Our ranked tier list of the best TV shows released before November 2026 — The Pitt: Season 2, One Piece: Into the Grand Line (Season 2), The Bear: Season 4, Avatar: The Last Airbender – Season 2, The Diplomat: Season 4, and more.
92 Metacritic. Highest-scored show of 2026.
100% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Jeremy Allen White returns; 85% RT.
Earth Kingdom arc with Toph.
The show's best season: 96% RT and 90 Metacritic. Allison Janney steals it.
Book 1 landed at 100% RT and 80 Metacritic. 13 episodes, Oct 9 to the four-episode Oct 30 finale.
Marvel's revival of the '90s animated series returns for a second season, releasing weekly through mid-August.
87 Metacritic. Its highest score yet.
89% RT.
Most enjoyable trip to Westeros since peak GoT.
95% RT. Harrowing 4-episode adaptation.
Riz Ahmed in a razor-sharp Hollywood satire.
Nicolas Cage. 92% RT.
Katie Dippold's supernatural comedy-horror. Hiro Murai directs Matthew Rhys as the mayor of a cursed New England island town. Twin Peaks vibes. Wrapped Jun 17.
Ted coaches a women's football team. 90% RT but 62 Metacritic, 11 points under S3, and a split finale on Oct 7.
Zoe Kazan's Steinbeck adaptation with Florence Pugh as Cathy Ames. 87% RT, 80 Metacritic, #1 on Netflix US.
Mike Flanagan's Stephen King adaptation. 85% RT, Certified Fresh, and the #1 streaming title in Nielsen's Oct 5–11 chart.
The post-apocalyptic drama's best season yet: 96% RT. Final season set for July 2027.
Kyle Chandler and Aaron Pierre as Hal Jordan and John Stewart investigate a murder in small-town Nebraska. 8 episodes.
Alan Ritchson adapts 'Gone Tomorrow.' 94% RT, 77 Metacritic.
Record-setting season: 100% RT from 30+ reviews. 6 weekly episodes, finale Oct 21.
Reacher spinoff with Maria Sten. 94% RT; all 8 episodes dropped at once.
86% RT. Best installment.
80 Metacritic. Renewed for S5.
100% RT.
88% RT, 77 Metacritic.
High school football drama.
Workplace comedy.
Penultimate season. 71 Metacritic; wrapped Sep 24 with Season 5 set for 2027.
Josh Hartnett sea-monster thriller. 87% RT, #1 English TV on Netflix with 21.2M views. All 6 episodes.
Omar Sy returns. 100% RT from early reviews and #1 globally on Netflix. All 8 episodes.
Linda Cardellini as Pamela Voorhees. ~75% RT, Certified Fresh — the best-reviewed Friday the 13th ever.
Better than S1 but still mixed (~60–67% RT); audiences love it at ~88%.
Kristen Bell and Adam Brody. 87% RT; seen as a step up from S2.
The Planet Express crew returns on Hulu. 10 episodes, finale Sep 28.
Theo James returns in Guy Ritchie's crime comedy. 86% RT, Certified Fresh.
Crossover season with Jessica Lange and Sarah Paulson. 13 half-hour episodes through Oct 29.
Ryan Murphy's true-crime anthology continues. Mixed reviews.
42% RT. Most divisive show of 2026.
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