Real Humans

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Real Humans. Sveriges Television (SVT), 22 January 22 2012 – 2 February 2014. Lars Lundström, creator. Harald Hamrell and Levan Akin, directors. 2 seasons, 20 episodes.

From Wikipedia:

Real Humans (Swedish: Äkta människor) is a 2012 Swedish science fiction/drama series set in an alternative near-future version of Sweden where consumer-level humanoid robot workers and servants are widespread. The series follows the resulting emotional effects on two families as well as the trials of a group of robots who have attained free will and want their freedom from human ownership.[1]

From IMDb entry:

In a parallel present the artificial human has come into its own. Robots no longer have anything robot-like about them. New technology and advancements in the field of science have made it possible to manufacture a product - a kind of mechanized servant - that is so similar to a real human that it can often be considered a perfectly good substitute. The Human Robot (HUBOT) have also given rise to new problems and dilemmas. Thorny legal questions have increasingly started to occupy people's minds and are still waiting to be answered: Who is responsible for the actions of a hubot? Do hubots have some form of "hubot rights"? Should they be paid for their work? As an ever growing number of people form relationships with hubots, the boundaries between human and machine become blurred. When humans make copies of themselves, which are so close to the real thing they form emotional bonds, the questions arises - What does it really mean to be 'human'? — Lars Lundström[2]

Cf. and contrast Better than Us (2018-19); R. U. R.; Isaac Asimov's robot stories dealing with the ethical and legal questions of advanced android robots, for a major example "The Bicentennial Man"; and the question of the humanity of Mr. Data on Star Trek: The Next Generation, especially the episodes "Datalore" and "The Measure of a Man".

RDE, Initial Compiler, 8Mar20, with thanks to IC-R