25 TV Shows Every Woman Should Watch in Her 20s

Mindy Kaling plays the role of a doctor who's just trying to figure out the best way to navigate through life. So, she seeks guidance from her best friend from her college days to get through adulting. What woman can manage without having a good girlfriend by their side?

The real definition of "womance." These women see one another through thick and thin, and get real about life, love, and the loss of friendship. Tracee Ellis Ross's relationship with her bestie is the rockiest of them all. Their trials and tribulations are what makes them Girlfriends.

Perhaps, you've been considering making the move to be closer to your significant other while in college. Do you really think you know what's in store? Felicity gives an insight on what a decision like that can be like for a young woman coming into one's own. The show also gives tons of advice on how to navigate your way through college.

You haven't lived right unless you've watched at least one episode of Sex and the City. Talk about independence, relationships, friendships, and consciousness — the list goes on! And quotes, you've gotta appreciate the fruitful quotes to live by.

Think about embodying the ethos of Kerry Washington's Olivia Pope for every obstacle you have to overcome — just make sure at the end of all situations, "It's handled." Like a boss.

You're guaranteed to be hooked on Orange is the New Black, but of course one's goal isn't to end up in a prison jumpsuit. A big take away from OITNB is that everyone makes mistakes and must live to fight through another day to correct them.

Now this is what you call sisters for life. Just the energy and camaraderie of this quartet is super inspirational. It's truly a timeless classic.

In the various realms of the fictional continents of Game of Thrones, one is sure to experience a ripple effect of emotions, stemming from tragedies, moral lessons, and honor to loyalty and love. Many personalities in this show reflect that of young adults today and emphasis is put on life altering decisions (like Emilia Clarke character's "Breaker of Chains" movement). This is the type of show you need to have sleepovers for to discuss every theme presented each night it airs.

Friends is a community of BFFs, and while having that as a foundation, relationships can get complicated, especially if it involves women and men in their 20s and 30s living closely in the same environment. A true friend in this TV series proposed holding a ritual with a "boyfriend bonfire" on Valentine's Day.

Mascara and eyeliner everywhere. So, you've probably seen some of them come into their own post-Laguna Beach days, which involves more hormones, young men and women handling betrayal in romantic relationships and friendships, and choosing which dreams to pursue after high school. The circle of friends portrayed in The Hills represents a lot of the real dramas in life that twentysomethings face.

Whenever you're in a tough situation, just ask yourself: what would June (aka Offred) do? She's a fighter, but still battles with a choice she made in her 20s, as she's now labeled an adulteress in her thirties in the hell that be Gilead. June often has to overcome male and female violence, which gives and understanding of how different people cope with pain.

Of course, it makes perfect sense to move in with three single guys! While that may work out fine in some cases, things get complicated quickly for Jess, her best friend, and her new pals.

HBO star Issa Rae knew what she was doing when she wrote storylines for Insecure. Her witty humor translates organically on the screen, and her realistic plots are so relatable because, well, it's based on real life scenarios that we all go through. Rae explores roadblocks, career decisions, dating and sex issues, and friendships in this "live your best life" comedy-drama.

Grudges aren't the best things to hold onto, and that sort of negative energy can make anyone sick — it practically consumed Emily VanCamp's character's life. She wastes the latter of her 20s ruining the lives of others. "Nobody wins when the family feuds."

The title speaks for itself. Before Sex and the City, this crew was Living Single with characters like Max, who was always at her girls' place, her best friend and writer Khadijah (Queen Latifah), sensitive Synclaire, and Régine, the one with a mouth on her. They all live inside a Brooklyn brownstone with neighbors Kyle, Max's on-again-off-again love interest, and his roommate Overton, Synclaire's bae. Which single woman can you relate to?

Hillman College is a great depiction of what it was like to go to historically black colleges and universities back in the day. The Cosby Show spin off originally focused on Lisa Bonet's character Denise Huxtable, but it changed when she left after the first season. Some of the narratives explored in this show includes HIV/AIDS epidemic, sexual violence, safe sex, and stereotypes about black women — all pressing issues in many nations today.

It's always refreshing to see parents go to college with their child. Countess Vaughn's unforgettable laugh and the mother-daughter relationship that blossoms as she and Mo'Nique attend Santa Monica College together is simply the best. Going back to school isn't the easiest thing to do for single mother, but it makes it all worth it when you have your family's support.

Picture yourself as Michaela Coel's 24-year-old character, a virgin dying to be deflowered, but her hilarious awkwardness and religion keeps that from happening. The first season of this Netflix TV series has many informative asides from Coel filled with nonstop laughter. It's the perfect sitcom recipe.

So many young professionals get their start from being interns. While the medial interns in Scrubs continue to grow, they chronicle their perspectives through narration. It's a look into the lives of employees, which is something you'd think people would want to leave at work and not bring home, but it just makes for great comedy.

More stories like this need to be written for TV consumption, because it's just too real. Facing mental illness, going through a really bad, but life-changing break up, and just trying to steer yourself in the right direction are very challenging stages in life that show creator and lead actor Josh Thomas gets through.

As this show wraps up its final season, it's important to note how far the characters have come and how much they've grown. There is a light at the end of the tunnel for the 20-somethings living in big cities, even while going through numerous broke phases and relentless exaggeration of difficult situations. Now Ilana Glazer and Abbi Jacobson are free to enter the new territory of adulthood to create new beginnings and endings.

Queer as Folk, which ran from 2000 to 2005, zooms in on the lives of gay men and women getting through their 20s and 30s. No matter how you identify, you'll relate to the struggles of this tight-knit group.

There's always that one pesky friend who you never want to get rid of because you know their heart, and this show makes you feel better about having such feelings. The amount of clashing that goes on between this group of Girls is entertaining to watch. They're young 20-somethings who are discovering themselves, trying and failing and trying again.

If your friends don't want to build and grow with you, they're not your friends. That's why Kat Dennings and Beth Behrs's hustle in 2 Broke Girls get so much respect. Get you a friend who can help launch your own Baked by Melissa shop. It's all about collaboration.

A lot of young college students do crazy things to get their degrees, but that isn't the case for the 27-year-old college graduate played by Billie Piper. She gets her qualifications, then opts to work in a more carnal workforce. Her reasons for doing so tilt toward the liberating side of being a call girl.