15 Best New TV Series of 2015
Below, we rank the 15 highest-scoring (and thus best-reviewed) new TV shows to debut in the U.S. during the 2015 calendar year. Shows must have at least 15 reviews from professional critics to qualify for the list. Specials, TV movies, and one-time miniseries are excluded from this list.
Note that Metascores are based on reviews at the time of each show's debut, which generally reflect just the pilot and perhaps a few subsequent episodes (though cable networks generally provide more episodes in advance to critics). Shows are ranked by Metascore prior to rounding.
It's not easy to follow what might be the greatest show of all time, but Vince Gilligan and former Breaking Bad writer Peter Gould quickly established this prequel series as both its own unique thing and as another of TV's top dramas, filled with strong performances by a returning Bob Odenkirk and Jonathan Banks as well as franchise newcomer Michael McKean.