The BEST ABC Family shows of all time
Every ABC Family show, ranked
We've compiled the average episode rating for every ABC Family show to compile this list of best shows!
#1 - The Middleman (2008)
The Middleman is based on the comic book by Javier Grillo-Marxauch (Medium, The Chronicle), The show follows Wendy Watson (Natalie Morales) when she get recruited by a secret agency, directed by the Middleman. Together they fight mad scientist, evil supervillains, ghosts, ghouls, zombies, and science experiments gone wild.
View Episode Rankings#2 - W.I.T.C.H.
The Guardians must save Meridian from the evil sorcerer Phobos and Cedric who are searching for Phobos' sister, the long lost princess of Meridian and true heir to the throne. They later find her and the Guardians then set about saving her from Phobos. When Meridian is freed from evil and true heir takes the throne, a new mysterious sorceress named Nerissa frees Phobos' top henchmen and reforms them as the Knights of Vengeance. Once the Guardians learn more about the sorceress and her evil plan of reuniting former Guardians, they are able to defeat the Knights only to have more powerful Knights, in addition to the former Guardians attack them.
View Episode Rankings#3 - Wildfire (2005)
A young woman finds excitement and romance at a horse ranch she works at as part of her parole from juvenile hall.
View Episode Rankings#4 - Bunheads
Las Vegas showgirl Michelle marries a man on a whim and moves to his sleepy coastal town where she winds up working alongside her new mother-in-law at her dance school.
View Episode Rankings#5 - Greek
Set at fictitious Cyprus-Rhodes University, this dramedy focuses on the social minefield that is the Greek system and follows a unique cast of characters as they navigate their way through this treacherous terrain and try to find their place.
View Episode Rankings#6 - Melissa & Joey
Mel is a local politician from a political family. When a family scandal leaves her niece, Lennox, and nephew, Ryder, without their parents, Mel takes them in. Joe is a former commodities trader left bankrupt after a ponzi scheme who is searching for a job. Just when Mel finds it hard to handle an instant family, her career and her own personal life, she meets and hires Joe to become the family's nanny.
View Episode Rankings#7 - Kyle XY
Kyle XY: a story about a 16 year old boy with a mind of a genius. He's found wandering in the streets with no memory of who he is, or where he comes from. He's soon taken to a youth detention center, where he meets Nicole Trager, a psychologist. She sees that Kyle has these amazing abilities. It's not long before she wants to bring him home to her husband and two kids. Stephen at first has his doubts about Kyle. While staying with the Tragers, Kyle starts to remember and is willing to go all the way to unlock his past.
View Episode Rankings#8 - The Lying Game
Identical twins meet as teenagers after Sutton was adopted by a rich couple and Emma grew up a foster kid. Sutton investigates their bio mom etc., while Emma takes her place/identity.
View Episode Rankings#9 - Fallen (2007)
Aaron Corbett is the son of a fallen Angel. Aaron is part human and part Angel, which makes him a nephilim. Aaron doesn't know that he's a nephilim till his 18th birthday. Finding out his new destiny. He will have to help the fallen angels before him.
View Episode Rankings#10 - Chasing Life
April is a smart aspiring journalist in her 20s who tries to balance her ambitious career with her family, which includes her widowed mom, rebellious little sister, and her grandmother. We meet April at a pivotal moment in her life: she's landed a fantastic opportunity to impress her hard-nosed Boston newspaper editor and an office romance with her super-sexy co-worker Dominic is just beginning to blossom. In an unexpected twist of fate, April lands in the hospital where her estranged uncle George works as an oncologist, and she learns the devastating news that she has cancer. The series follows April through her journey in the face of this daunting revelation, during a time in her life when the challenges of finding love and success would be enough to keep any girl occupied. But April is determined to fight and refuses to give up her dreams and goals.
View Episode Rankings#11 - Jane by Design
Jane Quimby (Erica Dasher) is a quirky teen with an eclectic chic fashion sense, who lands a job at a hip fashion house when they mistake her for an adult. Torn between her love of fashion and the need to finish high school, Jane conceals her true age to assist the demanding, but talented Gray Chandler Murray (Andie MacDowell), who travels the world in search of the next big style trend. Jane quickly learns that working for a successful executive in the cutthroat world of fashion is not as glamorous as she once thought. But with help from her best friend Billy Nutter (Nicholas Roux), Jane tries to keep up appearances as she toggles between two lives and guard her secret. Even with Billy’s support, will Jane’s ruse be a passing fad, or will she be able to fashion a career in the design business?
View Episode Rankings#12 - Make It or Break It
Set in the realm of competitive gymnastics, this ABC Family drama project follows a group of teen Olympic hopefuls in training for the big event. The story goes around these girls hoping to become the next gold medal Olympic's gymnast, but until then, all of them have to handle with families issues, dating boys rules. unknown feellings, friendship problems and most of all, the day and day difficullties of the hard training of any gymnast.
View Episode Rankings#13 - Roommates
Roommates follows the lives of a group of friends who are making their way through life after graduating from college.
View Episode Rankings#14 - 10 Things I Hate About You
A new kid must find a guy to date the meanest girl in school, the older sister of the girl he has a crush on, who cannot date until her older sister does.
View Episode Rankings#15 - Twisted (2013)
"Twisted" is a one-hour mystery full of twists and turns that follows Danny Desai, a charismatic 16-year-old with a troubled past who returns to his hometown after spending five years in juvenile detention. Immediately branded an outcast, Danny attempts to reconnect with his two childhood best friends, Jo and Lacey, and to smooth over tensions with his mother Karen, whose socialite status plummeted after her son's imprisonment and the mysterious disappearance of her husband, Danny's father. When a fellow student is found dead in her home, Danny instantly becomes the prime suspect and town spirals into a frenzy of suspicion and mystery. Jo and Lacey must decide if their childhood friend is unforgivable, or if he's really a victim being persecuted for his own twisted secrets.
View Episode Rankings#16 - So Little Time
Teenagers Riley and Chloe are subject to the trials and tribulations of school, family, friends, and boys.
View Episode Rankings#17 - Ruby & The Rockits
"Ruby and The Rockits" follows Patrick Gallagher, a former teen idol who has chosen to lead a quiet life with his wife and two sons. But when his former Rockits band mate and brother, David, shows up unexpectedly with his new-found teenage daughter in tow, the Gallagher family's life becomes anything but normal. David, who refuses to give up his past glory days, comes to Patrick for help raising Ruby while he continues to perform. Patrick must now put the past with David behind them in order to help raise Ruby and keep order within the rest of the Gallagher clan.
View Episode Rankings#18 - Ravenswood
Ravenswood is a spin-off of Pretty Little Liars. Ravenswood is a town near Rosewood. The town has been suffering from a curse for generations. Five strangers suddenly feel connected by this fatal curse and feel the need to dig in the town's mysterious and horrible history before it's to late for each one of them.
View Episode Rankings#19 - State of Georgia
State of Georgia, an ABC Studios production, is a half-hour multi-camera comedy series revolving around Georgia (Raven-Symoné), an aspiring actress with a larger-than-life personality, and her science geek best friend — who try to make headway in New York City.
View Episode Rankings#20 - The Nine Lives of Chloe King
Based on the book series by Celia Thomson, Skyler Samuels will play a girl who learns she has special powers. Chloe King is looking forward to celebrating her birthday with her friends and single mother, just like every other year… that is until she starts developing heightened abilities and discovers she's being pursued by a mysterious figure. Chloe soon learns she's part of an ancient race which has been hunted by human assassins for millennia —and that she may be their only hope for ultimate survival.
View Episode Rankings#21 - Beautiful People
ABC Family brings a new drama to TV, Beautiful People. When Lynn Kerr finds herself newly single after her husband runs off with his mistress, she decides to start a new life with her teen daughters, Karen and Sophie. So, they pack their bags and move from a small town in New Mexico to New York City where looks can be deceiving. Sophie Kerr, the youngest daughter, receives a scholarship to a prestigious private school called Brighton. But things at Brighton are different from her old life. Once she enters her new school she has no idea how to fit in with the privileged, posturing social climbers known as "BPs", aka "Beautiful People". However, Sophie's charm and lack of pretension attract two different boys: Gideon Lustig, a sensitive artist and an outsider in spite of his wealth and Nicholas Fiske, the handsome, self-assured leader of the "BPs". Karen Kerr, the oldest daughter, dreams of a modeling career. Because of her stunning beauty things have come easy for her.
View Episode Rankings#22 - Huge
"Huge" is a new drama about one life changing experience at a weight-loss camp for teens. Funny, heartbreaking and provocative, "Huge" follows the lives of both the campers and the staff, as they look beneath the surface to discover their true selves and the truth about each other. It's funny, heartbreaking, and provocative -- just like life.
View Episode Rankings#23 - The Secret Life of the American Teenager
After an unplanned teenage pregnancy, Amy Juergens must adjust to her new set of circumstances, as she deals with parents, siblings, peers and others.
View Episode Rankings#24 - Samurai Girl
A nineteen-year-old girl called Heaven discovers that the well-to-do businessman who adopted her as an infant is actually the head of Yakuza, the Japanese mafia responsible for murdering her brother. Upon leaving her family Heaven decides to become a samurai with the help of her new American friends, and grows determined to take down her father's empire. This series is based on the popular novels for young people. The show is created by Luke McMullen from ABC Studios in association with Alloy Entertainment, and executive produce by Gossip Girl's Bob Levy, Leslie Morgenstein and Night Stalker's Frank Spotnitz. The show has received a 6-episode contract.
View Episode Rankings#25 - Kevin from Work
A workplace comedy centered on Kevin, a young man who declares his unrequited love for his coworker Audrey in a letter, believing he’ll never see her again after he accepts a job overseas. But when the opportunity falls through and Kevin is forced to return to his old job, how will he and Audrey continue to work together now that his feelings are no longer secret?
View Episode Rankings#26 - Lincoln Heights
Eddie Sutton is a cop in L.A. who takes his family on a bold transition: he moves them to Lincoln Heights. Although he grew up in that inner city neighborhood, he'll find things are not as he remembers.
View Episode Rankings#27 - Mystery Girls
The series follows two former detective TV show starlets brought back together by a real-life mystery. Charlie Contour is a suburban housewife and mother, while Holly Hamilton longs for her glory days in the 90's when she was on television. Both of their lives are disrupted when Nick, a witness to a crime and a "Mystery Girls" fanatic, will only speak to the infamous duo, and the former friends must reunite and put their TV crime-solving skills to the test.
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