Top 10 Best New TV Shows of 2026

99% on Rotten Tomatoes. The successor to ER returns for a second season, following the staff of a Pittsburgh emergency room through a single 15-hour shift in real time. Noah Wyle leads one of television's most intense and compassionate medical dramas in years.

96% on Rotten Tomatoes. HBO's razor-sharp investment banking drama returns for a fourth season, continuing to mine the moral bankruptcy of finance culture with some of television's most dynamic performances and most sharply written dialogue.

94% on Rotten Tomatoes. HBO's second Game of Thrones spinoff, set 90 years before the original series and based on George R.R. Martin's Tales of Dunk and Egg novellas. A smaller-scale, more intimate adventure that has won over both existing fans and new viewers alike.

91% on Rotten Tomatoes. The MCU's long-gestating Hollywood satire finally arrived on Disney+. Ben Kingsley and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II star in the superhero comedy that skewers the film industry from within — the MCU's most self-aware and genuinely funny entry yet.

91% on Rotten Tomatoes. Sterling K. Brown and James Marsden return in the continuation of Hulu's breakout thriller about the security team protecting a former president in an underground bunker. Season 2 expands the conspiracy while maintaining the first season's propulsive tension.

90% on Rotten Tomatoes. Jason Segel and Harrison Ford's Apple TV+ comedy about a therapist who starts telling patients the truth continues to be one of the warmest and most skillfully written shows on television. Ford's Paul Rhodes remains one of TV's most lovable characters.

88% on Rotten Tomatoes. Tom Hiddleston and Olivia Colman return in the long-awaited second season of the acclaimed John le Carré adaptation. A decade after the original, the sequel brings fresh international intrigue and proves the show's chemistry is entirely intact.

88% on Rotten Tomatoes. The newest entry in the Star Trek franchise follows a diverse group of cadets at Starfleet Academy in the far future. The first Star Trek series with a predominantly young cast, it brings a fresh energy and perspective to Gene Roddenberry's optimistic universe.

96% on Rotten Tomatoes. Apple TV+'s darkly comic drama about a woman who inherits a racehorse business against her will became one of the surprise critical hits of 2026. Darkly funny and deeply compassionate, it marks another major win for Apple TV+'s prestige slate.

99% on Rotten Tomatoes. The successor to ER returns for a second season, following the staff of a Pittsburgh emergency room through a single 15-hour shift in real time. Noah Wyle leads one of television's most intense and compassionate medical dramas in years.

96% on Rotten Tomatoes. HBO's razor-sharp investment banking drama returns for a fourth season, continuing to mine the moral bankruptcy of finance culture with some of television's most dynamic performances and most sharply written dialogue.

94% on Rotten Tomatoes. HBO's second Game of Thrones spinoff, set 90 years before the original series and based on George R.R. Martin's Tales of Dunk and Egg novellas. A smaller-scale, more intimate adventure that has won over both existing fans and new viewers alike.

91% on Rotten Tomatoes. The MCU's long-gestating Hollywood satire finally arrived on Disney+. Ben Kingsley and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II star in the superhero comedy that skewers the film industry from within — the MCU's most self-aware and genuinely funny entry yet.

91% on Rotten Tomatoes. Sterling K. Brown and James Marsden return in the continuation of Hulu's breakout thriller about the security team protecting a former president in an underground bunker. Season 2 expands the conspiracy while maintaining the first season's propulsive tension.

90% on Rotten Tomatoes. Jason Segel and Harrison Ford's Apple TV+ comedy about a therapist who starts telling patients the truth continues to be one of the warmest and most skillfully written shows on television. Ford's Paul Rhodes remains one of TV's most lovable characters.

88% on Rotten Tomatoes. Tom Hiddleston and Olivia Colman return in the long-awaited second season of the acclaimed John le Carré adaptation. A decade after the original, the sequel brings fresh international intrigue and proves the show's chemistry is entirely intact.

88% on Rotten Tomatoes. The newest entry in the Star Trek franchise follows a diverse group of cadets at Starfleet Academy in the far future. The first Star Trek series with a predominantly young cast, it brings a fresh energy and perspective to Gene Roddenberry's optimistic universe.

96% on Rotten Tomatoes. Apple TV+'s darkly comic drama about a woman who inherits a racehorse business against her will became one of the surprise critical hits of 2026. Darkly funny and deeply compassionate, it marks another major win for Apple TV+'s prestige slate.