Best TV Shows of 2023
Ranked by our critic's grades, best first.
BeefA road rage incident escalates for ten episodes and turns into the best thing said about loneliness all year.Read the review
SiloA locked-room mystery the size of a city, carried by Rebecca Ferguson and a world built so solidly that every slow reveal earns its wait.
The Last of UsThe third episode is a self contained love story about two men and a strawberry patch, and it is extraordinary.
The Fall of the House of UsherMike Flanagan's last Netflix series turns Poe into a gleeful, gory satire of an opioid dynasty, superbly cast and more fun than frightening.
Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton StoryThe best thing the Bridgerton franchise has made, because Shonda Rhimes finally gives its fantasy a real subject: a marriage lived with mental illness.
ShrinkingA grief comedy from the Ted Lasso team that is warmer than it is sharp, and knows exactly which it prefers.
The DiplomatA political thriller that is really a marriage drama, and Keri Russell makes both halves work.
One Piece (2023 Series)The live action anime adaptation that finally stopped being embarrassed by its source material.
Percy Jackson and the OlympiansThe faithful adaptation the books waited fifteen years for, made on a budget that shows in every frame.
The Night AgentAn efficient airport thriller about a phone in the White House basement, easy to binge for ten hours and gone from memory by the next morning.