The Best TV Shows of 2024 (So Far)

It’s too soon to say how the 2023 Hollywood strikes will shape the industry in the long term, but here in the short term, it’s clear that television is still in its strike-hangover period. Last year’s production delays are this year’s slow-to-start TV calendar, as networks and streamers parcel out their already completed and/or international content while delayed series get back on their feet. The silver lining of this current drought, however, is that it’s proportional to the absolute deluge of television we were getting only a short time ago — there may be fewer buzzy new shows overall, but the ratio of good TV within that number is still high. We may never again reach the dizzying heights of peak Peak TV (and that may actually be okay), but as one of this year’s early comedic standouts, Girls5eva, taught us, there are rewarding highs to be found in “the medium time,” too. Here, the 2024 shows that are keeping us optimistic as we watch TV’s new era take shape.

This list includes 2023 series that aired the majority of their season after Vulture closed its “Best of the Year” list. All shows are listed by season-premiere date, starting with the most recent releases.