Adolescence, the story of a young boy accused of killing a classmate, has gripped viewers since its release this year. The series earned 13 Emmy nominations this year and won 8, including outstanding limited or anthology series and acting awards for Owen Cooper, Stephen Graham and Erin Doherty. The series became a phenomenon for its unique filming style: Each of its four episodes is shot in a single continuous take, giving the show a live-theater feel.

Rory and Lorelai Gilmore are one of the most iconic mother-daughter duos in TV history thanks to Daniel Palladino and Amy Sherman-Palladino’s sharp, pop culture-filled scripts and vivid cast of characters inhabiting the fictional town of Stars Hollow, Connecticut.The show’s cozy New England setting adds to its autumn vibe, even though the series takes place throughout the year. It’s four-episode reboot, Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life, is also on Netflix, so now’s the perfect time for a rewatch.

In the Netflix original comedy series Nobody Wants This, Kristen Bell stars as Joanne, an L.A. podcaster with no religious ties who falls for a rabbi, Noah, whose family struggles to accept their interfaith relationship. The show is hilarious and works especially well thanks to Bell and Brody’s romantic chemistry. Season one is an easy weekend binge as you wait for season two to arrive later this month.

If you’re looking for the antidote to a stressful day, look no further than Love on the Spectrum. The show, now in its third season, is a docuseries about young adults on the autism spectrum who are looking for love, and it is just about as heartwarming and generally wonderful as you can imagine. Each of the show’s three seasons contains either six or seven episodes, making it the perfect binge if you need a rush of dopamine. The newest season also took home the Emmy Award for Outstanding Unstructured Reality Program.

Pulling from League of Legends lore, Arcane stands out as an animated fantasy series about socioeconomic inequalities in Piltover and Zaun. Corruption, violence and more are explored in the show through the characters’ journeys. The critically lauded show took home the 2025 Emmy for Outstanding Animated Program.

One of the most aesthetically pleasing shows on this list. Bridgerton is set in Regency-era England as the Bridgerton siblings search for love while navigating high society — and being the subject of anonymously penned gossip pamphlets. The show’s third season earned three Emmys at this year’s award show, including one for narrator Julie Andrews who won for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance.

Originally broadcast on BBC America, Orphan Black is a Canadian sci-fi series about a woman named Sarah Manning (Tatiana Maslany) who witnesses the suicide of a woman who appears to be her exact clone. As Sarah digs into the other woman’s past, she learns that they’re two of many clones who were part of a secretive experiment, and now the lives of her and her “sisters” are in danger. The show, which lasted for five seasons, is a solid mystery, but Maslany is truly a marvel as she toggles between her multiple roles.

Jenna Ortega stars in Netflix’s Wednesday, a modern take on the life of one of the most morbid teens in pop culture history, Wednesday Addams. The series, executive produced and occasionally directed by Tim Burton, quickly became one of the most popular shows on Netflix when it premiered in 2022 and both parts of Season 2 are out now.

A Man on the Inside, created by Mike Schur, is essentially a comedy blended with meditations on loss, grief and adult child and parent relationships, all wrapped up in a private investigation over some mysteriously missing jewels. Ted Danson stars as Charles, a lonely widower whose wife died the year before after suffering from Alzheimer’s. When his daughter (Mary Elizabeth Ellis) encourages him to find a hobby, he finds a job assisting a private investigator who is looking into a jewel theft at a local nursing home. Charles moves into the facility, hence the “man on the inside” to look into potential suspects, and finds himself getting too close to the suspects he’s supposed to be investigating. A second season, co-starring Danson’s wife Mary Steenburgen, Max Greenfield and Gary Cole, will arrive on Netflix on Nov. 20.

The Great British Baking Show (also known as The Great British Bake-Off) has become synonymous with comfort television and it continues to deliver all the feel-good vibes. Host Alison Hammond, who joined two seasons ago, has proven to be a wonderful addition to the existing cast, which includes co-host Noel Fielding and judges Prue Leith and Paul Hollywood. The competition show sees 12 bakers engaging in a series of three baking challenges each week, and there are seven more seasons that offer the same cozy comfort. The newest season of the show is streaming weekly on Fridays.

Political drama The Diplomat, starring Keri Russell as American diplomat Kate Wyler in London, returned this fall with its second pulse-pounding season. The first season premiered in 2023 with eight episodes, while Season 2 is shorter at just six — making it an ideal weekend binge. The show blends international intrigue and political thrills with soapy marital drama, and now’s the perfect time to catch up: Season 3 is coming out on Oct. 16, and the series was up for two Emmys this year.

The new Netflix original series The Four Seasons turns the 1981 Alan Alda film into a heartfelt cozy dramedy series reimagined by Tina Fey. Fey not only co-stars in the show but co-wrote it with 30 Rock writer Tracey Wigfield and Lang Fisher to offer a modern take on the story of three couples whose friendships are turned upside down when one of the couples announces their separation. The show is filled with great performances, including from Colman Domingo, who earned an Emmy nod for his role.

In Dept. Q, Matthew Goode stars as DCI Carl Morck, a detective in Edinburgh, Scotland, whose been assigned to a newly formed task force that investigates cold cases. Morck is your typical “doesn’t play by the rules” cop who has just returned to the force after an incident where he was seriously wounded and his partner was paralyzed, and he’s a loose cannon now more than ever. As the reluctant leader of this new department, he and his team look into a case involving a female prosecutor who mysteriously disappeared, with no real leads to go on. Scott Frank, the co-creator of The Queen’s Gambit, is also responsible for this series. The show, which was nominated for an Emmy this year, has also been renewed for a second season, so hopefully we’ll finally get to the bottom of who shot Morck.

The adult animation anthology series Love, Death + Robots was developed by filmmaker Tim Miller (who also directed Deadpool) and is co-produced by David Fincher. There are currently 45 episodes which range from 6 to 21 minutes each, and most are helmed by a different director and animation team, giving them all a distinct style and visual approach as they bring to life adaptations of short stories. (Over the show’s four seasons, it has consistently won Creative Arts Emmy Awards for its design and artistry, including four awards this year.)

Black Mirror is a dark, dystopian imagining of a world overrun by technology and modern “advancements.” A series of standalone episodes each depict their own compelling — and often unsettling — imagining of the impact of our increasingly digital lives. (The anthology format itself can be a refreshing way to consume television in the age of binge-watching.) It will haunt and entertain you in all the best ways. Season 7 arrived this spring with six new episodes and received nine Emmy nominations.

Mr. Robot, which ran on the USA Network from 2015 to 2019, was Rami Malek’s breakout role. Malek stars in the dark drama as Elliot Alderson, a cybersecurity whiz who gets recruited by a vigilante hacker known as Mr. Robot (played by Christian Slater) with plans to manipulate data stored by Elliot’s employer. Plagued by depression and hallucinations, Elliot struggles to balance his mysterious double life and his sanity as he finds himself deeply involved in the hacktivist group known as “fsociety.” All four seasons of the show just dropped on Netflix this month, and they’ll definitely keep you up all night.