01 A telenovela premise played completely straight, funny and genuinely romantic all at once.
12 Best Romance TV Series
By Vlad Zakh · August 25, 2026
Bridgerton and Outlander sit at the glossier, more escapist end, while Normal People and One Day show how much restraint the format can hold. Jane the Virgin plays a telenovela premise completely straight, funny and genuinely romantic, Younger has a single mother pretending to be younger to restart her career, and One Day offers fourteen years of near-misses, one day at a time. Love Life follows one character’s whole romantic history. You, Ginny & Georgia, Modern Love, Sex/Life and Virgin River round out the list.
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02 A single mother pretends to be younger to restart her career, and love complicates things fast.
03 Fourteen years of near-misses between two people, told one day at a time.
04 Anna Kendrick leads this television series following one woman's romantic life across an entire season.
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05 A mother-daughter dramedy with real romantic subplots threaded through both leads.
06 Quiet, restrained, and one of the more devastating on-and-off romances on television.
07 An anthology series built on real essays, with a different love story every episode.
08 A married woman's past relationship resurfaces and complicates her present one.
09 A charming, obsessive bookstore manager whose romantic pursuits turn deadly.
10 Small-town, low-stakes romance built for easy, comforting binge-watching.
11 Time-travel romance with real historical stakes and a decade-plus of momentum.
12 A glossy, gossip-fuelled Regency romance following London's marriage-market elite.
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