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25 Most Popular TV Shows Right Now: What to Watch on Streaming

Want to know what popular and new TV shows this week are keeping watchers glued to the screen and Rotten Tomatoes users engaged on site? Here’s the current top 25 series, including the highly-anticipated second season of Squid Game, Netflix frontier Western American Primeval, and the upcoming debut of Severance‘s second season.

Click on each show for reviews and trailers, where to watch, and how to cast your own ratings vote. Check back weekly for latest updates to the charts. (And also check out the most popular movies out right now!)

#1

American Primeval: Limited Series
68% 87%

#1

Critics Consensus: Handsomely shot and thoroughly grim, American Primeval drives home its point about a nation's bone-deep savagery to persuasive, and sometimes deadening, effect.

Starring: Taylor Kitsch , Tokala Black Elk , Alex Fine , Jeremy Gauna

#2

Severance: Season 2
98% 81%

#2

Critics Consensus: Masterfully managing its two halves of adroit character study and surreal nightmare, Severance's long-awaited sophomore season makes cognitive dissonance a mind-melting pleasure.

Starring: Adam Scott , Britt Lower , Patricia Arquette , Zach Cherry

#3

Squid Game: Season 2
83% 63%

#3

Critics Consensus: While Squid Game's return can't help but lose the element of surprise, some absolutely diabolical challenges and a knotty moral outlook keep this sophomore season thrilling.

Starring: Lee Jung-jae , Wi Ha-joon , Lee Byung-hun , Im Si-wan

#4

The Breakthrough: Season 1
60% 74%

#4

#5

The Pitt: Season 1
93% 78%

#5

Critics Consensus: Setting the trials and tribulations of hospital life on a timer, The Pitt combines multiple tried-and-true formulas to create a bracingly fresh medical drama.

Starring: Noah Wyle , Patrick Ball , Supriya Ganesh , Fiona Dourif

#6

Missing You: Season 1
50% 31%

#6

Starring: Rosalind Eleazar , Jessica Plummer , Richard Armitage , Lenny Henry

#7

Black Doves: Season 1
94% 64%

#7

Critics Consensus: Blending multiple genres into a truly unique action-thriller, Black Doves hits its target dead on.

Starring: Keira Knightley , Ben Whishaw , Andrew Koji , Sarah Lancashire

#8

Say Nothing: Limited Series
93% 84%

#8

Critics Consensus: All the more powerful for its moral and political ambiguity, Say Nothing is a haunting depiction of The Troubles.

Starring: Lola Petticrew , Hazel Doupe , Anthony Boyle , Josh Finan

#9

Star Wars: Skeleton Crew: Season 1
92% 80%

#9

Critics Consensus: Evoking childlike wonder, Skeleton Crew is a swashbuckling Star Wars adventure that refreshingly keeps things simple.

Starring: Tunde Adebimpe , Ryan Kiera Armstrong , Ravi Cabot-Conyers , Shane Almagor

#10

Landman: Season 1
77% 65%

#10

Critics Consensus: Landman plumbs much of the same territory as other Taylor Sheridan-penned series, but having Billy Bob Thornton on hand turns this Texas crude into highly watchable fuel.

Starring: Billy Bob Thornton , Ali Larter , Michelle Randolph , Jacob Lofland

#11

The Day of the Jackal: Season 1
85% 75%

#11

Critics Consensus: A globetrotting thriller made eerily plausible by Eddie Redmayne's reptilian performance, The Day of the Jackal turns dark deeds into good fun.

Starring: Eddie Redmayne , Lashana Lynch , Úrsula Corberó , Charles Dance

#12

Silo: Season 2
96% 62%

#12

Critics Consensus: Rebecca Ferguson's intrepid hero seeks answers while the rest of Silo's ensemble capably holds down the fort in this superb sophomore season.

Starring: David Oyelowo , Rashida Jones , Rebecca Ferguson , Common

#13

One Hundred Years of Solitude: Season 1
85% 91%

#13

Critics Consensus: One Hundred Years of Solitude faithfully realizes Gabriel García Márquez's seminal novel with sumptuous polish, making for an adaptation that is nothing short of magical.

Starring: Claudio Cataño , Jerónimo Barón , Marco Gonzalez , Leonardo Soto

#14

Shōgun
99% 87%

#14

Synopsis: Set in Japan in the year 1600, Lord Yoshii Toranaga is fighting for his life as his enemies on the [More]

Starring: Hiroyuki Sanada , Cosmo Jarvis , Anna Sawai , Tadanobu Asano

#15

Alice in Borderland: Season 2
91% 89%

#15

Starring: Kento Yamazaki , Tao Tsuchiya , Yuki Morinaga , Keita Machida

#16

No Good Deed: Season 1
80% 78%

#16

Critics Consensus: No Good Deed's many twists and turns can occasionally feel like a punishment, but an ace cast and rock-solid hook give this comedy a sturdy foundation.

Starring: Denis Leary , Ray Romano , Luke Wilson , Linda Cardellini

#17

The Agency: Season 1
68% 77%

#17

Critics Consensus: Emphasizing spycraft's heavy toll to both intriguing and tiresome effect, The Agency situates its all-star cast in a sumptuously-shot world of espionage.

Starring: Michael Fassbender , Jeffrey Wright , Jodie Turner-Smith , Katherine Waterston

#18

Arcane: League of Legends: Season 2
100% 87%

#18

Critics Consensus: Expansive in scope while hurtling towards the endgame at a rollicking pace, Arcane's second and final season is a supremely satisfying capper to an epic saga.

Starring: Hailee Steinfeld , Katie Leung , Kevin Alejandro , Jason Spisak

#19

Slow Horses: Season 4
100% 89%

#19

Critics Consensus: The stakes get more more personal than ever before in Slow Horses' superb fourth season, proving that this spy series is saddled up for the long haul with no signs of fatigue.

Starring: Gary Oldman , Kristin Scott Thomas , Jack Lowden , Saskia Reeves

#20

The Penguin: Limited Series
95% 90%

#20

Critics Consensus: Depicting Gotham through bone-breaking punches rather than popping onomatopoeia, The Penguin is a grounded crime saga given gravitas by Colin Farrell and a scene-stealing Cristin Milioti.

Starring: Colin Farrell , Cristin Milioti , Rhenzy Feliz , Myles Humphus

#21

Dune: Prophecy: Season 1
70% 65%

#21

Critics Consensus: Grounded by reliably terrific performances from Emily Watson and Olivia Williams, Dune: Prophecy lacks the spice of Denis Villeneuve's films but compensates with addictively perilous palace intrigue.

Starring: Emily Watson , Olivia Williams , Travis Fimmel , Jodhi May

#22

A Man on the Inside: Season 1
96% 91%

#22

Critics Consensus: Tailor-made to suit Ted Danson's estimable strengths, this warm and witty sitcom discovers a lot of life left in those who've been put out to pasture.

Starring: Ted Danson , Mary Elizabeth Ellis , Stephanie Beatriz , Lilah Richcreek Estrada

#23

Lockerbie: A Search for Truth
78% 76%

#23

Synopsis: Dr. Jim Swire searches for justice following the death of his daughter Flora in one of the worst air disasters [More]

Starring: Colin Firth , Catherine McCormack , Sam Troughton , Jemma Carlton

#24

On Call: Season 1
53% 89%

#24

Critics Consensus: On Call is an undemanding patrol thanks to its half-hour format, but the shorter runtime is about the only new novelty it brings to the cop drama genre.

Starring: Troian Bellisario , Brandon Larracuente , Eriq La Salle , Lori Loughlin

#25

Goosebumps: The Vanishing: Season 2
75% 75%

#25

Starring: David Schwimmer , Ana Ortiz , Jayden Bartels , Sam McCarthy