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Michael Balderston

What to Watch's best TV shows of 2023: our Top 20

Gabriel Basso in The Night Agent; Nick Mohammed, Anthony Head and Jason Sudeikis in Ted Lasso; Jeremy Allen White and Ayo Edebiri in The Bear; Bella Ramsey and Pedro Pascal in The Last of Us; Brian Cox in Succession; Sarah Lancashire in Happy Valley.

We're not going to lie, we love that our job affords us the chance to watch so much TV. But in an era where there are so many TV shows on both traditional TV and streaming services, it can be a tall order to keep up. But when we find a TV show that entertains, thrills, or makes us laugh to no end and we can't wait to watch more of, that's a special feeling and instantly we know it's going to be something to consider for our best TV shows of the year.

In 2023, there were plenty of such shows that we had to pick from. Our complete list, which features 20 TV shows (in no particular order) from the last year, was hard to narrow down, but we believe it captures the best of what TV had to offer in the US and the UK, on streaming and on broadcast/cable TV, the shows that everyone was talking about and a few under the radar picks you may have missed but should definitely check out.

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