Galentine’s Day Viewing Guide
Female friendships are complicated and often fraught with drama – particularly when they’re fictional ones that appear on long-running TV shows and need roller-coaster moments to make good stories. But the greatest BFF relationships? They’re always worth a repeat viewing.
In honor of Galentine’s Day — the February 13 celebration of gal pals that began on a 2010 episode of Parks and Recreation — we’ve compiled a list of current and old series that have some of the best and most interesting portrayals of women and their friends, as well as their accompanying Tomatometer scores where available (series are otherwise listed alphabetically).
Some programs, like the CW’s Gossip Girl, are included because they show relationships that persevere beyond the years of high-school backstabbing. Others, like BBC’s Absolutely Fabulous and Comedy Central’s Broad City, are here because they give us #squadgoals. And then there’s NBC’s The Golden Girls, which is included because everyone deserves to spend nights in the kitchen eating cheesecake and learning about St. Olaf, Minnesota.
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