What is the best TV show of 2026?

From returning heavyweights to breakout new hits, this ranking lines up the year's most talked-about television — prestige dramas, razor-sharp comedies and gripping thrillers all jostling for the crown. There's no neutral pick, so cast your vote for the show that owned 2026 for you.

1. 1
   A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms

   HBO's Game of Thrones prequel following Dunk and Egg.
   1000pts

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2. 2
   The Boys

   Prime Video's brutal, satirical superhero series.
   679pts
3. 3
   Shrinking

   Apple TV comedy with Jason Segel and Harrison Ford.
   678pts
4. 4
   The Night Agent

   Netflix action-thriller about an FBI agent in the field.
   555pts
5. 5
   Industry

   HBO's high-stakes drama set inside a London investment bank.
   555pts
6. 6
   Paradise

   Hulu's political conspiracy thriller starring Sterling K. Brown.
   0pts
7. 7
   Abbott Elementary

   ABC's mockumentary sitcom set in a Philadelphia school.
   0pts
8. 8
   The Four Seasons

   Netflix comedy with Tina Fey about three vacationing couples.
   0pts
9. 9
   The Pitt

   HBO Max's real-time emergency-room drama led by Noah Wyle.
   0pts
10. 10
    Hacks

    HBO Max comedy about a legendary comedian and her young writer.
    0pts
11. 11
    For All Mankind

    Apple TV alternate-history space-race drama.
    0pts
12. 12
    Widow's Bay

    Katie Dippold's Apple TV horror comedy, which premiered in April 2026, stars Matthew Rhys as the mayor of a cursed New England island town.
13. 13
    The Bear

    FX's Chicago kitchen drama starring Jeremy Allen White closed with its fifth and final season, which premiered on June 25, 2026.
14. 14
    Silo

    Rebecca Ferguson's Apple TV dystopian drama about survivors in a buried underground silo returned for a ten-episode third season on July 3, 2026.
15. 15
    The Vampire Lestat

    AMC retitled Interview with the Vampire for its third season, which premiered on June 7, 2026, and adapts Anne Rice's second Vampire Chronicles novel.
16. 16
    House of the Dragon

    HBO's Game of Thrones prequel returned for its third season in June 2026, and the premiere drew 21.5 million viewers in three days.
17. 17
    Lord of the Flies

    Jack Thorne's four-part adaptation of William Golding's novel, released on BBC iPlayer in February 2026 and on Netflix in May, with a Metacritic score of 83.
18. 18
    Star Trek: Starfleet Academy

    Paramount+'s young-adult Star Trek series about cadets at the rebuilt academy, which premiered in January 2026.
19. 19
    DTF St. Louis

    HBO dark-comedy miniseries with Jason Bateman, Linda Cardellini and David Harbour that won seven Emmys, including Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series.
20. 20
    Margo's Got Money Troubles

    Apple TV comedy-drama from David E. Kelley starring Elle Fanning, based on Rufi Thorpe's 2024 novel and premiered in April 2026.

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