# The best TV series of 2023

The 2023 shows critics and viewers loved most: Metacritic's best new series, its users' poll (The Last of Us, Succession, The Bear) and Rotten Tomatoes' Golden Tomato winners.

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- Feb 20, 2024 · Jenna T.
- https://even.best/en/l/543/the-best-tv-series-of-2023

## Top 12

1. **Rain Dogs** (7 · ▲7 ▼0) — BBC/HBO. A single mother and her best friend in London; Metacritic's best new show of 2023 (87).
2. **Succession (season 4)** (6 · ▲7 ▼1) — HBO. The final season of the Roy family; Golden Tomato for best series of 2023.
3. **Barry (season 4)** (5 · ▲6 ▼1) — HBO. Bill Hader's dark farewell to his hitman-turned-actor.
4. **The Last of Us** (5 · ▲5 ▼0) — HBO. Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey; winner of Metacritic's 2023 users' poll.
5. **Slow Horses (season 3)** (4 · ▲5 ▼1) — Apple TV+. Jackson Lamb's rejects caught in an MI5 cover-up.
6. **Reservation Dogs (season 3)** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — FX/Hulu. Four Indigenous teens in Oklahoma, in its final season.
7. **Jury Duty** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Amazon Freevee. A fake trial in which only one juror doesn't know everyone else is an actor.
8. **Beef** (2 · ▲4 ▼2) — Netflix. A road-rage incident sparks a feud between Steven Yeun and Ali Wong.
9. **The Bear (season 2)** (2 · ▲3 ▼1) — FX/Hulu. Opening the restaurant, with the acclaimed 'Fishes' episode.
10. **Blue Eye Samurai** (2 · ▲3 ▼1) — Netflix. A mixed-race swordswoman seeks revenge in Edo-era Japan; animated.
11. **Poker Face** (2 · ▲3 ▼1) — Peacock. Natasha Lyonne as a human lie detector in Rian Johnson's case-of-the-week mystery.
12. **Scavengers Reign** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Max. Survivors of a crashed ship on a strange alien planet; hand-drawn animation.

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