List of shows considered as Peak TV

This is a list of television shows considered by critics and audiences as Peak TV (it has also been called "the Second Golden Age of Television" and "Prestige TV").

Notable programs considered as Peak TV

• 13 Reasons Why ^{[1] [2]}
• 1883 ^[3]
• 1923 ^{[4] [5]}
• 24 ^{[6] [7] [8]} ±
• 3 Body Problem ^[9]
• 30 for 30 ^{[10] [11] [12]} ±
• 30 Rock ^{[6] [13] [14] [15] [8] [16]} ±
• 9-1-1 ^[3]
• 9-1-1: Lone Star ^[3]
• A Black Lady Sketch Show ^[17]
• A Man on the Inside ^[18]
• A Million Little Things ^[3]
• A.P. Bio ^[19]
• Abbott Elementary ^[26]
• Action ^[27]
• Adolescence ^{[18] [28]}
• Adventure Time ^{[29] [30] [31]}
• Agent Carter ^[32]
• Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. ^[32]
• Alien: Earth ^[5]
• All Creatures Great and Small ^[33]
• Altered Carbon ^{[34] [21]}
• American Born Chinese ^[3]
• American Crime ^[2]
• American Crime Story ^{[6] [7]} ±
• American Dad ^[35]
• American Gods ^[36]
• American Horror Story ^{[6] [7] [37] [38] [39]}
• American Housewife ^[10]
• American Idol ^[27]
• Amphibia ^{[40] [41]}
• Andor ^{[23] [24] [42] [5] [12]}
• And Just Like That… ^[43]
• Angel ^[27]
• Aqua Teen Hunger Force ^[35]
• Arcane ^{[9] [44]}
• Archer ^{[35] [45]}
• Arrested Development ^{[46] [47] [15] [48]} ±
• Atlanta ^{[49] [50] [51] [13] [52] [8]} ±
• Avatar: The Last Airbender ^{[29] [31]} ±
• Babylon Berlin (Germany) ^{[53] [54] [12]} ±
• Baby Reindeer ^{[9] [18]}
• Back to Life ^[55]
• Band of Brothers ^{[56] [57] [12]}
• Barry ^{[50] [22] [23] [14] [58] [57] [8] [59]}
• Battlestar Galactica ^{[46] [39] [8]} ±
• Beef ^{[58] [3] [25]}
• Bel-Air ^[3]
• Better Call Saul ^{[60] [2] [52] [23] [61] [37] [62]} ±
• Better Things ^{[49] [23] [24] [55]}
• Betty ^[55]
• Beyond the Gates ^[5]
• Big Brother ^[63]
• Big City Greens ^[41]
• Big Little Lies ^{[60] [64] [65]} ±
• Big Mouth ^[35]
• Billions ^{[2] [4] [3]}
• Black-ish ^{[49] [61]}
• Black Doves ^[9]
• Black Lightning ^[66]
• Black Mirror ^{[34] [16]}
• Blue Bloods ^[3]
• Blue Eye Samurai ^[44]
• Bluey (Australia) ^{[23] [12]}
• Boardwalk Empire ^{[46] [7] [67] [8]}
• Bob's Burgers ^{[68] [41] [35] [37]}
• BoJack Horseman ^{[69] [70] [68] [35] [71]} ±
• The Boondocks ^[35]
• Bosch ^[72]
• Breaking Bad ^[75] ±
• Bridgerton ^[54]
• Broad City ^[6]
• Broadchurch ^[76]
• Brooklyn Nine-Nine ^{[77] [14]}
• Burn Notice ^[78]
• Call My Agent! (France) ^[12]
• Call the Midwife ^[79]
• Carnivale ^[80]
• Channel Zero ^[34]
• Chappelle's Show ^{[6] [81]}
• Chernobyl ^{[82] [83]} ±
• Chicago Fire ^{[84] [18]}
• Chicago Med ^[3]
• Chicago P.D. ^[3]
• Chilling Adventures of Sabrina ^[42]
• Claws ^[66]
• Cobra Kai ^{[66] [85] [5]}
• Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee ^[86]
• Community ^[69] ±
• Counterpart ^[34]
• Crazy Ex-Girlfriend ^[49] ±
• Craig of the Creek ^[41]
• Criminal Minds ^[4]
• Curb Your Enthusiasm ^{[6] [12] [80]} ±
• Daisy Jones and the Six ^{[3] [25]}
• Damages ^{[87] [16]}
• Damnation ^[88]
• Dancing with the Stars ^[89]
• Daredevil ^{[78] [90] [28] [5]}
• Dark ^[34] ±
• Deadwood ^{[78] [76] [52] [91] [8] [16] [80]}
• Deli Boys ^[5]
• Detectorists ^[92]
• Derry Girls ^{[93] [21]}
• Desperate Housewives ^[78]
• Deutschland 83 (Germany) ^[54]
• Dexter ^{[73] [16] [5]} ±
• Dexter: Resurrection ^[5]
• Dickinson ^[33]
• Difficult People ^[19]
• Disenchantment ^[41]
• Documentary Now! ^{[94] [95] [96] [14]}
• Don't F**k with Cats: Hunting an Internet Killer ^[97]
• Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23 ^[19]
• Dopesick ^[98]
• Dope Thief ^[5]
• Downton Abbey ^{[6] [61] [8]} ±
• Dying for Sex ^[18]
• Eastbound & Down ^[6]
• Ed, Edd n Eddy ^[41]
• Electric Dreams ^[34]
• Emily in Paris ^{[21] [24]}
• Empire ^{[2] [4] [99]}
• Entourage ^[100]
• Episodes ^[22]
• Escape at Dannemora ^[64]
• Euphoria ^{[98] [24]}
• Eureka ^[39]
• Evil ^[33]
• Evil Genius ^[97]
• Exit 57 ^[27]
• Extras ^[78]
• F is for Family ^[35]
• Fallout ^[101]
• Family Guy ^{[102] [35] [103]}
• Fargo ^{[60] [99] [39] [104]} ±
• Farscape ^[39]
• FBI ^[84]
• Fellow Travellers ^[25]
• Feud: Bette and Joan ^[105]
• Fire Country ^[57]
• Firefly ^{[106] [12]}
• Fleabag ^{[82] [13] [61] [12]} ±
• Flight of the Conchords ^[49]
• For All Mankind ^{[107] [3]}
• Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends ^[108]
• Found ^[3]
• Foundation ^[107]
• Freaks and Geeks ^{[6] [109] [12]}
• Fresh Off the Boat ^{[49] [61]}
• Friday Night Lights ^{[6] [8] [12]} ±
• From ^[3]
• Futurama ^{[102] [41] [37] [12]}
• Game of Thrones ^[112] ±
• Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage ^[113]
• Ghosts ^[3]
• Gilmore Girls ^[78] ±
• Ginny & Georgia ^[57]
• Girls ^{[6] [114] [61] [15] [74]} ±
• Girls5Eva ^[85]
• Glee ^{[78] [13]}
• Glow ^{[78] [85]}
• The Good Wife ^[115]
• Good Girls ^[66]
• Gomorrah (Italy) ^{[54] [12]}
• Gotham ^[32]
• Government Cheese ^[5]
• Grace and Frankie ^[105]
• Gravity Falls ^{[29] [31] [41]}
• Great News ^[8]
• Grey's Anatomy ^{[116] [84] [8]} ±
• Halt and Catch Fire ^{[117] [37] [99]} ±
• Hacks ^[24]
• Hannibal ^{[34] [19] [99]} ±
• Happy Endings ^{[69] [19] [118] [19]}
• Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law ^[35]
• Hatfields & McCoys ^{[111] [38]}
• Hawkeye ^[64]
• Hazbin Hotel ^[45]
• Heaven's Gate: The Cult of Cults ^[119]
• Hell on Wheels ^[120]
• Heroes ^{[32] [69]}
• Hijack ^[121]
• Homecoming ^[42]
• Homeland ^{[73] [61] [111] [122] [8]} ±
• Home Movies ^[27]
• House ^[37] ±
• House of Cards ^[125] ±
• House of the Dragon ^{[21] [110] [37] [9]}
• How I Met Your Mother ^[118] ±
• How to Get Away with Murder ^[99]
• I'll Be Gone in the Dark ^[97]
• I'm a Virgo ^[25]
• I May Destroy You ^{[17] [12]} ±
• Industry ^{[126] [55] [9] [127]}
• Infinity Train ^{[41] [128]}
• Insecure ^{[61] [74] [12]} ±
• Inventing Anna ^[64]
• It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia ^{[69] [19]} ±
• It's a Sin ^[12]
• Interview with the Vampire ^[9]
• Invincible ^{[103] [45]}
• iZombie ^[66]
• Jackass ^[10]
• Jack Ryan ^[3]
• Jane the Virgin ^{[129] [61] [99]}
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! ^[130]
• Jury Duty ^{[121] [74] [25]}
• Justified ^{[131] [99] [8]}
• Keeping Up with the Kardashians ^[132]
• Key & Peele ^[61]
• Killing Eve ^{[133] [64] [61]}
• Land of Women ^[18]
• Last Tango in Halifax ^[76]
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit ^[84]
• Lawmen: Bass Reeves ^[3]
• Leanne ^[18]
• Lessons in Chemistry ^[25]
• Leverage ^[134]
• Lilyhammer (Norway) ^[54]
• Lioness ^[3]
• Longmire ^[135]
• Losing Alice (Israel) ^[54]
• Lost ^{[46] [136] [37]} ±
• Louie ^{[6] [13] [99]} ±
• Love Is Blind ^[63]
• Love, Death and Robots ^[137]
• Love Island ^[132]
• Lovecraft Country ^[17]
• Lupin (France) ^{[42] [54]}
• Luther ^{[76] [12]} ±
• Mad Men ^[138] ±
• Malcolm in the Middle ^[27]
• Maniac ^[64]
• Marco Polo ^[91]
• Mare of Easttown ^[64]
• Masterchef ^[63]
• Master of None ^{[65] [61] [99]}
• Masters of the Air ^{[56] [57]}
• Mayor of Kingstown ^[4]
• Merlin ^[76]
• Mike Tyson Mysteries ^[41]
• Mindhunter ^[66] ±
• Modern Family ^{[49] [13] [61] [15] [8]}
• Mom ^[99]
• Monarch: Legacy of Monsters ^[3]
• Moon Knight ^[64]
• Mozart in the Jungle ^[139]
• Mr. Robot ^{[117] [140] [61]}
• My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic ^[30]
• Narcos ^{[141] [8]} ±
• Nathan for You ^{[142] [99]}
• NCIS ^{[143] [2] [84]}
• New Girl ^{[118] [13]}
• Nip/Tuck ^[78]
• Nobody Wants This ^[18]
• Nurse Jackie ^{[78] [13] [24]}
• Obi-Wan Kenobi ^[110]
• OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes ^[41]
• Once Upon a Time ^[6]
• One Day at a Time ^[66]
• Only Murders in the Building ^{[110] [64] [16]}
• Orange Is the New Black ^{[139] [2] [123] [61] [71] [124] [12]} ±
• Outlander ^[34]
• Outlander: Blood of My Blood ^[144]
• Over the Garden Wall ^{[31] [41]}
• Ozark ^{[6] [65] [16]}
• Pachinko ^{[23] [55]}
• Paradise ^{[18] [5]}
• Parks and Recreation ^{[78] [143] [14] [48]} ±
• Party Down ^{[3] [19]}
• Paw Patrol ^[4]
• Peaky Blinders ^{[145] [12]}
• Peep Show ^[12]
• Pen15 ^[50]
• Penny Dreadful ^{[78] [19]}
• Percy Jackson and the Olympians ^[3]
• Perry Mason ^[42]
• Phineas and Ferb ^[31]
• Platonic ^[3]
• Please Like Me ^[55]
• Poker Face ^{[24] [43] [3] [25]}
• Popular ^[27]
• Portlandia ^[14]
• Pose ^{[50] [61]} ±
• Power ^[2]
• Preacher ^[66]
• Primal ^[41]
• Prime Target ^[5]
• Prison Break ^{[146] [37]}
• Project Greenlight ^[99]
• Pushing Daisies ^{[34] [109]}
• Queen Charlotte ^[25]
• Queen Sono (South Africa) ^[54]
• Queer as Folk (US) ^[147]
• Queer Eye ^[66]
• Rain Dogs ^[3]
• Ramy ^[50]
• Rake (Australia) ^{[148] [149]}
• Ratched ^[64]
• Ray Donovan ^{[99] [105]}
• Reacher ^[150]
• Rectify ^[122]
• Regular Show ^{[41] [151]}
• Reservation Dogs ^{[33] [23] [3] [25]}
• Resident Alien ^[39]
• Revenge ^[8]
• Rick and Morty ^{[152] [35] [37] [45] [12]} ±
• Rings of Power ^{[153] [110] [123] [52] [38] [9]}
• Ripley ^[9]
• Ripper Street ^[154]
• Rita ^[155]
• Rivals ^[9]
• Riverdale ^{[156] [3]}
• Robot Chicken ^[35]
• Rome ^[157]
• Running Point ^[18]
• Samurai Jack ^[41]
• Scandal ^{[61] [47] [111]}
• Scavengers Reign ^[83]
• Schitt's Creek (Canada) ^{[158] [19] [159] [12]} ±
• Schmigadoon! ^[14]
• Scrubs ^[143]
• Search Party ^[66]
• Sense8 ^[34]
• Servant ^[3]
• Severance ^[161]
• Shameless (UK) ^[22] &
• Shameless (US) ^[22]
• Shark Tank ^[89]
• Sharp Objects ^{[155] [83]}
• Sherlock ^[76] ±
• Sherwood ^[9]
• Shōgun ^{[162] [42] [104] [163] [12]}
• Show Me a Hero ^[83]
• Shrill ^[14]
• Shrinking ^{[74] [164] [18] [25]}
• Silo ^{[107] [25]}
• Six Feet Under ^{[46] [47] [15] [8] [80]} ±
• Skins ^[12]
• Slow Horses ^{[9] [12]}
• Small Axe ^[21] ±
• Smallville ^[32]
• Sneaky Pete ^[105]
• Snowpiercer ^[85]
• Solar Opposites ^{[41] [45]}
• Somebody Somewhere ^{[55] [23]}
• Sons of Anarchy ^{[165] [8]}
• Sort Of ^[55]
• Spaced ^[12]
• Speechless ^[10]
• Spiral (France) ^[12]
• SpongeBob SquarePants ^[29]
• Squid Game (South Korea) ^{[166] [21] [98] [74] [167] [5]}
• Star Trek: Discovery ^{[66] [34]}
• Star Trek: Lower Decks ^[41]
• Star vs. the Forces of Evil ^[31]
• Station Eleven ^[83]
• Steven Universe ^{[30] [31] [29]} ±
• Stick ^[168]
• Stranger Things ^{[155] [21] [7] [98] [65] [71] [128] [38] [5]} ±
• Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip ^{[69] [61] [169]}
• Succession ^{[172] [57] [8]} ±
• Suits ^{[173] [84]}
• Supacell ^[9]
• Supernatural ^[6]
• Superstore ^[19]
• Survival of the Thickest ^[18]
• Survivor ^{[89] [63]}
• Swarm ^{[121] [3] [25]}
• Ted Lasso ^[175]
• The 100 ^[66]
• The Affair ^{[176] [177]}
• The Amazing Race ^{[89] [63]}
• The Amazing World of Gumball ^[41]
• The Americans ^{[165] [61] [71] [122] [8]} ±
• The Apprentice ^[178]
• The A Word ^[92]
• The Bachelor ^{[89] [132] [159] [16]}
• The Bear ^{[179] [23] [43] [38] [58] [104] [16] [25]}
• The Bernie Mac Show ^[49]
• The Big Bang Theory ^{[60] [13]} ±
• The Blacklist ^[3]
• The Carmichael Show ^[49]
• The Chi ^[66]
• The Closer ^[78]
• The Colbert Report ^[6]
• The Crown ^[180] ±
• The Daily Show with Jon Stewart ^[6]
• The Day of the Jackal ^[9]
• The Diplomat ^[121]
• The Equalizer ^{[84] [3]}
• The End of the F***ing World ^[66]
• The Expanse ^{[34] [39]}
• The Falcon and the Winter Soldier ^[64]
• The Fall of the House of Usher ^[25]
• The Flight Attendant ^[64]
• The Four Seasons ^[18]
• The Gifted ^[66]
• The Gilded Age ^{[25] [170]}
• The Goldbergs ^[3]
• The Good Doctor ^[3]
• The Good Fight ^[66]
• The Good Place ^[181] ±
• The Good Wife ^[182] ±
• The Handmaid's Tale ^[183] ±
• The I-Land ^{[184] [18]}
• The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst ^{[97] [99]}
• The Killing (US) ^[185]
• The Killing Season ^[97]
• The Knick ^{[49] [83]}
• The Kominsky Method ^{[186] [187]}
• The L Word ^[188]
• The Last Dance ^[119]
• The Last Man on Earth ^{[99] [14]}
• The Last of Us ^{[189] [121] [62] [101] [3] [25] [5]}
• The Late Late Show with James Corden ^[130]
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert ^[130]
• The Leftovers ^{[190] [19] [83]} ±
• The Legend of Korra ^{[31] [29]}
• The Lincoln Lawyer ^[3]
• The Magicians ^[34]
• The Man in the High Castle ^{[2] [65]}
• The Mandalorian ^{[191] [3]}
• The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel ^[196]
• The Middle ^[99]
• The Mindy Project ^{[118] [99]}
• The Morning Show ^{[21] [191] [128] [25]}
• The Musketeers ^[76]
• The Newsroom ^[169]
• The Night Agent ^[57]
• The Office (UK) ^{[6] [143] [13]} ± &
• The Office (US) ^{[6] [143] [13] [15] [8] [48]} ±
• The Other Two ^{[164] [25]}
• The Owl House ^{[197] [41]}
• The Pacific ^[56]
• The Penguin ^[9]
• The Pitt ^[18]
• The Queen's Gambit ^{[17] [54]} ±
• The Real Housewives ^{[132] [63]}
• The Residence ^[5]
• The Romanoffs ^[34]
• The Rookie ^[3]
• The Shield ^{[78] [16]} ±
• The Sons of Sam: A Descent Into Darkness ^[97]
• The Sopranos ^{[201] [57]}
• The Studio ^{[28] [5]}
• The Summer I Turned Pretty ^[18]
• The Sympathizer ^[55]
• The Thick of It ^{[202] [203]} ±
• The Tick ^[19]
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon ^[130]
• The Tudors ^[204]
• The Underground Railroad ^{[205] [33] [17] [12]} ±
• The Undoing ^[54]
• The Venture Bros ^[102]
• The Voice ^[178]
• The Walking Dead ^{[165] [61] [159] [74] [8] [16]}
• The West Wing ^{[6] [47] [200] [16] [8] [12]}
• The White Lotus ^{[206] [98] [64] [43] [128] [62] [12] [5]}
• The Wire ^[208] ±
• Tiger King ^{[143] [119]}
• Top Boy ^[12]
• Top of the Lake ^[74]
• Transparent ^{[6] [105] [99]}
• True Blood ^{[209] [47]}
• True Detective ^{[155] [43] [8] [9]} ±
• Tuca & Bertie ^{[210] [50] [68] [35] [164]}
• Tulsa King ^[4]
• Twisted Metal ^[101]
• Ugly Betty ^[139]
• Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt ^{[69] [99]}
• Under the Dome ^[184]
• United States of Tara ^[78]
• UnReal ^[99]
• Veep ^{[6] [13] [61] [159] [104] [8] [16]} ±
• Veronica Mars ^[78]
• Vida ^[55]
• Vikings ^[66]
• Vinyl ^[211]
• Virgin River ^[3]
• WandaVision ^[212]
• Wander Over Yonder ^[30]
• Watchmen ^{[213] [64]} ±
• We Are Lady Parts ^{[21] [33] [9]}
• We Bare Bears ^[41]
• We Need to Talk About Cosby ^[23]
• Weeds ^{[78] [214]}
• Westworld ^[217] ±
• What We Do in the Shadows ^{[39] [23] [12]}
• When They See Us ^[42]
• White Lies (South Africa) ^[218]
• Will Trent ^[3]
• Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? ^{[27] [16]}
• Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty ^[219]
• Wolf Hall ^{[220] [12]}
• Work in Progress ^[55]
• X-Men '97 ^[9]
• XO, Kitty ^[3]
• Yellowjackets ^{[21] [98] [64] [4] [121] [43] [5]}
• Yellowstone ^[222]
• Young Sheldon ^{[84] [3]}
• Younger ^[99]
• Your Friends & Neighbors ^[5]
• Your Honor ^[3]
• You're the Worst ^{[49] [19]}
• Zero Day ^[5]
• Zoo ^[184]

List of television films considered as part of Peak TV

• American Murder: The Family Next Door ^[119]
• Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy ^[18]
• The Central Park Five ^[97]
• Introducing Dorothy Dandridge ^[27]
• The Paradise Lost trilogy ^[97]
• The Social Dilemma ^[119]

Pre-1999 shows associated with the contemporary Golden Age

• A Different World ^[49]
• Absolutely Fabulous ^[27]
• Ally McBeal ^[27]
• Babylon 5 ^{[223] [27]}
• Batman: The Animated Series ^[103]
• Beavis and Butt-Head ^{[102] [10] [27]}
• Becker ^[27]
• Berlin Alexanderplatz (Germany) ^[12]
• Beverly Hills, 90210 ^[10]
• Blackadder ^[12]
• Brideshead Revisited ^[12]
• Buffy the Vampire Slayer ^{[78] [37] [104] [48] [27] [12]}
• Cagney & Lacey ^[49]
• Cheers ^{[6] [27] [18] [12] [49] [224]}
• Chicago Hope ^[27]
• China Beach ^[27]
• Columbo ^[12]
• Cowboy Bebop (Japan) ^[12]
• Dallas ^{[225] [10]}
• Daria ^[27]
• Dekalog (Poland) ^[12]
• Dexter's Laboratory ^[41]
• Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist ^[27]
• Doctor Who ^{[a] [76] [159] [9] [12]}
• Dynasty ^[225]
• Eerie, Indiana ^[27]
• Ellen ^[27]
• Emeril Live ^[27]
• ER ^{[16] [12]}
• Everybody Loves Raymond ^{[227] [27]}
• Family Matters ^[10]
• Family Ties ^[49]
• Father Ted ^[12]
• Frasier ^[228]
• Friends ^[229]
• From the Earth to the Moon ^[27]
• Full House ^[10]
• Heimat (Germany) ^[12]
• Hercules: The Legendary Journeys ^[27]
• Hill Street Blues ^{[49] [225] [27]}
• Homicide: Life on the Street ^{[27] [230] [231] [16]}
• Hunter ^[49]
• I'm Alan Partridge ^[12]
• In Living Color ^[27]
• Inside the Actors Studio ^[27]
• Iron Chef (Japan) ^[27]
• It's Gary Shandling's Show ^[27]
• Jeopardy! ^[123]
• Kids in the Hall ^[27]
• King of the Hill ^{[35] [27]}
• L.A. Law ^{[10] [27] [49] [225]}
• Law & Order ^{[27] [84] [3]}
• Liquid Television ^[27]
• Mad About You ^[27]
• Married… With Children ^[49]
• Martin ^[27]
• MASH ^[12]
• Melrose Place ^[10]
• Miami Vice ^[49]
• Mr. Show ^[27]
• Moonlighting ^{[49] [27]}
• MTV Unplugged ^[27]
• Murder One ^[27]
• Murphy Brown ^[27]
• My So-Called Life ^[27]
• Mystery Science Theater 3000 ^{[232] [159] [27]}
• Nash Bridges ^[27]
• Newhart ^[27]
• Newsradio ^[27]
• Northern Exposure ^{[27] [10]}
• NYPD Blue ^{[27] [12]}
• Oz ^{[233] [91] [104] [16] [80]}
• Picket Fences ^[27]
• Pinky and the Brain ^[27]
• Prime Suspect (UK) ^[27]
• Riptide ^[49]
• Roc ^[27]
• Roseanne ^{[27] [3] [49]}
• Saturday Night Live ^{[98] [14] [24]}
• Seinfeld ^[235]
• Sex and the City ^{[6] [59] [16] [12]}
• South Park ^{[6] [35] [103] [16] [12]}
• Space Ghost: Coast to Coast ^[27]
• Spider-Man: The Animated Series ^[103]
• Spin City ^[27]
• Sports Night ^[27]
• St. Elsewhere ^{[49] [225] [27]}
• Stargate: SG-1 ^[39]
• Star Trek: The Next Generation ^{[223] [3] [27]}
• Star Trek: Deep Space Nine ^{[223] [12]}
• Talk Soup ^[27]
• That '70s Show ^[27]
• The A-Team ^[49]
• The Ben Stiller Show ^[27]
• The Chris Rock Show ^[27]
• The Civil War ^[236]
• The Cosby Show ^{[27] [49]}
• The Critic ^[27]
• The Dana Carvey Show ^[27]
• The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd ^[49]
• The Drew Carey Show ^[27]
• The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air ^{[103] [12]}
• The Golden Girls ^[18]
• The Larry Sanders Show ^{[62] [12] [80]}
• The Muppet Show ^[12]
• The Powerpuff Girls ^{[30] [27]}
• The Practice ^[27]
• The Real World ^[6]
• The Ren & Stimpy Show ^[6]
• The Simpsons ^{[6] [27] [35] [103] [12]}
• The Singing Detective ^[12]
• The Tracey Ullman Show ^[27]
• The Wonder Years ^{[10] [27]}
• The X-Files ^[238]
• Twin Peaks ^{[27] [122] [12]} ±
• X-Men: The Animated Series ^[9]
• Wheel of Fortune ^[123]
• Will & Grace ^[27]
• Wiseguy ^[49]
• Xena: Warrior Princess ^[27]
• Young Indiana Jones ^[27]

Notes

• ± indicates a series included on the BBC's 100 Greatest Television Series of the 21st Century; in the case of 30 for 30, the entry in question is the Academy Award-winning O.J.: Made in America (#81)

1. Specifically refers to its 2005-Present revival ^[226]

Notable people associated with Peak TV

Showrunners

• J. J. Abrams ^[34]
• Judd Apatow ^{[36] [239]}
• Fred Armisen ^{[94] [240] [14]}
• Alan Ball ^[46]
• Rachel Bloom ^[241]
• Steven Bochco ^[81]
• Charlie Brooker ^[34]
• Quinta Brunson ^[25]
• Bo Burnham ^[17]
• Ken Burns ^{[97] [236]}
• Jane Campion ^[74]
• David Chase ^{[46] [111]}
• Michaela Coel ^[17]
• Lena Dunham ^{[61] [74]}
• Mark Duplass ^[74]
• Sam Esmail ^[242]
• Paul Feig ^[239]
• David Fincher ^{[243] [74]}
• Tom Fontana ^[27]
• Scott Frank ^[17]
• Mark Frost ^[27]
• Alex Gibney ^[97]
• Vince Gilligan ^{[227] [111] [122]}
• Misha Green ^[17]
• Matt Groening ^[41]
• Bill Hader ^{[244] [94] [14]}
• Noah Hawley ^{[245] [5]}
• Soo Hugh ^[246]
• Barry Jenkins ^{[17] [247] [248]}
• Rian Johnson ^[43]
• Mike Judge ^[249]
• David E. Kelley ^{[27] [54]}
• Michelle King ^[111]
• Robert King ^[111]
• Jenji Kohan ^[111]
• Bill Lawrence ^[250]
• Damon Lindelof ^[251]
• John Logan ^[239]
• Chuck Lorre ^[227]
• David Lynch ^{[122] [27]}
• Seth MacFarlane ^[102]
• Adam McKay ^[67]
• David Milch ^[252]
• Ryan Murphy ^{[49] [64] [61] [111] [84]}
• Issa Rae ^[74]
• Shonda Rhimes ^{[253] [111] [37] [84] [5]}
• Boots Riley ^[25]
• Shawn Ryan ^[254]
• Martin Scorsese ^[67]
• Taylor Sheridan ^{[4] [221]}
• David Simon ^{[255] [122] [83]}
• Aaron Sorkin ^{[69] [169] [256] [27]}
• Rebecca Sugar ^[41]
• Kurt Sutter ^[257]
• Genndy Tartakovsky ^[41]
• Robin Thede ^[17]
• Tom Tykwer ^[12]
• Matthew Weiner ^{[81] [111]}
• Joss Whedon ^[258]

Actors

• Jennifer Aniston ^[259]
• Aziz Ansari ^[61]
• Jason Bateman ^{[260] [261]}
• Zach Braff ^[143]
• Andre Braugher ^[231]
• Nicholas Braun ^[98]
• Aidy Bryant ^[14]
• Louis C.K. ^[49]
• Steve Carell ^{[143] [8]}
• Dave Chappelle ^[81]
• Glenn Close ^[262]
• Bryan Cranston ^{[46] [8]}
• Kieran Culkin ^[98]
• Claire Danes ^{[81] [61] [8]}
• Peter Dinklage ^[46]
• Julia Louis-Dreyfus ^[8]
• Tina Fey ^{[69] [14] [84] [8]}
• James Gandolfini ^{[73] [8]}
• Donald Glover ^{[49] [8]}
• Brett Goldstein ^[98]
• Tony Hale ^[61]
• Jon Hamm ^{[46] [8]}
• Taraji P. Henson ^[25]
• Keegan-Michael Key ^{[263] [61]}
• Allison Janney ^[8]
• John Krasinski ^[143]
• Katherine Langford ^[264]
• Rob Lowe ^[8]
• Jane Lynch ^[265]
• Matthew Macfadyen ^[98]
• James Marsden ^[25]
• Elisabeth Moss ^[266]
• Bob Odenkirk ^{[267] [61]}
• Sandra Oh ^{[64] [61]}
• Timothy Olyphant ^[8]
• Sarah Jessica Parker ^[48]
• Pedro Pascal ^[191]
• Aaron Paul ^{[46] [61]}
• Sarah Paulson ^[69]
• Jordan Peele ^{[263] [61]}
• Jesse Plemons ^[268]
• Amy Poehler ^{[263] [14]}
• Seth Rogen ^[239]
• Jason Segel ^[239]
• Kevin Spacey ^[8]
• Cecily Strong ^[14]
• Kiefer Sutherland ^[8]
• Jason Sudeikis ^[14]
• Jeffrey Tambor ^[46]
• Kerry Washington ^[61]
• Jeremy Allen White ^[25]

Hosts

• Stephen Colbert ^[269]
• James Corden ^[130]
• Jimmy Fallon ^[130]
• Jimmy Kimmel ^[130]
• Seth Meyers ^[130]
• Conan O'Brien ^[130]
• John Oliver ^{[130] [24]}
• Jon Stewart ^[6]

Notable outlets

Terrestrial networks

• ABC ^[270]
• CBS ^[270]
• The CW ^[85]
• Fox ^[270]
• NBC ^[270]
• PBS ^[76]
• UPN ^[27]
• The WB ^[27]

Cable/satellite channels

• A&E ^[97]
• AMC ^{[78] [23] [111]}
• Bravo ^{[99] [27]}
• Cartoon Network ^[29]
• CNN ^[97]
• Comedy Central ^{[61] [27]}
• Disney Channel ^[29]
• E! ^[27]
• ESPN ^{[10] [11] [119] [27]}
• FX ^{[78] [64] [123] [97] [85] [39]}
• Hallmark Channel ^[123]
• HBO ^{[78] [64] [85] [91] [122]}
• History Channel ^[111]
• IFC ^{[94] [14]}
• MTV ^[27]
• Nickelodeon ^[271]
• Paramount Network ^[221]
• Showtime ^[78]
• Sundance Channel ^{[74] [122] [92]}
• Syfy ^{[78] [39]}
• The Food Network ^[27]
• TNT ^{[78] [123]}
• Turner Classic Movies ^[27]
• TV Land ^{[99] [27]}
• USA ^{[78] [123]}
• VH1 ^[99]

International networks

• BBC ^{[76] [9] [12]}
• Canal+ ^[12]
• CBC Television ^{[272] [12]}
• Channel 4 ^{[9] [12]}
• Chilevisión ^[273]
• RTVE ^{[273] [274]}
• Sky Atlantic ^[12]
• Telemundo ^[54]

Streaming services

See also: Online video platform, Video on demand, and Streaming television

• Acorn ^[92]
• Amazon Prime Video ^{[110] [65] [111] [38] [45]}
• Apple TV+ ^{[275] [64] [107]}
• Crackle ^[276]
• Disney+ ^{[191] [64] [215] [23] [159]}
• Freevee ^{[277] [74]}
• HBO Max ^{[4] [215] [159] [85] [278]}
• Hulu ^{[139] [65] [23] [111] [159]}
• Netflix ^[280]
• Paramount+ ^{[4] [278]}
• Peacock ^{[43] [97] [85]}
• Pluto TV ^{[277] [159]}
• Quibi ^[38]
• Redbox ^[159]
• Roku ^{[159] [74]}
• Tubi ^{[277] [159]}
• YouTube Red ^[85]

Notable studios associated with Peak TV

• A24 ^{[45] [281]}
• Amazon Studios ^{[282] [283]}
• Broadway Video ^{[284] [285]}
• Lionsgate Studios ^[12]
• Marvel Studios ^[64]
• MTV Entertainment Studios ^{[286] [12]}
• Sky Deutschland ^[12]
• Sony Pictures Television ^[287]
• Williams Street ^[12]

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External links

• Prestige TV: How to Know You're Watching a "Good" Show on Vulture
• 13 Rules for Creating Prestige TV Dramas also on Vulture
• The Twilight of Prestige Television on The New Yorker