The 10 Best TV Shows in the Past Decade

There are so many good TV Show out there, and today we are using voter data from Metacritic o see which TV shows people believe are the greatest of all time.

Sherlock (BBC)

Stories of Sherlock Holmes have been retold through countless mediums since Sir Arthur Conan Doyle first published his mystery novels in the late 1800s. But Benedict Cumberbatch's incarnation of the witty detective has captivated millions in a way no other remake has before.

BBC has produced 13 total episodes of "Sherlock," with the possibility of more still to come.

Breaking Bad (AMC)

Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul starred in AMC's now-iconic series "Breaking Bad." The drama follows the life of a high school chemistry teacher, Walter White, as his life spirals into a drug-filled frenzy.

Though every "Breaking Bad" season appears on Metacritic's top list, the fifth and final season is the highest-voted of all time.

Chernobyl (HBO)

This five-episode miniseries is based on the real events of one of the worst man-made catastrophes in history. Just months after its debut on HBO, "Chernobyl" is now considered by fans to be one of the greatest TV shows of all time.

Westworld

Who ever would have thought that a TV show based on a middling, barely-remembered Michael Crichton movie would turn into a critical darling and pop culture brain twister, right? While Westworld’s second season didn’t quite scale the bizarro intellectual heights of its first (and its upcoming third season looks like it’s about to revamp the concept almost completely), that first season alone would still be enough to guarantee this HBO series a place on this list. Western flavor, dystopian sci-fi, and the moral, ethical, and sexual issues of the inevitable advances of artificial intelligence combine with competing timelines and general weirdness to make Westworld one of the most unique shows in HBO history.

The Handmaid’s Tale

Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale shaped the discourse in the twilight of the Cold War and the years that followed, no other book, movie, song, or TV show has had a larger cultural impact on Trump-era American than Hulu's television adaptation. The iconic red cloaks are everywhere, from our newsfeed to our protests to memes about the first family. Even conservatives watch the show, though many lament that they don't understand why we need to "make it about politics" or wonder why noones getting more upset about how other parts of the world treat women, in a wonderful example of completely missing the point.

BoJack Horseman

BoJack Horseman didn’t put its best foot forward when it premiered in 2014. The first half of the show’s first season was an intriguing enough comedy about anthropomorphic animals in Hollywood but didn’t elevate itself to a classic until it began to delve deep into the damaged psyche of its titular horse. Six seasons later and BoJack Horseman is an indelible part of this decade of television and one of the most touching, devastating series ever. - AB

The Mandalorian

For decades, fans have wondered what a live action Star Wars TV series might look like. Often rumored but never realized, there was often talk of a small screen visit to the galaxy far, far away, but it never amounted to more than just that. That is, until The Mandalorian rode into town courtesy of Disney+. Mixing elements of spaghetti westerns and samurai epics like Lone Wolf and Cub, The Mandalorian used familiar Star Wars imagery to tell a stark, gritty tale centered around its laconic, helmeted hero. The genuine pop culture phenomenon of Baby Yoda alone would be enough to guarantee its place on this list (and our hearts), but the show’s embrace of the kind of world building that made Star Wars so appealing in the first place may be its greatest accomplishment.

Sacred Games (India)

Mumbai is being threatened from every direction — the underworld and the upper echelons of the police force, the past and the present — and it’s up to a doughty, doubtful Sikh cop to fend them off. Saif Ali Khan plays the turbaned inspector Sartaj Singh in a series, based on a novel by Vikram Chandra, that mixes Bollywood energy with a literary style and touches of magical realism. (Streaming on Netflix.)

Kingdom (South Korea)

This story of a fugitive crown prince battling his young stepmother (and hordes of the undead) to gain his rightful throne is a bubbling stew of genres: historical drama, comic zombie-plague horror, horse-opera adventure and sharp social satire. But its most radical departure from Korean-drama norms is its compact, six-episode first season.

Game of Thrones

Streaming on: HBO Go / Now & Crave

You know a show is going to be a good binge watch when you’re tearing your hair out waiting for new episodes week to week, and new seasons year to year. Building on the structure of shock drama and high fantasy in George R. R. Martin‘s best-selling book series, David Benioff and D.B. Weiss‘ adaptation Game of Thrones translates all the political machinations, royal intrigue, and apocalyptic fantasy underpinnings into TV gold. Backed by a game-changing budget from HBO, Game of Thrones might be the most spectacular sight to ever hit the airwave and that luxurious attention crafts a completely immersive world where anything can happen, anyone may perish, and each new twisted cliffhanger and moment of violent punctuation leaves you clamoring to see what’s next. — Haleigh Foutch