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Best shows to stream right now12/18/2023 ![]() Spin-off projects called The Witcher: Blood Origin and The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf are also available to stream. Once you've finished the show's latest entry, read our Witcher season 3 ending explainer to see how it sets up its fourth installment. Read our review of The Witcher season 3 and our exclusive chat with the season 3 cast while you're here. It's an enjoyable, funny, action-packed and dramatic fantasy series that'll delight fans and more casual viewers. The Witcher doesn't quite feel like 'prestige' TV in the way Game of Thrones tried to be, but that's not necessarily a bad thing. Henry Cavill played monster hunter Geralt of Rivia for three seasons – he's been replaced by Liam Hemsworth from season 4 onwards – in a story that spans decades and wars between nations. The Witcher is a TV adaptation of Andrzej Sapkowski's best-selling books, which have also been adapted into a series of popular games. The Witcher is a great fantasy series to stream on Netflix. So one of the best Netflix series of all-time will return in multiple capacities. ![]() Squid Game season 2 in currently in development, as is a satirical series (from original creator Hwang Song-hyuk) about its actual development, and Squid Game: The Challenge, a real-world adaptation of the show that's due out in November. It definitely leans on tropes first established by Battle Royale (which itself inspired The Hunger Games series), but this show is nonetheless an original and exhilarating way to while away your evenings. Like Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite before it, Squid Game plays on the concept of class division as a catalyst for violence, satirizing reality television by having 456 contestants duke it out in a series of child-friendly games with deadly twists. This South Korean drama comes from the mind of director Hwang Dong-hyuk, and follows a group of indebted citizens invited to risk their lives in a mysterious survival game. Squid Game is Netflix's biggest TV show ever, breaking all kinds of records that even Stranger Things can't beat. Squid Game is one of Netflix's biggest hits ever. Seasons on Netflix: 2 (plus the Queen Charlotte spin-off) Cobra Kai Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story, the show's first spin-off, is also available to stream. Still, is inclusion in our best Netflix shows list is a necessity. It’s not all smooth sailing, particularly in its troublesome treatment of sexual assault in one unfortunately memorable episode in season 1. Its diverse casting is a relief, too, underlining Bridgerton’s willingness to modernise and shake up an often stuffy genre. It’s largely a blast, with sharp screenwriting, costumes, and backdrops bursting with colour, as well as playful covers of Taylor Swift or Ariana Grande on period-appropriate instruments. Oh, and they attempt to outmanoeuvre the mysterious Lady Whistledown, whose ‘gossip sheets’ are able to make or break a debutante’s reputation overnight. This bold and sexually-charged Netflix period drama, based on Julia Quinn’s romance novels, follows a coterie of young socialites as they navigate a season of balls, betrothals, and betrayals in 1813 London. ![]() Shows retain their Certified Fresh status even if they fall below 75%, as long as the scores stay at 70% or above.Bridgerton is an extremely popular period drama. To be Certified Fresh, seasons must score at least 75% on the Tomatometer, with at least 20 critic reviews (five of those from Top Critics). With only six episodes, the highly-anticipated Marvel series likely will struggle to best nine-episode The Last of Us on number of reviews. ![]() (Episodes get scores if they receive at least five reviews.) ![]() With a 96% score, The Last of Us season 1 has the most reviews of any title on the list with 478 reviews across the season and its individual episodes, while The Mandalorian season 3 has 240 reviews overall. American-style restaurant dramedy The Bear was knocked out of the top position on one Rotten review, bringing British import Happy Valley back to the top spot. We kicked off the list with some early favorites including the series premieres of The Last of Us on HBO, Poker Face on Peacock, and Shrinking on Apple TV+, as well as the final seasons of Paramount+’s Star Trek: Picard and HBO’s Succession and Barry. this year and were designated Certified Fresh. Rotten Tomatoes’ list of top shows of 2023 (so far) compiles the TV and streaming seasons that debuted in the U.S. (Photo by Gareth Gatrell/Marvel Studios) The Best New TV & Streaming Shows of 2023 Ranked ![]()
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