The Best TV Shows from 2016


Below is our top ten list of the best TV shows which first started broadcasting in 2016.

10. Stranger Things


Stranger%20ThingsFirst Aired: 15 July, 2016

Stranger Things is a TV series starring Millie Bobby Brown, Finn Wolfhard, and Winona Ryder. When a young boy disappears, his mother, a police chief and his friends must confront terrifying supernatural forces in order to get him…


9. Westworld


WestworldFirst Aired: 02 October, 2016

Westworld is a TV series starring Evan Rachel Wood, Jeffrey Wright, and Ed Harris. Set at the intersection of the near future and the reimagined past, explore a world in which every human appetite can be indulged without consequence.


8. The Good Place


The%20Good%20PlaceFirst Aired: 19 September, 2016

The Good Place is a TV series starring Kristen Bell, William Jackson Harper, and Jameela Jamil. Four people and their otherworldly frienemy struggle in the afterlife to define what it means to be good.


7. 11.22.63


11.22.63First Aired: 15 February, 2016

11.22.63 is a TV mini-series starring James Franco, Sarah Gadon, and George MacKay. A high school teacher travels back in time to prevent John F. Kennedy’s assassination.


6. American Crime Story


American%20Crime%20StoryFirst Aired: 02 February, 2016

American Crime Story is a TV series starring Sarah Paulson, Annaleigh Ashford, and Sterling K. Brown. An anthology series centered around America’s most notorious crimes and criminals.


5. The Night Of


The%20Night%20OfFirst Aired: 24 June, 2016

The Night Of is a TV mini-series starring Riz Ahmed, John Turturro, and Bill Camp. After a night of partying with a woman he picked up, a man wakes up to find her stabbed to death and is charged with her murder.



4. The Crown


The%20CrownFirst Aired: 04 November, 2016

The Crown is a TV series starring Claire Foy, Olivia Colman, and Imelda Staunton. Follows the political rivalries and romance of Queen Elizabeth II’s reign and the events that shaped the second half of the twentieth century.


3. This Is Us


This%20Is%20UsFirst Aired: 20 September, 2016

This Is Us is a TV series starring Milo Ventimiglia, Mandy Moore, and Sterling K. Brown. A heartwarming and emotional story about a unique set of triplets, their struggles and their wonderful parents.


2. Fleabag


FleabagFirst Aired: 21 July, 2016

Fleabag is a TV series starring Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Sian Clifford, and Olivia Colman. A comedy series adapted from the award-winning play about a young woman trying to cope with life in London whilst coming to terms with a recent…


1. Planet Earth II


Planet%20Earth%20IIFirst Aired: 06 November, 2016

Planet Earth II is a TV mini-series starring David Attenborough. Wildlife documentary series with David Attenborough, beginning with a look at the remote islands which offer sanctuary to some of the planet’s rarest creatures, to the…