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Best TV Series of the 2020s

Top 500 most popular series that started in the 2020s

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500 series (top 500 shown)

Palm Royale

★ 6.8
21K 20 2024–2026
Elites & privilege · Campy

Tires

★ 7.6
21K 30 2024–present
Workplace · Sitcom · Raunchy

Common Side Effects

★ 8.5
21K 11 2024–present
Adult animation

The Amazing Digital Circus

★ 8.1
21K 9 2023–2026
Adult animation · Chaotic energy

The New Pope

★ 8.0
21K 9 2020–2020
Faith & religion

Rooster

★ 7.6
21K 11 2026–present
Antihero lead

Cassandra

★ 6.7
21K 6 2025–2025
Psychological horror · Unsettling

Extraordinary

★ 7.7
21K 16 2023–2024
British TV · Raunchy

Pluto

★ 8.1
21K 8 2023–2023
Anime · Philosophical

Dutton Ranch

★ 8.2
21K 10 2026–present
Rural & frontier · Family saga

Crackdown

★ 7.3
21K 16 2020–present
Criminal underworld · Gritty

The Madness

★ 6.4
21K 8 2024–2024
Serialized · Tense

Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist

★ 8.1
21K 25 2020–2021
Sentimental · Tearjerker

Based on a True Story

★ 7.1
21K 16 2023–2024
Dark comedy · Suburban underbelly

Killer Inside: The Mind of Aaron Hernandez

★ 7.3
21K 3 2020–2020
True crime · Docuseries

Bandish Bandits

★ 8.6
21K 18 2020–present
Music scene · Indian TV

The Walking Dead: World Beyond

★ 4.6
21K 20 2020–2021
Post-apocalyptic · Survival

Rocket Boys

★ 8.8
21K 16 2022–present
Indian TV · Real history

Diabolical

★ 6.8
21K 8 2022–2022
Anthology · Adult animation

The Equalizer

★ 5.6
21K 74 2021–2025
Procedural · Strong female lead
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