Best new TV series on all streaming services (February 2023)

The streaming landscape is vast and difficult to survey. TV shows pop up (and get canceled) seemingly overnight, and even if you’re where you are search For a new show with hours sinking in, making the right choice can be overwhelming.

That is why we are here. We’ll keep this post updated with the latest series on each of the major streaming platforms that we like, plus a few other options if our picks don’t sound like your particular jam.

Below are the best new shows on Netflix, Hulu, Prime Video, HBO Max, Disney Plus, Paramount Plus, Apple TV, and Peacock.

The best new series on Netflix

Derry girls

A group of teenage girls and a boy wearing denim jackets and other winter coats stand and smile in front of a blue van.

Genre: Teen sitcom/dark comedy
Creator: Lisa McGee
Pour: Saoirse-Monica Jackson, Louisa Harland, Nicola Coughlan

My colleague Zosha Millman described it Derry girls episodes as “impeccably designed Rube Goldberg machines” and I haven’t been able to shake that description since. Derry girls follows the adventures of a group of young troublemakers in Derry, Northern Ireland, against the backdrop of the riots. It’s a fun and breezy 20-minute comedy filled with laughter and surprising moments of deep emotion, especially when the girls’ lives intersect with the broader conflict that’s happening outside their door. It’s one of the funniest comedies on Netflix and an easy pick for this list. —pete people

Also good: Cyberpunk: Edgerunnerthe new anime from CD Projekt Red and Studio Trigger; The Makanai: Cooking for the Maiko House, a food-centric drama from master filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda; and The Sandmanthe live-action adaptation of DC Comics’ fantasy horror series by Neil Gaiman.

The Best New TV on Hulu

Reservation dogs

Four teenagers in black suits and ties walk through a parking lot.

Genre: Teen Drama/Comedy
Creator: Sterling Harjo, Taika Waititi
Pour: Devery Jacobs, D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai, Lane Factor

Our #10 show in 2022 was #3 on my personal pick. Reservation dogs is a wonderful thing — a show about misfits who live on an Oklahoma reservation and want nothing more than to be far damn away… until that far damn thing actually becomes tangible. Fortunately, while Taika Waititi is producing the show, it’s moved away from his peculiar (and, to me, very tiresome) brand of humor and instead shines through award-winning filmmaker Sterlin Harjo and a dynamic cast of main characters and celebrity guests (including last season). a memorable guest appearance by prey

Star Amber Midthunder and the legendary Gary Farmer and Wes Studi have hilarious recurring roles). —PV

Also good: What we do in the shadows, the hilarious TV adaptation of the modern vampire mockumentary, and the last season of Atlanta, the “twin peaks for Rappers” comedy-drama starring (and created by) Donald Glover.

The best new TV on Prime Video

A league of its own

Greta (D'Arcy Carden) stands and speaks to the assembled Rockford Peaches team in the dressing room

Genre: Historical Sports Comedy/Drama
Creator: Will Graham, Abbi Jacobson
Pour: Abbi Jacobson, Chante Adams, and D’Arcy Carden

A league of its own (the movie) is a stone-cold classic for a reason. It’s got a good story, lots of heart, and an ensemble cast that packed a punch in every corner. A league of its own (the TV show) works for the same reasons. But because it’s a show, we can spend more time in the world, explore women’s baseball for black women too, delve into the weirdness of the era, and have long talks about just how much work actually goes into putting together a baseball team from scratch. There’s still no crying in baseball, but it’s nice to explore the classic world of A league of its own with a little more nuance and just more Time. It may not be a classic still, but a girl can dream. —Zosha Millman

Also good: paper girl, a sci-fi coming-of-age comic adaptation that was unfortunately canceled after one season, and reachersa detective series that asks the important question, “What if Sherlock Holmes was absolutely massive?”

The Best New TV on HBO Max

house of the dragon

Genre: Fantasy/Drama
Creator: Ryan Condal, George RR Martin
Pour: Paddy Considine, Matt Smith, Emma D’Arcy

It’s not easy for a prequel to escape the long shadow of its creator, but HBO has game of Thrones precursor house of the dragon managed to make it look easy. The story takes place several hundred years before the events of game of Thrones and builds his own independent and unique cast of characters whose schemes, intrigue and betrayals make for fantastic television no matter how much time you’ve spent in Westeros. In the show’s first season, which will air in fall 2022, she places the two opposing factions at the heart of a civil war and sets the stage for a massive dragon-filled battle that would fill the next three seasons. —Austen Goslin

Also good: The last of us, the mushroom horror video game adaptation and The sample, Social experiment disguised as a TV show by Nathan Fielder.

The best new TV on Disney Plus

Andor

Genre: Science Fiction/Adventure
Creator: Tony Gilroy
Pour: Diego Luna, Kyle Soller, and Adria Arjona

Aside from being one of the best Star Wars shows to date, Andor has the enviable distinction of holding the number one spot on our list of the best shows of 2022. Each of those two facts alone justifies the show’s inclusion on this list, but taken together, this well-deserved spot feels all but mandatory. Tony Gilroy (Michael Clayton) returns to Star Wars after his turn as co-writer in 2016 Villain One, delve into a origin story of the rebel captain of the same name, which also doubles as the origin story of the rebel alliance itself. The series meticulously moves away from the red, Easter egg-laden iconography that many Star Wars fans typically associate the franchise with, replacing it with a down-to-earth aesthetic and a tone that takes its universe’s stakes just as seriously as the underdogs Who man it.

Diego Luna, much like his character Cassian Andor, is the perfect lead for the job, while Stellan Skarsgård’s supporting performance as the Rebellion’s cunning ringleader, Luthen Rael, has quickly proven to be one of the best characters from Star Wars since Disney bought the property in 2012. It takes about three episodes to get into full gear, but once it does, it’s an exciting journey that you’ll want to see through to the end. – Toussaint Egan

Also good: pasturethe TV revival of the 1988 fantasy adventure.

The Best New TV on Paramount Plus

player

Genre: Mockumentary/Drama
Creator: And Perrault, Tony Yacenda
Pour: Misha Brooks, Da’Jour Jones, Ely Henry

Let’s go back to the old “where we ranked this versus where.” I did” discussion, player was our #8 show of 2022, but #2 on my personal list. I admit that shouldn’t come as a surprise, since player is so aligned with my interests that it felt like a godsend when it not only arrived on Paramount Plus, but it did actually really good.

player is a mockuseries from the brilliant creators of American vandal (itself one of the very best shows on Netflix), which follows a fictional North American League of Legends team and the drama brewing between its two star players. I’m telling you, this is where I used to cover League of Legends

professionally, including the North American League. So it’s not at all a surprise that I went to this show, but it is a surprise that many of my friends who were not at all interested in league (or professional league) also found it delightful. Reader, you are next! —PV

Also good: Star Trek: Strange New Worldsthe best of an outstanding crop of new Star Trek shows.

The best new TV on Apple TV Plus

severance pay

Severance's bowels twisted and held Dylan back

Genre: Science fiction/psychological thriller
Creator: Dan Ericson
Pour: Adam Scott, Zach Cherry, and Britt Lower

severance pay‘s stark sci-fi take on the modern workplace, in which employees at a company called Lumon are subjected to the eponymous “severance pay” in order to split their minds in two, is one of the most notable disturbing conceits of a series. Under severance pay is one half of a person’s identity known as “Innie,” the person she is at work, doing mundane chores and turning out at the required time. However, when they get on the elevator to go home, they become their “outie” — the person who exists outside of the workplace, perhaps with a family, lover, or hobby. Innies and outies know nothing about each other on purpose—an almost harmless way of exploiting the people who work for you.

A slight favorite among critics at both Polygon and elsewhere, severance pay speaks directly to a vague sense of unease felt in workplaces around the world, but it’s also just one hell of a thriller. Uncomfortable, with somber wit and steady dose of intrigue, severance pay has style and substance – a quietly angry show for an increasingly angry time. —Joshua Rivera

Also good: slow horsesa British spy drama about a bunch of losers (including Gary Oldman) who would like to win.

The best new TV on Peacock

girl5eva

Summer (Busy Philips), Gloria (Paula Pell) and Dawn (Renée Elise Goldsberry) stand and look at someone in disappointment

Genre: musical comedy
Creator: Meredith Scardino
Pour: Sara Bareilles, Busy Phillips, and Paula Pell

It can sometimes feel like modern American comedies have forgotten the part where you’re supposed to be joking. “Comedy” can feel more synonymous with “feel-good entertainment” than “fun entertainment” and seems geared more towards eliciting a slight smile than a belly laugh.

tell no one girl5eva. The heir obviously too 30 rocks A hilarious entertainment industry comedy, it follows the members of a former girl group who decide to get back together and give this whole fame thing another chance. The show has it all: it’s surprising, it’s funny, it’s insane (free) and it has a banger theme that will stay in your brain for eternity. —PV

Also good: poker faceRian Johnson’s new reverse detective series starring Natasha Lyonne, The resortthe dark mystery comedy starring William Jackson Harper (The good place) and Cristin Milioti (made for love) as a vacationing couple who uncover a deadly secret.