This is a list of television shows considered by critics and audiences as Peak TV (or as part of the recent Golden Age of Television; it has also been called "prestige TV").
Selected notable and important shows
- 13 Reasons Why[1][2]
- 1923[3]
- 24[4][5]
- 30 for 30[6][7]
- 30 Rock[4][8][9][10]
- Abbott Elementary[11][12][13][14][15]
- Action[16]
- Adventure Time[17][18][19]
- Agent Carter[20]
- Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.[20]
- Altered Carbon[21][12]
- American Crime Story[4][5]
- American Dad[22]
- American Gods[23]
- American Horror Story[4][5][24]
- American Idol[16]
- Amphibia[25][26]
- Angel[16]
- Andor[14][15]
- Aqua Teen Hunger Force[22]
- Archer[22]
- Arrested Development[27][28][10]
- Atlanta[29][30][31][8][32]
- Avatar: The Last Airbender[17][19]
- Babylon Berlin (Germany)[33]
- Barry[30][13][14][9]
- Battlestar Galactica[27]
- Behind The Music[34]
- Better Call Saul[35][2][32][14][36][24]
- Better Things[29][14][15]
- Big City Greens[26]
- Big Little Lies[35][37][38]
- Big Mouth[22]
- Billions[2]
- Black-ish[29][36]
- Black Mirror[21]
- Bluey[14]
- Boardwalk Empire[27][5]
- Bob's Burgers[39][26][22][24]
- BoJack Horseman[40][41][39][22][42]
- The Boondocks[22]
- Bosch[43]
- Breaking Bad[44][5][32][28][10][24][45]
- Broadchurch[46]
- Brooklyn Nine-Nine[47][9]
- Burn Notice[48]
- Call the Midwife[49]
- Channel Zero[21]
- Chappelle's Show[50]
- Chernobyl[51]
- Cobra Kai[52][53]
- Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee[54]
- Community[40]
- Corn & Peg[55]
- Counterpart[21]
- Crazy Ex-Girlfriend[29]
- Craig of the Creek[26]
- Cribs[56]
- Criminal Minds[3]
- Curb Your Enthusiasm[4]
- Damages[57]
- Damnation[58]
- Dancing with the Stars[59]
- Daredevil[48][60]
- Dark[21]
- Deadwood[48][46][32]
- Derry Girls[61][12]
- Desperate Housewives[48]
- Dexter[44]
- Dietland[62]
- Documentary Now![63][64][65][9]
- Don't F**k with Cats: Hunting an Internet Killer[66]
- Dopesick[67]
- Downton Abbey[4][36]
- Electric Dreams[21]
- Emily in Paris[12][15]
- Empire[2][3][68]
- Entourage[69]
- Episodes[13]
- Euphoria[67][15]
- Evil Genius[66]
- Extras[48]
- Family Guy[70][22]
- Fargo[35][68]
- Firefly[71]
- Fleabag[51][8][36]
- Flight of the Conchords[29]
- Freaks and Geeks[4][72]
- Fresh Off the Boat[29][36]
- Friday Night Lights[4]
- Futurama[70][26][24]
- Game of Thrones[47][73][13][32][36][28][10][74][24][45]
- Gilmore Girls[48]
- Girls[4][75][36][10][45]
- Glee[48][8]
- Glow[48][53]
- Gotham[20]
- Gracepoint[76]
- Gravity Falls[17][19][26]
- Grey's Anatomy[77]
- Halt and Catch Fire[78][24][68]
- Hacks[15]
- Hannibal[21][79][68]
- Happy Endings[40][79][80]
- Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law[22]
- Hatfields & McCoys[74]
- Heaven's Gate: The Cult of Cults[81]
- Hell on Wheels[82]
- Heroes[20][40]
- Homeland[44][36][74]
- Home Movies[16]
- House[83][24]
- House of Cards[44][12][84][85][32][10][74][45][86]
- House of the Dragon[12][73][84][24]
- How I Met Your Mother[80]
- How to Get Away with Murder[68]
- How I Met Your Mother[80]
- I Love... (US) [87]
- I'll Be Gone in the Dark[66]
- I'm With Her[88]
- Insecure[36][45]
- It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia[40][79]
- Jane the Virgin[89][36][68]
- Jimmy Kimmel Live![90]
- Jury Duty[91][45]
- Justified[92][68]
- Keeping Up with the Kardashians[93]
- Key & Peele[36]
- Kiff[94]
- Killing Eve[95][84][37][36]
- Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County[96]
- Last Tango in Halifax[46]
- Longmire[97]
- Lost[27][98][24]
- Louie[4][8]
- Love Island[93]
- Luther[46]
- Mad Men[44][5][32][28][10][74][45]
- Master of None[38][36][68]
- Mindhunter[52]
- Merlin[46]
- Modern Family[29][8][36][10]
- Mom[68]
- Mozart in the Jungle[99]
- Mr. Robot[78][100][36]
- Mr Selfridge[46]
- My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic[18]
- Narcos[101]
- Nathan for You[102][68]
- NCIS[103][2]
- New Girl[80][8]
- Nip/Tuck[48]
- Now and Again[16]
- Nurse Jackie[48][8][15]
- Once Upon a Time[4]
- Only Murders in the Building[73][37]
- Orange Is the New Black[99][2][85][36][42][86]
- Outlander[21]
- Over the Garden Wall[19][26]
- Ozark[4][38]
- Pachinko[14]
- Parks and Recreation[48][103][9]
- Paw Patrol[3]
- Peaky Blinders[104]
- Pen15[30]
- Penny Dreadful[48][79]
- Phineas and Ferb[19]
- Pistol[105]
- Poker Face[15][106]
- Popular[16]
- Portlandia[9]
- Pose[30][36]
- Primal[26]
- Prison Break[107][24]
- Project Greenlight[68]
- Pushing Daisies[21][72]
- Queer as Folk (US)[108]
- Rake (Australia)[109][110][111]
- Ray Donovan[68]
- Regular Show[26][112]
- Reservation Dogs[113][14]
- Rick and Morty[114][22][24]
- Rings of Power[115][73][85][32]
- Ripper Street[116]
- Rita[117]
- Riverdale[84]
- Robot Chicken[22]
- Rome[118]
- Scandal[36][28][74]
- Schitt's Creek[119][79][120]
- Scrubs[103]
- Sense8[21]
- Severance[37][14][42][15]
- Shameless (UK)[13] &
- Shameless (US)[13]
- Shark Tank[59]
- Sharp Objects[117]
- Sherlock[46]
- Six Feet Under[27][28][10]
- Small Axe[12]
- Smallville[20]
- Snowpiercer[53]
- Sons of Anarchy[121]
- SpongeBob SquarePants[17]
- Squid Game[122][123][12][67][45]
- Star vs. The Forces of Evil[19]
- Steven Universe[18][19][17]
- Stranger Things[117][12][5][67][38][42][124]
- Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip[40][36]
- Succession[117][73][13][67][3][32][106][45]
- Suits[125]
- Supernatural[4]
- Survivor[59]
- Swarm[91]
- Ted Lasso[126][12][73][67][32][9][127][45]
- The Amazing Race[59]
- The Amazing World of Gumball[26]
- The Americans[121][36][42]
- The Apprentice[128]
- The Bachelor[59][93][120]
- The Bear[129][14][106]
- The Big Bang Theory[35][8]
- The Carmichael Show[29]
- The Closer[48]
- The Colbert Report[4]
- The Crown[117][12][5][85][36]
- The Daily Show with Jon Stewart[4]
- The Expanse[21]
- The Fall[130]
- The Good Place[131]
- The Good Wife[132]
- The Handmaid's Tale[133][84]
- The I-Land[134]
- The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst[66][68]
- The Killing (US)[135]
- The Killing Season[66]
- The Knick[29]
- The L Word[136]
- The Last Dance[81]
- The Last of Us[137][91]
- The Late Late Show with James Corden[90]
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert[90]
- The Leftovers[138][79]
- The Legend of Korra[19][17]
- The Magicians[21]
- The Man in the High Castle[2][38]
- The Mandalorian[139]
- The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel[144]
- The Middle[68]
- The Mindy Project[80][68]
- The Morning Show[12][124]
- The Musketeers[46]
- The Office (UK)[4][103][8] &
- The Office (US)[4][103][8][10]
- The Owl House[145][26]
- The Paradise[46]
- The Real Housewives[93]
- The Romanoffs[21]
- The Shield[48]
- The Sons of Sam: A Descent Into Darkness[66]
- The Sopranos[44][146][147][28][10][120][24]
- The Thick of It[148][149]
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon[90]
- The Tudors[150]
- The Underground Railroad[151][113]
- The Venture Bros[70]
- The Voice[128]
- The Walking Dead[121][36][120][45]
- The West Wing[4][28]
- The White Lotus[152][67][37][106][124]
- The Wire[44][153][28][10][24]
- Tiger King[103][81]
- Top of the Lake[45]
- Transparent[4]
- TRL[154]
- True Blood[155][28]
- True Detective[117][106]
- Tuca & Bertie[156][30][39][22][127]
- Ugly Betty[99]
- Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt[40][68]
- Under the Dome[134]
- UnReal[68]
- Vanderpump Rules[93]
- Veep[4][8][36][120]
- Veronica Mars[48]
- Vikings[52]
- Vinyl[157]
- WandaVision[158]
- Wander Over Yonder[18]
- Watchmen[159][37]
- We Are Lady Parts[12][113]
- We Bare Bears[26]
- We Need to Talk About Cosby[14]
- Weeds[160]
- Westworld[47][84][85][161][32][162][124][53]
- Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?[16]
- Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty[163]
- Yellowjackets[12][67][37][3][91][106]
- Yellowstone[164][13][3][85][161]
- You're the Worst[29][79]
- Zoo[134]
List of films considered as part of Peak TV
- American Murder: The Family Next Door[81]
- The Central Park Five[66]
- The Paradise Lost trilogy[66]
- The Social Dilemma[81]
Pre-1999 shows associated with the contemporary Golden Age
- Ally McBeal[16]
- Babylon 5[165]
- Bakersfield P.D.[16]
- Becker[16]
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer[166][48][24]
- Chicago Hope[16]
- Doctor Who[46][120]
- Everybody Loves Raymond[167]
- Exit 57[16]
- Frasier[168][127]
- Frank's Place[29]
- Friends[103]
- Homicide: Life on the Street[16][169]
- Jeopardy![85]
- King of the Hill[22]
- Murder One[16]
- Mystery Science Theater 3000[170][120]
- Nothing Sacred[16]
- Oz[166]
- The Practice[16]
- Prime Suspect (UK)[16]
- Relativity[16]
- Roc[16]
- Roseanne[16]
- Saturday Night Live[67][9][15]
- Seinfeld[171]
- Sex and the City[4]
- South Park[4][22]
- Star Trek: The Next Generation[165]
- Star Trek: Deep Space Nine[165]
- The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd[29]
- The Powerpuff Girls[18]
- The Simpsons[16][22]
- The X-Files[172][24]
- Twin Peaks[16]
- Wheel of Fortune[85]
- Will & Grace[16]
Notable and important people associated with Peak TV
- Showrunners
- J. J. Abrams[21]
- Judd Apatow[23]
- Fred Armisen[63][173][9]
- Alan Ball[27]
- Rachel Bloom[174]
- Steven Bochco[50]
- Charlie Brooker[21]
- Bo Burnham[175]
- Ken Burns[66]
- Jane Campion[45]
- David Chase[27][74]
- Lena Dunham[36][45]
- Mark Duplass[45]
- Sam Esmail[176]
- David Fincher[177][45]
- Alex Gibney[66]
- Vince Gilligan[167][74]
- Matt Groening[26]
- Bill Hader[178][63][9]
- Noah Hawley[179]
- Rian Johnson[106]
- Mike Judge[180]
- Michelle King[74]
- Robert King[74]
- Jenji Kohan[74]
- Damon Lindelof[181]
- Chuck Lorre[167]
- Seth MacFarlane[70]
- David Milch[182]
- Ryan Murphy[29][37][36][74]
- Issa Rae[45]
- Shonda Rhimes[183][74][24]
- Shawn Ryan[184]
- David Simon[185]
- Aaron Sorkin[40]
- Rebecca Sugar[26]
- Kurt Sutter[186]
- Genndy Tartakovsky[26]
- Matthew Weiner[50][74]
- Joss Whedon[187]
- Actors
- Aziz Ansari[36]
- Jason Bateman[188][189]
- Zach Braff[103]
- Louis C.K.[29]
- Steve Carell[103]
- Dave Chappelle[50]
- Glenn Close[190]
- Bryan Cranston[27]
- Claire Danes[50][36]
- Peter Dinklage[27]
- Tina Fey[40][9]
- James Gandolfini[44]
- Donald Glover[29]
- Tony Hale[36]
- Jon Hamm[27]
- Keegan-Michael Key[191][36]
- John Krasinski[103]
- Katherine Langford[192]
- Jane Lynch[193]
- Elisabeth Moss[194]
- Bob Odenkirk[195][36]
- Sandra Oh[37][36]
- Aaron Paul[27][36]
- Sarah Paulson[40]
- Jordan Peele[191][36]
- Jesse Plemons[196]
- Amy Poehler[191][9]
- Jason Sudeikis[9]
- Jeffrey Tambor[27]
- Kerry Washington[36]
- Hosts
Notable and important outlets
Terrestrial networks
Cable/satellite channels
- A&E[66]
- AMC[48][14][74]
- Bravo[68]
- Cartoon Network[17]
- CNN[66]
- Comedy Central[36]
- Disney Channel[17]
- ESPN[6][7][81]
- FX[48][37][85][66][53]
- Hallmark Channel[85]
- HBO[48][37][53]
- History Channel[74]
- IFC[63][9]
- Nickelodeon[199]
- Paramount Network[164]
- Showtime[48]
- Sundance Channel[45]
- Syfy[48]
- TNT[48][85]
- TV Land[68]
- USA[48][85]
- VH1[68]
International networks
Streaming services
- Amazon Prime Video[73][38][74]
- Apple TV+[202][37]
- Crackle[203]
- Disney+[139][37][161][14][120]
- Freevee[204][45]
- HBO Max[3][161][120][53]
- Hulu[99][38][14][74][120]
- Netflix[48][37][38][14][10][74][120]
- Paramount+[3]
- Peacock[106][66][53]
- Pluto TV[204][120]
- Redbox[120]
- Roku[120][45]
- Tubi[204][120]
- YouTube Red[53]
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