Shows like United States of Tara

Artist and mother Tara Gregson has her hands full juggling her career, her kids and a major case of dissociative identity disorder.

A novelist battles writer's block and a weakness for drugs, booze and sex while struggling to make things work with his girlfriend and daughter.

Science teacher Walter H. White's discovery that he has terminal cancer leads him to manufacture and sell crystal meth to cushion his family's future.

Oddly out of the ordinary, this HBO drama shines a mesmerizing light on carnival life in 1930s Oklahoma, where short-statured manager Samson and his carnies welcome new recruits into their midst while supernatural forces portend a mythic battle.

Desperate for money after his house burns down, high school basketball coach Ray Drecker makes a drastic decision: He becomes a male escort. With his old flame Tanya marketing his "winning tool," Ray begins servicing the women of Detroit.

Grown siblings Sarah, Adam, Crosby and Julia Braverman struggle with issues of parenthood, relationships, careers and more as they manage the ups and downs of life in this dramedy series set in Berkeley, Calif.

Unemployed Frank Gallagher is the single father of eight kids in a family blissfully unaware of its own dysfunction. Set in the clan's public housing estate, this dramedy explores Frank's attempts to keep sane, often with a little help from a bottle.

Putting off work on his novel, Brooklyn writer Jonathan Ames runs an online ad billing himself as a private eye, and as bona fide cases roll in, he sees his noir-ish lark turning into an actual career.

In this Showtime series, after a troubled teenage patient commits suicide in front of him during a session, psychiatrist Craig Huffstodt is forced to reexamine his own existence even as he continues to help others cope with the harshness of life.

For five seasons, viewers hung on the grim antics of the Fisher family -- left to run a funeral home after the death of Dad. Living their own lives while putting to rest the loved ones of others poses constant (often comic) challenges to the clan.

Laura Linney stars as Cathy, a suburban teacher who's diagnosed with cancer and looks for the humorous side of living each day as if it were her last.

Set in post-Katrina New Orleans, this multifaceted drama follows the challenges facing the devastated city's frustrated yet determined residents, including trombonist Antoine, Mardi Gras Indian Chief Albert and restaurant owner Janette.

Julianna Margulies stars as attorney Alicia Florrick, who's married to a politician (Chris Noth) who's served prison time for corruption. Although she stood by her husband through his ordeal, Alicia has a host of reasons to question the marriage.