# List of shows considered as Peak TV

This is a list of television shows considered by critics and audiences as Peak TV (it has also been called "the Second Golden Age of Television" and "Prestige TV").

## Notable programs considered as Peak TV

* 13 Reasons Why
* 1923
* 24±
* 30 for 30±
* 30 Rock±
* Abbott Elementary
* Action
* Adventure Time
* Agent Carter
* Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
* Altered Carbon
* American Crime Story±
* American Dad
* American Gods
* American Horror Story
* American Idol
* Amphibia
* Angel
* Andor
* Aqua Teen Hunger Force
* Archer
* Arrested Development±
* Atlanta±
* Avatar: The Last Airbender±
* Babylon Berlin (Germany)±
* Band of Brothers
* Barry
* Battlestar Galactica±
* A Black Lady Sketch Show
* Beef
* Better Call Saul±
* Better Things
* Big City Greens
* Big Little Lies±
* Big Mouth
* Billions
* Black-ish
* Black Mirror±
* Bluey (Australia)
* Boardwalk Empire
* Bob's Burgers
* BoJack Horseman±
* The Boondocks
* Bosch
* Breaking Bad±
* Broadchurch
* Brooklyn Nine-Nine
* Burn Notice
* Call the Midwife
* Channel Zero
* Chappelle's Show
* Chernobyl±
* Cobra Kai
* Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee
* Community±
* Counterpart
* Crazy Ex-Girlfriend±
* Craig of the Creek
* Criminal Minds
* Curb Your Enthusiasm±
* Damages
* Damnation
* Dancing with the Stars
* Daredevil
* Dark±
* Deadwood
* Detectorists
* Derry Girls
* Desperate Housewives
* Dexter±
* Disenchantment
* Documentary Now!
* Don't F**k with Cats: Hunting an Internet Killer
* Dopesick
* Downton Abbey±
* Ed, Edd n Eddy
* Electric Dreams
* Emily in Paris
* Empire
* Entourage
* Episodes
* Euphoria
* Eureka
* Evil Genius
* Exit 57
* Extras
* Fallout
* Family Guy
* Fargo±
* Farscape
* Feud: Bette and Joan
* Firefly
* Fleabag±
* Flight of the Conchords
* For All Mankind
* Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends
* Freaks and Geeks
* Fresh Off the Boat
* Friday Night Lights±
* Futurama
* Game of Thrones±
* Gilmore Girls±
* Girls±
* Glee
* Glow
* Gotham
* Gravity Falls
* Grey's Anatomy±
* Halt and Catch Fire±
* Hacks
* Hannibal±
* Happy Endings
* Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law
* Hatfields & McCoys
* Heaven's Gate: The Cult of Cults
* Hell on Wheels
* Heroes
* Homeland±
* Home Movies
* House±
* House of Cards±
* House of the Dragon
* How I Met Your Mother±
* How to Get Away with Murder
* I'll Be Gone in the Dark
* I May Destroy You±
* Industry
* Infinity Train
* Insecure±
* It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia±
* Invincible
* Jane the Virgin
* Jimmy Kimmel Live!
* Jury Duty
* Justified
* Keeping Up with the Kardashians
* Key & Peele
* Killing Eve
* Last Tango in Halifax
* Leverage
* Longmire
* Lost±
* Louie±
* Love Island
* Lovecraft Country
* Luther±
* Mad Men±
* Masters of the Air
* Master of None
* Mike Tyson Mysteries
* Mindhunter±
* Merlin
* Modern Family
* Mom
* Mozart in the Jungle
* Mr. Robot
* My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic
* Narcos±
* Nathan for You
* NCIS
* New Girl
* Nip/Tuck
* Nurse Jackie
* OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes
* Once Upon a Time
* Only Murders in the Building
* Orange Is the New Black±
* Outlander
* Over the Garden Wall
* Ozark
* Pachinko
* Parks and Recreation±
* Paw Patrol
* Peaky Blinders
* Pen15
* Penny Dreadful
* Phineas and Ferb
* Poker Face
* Popular
* Portlandia
* Pose±
* Primal
* Prison Break
* Project Greenlight
* Pushing Daisies
* Queer as Folk (US)
* Rake (Australia)
* Ray Donovan
* Reacher
* Rectify
* Regular Show
* Reservation Dogs
* Rick and Morty±
* Rings of Power
* Ripper Street
* Rita
* Riverdale
* Robot Chicken
* Rome
* Samurai Jack
* Scandal
* Schitt's Creek (Canada)±
* Scrubs
* Sense8
* Severance
* Shameless (UK) &
* Shameless (US)
* Shark Tank
* Sharp Objects
* Sherlock±
* Shōgun
* Six Feet Under±
* Small Axe±
* Smallville
* Snowpiercer
* Solar Opposites
* Sons of Anarchy
* SpongeBob SquarePants
* Squid Game (South Korea)
* Star vs. the Forces of Evil
* Star Trek: Lower Decks
* Steven Universe±
* Stranger Things±
* Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
* Succession±
* Suits
* Supernatural
* Survivor
* Swarm
* Ted Lasso
* The Affair
* The Amazing Race
* The Amazing World of Gumball
* The Americans±
* The Apprentice
* The A Word
* The Bachelor
* The Bear
* The Big Bang Theory±
* The Carmichael Show
* The Closer
* The Colbert Report
* The Crown±
* The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
* The Equalizer
* The Expanse
* The Fall
* The Good Place±
* The Good Wife±
* The Handmaid's Tale±
* The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst
* The Killing (US)
* The Killing Season
* The Knick
* The L Word
* The Last Dance
* The Last of Us
* The Late Late Show with James Corden
* The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
* The Leftovers±
* The Legend of Korra
* The Magicians
* The Man in the High Castle
* The Mandalorian
* The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
* The Middle
* The Mindy Project
* The Morning Show
* The Musketeers
* The Newsroom
* The Office (UK)± &
* The Office (US)±
* The Other Two
* The Owl House
* The Pacific
* The Queen's Gambit±
* The Real Housewives
* The Romanoffs
* The Shield±
* The Sons of Sam: A Descent Into Darkness
* The Sopranos
* The Thick of It±
* The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
* The Tudors
* The Underground Railroad±
* The Venture Bros
* The Voice
* The Walking Dead
* The West Wing
* The White Lotus
* The Wire±
* Tiger King
* Top of the Lake
* Transparent
* True Blood
* True Detective±
* Tuca & Bertie
* Ugly Betty
* Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
* Under the Dome
* UnReal
* Veep±
* Veronica Mars
* Vikings
* Vinyl
* WandaVision
* Wander Over Yonder
* Watchmen±
* We Are Lady Parts
* We Bare Bears
* We Need to Talk About Cosby
* Weeds
* Westworld±
* What We Do in the Shadows
* Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
* Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty
* Wolf Hall
* Yellowjackets
* Yellowstone
* Young Sheldon
* Younger
* You're the Worst
* Zoo

### List of television films considered as part of Peak TV

* American Murder: The Family Next Door
* The Central Park Five
* The Paradise Lost trilogy
* The Social Dilemma
* Sharknado

### Pre-1999 shows associated with the contemporary Golden Age

* Ally McBeal
* Babylon 5
* Batman: The Animated Series
* Becker
* Buffy the Vampire Slayer
* Chicago Hope
* Dexter's Laboratory
* Doctor Who
* Everybody Loves Raymond
* Frasier
* Friends
* Homicide: Life on the Street
* Jeopardy!
* King of the Hill
* Law & Order
* Murder One
* Mystery Science Theater 3000
* Oz
* Prime Suspect (UK)
* Roc
* Roseanne
* Saturday Night Live
* Seinfeld
* Sex and the City
* South Park
* Stargate: SG-1
* Spider-Man: The Animated Series
* Star Trek: The Next Generation
* Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
* That '70s Show
* The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd
* The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
* The Powerpuff Girls
* The Practice
* The Simpsons
* The X-Files
* Twin Peaks±
* Wheel of Fortune
* Will & Grace

#### Notes

* ± indicates a series included on the BBC's 100 Greatest Television Series of the 21st Century; in the case of 30 for 30, the entry in question is the Academy Award-winning O.J.: Made in America (#81)

## Notable people associated with Peak TV
### Showrunners

* J. J. Abrams
* Judd Apatow
* Fred Armisen
* Alan Ball
* Rachel Bloom
* Steven Bochco
* Charlie Brooker
* Bo Burnham
* Ken Burns
* Jane Campion
* David Chase
* Michaela Coel
* Lena Dunham
* Mark Duplass
* Sam Esmail
* David Fincher
* Tom Fontana
* Scott Frank
* Alex Gibney
* Vince Gilligan
* Misha Green
* Matt Groening
* Bill Hader
* Noah Hawley
* Barry Jenkins
* Rian Johnson
* Mike Judge
* David E. Kelley
* Michelle King
* Robert King
* Jenji Kohan
* Damon Lindelof
* Chuck Lorre
* Seth MacFarlane
* Adam McKay
* David Milch
* Ryan Murphy
* Issa Rae
* Shonda Rhimes
* Shawn Ryan
* Martin Scorsese
* Taylor Sheridan
* David Simon
* Aaron Sorkin
* Rebecca Sugar
* Kurt Sutter
* Genndy Tartakovsky
* Robin Thede
* Matthew Weiner
* Joss Whedon

### Actors

* Aziz Ansari
* Jason Bateman
* Zach Braff
* Nicholas Braun
* Louis C.K.
* Steve Carell
* Dave Chappelle
* Glenn Close
* Bryan Cranston
* Kieran Culkin
* Claire Danes
* Peter Dinklage
* Julia Louis-Dreyfus
* Tina Fey
* James Gandolfini
* Donald Glover
* Brett Goldstein
* Tony Hale
* Jon Hamm
* Keegan-Michael Key
* Allison Janney
* John Krasinski
* Katherine Langford
* Rob Lowe
* Jane Lynch
* Matthew Macfadyen
* Elisabeth Moss
* Bob Odenkirk
* Sandra Oh
* Timothy Olyphant
* Aaron Paul
* Sarah Paulson
* Jordan Peele
* Jesse Plemons
* Amy Poehler
* Kevin Spacey
* Kiefer Sutherland
* Jason Sudeikis
* Jeffrey Tambor
* Kerry Washington

### Hosts

* Stephen Colbert
* James Corden
* Jimmy Fallon
* Jimmy Kimmel
* Seth Meyers
* Conan O'Brien
* John Oliver
* Jon Stewart

## Notable outlets
### Terrestrial networks

* ABC
* CBS
* The CW
* Fox
* NBC
* PBS
* UPN
* The WB

### Cable/satellite channels

* A&E
* AMC
* Bravo
* Cartoon Network
* CNN
* Comedy Central
* Disney Channel
* ESPN
* FX
* Hallmark Channel
* HBO
* History Channel
* IFC
* Nickelodeon
* Paramount Network
* Showtime
* Sundance Channel
* Syfy
* TNT
* TV Land
* USA
* VH1

### International networks

* BBC
* CBC Television
* RTVE
* Chilevisión

### Streaming services

* Acorn
* Amazon Prime Video
* Apple TV+
* Crackle
* Disney+
* Freevee
* HBO Max
* Hulu
* Netflix
* Paramount+
* Peacock
* Pluto TV
* Quibi
* Redbox
* Roku
* Tubi
* YouTube Red