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Streaming services are known for having awards-worthy series, but also plenty of duds. Our guide to the best TV shows on Netflix is updated weekly to help you know which series you need to move to the top of your queue. They aren't all sure-fire Emmy-winners—we love a good less-than-obvious gem—but they're all worth your time, trust us. Feel like you've already watched everything on this list you want to see? Try our guide to the As creator Charlie Brooker Black Mirror wasn't meant to be ‘this is what’s going on in technology this week.’ It was always designed to be a more paranoid and weird and hopefully unique show.” And that it is, but rather than displaying what’s going on in technology as it’s happening, the show has a way of beating its viewers to the paranoid punch, addressing dystopian anxieties before they even happen. ( Black Mirror was talking about AI long before your mom had heard of ChatGPT.) Netflix just released the sixth season of Brooker’s show, and if you haven’t watched now may be the time. How else will you know what you’ll be worried about five years from now? On the planet Etheria, Adora loyally serves the Horde, rising through its ranks with her close friend Catra by her side, until the discovery of a strange sword transforms her into the legendary warrior She-Ra. Learning the truth about the oppressive forces she's served her whole life, Adora joins the Rebellion against the Horde—but can she really turn her back on everything she's ever known? And...

The best shows on Hulu deliver quality entertainment right into your living room (or bedroom/bathroom/whatever room you prefer). And the best shows on Hulu that are available right now offer something for everyone, from comedies like Only Murders in the Building to dramas like Handmaid's Tale to reality shows like The Kardashians. With its enormous vault of content, Hulu is one of the If you like reality TV, Hulu is the best way to binge everything from Married at First Sight to The Bachelor. Drama lovers will find everything from Grey's Anatomy to Veronica Mars. And comedy fans can laugh along to PEN15, Modern Family and Broad City. Twenty-five years ago, The Full Monty was the little indie that could, earning over $250 million (on a $3.5 million budget) and four Oscar nominations (winning Best Musical or Comedy Score). Somehow, a movie about a bunch of unemployed English steelworkers letting it all hang out became a smash hit and cult classic. Now, a sequel series checks in with the blokes a quarter century after the success of their cash-seeking striptease act. Original cast members Robert Carlyle, Mark Addy, Lesley Sharp, Hugo Speer, Paul Barber, Steve Huison, Wim Snape and Tom Wilkinson all return. This time, they’ve got a younger generation to corrupt inspire. - KW Watch now Tiny Beautiful Things Author Cheryl Strayed’s memoir Wild was already adapted into a movie by Reese Witherspoon. Now, her collection of essays Tiny Beautiful Things is becoming a television serie...

Nicholas Braun in 'Succession,' Quinta Brunson in 'Abbott Elementary,' Natasha Lyonne in 'Poker Face,' and Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey in 'The Last of Us' Photo Illustration by Matthew Cooley. Images in Illustration: Macall B. Polay/HBO; Gilles Mingasson/ABC; Phillip Caruso/Peacock; Liane Hentscher/HBO Diane Morgan has starred in a number of British TV shows and specials, working alongside writers like Black Mirrorcreator Charlie Brooker. The latest Philomena Cunk miniseries — in which our titular fool attempts to survey the history of the planet, with help from a variety of real-life experts who do their best to be patient with her — • Dave (FXX) Image Credit: FX The bar for the title of Best Videogame Adaptation For Film Or Television was pitifully low before The Last of Uscame along. But Neil Druckmann and Craig Mazin’s translation of Druckmann’s best-selling post-apocalyptic game should recalibrate expectations for anything like it going forward. Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey were both fantastic in the lead roles. The show frequently outdid The Walking Deadin its ability to show that the true monsters tend to be other people, not zombies (or the zombie-adjacent). And in the Nick Offerman/Murray Bartlett showcase “Long, Long Time,” it gave us • Mrs. Davis (Peacock) Image Credit: Sophie Kohler/PEACOCK Even with the combined pedigrees of co-creators Tara Hernandez ( The Big Bang Theory, Young Sheldon) and Damon Lindelof ( Lost, The Leftovers, Watchmen), it’s still kind ...

The best shows on Hulu deliver quality entertainment right into your living room (or bedroom/bathroom/whatever room you prefer). And the best shows on Hulu that are available right now offer something for everyone, from comedies like Only Murders in the Building to dramas like Handmaid's Tale to reality shows like The Kardashians. With its enormous vault of content, Hulu is one of the If you like reality TV, Hulu is the best way to binge everything from Married at First Sight to The Bachelor. Drama lovers will find everything from Grey's Anatomy to Veronica Mars. And comedy fans can laugh along to PEN15, Modern Family and Broad City. Twenty-five years ago, The Full Monty was the little indie that could, earning over $250 million (on a $3.5 million budget) and four Oscar nominations (winning Best Musical or Comedy Score). Somehow, a movie about a bunch of unemployed English steelworkers letting it all hang out became a smash hit and cult classic. Now, a sequel series checks in with the blokes a quarter century after the success of their cash-seeking striptease act. Original cast members Robert Carlyle, Mark Addy, Lesley Sharp, Hugo Speer, Paul Barber, Steve Huison, Wim Snape and Tom Wilkinson all return. This time, they’ve got a younger generation to corrupt inspire. - KW Watch now Tiny Beautiful Things Author Cheryl Strayed’s memoir Wild was already adapted into a movie by Reese Witherspoon. Now, her collection of essays Tiny Beautiful Things is becoming a television serie...

Streaming services are known for having awards-worthy series, but also plenty of duds. Our guide to the best TV shows on Netflix is updated weekly to help you know which series you need to move to the top of your queue. They aren't all sure-fire Emmy-winners—we love a good less-than-obvious gem—but they're all worth your time, trust us. Feel like you've already watched everything on this list you want to see? Try our guide to the As creator Charlie Brooker Black Mirror wasn't meant to be ‘this is what’s going on in technology this week.’ It was always designed to be a more paranoid and weird and hopefully unique show.” And that it is, but rather than displaying what’s going on in technology as it’s happening, the show has a way of beating its viewers to the paranoid punch, addressing dystopian anxieties before they even happen. ( Black Mirror was talking about AI long before your mom had heard of ChatGPT.) Netflix just released the sixth season of Brooker’s show, and if you haven’t watched now may be the time. How else will you know what you’ll be worried about five years from now? On the planet Etheria, Adora loyally serves the Horde, rising through its ranks with her close friend Catra by her side, until the discovery of a strange sword transforms her into the legendary warrior She-Ra. Learning the truth about the oppressive forces she's served her whole life, Adora joins the Rebellion against the Horde—but can she really turn her back on everything she's ever known? And...

Nicholas Braun in 'Succession,' Quinta Brunson in 'Abbott Elementary,' Natasha Lyonne in 'Poker Face,' and Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey in 'The Last of Us' Photo Illustration by Matthew Cooley. Images in Illustration: Macall B. Polay/HBO; Gilles Mingasson/ABC; Phillip Caruso/Peacock; Liane Hentscher/HBO Diane Morgan has starred in a number of British TV shows and specials, working alongside writers like Black Mirrorcreator Charlie Brooker. The latest Philomena Cunk miniseries — in which our titular fool attempts to survey the history of the planet, with help from a variety of real-life experts who do their best to be patient with her — • Dave (FXX) Image Credit: FX The bar for the title of Best Videogame Adaptation For Film Or Television was pitifully low before The Last of Uscame along. But Neil Druckmann and Craig Mazin’s translation of Druckmann’s best-selling post-apocalyptic game should recalibrate expectations for anything like it going forward. Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey were both fantastic in the lead roles. The show frequently outdid The Walking Deadin its ability to show that the true monsters tend to be other people, not zombies (or the zombie-adjacent). And in the Nick Offerman/Murray Bartlett showcase “Long, Long Time,” it gave us • Mrs. Davis (Peacock) Image Credit: Sophie Kohler/PEACOCK Even with the combined pedigrees of co-creators Tara Hernandez ( The Big Bang Theory, Young Sheldon) and Damon Lindelof ( Lost, The Leftovers, Watchmen), it’s still kind ...