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EDIT: THIS POST IS OUTDATED. BUT YOU CAN SEE THE UPDATED LIST HERE Full quality image here because Reddit compresses the image in the app. (edit: I just updated the image because The Last Kingdom's country was wrong on the original image. It is correct now.) I just added Ratingraph ratings as you suggested. So this is the updated ranking. I finished 43 shows from this list. I'd like to hear how many shows you've finished and which ones you recommend. This list only includes shows from 1997-2024 (edit: but the top 3 best old shows are Dekalog (1989) with 8.93 overall rating, Mr Bean (1990) with 8.90 and The Twilight Zone (1959) with 8.82). This list does not include ongoing shows (edit: the best ongoing show is Heartstopper with 8.86 overall rating. My Brilliant Friend with 8.71 is the best ongoing show that is already renewed to its final season). Honorable mentions: This Is Us, Legion and Dopesick tied with Penny Dreadful at 100th. Honorable mentions 2: Crash Landing on You has a 9.12 overall rating and it would be good enough to be 3rd on this list. Young Royals has a 8.94 overall rating, that would be good enough to get 9th place. Detectorists has a 8.86 overall rating and Utopia UK has a 8.84 overall rating (both good enough to be 11th on this list). But these shows do not have a page on Metacritic, so their score is based only on IMDb, Rottentomatoes, TMDB and Ratingraph ratings. There are many highly rated foreign shows that could be on this list, but unfortunately most of them do not have critic ratings on Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic. That's why this list is mostly American-British. Edit: I missed This Is Going to Hurt. It is a British miniseries with 8.50 overall rating, so it should be in the Top 100. Answer from sergiocamposnt on reddit.com
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25 Most Popular TV Shows Right Now: What to Watch on Streaming | Rotten Tomatoes
3 days ago - On the heels of its highly-anticipated series finale, Stranger Things takes the top spot again, followed by Netflix’s Heated Rivalry, and Prime Video’s Fallout. Click on each show for reviews and trailers, where to watch, and how to cast ...
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December 6, 2025 - 2019– TV-MATV Series · 7.9 (602K)RateMark as watched · Geralt of Rivia, a solitary monster hunter, struggles to find his place in a world where people often prove more wicked than beasts. 2017–2021TV-MATV Series · 8.2 (584K)RateMark as watched · An unusual group of robbers attempt to carry out the most perfect robbery in Spanish history - stealing 2.4 billion euros from the Royal Mint of Spain.
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3 weeks ago - 2025– 30 epsTV-MATV Series · 8.9 (74K)RateMark as watched · Our Most Popular charts use data from the search behavior of IMDb's more than 250 million monthly unique visitors to rank the hottest, most buzzed about movies and TV shows. You have no recently viewed pages ·
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[UPDATED] Top 100 Best TV Shows according to IMDb, RottenTomatoes, Metacritic and TMDB. How many shows from this list have you watched and which do you recommend the most?
EDIT: THIS POST IS OUTDATED. BUT YOU CAN SEE THE UPDATED LIST HERE Full quality image here because Reddit compresses the image in the app. (edit: I just updated the image because The Last Kingdom's country was wrong on the original image. It is correct now.) I just added Ratingraph ratings as you suggested. So this is the updated ranking. I finished 43 shows from this list. I'd like to hear how many shows you've finished and which ones you recommend. This list only includes shows from 1997-2024 (edit: but the top 3 best old shows are Dekalog (1989) with 8.93 overall rating, Mr Bean (1990) with 8.90 and The Twilight Zone (1959) with 8.82). This list does not include ongoing shows (edit: the best ongoing show is Heartstopper with 8.86 overall rating. My Brilliant Friend with 8.71 is the best ongoing show that is already renewed to its final season). Honorable mentions: This Is Us, Legion and Dopesick tied with Penny Dreadful at 100th. Honorable mentions 2: Crash Landing on You has a 9.12 overall rating and it would be good enough to be 3rd on this list. Young Royals has a 8.94 overall rating, that would be good enough to get 9th place. Detectorists has a 8.86 overall rating and Utopia UK has a 8.84 overall rating (both good enough to be 11th on this list). But these shows do not have a page on Metacritic, so their score is based only on IMDb, Rottentomatoes, TMDB and Ratingraph ratings. There are many highly rated foreign shows that could be on this list, but unfortunately most of them do not have critic ratings on Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic. That's why this list is mostly American-British. Edit: I missed This Is Going to Hurt. It is a British miniseries with 8.50 overall rating, so it should be in the Top 100. More on reddit.com
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The Top 300 Greatest TV Shows of All Time: FBG Consensus: 50 Lists received. 2: Seinfeld 1: Breaking Bad | Fantasy Football - Footballguys Forums
It is listed as a TV series but in effect each season is really just 3 movies with a running time of 90 minutes (no commercials) per episode. Click to expand... Same with Columbo which most consider a series but the “episodes” were actually movies of the week running 90 minutes to 2 hours ... More on forums.footballguys.com
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What are the most popular shows on right now that are actually good?
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The Haunting of Hill House. imo the best tv show by mike flannagan. this is like a family horror drama. Midnight Mass. another masterpiece from mike flannagan Mr. Sunshine (kdrama) i dont rly like period dramas but lee byunghun and kim taeri were the leads so i had to try. and they did not disappoint! Sense8. i rly love how the wachowskis show how we are all connected. has very diverse characters, and you will love all of them More on reddit.com
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Top 10 Shows on Netflix Right Now - Netflix Tudum
3 days ago - Plus: Stranger Things 5 and The Great Flood debut on the Most Popular list.
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r/televisionsuggestions on Reddit: [UPDATED] Top 100 Best TV Shows according to IMDb, RottenTomatoes, Metacritic and TMDB. How many shows from this list have you watched and which do you recommend the most?
July 17, 2024 - You can check the new ratings here: https://www.reddit.com/r/televisionsuggestions/comments/1pt7l8l/2025_update_top_100_best_tv_shows_according_to/ More replies ... How can they forget "Tonight's the Night" ☠️💀 Dexter is literally rated 8.6, such a good show! ... This list seems to have serious recency bias.
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TOP 10 on Streaming in the World on January 7, 2026 • FlixPatrol
15 hours ago - The most popular movies and TV shows on Streaming in the World. Who was #1 on Streaming on January 7, 2026? TOP 10 charts or full ratings charts. Check the title detail for more streaming analytics.
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List of television shows considered the best - Wikipedia
3 days ago - This is a list of television shows that television critics or magazines have considered among the best of all time. The television shows are included on at least four separate best-of lists from different publications (inclusive of all time periods, networks and genres), as chosen by their ...
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Top 10 Most Popular Shows on Netflix of All Time - Netflix Tudum
November 26, 2025 - Plus: Stranger Things 5 and The Great Flood debut on the Most Popular list.
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The 41 best TV shows to binge-watch right now (December 2025)
December 7, 2025 - The first season of Shōgun won ... the most ever for a single season of television, with EW's critic calling the series "a stunning epic." Originally envisioned as a miniseries, the show's popularity with fans, critics, and awards bodies led to renewals for a second and third season. —K.J. ... Harrison Ford as Dr. Paul Rhoades and Jason Segel as Jimmy Laird on 'Shrinking'. ... TV producer Bill ...
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Top-rated United States television programs by season - Wikipedia
November 8, 2025 - This article presents the top-rated American primetime broadcast network television series by season from 1950 to the present according to Nielsen Media Research.
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Most Popular Now - Apple TV
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WGA
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101 Best Written TV Series List
Fox's signature drama for most of the '90s, The X-Files, created by Chris Carter, was one of primetime television's all-time great hit science-fiction series, although to call it sci-fi is requires qualifying that it delved into the paranormal and the conspiratorial.
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TV Shows (January 2026) | Rotten Tomatoes
December 5, 2025 - New TV Tonight · 97% The Pitt: Season 2 · 70% Best Medicine: Season 1 · 67% Coldwater: Season 1 · -- Girl Taken: Season 1 · 100% His & Hers: Season 1 · -- A Thousand Blows: Season 2 · -- Tehran: Season 3 · -- The Traitors: Season 4 · ...
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TOP 10
November 30, 2025 - Nielsen's Top 10: your go-to source for the top streaming programs, TV ratings, advertising spend and more, ranked weekly.
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The Hollywood Reporter
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The Most-Watched TV Shows And Movies Right Now
1 week ago - The most-watched movies and TV shows on streaming, ranked by viewership from Nielsen, and top movies at the box office and most-watched network TV shows, as curated by THR Charts.
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Empire
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The Best TV Shows of All Time: 100 Must-Watch Series
November 14, 2025 - From The Sopranos to The Last Of Us, Empire readers and critics rank the 100 greatest TV shows ever made. Read the list.
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Can you give a top 10 list of the most-watched TV series of all time? - Quora
Answer (1 of 3): MASH Firefly Star Trek Star Trek: The Next Generation Black Adder (1–4 plus odds and ends) Monty Python’s Flying Circus Scrubs The Dick Van Dyke Show Columbo Pinky and the Brain.
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Collider
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30 Highest-Rated TV Shows on IMDb, Ranked
October 1, 2025 - Few sitcoms can come close to genuine perfection, and The Office is most definitely one of them. The rare TV show remake that actually surpassed its predecessor in success and popularity is a mockumentary about a group of typical office workers in a Pennsylvania paper company.
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The Guardian
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The 100 best TV shows of the 21st century | Television | The Guardian
December 10, 2021 - With reality TV shifting from catty to comforting in recent times, both the BBC and Channel 4 have enjoyed the sweet smell of success with Bake Off. Mel and Sue’s exodus was a blow to its softly-softly charm and Prue Leith is a more straight-talking judge than Mary Berry. But 10 series in, the amateur baking contest is still an autumn staple. As with most ...
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Footballguys
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The Top 300 Greatest TV Shows of All Time: FBG Consensus: 50 Lists received. 2: Seinfeld 1: Breaking Bad | Fantasy Football - Footballguys Forums
April 11, 2025 - For example, I just started 12 Monkeys and am halfway through Season 1. Really like it so far, but as of today I cant rank it because it's serial and I've seen so little. But by the time lists are due, I anticipate seeing enough of it to consider including. ... Click to expand... TV show