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.
Taking the concept of mockumentary to its logical conclusion, this satirical anthology series from Fred Armisen, Bill Hader, and Seth Meyers presents—complete with faux-serious introduction from Helen Mirren—a different fake documentary each week, lampooning such classics of the genre as Grey Gardens. The two-part finale (about fake 1970s music act Blue Jean Committee) even spawned a real-world album.