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List Rules Serial TV shows that are currently streaming on Netflix. No movies.

The best streaming Netflix TV shows include some great television dramas, sci-fi/adventure shows, sitcoms, and reality TV programs. From original Netflix series to shows from cable networks, there is some truly great stuff to watch on Netflix. What are the best shows on Netflix? With so many choices, how can anyone decide which show to watch? Some might opt to revisit old favorites, like Freaks and Geeks and The Wonder Years, while other viewers are looking to check out some more recent TV shows that they missed during their original runs. What TV shows are streaming on Netflix? This list is all about deciding which Netflix streaming TV shows are the ones that are must-see television. Be sure to vote for your personal favorites, and vote down any shows you just couldn't get through. Also, feel free to add any great streaming Netflix series that aren't listed.

Having a lot of options is not exactly a bad thing, but with the multitude of available Netflix top streaming television programs, it can be a little overwhelming. Sure, Netflix "suggests" shows for you, but let's face it: Sometimes that doesn't work out so well. Just because you adore Downton Abbey does not mean you'll necessarily go for The Tudors, for example. Hopefully, if you're on the fence about committing to a particular streaming TV show on Netflix, this list can help you out a bit.

Whether you're into good heavier dramas like Breaking Bad, The Killing, and Man Men, first-rate sitcoms like 30 Rock and Parks and Recreation, or the excellent science fiction TV programs like Battlestar Galactica, you can easily get sucked in to a new favorite show watching Netflix streaming. There really is something good out there for everyone!

If you love television, check out this list of the best new TV shows coming out in 2018. This will give you something to look forward to Netflix binging in the future. 

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Bryan Cranston, Aaron Paul, Anna Gunn Breaking Bad is an American drama television series created and produced by Vince Gilligan. The show originally aired on the AMC network for five seasons, from January 20, 2008, to September 29, ...more

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9,562 3,543
Sherlock is listed (or ranked) 2 on the list The Best Streaming Netflix TV Shows
Benedict Cumberbatch, Martin Freeman, Una Stubbs Sherlock is a British television crime drama that presents a contemporary adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes detective stories. Created by Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss, it ...more

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Andrew Lincoln, Jon Bernthal, Sarah Wayne Callies The Walking Dead (A&E, 2010) is an American post-apocalyptic horror television series developed by Frank Darabont, based on the comic book series by Robert Kirkman, Tony Moore, and Charlie ...more

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Michael C. Hall, Jennifer Carpenter, David Zayas Dexter is an American television drama series. Set in Miami, the series centers on Dexter Morgan, a blood spatter pattern analyst for Miami Metro Police Department who also leads a secret life ...more

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8,838 3,739
Arrested Development is listed (or ranked) 5 on the list The Best Streaming Netflix TV Shows
Jason Bateman, Michael Cera, Portia de Rossi Arrested Development is an American television sitcom created by Mitchell Hurwitz, which originally aired on Fox for three seasons from November 2, 2003 to February 10, 2006. A fourth season of ...more

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9,077 3,449
Supernatural is listed (or ranked) 6 on the list The Best Streaming Netflix TV Shows
Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles, Katie Cassidy Supernatural (The CW, 2005) is an American fantasy horror television series created by Eric Kripke. Two brothers, Sam (Jared Padalecki) and Dean Winchester (Jensen Ackles), follow their father's ...more

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7,996 3,338
Star Trek: The Next Generation is listed (or ranked) 7 on the list The Best Streaming Netflix TV Shows
LanaYoshii added Patrick Stewart, Brent Spiner, Jonathan Frakes Star Trek: The Next Generation is an American science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry twenty-one years after the original Star Trek series debuted in 1966. Roddenberry, ...more

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8,892 3,123
The Office is listed (or ranked) 8 on the list The Best Streaming Netflix TV Shows
Rainn Wilson, John Krasinski, Jenna Fischer The Office is an American television comedy series that aired on NBC from March 24, 2005 to May 16, 2013. It is an adaptation of the BBC series of the same name. The Office was adapted for ...more

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7,874 3,409
Cheers is listed (or ranked) 9 on the list The Best Streaming Netflix TV Shows
Ted Danson, Rhea Perlman, John Ratzenberger Cheers is an American sitcom that ran for eleven seasons between 1982 and 1993. The show was produced by Charles/Burrows/Charles Productions in association with Paramount Network Television for ...more

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8,116 3,216
Law & Order: Special Victims U... is listed (or ranked) 10 on the list The Best Streaming Netflix TV Shows
Mariska Hargitay, Christopher Meloni, Ice-T Law & Order: Special Victims Unit is an American police procedural, legal, crime drama television series set in New York City, where it is also primarily produced. In the style of the ...more

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8,818 3,147
Parks and Recreation is listed (or ranked) 11 on the list The Best Streaming Netflix TV Shows
Amy Poehler, Jim O'Heir, Nick Offerman Parks and Recreation is an American television sitcom starring Amy Poehler as Leslie Knope, a perky, mid-level bureaucrat in the parks department of Pawnee, a fictional town in Indiana. Created ...more

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8,287 3,293
Mad Men is listed (or ranked) 12 on the list The Best Streaming Netflix TV Shows
Jon Hamm, Elisabeth Moss, Vincent Kartheiser Mad Men is an American period drama television series created by Matthew Weiner. The series premiered on July 19, 2007 on the cable network AMC and is produced by Lionsgate Television. The ...more

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8,300 3,213
House of Cards is listed (or ranked) 13 on the list The Best Streaming Netflix TV Shows
Kevin Spacey, Michel Gill, Robin Wright House of Cards is an American political drama television series developed and produced by Beau Willimon. It is an adaptation of the BBC's mini-series of the same name and is based on the novel ...more

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8,644 3,040
Orange Is the New Black is listed (or ranked) 14 on the list The Best Streaming Netflix TV Shows
Elise Hennigan added Taylor Schilling, Danielle Brooks, Taryn Manning Orange Is the New Black is an American comedy-drama series created by Jenji Kohan and first released on Netflix on July 11, 2013. The series, produced by Tilted Productions in association with ...more

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8,577 3,027
Sons of Anarchy is listed (or ranked) 15 on the list The Best Streaming Netflix TV Shows
Charlie Hunnam, Katey Sagal, Mark Boone Junior Sons of Anarchy is an American drama television series created by Kurt Sutter, about the lives of a close-knit outlaw motorcycle club operating in Charming, a fictional town in California's ...more

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7,662 3,023
The West Wing is listed (or ranked) 16 on the list The Best Streaming Netflix TV Shows
LindsaySwanton added Martin Sheen, Rob Lowe, Allison Janney The West Wing is an American serial political drama television series created by Aaron Sorkin that was originally broadcast on NBC from September 22, 1999, to May 14, 2006. The series is set ...more

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8,623 2,742
Friends is listed (or ranked) 17 on the list The Best Streaming Netflix TV Shows
dexmorgan added Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow Friends is an American television sitcom, created by David Crane and Marta Kauffman, which originally aired on NBC from September 22, 1994, to May 6, 2004. It lasted ten seasons and is now in ...more

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8,347 2,883
American Horror Story is listed (or ranked) 18 on the list The Best Streaming Netflix TV Shows
Connie Britton, Dylan McDermott, Evan Peters American Horror Story (FX, 2011) is an American anthology horror television series created by Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk. An anthology series centering on different characters and locations, ...more

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8,179 2,989
Weeds is listed (or ranked) 19 on the list The Best Streaming Netflix TV Shows
Mary-Louise Parker, Kevin Nealon, Hunter Parrish Weeds is an American dark comedy-drama series created by Jenji Kohan and produced by Tilted Productions in association with Lionsgate Television. The central character is Nancy Botwin, a widowed ...more

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8,256 2,950
Once Upon a Time is listed (or ranked) 20 on the list The Best Streaming Netflix TV Shows
Ginnifer Goodwin, Jennifer Morrison, Lana Parrilla Once Upon a Time is an American fairy tale drama series that premiered on October 23, 2011, on ABC. The show takes place in the fictional seaside town of Storybrooke, Maine, whose residents are ...more

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8,029 2,675
That '70s Show is listed (or ranked) 21 on the list The Best Streaming Netflix TV Shows
dexmorgan added Topher Grace, Laura Prepon, Mila Kunis That '70s Show is an American television period sitcom that originally aired on Fox from August 23, 1998, to May 18, 2006. The series focused on the lives of a group of teenage friends living in ...more

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7,593 2,749
Parenthood is listed (or ranked) 22 on the list The Best Streaming Netflix TV Shows
Peter Krause, Lauren Graham, Dax Shepard Parenthood is an American television drama series developed by Jason Katims and produced by Imagine Television and Universal Television for NBC. The show tells of the Braverman clan which ...more

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Sense8 is listed (or ranked) 23 on the list The Best Streaming Netflix TV Shows
игорь Диянов added Bae Doona, Tina Desai, Tuppence Middleton Sense8 (Netflix, 2015) is an American science fiction drama web television series created by Lana and Lilly Wachowski and J. Michael Straczynski. A group of people around the world are suddenly ...more

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7,674 2,578
Freaks and Geeks is listed (or ranked) 24 on the list The Best Streaming Netflix TV Shows
Linda Cardellini, John Francis Daley, James Franco Freaks and Geeks is an American teen comedy-drama television series, created by Paul Feig with Judd Apatow as executive producer, that aired on NBC during the 1999–2000 television season. ...more

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7,483 2,583
Frasier is listed (or ranked) 25 on the list The Best Streaming Netflix TV Shows
Kelsey Grammer, Jane Leeves, David Hyde Pierce Frasier is an American sitcom that was broadcast on NBC for eleven seasons, premiering on September 16, 1993, and concluding on May 13, 2004. The program was created and produced by David ...more

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7,529 2,607
The Tudors is listed (or ranked) 26 on the list The Best Streaming Netflix TV Shows
Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Henry Cavill, Anthony Brophy The Tudors is a British-Irish-Canadian historical fiction television series set primarily in sixteenth-century England, created by Michael Hirst and produced for the American premium cable ...more

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7,655 2,545
New Girl is listed (or ranked) 27 on the list The Best Streaming Netflix TV Shows
dexmorgan added Zooey Deschanel, Jake Johnson, Max Greenfield New Girl is an American sitcom television series that premiered on Fox on September 20, 2011. Developed by Elizabeth Meriwether under the working title Chicks & Dicks, the series revolves ...more

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7,988 2,511
Arrow is listed (or ranked) 28 on the list The Best Streaming Netflix TV Shows
wiabux added Stephen Amell, Katie Cassidy, Colin Donnell Arrow is an American superhero television series developed by Greg Berlanti, Marc Guggenheim, and Andrew Kreisberg, based on the DC Comics character. Five years after being stranded on a hostile ...more

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7,778 2,577
White Collar is listed (or ranked) 29 on the list The Best Streaming Netflix TV Shows
Matt Bomer, Tim DeKay, Willie Garson White Collar is a USA Network television series created by Jeff Eastin, starring Tim DeKay as FBI Special Agent Peter Burke and Matt Bomer as Neal Caffrey, a highly intelligent and ...more

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7,850 2,618
The Vampire Diaries is listed (or ranked) 30 on the list The Best Streaming Netflix TV Shows
Nina Dobrev, Paul Wesley, Ian Somerhalder The Vampire Diaries is an American supernatural drama television series developed by Kevin Williamson and Julie Plec, based on the popular book series of the same name written by L. J. Smith. ...more

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7,711 2,487
The Blacklist is listed (or ranked) 31 on the list The Best Streaming Netflix TV Shows
cludwig80 added James Spader, Megan Boone, Diego Klattenhoff The Blacklist is an American crime drama television series that premiered on NBC on September 23, 2013. Raymond "Red" Reddington, a former U.S Navy officer turned high-profile ...more

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Pretty Little Liars is listed (or ranked) 32 on the list The Best Streaming Netflix TV Shows
Troian Bellisario, Ashley Benson, Lucy Hale Pretty Little Liars is an American teen drama mystery–thriller television series loosely based on the popular book series of the same title, written by Sara Shepard. The show premiered on June ...more

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7,079 2,469
Portlandia is listed (or ranked) 33 on the list The Best Streaming Netflix TV Shows
Fred Armisen, Carrie Brownstein, Heather Graham Portlandia is a satirical sketch comedy television series, set and filmed in and around Portland, Oregon; it stars Carrie Brownstein and former Saturday Night Live cast member Fred Armisen. The ...more

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Criminal Minds is listed (or ranked) 34 on the list The Best Streaming Netflix TV Shows
rodrigo2 added Shemar Moore, Matthew Gray Gubler, Thomas Gibson Criminal Minds is an American police-procedural television program that premiered September 22, 2005, on CBS. The series follows a team of profilers from the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit based ...more

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7,530 2,485
The Killing is listed (or ranked) 35 on the list The Best Streaming Netflix TV Shows
Mireille Enos, Joel Kinnaman, Billy Campbell This show is an American drama television series that premiered on April 3, 2011, on AMC, based on the Danish television series Forbrydelsen. The American version was developed by Veena Sud and ...more

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7,528 2,369
Bates Motel is listed (or ranked) 36 on the list The Best Streaming Netflix TV Shows
LanaYoshii added Freddie Highmore, Vera Farmiga Bates Motel is an American drama thriller television series developed for television by Carlton Cuse, Kerry Ehrin and Anthony Cipriano, and produced by Universal Television for the cable network ...more

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Daredevil is listed (or ranked) 37 on the list The Best Streaming Netflix TV Shows
dexmorgan added Charlie Cox, Vincent D'Onofrio, Deborah Ann Woll Daredevil (Netflix, 2015) is an American web television series created for Netflix by Drew Goddard, based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name. Blind lawyer Matt Murdock (Charlie Cox) ...more

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7,535 2,351
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. is listed (or ranked) 38 on the list The Best Streaming Netflix TV Shows
dexmorgan added Clark Gregg, Ming-Na Wen, Brett Dalton Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., or simply Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., is an American television series created for ABC by Joss Whedon, Jed Whedon, and Maurissa Tancharoen, based on the Marvel ...more

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7,359 2,338
Charmed is listed (or ranked) 39 on the list The Best Streaming Netflix TV Shows
dexmorgan added Holly Marie Combs, Alyssa Milano, Brian Krause Charmed is an American television series created by Constance M. Burge and produced by Aaron Spelling and his production company Spelling Television, with Brad Kern serving as showrunner. The ...more

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Nikita is listed (or ranked) 40 on the list The Best Streaming Netflix TV Shows
Maggie Q, Shane West, Lyndsy Fonseca Nikita is an American television series that aired on The CW from September 9, 2010 to December 27, 2013 in the United States. The series is a reboot of the popular 1997 TV series La Femme ...more

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7,495 2,334
Gilmore Girls is listed (or ranked) 41 on the list The Best Streaming Netflix TV Shows
dexmorgan added Lauren Graham, Alexis Bledel, Scott Patterson Gilmore Girls is an American comedy-drama series created by Amy Sherman-Palladino, starring Lauren Graham and Alexis Bledel. On October 5, 2000, the series debuted on the WB to widespread ...more

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Call The Midwife is listed (or ranked) 42 on the list The Best Streaming Netflix TV Shows
DonnaHazelip added Vanessa Redgrave, Helen George, Laura Main Call the Midwife is a BBC period drama series about a group of nurse midwives working in the East End of London in the 1950s and 1960s. It stars Jessica Raine, Miranda Hart, Helen George, Bryony ...more

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Jessica Jones is listed (or ranked) 43 on the list The Best Streaming Netflix TV Shows
Krysten Ritter, Mike Colter, Rachael Taylor Jessica Jones (Netflix, 2015) is an American web television series created by Melissa Rosenberg, based on the Marvel Comics character. Following the tragic end of her brief superhero career, ...more

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7,698 2,256
The Flash is listed (or ranked) 44 on the list The Best Streaming Netflix TV Shows
dexmorgan added Grant Gustin, Candice Patton, Danielle Panabaker The Flash (The CW, 2014) is an American superhero television series developed by Greg Berlanti, Andrew Kreisberg, and Geoff Johns, based on the DC Comics character. CSI Barry Allen (Grant ...more

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7,343 2,388
Scandal is listed (or ranked) 45 on the list The Best Streaming Netflix TV Shows
Kerry Washington, Henry Ian Cusick, Columbus Short Scandal (ABC, 2012) is an American political thriller television series created by Shonda Rhimes. A former White House Communications Director (Kerry Washington) starts her own crisis management ...more

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Gossip Girl is listed (or ranked) 46 on the list The Best Streaming Netflix TV Shows
Blake Lively, Leighton Meester, Penn Badgley Gossip Girl is an American teen drama television series based on the book series of the same name written by Cecily von Ziegesar. The series, created by Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage, ...more

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7,279 2,311
Luther is listed (or ranked) 47 on the list The Best Streaming Netflix TV Shows
Luckyetc added Idris Elba, Warren Brown, Dermot Crowley Luther is a British drama series starring Idris Elba as the eponymous character DCI John Luther. Written by Neil Cross, the first series, comprising six one-hour long episodes, premiered on 4 ...more

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Merlin is listed (or ranked) 48 on the list The Best Streaming Netflix TV Shows
John Hurt, Colin Morgan, Bradley James Merlin is a British fantasy-adventure television programme, created by Julian Jones, Jake Michie, Julian Murphy and Johnny Capps and starring Colin Morgan in the title role. It was broadcast on ...more

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Being Human is listed (or ranked) 49 on the list The Best Streaming Netflix TV Shows
Sam Witwer, Meaghan Rath, Sam Huntington Being Human is a British supernatural drama television series. It was created and written by Toby Whithouse for broadcast on BBC Three. The show blends elements of flatshare comedy and horror ...more

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Glee is listed (or ranked) 50 on the list The Best Streaming Netflix TV Shows
Lea Michele, Jane Lynch, Matthew Morrison Glee is an American musical comedy-drama television series that aired on the Fox network in the United States from May 19, 2009, to March 20, 2015. It focuses on the fictitious William McKinley ...more