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FALL 2017 TV SURVEY:
35 BEST CURRENT SHOWS
We asked TV fans, “What is your favorite TV show that is currently on TV or streaming?” The top choice took 16 percent of the vote, while the series in second place got 9 percent, third place got 8 percent, and fourth place got 3 percent. See which series our survey respondents chose, ranked by popularity, below. (Click here to see the full results by percentage.)
Disagree with the survey results? Tell us in the comments who you think should have made the list or have been ranked higher.
91%
85%
Synopsis: David Haller is a troubled young man who was diagnosed with schizophrenia as a child. Shuffled from one psychiatric institution to the next, in his... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Dan Stevens, Aubrey Plaza, Rachel Keller, Jeremie Harris
97%
94%
Synopsis: Harry Bosch has murder on his mind. A former Special Forces officer who has done tours in the Middle East, Bosch is now a tenacious,... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Titus Welliver, Jamie Hector, Amy Aquino, Lance Reddick
87%
67%
Synopsis: Wealth, influence and corruption collide in this drama set in New York. Shrewd U.S. attorney Chuck Rhoades is embroiled in a high-stakes game of predator... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Paul Giamatti, Maggie Siff, Corey Stoll, David Costabile
81%
92%
Synopsis: Based on an award-winning play ("The Audience") by showrunner Peter Morgan, this lavish, Netflix-original drama chronicles the life of Queen Elizabeth II from the 1940s... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Imelda Staunton, Jonathan Pryce, Lesley Manville, Dominic West
94%
93%
Synopsis: Partially inspired by co-creator Mike Judge's experiences as a Silicon Valley engineer in the 1980s, this comedy series follows the misadventures of introverted computer programmer... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Thomas Middleditch, Zach Woods, Kumail Nanjiani, Martin Starr
96%
84%
Synopsis: Rescued after 15 years in a cult, Kimmy Schmidt decides to reclaim her life by venturing to New York, where she experiences everyday life with... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Ellie Kemper, Tituss Burgess, Jane Krakowski, Carol Kane
85%
85%
Synopsis: When Marine Sgt. Nicholas Brody returns home following eight years in captivity, CIA agent Carrie Mathison thinks he has turned and is connected to a... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Claire Danes, Mandy Patinkin, Maury Sterling, Linus Roache
83%
80%
Synopsis: A chronicle of the life of one of the darker Marvel characters, the mysterious Jessica Jones. When a tragedy puts an end to her short-lived... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Krysten Ritter, Rachael Taylor, Eka Darville, Carrie-Anne Moss
35%
56%
Synopsis: Newcomer Katherine Langford plays the role of Hannah, a young woman who takes her own life. Two weeks after her tragic death, a classmate named... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Dylan Minnette, Christian Navarro, Alisha Boe, Amy Hargreaves
94%
93%
Synopsis: Young, anti-social computer programmer Elliot works as a cybersecurity engineer during the day, but at night he is a vigilante hacker. He is recruited by... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Christian Slater, Rami Malek, Portia Doubleday, Carly Chaikin
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61%
Synopsis: Live from New York for more than four decades, celebrity hosts join an award-winning ensemble cast to perform comedic sketches, satirical news and digital shorts,... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Michael Che, Mikey Day, Chloe Fineman, Colin Jost
96%
94%
Synopsis: Co-starring Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys,"The Americans" is a period drama about the complex marriage of two KGB spies posing as Americans in suburban Washington,... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Keri Russell, Matthew Rhys, Noah Emmerich, Holly Taylor
84%
48%
Synopsis: Hip-hop artist and CEO of Empire Entertainment, Lucious Lyon, has always ruled unchallenged, but a medical diagnosis predicts he will be incapacitated in three years,... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Terrence Howard, Taraji P. Henson, Bryshere Y. Gray, Trai Byers
83%
57%
Synopsis: Based on the best-selling novel by Margaret Atwood, this series is set in Gilead, a totalitarian society in what used to be part of the... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Elisabeth Moss, Joseph Fiennes, Yvonne Strahovski, Samira Wiley
93%
85%
Synopsis: In this anthology series inspired by the 1996 film, each season follows a mostly new cast of characters who get involved with murder investigations in... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Juno Temple, Jon Hamm, Jennifer Jason Leigh, David Rysdahl
75%
70%
Synopsis: Ex-convict Shadow Moon roams a world he doesn't understand, left adrift by the recent, tragic death of his wife. Little does he know his life... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Ricky Whittle, Ian McShane, Emily Browning, Pablo Schreiber
88%
85%
Synopsis: Annalise Keating (Oscar- and Tony-winning actress Viola Davis), a brilliant, charismatic and seductive professor of defense law, teaches a class called How to Get Away... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Viola Davis, Billy Brown, Jack Falahee, Aja Naomi King
94%
71%
Synopsis: "Grey's Anatomy" creator Shonda Rhimes is the creative mind behind this ABC drama. Olivia Pope, a former media consultant to the president, is ready to... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Kerry Washington, Guillermo Díaz, Darby Stanchfield, Katie Lowes
77%
66%
Synopsis: "American Horror Story" was created by the co-creators of "Glee," but the shows have little in common besides that. The show revolves around the Harmons,... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Dylan McDermott, Connie Britton, Taissa Farmiga, Jessica Lange
90%
85%
Synopsis: After serving as a British Army nurse in World War II, Claire Randall is enjoying a second honeymoon in Scotland with husband Frank, an MI6... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Caitriona Balfe, Sam Heughan, Sophie Skelton, Richard Rankin
92%
89%
Synopsis: The first in a planned series of shows detailing the Marvel universe, "Daredevil" follows Matt Murdock, attorney by day and vigilante by night. Blinded in... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Charlie Cox, Elodie Yung, Deborah Ann Woll, Elden Henson
98%
96%
Synopsis: He wasn't always Saul Goodman, ace attorney for chemist-turned-meth dealer Walter White. Six years before he begins to represent Albuquerque's most notorious criminal, Goodman is... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Bob Odenkirk, Jonathan Banks, Michael Mando, Patrick Fabian
90%
82%
Synopsis: Piper Chapman is a public relations executive with a career and a fiance when her past suddenly catches up to her. In her mid-30s she... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Taylor Schilling, Natasha Lyonne, Uzo Aduba, Danielle Brooks
85%
90%
Synopsis: Told from the perspective of an unseen documentary filmmaker, the series offers an honest, often-hilarious perspective of family life. Parents Phil and Claire yearn for... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Ed O'Neill, Julie Bowen, Ty Burrell, Sofía Vergara
90%
65%
Synopsis: An eccentric yet compassionate extraterrestrial Time Lord zips through time and space to solve problems alongside companions from planet Earth. Known as the Doctor, the... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Jodie Whittaker, Mandip Gill, John Bishop, Tosin Cole
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84%
Synopsis: This groundbreaking series from executive producer Dick Wolf's "Law & Order" franchise chronicles the ripped-from-the-headlines investigations of the NYPD's Special Victims Unit; led by courageous... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Mariska Hargitay, Ice-T, Kelli Giddish, Peter Scanavino
90%
83%
Synopsis: Mysteries unravel in a small Midwestern town in the 1980s, involving supernatural forces, secret experiments and one strange girl.
Starring: Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Millie Bobby Brown, Finn Wolfhard
79%
78%
Synopsis: Based on the comic book series written by Robert Kirkman, this gritty drama portrays life in the months and years that follow a zombie apocalypse.... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Norman Reedus, Melissa McBride, Lauren Cohan, Josh McDermitt
81%
85%
Synopsis: Mensa-fied best friends and roommates Leonard and Sheldon, physicists who work at the California Institute of Technology, may be able to tell everybody more than... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Johnny Galecki, Jim Parsons, Kaley Cuoco, Simon Helberg
89%
85%
Synopsis: George R.R. Martin's best-selling book series "A Song of Ice and Fire" is brought to the screen as HBO sinks its considerable storytelling teeth into... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Peter Dinklage, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Lena Headey, Emilia Clarke
