Ranker TVUpdated July 6, 2021 27.9k votes 13.4k voters 194.6k views101 items
List RulesVote up the shows that premiered on or after January 1st, 2018, that best capture teen spirit.
With so many great TV series currently airing, we're ranking the best teen TV shows since 2018. Our list of the highest rated teen shows of the past four years is ranked by viewers from everywhere, so make sure you vote up the best new teen series on television. What is the best new teen show?
Featuring new CW shows, Hulu originals, critically acclaimed miniseries, and more, the best recent teen dramas include Love, Victor, Euphoria, Outer Banks, and I am Not OK with This. Many of the best teen shows are genre series, like the thriller Elite, the supernatural Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, or the fantasy series Locke & Key. Other must-watch shows for teens include the very relatable Never Have I Ever and PEN15.
Vote up the best new teen shows that have premiered recently. Then, check out our list of the best teen drama shows.
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497170Euphoria
Zendaya, Sydney SweeneyPremiered: June 16, 2019
Euphoria (HBO, 2019) is an American drama television series based on the Israeli series. A look at life for a group of high school students as they grapple with issues of drugs, love, and violence.... more2
468242Outer Banks
Chase Stokes, Madelyn ClinePremiered: April 15, 2020
Outer Banks (Netflix, 2020) is an American drama series created by created by Jonas Pate, Josh Pate and Shannon Burke. A group of teenagers from the wrong side of the tracks stumble upon a treasure... more- 3385205
Never Have I Ever
Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, Poorna JagannathanPremiered: 2020
Never Have I Ever (Netflix, 2020) is an American comedy television series created by Mindy Kaling and Lang Fisher. The series follows the complicated life of a modern-day first generation Indian... more - 4426240
Elite
Arón Piper, Miguel BernardeauPremiered: October 5, 2018
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Elite (Netflix, 2018) is a Spanish thriller teen drama web television series created by Carlos Montero and Darío Madrona. When three working-class teenagers begin attending an exclusive private... more - 520598
Locke & Key
Jackson Robert Scott, Connor JessupPremiered: February 7, 2020
Locke & Key (Netflix, 2020) is an American drama television series based on the comic book series by Joe Hill. After their father is murdered, three children move into a new home where they find... more - 61,037697
The Umbrella Academy
Elliot Page, Tom HopperPremiered: February 15, 2019
The Umbrella Academy (Netflix, 2019) is an American television series developed by Steve Blackman, based on the comic book series by Gerard Way. A disbanded group of superheroes reunite after their... more - 7497314
On My Block
Diego Tinoco, Jason GenaoPremiered: March 16, 2018
On My Block (Netflix, 2018) is an American coming-of-age television series created by Lauren Iungerich, Eddie Gonzalez, and Jeremy Haft. In an inner-city Los Angeles neighborhood, four teens - a... more - 89132
Ginny & Georgia
Antonia Gentry, Brianne HoweyPremiered: February 24, 2021
Ginny & Georgia (Netflix, 2020) is an American drama television series created by Sarah Lampert. Ginny Miller, an angsty fifteen-year-old often feels more mature than her thirty-year-old mother, the... more - 9276168
I Am Not Okay With This
Sophia Lillis, Wyatt OleffPremiered: February 26, 2020
I Am Not Okay With This (Netflix, 2020) is an American coming-of-age drama television series created, directed, written, and executive produced by Jonathan Entwistle and Christy Hall. Sydney (Sophia... more - 10813574
The Society
Rachel Keller, Kathryn NewtonPremiered: May 10, 2019
The Society (Netflix, 2019) is an American mystery drama television series created by Christopher Keyser. After discovering everybody else in their town has vanished, a group of teenagers must come... more - 111,3301,039
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina
Kiernan Shipka, Ross LynchPremiered: October 26, 2018
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina (Netflix, 2018) is an American supernatural television series created by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, based on the comic book series. Sabrina Spellman (Kiernan Shipka) must... more - 121,115864
Legacies
Danielle Rose Russell, Jenny BoydPremiered: October 25, 2018
Legacies (The CW, 2018) is an American television drama series created by Julie Plec, and a spinoff of The Originals. Hope Mikaelson (Danielle Rose Russell), a tribrid daughter of a Vampire/Werewolf... more - 1315191
All American
Daniel Ezra, Taye DiggsPremiered: October 10, 2018
All American (The CW, 2018) is an American television drama series created by April Blair. When a rising high school football player (Daniel Ezra) from South L.A. is recruited to play for Beverly... more - 149448
Fate: The Winx Saga
Abigail Cowen, Hannah van der WesthuysenPremiered: January 22, 2021
Fate: The Winx Saga (Netflix, 2021) is an English-language Italian young adult fantasy-drama television series based on the animated series Winx Club, created by Iginio Straffi. The story follows... more - 1511466
Spinning Out
Kaya Scodelario, Mitchell EdwardsPremiered: 2020
Spinning Out (Netflix, 2020) American drama series, created by Samantha Stratton. Figure skating Olympic hopeful Kat Baker (Kaya Scodelario) struggles to balance love, family and fragile mental... more
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Grand Army
Odessa A'Zion, Odley JeanPremiered: October 16, 2020
Grand Army (Netflix, 2020) is an American drama television series created by Katie Cappiello. The series tells the story of five high school students as they struggle with sexual, racial, and... more - 179762
Veronica Mars
Kristen Bell, Frank GallegosPremiered: 2019
Veronica Mars (Hulu, 2019) is an American television miniseries created by Rob Thomas that serves as a continuation of the 2004–07 television series of the same name as well as the 2014 film. The... more - 184527
The Wilds
Rachel Griffiths, Sophia AliPremiered: December 11, 2020
The Wilds (Prime Video, 2020) is an American adventure mystery drama created by Shalisha Francis, Sarah Streicher, and Jai Tiggett. After a plane crash on a deserted island a group of teen girls from... more - 197455
Teenage Bounty Hunters
Maddie Phillips, Anjelica Bette FelliniPremiered: 2020
Teenage Bounty Hunters (Netflix, 2020) is a comedy television series starring Maddie Phillips. After joining forces with a veteran bounty hunter, sixteen-year-old fraternal twin sisters Sterling and... more - 2010585
Love, Victor
Michael Cimino, Ana OrtizPremiered: June 17, 2020
Love, Victor (Hulu, 2020) is an American romantic comedy web television series created by Isaac Aptaker and Elizabeth Berger, inspired by and set in the same world as the 2018 film of the same name.... more - 218975
Nancy Drew
Kennedy McMann, Tunji KasimPremiered: October 9, 2019
Nancy Drew (The CW, 2019) is an American mystery drama television series based on the titular character of a mystery book series. After 18-year-old Nancy Drew's (Kennedy McMann) college plans are put... more - 22126111
High School Musical: The Musical: The Series
Joshua Bassett, Olivia RodrigoPremiered: November 8, 2019
High School Musical: The Musical: The Series (Disney+, 2019) is an American mockumentary web television series based on the film series of the same name created by Peter Barsocchini. The series... more - 232010
Cruel Summer
Olivia Holt, Chiara AureliaPremiered: April 20, 2021
Cruel Summer (Freeform, 2021) is an American mystery drama thriller created by Bert V. Royal. The series takes place over three summers in a small Texas town when a beautiful popular teen is abducted... more - 244738
Dash & Lily
Austin Abrams, Midori FrancisPremiered: November 10, 2020
Dash & Lily (Netflix, 2020) is an American teen rom-com television series based on the young adult series Dash & Lily's Book of Dares by David Levithan and Rachel Cohn. A whirlwind holiday romance... more - 25148
The Fosters
Teri Polo, Sherri SaumPremiered: June 3, 2013
The Fosters (Freeform, 2013) is an American drama television series created by Bradley Bredeweig and Peter Paige. Teenager Callie Jacob (Maia Mitchell) is placed in a foster home with a lesbian... more
