TV series about single mothers

TV series about single mothers
List of the best series about single mothers selected by visitors to our site: In From the Cold, Maid, Mrs. Fletcher, Jett, Emergence, Обычная женщина, American Woman, One Day at a Time, SMILF, Hawthorne.

In the top there are new series of 2022, a plot description and trailers for series that have already been released.

Genre
Country
Genrefantastic, action, drama, detective
CountryUSA
CharactersCIA, Special agents, Former Special Agent

Exposed as an ex-Russian spy, an American single mom must juggle family life and unique shape-shifting skills in a battle against an insidious enemy.

Genredrama
CountryUSA
CharactersStrong women, Single mothers
PlotSuccess, Overcoming difficulties

After fleeing an abusive relationship, a young mother finds a job cleaning houses and fights to provide a better future for her child.

Markimdb: 7.1
Genrecomedy, drama
CountryUSA
CharactersSingle mothers
PlotRelationship
PlaceCollege, USA

A dual coming-of-age comedy exploring the impact of internet porn and social media, Mrs. Fletcher follows empty nest divorcée Eve Fletcher — as she reinvents her life to find the happiness and sexual fulfillment that’s eluded her, and her college freshman son Brendan.

Markimdb: 7.4
Genrethriller, drama, crime
CountryUSA
Duration01:02
CharactersGangsters, Single mothers
PlacePrison, USA
TimeDark ones
StyleAtmospheric, Fascinating

Fresh out of prison, world-class thief Daisy ”Jett” Kowalski is forced back into doing what she does best by dangerous and eccentric criminals determined to exploit her skills for their own ends.

Markimdb: 7.2
Genrefantastic, drama, detective
CountryUSA
CharactersSingle mothers
PlotSupernatural, Investigation, Mystery, Mystery, Divorce
StyleAtmospheric

A police chief takes in a young child she finds near the site of a mysterious accident who has no memory of what has happened. The investigation draws her into a conspiracy larger than she ever imagined, and the child’s identity is at the center of it all.

Markimdb: 7.3
Genredrama, crime
CountryRussia
Duration01:08
CharactersFamily, Strong women
PlaceRussia

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Markimdb: 6.3
Genrecomedy
CountryUSA
Duration02:12
CharactersSerial killers, Strong women, Sisters, Housewives, Single mothers
StyleFor girls, Easy

This 1970s period dramedy inspired by the real life Kyle Richards and set amid the sexual revolution and the rise of second-wave feminism follows Bonnie, an unconventional mother struggling to raise her two daughters after leaving her husband. With the help of her two best friends, Kathleen and Diana, these three women will each discover their own brand of independence in a world reluctant to give it.

Markimdb: 8.2
Genrecomedy
CountryUSA
Duration02:00
CharactersSingle mothers, Veterans
PlotLove, Depression
PlaceUSA
StyleEasy, Fascinating

In a reimagining of the TV classic, a newly single Latina mother raises her teen daughter and tween son with the "help" of her old-school mom.

Markimdb: 6.7
Genrecomedy, drama
CountryUSA
Duration02:19
CharactersSingle mothers, Parents, Actors, Poor
PlotLove, Basketball
PlaceUSA
StyleLovely

A raw and honest comedic look at a single, 20-something from Southie whose desires for relationships, sex, and a career collide with the realities of young, single motherhood.

Markimdb: 6.1
Genredrama
CountryUSA
Duration00:43
CharactersNurses, Single mothers
StyleTo cry, Touching

Hawthorne is an hour-long medical drama on the TNT television network starring Jada Pinkett Smith and Michael Vartan. It premiered on June 16, 2009. On Thursday, September 16, 2010, it was announced that Hawthorne has been renewed for a third and final season consisting of 10 episodes. The third and final season of the show premiered on June 14, 2011. On September 2, 2011, it was announced that TNT had decided not to renew HawthoRNe, so the Season 3 finale, a cliffhanger, was the series finale.

Markimdb: 8.5
Genredrama, crime, detective
CountryUSA
Duration01:46
CharactersFamily, Housewives, Single mothers, Parents
PlotTreason, Investigation, Death, Mystery, Intrigue
StyleFor girls, Twisted plot, Unexpected ending

Subversive, darkly comedic drama Big Little Lies tells the tale of three mothers of first graders whose apparently perfect lives unravel to the point of murder.

Markimdb: 7.2
Genrefantastic, thriller, drama, detective
CountryUnited Kingdom
CharactersSingle mothers
PlotTreason, Supernatural, Life, Mystery, Relationship
StyleAction, Twisted plot, By books, Women in the lead roles, Fascinating

A single mother enters a world of twisted mind games when she begins an affair with her psychiatrist boss while secretly befriending his mysterious wife.

Markimdb: 8.7
Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, fantasy, drama, detective
CountryUSA
Duration03:09
CharactersAliens, Monsters, Childrens, Single mothers
PlotSuperpowers, Supernatural, Apocalypse, Investigation, Adventures
PlaceSchool, Parallel worlds, Small towns, Portals to other worlds
StylePopular, Worth watching, Spectacular, For children, Atmospheric

When a young boy vanishes, a small town uncovers a mystery involving secret experiments, terrifying supernatural forces, and one strange little girl.

Markimdb: 8.7
Genrecomedy, drama
CountryUSA
Duration02:10
CharactersSingle mothers
PlotLove, Treason, betrayal, Divorce
PlaceUSA
StyleFor girls, Atmospheric, Fascinating

It’s 1958 Manhattan and Miriam “Midge” Maisel has everything she’s ever wanted - the perfect husband, kids, and Upper West Side apartment. But when her life suddenly takes a turn and Midge must start over, she discovers a previously unknown talent - one that will take her all the way from the comedy clubs of Greenwich Village to a spot on Johnny Carson’s couch.

Markimdb: 6.6
Genrecomedy
CountryUSA
CharactersBrothers, Single mothers, Good people
StyleTo cry

Ben and Kate are a pair of odd-couple siblings - one, a responsible single mom; the other, an exuberant dreamer - who reunite to help raise Kate's daughter.

Markimdb: 7.4
Genremelodrama, drama
CountryUSA
CharactersFriends, Single mothers
PlotLove, Life, Divorce, The meaning of life, Everyday life
PlaceUSA

Lifelong friends Maddie, Helen and Dana Sue lift each other as they juggle relationships, family and careers in the small, Southern town of Serenity.

Markimdb: 7.9
Genrecomedy, drama, crime
CountryUSA
Duration00:25
CharactersHousewives, Single mothers
PlotFamily life

Weeds is an American dark comedy-drama series created by Jenji Kohan. The central character is Nancy Botwin, a widowed mother of two boys who begins selling cannabis to support her family after her husband dies suddenly of a heart attack. Over the course of the show, she and her family become increasingly entangled in illegal activities.

Markimdb: 7.6
Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
CountrySweden
CharactersSingle mothers, Criminals
PlotMoney

The lives of an ambitious businesswoman, a charming gang enforcer and a troubled teen collide amidst a desperate — and sinister — pursuit of wealth.

Markimdb: 8.1
Genrecomedy, drama
CountryUSA
Duration00:43
CharactersTeenagers, Family, Students, Friends, Single mothers
PlotLove, Family life
PlaceSmall towns
StyleFor children, Lovely, Touching

Set in the charming town of Stars Hollow, Connecticut, the series follows the captivating lives of Lorelai and Rory Gilmore, a mother/daughter pair who have a relationship most people only dream of.

Markimdb: 7.2
Genrefantastic, drama
CountryUSA
CharactersSuperhero, Heroes, Single mothers
PlotSuperpowers, Relationship, Adventures, Mystery
PlaceSchool, USA
StyleAtmospheric

A widowed mom sets out to solve the mystery surrounding her young son's emerging superpowers while keeping his extraordinary gifts under wraps.

Markimdb: 7.7
Genremelodrama, drama, family
CountryUSA
Duration00:43
CharactersTeenagers, Family, Students, Friends, Disabled people
PlotBasketball, Family life
PlaceSchool, USA
StyleTo cry, Fascinating, Touching

The story of two teenage girls who discover they were accidentally switched as newborns in the hospital. Bay Kennish grew up in a wealthy family with two parents and a brother, while Daphne Vasquez, who lost her hearing at an early age due to a case of meningitis, grew up with a single mother in a working-class neighborhood. Things come to a dramatic head when both families meet and struggle to learn how to live together for the sake of the girls.

Markimdb: 7.8
Genrecomedy
CountryUSA
Duration01:00
CharactersRich guys and poor girls, Pregnant women, Single mothers
PlotInvestigation, Love triangle, Intrigue
StyleEasy, Fascinating

A comedy-drama following a chaste young woman who is accidentally impregnated via artificial insemination as she struggles to inform her devoutly religious family and make the right choices concerning the child. Based on the telenovela "Juana la virgen."

Markimdb: 7.8
Genrecomedy, melodrama
CountryUSA
CharactersFriends, Writers, Single mothers
PlotLove with age difference
PlaceUSA
StyleFor girls, Easy, By books, Fascinating

Liza Miller, a suddenly single stay-at-home mother, tries to get back into the working world, only to find it’s nearly impossible to start at the bottom at 40-year old. When a chance encounter convinces her she looks younger than she is, Liza tries to pass herself off as 26 and lands a job as an assistant at Empirical Press. Now she just has to make sure no one finds out the secret only she and her best friend Maggie share.

Markimdb: 7.5
Genrecomedy, drama, crime
CountryFrance
CharactersSingle mothers
StyleFascinating

Candice Renoir had put her career on standby for 10 years. When she returns from Singapore to resume service in a port town in the south of France, she feels a bit “rusty”. Despite the obvious defiance of her unit and a cynical superior who doesn’t make her job any easier, she is determined to turn her so-called weaknesses into strengths, solving the most complex cases with her common sense, her acute observation and her practical nature seasoned by a busy daily routine.Only Candice can catch a killer because she knows the chemical composition of a window-cleaning product or determine the hour of a murder from the cooking-time of kebabs… Candice is only naive on the outside, and nobody can resist her!

Markimdb: 7.5
Genrecomedy, drama
CountryUSA
CharactersTeenagers, Mother and daughter, Single mothers, New kids at school, Friends
PlotRelationship, Move, Growing up, Everyday life, Women's rights
PlaceSchool, USA
StyleTouching

Angsty and awkward fifteen year old Ginny Miller often feels more mature than her thirty year old mother, the irresistible and dynamic Georgia Miller. After years on the run, Georgia desperately wants to put down roots in picturesque New England and give her family something they've never had... a normal life. But it's not all carpool and Kombucha as Georgia's past threatens her and her family's new way of life... and Georgia will do anything to protect her family.

Markimdb: 6.6
Genrecomedy, drama
CountryRussia
CharactersComedian, Single mothers
PlotLife, Relationship
PlaceRussia
StyleWomen in the lead roles

The story of a modern woman who lives in a metropolis with two children, two ex-husbands and mother-in-law. Common life, except that she is a professional stand-up comedian.

Markimdb: 7.7
Genrecomedy, drama
CountryCanada
CharactersFamily, Lesbians, Parents
PlotLove
StyleEasy, Fascinating

Four women juggle love, careers, and parenthood. They support, challenge, and try not to judge each other as life throws them curveballs. Whether it is an identity crisis, a huge job opportunity, postpartum depression, or an unplanned pregnancy – they face both the good and bad with grace and humour.

Markimdb: 6.8
Genrethriller, drama
CountryUnited Kingdom
Duration00:59
CharactersFamily, Businessmen
PlotInvestigation, Politics, Power

Max is a charismatic self-made American businessman with media outlets in London and around the world. When the self-destructive lifestyle of his 30 year-old son, Caden, spirals out of control, the devastating consequences threaten the future of the family, its empire, and a country on the brink of change.

Markimdb: 8.7
Genremelodrama, drama, sport
CountrySouth Korea

The dreams of two young people are crushed by an overwhelming financial crisis in the 1990s. But when they reunite at the ages of 25 and 21, the spirited pair finds friendship and affection in times of adversity as they venture into adulthood together.

Markimdb: 7.3
Genrecomedy, family
CountryUSA
CharactersSingle mothers
PlotGrowing up
PlaceSchool
StyleTo cry, Fascinating

Best friends Raven and Chelsea, now both divorced mothers, are raising their children in a house together. Their house is turned upside down when they realize one of Raven's children inherited the same psychic abilities as their mother.





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