episodes)
Running Time: 22 minutes
Network: ABC

Set in San Francisco, news reporter Danny Tanner calls on his brother-in-law Jesse Katsopolis and best friend Joey Gladstone to help him raise his three daughters after the death of his wife, Pam, in a car accident. Danny, Jesse, and Joey work together to parent D.J., Stephanie, and Michelle as these girls face problems that come with growing up that customarily only a mother could understand. Over the years, the three men solidify their bonds as life-long friends as well creating a different kind of family with their three girls, making for a full house of love and joy.

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The Girl Who Sees Smells // Sensory Couple in a Nutshell

Show Name: The Girl Who Sees Smells / Sensory Couple (2015)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Run: 16 episodes
Running Time: 60 minutes

Based off a webtoon of the same title, The Girl Who Sees Smells (Sensory Couple), which first starts three years prior to the two main leads, Choi Moo-Gak and Oh Cho-Rim, meeting each other. Choi Eun-Seol is the only witness who has survived the “Barcode Murders”, but fell into a coma shortly after her traumatic experience and lost her memories. Having woken up from the coma, she is able to gain the synesthetic ability to see smells but does not remember the fate of her parents or who she originally was. A retired detective who was solving the "Barcode Murders" adopts her and names her Oh Cho Rim. Choi Moo-Gak's sister, who is also named Choi Eun-Seol, was entangled in the "Barcode" murder case, resulting in not only her death, but also in the loss of most of Choi Moo-Gak's senses (analgesia).

Choi Moo-Gak's sole focus is to catch his sister’s killer. When confronting criminals, he pushes his body to the limit and ignores what harm he may be causing himself. While unearthing the cold case, Choi Moo-Gak crosses paths with Oh Cho-Rim. Although Choi Moo-Gak lost his senses and Oh Cho-Rim has had her senses heightened, they both use their abilities to find the murderer. (The original title of “Sensory Couple” was “Girl Who Sees Smells.”)

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Chuck in a Nutshell

Show Name: Chuck (2007-2012)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Run: 5 seasons (91 episodes)
Running Time: 43 minutes
Network: NBC

Chuck Bartowski was an average computer nerd working at the Buy More as part of the Nerd Herd, based off Best Buy's Geek Squad, until his ex-roommate Bryce Larkin from Stanford sends him an encoded message that downloads the U.S. most important spy secrets into his brain. In order to protect the government's secrets and Chuck, they send in Colonel John Casey of the NSA and Agent Sarah Walker of the CIA to watch over Chuck as well as use his new-founded intelligence to help them on spy missions to save the day. Now a spy, Chuck struggles to balance his double life, torn between wanting to share his secret while protecting his friends and family.

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Jane by Design in a Nutshell

Show Name: Jane by Design (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Teen. Drama, Romance
Run: 1 season (18 episodes)
Running Time: 43 minutes
Network: ABC Family

Jane Quimby is a high school student who lands her dream job: working at Donovan Decker, a popular fashion company. However, she only gets the job because they believe she's twenty-something years old. Now, she has to try to manage her school work and her job, all the while dealing with everyday high school drama and keeping her identity a secret at her workplace.

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Bones in a Nutshell

Show Name: Bones (2005-present)
Genre: Crime, Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Run: 10 seasons (208 episodes as of today)
Running Time: 43 minutes
Network: Fox

Based off Kathy Reich's book series, Bones follows Temperance "Bones" Brennan, a forensic anthropologist, and Seeley Booth, an FBI agent, as they work together alongside the Jeffersonian team to solve murder cases in and around Washington D.C. Lending their scientific knowledge, Bones and the rest of the team receive the nickname "squints" by Booth because they always squint at the remains. Usually, the show has episodes-long arcs of serial murderers to accompany the everyday crimes. Beyond the crime solving and action, it also focuses on the relationships that develop among the team, including Booth, and their families.

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Keeping up with the Kardashians in a Nutshell

Show Name: Keeping up with the Kardashians (2007-present)
Genre: Reality, Comedy
Run: 10 seasons (138 episodes as of today)
Running Time: 43 minutes
Network: E!

Keeping up with the Kardashians revolves around the wealthy Kardashians and their daily lives, hence the name, Keeping up with the Kardashians. They're famous for being famous!! Their lives consist of many arguments and very amusing drama. Although this show has a very low ratings along with many critics, this show is very enjoyable, especially if you need a laugh.

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Modern Family in a Nutshell

Show Name: Modern Family (2009-present)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Run: 6 seasons (140 episodes as of today)
Running Time: 22 minutes
Network: ABC

Modern Family revolves around the ordinary lives of three families who are all related through Jay Pritchett: the Pritchett-Delgado family, the Dunphy family, and the Pritchett-Tucker family. There really is no plot whatsoever. It's just a show full of comedic situations and life lessons shot mockumentary style. Yes, that means that the characters are actually talking to the camera like they're in a documentary.

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Gilmore Girls in a Nutshell

Show Name: Gilmore Girls (2000-2007)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Run: 7 seasons (153 episodes)
Running Time: 43 minutes
Network: The WB/The CW

Lorelai Gilmore, a stubbornly independent and sassy single mom, raises her daughter who's also named Lorelai "Rory" Gilmore in the town of Stars Hallow, Connecticut. Lorelai was a high school dropout who ran away from home when she got pregnant at 16 but now owns her own the Dragonfly Inn with her best friend Sookie St. James. Rory is a brilliant, bookish high school student who breaks out of her shell over the course of the show and attends Yale. Together, they make the Gilmore Girls! The show follows Lorelai's and Rory's lives in Stars Hallow as well as Rory's adventures at her prep school Chilton and Yale. It also shows them having two separate lives almost, one in the small town of Stars Hallow and the other in Hartford where they are part of the socialite scene since Lorelai's parents, Emily and Richard, are extremely rich. Throughout, they learn to navigate their daily-life and relationship problems as well as making friendships that will last a lifetime.

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