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Best TV Shows This Year

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1. Baby Reindeer

Apr 11, 2024 • Rated TV-MA

Struggling comedian Donny Dunn (Richard Gadd) doesn't report his stalker Martha (Jessica Gunning) right away in the dramedy series based on Gadd's one-man play about his own experience with a stalker.

2. Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

Sep 7, 2024 • Rated TV-MA

Alex Gibney’s two-part documentary about the life of "The Sopranos" creator David Chase and the inspiration behind the show includes interviews and behind the scenes footage from the series writers, producers and actors.

3. Shogun (2024)

Feb 27, 2024 • Rated TV-MA

In feudal Japan, Lord Yoshii Toranaga (Hiroyuki Sanada), British captain John Blackthorne (Cosmo Jarvis) and translator Toda Mariko (Anna Sawai) are brought together as a civil war looms in this limited series adaptation from Rachel Kondo and Justin Marks of James Clavell's novel of the same name (that was also made into a 1980 miniseries).

4. Rivals

Oct 18, 2024 • Rated TV-MA

The rivalry between Olympian turned politician Rupert Campbell-Black (Alex Hassell) and television executive Lord Tony Baddingham (David Tennant) is at the center of the 1980s set adaptation of the Jilly Cooper's second Rutshire Chronicles novel of the same name. [Airs in the US on Hulu and on Disney+ for the rest of the world]

5. Fantasmas

Jun 7, 2024 • Rated TV-MA

While searching for a gold oyster earring, Julio (Julio Torres) meets a variety of characters in an alternative New York City in this comedy series created and directed by Torres.

6. English Teacher

Sep 2, 2024 • Rated TV-MA

Austin high school teacher Evan Marquez (Brian Jordan Alvarez) juggles students, coworkers and his personal relationships in the comedy series created by Alvarez.

7. Jerrod Carmichael Reality Show

Mar 29, 2024 • Rated TV-MA

Comedian Jerrod Carmichael seeks "love, sex, and truth" in the comedic documentary series.

8. X-Men '97

Mar 20, 2024 • Rated TV-14

The mutant heroes must carry on after the death of Professor X in the animated series that begins after where X-Men: The Animated Series ended in 1997.

9. Adam Sandler: Love You

Adam Sandler's stand-up special was directed by Josh Safdie and filmed at the Nocturne Theatre in Glendale, California.

10. The Sympathizer

Apr 14, 2024 • Rated TV-MA

North Vietnam spy The Captain (Hoa Xuande) ends up living in a South Vietnamese refugee community in Los Angeles and finds his loyalty tested in the limited series based on Viet Thanh Nguyen's novel of the same name.

11. In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon

Mar 17, 2024 • Rated TV-PG

Directed by Alex Gibney, the two-part documentary features footage of Paul Simon making 2023's Seven Psalms during the COVID-19 pandemic as well as archival footage encompassing both his time in Simon & Garfunkel and solo artist.

12. Mr Bates vs the Post Office

Alan Bates (Toby Jones) was one of the 700+ sub-postmasters who were accused of stealing money from the British Post Office. In a 20-years long fight, he and his allies seek to prove faulty software was the real cause in this four-part miniseries. [Premiered originally in the UK on ITV on 1 Jan 2024 and in the US on Masterpiece on PBS on 7 Apr 2024]

13. Nolly

The three-part drama from Russell T Davies about Noele "Nolly" Gordon (Helena Bonham Carter), who was fired in 1981 after 18 years on the British soap, Crossroads. [Premiered originally in the UK on ITVX on 2 Feb 2023 and in the US on PBS on 17 Mar 2024]

14. Diarra From Detroit

Diarra (Diarra Kilpatrick) searches for her date when he doesn't show up for their second date in the dark comedy series executive produced by Kilpatrick and Kenya Barris.

15. Ren Faire

Jun 2, 2024 • Rated TV-14

The general manager, a former elephant trainer and a kettle-corn vendor are some of the people aiming to take over the Texas Renaissance Festival from its 86-year-old founder when he retires in the three-part documentary series from director Lance Oppenheim.

16. Simone Biles Rising

Jul 17, 2024 • Rated TV-MA

The four-part docuseries follows gymnast Simone Biles as she works to return for the 2024 Paris Olympics Games.

17. Penelope

16-year-old Penelope (Megan Stott) leaves her family to explore the forests of Washington state in the coming-of-age series created by Mark Duplass and Mel Eslyn.

18. Boarders

Five black inner-city teenagers earn a scholarship to attend a prestigious boarding school in the British coming-of-age dramedy. [Premiered originally in the UK on BBC Three on 20 Feb 2024 and in the US on Tubi on 8 Mar 2024]

19. Changing Ends

The semi-autobiographical British sitcom based on comedian Alan Carr's childhood in 1980s Northampton was co-written with Simon Carlyle. [Premiered originally in the UK on ITVX on 1 Jun 2023 and on ITV1 on 16 Apr 2024 and in the US on BritBox on 6 Jun 2024]

20. We Were the Lucky Ones

Mar 28, 2024 • Rated TV-MA

A Jewish family's journey to be reunited after World War II separates them from each other is at the center of the adaptation of Georgia Hunter's novel that itself was inspired by the real history of her own relatives.

21. The Vince Staples Show

Feb 15, 2024 • Rated TV-MA

Rapper Vince Staples plays a fictional version of himself in the comedy series set in his hometown of Long Beach, California.

22. One Day (2024)

Feb 8, 2024 • Rated TV-MA

Emma Morley (Ambika Mod) and Dexter Mayhew (Leo Woodall) first met on their graduation day in 1988 and each year they meet up on the same day in this adaptation of David Nicholls' novel (which was previously made into the 2011 film of the same name).

23. The Long Shadow

Mar 21, 2024 • Rated TV-PG

The seven-part series dramatizes the five-year manhunt for the Yorkshire Ripper, serial killer Peter Sutcliffe. [Premiered originally in the UK on ITV on 25 Sep 2023 and in the US on Sundance Now/AMC+ on 21 Mar 2024]

24. American Nightmare

Jan 17, 2024 • Rated TV-MA

The three-part documentary from Felicity Morris and Bernadette Higgins centers on the 2015 kidnapping and sexual assault of Denise Huskins. The police accuse Denise and her boyfriend Aaron Quinn of a hoax when she reappears until a home invasion robbery turns up evidence of the kidnapping.

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