The best TV shows of the 2010s
The top 3 according to 537 votes from people: Breaking Bad (2008-2013) · The Leftovers (2014-2017) · Mad Men (2007-2015). (Updated Apr 20, 2024.)
Prestige TV's golden decade: the shows critics rated highest, from Metacritic's decade ranking via Looper, Den of Geek and Mental Floss.
Top 15
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1
Breaking Bad (2008-2013)
The crime drama critics most often call the best of the decade.
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2
The Leftovers (2014-2017)
Top of Metacritic's decade ranking.
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3
Mad Men (2007-2015)
Don Draper and 1960s advertising.
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4
Fleabag (2016-2019)
Phoebe Waller-Bridge breaks the fourth wall.
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5
Game of Thrones (2011-2019)
The fight for the Iron Throne.
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6
Better Call Saul (2015-2022)
How Jimmy McGill became Saul Goodman.
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7
The Americans (2013-2018)
Soviet spies as a suburban family in the 1980s.
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8
Veep (2012-2019)
Julia Louis-Dreyfus as vice president.
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9
Atlanta (2016-2022)
Donald Glover's surreal Atlanta.
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10
BoJack Horseman (2014-2020)
A washed-up sitcom horse and depression.
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11
The Good Place (2016-2020)
A comedy about ethics in the afterlife.
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12
Succession (2018-2023)
The Roy family fights over a media empire.
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13
Parks and Recreation (2009-2015)
Leslie Knope and Pawnee's parks department.
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14
Hannibal (2013-2015)
Mads Mikkelsen as Hannibal Lecter.
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15
Fargo (2014-)
Noah Hawley's anthology inspired by the Coens.
How is this ranking ordered? By people's votes: each ▲ adds a point and each ▼ takes one away. Anyone can vote and add what is missing.
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Comments (6)
Happy to see Hannibal here, it got cancelled way too soon.
Where's Twin Peaks: The Return? It aired in 2017!
Probably counted as a limited series, most of these lists left it out.
Succession should be top three, no doubt.
The Leftovers finally getting its due. Season 2 is perfect TV.
Breaking Bad at number one is the safe pick, but it's earned.