The 81 Best TV Shows to Binge-Watch, From "Suits" to "Game of Thrones"

"Suits" may have come to an end in 2019, but thanks to Netflix, you can rewatch the legal drama that Meghan Markle famously starred in before she married Prince Harry. The series follows a group of lawyers working at a New York City law firm. However, one of the associates is hiding a huge secret.

Watch "Suits" on Netflix now.

When an aimless geek gets an email from his old college buddy-turned-nemesis, he certainly doesn't expect to accidentally download an entire government database of secrets into his brain. But that's just what happens, and now Chuck is an unwilling government asset, protected by a grumpy colonel and a secretive spy as he gets wrapped up in all sorts of hilarious and dangerous missions.

Watch "Chuck" on Amazon Prime now.

In this acclaimed series, characters from all walks of life struggle with (and against) the drug trade in Baltimore. Instead of focusing on just one "side" of things, the show famously tackles it from all angles, presenting us with characters who are cops, drug dealers, addicts, politicians, and more, who are all trying to build lives for themselves in whatever ways they know how.

Watch "The Wire" on Max now.

In 1950s London, a group of midwives work to help the women of an impoverished district, all while dealing with personal crises of their own from time to time.

Watch "Call the Midwife" on Netflix now.

It's almost a "Seinfeld"-esque "show about nothing," in which creator Larry David plays a fictionalized version of himself struggling with all the little annoyances and quirks of life.

Watch "Curb Your Enthusiasm" on Max now.

During the Cold War, a pair of KGB spies are assigned to a long-term, deep cover mission, posing as an ordinary married couple in the American suburbs. Over the years, they build a life and a family in their new home, but as they're called back into action, the lines start to blur between what's real and what's just part of the mission.

Watch "The Americans" on Amazon Prime now.

After being presumed dead in the American Revolution, a soldier returns home to rural England to find that his family land is in shambles and his long-lost love has married his cousin. With the help of a motley crew of tentative allies, he has to rebuild his family's legacy and find a way to heal his heart — but both are easier said than done.

Watch "Poldark" on Amazon Prime now.

The British period drama breathed fresh life into the historical genre without taking a dark and dreary approach. Focusing on the lives and loves of the aristocratic Crawley family and their servants, the series spans the restrictive decorum of the Edwardian era through World War I and the fast-arriving changes of the 1920s, forcing everyone to adapt as they fight for their families, loves, and way of life.

Watch "Downton Abbey" on Amazon Prime now.

Superhero TV shows are everywhere right now, so it's easy to forget that when "Arrow" debuted, it was still a big risk. After spending five years shipwrecked, billionaire playboy Oliver Queen returns to his corrupt city with a secret vigilante identity, determined to right wrongs — and he slowly learns that he doesn't have to go it alone.

Watch "Arrow" on Netflix now.

Facing a cancer diagnosis, a mild-mannered chemistry teacher begins cooking meth in hopes of leaving enough money behind to take care of his family. It's only a matter of time before he gets sucked deeper and deeper into the criminal underworld, turning into a full-fledged drug lord.

Watch "Breaking Bad" on Netflix now.

When a lawyer finds out his degree was revoked, he's stuck going back to school at a community college. He starts a "study group" to impress a pretty girl in one of his classes, but instead ends up launching a real study group full of colorful characters.

Watch "Community" on Netflix now.

A mother raises her overachieving teenage daughter in a small New England town filled with quirky characters. When her daughter gets into an elite — and expensive — school, Lorelai is forced to reopen her relationship with her stern, wealthy parents, kicking off several years of drama and humor (and lots of coffee).

Watch "Gilmore Girls" on Netflix now.

Geeky forensic scientist Barry Allen becomes a superhero speedster when he's struck by lightning in a lab. From then on, he works to balance his investigations on the police force with his newfound double life as a superhero — plus some scary scientific conspiracies.

Watch "The Flash" on Netflix now.

Looking for some TV comfort food? Look no further than this cozy, quippy baking competition that challenges a dozen amateur bakers to create delicious and sometimes unusual treats, all in a low-key and fun environment that stays far away from the usual reality show intensity.

Watch "The Great British Baking Show" on Netflix now.

"Grey's" is still going strong — who'd have thought? Since 2005, we've been eagerly watching the medical careers and personal exploits of a group of (remarkably attractive) doctors in Seattle, all connected to Meredith Grey, the ambitious and messy daughter of a surgical legend.

Watch "Grey's Anatomy" on Netflix now.

A young aspiring writer finds out that she's a pregnant virgin, thanks to a medical mix-up. With the help of her parents, grandmother, and an assortment of loved ones, Jane tackles the challenges of motherhood while finding ways to pursue her own dreams.

Watch "Jane the Virgin" on Netflix now.

A US Marshal takes a very Wild West approach to his job, leaving him with lots of enemies among the criminal underworld and very few allies among his colleagues. When he's assigned to the rural Kentucky region where he grew up, he finds himself pulled into a string of crimes and conspiracies.

Watch "Justified" on Hulu now.

A quirky, just-dumped young woman moves into a loft with three mismatched roommates. What starts out as a goofy fish-out-of-water premise turns into a warm and still goofy comedy about an unlikely group of friends figuring out life, love, and growing up.

Watch "New Girl" on Peacock now.

A forensic anthropologist-slash-crime novelist teams up with an FBI agent to solve bizarre crimes in this popular and long-running procedural. Of course, the biggest legacy of the show isn't its mysteries; it's the electric chemistry between Booth and Bones that gave rise to one of TV's most popular 'ships.

Watch "Bones" on Hulu now.

A messy, hard-drinking father of six struggles to raise his family, pawning off much of the responsibility on his eldest daughter. Through ups and downs, the family figures things out, albeit with a lot of mistakes and upheaval along the way.

Watch "Shameless" on Netflix now.

Sent off-world as her planet was destroyed, Kara Danvers grew up pretending to be human, but knowing she was super. When she embraces her powers, she becomes Supergirl, a hero who fights injustices both mundane and supernatural alongside her friends and allies.

Watch "Supergirl" on Netflix now.

There are a whopping 20 seasons currently available of this long-running animation staple, which centers on the misadventures of a clueless dad and his oddball family and community.

Watch "Family Guy" on Hulu now.

A CIA officer struggling with mental illness raises the alarm about a newly-returned POW who she suspects might have turned traitor. What unfolds from there is a long and twisty tale of spies, politics, paranoia, and the struggle to figure out what's true and what isn't before the whole world pays the price.

Watch "Homeland" on Hulu now.

In small-town Texas, high school football means everything. A tough but fair coach and his compassionate school counselor wife try to guide their students through school, work, family troubles, first love, major tragedy, and so much more.

Watch "Friday Night Lights" on Hulu now.

The best-known of the "Law and Order" family follows a specialized squad of New York detectives who focus on solving sexually-based crimes. It's been running for 24 seasons and counting!

Watch "Law and Order: Special Victims Unit" on Hulu now.

When a World War II-era nurse gets pulled through a magical circle of stones in Scotland, she has to build a new life for herself in the eighteenth century. Time travel, tense drama, and romance abound in this popular series based on Diana Gabaldon's bestselling books.

Watch the first five seasons of "Outlander" on Netflix now.

In the early 2000s, a group of gay men (and their lesbian friends) deal with life, sex, and love in the best ways they know how. When a newly-out teenager falls into their group, it shakes everyone up and has them questioning what they're really doing with their lives.

Watch "Queer as Folk" on Showtime now.

The infamously irreverent animated comedy is available in all its gleefully obscene glory. There are more than 20 seasons — and an infinite number of memorable lines — to get through!

Watch "South Park" on Max now.

It's one of the most iconic sitcoms of all time, and for a good reason. At a Boston bar owned by a former baseball star, colorful patrons and workers come and go across eleven seasons, but at the center of it all is the classic will-they-won't-they tension between bartender Sam and waitress Diane.

Watch "Cheers" on Hulu now.

Unlike most of the shows on this list, "American Horror Story" isn't a single story spanning several seasons. Instead, each season reboots with a (mostly) independent story in settings ranging from a circus to a haunted house to a literal apocalypse, resulting in one of modern TV's best horror anthologies.

Watch "American Horror Story" on Hulu now.

Five mismatched misfits who own a bar get into all sorts of professional and personal messes, all while trying their best to actually act like adults. Although their schemes for success fail more often than not, they just keep trying and trying — often with hilariously disastrous results.

Watch "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" on Hulu now.

Politics and crime intersect in this drama about the moral ambiguity of law and law enforcement. A group of corrupt cops also happens to be the best at what they do, leading to some major conflict with a captain who needs to clean up her district and politicians out to grab power for themselves.

Watch "The Shield" on Hulu now.

A plane crashes on a mysterious island, forcing the survivors to band together to survive until rescue arrives. As you might have heard, though, this is no ordinary island, and the show's survival-centric drama soon shifts to trippy, philosophical, time-traveling twists that ask the big questions about science, fate, faith, and community.

Watch "Lost" on Hulu now.

The seminal sci-fi drama has sparked movies and a reboot, but you can catch up with the original on Hulu. Two federal agents — one a skeptic, one a believer — investigate weird, inexplicable, and sometimes downright terrifying happenings and try to discover if they're all linked.

Watch "The X-Files" on Hulu now.

When a newly-divorced 40-year-old mom can't get a foot in the door to restart her career, she impulsively lies about her age to get hired at a publishing company. What ensues is several seasons of relationship drama, parodies of the real literary world, hilariously spiraling lies on top of lies, and a surprisingly sweet story about female friendship.

Watch "Younger" on Hulu now.

It's the prototype for every supernatural teen drama of the past two decades. Buffy is a Slayer, the once-in-a-generation hero chosen to defend the world against demons, vampire, and other supernatural baddies. With the help of her loyal band of friends — and a couple of supernatural love interests — she saves the world over and over again, all while dealing with high school and college.

Watch "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" on Hulu now.

"The White Lotus" is an anthology series that follows a group of wealthy vacationers staying at a luxury resort, as well as the the staff who try to cater to their many needs. The first season takes place in Hawaii and the second is in Sicily, and Jennifer Coolidge's character Tanya appears in both as the show's unforgettable centerpiece.

Watch "The White Lotus" on Max now.

If you're looking for an enthralling family empire drama with absolutely unhinged characters to sink your teeth into, "Succession" is the series to binge-watch. The HBO phenomenon follows the turmoil of the Roy siblings (Kendall, Roman, Shiv, and Connor) and their fight over their father's international media conglomerate, Waystar Royco (the show's precious, flawed centerpiece). For those who don't like to start a TV show until it officially ends, good news: all four seasons of "Succession" are now available to watch.

Watch "Succession" on Max now.

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Half-hour teen dramedy "Never Have I Ever" is the perfect series to add to your list of binge-worthy shows. The high school-set show follows the misadventures of Indian-American teen Devi (Maitreyi Ramakrishnan) as she navigates friendship, young love, and academic life following the sudden death of her father. It highlights all of your favorite teen tropes — from frenemy love triangles and hot bad boys to will-they-won't-they romances. And lucky for any first-time viewers, the series concluded with its fourth and final season in June 2023, and they're all ready for you to watch in one sitting.

Watch "Never Have I Ever" on Netflix now.

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Nothing is more addicting than a classic plane disaster series: behold, "Manifest." The four-season NBC-turned-Netflix series is a supernatural drama that follows the passengers of Flight 828, who are presumed missing and dead after their plane mysteriously lands years after take off. But when they resurface, they must adjust to their new realities and get to the bottom of the mystery occurrence.

Watch "Manifest" on Netflix now.

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"Sex Education" is a refreshingly candid look at high school life. It follows a teenager (Asa Butterfield) who provides free sex advice to his fellow students while navigating his own romantic challenges and his relationship with his sex therapist mother (Gillian Anderson).

Watch "Sex Education" on Netflix now.

If musical, true-life-inspired shows are your jam, you'll love "Wu-Tang: An American Saga" — based on the iconic '90s hip-hop group whose music ruled the Golden Age. Over the course of three seasons, the dramatized hip-hop tale recounts Wu-Tang Clan's origin story, epic rise to fame, and wildly successful years in their prime. The show is created by Alex Tse and founding Wu-Tang Clan member RZA, with other members like Method Man and Ghostface Killah on board as consultants.

Watch "Wu-Tang" An American Saga" on Hulu now.

Add Netflix's thrilling drama "You" to your list of shows to watch, because Penn Badgley's Joe will have you hooked through every single episode. The intense, psychological thriller series centers on the dangerously charming Joe and his odd fixations on young women who enter his life. But what happens when his extreme obsessions go too far? Well, most result in tragic and messy endings (literally) that are bound to throw you for a loop. Watch the first four seasons now before the fifth and final one arrives.

Watch "You" on Netflix now.

Morning television has never been more chaotic than in Apple TV+'s "The Morning Show." The newsroom drama chronicles the toxic workplace environment at UBA and America's beloved titular morning show, where lead anchors Alex Levy (Jennifer Aniston) and Bradley Jackson (Reese Witherspoon) expose the deep, dark secrets at their place of employment. Watch the first two seasons before the show returns this fall and ahead of its already-confirmed season four.

Watch "The Morning Show" on Apple TV+ now.

"Black-ish" spinoff "Grown-ish" follows the wild college adventures of Zoey Johnson (Yara Shahidi) and her Cal U university crew as they navigate their futures, relationships, and everything else in between. The Freeform show's original cast — Aaron (Trevor Jackson), Luca (Luka Sabbat), Jazz (Chlöe), Dpug (Diggy Simmons), Ana (Francia Raisa), Vivek (Jordan Buhat), and Nomi (Emily Arlook) — starred in the series for four seasons before most of them graduated and passed the torch on to Zoey's younger brother, Junior (Marcus Scribner) — who has a college crew of his own now. The show's sixth and final season kicks off on June 28.

Watch "Grown-ish" on Hulu now.

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Shonda Rhimes's uber-popular, Regency-era romance series — based on Julia Quinn's beloved historical book series — recounts the tale of eight close-knit siblings of the powerful Bridgerton family who attempt to find love. Season one centers on eldest daughter Daphne Bridgerton's love story with the Duke of Hastings, Simon Basset. Meanwhile, season two is all about eldest son Anthony and his intriguing romance with Kate Sharma. Season three, which has not yet set a premiere date, will follow Colin Bridgerton and Penelope Featherington (aka, anonymous gossiper Lady Whistledown).

Watch "Bridgerton" on Netflix now.

Tracy Oliver's "Harlem" is feel-good TV that's a must-add to your watch-list if you're a sucker for romance and sweet female friendships. The two-season, Harlem-set series follows four stylish best girlfriends — Camille (Meagan Good), Quinn (Grace Byers), Angie (Shoniqua Shandai), and Tye (Jerrie Johnson) — as they try to figure out how to balance love, work, and big city dreams together.

Watch "Harlem" on Prime Video now.

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"Ted Lasso" stars Jason Sudeikis as a soccer coach hired to lead an English team. Little does he know, though, that he was actually hired by the team's owner to make the team lose as revenge on hr ex-husband.

Watch "Ted Lasso" on Apple TV+ now.

This "Vampire Diaries" spinoff zeroes in on the lives and past lives of Klaus and Elijah Mikaelson as they revisit their hometown of New Orleans. However, they are met by another group of vampires who have changed the rules of how the city is run.

Watch "The Originals" on Netflix now.

A year after the disappearance of their best friend Alison, a group of friends begin receiving messages from an anonymous sender called "A," who threatens to expose their secrets. They begin to question if it may be Alison taunting them.

Watch "Pretty Little Liars" on Max now.

On this show, based in 1919, Thomas Shelby leads a gang called the Peaky Blinders with determination to live a life away from the social and economic damage caused by the Great War.

Watch "Peaky Blinders" on Netflix now.

Club owner James St. Patrick, known in the street under the alias Ghost, struggles to build a better life from the remnants of a criminal past.

Watch "Power" on Hulu now.

Piper Chapman is snatched from both her career and fiancé when she is sent to a women's prison for her connection to a drug dealer. She learns how to maneuver through the environment by figuring out who her friends are and who her enemies are.

Watch "Orange Is the New Black" on Netflix now.

Selena Gomez stars alongside Martin Short and Steve Martin in "Only Murders in the Building." The show blends mystery and comedy and follows the trio as they try to investigate a death in the apartment building they live in.

Watch "Only Murders in the Building" on Hulu now.

This drama-comedy follows the lives of four close friends in LA. From dating and marriage to motherhood and careers, Joan, Maya, Lynn, and Toni stick by each other, showing viewers what true sisterhood is.

Watch "Girlfriends" on Netflix now.

World renowned R&B singer Brandy stars as LA teenager Moesha Mitchell, who's struggling to come to terms with her father's new marriage just a few years after her mother's death. As she navigates through the ups and downs of friendships, romance, and a career, she strives to keep it all together.

Watch "Moesha" on Netflix now.

The ending of "Game of Thrones" might not be the most popular of all time, but the show itself still makes for a wild ride. As of 2022, "House of the Dragon" has been giving even more context to George R. R. Martin's story of the fight for the Iron Throne.

Watch "Game of Thrones" on Max now.

Based on the book series of the same name, this show is narrated by Gossip Girl, a ruthless and anonymous blogger who reveals the secrets and lives of a group of privileged Upper East Side teens as they go from high school to college.

Watch "Gossip Girl" on Max now.

Starring real-life twins Tia and Tamera Mowry, this classic drama comedy follows the lives of twins who were separated at birth, each being adopted by a different parent, but reunite at a mall as teenagers.

Watch "Sister, Sister" on Netflix now.

In the fictional North Carolina town of One Tree Hill, two estranged brothers, Lucas and Nathan, unexpectedly reunite, navigating through family drama, school, romance, and more!

Watch "One Tree Hill" on Hulu now.

This series stars Flex Alexander as a bachelor sportscaster who becomes a full-time father when his ex-wife accepts a job out of the country and his witty teenage daughter moves in with him.

Watch "One on One" on Netflix now.

This drama series follows the lives of two parents and their three children in different time frames.

Watch "This Is Us" on Hulu now.

This political thriller follows the journey of Olivia Pope, a former media consultant to the president who's ready for a new chapter and opens her own firm, but she can't seem to escape her past.

Watch "Scandal" on Hulu now.

This star-studded soap opera and drama comedy follows the lives of four women as seen through the eyes of their friend and neighbor who died by suicide in the pilot episode.

Watch "Desperate Housewives" on Hulu now.

An African American family pursues the American dream in this drama comedy. "Black-ish" takes a fun yet serious look at one man's determination to establish a sense of identity for his family, exposing social issues.

Watch "Black-ish" on Hulu now.

Annalise Keating is a brilliant and seductive law professor who teaches a class called "How to Get Away With Murder." She selects a group of students to assist her with real-life criminal cases at her firm, exposing dark truths along the way.

Watch "How to Get Away With Murder" on Netflix now.

When the estranged daughter of a prominent bishop returns home after her sister commits suicide, she strives to find out the truth, exposing scandalous secrets and lies of her seemingly perfect family.

Watch "Greenleaf" on Netflix now.

Set in 1990s New York City, this iconic drama comedy centers on the lives of six single 20-somethings who share personal and professional experiences while living in a Brooklyn brownstone.

Watch "Living Single" on Hulu now.

Created by comedian Jerry Seinfeld, the show follows the seemingly endless misadventures of four friends as they navigate everyday life in New York City.

Watch "Seinfeld" on Netflix now.