Shows like Knots Landing

Urban sprawl provides the backdrop for these dramas. Each story focuses on the friction between personal ambition and the complex social structures of a specific neighborhood or workplace.

This list offers a continuation of those tangled relational webs for viewers who enjoyed the California lifestyle and long-form storytelling of the original subject. Shows like NCIS: Los Angeles and Good Trouble provide that same focus on interconnected lives playing out in metropolitan settings. Expect recurring characters, shifting loyalties, and the slow burn of intersecting private lives.