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]}
• 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] [25] [26]}
• American Idol ^[16]
• Amphibia ^{[27] [28]}
• Angel ^[16]
• Andor ^{[14] [15] [29]}
• Aqua Teen Hunger Force ^[22]
• Archer ^[22]
• Arrested Development ^{[30] [31] [10]} ±
• Atlanta ^{[32] [33] [34] [8] [35]} ±
• Avatar: The Last Airbender ^{[17] [19]} ±
• Babylon Berlin (Germany) ^[36] ±
• Band of Brothers ^[37]
• Barry ^{[33] [13] [14] [9] [38]}
• Battlestar Galactica ^{[30] [26]} ±
• A Black Lady Sketch Show ^[39]
• Beef ^[38]
• Better Call Saul ^{[40] [2] [35] [14] [41] [24] [42]} ±
• Better Things ^{[32] [14] [15]}
• Big City Greens ^[28]
• Big Little Lies ^{[40] [43] [44]} ±
• Big Mouth ^[22]
• Billions ^{[2] [3]}
• Black-ish ^{[32] [41]}
• Black Mirror ^[21] ±
• Bluey (Australia) ^[14]
• Boardwalk Empire ^{[30] [5] [45]}
• Bob's Burgers ^{[46] [28] [22] [24]}
• BoJack Horseman ^{[47] [48] [46] [22] [49]} ±
• The Boondocks ^[22]
• Bosch ^[50]
• Breaking Bad ^[56] ±
• Broadchurch ^[57]
• Brooklyn Nine-Nine ^{[58] [9]}
• Burn Notice ^[59]
• Call the Midwife ^[60]
• Channel Zero ^[21]
• Chappelle's Show ^[61]
• Chernobyl ^[62] ±
• Chicago Fire ^[63]
• Cobra Kai ^{[64] [65]}
• Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee ^[66]
• Community ^[47] ±
• Counterpart ^[21]
• Crazy Ex-Girlfriend ^[32] ±
• Craig of the Creek ^[28]
• Criminal Minds ^[3]
• Curb Your Enthusiasm ^[4] ±
• Damages ^[67]
• Damnation ^[68]
• Dancing with the Stars ^[69]
• Daredevil ^{[59] [70]}
• Dark ^[21] ±
• Deadwood ^{[59] [57] [35] [71]}
• Detectorists ^[72]
• Derry Girls ^{[73] [12]}
• Desperate Housewives ^[59]
• Dexter ^[51] ±
• Disenchantment ^[28]
• Documentary Now! ^{[74] [75] [76] [9]}
• Don't F**k with Cats: Hunting an Internet Killer ^[77]
• Dopesick ^[78]
• Downton Abbey ^{[4] [41]} ±
• Ed, Edd n Eddy ^[28]
• Electric Dreams ^[21]
• Emily in Paris ^{[12] [15]}
• Empire ^{[2] [3] [79]}
• Entourage ^[80]
• Episodes ^[13]
• Euphoria ^{[78] [15]}
• Eureka ^[26]
• Evil Genius ^[77]
• Exit 57 ^[16]
• Extras ^[59]
• Fallout ^[81]
• Family Guy ^{[82] [22] [54]}
• Fargo ^{[40] [79] [26] [55]} ±
• Farscape ^[26]
• FBI ^[63]
• Feud: Bette and Joan ^[83]
• Firefly ^[84]
• Fleabag ^{[62] [8] [41]} ±
• Flight of the Conchords ^[32]
• For All Mankind ^[85]
• Freaks and Geeks ^{[4] [86]}
• Fresh Off the Boat ^{[32] [41]}
• Friday Night Lights ^[4] ±
• Futurama ^{[82] [28] [24]}
• Game of Thrones ^[89] ±
• Gilmore Girls ^[59] ±
• Girls ^{[4] [90] [41] [10] [52]} ±
• Glee ^{[59] [8]}
• Glow ^{[59] [65]}
• Gotham ^[20]
• Gravity Falls ^{[17] [19] [28]}
• Grey's Anatomy ^{[91] [63]} ±
• Halt and Catch Fire ^{[92] [24] [79]} ±
• Hacks ^[15]
• Hannibal ^{[21] [93] [79]} ±
• Happy Endings ^{[47] [93] [94]}
• Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law ^[22]
• Hatfields & McCoys ^{[88] [25]}
• Heaven's Gate: The Cult of Cults ^[95]
• Hell on Wheels ^[96]
• Heroes ^{[20] [47]}
• Homeland ^{[51] [41] [88] [53]} ±
• Home Movies ^[16]
• House ^{[97] [24]} ±
• House of Cards ^[101] ±
• House of the Dragon ^{[12] [87] [98] [24]}
• How I Met Your Mother ^[94] ±
• How to Get Away with Murder ^[79]
• I'll Be Gone in the Dark ^[77]
• I May Destroy You ^[39] ±
• Infinity Train ^{[28] [102]}
• Insecure ^{[41] [52]} ±
• It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia ^{[47] [93]} ±
• Invincible ^[54]
• Jane the Virgin ^{[103] [41] [79]}
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! ^[104]
• Jury Duty ^{[105] [52]}
• Justified ^{[106] [79]}
• Keeping Up with the Kardashians ^[107]
• Key & Peele ^[41]
• Killing Eve ^{[108] [98] [43] [41]}
• Last Tango in Halifax ^[57]
• Leverage ^[109]
• Longmire ^[110]
• Lost ^{[30] [111] [24]} ±
• Louie ^{[4] [8] [79]} ±
• Love Island ^[107]
• Lovecraft Country ^[39]
• Luther ^[57] ±
• Mad Men ^{[51] [5] [35] [31] [10] [88] [52] [71]} ±
• Masters of the Air ^[37]
• Master of None ^{[44] [41] [79]}
• Mike Tyson Mysteries ^[28]
• Mindhunter ^[64] ±
• Merlin ^[57]
• Modern Family ^{[32] [8] [41] [10]}
• Mom ^[79]
• Mozart in the Jungle ^[112]
• Mr. Robot ^{[92] [113] [41]}
• My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic ^[18]
• Narcos ^[114] ±
• Nathan for You ^{[115] [79]}
• NCIS ^{[116] [2] [63]}
• New Girl ^{[94] [8]}
• Nip/Tuck ^[59]
• Nurse Jackie ^{[59] [8] [15]}
• OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes ^[28]
• Once Upon a Time ^[4]
• Only Murders in the Building ^{[87] [43]}
• Orange Is the New Black ^{[112] [2] [99] [41] [49] [100]} ±
• Outlander ^[21]
• Over the Garden Wall ^{[19] [28]}
• Ozark ^{[4] [44]}
• Pachinko ^[14]
• Parks and Recreation ^{[59] [116] [9]} ±
• Paw Patrol ^[3]
• Peaky Blinders ^[117]
• Pen15 ^[33]
• Penny Dreadful ^{[59] [93]}
• Phineas and Ferb ^[19]
• Poker Face ^{[15] [118]}
• Popular ^[16]
• Portlandia ^[9]
• Pose ^{[33] [41]} ±
• Primal ^[28]
• Prison Break ^{[119] [24]}
• Project Greenlight ^[79]
• Pushing Daisies ^{[21] [86]}
• Queer as Folk (US) ^[120]
• Rake (Australia) ^{[121] [122] [123]}
• Ray Donovan ^{[79] [83]}
• Rectify ^[53]
• Regular Show ^{[28] [124]}
• Reservation Dogs ^{[125] [14]}
• Rick and Morty ^{[126] [22] [24]} ±
• Rings of Power ^{[127] [87] [99] [35] [25]}
• Ripper Street ^[128]
• Rita ^[129]
• Riverdale ^[98]
• Robot Chicken ^[22]
• Rome ^[130]
• Scandal ^{[41] [31] [88]}
• Schitt's Creek (Canada) ^{[131] [93] [132]} ±
• Scrubs ^[116]
• Sense8 ^[21]
• Severance ^{[43] [14] [49] [15] [85] [29]}
• Shameless (UK) ^[13] &
• Shameless (US) ^[13]
• Shark Tank ^[69]
• Sharp Objects ^[129]
• Sherlock ^[57] ±
• Shōgun ^{[133] [29] [55]}
• Six Feet Under ^{[30] [31] [10]} ±
• Small Axe ^[12] ±
• Smallville ^[20]
• Snowpiercer ^[65]
• Solar Opposites ^[28]
• Sons of Anarchy ^[134]
• SpongeBob SquarePants ^[17]
• Squid Game (South Korea) ^{[135] [136] [12] [78] [52] [137]}
• Star vs. the Forces of Evil ^[19]
• Star Trek: Lower Decks ^[28]
• Steven Universe ^{[18] [19] [17]} ±
• Stranger Things ^{[129] [12] [5] [78] [44] [49] [102] [25]} ±
• Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip ^{[47] [41]}
• Succession ^[139] ±
• Suits ^{[140] [63]}
• Supernatural ^[4]
• Survivor ^[69]
• Swarm ^[105]
• Ted Lasso ^[143]
• The Affair ^{[144] [145]}
• The Amazing Race ^[69]
• The Amazing World of Gumball ^[28]
• The Americans ^{[134] [41] [49] [53]} ±
• The Apprentice ^[146]
• The A Word ^[72]
• The Bachelor ^{[69] [107] [132]}
• The Bear ^{[147] [14] [118] [25] [38] [55]}
• The Big Bang Theory ^{[40] [8]} ±
• The Carmichael Show ^[32]
• The Closer ^[59]
• The Colbert Report ^[4]
• The Crown ^[148] ±
• The Daily Show with Jon Stewart ^[4]
• The Equalizer ^[63]
• The Expanse ^{[21] [26]}
• The Fall ^[149]
• The Good Place ^[150] ±
• The Good Wife ^[151] ±
• The Handmaid's Tale ^{[152] [98]} ±
• The I-Land ^[153]
• The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst ^{[77] [79]}
• The Killing (US) ^[154]
• The Killing Season ^[77]
• The Knick ^[32]
• The L Word ^[155]
• The Last Dance ^[95]
• The Last of Us ^{[156] [105] [42] [81]}
• The Late Late Show with James Corden ^[104]
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert ^[104]
• The Leftovers ^{[157] [93]} ±
• The Legend of Korra ^{[19] [17]}
• The Magicians ^[21]
• The Man in the High Castle ^{[2] [44]}
• The Mandalorian ^[158]
• The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel ^[163]
• The Middle ^[79]
• The Mindy Project ^{[94] [79]}
• The Morning Show ^{[12] [102]}
• The Musketeers ^[57]
• The Office (UK) ^{[4] [116] [8]} ± &
• The Office (US) ^{[4] [116] [8] [10]} ±
• The Other Two ^[142]
• The Owl House ^{[164] [28]}
• The Pacific ^[37]
• The Queen's Gambit ^[39] ±
• The Real Housewives ^[107]
• The Romanoffs ^[21]
• The Shield ^[59] ±
• The Sons of Sam: A Descent Into Darkness ^[77]
• The Sopranos ^[168]
• The Thick of It ^{[169] [170]} ±
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon ^[104]
• The Tudors ^[171]
• The Underground Railroad ^{[172] [125] [39]} ±
• The Venture Bros ^[82]
• The Voice ^[146]
• The Walking Dead ^{[134] [41] [132] [52]}
• The West Wing ^{[4] [31] [167]}
• The White Lotus ^{[173] [78] [43] [118] [102] [42]}
• The Wire ^{[51] [174] [31] [10] [24] [71] [53]} ±
• Tiger King ^{[116] [95]}
• Top of the Lake ^[52]
• Transparent ^{[4] [83] [79]}
• True Blood ^{[175] [31]}
• True Detective ^{[129] [118]} ±
• Tuca & Bertie ^{[176] [33] [46] [22] [142]}
• Ugly Betty ^[112]
• Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt ^{[47] [79]}
• Under the Dome ^[153]
• UnReal ^[79]
• Veep ^{[4] [8] [41] [132] [55]} ±
• Veronica Mars ^[59]
• Vikings ^[64]
• Vinyl ^[177]
• WandaVision ^[178]
• Wander Over Yonder ^[18]
• Watchmen ^{[179] [43]} ±
• We Are Lady Parts ^{[12] [125]}
• We Bare Bears ^[28]
• We Need to Talk About Cosby ^[14]
• Weeds ^[180]
• Westworld ^[183] ±
• What We Do in the Shadows ^{[26] [14]}
• Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? ^[16]
• Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty ^[184]
• Yellowjackets ^{[12] [78] [43] [3] [105] [118]}
• Yellowstone ^{[185] [13] [3] [99] [181]}
• Young Sheldon ^[63]
• Younger ^[79]
• You're the Worst ^{[32] [93]}
• Zoo ^[153]

List of television films considered as part of Peak TV

• American Murder: The Family Next Door ^[95]
• The Central Park Five ^[77]
• The Paradise Lost trilogy ^[77]
• The Social Dilemma ^[95]
• Sharknado ^[26]

Pre-1999 shows associated with the contemporary Golden Age

• Ally McBeal ^[16]
• Babylon 5 ^[186]
• Batman: The Animated Series ^[54]
• Becker ^[16]
• Buffy the Vampire Slayer ^{[59] [24] [55]}
• Chicago Hope ^[16]
• Doctor Who ^{[57] [132]}
• Everybody Loves Raymond ^[187]
• Frasier ^{[188] [142] [54]}
• Friends ^{[116] [54]}
• Homicide: Life on the Street ^{[16] [189]}
• Jeopardy! ^[99]
• King of the Hill ^[22]
• Law & Order ^{[16] [63]}
• Murder One ^[16]
• Mystery Science Theater 3000 ^{[190] [132]}
• Oz ^{[191] [71] [55]}
• Prime Suspect (UK) ^[16]
• Roc ^[16]
• Roseanne ^[16]
• Saturday Night Live ^{[78] [9] [15]}
• Seinfeld ^{[192] [54]}
• Sex and the City ^[4]
• South Park ^{[4] [22] [54]}
• Stargate: SG-1 ^[26]
• Spider-Man: The Animated Series ^[54]
• Star Trek: The Next Generation ^[186]
• Star Trek: Deep Space Nine ^[186]
• That '70s Show ^[16]
• The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd ^[32]
• The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air ^[54]
• The Powerpuff Girls ^[18]
• The Practice ^[16]
• The Simpsons ^{[16] [22] [54]}
• The X-Files ^{[193] [24] [54]}
• Twin Peaks ± ^{[16] [53]}
• Wheel of Fortune ^[99]
• Will & Grace ^[16]

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)

Notable people associated with Peak TV

Showrunners

• J. J. Abrams ^[21]
• Judd Apatow ^[23]
• Fred Armisen ^{[74] [194] [9]}
• Alan Ball ^[30]
• Rachel Bloom ^[195]
• Steven Bochco ^[61]
• Charlie Brooker ^[21]
• Bo Burnham ^[39]
• Ken Burns ^[77]
• Jane Campion ^[52]
• David Chase ^{[30] [88]}
• Michaela Coel ^[39]
• Lena Dunham ^{[41] [52]}
• Mark Duplass ^[52]
• Sam Esmail ^[196]
• David Fincher ^{[197] [52]}
• Tom Fontana ^[16]
• Scott Frank ^[39]
• Alex Gibney ^[77]
• Vince Gilligan ^{[187] [88] [53]}
• Misha Green ^[39]
• Matt Groening ^[28]
• Bill Hader ^{[198] [74] [9]}
• Noah Hawley ^[199]
• Barry Jenkins ^[39]
• Rian Johnson ^[118]
• Mike Judge ^[200]
• David E. Kelley ^[16]
• Michelle King ^[88]
• Robert King ^[88]
• Jenji Kohan ^[88]
• Damon Lindelof ^[201]
• Chuck Lorre ^[187]
• Seth MacFarlane ^[82]
• Adam McKay ^[45]
• David Milch ^[202]
• Ryan Murphy ^{[32] [43] [41] [88] [63]}
• Issa Rae ^[52]
• Shonda Rhimes ^{[203] [88] [24] [63]}
• Shawn Ryan ^[204]
• Martin Scorsese ^[45]
• Taylor Sheridan ^{[3] [185]}
• David Simon ^{[205] [53]}
• Aaron Sorkin ^[47]
• Rebecca Sugar ^[28]
• Kurt Sutter ^[206]
• Genndy Tartakovsky ^[28]
• Robin Thede ^[39]
• Matthew Weiner ^{[61] [88]}
• Joss Whedon ^[207]

Actors

• Aziz Ansari ^[41]
• Jason Bateman ^{[208] [209]}
• Zach Braff ^[116]
• Nicholas Braun ^[78]
• Louis C.K. ^[32]
• Steve Carell ^[116]
• Dave Chappelle ^[61]
• Glenn Close ^[210]
• Bryan Cranston ^[30]
• Kieran Culkin ^[78]
• Claire Danes ^{[61] [41]}
• Peter Dinklage ^[30]
• Tina Fey ^{[47] [9] [63]}
• James Gandolfini ^[51]
• Donald Glover ^[32]
• Brett Goldstein ^[78]
• Tony Hale ^[41]
• Jon Hamm ^[30]
• Keegan-Michael Key ^{[211] [41]}
• John Krasinski ^[116]
• Katherine Langford ^[212]
• Jane Lynch ^[213]
• Matthew Macfadyen ^[78]
• Elisabeth Moss ^[214]
• Bob Odenkirk ^{[215] [41]}
• Sandra Oh ^{[43] [41]}
• Aaron Paul ^{[30] [41]}
• Sarah Paulson ^[47]
• Jordan Peele ^{[211] [41]}
• Jesse Plemons ^[216]
• Amy Poehler ^{[211] [9]}
• Jason Sudeikis ^[9]
• Jeffrey Tambor ^[30]
• Kerry Washington ^[41]

Hosts

• Stephen Colbert ^[217]
• James Corden ^[104]
• Jimmy Fallon ^[104]
• Jimmy Kimmel ^[104]
• Seth Meyers ^[104]
• Conan O'Brien ^[104]
• John Oliver ^{[104] [15]}
• Jon Stewart ^[4]

Notable outlets

Terrestrial networks

• ABC ^[218]
• CBS ^[218]
• The CW ^[65]
• Fox ^[218]
• NBC ^[218]
• PBS ^[57]
• UPN ^[16]
• The WB ^[16]

Cable/satellite channels

• A&E ^[77]
• AMC ^{[59] [14] [88]}
• Bravo ^[79]
• Cartoon Network ^[17]
• CNN ^[77]
• Comedy Central ^[41]
• Disney Channel ^[17]
• ESPN ^{[6] [7] [95]}
• FX ^{[59] [43] [99] [77] [26]}
• Hallmark Channel ^[99]
• HBO ^{[59] [43] [65] [71] [53]}
• History Channel ^[88]
• IFC ^{[74] [9]}
• Nickelodeon ^[219]
• Paramount Network ^[185]
• Showtime ^[59]
• Sundance Channel ^{[52] [53] [72]}
• Syfy ^{[59] [26]}
• TNT ^{[59] [99]}
• TV Land ^[79]
• USA ^{[59] [99]}
• VH1 ^[79]

International networks

• BBC ^[57]
• CBC Television ^[220]
• RTVE ^[221]
• Chilevisión ^[221]

Streaming services

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

• Acorn ^[72]
• Amazon Prime Video ^{[87] [44] [88] [25]}
• Apple TV+ ^{[222] [43] [85]}
• Crackle ^[223]
• Disney+ ^{[158] [43] [181] [14] [132]}
• Freevee ^{[224] [52]}
• HBO Max ^{[3] [181] [132] [65] [225]}
• Hulu ^{[112] [44] [14] [88] [132]}
• Netflix ^{[59] [43] [44] [14] [10] [88] [132] [25] [225] [53]}
• Paramount+ ^{[3] [225]}
• Peacock ^{[118] [77] [65]}
• Pluto TV ^{[224] [132]}
• Quibi ^[25]
• Redbox ^[132]
• Roku ^{[132] [52]}
• Tubi ^{[224] [132]}
• YouTube Red ^[65]

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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