Hidden Gem TV Shows on Metacritic Critics

Brilliant series most people have not found yet. Every title here is rated by at least 5,000 people across every site, enough to trust the score, but by fewer than the 100,000 our main rankings ask for, so none of them can appear there. Ranked by Metacritic Critics alone; the MEANRANK score beside each title is what every site together makes of it.

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101 Widow's Bay 78/100 · 26 votes · 2026 · 5 ratings A 86 102 One Mississippi 78/100 · 26 votes · 2015–2017 · 6 ratings B 79 103 Gentleman Jack 78/100 · 24 votes · 2019–2022 · 6 ratings A 82 104 Unforgotten 78/100 · 23 votes · 2015 · 7 ratings B 78 105 Key and Peele 78/100 · 20 votes · 2012–2015 · 5 ratings A 84 106 Review 78/100 · 20 votes · 2014–2017 · 6 ratings A 85 107 Angie Tribeca 78/100 · 15 votes · 2016–2018 · 6 ratings B 77 108 Southland 77/100 · 59 votes · 2009–2013 · 6 ratings A 86 109 You're the Worst 77/100 · 58 votes · 2014–2019 · 6 ratings A 83 110 The Flight Attendant 77/100 · 45 votes · 2020–2022 · 8 ratings B 70 111 Boss 77/100 · 42 votes · 2011–2012 · 6 ratings A 82 112 Platonic 77/100 · 39 votes · 2023 · 5 ratings B 77 113 The Girlfriend Experience 77/100 · 39 votes · 2016–2021 · 5 ratings B 73 114 Togetherness 77/100 · 35 votes · 2015–2016 · 6 ratings B 78 115 Black-ish 77/100 · 34 votes · 2014–2022 · 6 ratings B 72 116 A Thousand Blows 77/100 · 31 votes · 2025–2026 · 5 ratings B 76 117 She's Gotta Have It 77/100 · 26 votes · 2017–2019 · 6 ratings C 66 118 We Are Who We Are 77/100 · 22 votes · 2020 · 7 ratings B 76 119 Chicago Hope 77/100 · 22 votes · 1994–2000 · 3 ratings B 71 120 Forever 77/100 · 20 votes · 2018 · 6 ratings B 75 121 Taxi 77/100 · 17 votes · 1978–1983 · 4 ratings B 76 122 Last Tango in Halifax 77/100 · 14 votes · 2012–2020 · 6 ratings A 83 123 In Treatment 76/100 · 82 votes · 2008–2021 · 6 ratings B 76 124 Feud 76/100 · 81 votes · 2017–2024 · 6 ratings A 80 125 Pose 76/100 · 52 votes · 2018–2021 · 7 ratings A 82 126 Preacher 76/100 · 49 votes · 2016–2019 · 7 ratings B 75 127 Bad Sisters 76/100 · 39 votes · 2022–2024 · 8 ratings B 76 128 Tokyo Vice 76/100 · 36 votes · 2022–2024 · 8 ratings A 80 129 Mozart in the Jungle 76/100 · 35 votes · 2014–2018 · 6 ratings A 82 130 The Curse 76/100 · 34 votes · 2023–2024 · 6 ratings B 72 131 Humans 76/100 · 33 votes · 2015–2018 · 7 ratings B 78 132 Portlandia 76/100 · 33 votes · 2011–2018 · 6 ratings A 80 133 Julia 76/100 · 27 votes · 2022–2023 · 5 ratings A 84 134 Hap and Leonard 76/100 · 27 votes · 2016–2018 · 6 ratings B 79 135 American Vandal 76/100 · 23 votes · 2017–2018 · 7 ratings A 80 136 Counterpart 76/100 · 22 votes · 2017–2019 · 6 ratings A 82 137 On Becoming a God in Central Florida 76/100 · 22 votes · 2019 · 6 ratings B 76 138 Gomorrah 76/100 · 19 votes · 2014–2021 · 8 ratings A 82 139 The Gold 76/100 · 18 votes · 2023–2025 · 5 ratings A 81 140 Sterling Point 76/100 · 17 votes · 2026 · 5 ratings B 78 141 Murphy Brown 76/100 · 17 votes · 1988–1998 · 4 ratings C 63 142 Channel Zero 76/100 · 14 votes · 2016–2018 · 6 ratings B 78 143 The Serpent Queen 76/100 · 14 votes · 2022–2024 · 6 ratings A 80 144 Indian Summers 76/100 · 14 votes · 2015–2016 · 4 ratings B 76 145 Karen Pirie 76/100 · 13 votes · 2022 · 6 ratings B 78 146 PONIES 76/100 · 12 votes · 2026 · 5 ratings B 77 147 Devil in Disguise: John Wayne Gacy 76/100 · 12 votes · 2025 · 5 ratings A 81 148 Legends 76/100 · 11 votes · 2026 · 5 ratings A 80 149 Nurse Jackie 75/100 · 70 votes · 2009–2015 · 6 ratings B 79 150 Halt and Catch Fire 75/100 · 59 votes · 2014–2017 · 7 ratings A 82 151 Ugly Betty 75/100 · 58 votes · 2006–2010 · 8 ratings B 73 152 Torchwood 75/100 · 58 votes · 2006–2011 · 7 ratings B 76 153 Homecoming 75/100 · 56 votes · 2018–2020 · 6 ratings B 72 154 Mr. & Mrs. Smith 75/100 · 40 votes · 2024 · 8 ratings C 69 155 Minx 75/100 · 36 votes · 2022–2023 · 6 ratings B 73 156 Younger 75/100 · 35 votes · 2015–2021 · 6 ratings B 79 157 Reaper 75/100 · 35 votes · 2007–2009 · 6 ratings B 74 158 Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip 75/100 · 33 votes · 2006–2007 · 6 ratings A 80 159 Underground 75/100 · 32 votes · 2016–2017 · 6 ratings A 80 160 Wonder Man 75/100 · 31 votes · 2026 · 5 ratings B 78 161 Brotherhood 75/100 · 31 votes · 2006–2008 · 5 ratings B 70 162 Without a Trace 75/100 · 30 votes · 2002–2009 · 4 ratings B 73 163 Mythic Quest 75/100 · 29 votes · 2020–2025 · 7 ratings B 74 164 Luck 75/100 · 29 votes · 2011–2012 · 6 ratings B 75 165 Fresh Off the Boat 75/100 · 28 votes · 2015–2020 · 6 ratings B 78 166 Queen Sugar 75/100 · 28 votes · 2016–2022 · 5 ratings B 70 167 Awkward. 75/100 · 27 votes · 2011–2016 · 7 ratings B 73 168 The Conners 75/100 · 26 votes · 2018–2025 · 4 ratings D 54 169 The Chicago Code 75/100 · 25 votes · 2011 · 6 ratings A 80 170 Terriers 75/100 · 24 votes · 2010 · 6 ratings A 85 171 The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey 75/100 · 22 votes · 2022 · 6 ratings A 80 172 Roswell 75/100 · 20 votes · 1999–2002 · 5 ratings B 78 173 Heels 75/100 · 18 votes · 2021–2023 · 6 ratings A 81 174 Fortitude 75/100 · 16 votes · 2015–2018 · 6 ratings B 73 175 The Outlaws 75/100 · 15 votes · 2021–2024 · 6 ratings B 76 176 Farscape 75/100 · 14 votes · 1999–2003 · 7 ratings A 81 177 Mr Inbetween 75/100 · 13 votes · 2018–2021 · 7 ratings A 85 178 Detroiters 75/100 · 13 votes · 2017–2018 · 6 ratings A 82 179 Episodes 74/100 · 50 votes · 2011–2017 · 7 ratings B 76 180 A Man on the Inside 74/100 · 35 votes · 2024 · 6 ratings B 74 181 Looking 74/100 · 33 votes · 2014–2015 · 6 ratings A 82 182 Bad Monkey 74/100 · 32 votes · 2024 · 5 ratings B 78 183 Last Resort 74/100 · 31 votes · 2012–2013 · 6 ratings B 75 184 The Practice 74/100 · 30 votes · 1997–2004 · 4 ratings B 78 185 Awake 74/100 · 29 votes · 2012 · 6 ratings B 78 186 Criminal Record 74/100 · 22 votes · 2024 · 5 ratings B 73 187 Matlock 74/100 · 21 votes · 2024 · 6 ratings B 75 188 Wallander 74/100 · 21 votes · 2008–2016 · 6 ratings A 80 189 Bunheads 74/100 · 20 votes · 2012–2013 · 6 ratings A 82 190 Hotel Babylon 74/100 · 14 votes · 2006–2009 · 3 ratings B 72 191 Bosch: Legacy 74/100 · 11 votes · 2022–2025 · 7 ratings B 79 192 Whitechapel 74/100 · 11 votes · 2009–2013 · 5 ratings B 77 193 Mussolini: Son of the Century 74/100 · 10 votes · 2025 · 4 ratings A 85 194 Big Love 73/100 · 73 votes · 2006–2011 · 6 ratings B 75 195 The Afterparty 73/100 · 40 votes · 2022–2023 · 6 ratings B 76 196 Love 73/100 · 38 votes · 2016–2018 · 6 ratings B 77 197 Percy Jackson and the Olympians 73/100 · 35 votes · 2023 · 7 ratings B 72 198 Ally McBeal 73/100 · 32 votes · 1997–2002 · 7 ratings C 68 199 Better Off Ted 73/100 · 32 votes · 2009–2010 · 6 ratings A 84 200 Battle Creek 73/100 · 29 votes · 2015 · 6 ratings B 75