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Spoiler Alert: This list contains spoilers for Rivals Season 2, Episode 1.Rivals Season 2 premiered on Hulu and Disney+, and it opened with a bang. As always, Rupert Campbell-Black (Alex Hassell) and Tony Baddingham (David Tennant) are at each other's throats (spoiler: Baddingham is very much still alive), and the Cotswolds elite are unstoppable when it comes to scheming, being perpetually horny, and attempting to fill their lives with enough expensive liquor, affairs, secrets, and work. Rivals is a perfect soapy camp drama, shot in stunning scenery and starring a lively and talented cast.
If you enjoy the high-stakes rivalries, '80s excess, and untamed steaminess of Dame Jilly Cooper's Rivals, it can be difficult to find a show that perfectly balances many of those dynamics. But there are series, from financial camp and political scandals to 1970s feminist magazines and location-based revenge plots, that are full of ambition, betrayal, and shady characters who can't keep their pants on. These are the shows to watch if you love Rivals.
'Joan' (2024)
Image via The CWFor those mesmerized by the '80s setting and tone of Rivals, Joan is an ideal follow‑up—but it's not a show many people have heard of. Joan is packed with bold fashion, a compelling anti-heroine, and a story filled with affairs and double-crosses, all based on the real life of a woman, who had an incredible shift in her "career," so to speak, going from a single mother to one of Britain's most notorious jewel thieves. We love women in men's fields. Joan's relationship with her dangerous lover, her loyalty to her daughter, and her flirtations with scores keep the tension high, while the bonkers true story of Joan's life echoes the phrase "life imitates art" because it is so poetic and chaotic that it feels like it could only have been made up.
Based on a true story, Joan follows Joan Hannington (Sophie Turner), a struggling mother in 1980s London trapped in a violent marriage. When her husband goes on the run, she seizes the chance to take control of her life by turning to crime, quickly becoming one of Britain's most infamous jewel thieves, known as "The Godmother." The series is a glamorous, fast‑paced saga of heists, romance, and high‑stakes deception, and Sophie Turner delivers a charismatic and powerful performance, which many critics called the best of her career.
'Minx' (2022–2023)
Minx is primarily a comedy, but its DNA is pure Rivals: it takes place in a glamorous, cutthroat industry (publishing) during a decadent period (the 1970s). The central couple, a buttoned-up feminist and a shady, charming hustler, share the same love-hate dynamic as Rupert and the majority of his competitors. The show is unapologetically naked, but never sleazy; it is intelligent about sex and even more so about power. If you enjoyed Rivals' combination of sharp social commentary and steamy fun, Minx will be your new obsession. HBO Max abruptly cancelled the series after two seasons, but it remains one of the most memorable, unfairly cut shows that evokes a specific time period and sentiment.
Minx is set in Los Angeles in 1972 and follows Joyce (Ophelia Lovibond), an earnest, Ivy League-educated feminist who wishes to launch an edgy magazine for women. The problem is that no publisher is interested in that. Enter Doug (Jake Johnson), a cash-strapped porn magnate, who sees an opportunity in Joyce's idea, and "Minx," the first erotic magazine for women, is created. Minx features an odd-couple partnership that explores clashing values, unexpected attraction, and heartfelt collaborations. As they battle censorship, sexism, and their own beautiful chemistry, the show sends a raunchy, clever love letter to the sexual revolution. If you enjoy Rivals' raunchy side, Minx provides that plus some.
'Scandal' (2012–2018)
Image via ABCScandal is the epitome of twisty, soapy, sexy drama. It boasts a tumultuous relationship between Olivia Pope (Kerry Washington) and President Fitzgerald Grant (Tony Goldwyn) that threatens to destabilize the government and has rapid-fire dialogue and constant cliffhangers that make it incredibly bingeable. However, the main takeaway is the chemistry between Washington and Goldwyn, which still seems to exist, as their off-screen appearances often feel too good to be true. Scandal is a must-see for Rivals fans who enjoyed the dangerous flirtation between the characters and the undeniable chemistry between Rupert and Taggie (Bella Maclean). This Shonda Rhimes classic defined the 2010s.
Scandal revolves around Olivia Pope, a professional "fixer" in Washington, D.C., who handles the most explosive crises for the political elite. Her firm is staffed by a team of brilliant, damaged misfits, but her most important client is also her biggest secret: the President of the United States, with whom she is having an affair. As she deals with high-stakes spin control, election rigging, and murder cover-ups, her personal and professional lives collide dramatically. Washington's performance earned her two Emmy nominations, and the show popularized the practice of live-tweeting during an episode, making Scandal a game-changing series in more ways than one.
'Your Friends & Neighbors' (2025–Present)
Image via Apple TVYour Friends & Neighbors is a recent Apple TV thriller created by Jonathan Tropper, but it's not like his usual action-packed stints; this one is more of a suburban drama with hints of crime thriller and black comedy. Jon Hamm stars and brings all of his Mad Men charisma to the role of a man whose life is in disarray, forcing him to take a step back and rethink his own existence within a microcosm of the conveniently wealthy lifestyle. Your Friends & Neighbors, like Rivals, is full of suburban secrets, sexual tension, and moral ambiguity, but it's about realizing that living "the life" has more consequences than you think.
Your Friends & Neighbors follows Andrew "Coop" Cooper (Hamm), a recently divorced hedge fund manager who loses his job and thus his ability to maintain his upscale lifestyle in Westmont Village, a gated community. Desperate to hide his ruin, he resorts to burglary, targeting the homes of his wealthy neighbors. However, when he breaks into the wrong house and discovers a dead body, he becomes both a thief and the prime suspect, forced to solve the crime while keeping his double life hidden. Amanda Peet, Hoon Lee, and Olivia Munn join Hamm, and James Marsden appears as Coop's mysterious frenemy in Season 2. It's entertaining and set in a gated community like Rivals, depicting how the wealthy spend their days in the modern world.
Collider Exclusive · Taylor Sheridan Universe Quiz
Which Taylor Sheridan
Show Do You Belong In?
Yellowstone · Landman · Tulsa King · Mayor of Kingstown
Four worlds. All of them brutal, complicated, and built on power, loyalty, and the price of survival. Taylor Sheridan doesn't write heroes — he writes people who do what they have to do and live with the cost. Ten questions will reveal which one of his worlds you were made for.
🤠Yellowstone
🛢️Landman
👑Tulsa King
⚖️Mayor of Kingstown
FIND YOUR WORLD →
01
Where does your power come from? In Sheridan's world, everyone has leverage. The question is what kind.
ALand, legacy, and a name that's been feared and respected for generations. BKnowing the deal better than anyone else in the room — and being willing to walk away first. CReputation. I've earned it the hard way, and everyone in the room knows it. DBeing the only person both sides will talk to. That makes me indispensable — and dangerous.
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02
Who do you put first, no matter what? Loyalty in Sheridan's universe is always absolute — and always costly.
AFamily — blood or chosen. The ranch, the name, the people who carry it with me. BThe company — or whoever's signing the cheques. Loyalty follows the contract. CMy crew. The men who stood with me when it counted — I don't abandon them for anything. DMy community — even when my community is a powder keg and I'm the only thing stopping it from blowing.
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03
Someone crosses a line. How do you respond? Every Sheridan protagonist has a line. What matters is what happens after it's crossed.
AQuietly, decisively, and in a way that sends a message to everyone watching. BI outmanoeuvre them legally, financially, and politically before they even know I've moved. CDirectly. Old school. You cross me, you hear about it to your face — and then you deal with the consequences. DI absorb it, calculate the fallout, and find the move that keeps the whole system from collapsing.
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04
Where do you feel most in your element? Sheridan's worlds are as much about place as they are about people.
AWide open land — mountains, sky, silence. Somewhere you can see trouble coming from a mile away. BThe oil fields of West Texas — brutal, lucrative, and indifferent to whoever happens to be standing on top of them. CA mid-size city where the rules haven't quite caught up yet — fertile ground for someone with vision and nerve. DA rust-belt town built around a prison — where everyone's life is shaped by what's inside those walls.
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05
How do you feel about operating in the grey? Nobody in a Sheridan show has clean hands. The question is how they carry the dirt.
AI do what has to be done to protect what's mine. I'll answer for it eventually — but not today. BGrey is just business. The line moves depending on what's at stake, and I move with it. CI have a code — it's not the law's code, but it's mine, and I don't break it. DI've made peace with it. Keeping the peace requires compromises most people don't have the stomach for.
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06
What are you actually fighting to hold onto? Every Sheridan character is fighting a war. The real question is what they're defending.
AA way of life that the modern world is doing everything it can to erase. BMy position — and the leverage that comes with being the person everyone needs to close a deal. CRelevance. I've been away, I've been written off — and I'm proving that was a mistake. DWhatever fragile order I've managed to build — because without it, everything burns.
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07
How do you lead? Authority in Sheridan's world is never given — it's established, maintained, and constantly tested.
ABy example and force of will. People follow me because they believe in what I'm protecting — and because they know what happens if they don't. BThrough negotiation and leverage. I don't need people to like me — I need them to need me. CBy being the smartest, most experienced person in the room and making sure everyone quietly knows it. DBy being the calm centre of a situation that would spiral without me — and accepting that nobody thanks you for it.
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08
Someone new arrives and tries to change how things work. Your reaction? Every Sheridan show has an outsider disrupting an established order. Sometimes that outsider is you.
AThey'll learn. Or they won't. Either way, the land was here before them and it'll be here after. BI figure out what they want, what they're worth, and whether they're an asset or a problem — fast. CI was the outsider once. I give them a chance — one — to show they understand respect. DNew players destabilise everything I've built. I assess the threat and manage it before it manages me.
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09
What has your position cost you? Nobody gets to where these characters are without paying for it. The bill is always personal.
AMy family's peace — maybe their innocence. The ranch demands everything, and I've let it take too much. BRelationships, time, any version of a normal life. The job eats everything that isn't nailed down. CYears. Decades in some cases. Time I can't get back — but I'm not done yet. DMy conscience, mostly. And the ability to ever fully trust anyone on either side of the wall.
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10
When it's over, what do you want people to say? Sheridan's characters all know the ending is coming. The question is what they leave behind.
AThat I held the line. That the land is still ours and everything I did was worth it. BThat I was the best at what I did and that no deal ever got closed without me at the table. CThat I built something real, somewhere nobody expected it, and I did it on my own terms. DThat I kept the peace when nobody else could — and that the town is still standing because of it.
REVEAL MY SHOW →
Sheridan Has Spoken You Belong In…
The show that claimed the most of your answers is the world you were built for. If two tied, both are shown — you're complicated enough to straddle two Sheridan universes.
🤠 Yellowstone
🛢️ Landman
👑 Tulsa King
⚖️ Mayor of Kingstown
You are a Dutton — or you might as well be. You understand that some things are worth protecting at any cost, and that the modern world's indifference to history, to land, to legacy, is not something you're willing to accept quietly. You lead from the front, you carry your family's weight without complaint, and when someone threatens what's yours, you don't escalate — you finish it. You're not cruel. But you are absolute. In Yellowstone's world, that combination of ferocity and loyalty doesn't make you a villain. It makes you the only thing standing between everything that matters and everyone who wants to take it.
You thrive in the chaos of high-stakes negotiation, where the money is enormous, the margins are thin, and the wrong word in the wrong room can cost everyone everything. You're a fixer — the person called when a situation is already on fire and needs someone with the nerve to walk into it. West Texas oil country rewards exactly what you are: sharp, adaptable, unsentimental, and absolutely clear-eyed about what people want and what they'll do to get it. You're not naive enough to think this world is fair. You're smart enough to be the one deciding who it's fair to.
You are a Dwight Manfredi — someone who has served their time, paid their dues, and arrived somewhere unexpected with nothing but their reputation and their wits. You adapt without losing yourself. You build loyalty through respect rather than fear, though you're not above reminding people that the two aren't mutually exclusive. Tulsa King is for people who are still standing when everyone assumed they'd be finished — who find, in an unfamiliar place, that they're more capable than the world gave them credit for. You don't need a throne. You build one, wherever you happen to land.
You carry the weight of a system that is broken by design, and you do it anyway — because someone has to, and because you're the only one positioned to do it without the whole thing collapsing. Mike McLusky's world is for people who are comfortable operating where there are no good options, only less catastrophic ones. You speak every language: law enforcement, criminal, political, human. That fluency makes you invaluable and it makes you a target. You've made your peace with both. Mayor of Kingstown belongs to people who understand that keeping the peace is not the same as being at peace — and who do the job regardless.
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'Industry' (2020–Present)
Image via HBOIndustry enjoys being a messy, backstabbing camp drama that makes finance appear to be the most exciting and certainly the horniest industry to be a part of, thereby maintaining HBO's prestige one-hour drama's elite status. The show uses sex as the primary arena for its characters' ruthlessly transactional power plays, and many of their tastes and preferences reflect their career decisions and characteristics. It is not for the faint of heart, but it could be a transformative experience for anyone who has never witnessed such dynamics between its leads. In the best way possible, Industry retains a supremely nasty edge that captures Rivals' untamed, brutal energy.
Set in the pressure-cooker world of London's elite investment banking, Industry follows a group of young, ruthless graduates who claw and sleep their way through the cutthroat ranks of the prestigious firm Pierpoint & Co. The core trio—brilliant but volatile Harper Stern (Myha'la), the dangerously charismatic Rob (Harry Lawtey), and the wealthy but desperately insecure Yasmin Kara-Hanani (Marisa Abela)—soon discover that their careers, friendships, and darkest desires have become inescapably linked. The show's co-creators, both former bankers, have made authenticity the show's selling point, making Industry a show for those who enjoy dangerous flirtation and moral ambiguity.
'Revenge' (2011–2015)
Image via ABCRevenge is pure, unapologetic soap opera TV, but it's also a gripping thriller series. Everyone is sleeping with everyone in it; there are revenge plots, sexy poolside scenes, lavish parties, and steamy hookups, but it also captures the class war tension and backstabbing drama depicted in Rivals. All of this, however, is amplified in Revenge, creating an unforgettable viewing experience. As an added bonus, the Hamptons setting is similar to the Cotswolds in terms of glamorous escapism. The series aired for four seasons and is considered one of the most memorable of the 2010s.
Revenge follows Emily Thorne (Emily VanCamp), who arrives in the Hamptons with the goal of destroying those who framed her father for a terrorist conspiracy. She rents a beachfront cottage near the powerful Grayson family, launching her elaborate scheme; she infiltrates high-society parties, seduces the son of her enemy, and gradually destroys each target from within. The series was loosely inspired by the novel The Count of Monte Cristo, and many analysts see Emily as a modern female version of the novel's protagonist, Edmond Dantès; her desire for vengeance makes her sympathetic, making Revenge a quintessential "eat the rich" revenge story.
'Mad Men' (2007–2015)
Image via AMCIf you love Rivals' stylish period setting and exploration of a hedonistic, competitive industry, Mad Men is a must-see. It explores the same themes: professional ambition, personal betrayal, and the conflict between old and new money. The affairs are legendary, the man at the center is volatile but incredibly attractive, and the dynamics have blurred the lines between them to the point where you never know who is truly a friend and who is a hidden foe. It's a slow-burning, beautifully crafted show that rewards attentive viewing. It's another show on the list that features Jon Hamm, but Don Draper is unquestionably his most memorable role.
Mad Men is set in the glamorous and sexist world of a 1960s New York advertising agency and follows Don Draper (Hamm), the brilliant but deeply flawed creative director. The show follows his personal and professional lives, as well as those of his coworkers, as they navigate cutthroat business deals, shifting social norms, and their own existential crises against the backdrop of heavy drinking, smoking, and secret affairs. The show won four Emmys for Outstanding Drama Series and is regarded as one of the best TV dramas ever made.
'The Morning Show' (2019–Present)
Image via Apple TVThe Morning Show, like Rivals, is a cutthroat drama set in broadcast media, capturing the same power struggles and professional jealousy that we see in the British drama. The boardroom battles over talent and ratings mirror Tony Baddingham's struggle for power, while the romantic entanglements between co-anchors and executives add the perfect soapy touch. The series stars Billy Crudup, who won two Emmys for his portrayal of a brilliantly insane network executive, as well as Jennifer Aniston, Reese Witherspoon, and Steve Carell.
The Morning Show takes place in the high-pressure world of morning network television; a popular anchor, Mitch Kessler (Carell), is fired after several sexual misconduct allegations, causing the entire network to collapse. The show delves into the complicated personal lives of the anchors, producers, and executives who fight to stay on top—and threaten to destroy them. The series was based on Brian Stelter's book Top of the Morning and each season is inspired by real-life events such as the MeToo movement, COVID-19, and the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
The Morning Show
Release Date November 1, 2019
Network Apple TV
English (US) ·