23 of the best new TV shows in 2023

There was a lot of pressure on the back of Gen V, given that it spawned from the Amazon Prime powerhouse that is The Boys, but after one episode, it was clear that Gen V was carving out its lane. A great companion series to The Boys that truly holds its own.

What made Kaleidoscope way more interesting than many other shows that came out when it did was that audiences could choose what order to watch it without impacting the story. It made for an interesting and unique watch!

Everyone’s boyfriend Pedro Pascal AND one of the best love stories ever told in a bottle episode made The Last of Us one of the year's most talked about new series.

No shade to the CSI multiverse, but it was time for a new police show to step up, and this ABC drama did just that.

Natasha Lyonne delivered one of the funniest and most addicting shows with Poker Face, in which she plays someone who can always tell when someone is trying to get away with a lie or, in some cases, murder.

 What happens when one's therapist starts to tell it like it is? Shrinking answers that question.

A journalist getting advice from the people she's writing about doesn't sound wild — unless that journalist is an obituary writer.

Don’t call it a reboot. Rather, it was a lovely continuation that brought back beloved characters from the original while paying homage to the others.

Based on the popular comic series, Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur follows teen genius Lunella as she goes from an average kid to a superhero with a T-Rex.

This show made everyone think twice about how to handle their road rage.

That ‘70s Show has spawned two other shows set in different decades, and for as great as the ‘80s were, that was a dud. However, they went back to the drawing board and, 25 years later, got it right by focusing on Eric and Donna’s kid in the ‘90s surrounded by a new crop of kids who are like totally da’ bomb.

It wasn't long after the manga-inspired series One Piece hit Netflix for fans to want more. Thankfully, Netflix decided not to make this show one of their one-and-done programs.

Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem meet the modern ways of the music industry in The Muppets Mayhem alongside Lilly Singh, Anders Holm, and more.

Grease is a pop culture staple, and Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies was a great chapter in the lexicon. Sadly, it only lasted one season despite fans rallying for more.

Turning video games into TV series isn't always easy, but Twisted Metal  sure made it look that way. Marvel hero Anthony Mackie stars in this wild ride alongside Brooklyn Nine-Nine 's Stephanie Beatriz, Neve Campbell of Scream fame, and many other heavy-hitters.

Not one but two Academy Award winners make up the cast of American Born Chinese, and if Ke Huy Quan and Michelle Yeoh weren't enough, the show also tosses in a lot of action-packed fantasy along the way as Ben Wang’s character tries to navigate who he is, which he discovers is more than he ever imagined.

Mindy Kaling added a new chapter to the Scooby Doo universe this year by putting Velma in the spotlight.

This new chapter of Goosebumps lifts notable moments from the book series but finds a way to interlace them into one big (quite horrifying at times) story that is just as thrilling as the series R.L. Stine penned long ago.

If there is one role Pete Davidson was born to play, it was Pete Davidson.

Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai took one of the most recognizable characters from pop culture and made it feel fresh again in the new animated series.

Those who miss the days of The CW dropping a multitude of supernatural teen dramas are in luck because Paramount+ debuted School Spirits this year to scratch that itch.

Arnold Schwarzenegger proved back in the day that he was comedy gold, and he’s still got it!

The Walking Dead said goodbye in 2022, but not really because a handful of spinoffs followed, including the one that follows one of the most popular characters from the show that wasn't even in the original source material, Daryl Dixon.