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Oikogeneiakes Istories is a greek social tv series of independent episodes, produced 2010-2024, broadcast by the television station Alpha TV from September 25, 2010 until today. The series presents various social issues of everyday people, with different actors in each episode participating in the dramatization of each story. Oikogeneiakes istories has been shown intermittently from 2010 to 2024, occasionally being rerun by the same channel. The series features either well-known or amateur actors, as well as acting students who later became known to the general public.

The series premiered on September 25, 2010, with the intention of being completed in 14 episodes, but due to the high ratings of these episodes, the first season ended on June 24, 2011, when 97 episodes had been aired, while these episodes of the series aired twice a day from the station. In the summer of 2012 the series was renewed for a second season of episodes and consists of 56 episodes. The series was renewed for a third season with 60 episodes airing from September 30, 2013 to March 14, 2014 .In the summer of 2017, due to the high ratings of the reruns of the series, it led to the channel renewing the series for a fourth season 3 years after its conclusion. The fourth season started on March 5, 2018 and ended on June 27, 2018 in 45 episodes. In June 2020, the series was renewed for a fifth cycle of episodes to air in the 2020–2021 season. The new season premiered on September 21, 2020 and concluded on July 1, 2021 at 154 episodes, the longest of any other season. In May 2021, the series was renewed for a 6th season, set to air in the 2021-2022 television season. The sixth season premiered on August 30, 2021 and concluded on July 1, 2022 at 182 episodes, also having the longest duration of the previous seasons. The series' seventh season premiered on September 18, 2023, with the series airing on Alpha TV's weekday schedule at 4:45 PM. The production of the sixth cycle of the series was financed by the Greek Ministry of Digital Governance as a project that meets cultural criteria as defined in a joint ministerial decision regarding the strengthening of the production of audiovisual works in Greece with the amount of 1,092,023.28 Euros.

In March 2013, the station created a second series with the creators and contributors remaining the same. The title of this one was "What you hide from me". The difference with "Oikogeneiakes Istories" was that this particular series dealt with more difficult social issues such as harassment, rape, bullying and others while the scenes of the series were characterized as more advanced than those of the original series. The show aired on a weekly basis while the show time was just before midnight. In September 2022 the channel created doubts about the series, ending its run on February.