# The best one-season TV series

Complete stories that fit in a weekend: miniseries and shows that only had one season.

- 19 votes · 12 items
- Aug 13, 2026 · Asier Vicente
- https://even.best/en/l/1912/the-best-one-season-tv-series

## Top 12

1. **The Haunting of Hill House (2018)** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Mike Flanagan and the Crain family.
2. **Riot Police (2020)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Rodrigo Sorogoyen and a riot police unit caught in a corruption probe.
3. **Band of Brothers (2001)** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — Easy Company in World War II, produced by Spielberg and Tom Hanks.
4. **Chernobyl (2019)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — The nuclear disaster told in five perfect episodes.
5. **Freaks and Geeks (1999)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Judd Apatow's high school show, cancelled after one season.
6. **The Queen's Gambit (2020)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Anya Taylor-Joy and chess, the pandemic phenomenon.
7. **Normal People (2020)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — The Sally Rooney adaptation with Paul Mescal and Daisy Edgar-Jones.
8. **Adolescence (2025)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Four episodes shot in single takes about a boy accused of murder.
9. **Firefly (2002)** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — Joss Whedon's space western that only lasted one season.
10. **Mare of Easttown (2021)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Kate Winslet as a detective in a Pennsylvania town.
11. **Baby Reindeer (2024)** (-1 · ▲1 ▼2) — Richard Gadd tells his own stalking story.
12. **When They See Us (2019)** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — Ava DuVernay and the Central Park Five case.

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