The best TV series of 2024
The top 3 according to 76 votes from people: Baby Reindeer · Shōgun · Hacks (season 3). (Updated Aug 16, 2026.)
New shows and returning seasons from 2024 that critics rated highest (Metacritic's best new shows of the year) and that swept the Emmys, ordered by consensus.
Top 20
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1
Baby Reindeer
Netflix. Richard Gadd adapts his own stage show about his stalker; Metacritic's best new show of 2024 and Emmy for Best Limited Series.
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2
Shōgun
FX/Hulu. James Clavell's feudal-Japan epic; a record 18 Emmys for a single season.
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Hacks (season 3)
Max. Jean Smart and Hannah Einbinder; the season won the Emmy for Best Comedy Series.
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4
Ripley
Netflix. Steven Zaillian's black-and-white adaptation of Patricia Highsmith, with Andrew Scott.
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Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Prime Video. Donald Glover and Maya Erskine as spies posing as a married couple.
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Industry (season 3)
HBO. The young bankers of Pierpoint, widely praised as the show's best season.
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Rivals
Disney+. Jilly Cooper's 1980s Cotswolds TV-industry drama; Metascore 84.
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X-Men '97
Disney+. A revival of the 1990s animated series that critics loved; Metascore 82.
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The Sympathizer
HBO. Park Chan-wook adapts Viet Thanh Nguyen's Pulitzer-winning novel.
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10
Agatha All Along
Disney+. Kathryn Hahn's witch on the Witches' Road; its song 'The Ballad of the Witches' Road' went viral.
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11
Slow Horses (season 4)
Apple TV+. Gary Oldman's Jackson Lamb and the MI5 rejects of Slough House.
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12
Arcane (season 2)
Netflix. The final season of Fortiche's League of Legends animated series.
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13
English Teacher
FX. Brian Jordan Alvarez's comedy about a gay teacher at a Texas high school.
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14
The Day of the Jackal
Peacock/Sky. Eddie Redmayne as the assassin in a modern take on Frederick Forsyth.
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The Penguin
HBO. Colin Farrell transformed into Oz Cobb in a Gotham crime saga.
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16
Fallout
Prime Video. The video-game adaptation with Ella Purnell and Walton Goggins' Ghoul.
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17
Say Nothing
FX/Hulu. Patrick Radden Keefe's book on the Troubles and the disappearance of Jean McConville.
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18
Fantasmas
HBO. Julio Torres' surreal comedy about a lost oyster earring; Metascore 84.
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19
Somebody Somewhere (season 3)
HBO. Bridget Everett's tender farewell season set in Manhattan, Kansas.
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The Bear (season 3)
FX/Hulu. Carmy's restaurant chases a Michelin star; Jeremy Allen White and Ayo Edebiri.
Candidates
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21
We Are Lady Parts (season 2)
Channel 4/Peacock. The Muslim women's punk band returns, with a second season as acclaimed as the first.
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22
Interior Chinatown
Hulu series based on Charles Yu's National Book Award-winning novel, starring Jimmy O. Yang, released in November 2024.
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Nobody Wants This
Netflix romantic comedy created by Erin Foster, starring Kristen Bell and Adam Brody, premiered in September 2024.
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24
Bad Sisters (season 2)
Second season of Sharon Horgan's Apple TV+ dark comedy about the Garvey sisters, released in November 2024.
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 (3)
Shōgun deserved every Emmy. Anna Sawai is phenomenal.
Nobody Wants This should be here, the most fun I had watching TV in 2024.
Slow Horses season 4 was the best one so far imo