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The Best New Shows That Premiered in 2017  

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List Rules Only brand new TV shows and online series that premiered between January 1 and December 31, 2017.

This list contains information about the best new shows of 2017, ranked from best to worst by user votes. 2017 was an amazing year for new television series. Suspenseful crime shows, hilarious comedies, and dramatic miniseries all kept fans entertained from January 1 – December 31, 2017. Whether you prefer Hulu, HBO, Netflix, Amazon, or network television, the new 2017 TV shows were top tier.

What shows will you find on this best new shows of 2017 list? Twin Peaks: The Return has to be near the top. David Lynch and Mark Frost recruited the original cast of Twin Peaks to join them over 25 years after its conclusion for a 2017 limited run on Showtime. Disturbing and dramatic, Twin Peaks: The Return kept viewers engaged from beginning to end. The Orville was another good 2017 premiere.

The Handmaid's Tale, starring Elisabeth Moss, won eight Emmy Awards for its debut season in 2017. Other great new tv shows of 2017 include Riverdale, Ozark, and The Deuce.

What are the best new 2017 series? Vote your favorites up to the top of this list and please add any good shows we may have missed.

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Gypsy is listed (or ranked) 1 on the list The Best New Shows That Premiered in 2017
Naomi Watts, Billy Crudup, Sophie Cookson

Rotten Tomatoes score: 36%

Gypsy is a television drama series created by Lisa Rubin for Netflix. Naomi Watts plays a therapist who begins to develop dangerous and intimate relationships with the people in her patients’
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Mindhunter is listed (or ranked) 2 on the list The Best New Shows That Premiered in 2017
Jonathan Groff, Holt McCallany, Anna Torv

Rotten Tomatoes score: 96%

Mindhunter (Netflix, 2017) is an American drama series based on the book written by Mark Olshaker and John E. Douglas. Set in the late '70s and early '80s, the series revolves around two FBI ...more
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The Punisher is listed (or ranked) 3 on the list The Best New Shows That Premiered in 2017
Jon Bernthal, Ben Barnes, Ebon Moss-Bachrach

Rotten Tomatoes score: 61%

Marvel's The Punisher (Netflix, 2017) is an American web television series created for Netflix by Steve Lightfoot. Former Force Recon officer Frank Castle (Jon Bernthal), known throughout New ...more
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The Good Doctor is listed (or ranked) 4 on the list The Best New Shows That Premiered in 2017
The Good Doctor Freddie Highmore, Antonia Thomas, Nicholas Gonzalez

Rotten Tomatoes score: 58%

The Good Doctor (ABC, 2017) is an American medical-drama television series based on the 2013 South Korean series of the same name. Shaun Murphy (Freddie Highmore) is a young pediatric surgeon ...more
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American Gods is listed (or ranked) 5 on the list The Best New Shows That Premiered in 2017
Ricky Whittle, Emily Browning, Crispin Glover

Rotten Tomatoes score: 92%

American Gods (Starz, 2017) is an American television series developed by Bryan Fuller and Michael Green, based on the novel by Neil Gaiman. After being released from prison, Shadow Moon (Ricky ...more
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The Handmaid's Tale is listed (or ranked) 6 on the list The Best New Shows That Premiered in 2017
Elisabeth Moss, Joseph Fiennes, Yvonne Strahovski

Rotten Tomatoes score: 95%

The Handmaid's Tale (Hulu, 2017) is an American web television series created by Bruce Miller, based on the 1985 novel by Margaret Atwood. In a dystopian future where women are brutally ...more
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Big Little Lies is listed (or ranked) 7 on the list The Best New Shows That Premiered in 2017
Reese Witherspoon, Nicole Kidman, Shailene Woodley

Rotten Tomatoes score: 92%

Big Little Lies (HBO, 2017) is an American dramatic miniseries created by David E. Kelley, based on the novel by Liane Moriarty. While Madeline (Reese Witherspoon) and Celeste (Nicole Kidman) ...more
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Riverdale is listed (or ranked) 8 on the list The Best New Shows That Premiered in 2017
KJ Apa, Lili Reinhart, Camila Mendes

Rotten Tomatoes score: 86%

Riverdale (The CW, 2017) is an American teen drama television series developed by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, based on the characters of Archie Comics. The series follows Archie Andrews' (KJ Apa) ...more
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The Brave is listed (or ranked) 9 on the list The Best New Shows That Premiered in 2017
Mike Vogel, Anne Heche, Demetrius Grosse

Rotten Tomatoes score: 38%

The Brave (NBC, 2017) is an American drama series with showrunners Matt Corman and Chris Ord. Patricia Campbell (Anne Heche) is Deputy Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency working with ...more
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The Orville is listed (or ranked) 10 on the list The Best New Shows That Premiered in 2017
Seth MacFarlane, Adrianne Palicki, Scott Grimes

Rotten Tomatoes score: 21%

The Orville (Fox, 2017) is a science fiction comedy-drama series created by Seth MacFarlane. Ed Mercer (MacFarlane) is captain of the U.S.S. Orville (ECV-197), a mid-level exploration starship ...more
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Ozark is listed (or ranked) 11 on the list The Best New Shows That Premiered in 2017
Jason Bateman, Laura Linney, Sofia Hublitz

Rotten Tomatoes score: 65%

Ozark (Netflix, 2017) is an American crime drama series created by Bill Dubuque. Financial planner Marty Byrde (Jason Bateman) must suddenly relocate his family (Laura Linney) from Chicago to a ...more
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Young Sheldon is listed (or ranked) 12 on the list The Best New Shows That Premiered in 2017
Iain Armitage, Zoe Perry, Lance Barber

Rotten Tomatoes score: 76%

Young Sheldon (CBS, 2017) is an American sitcom created by Chuck Lorre and Steven Molaro. The series is a spin-off of The Big Bang Theory and serves as a prequel to that series, following the ...more
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Santa Clarita Diet is listed (or ranked) 13 on the list The Best New Shows That Premiered in 2017
Drew Barrymore, Timothy Olyphant, Ricardo Chavira

Rotten Tomatoes score: 75%

Santa Clarita Diet (2017) Netflix original comedy series created by Victor Fresco. Married couple Sheila and Joel (Drew Barrymore and Timothy Olyphant) are real estate agents in Santa Clarita, ...more
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The Gifted is listed (or ranked) 14 on the list The Best New Shows That Premiered in 2017
Stephen Moyer, Amy Acker, Sean Teale

Rotten Tomatoes score: 71%

The Gifted (Fox, 2017) is an American superhero TV series based on Marvel Comics's X-Men properties. Two ordinary parents (Stephen Moyer and Amy Acker) take their family on the run from the ...more
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GLOW is listed (or ranked) 15 on the list The Best New Shows That Premiered in 2017
Alison Brie, Betty Gilpin, Marc Maron

Rotten Tomatoes score: 95%

GLOW (Netflix, 2017) is an American comedy-drama television series created by Liz Flahive and Carly Mensch. Set in 1980s Los Angeles, Ruth Wilder (Alison Brie), a struggling actress, receives an ...more
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A Series of Unfortunate Events is listed (or ranked) 16 on the list The Best New Shows That Premiered in 2017
Neil Patrick Harris, Patrick Warburton, Malina Weissman

Rotten Tomatoes score: 97%

A Series of Unfortunate Events (2017, Netflix) is a black comedy-drama TV series based on the children's novel series of the same name by Lemony Snicket (author Daniel Handler). The Baudelaire ...more
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SEAL Team is listed (or ranked) 17 on the list The Best New Shows That Premiered in 2017
David Boreanaz, Max Thieriot, Jessica Paré

Rotten Tomatoes score: 68%

SEAL Team (CBS, 2017) is an American drama series created by Ben Cavell. The drama follows the lives of elite Navy SEALs Jason Hayes (David Boreanaz) and Clay Spenser (Max Thieriot) as they ...more
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The Defenders is listed (or ranked) 18 on the list The Best New Shows That Premiered in 2017
Charlie Cox, Krysten Ritter, Mike Colter

Rotten Tomatoes score: 75%

The Defender (Netflix, 2017) is an American web television miniseries created by Douglas Petrie and Marco Ramirez, based on the Marvel Comics superhero team. Daredevil (Charlie Cox), Jessica ...more
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SWAT is listed (or ranked) 19 on the list The Best New Shows That Premiered in 2017
Shemar Moore, Stephanie Sigman, Alex Russell

Rotten Tomatoes score: 45%

S.W.A.T. (CBS, 2017) is an American drama series based on the 1975 series of the same name. Locally born and bred S.W.A.T. lieutenant Hondo Harrelson (Shemar Moore) is torn between loyalty to ...more
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Midnight, Texas is listed (or ranked) 20 on the list The Best New Shows That Premiered in 2017
François Arnaud, Dylan Bruce, Parisa Fitz-Henley

Rotten Tomatoes score: 60%

Midnight, Texas (NBC, 2017) is an American supernatural drama television series developed by Monica Owusu-Breen, based on the book series by Charlaine Harris. On the run from his past, young ...more
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The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel is listed (or ranked) 21 on the list The Best New Shows That Premiered in 2017
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Rachel Brosnahan, Michael Zegen, Alex Borstein

Rotten Tomatoes score: 96%

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Amazon, 2017) is an American television series, created by Amy Sherman-Palladino and starring Rachel Brosnahan as a housewife in the 1950s who decides to become a ...more
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Legion is listed (or ranked) 22 on the list The Best New Shows That Premiered in 2017
Dan Stevens, Rachel Keller, Aubrey Plaza

Rotten Tomatoes score: 95%

Legion (FX, 2017) is an American cable television series created by Noah Hawley, based on the Marvel Comics character. Diagnosed with schizophrenia at a young age, David Haller (Dan Stevens) ...more
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13 Reasons Why is listed (or ranked) 23 on the list The Best New Shows That Premiered in 2017
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13 Reasons Why (Netflix, 2017) is an American television series based on the 2007 novel Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher and adapted by Brian Yorkey. Told through a series of flashbacks, the ...more
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Star Trek: Discovery is listed (or ranked) 24 on the list The Best New Shows That Premiered in 2017
Sonequa Martin-Green, Doug Jones, Anthony Rapp

Rotten Tomatoes score: 82%

Star Trek: Discovery (CBS All Access, 2017) is the first Star Trek series since Star Trek: Enterprise concluded in 2005. Set roughly a decade before the events of the original Star Trek series, ...more
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The Sinner is listed (or ranked) 25 on the list The Best New Shows That Premiered in 2017
Jessica Biel, Bill Pullman, Christopher Abbott

Rotten Tomatoes score: 94%

The Sinner (USA, 2017) is an American anthology drama TV series based on the novel of the same name by Petra Hammesfahr. The series' first season follows the events that happen after a young ...more