01 Another surprisingly great video-game adaptation, set in the franchise's retro-futuristic wasteland.
The Last of Us and House of the Dragon are the two biggest prestige-drama conversations right now, both built on premises with massive built-in audiences, and Severance proved a strange, original concept can still break through. Fallout is another surprisingly good video-game adaptation, Only Murders in the Building has three true-crime-obsessed neighbours investigating a murder in their own building, Abbott Elementary follows underfunded teachers who love their jobs, and Slow Horses is a wry spy drama led by a grimy Gary Oldman. Squid Game, The White Lotus, Wednesday, Stranger Things and The Bear round out the list.
01 Another surprisingly great video-game adaptation, set in the franchise's retro-futuristic wasteland.
02 Three true-crime-obsessed neighbours investigate a real murder in their own apartment building.
03 Underfunded, overworked public-school teachers who love their jobs anyway.
04 A wry, grimy look at MI5's dumping ground for its most disgraced agents.
05 Debt-ridden contestants risk their lives in deadly versions of childhood games for a life-changing prize.
06 An anthology satire following wealthy guests at a luxury resort, one of whom won't make it out alive.
07 A gothic, sharp-tongued spin on the Addams Family daughter navigating a school for outcasts.
08 Horror-tinged nostalgia that balances real scares with genuine warmth.
09 Ben Stiller directs and produces one of the decade's most acclaimed dramas.
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10 A chaotic, anxiety-inducing look inside a Chicago sandwich shop turned fine-dining restaurant.
11 The Targaryen civil war known as the Dance of the Dragons, told in full, brutal detail.
12 Proved a prestige drama and a genuine action series could live in the same show.
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