The 20 Best New TV Shows of 2022

by Jason Dietz, Metacritic Features Editor – December 27, 2022

In the gallery on this page are the highest-scoring first-year TV series (including limited series) debuting in the United States between January 1, 2022 and December 31, 2022. Shows are ranked by Metascore (an average of grades from top professional critics on a 0-100 scale) prior to rounding based on scores as of December 23, 2022, and any programs with fewer than 7 reviews are excluded. One-off TV specials and made-for TV movies are also excluded (though the best of these is revealed at the end of the gallery, along with a list of the year's highest-scoring returning shows).

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86 Chloe (Prime Video/BBC1)

(#10) One of several British imports on this list (it's a co-production between the BBC and Amazon), this six-episode psychological thriller from writer/producer/director Alice Seabright (Sex Education) stars Erin Doherty (The Crown's Princess Anne) as Becky, a young woman who lives with her mom and works a series of temp jobs. She's also obsessed with the Instagram account of the titular Chloe (Poppy Gilbert) and her seemingly perfect life. When the latter suddenly (and mysteriously) dies, Becky seeks answers, and her investigation finds her adopting a new persona and attempting to infiltrate Chloe's group of real-life friends.

“The result is an unusually human grifter story. Instead of diving into the trite subject of sociopathic behavior, like Inventing Anna or Dirty John, Chloe finds depth, authenticity, and even compassion in its profile of a scammer.” —Judy Berman, Time

Watch it on Prime Video (6 episodes)

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