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Best Short TV Series of the 2020s

454 Short series that started in the 2020s, ranked by popularity

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454 series

Cover Story

★ 8.1
61 2024–2024
Drama · Romance · Short

Bad Bad Belgium

★ 8.4
60 2024–present
Animation · Short

Skoro Na Mizine

★ 7.7
60 8 2020–present
Comedy · Short

You Rule My Body and Soul

★ 7.4
58 2026–2026
Drama · Romance · Short

SuperKitties: Su-Purr Adventures

★ 8.2
57 20 2024–present
Animation · Short

Your Attention Please

★ 8.0
57 13 2020–present
Short

Love in the Ruck

★ 7.8
56 2026–2026
Drama · Romance · Short

You Want Some?

★ 7.7
56 2024–2024
Drama · Short

Bloodline of the Grid

★ 8.3
55 2 2021–2022
Action · Sci-Fi · Short

Prodigy

★ 3.8
55 8 2020–present
Biography · Documentary · Short

Step Aside! The Chairman Is Here

★ 6.9
54 2026–2026
Drama · Romance · Short

My Ghost Friend

★ 8.8
53 111 2022–present
Animation · Comedy · Short

Overdrive to My Heart

★ 7.8
53 2026–2026
Drama · Romance · Short

The Young Master's Forbidden Butler

★ 7.5
53 2025–2025
Drama · Romance · Short

You're Hired, Billionaire Callboy

★ 7.6
52 2026–2026
Drama · Romance · Short

Flex

★ 6.7
52 6 2022–present
Comedy · Short

Hyakusho Kizoku-the Farmer's Days

★ 6.7
52 38 2023–present
Animation · Comedy · Short

WION: Gravitas Plus

★ 8.0
52 179 2020–present
Documentary · News · Short

Nijiyon Animation

★ 6.2
51 24 2023–2024
Animation · Comedy · Short

Fierce Queens

★ 6.0
51 7 2020–present
Documentary · Short

Gone Mental with Lior

★ 6.6
51 8 2020–present
Reality-TV · Short

Umayuru

★ 7.5
50 24 2022–2023
Animation · Comedy · Short

New Couple Gets Quarantined

★ 6.0
48 2020–2020
Comedy · Short

Justimus Esittää: Suomi, missä menet?

★ 7.9
48 8 2026–2026
Comedy · Short
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