Live-Action Business Dramas
A list of Live-Action shows that focus on, as a primary point the management and running of a business, large or small, national or multinational, family-based or not.
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- CreatorMatthew WeinerStarsJon HammElisabeth MossVincent KartheiserA drama about one of New York's most prestigious ad agencies at the beginning of the 1960s, focusing on one of the firm's most mysterious but extremely talented ad executives, Donald Draper.
- CreatorAlan BallStarsPeter KrauseMichael C. HallFrances ConroyA chronicle of the lives of a dysfunctional family who run an independent funeral home in Los Angeles.
- CreatorJesse ArmstrongStarsNicholas BraunBrian CoxKieran CulkinThe Roy family is known for controlling the biggest media and entertainment company in the world. However, their world changes when their father steps down from the company.
- CreatorJay CarsonKerry EhrinStarsJennifer AnistonReese WitherspoonBilly CrudupAn inside look at the lives of the people who help America wake up in the morning, exploring the unique challenges faced by the team.
- CreatorChristopher CantwellChristopher C. RogersStarsLee PaceScoot McNairyMackenzie DavisFollows some players in the 80s technological revolution that lead to information society.
- StarsSimon J. BergerAgnes KittelsenTobias SantelmannA dark drama series based on true stories from Norway's financial scene.
- CreatorAndrew DaviesKate BrookeStarsRon CookJeremy PivenTom Goodman-HillCenters on the real-life story of the flamboyant and visionary American founder of Selfridge's, London's department store.
- StarsPaula BeerBarry AtsmaDésirée NosbuschAmbitious Jana is confronted with the unscrupulous machinations of the world of finance. Her working life is determined by egotism, the pressure to succeed and machismo. She soon has to decide how far she is prepared to go for her career.
- CreatorOskar SöderlundJesper GanslandtStarsEvin AhmadAlexander AbdallahAli AlarikThe entrepreneurial jet set and the criminal world are more brutal, chaotic, and ruthless than ever. When these two worlds collide, loyalty, friendships, and business partners will be tested in the never-ending quest for easy money.
- CreatorDavid GreenwaltJohn McNamaraStarsAdrian PasdarLisa DarrLisa BlountJim Profit works for a multinational company and isn't above using any means necessary to get ahead, which includes bribery, blackmail, intimidation, extortion, and even murder. Everyone at the company, including the president, Charles Gracen, are oblivious to his dark side. As a matter of fact, Gracen thinks of him as a golden boy. But when Joanne Meltzer, the company's security chief, looks into his eyes, she sees something sinister. And when her boss, Jack Walters, is looking into some irregularities at the company, he asks Joanne to investigate, and initially the person she cornered said it was Profit who was behind it. But when Profit learned of this, he convinced this person to change the story she told Joanne. But Joanne knows that Profit is evil and so she tries to get the goods on him. At the same time, Profit tries to find a way to neutralize her and anyone else who might believe her.
- CreatorBrian McGreevyPhilipp MeyerLee ShipmanStarsPierce BrosnanJacob LoflandHenry GarrettA multi-generational epic telling of the story of America's birth as a superpower through the bloody rise and fall of one Texas oil empire.
- CreatorAnna Bache-WiigSiv Rajendram EliassenStarsNicolai Cleve BrochLena EndreHenrik RafaelsenAfter having success in Asia, businessman Aksel Borgen is asked back to his hometown in Norway to save an important local firm despite it being 20 years since he was sentenced and later acquitted for murdering his high school sweetheart.
- StarsHarley WallenKaiti WallenTevis R. MarcumNic is looking for a way out of the grind, he has paid his dues. But when a body turns up dead in his club and a vigilant cop comes after him, riding off into the sunset becomes a challenge.
- CreatorJames L. BrooksAllan BurnsGene ReynoldsStarsEdward AsnerRobert WaldenMason AdamsThe trials of a former television station manager, turned newspaper city editor, and his journalist staff.
- CreatorClyde PhillipsStarsDavid SchwimmerJim SturgessLorenza IzzoTwo friends open up a restaurant together.
- CreatorCynthia CidreStarsJimmy SmitsNestor CarbonellPolly WalkerA Latino family works together to operate a rum business.
- StarsKim CattrallMelia KreilingSteve HarrisThe heirs of a wealthy Southern businessman hatch a plan to get a piece of his fortune.
- CreatorEric BlakeneyStephen J. CannellStarsRichard GriecoMarcia StrassmanCarmen ArgenzianoIn this "21 Jump Street" spin-off, a rebellious young cop becomes an insurance investigator for a multinational corporation.
- CreatorChuck RoseStarsChristian CookeKate BosworthCary ElwesThe Art Of More exposes the crime and intrigue behind the glamorous facade of New York auction houses.
- CreatorRobert MunicRon BassStarsCam GigandetJeremy SistoAudrey Marie AndersonA diamond dealer navigates the culturally diverse and otherwise treacherous world of the diamond business.
- StarsJosefine PreußHeino FerchMarie BäumerThe mini-series follows the construction and history of the famous Adlon hotel in Berlin, as seen through the eyes of Sonja Schadt, the youngest member of the wealthy fictional Schadt family who are friends with the Adlons.
- StarsTeun KuilboerHein van der HeijdenAriane SchluterA family of Italian immigrants in The Netherlands has to balance their legitimate business - the family restaurant - with shady underground affairs.