Distilling a massive catalog down to only 30 shows is tough, but these are the best the streaming giant has to offer, the ones that everyone with a Netflix subscription should watch first, regularly updated as shows leave the service and new ones take their place. Alongside the best movies on Netflix, people consume its television offerings to the tune of billions of hours a year, whether they’re sampling their favorite old episodes of shows like Seinfeld or checking out original programs like Squid Game or Stranger Things.
With a mix of original programming and shows they’ve picked up from other networks, Netflix became the on-demand home for millions of subscribers. Netflix forever changed the way people watch television, moving to full-season drops instead of a weekly format and creating the concept of binge viewing. *New additions are indicated with an asterisk. This post is updated frequently as TV shows leave and enter Netflix.
