TV Lists

Updated 7/13/26
Note: Shows are only added once I finish watching them

Best New Shows of 2022
1. Andor
2. Chainsaw Man
3. The Bear
4. Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury
5. Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities
6. Peacemaker
7. Ms. Marvel
8. Our Flag Means Death
9. Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi
10. She-Hulk: Attorney at Law

Best New Shows of 2021
1. Midnight Mass
2. Squid Game
3. Star Wars: The Bad Batch
4. Loki
5. MacGruber
6. WandaVision
7. The Wheel of Time
8. Hawkeye
9. The Falcon and the Winter Soldier
10. The Book of Boba Fett

Best New Shows of 2020
1. Jujutsu Kaisen
2. I May Destroy You
3. The Haunting of Bly Manor
4. The Queen's Gambit
5. The Last Dance
6. Beef House
7. Lovecraft Country
8. Adventure Time: Distant Lands
9. Cosmos: Possible Worlds
10. Helstrom

Best New Shows of the 2010s
1. Better Call Saul
2. Succession
3. The Leftovers
4. The Americans
5. Justified
6. The Good Place
7. Game of Thrones
8. The Knick
9. Barry
10. Review
11. Rectify
12. Mindhunter
13. Chernobyl
14. Boardwalk Empire
15. Watchmen
16. Key & Peele
17. Steven Universe
18. Nathan for You
19. Legion
20. Ping Pong the Animation
21. Hannibal
22. Over the Garden Wall
23. The Last Man on Earth
24. Broad City
25. Adventure Time

Best New Shows of 2019
1. Chernobyl
2. Watchmen
3. Demon Slayer
4. Russian Doll
5. Tuca & Bertie
6. The Boys
7. Steven Universe Future
8. The Mandalorian
9. Unbelievable
10. When They See Us

Best New Shows of 2018
1. Succession
2. Barry
3. A Place Further than the Universe
4. The Haunting of Hill House
5. The Little Drummer Girl
6. A.P. Bio
7. Escape at Dannemora
8. Sharp Objects
9. Waco
10. Star Wars Resistance

Best New Shows of 2017
1. Mindhunter
2. Legion
3. The Deuce
4. Taboo
5. The Vietnam War
6. Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later
7. Castlevania
8. The Handmaid's Tale
9. Manhunt
10. The Punisher

Best New Shows of 2016
1. The Good Place
2. The Night Of
3. O.J.: Made in America
4. The Night Manager
5. Erased
6. Stranger Things
7. Westworld
8. American Crime Story
9. Animal Kingdom
10. Hap and Leonard

Best New Shows of 2015
1. Better Call Saul
2. The Last Man on Earth
3. The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst
4. Documentary Now!
5. Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp
6. Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
7. One-Punch Man
8. Daredevil
9. Jessica Jones
10. The Grinder

Best New Shows of 2014
1. The Leftovers
2. The Knick
3. Review
4. Ping Pong the Animation
5. Over the Garden Wall
6. Broad City
7. True Detective
8. Star Wars Rebels
9. Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
10. Decker

Best New Shows of 2013
1. The Americans
2. Rectify
3. Steven Universe
4. Nathan for You
5. Hannibal
6. Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
7. Tim & Eric's Bedtime Stories
8. Attack on Titan
9. Inside Amy Schumer
10. Top of the Lake

Best New Shows of 2012
1. Key & Peele
2. Veep
3. The Legend of Korra
4. Gravity Falls
5. The Bletchley Circle
6. Psycho-Pass
7. The Greatest Event in Television History
8. Hatfields & McCoys
9. Magic City
10. Revolution

Best New Shows of 2011
1. Game of Thrones
2. Enlightened
3. Workaholics
4. Homeland
5. Eagleheart
6. The Heart, She Holler
7. NTSF:SD:SUV::
8. Puella Magi Madoka Magica
9. The Killing
10. The Hour

Best New Shows of 2010
1. Justified
2. Boardwalk Empire
3. Adventure Time
4. Terriers
5. Treme
6. Louie
7. Regular Show
8. The Pacific
9. Spartacus
10. Check It Out! with Dr. Steve Brule

Best New Shows of the 2000s
1. The Wire
2. Breaking Bad
3. Mad Men
4. Band of Brothers
5. Arrested Development
6. Six Feet Under
7. Deadwood
8. The Shield
9. Community
10. Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
11. Lost
12. Veronica Mars
13. The Venture Bros.
14. Parks and Recreation
15. Pushing Daisies
16. Rome
17. 30 Rock
18. The Office (2005)
19. Scrubs
20. Friday Night Lights
21. Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
22. Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
23. Battlestar Galactica
24. Firefly
25. Aqua Teen Hunger Force

Best New Shows of 2009
1. Community
2. Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
3. Parks and Recreation
4. Dollhouse
5. Eastbound & Down
6. Party Down
7. Kings
8. White Collar
9. United States of Tara
10. Archer

Best New Shows of 2008
1. Breaking Bad
2. Delocated
3. Childrens Hospital
4. Fringe
5. Sons of Anarchy
6. Generation Kill
7. Star Wars: The Clone Wars
8. Spice and Wolf
9. Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
10. Superjail!

Best New Shows of 2007
1. Mad Men
2. Pushing Daisies
3. Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
4. Flight of the Conchords
5. Gurren Lagann
6. Xavier: Renegade Angel
7. The Sarah Silverman Program
8. Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit
9. Burn Notice
10. The Whitest Kids U' Know

Best New Shows of 2006
1. 30 Rock
2. Friday Night Lights
3. That Mitchell and Webb Look
4. The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
5. Metalocalypse
6. Death Note
7. Dexter
8. The Unit
9. Saxondale
10. Frisky Dingo

Best New Shows of 2005
1. Rome
2. The Office
3. Avatar: The Last Airbender
4. The Thick of It
5. Squidbillies
6. Wonder Showzen
7. Extras
8. American Dad!
9. Blood+
10. Mushi-Shi

Best New Shows of 2004
1. Deadwood
2. Lost
3. Veronica Mars
4. The Venture Bros.
5. Battlestar Galactica
6. Garth Marenghi's Darkplace
7. Tom Goes to the Mayor
8. Elfen Lied
9. Paranoia Agent
10. Monster

Best New Shows of 2003
1. Arrested Development
2. Chappelle's Show
3. Fullmetal Alchemist
4. Planetes
5. Star Wars: Clone Wars
6. Rumbling Hearts
7. Last Exile
8. The O.C.
9. Kino's Journey
10. Tsukihime: Lunar Legend

Best New Shows of 2002
1. The Wire
2. The Shield
3. Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
4. Firefly
5. RahXephon
6. Azumanga Daioh
7. Top Gear
8. Spooks
9. Look Around You
10. Full Metal Panic!

Best New Shows of 2001
1. Band of Brothers
2. Six Feet Under
3. Scrubs
4. Trailer Park Boys
5. Samurai Jack
6. Invader Zim
7. The Office
8. 24
9. Justice League
10. Undeclared

Best New Shows of 2000
1. Aqua Teen Hunger Force
2. Curb Your Enthusiasm
3. Sealab 2021
4. FLCL
5. Black Books
6. The Corner
7. Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law
8. X-Men: Evolution
9. Love Hina
10. Vandread

Best New Shows of the 90s
1. The Sopranos
2. Twin Peaks
3. The X-Files
4. Buffy the Vampire Slayer
5. Futurama
6. Oz
7. Freaks and Geeks
8. Homicide: Life on the Street
9. Batman: The Animated Series
10. Prime Suspect
11. Spaced
12. Babylon 5
13. Neon Genesis Evangelion
14. Angel
15. Mr. Show with Bob and David
16. South Park
17. The West Wing
18. Pride and Prejudice
19. Excel Saga
20. Home Movies
21. Cowboy Bebop
22. The Critic
23. Rocko's Modern Life
24. Giant Robo
25. The Civil War

Best New Shows Year by Year
1982. Smiley's People
1983. Blackadder
1984. Fanny and Alexander
1985. Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam
1986. Dragon Ball
1987. Star Trek: The Next Generation
1988. Dekalog
1989. Seinfeld
1990. Twin Peaks
1991. Prime Suspect
1992. Batman: The Animated Series
1993. The X-Files
1994. The Critic
1995. Neon Genesis Evangelion
1996. Superman: The Animated Series
1997. Buffy the Vampire Slayer
1998. Cowboy Bebop
1999. The Sopranos
2000. Aqua Teen Hunger Force
2001. Band of Brothers
2002. The Wire
2003. Arrested Development
2004. Deadwood
2005. Rome
2006. 30 Rock
2007. Mad Men
2008. Breaking Bad
2009. Community
2010. Justified
2011. Game of Thrones
2012. Key & Peele
2013. The Americans
2014. The Leftovers
2015. Better Call Saul
2016. The Good Place
2017. Mindhunter
2018. Succession
2019. Chernobyl
2020. Jujutsu Kaisen
2021. Midnight Mass
2022. Ms. Marvel
2023. Scavengers Reign
2024. The Penguin
2025. Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX