As ranked by The New York Times · Television · 2000 → Today

The 100
Best Shows

of the 21st Century

The century's television, ranked — prestige dramas, cult comedies, miniseries and marathons. Tick off what you've seen, and let the projector pick your next binge.

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Counted by premiere decade — the 2010s peak-TV boom leads

The 100 Best TV Shows of the 21st Century — full ranked list

Breaking Bad (2008–2013)
The Wire (2002–2008)
Mad Men (2007–2015)
Succession (2018–2023)
Fleabag (2016–2019)
Game of Thrones (2011–2019)
Veep (2012–2019)
30 Rock (2006–2013)
Curb Your Enthusiasm (2000–2024)
Atlanta (2016–2022)
The Office (U.S.) (2005–2013)
Arrested Development (2003–2019)
Girls (2012–2017)
Friday Night Lights (2006–2011)
Six Feet Under (2001–2005)
The Office (U.K.) (2001–2003)
The Americans (2013–2018)
I May Destroy You (2020)
Chernobyl (2019)
The Crown (2016–2023)
The White Lotus (2021–present)
Lost (2004–2010)
The Comeback (2005–2026)
Deadwood (2004–2006)
The Leftovers (2014–2017)
Black Mirror (2011–present)
Better Call Saul (2015–2022)
Band of Brothers (2001)
Key & Peele (2012–2015)
Severance (2022–present)
Survivor (2000–present)
Andor (2022–2025)
Enlightened (2011–2013)
Schitt's Creek (2015–2020)
True Detective (Season 1) (2014)
The Pitt (2025–present)
Battlestar Galactica (2005–2009)
Homeland (2011–2020)
Watchmen (2019)
Adolescence (2025)
Louie (2010–2015)
Hacks (2021–2026)
Peaky Blinders (2013–2022)
BoJack Horseman (2014–2020)
Happy Valley (2014–2023)
Broad City (2014–2019)
Twin Peaks: The Return (2017)
House of Cards (2013–2018)
Normal People (2020)
Parks and Recreation (2009–2015)
The Good Place (2016–2020)
Downton Abbey (2010–2015)
Stranger Things (2016–2025)
The Bureau (2015–2020)
Insecure (2016–2021)
Nathan for You (2013–2017)
I Think You Should Leave (2019–present)
Chappelle's Show (2003–2006)
PEN15 (2019–2021)
Peep Show (2003–2015)
RuPaul's Drag Race (2009–present)
Slow Horses (2022–present)
The Thick of It (2005–2012)
Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown (2013–2018)
Mare of Easttown (2021)
The Rehearsal (2022–present)
The Handmaid's Tale (2017–2025)
Ozark (2017–2022)
Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations (2005–2012)
The Shield (2002–2008)
Beef (Season 1) (2023)
Squid Game (2021–2025)
Barry (2018–2023)
The Bear (2022–2026)
Ted Lasso (2020–present)
Somebody Somewhere (2022–2024)
Modern Family (2009–2020)
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2005–present)
The Good Wife (2009–2016)
How To With John Wilson (2020–2023)
The Queen's Gambit (2020)
Better Things (2016–2022)
Justified (2010–2015)
Planet Earth (2006)
The Great British Baking Show (2010–present)
Shogun (2024–present)
Reservation Dogs (2021–2023)
Dexter (2006–2013)
Baby Reindeer (2024)
Eastbound & Down (2009–2013)
Catastrophe (2015–2019)
The Night Of (2016)
Station Eleven (2021–2022)
The Diplomat (2023–present)
House (2004–2012)
Halt and Catch Fire (2014–2017)
Community (2009–2015)
The OA (2016–2019)
Gilmore Girls (2000–2007)
Scandal (2012–2018)

About This List

The New York Times ranked the hundred best television shows of the 21st century, with Breaking Bad at the top ahead of The Wire, Mad Men, Succession and Fleabag. The list runs from the prestige-drama revolution of the early 2000s through the streaming boom to shows still on air today — hour-long epics beside half-hour comedies, miniseries, documentaries, travelogues and reality competitions. This interactive companion lets you explore all one hundred, find where each is streaming, and keep a personal log of everything you've watched.