The best TV series of 2023
The top 3 according to 59 votes from people: Rain Dogs · Succession (season 4) · Barry (season 4). (Updated Aug 28, 2024.)
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.
Top 12
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1
Rain Dogs
BBC/HBO. A single mother and her best friend in London; Metacritic's best new show of 2023 (87).
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Succession (season 4)
HBO. The final season of the Roy family; Golden Tomato for best series of 2023.
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Barry (season 4)
HBO. Bill Hader's dark farewell to his hitman-turned-actor.
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The Last of Us
HBO. Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey; winner of Metacritic's 2023 users' poll.
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Slow Horses (season 3)
Apple TV+. Jackson Lamb's rejects caught in an MI5 cover-up.
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Reservation Dogs (season 3)
FX/Hulu. Four Indigenous teens in Oklahoma, in its final season.
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Jury Duty
Amazon Freevee. A fake trial in which only one juror doesn't know everyone else is an actor.
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Beef
Netflix. A road-rage incident sparks a feud between Steven Yeun and Ali Wong.
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The Bear (season 2)
FX/Hulu. Opening the restaurant, with the acclaimed 'Fishes' episode.
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10
Blue Eye Samurai
Netflix. A mixed-race swordswoman seeks revenge in Edo-era Japan; animated.
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Poker Face
Peacock. Natasha Lyonne as a human lie detector in Rian Johnson's case-of-the-week mystery.
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Scavengers Reign
Max. Survivors of a crashed ship on a strange alien planet; hand-drawn animation.
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 (1)
Succession's final season deserved every award.