![]() Netflix’s groundbreaking series had ups and downs over its run, but especially its first three seasons are exquisite character portraits in a space we’ve rarely seen: the inside of a women’s prison. A shortened fourth season is available on Paramount+, but the first three wonderful years are still streaming on their original home. Like Norman Lear's original, which premiered in 1975, this family sitcom reboot, about a Cuban American family in Los Angeles, is expert at combining frank discussion of social issues with hilarity. Season 3 of the acclaimed comedy arrives Aug. Loosely based on Kaling's experiences, the series follows Devi (sparkling new talent Maitreyi Ramakrishnan), an Indian American teen fumbling her way through an angry, frustrating adolescence. Mindy Kaling's teen sitcom is a breath of honest, awkward fresh air. Its positive take on the story of coming out and falling in love feels essential. ![]() It uses animated imagery from the comics that adds to the feeling that “Heartstopper” is part reality, part fantasy. Based on the graphic novels by Alice Oseman (and adapted by the author), “Heartstopper” brilliantly portrays the struggles of being a queer teenager, opting not for despair but for jubilant hope. “Halt” evolved into a complex story about communication, connection and women's struggles to achieve power at home and work.Įlation is the best way to describe how you’ll feel after watching Netflix’s young-adult rom-com about two teen British boys who fall head over heels for each other. ![]() This short but impactful drama started as a “Mad Men” knockoff about the 1980s computer industry, but greatly improved on a so-so first season. Sure, the series crossed over from soapy to full-on soap opera early in its tenure, but amid its constant barrage of tragedy and medical grotesquery are compelling relationship dramas that are emotionally honest. Shonda Rhimes' seminal hospital drama is still on the air after so many seasons for a reason. Warm, friendly, full of soggy bottoms, underproofed loaves and decent people doing their best, this British import is one of the happiest TV series ever made. Stronger and more self-assured than the movie on which it’s based, this series, about Black students at an elite university full of microaggressions and outright racism, is whip-smart and often hilarious. In addition to illuminating the deaf and hard of hearing community, the show is incredible at creating relationship drama and comedy out of the lives of the students it follows, and it has the rare reality ensemble that pops off the screen with charm. This smart, addictive reality series follows college kids at Gallaudet University, a school for the deaf and hard of hearing. Over the years, the show featured developed characters who fit into the show’s unique tone: super fun, bouncy yet sophisticated science fiction with plenty of romance and comedy thrown in. It’s hard to say a series that ran for seven seasons was canceled too soon, but “Legends” was so superb at reinventing itself that it could have run for many more years. This under-the-radar CW series aired what turned out to be its final season this year. ![]() Anchored by creator/star Rachel Bloom as struggling heroine Rebecca Bunch, “Crazy Ex” mixed earworms with one of the best depictions of a mental health journey ever on TV. The later seasons are fine but never as good as the first three.Ī magnificent mélange of musical might, the four-season CW series ambitiously put original song and dance on network TV week after week. Wacky, weird and often wonderful, NBC’s comedy about a diverse group of friends at a community college defies genre and label in its first few excellent seasons to create engrossing television. It picks up three decades after the All Valley Karate Tournament, with Zabka's Johnny Lawrence a gentler hero and Macchio's Daniel LaRusso playing the villain. The fantastic revival of "The Karate Kid" franchise, featuring Ralph Macchio and William Zabka in their original roles, is one of the smartest ways to bring a kids' story into adulthood. More: The 40 best TV shows to watch on Paramount+ right now, from 'The Good Fight' to 'The Real World'
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