Scarlett Johannson is about to make your telly screen sexy (and 9 other TV ladies you need to catch)

This time last year, we were all glued to our tele-boxes in a fevered trance as the puzzle-perfect finale of AMC’s Breaking Bad unfurled before our very eyes.

Vince Gilligan’s pathos-packed series proved once and for all that not only could TV match Hollywood for quality – but it could also bat it out of the park.

Which is why unfathomably beautiful screen siren Scarlett Johannson has decided to sign on to star in a new TV series, based on Edith Wharton’s 1913 novel ‘Custom of the Country’.

But U.S viewers are already spoilt for choice when it comes to lovely telly ladies – and to prove it, here are 9 new-ish American shows you need to hit up this Autumn (and 9 sexy reasons why)…

Gotham – Sara Paxton

Bojack Horseman – Alison Brie

Video by Tyler Shields

The Strain – Mia Maestro

The Leftovers – Liv Tyler

Gracepoint – Jessica Lucas

The Red Road – Allie Gonino

Star-Crossed – Aimee Teegarden

Vikings – Katheryn Winnick

Salem – Janet Montgomery