Best TV Shows of All Time

Ranked by MMS Score: a Bayesian rating that rewards sustained quality, not small hyped fanbases. Updated nightly.

1
Breaking Bad

Breaking Bad

(2008)8.9

Walter White, a New Mexico chemistry teacher, is diagnosed with Stage III cancer and given a prognosis of only two years left to live. He becomes filled with a sense of fearlessness and an unrelenting desire to secure his family's financial future at any cost as he enters the dangerous world of drugs and crime.

5 seasons 18,578 ratings

2
Avatar: The Last Airbender

Avatar: The Last Airbender

(2005)8.7

In a war-torn world of elemental magic, a young boy reawakens to undertake a dangerous mystic quest to fulfill his destiny as the Avatar, and bring peace to the world.

3 seasons 5,091 ratings

3
Arcane

Arcane

(2021)8.7

Amid the stark discord of twin cities Piltover and Zaun, two sisters fight on rival sides of a war between magic technologies and clashing convictions.

2 seasons 6,163 ratings

4
One Piece

One Piece

(1999)8.7

Years ago, the fearsome Pirate King, Gol D. Roger was executed leaving a huge pile of treasure and the famous "One Piece" behind. Whoever claims the "One Piece" will be named the new King of the Pirates. Monkey D. Luffy, a boy who consumed a "Devil Fruit," decides to follow in the footsteps of his idol, the pirate Shanks, and find the One Piece. It helps, of course, that his body has the properties of rubber and that he's surrounded by a bevy of skilled fighters and thieves to help him along the way. Luffy will do anything to get the One Piece and become King of the Pirates!

23 seasons 5,530 ratings

5
Chernobyl

Chernobyl

(2019)8.7

The true story of one of the worst man-made catastrophes in history: the catastrophic nuclear accident at Chernobyl. A tale of the brave men and women who sacrificed to save Europe from unimaginable disaster.

1 season 8,279 ratings

6
Attack on Titan

Attack on Titan

(2013)8.7

100 years ago, the last remnants of humanity were forced to retreat behind the towering walls of a fortified city to escape the massive, man-eating Titans that roamed the land outside their fortress. Only the members of the Scouting Legion dared to stray beyond the safety of the walls – but even those brave warriors seldom returned alive. Those within the city clung to the illusion of a peaceful existence until the day that dream was shattered, and their slim chance at survival was reduced to one horrifying choice: kill – or be devoured!

4 seasons 7,682 ratings

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Better Call Saul

Better Call Saul

(2015)8.7

Six years before Saul Goodman meets Walter White. We meet him when the man who will become Saul Goodman is known as Jimmy McGill, a small-time lawyer searching for his destiny, and, more immediately, hustling to make ends meet. Working alongside, and, often, against Jimmy, is “fixer” Mike Ehrmantraut. The series tracks Jimmy’s transformation into Saul Goodman, the man who puts “criminal” in “criminal lawyer".

6 seasons 6,853 ratings

8
Rick and Morty

Rick and Morty

(2013)8.7

Follows a sociopathic genius scientist who drags his inherently timid grandson on adventures across the universe.

9 seasons 11,375 ratings

9
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood

Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood

(2009)8.6

Disregard for alchemy’s laws ripped half of Edward Elric’s limbs from his body and left his brother Alphonse’s soul clinging to a suit of armor. To restore what was lost, the brothers seek the Philosopher’s Stone. Enemies and allies – the corrupt military, the Homunculi, and foreign alchemists – will alter the Elric brothers course, but their purpose will remain unchanged and their bond unbreakable.

1 season 2,571 ratings

10
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba

(2019)8.6

After a demon attack leaves his family slain and his sister cursed, Tanjiro embarks upon a perilous journey to find a cure and avenge those he's lost.

5 seasons 7,455 ratings

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The Sopranos

The Sopranos

(1999)8.6

The story of New Jersey-based Italian-American mobster Tony Soprano and the difficulties he faces as he tries to balance the conflicting requirements of his home life and the criminal organization he heads. Those difficulties are often highlighted through his ongoing professional relationship with psychiatrist Jennifer Melfi. The show features Tony's family members and Mafia associates in prominent roles and story arcs, most notably his wife Carmela and his cousin and protégé Christopher Moltisanti.

6 seasons 3,663 ratings

12
Anne with an E

Anne with an E

(2017)8.6

A coming-of-age story about an outsider who, against all odds and numerous challenges, fights for love and acceptance and for her place in the world. The series centers on a young orphaned girl in the late 1890s, who, after an abusive childhood spent in orphanages and the homes of strangers, is mistakenly sent to live with an elderly woman and her aging brother. Over time, 13-year-old Anne will transform their lives and eventually the small town in which they live with her unique spirit, fierce intellect and brilliant imagination.

3 seasons 4,985 ratings

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INVINCIBLE

INVINCIBLE

(2021)8.6

Mark Grayson is a normal teenager except for the fact that his father is the most powerful superhero on the planet. Shortly after his seventeenth birthday, Mark begins to develop powers of his own and enters into his father's tutelage.

5 seasons 6,056 ratings

14
Death Note

Death Note

(2006)8.6

Light Yagami is an ace student with great prospects—and he’s bored out of his mind. But all that changes when he finds the Death Note, a notebook dropped by a rogue Shinigami death god. Any human whose name is written in the notebook dies, and Light has vowed to use the power of the Death Note to rid the world of evil. But will Light succeed in his noble goal, or will the Death Note turn him into the very thing he fights against?

1 season 5,133 ratings

15
Solo Leveling

Solo Leveling

(2024)8.6

They say whatever doesn’t kill you makes you stronger, but that’s not the case for the world’s weakest hunter Sung Jinwoo. After being brutally slaughtered by monsters in a high-ranking dungeon, Jinwoo came back with the System, a program only he could see, that’s leveling him up in every way. Now, he’s inspired to discover the secrets behind his powers and the dungeon that spawned them.

1 season 1,976 ratings

16
My Hero Academia

My Hero Academia

(2016)8.6

Izuku has dreamt of being a hero all his life—a lofty goal for anyone, but especially challenging for a kid with no superpowers. That’s right, in a world where eighty percent of the population has some kind of super-powered "quirk," Izuku was unlucky enough to be born completely normal. But that’s not enough to stop him from enrolling in one of the world’s most prestigious hero academies.

8 seasons 5,375 ratings

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JUJUTSU KAISEN

JUJUTSU KAISEN

(2020)8.6

Yuji Itadori is a boy with tremendous physical strength, though he lives a completely ordinary high school life. One day, to save a classmate who has been attacked by curses, he eats the finger of Ryomen Sukuna, taking the curse into his own soul. From then on, he shares one body with Ryomen Sukuna. Guided by the most powerful of sorcerers, Satoru Gojo, Itadori is admitted to Tokyo Jujutsu High School, an organization that fights the curses... and thus begins the heroic tale of a boy who became a curse to exorcise a curse, a life from which he could never turn back.

1 season 4,645 ratings

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Band of Brothers

Band of Brothers

(2001)8.6

Drawn from interviews with survivors of Easy Company, as well as their journals and letters, Band of Brothers chronicles the experiences of these men from paratrooper training in Georgia through the end of the war. As an elite rifle company parachuting into Normandy early on D-Day morning, participants in the Battle of the Bulge, and witness to the horrors of war, the men of Easy knew extraordinary bravery and extraordinary fear - and became the stuff of legend. Based on Stephen E. Ambrose's acclaimed book of the same name.

1 season 4,353 ratings

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Gravity Falls

Gravity Falls

(2012)8.6

Twin brother and sister Dipper and Mabel Pines are in for an unexpected adventure when they spend the summer helping their great uncle Stan run a tourist trap in the mysterious town of Gravity Falls, Oregon.

2 seasons 3,598 ratings

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The Wire

The Wire

(2002)8.6

Told from the points of view of both the Baltimore homicide and narcotics detectives and their targets, the series captures a universe in which the national war on drugs has become a permanent, self-sustaining bureaucracy, and distinctions between good and evil are routinely obliterated.

5 seasons 2,808 ratings

21
Hunter x Hunter

Hunter x Hunter

(2011)8.6

Gon, a young boy who lives on Whale Island, dreams of becoming a Hunter like his father, who left when Gon was still young.

3 seasons 2,197 ratings

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The Owl House

The Owl House

(2020)8.6

Luz, a self-assured teenage human girl, accidentally stumbles upon a portal to a magical new world where she befriends a rebellious witch, Eda, and an adorably tiny warrior, King.

3 seasons 1,836 ratings

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The Office

The Office

(2005)8.6

The everyday lives of office employees in the Scranton, Pennsylvania branch of the fictional Dunder Mifflin Paper Company.

9 seasons 5,450 ratings

24
Guardian: The Lonely and Great God

Guardian: The Lonely and Great God

(2016)8.6

In his quest for a bride to break his immortal curse, a 939-year-old guardian of souls meets a grim reaper and a sprightly student with a tragic past.

1 season 3,123 ratings

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Stranger Things

Stranger Things

(2016)8.5

When a young boy vanishes, a small town uncovers a mystery involving secret experiments, terrifying supernatural forces, and one strange little girl.

5 seasons 21,773 ratings

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House

House

(2004)8.5

Dr. Gregory House, a drug-addicted, unconventional, misanthropic medical genius, leads a team of diagnosticians at the fictional Princeton–Plainsboro Teaching Hospital in New Jersey.

8 seasons 7,865 ratings

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Regular Show

Regular Show

(2010)8.5

The surreal misadventures of two best friends - a blue jay and a raccoon - as they seek to liven up their mundane jobs as groundskeepers at the local park.

8 seasons 2,311 ratings

28
The Originals

The Originals

(2013)8.5

The Vampire Diaries spin-off that follows the Mikaelsons, a family of millennia-old, power-hungry vampires who want to reclaim the city they built, New Orleans, and dominate all those who have wronged them.

5 seasons 3,641 ratings

29
Primal

Primal

(2019)8.5

A caveman forms a bond with a dinosaur as they struggle to survive in a hostile world.

3 seasons 1,615 ratings

30
Peaky Blinders

Peaky Blinders

(2013)8.5

A gangster family epic set in 1919 Birmingham, England and centered on a gang who sew razor blades in the peaks of their caps, and their fierce boss Tommy Shelby, who means to move up in the world.

6 seasons 11,354 ratings

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Naruto Shippūden

Naruto Shippūden

(2007)8.5

After 2 and a half years Naruto finally returns to his village of Konoha, and sets about putting his ambitions to work. It will not be easy though as he has amassed a few more dangerous enemies, in the likes of the shinobi organization; Akatsuki.

20 seasons 8,762 ratings

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Neon Genesis Evangelion

Neon Genesis Evangelion

(1995)8.5

At the turn of the century, the Angels returned to Earth, seeking to wipe out humanity in an apocalyptic fury. Devastated, mankind's last remnants moved underground to wait for the day when the Angels would come back to finish the job. Fifteen years later, that day has come... but this time, humanity is ready to fight back with terrifying bio-mechanical weapons known as the Evangelions. Watch as Shinji, Rei, Asuka and the rest of the mysterious shadow agency Nerv battle to save earth from total annihilation.

1 season 2,160 ratings

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Fighting Spirit

Fighting Spirit

(2000)8.5

Makunouchi Ippo is an ordinary high school student in Japan. Since he spends most of his time away from school helping his mother run the family business, he doesn't get to enjoy his younger years like most teenagers. Always a target for bullying at school (the family fishing business grants him a distinct odor), Ippo's life is one of hardship. One of these after-school bullying sessions turns Ippo's life around for the better, as he is saved by a boxer named Takamura. He decides to follow in Takamura's footsteps and train to become a boxer, giving his life direction and purpose. Ippo's path to perfecting his pugilistic prowess is just beginning...

3 seasons 1,232 ratings

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Once

Once

(2017)8.5

The series revolves around Gabo, a soccer-loving teenager who, upon receiving a scholarship from the prestigious Sports Academic Institute (IAD) of Buenos Aires, will see his dream of playing at Los Halcones Dorados, the renowned amateur team of the school, and also his longing to become a professional footballer.

3 seasons 1,534 ratings

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The Rookie

The Rookie

(2018)8.5

Starting over isn't easy, especially for small-town guy John Nolan who, after a life-altering incident, is pursuing his dream of being an LAPD officer. As the force's oldest rookie, he's met with skepticism from some higher-ups who see him as just a walking midlife crisis.

9 seasons 3,515 ratings

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Batman: The Animated Series

Batman: The Animated Series

(1992)8.5

Vowing to avenge the murder of his parents, Bruce Wayne devotes his life to wiping out crime in Gotham City as the masked vigilante "Batman".

4 seasons 1,885 ratings

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Ranma ½

Ranma ½

(1989)8.5

Ranma Saotome, a teenage martial artist, and his father Genma travel to the 'cursed training ground' of Jusenkyo in China. There, despite the warnings of the Chinese guard, they fall into the cursed springs. From now on, whenever Ranma is doused in cold water, he turns into a girl and a cute, well-built redhead at that. Hot water changes him back into a man again, but only until the next time. To make matters worse, his father engages him to Akane Tendo, a girl who hates boys.

1 season 1,544 ratings

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Planet Earth

Planet Earth

(2006)8.5

David Attenborough celebrates the amazing variety of the natural world in this epic documentary series, filmed over four years across 64 different countries.

1 season 1,284 ratings

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Sherlock

Sherlock

(2010)8.5

A modern update finds the famous sleuth and his doctor partner solving crime in 21st century London.

4 seasons 6,678 ratings

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InuYasha

InuYasha

(2000)8.5

Kagome Higurashi is a modern day young girl who lives with her family by the old Higure shrine. Unbeknownst to Kagome, she is the reincarnation of priestess Kikyo and posseses the "Jewel of Four Souls" (the Shikon jewel). One ill-fated day, Kagome locates an ancient well near her home and is abruptly transported through the well and into a feudal Japan, inhabited by demons. There, she encounters Inuyasha, son of a powerful demon father and a human mother, who is pinned to a tree by an enchanted arrow.

2 seasons 2,103 ratings

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Haikyu!!

Haikyu!!

(2014)8.5

Inspired by a small-statured pro volleyball player, Hinata creates a volleyball team in his last year of middle school. Unfortunately the team is matched up against the "King of the Court" Tobio Kageyama’s team in their first tournament and inevitably lose. After the crushing defeat, Hinata vows to surpass Kageyama After entering high school, Hinata joins the volleyball team only to find that Tobio has also joined.

4 seasons 1,545 ratings

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BoJack Horseman

BoJack Horseman

(2014)8.5

Meet the most beloved sitcom horse of the '90s , 20 years later. He's a curmudgeon with a heart of...not quite gold...but something like gold. Copper?

6 seasons 2,961 ratings

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Over the Garden Wall

Over the Garden Wall

(2014)8.5

Two brothers, Wirt and Greg, find themselves lost in the Unknown; a strange forest adrift in time. With the help of a wise old Woodsman and a foul-tempered bluebird named Beatrice, Wirt and Greg must travel across this strange land, in hope of finding their way home. Join them as they encounter surprises and obstacles on their journey through the wood.

1 season 1,812 ratings

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Big Time Rush

Big Time Rush

(2009)8.5

Four teenage friends move from Minneapolis to Los Angeles to form a potential chart-topping boy band after Kendall is inadvertently discovered by an eccentric record executive, Gustavo Rocque. As they seize this opportunity of a lifetime, these friends embark on an exciting comedy and music-filled journey to prove to themselves and their record label that they are serious about their new career choice.

4 seasons 1,686 ratings

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Wizards of Waverly Place

Wizards of Waverly Place

(2007)8.5

Alex, Justin and Max Russo are not your ordinary kids - they're wizards in training! While their parents run the Waverly Sub Station, the siblings struggle to balance their ordinary lives while learning to master their extraordinary powers.

4 seasons 1,204 ratings

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Game of Thrones

Game of Thrones

(2011)8.5

Seven noble families fight for control of the mythical land of Westeros. Friction between the houses leads to full-scale war. All while a very ancient evil awakens in the farthest north. Amidst the war, a neglected military order of misfits, the Night's Watch, is all that stands between the realms of men and icy horrors beyond.

8 seasons 27,693 ratings

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Heartstopper

Heartstopper

(2022)8.5

Teens Charlie and Nick discover their unlikely friendship might be something more as they navigate school and young love.

3 seasons 1,767 ratings

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FROM

FROM

(2022)8.4

Unravel the mystery of a nightmarish town in middle America that traps all those who enter. As the unwilling residents fight to keep a sense of normalcy and search for a way out, they must also survive the threats of the surrounding forest – including the terrifying creatures that come out when the sun goes down.

4 seasons 4,245 ratings

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Adventure Time

Adventure Time

(2010)8.4

Young Finn and his shape-shifting dog buddy, Jake, go on a series of surreal adventures as they journey through the postapocalyptic Land of Ooo.

10 seasons 3,199 ratings

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Love, Victor

Love, Victor

(2020)8.4

Victor is a new student at Creekwood High School on his own journey of self-discovery, facing challenges at home, adjusting to a new city, and struggling with his sexual orientation. When it all seems too much, he reaches out to Simon to help him navigate the ups and downs of high school.

3 seasons 1,662 ratings

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Hazbin Hotel

Hazbin Hotel

(2024)8.4

In attempt to find a non-violent alternative for reducing Hell's overpopulation, the daughter of Lucifer opens a rehabilitation hotel that offers a group of misfit demons a chance at redemption.

5 seasons 1,647 ratings

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Merlí

Merlí

(2015)8.4

He’s surly, unorthodox, unapologetically blunt, and he’s about to change your life. Meet the new philosophy teacher, Merlí, who will help his students view the world in a whole new light, both in and out of the classroom.

3 seasons 1,184 ratings

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Kamisama Kiss

Kamisama Kiss

(2012)8.4

Nanami was just a normal high school girl down on her luck until a stranger’s lips marked her as the new Land God and turned her world upside down. Now, she’s figuring out the duties of a deity with the help of Tomoe, a reformed fox demon who reluctantly becomes her familiar in a contract sealed with a kiss. The new responsibilities—and boys—are a lot to handle, like the crow demon masquerading as a gorgeous pop idol and the adorable snake spirit who’s chosen the newly minted god to be his bride. As the headstrong Tomoe tries to whip her into shape, Nanami finds that love just might have cute, pointed fox ears. With romance in the air, will the human deity be able to prove herself worthy of her new title?

2 seasons 1,025 ratings

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The Good Doctor

The Good Doctor

(2017)8.4

Shaun Murphy, a young surgeon with autism and savant syndrome, relocates from a quiet country life to join a prestigious hospital's surgical unit. Unable to personally connect with those around him, Shaun uses his extraordinary medical gifts to save lives and challenge the skepticism of his colleagues.

7 seasons 12,929 ratings

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The Umbrella Academy

The Umbrella Academy

(2019)8.4

Reunited by their father's death, estranged siblings with extraordinary powers uncover shocking family secrets — and a looming threat to humanity.

4 seasons 10,118 ratings

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KONOSUBA - God's blessing on this wonderful world!

KONOSUBA - God's blessing on this wonderful world!

(2016)8.4

After a traffic accident, Kazuma Sato’s disappointingly brief life was supposed to be over, but he wakes up to see a beautiful girl before him. She claims to be a goddess, Aqua, and asks if he would like to go to another world and bring only one thing with him. Kazuma decides to bring the goddess herself, and they are transported to a fantasy world filled with adventure, ruled by a demon king. Now Kazuma only wants to live in peace, but Aqua wants to solve many of this world’s problems, and the demon king will only turn a blind eye for so long…

4 seasons 1,392 ratings

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Lucifer

Lucifer

(2016)8.4

Bored and unhappy as the Lord of Hell, Lucifer Morningstar abandoned his throne and retired to Los Angeles, where he has teamed up with LAPD detective Chloe Decker to take down criminals. But the longer he's away from the underworld, the greater the threat that the worst of humanity could escape.

6 seasons 15,266 ratings

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The Last of Us

The Last of Us

(2023)8.4

Twenty years after modern civilization has been destroyed, Joel, a hardened survivor, is hired to smuggle Ellie, a 14-year-old girl, out of an oppressive quarantine zone. What starts as a small job soon becomes a brutal, heartbreaking journey, as they both must traverse the United States and depend on each other for survival.

2 seasons 6,714 ratings

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Malcolm in the Middle

Malcolm in the Middle

(2000)8.4

A gifted young teen tries to survive life with his dimwitted, dysfunctional family.

7 seasons 4,694 ratings

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SPY x FAMILY

SPY x FAMILY

(2022)8.4

A spy, an assassin and a telepath come together to pose as a family, each for their own reasons, while hiding their true identities from each other.

3 seasons 2,342 ratings

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