The 20 best TV series of 2016

Ranked by weighted audience rating: among 180 series with at least 60 votes on TMDb, the formula balances the score with the vote count, so a barely-rated title cannot leap past a classic. Stranger Things leads, rated 8.5 (2016). The average release year on the list is 2016. The list is recalculated weekly; each title links to its full page, including where to watch in Brazil.

Page updated on 09/20/2026.

1

Stranger Things (2016)

5 seasons · 8.6 21,813 votes
2

Planet Earth II (2016)

1 season · 8.6 973 votes
3

Lucifer (2016)

6 seasons · 8.4 15,678 votes
4

Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia (2016)

3 seasons · 8.5 1,173 votes
5

Fleabag (2016)

2 seasons · 8.3 1,944 votes
6

This Is Us (2016)

6 seasons · 8.2 1,666 votes
7

The Crown (2016)

6 seasons · 8.2 2,418 votes
8

Westworld (2016)

4 seasons · 8.0 6,370 votes
9

40 y 20 (2016)

14 seasons · 8.1 1,539 votes
10

Nosotros los Guapos (2016)

4 seasons · 8.2 421 votes
11

The Good Place (2016)

4 seasons · 8.0 2,067 votes
12

El marginal (2016)

5 seasons · 8.2 424 votes
13

Atlanta (2016)

4 seasons · 8.0 880 votes
14

The Night Of (2016)

1 season · 8.0 1,394 votes
15

Soy Luna (2016)

3 seasons · 8.0 1,131 votes
16

Rosario Tijeras (Mexico) (2016)

5 seasons · 7.8 2,065 votes
17

Wynonna Earp (2016)

4 seasons · 7.8 826 votes
18

A Terra Prometida (2016)

1 season · 7.9 472 votes
19

11.22.63 (2016)

1 season · 7.8 1,805 votes
20

MECH-X4 (2016)

2 seasons · 8.1 157 votes

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Method: TMDb audience rating weighted by vote count, with a vote floor per list. No position is editorial opinion; it is the catalogue, ordered.