All of the best new shows to stream on Netflix, Max, Hulu, Disney Plus, Peacock, Prime Video, Paramount Plus, and Apple TV Plus.
Every week, dozens of fresh, original series and classic shows join the libraries of our favorite streaming services. It can be virtually impossible to keep up with them all, even if you binge one new show every night. In reality, you probably spend as much time scrolling through the options as you do actually watching TV. That’s why we wanted to put together this guide of all the best new shows to watch on Netflix, Max, Disney Plus, and beyond.
Each week, we’ll update this list with the best new shows you should be watching on Netflix, Max, Disney Plus, Hulu, Prime Video, Apple TV Plus, Peacock, and Paramount Plus.
NetflixHeartstopper (2022-2023)
Netflix synopsis: Teens Charlie and Nick discover their unlikely friendship might be something more as they navigate school and young love in this coming-of-age series.
Genre: Romance, Comedy
Cast: Kit Connor, Joe Locke, William Gao
Rating: TV-14
Heartstopper season 2 premiered on August 3, 2023.The Lincoln Lawyer (2022-2023)
Netflix synopsis: Sidelined after an accident, hotshot Los Angeles lawyer Mickey Haller restarts his career — and his trademark Lincoln — when he takes on a murder case.
Genre: Countroom Drama, Thriller
Cast: Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Neve Campbell, Becki Newton
Rating: TV-MA
The Lincoln Lawyer season 2 part 2 premiered on August 3, 2023.The Witcher (2019-2023)
Netflix synopsis: Geralt of Rivia, a mutated monster-hunter for hire, journeys toward his destiny in a turbulent world where people often prove more wicked than beasts.
Genre: Fantasy
Cast: Henry Cavill, Anya Chalotra, Freya Allan
Rating: TV-MA
The Witcher season 3 part 2 premiered on July 27, 2023.Sweet Magnolias (2020-2023)
Netflix synopsis: Lifelong friends Maddie, Helen and Dana Sue lift each other up as they juggle relationships, family and careers in the small, Southern town of Serenity.
Genre: Drama
Cast: JoAnna Garcia Swisher, Brooke Elliott, Heather Headley
Rating: TV-14
Sweet Magnolias season 3 premiered on July 20, 2023.Too Hot to Handle (2020-2023)
Netflix synopsis: On the shores of paradise, gorgeous singles meet and mingle. But there’s a twist. To win an enticing grand prize, they’ll have to give up sex.
Genre: Reality
Cast: Desiree Burch
Rating: TV-MA
Too Hot to Handle season 5 premiered on July 14, 2023.MaxWinning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty (2022-2023)
HBO synopsis: HBO’s Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty is a fast-break drama series that goes back in time to chronicle the professional and personal lives of the 1980s Los Angeles Lakers, one of sports’ most revered and dominant dynasties.
Genre: Sports, Drama
Cast: John C. Reilly, Quincy Isaiah, Adrien Brody
Rating: TV-MA
Winning Time season 2 premiered on August 6, 2023.How To With John Wilson (2020-2023)
HBO synopsis: He’s a documentary filmmaker and self-described “anxious New Yorker,” but now John Wilson comes to HBO as writer, director, cameraman, producer, and narrator of this docu-comedy series that finds him covertly and obsessively filming the lives of fellow New Yorkers while attempting to give everyday advice on relatable topics.
Genre: Comedy, Variety
Cast: John Wilson
Rating: TV-MA
How To With John Wilson season 3 premiered on July 28, 2023.Harley Quinn (2019-2023)
HBO synopsis: Harley Quinn sets out to become Gotham City’s greatest villain with help from Poison Ivy and a ragtag crew of DC castoffs.
Genre: Adult Animation, Offbeat, Comedy
Cast: Kaley Cuoco, Lake Bell, Alan Tudyk
Rating: TV-MA
Harley Quinn season 4 premiered on July 27, 2023.Full Circle (2023)
HBO synopsis: From Steven Soderbergh, this complex thriller traces the fallout from a botched kidnapping that exposes long-held secrets in present day NYC.
Genre: Thriller, Mystery, Suspense
Cast: Claire Danes, Timothy Olyphant, Zazie Beetz
Rating: TV-MA
Full Circle premiered on July 13, 2023.And Just Like That… (2021-2023)
HBO synopsis: This new chapter of the beloved franchise finds Carrie, Miranda, and Charlotte navigating friendship, family, and New York in their 50s.
Genre: Comedy, Romantic Comedy
Cast: Sarah Jessica Parker, Cynthia Nixon, Kristin Davis
Rating: TV-MA
And Just Like That… season 2 premiered on June 22, 2023.Disney PlusHigh School Musical: The Musical: The Series (2019-2023)
Disney Plus synopsis: After an epic summer at Camp Shallow Lake, the Wildcats return to East High where they prepare a stage production of “High School Musical 3: Senior Year.” But plans are disrupted when Principal Gutierrez announces that Disney has decided to make the long-awaited “High School Musical 4: The Reunion” movie on location at their beloved high school.
Genre: Romance, Drama, Musical
Cast: Olivia Rodrigo, Joshua Bassett, Matt Cornett
Rating: TV-PG
High School Musical: The Musical: The Series season 4 premiered on August 9, 2023.Kizazi Moto: Generation Fire (2023)
Disney Plus synopsis: This action-packed animated sci-fi series presents ten futuristic visions from Africa inspired by the continent’s diverse histories and cultures. Executive produced by Oscar®-winning director Peter Ramsey, these ten short films made by a new generation of animation creators draw on uniquely African perspectives to imagine brave new worlds of advanced technology, aliens, spirits, and monsters. This is Africa as you’ve never seen it before.
Genre: Sci-Fi, Anthology, Animation
Cast: Khanyiswa Joyi, Lungulethu Menzi, Nomsa Winnie Koro
Rating: TV-PG
Kizazi Moto: Generation Fire premiered on July 5, 2023.Secret Invasion (2023)
Disney Plus synopsis: In Marvel Studios’ new series “Secret Invasion,” set in the present day MCU, Nick Fury learns of a clandestine invasion of Earth by a faction of shapeshifting Skrulls. Fury joins his allies, including Everett Ross, Maria Hill and the Skrull Talos, who has made a life for himself on Earth. Together they race against time to thwart an imminent Skrull invasion and save humanity.
