My favorite series of 2024

Lately I’ve been feeling similarly about TV series as I do about movies. There are soo many. Truly hard to keep up.

Still, I really try to watch series in the year they debut. With studios canceling shows just weeks after they release them (wtf), I do try to get my views counted. Although that may be fruitless since my #1 fave this year has already been canceled. 😭

This year we enjoyed watching all of the available seasons of For All Mankind and a truly exceptional fifth season of Fargo. Some honorable mentions are Death and Other Details (already canceled), Baby Reindeer, Agatha All Along, and The Brothers Sun (also already canceled).

I never know where to put comedy specials, but I also loved Rachel Bloom’s Death, Let Me Do My Special which was theatrical, funny, and heartbreaking.

Good news is that some of these are getting a second season! Here are my fave miniseries and series debuts from 2024.

Ben Whishaw, Keira Knightley, and Sarah Lancashire 10. Black Doves

Donald Glover and Maya Erskine running 9. Mr. & Mrs. Smith

Natasha Rothwell as an airport employee 8. How to Die Alone

Vince Vaughn in sunglasses and a Hawaiian shirt feeding a monkey a popsicle 7. Bad Monkey

Jake Gyllenhaal, Ruth Negga, and Renate Reinsve 6. Presumed Innocent

Jimmy O. Yang being thrown out a window of a Chinese restaurant 5. Interior Chinatown

Ted Danson in a suit striking an action pose 4. A Man on the Inside

Adam Brody and Kristen Bell 3. Nobody Wants This

Ella Purnell in a Fallout jumpsuit, Aaron Moten in Brotherhood of Steel power armor, and Walton Goggins as the Ghoul 2. Fallout

Jeff Goldblum, Janet McTeer, and Cliff Curtis in the style of a fresco painting 1. Kaos