Best TV Shows of the 2010s

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The 2010s marked television's true golden age, with prestige cable dramas, streaming platform originals, and limited series achieving levels of cultural significance previously reserved for films. Shows like Game of Thrones, Breaking Bad, and Stranger Things proved that television could create global cultural phenomena while attracting cinema-level talent and production values.

Wounded Past (2016) poster

Wounded Past (2016)

Dream Home (2014) poster

Dream Home (2014)

Episodes (2011) poster

Episodes (2011)

Dear Uge (2016) poster

Dear Uge (2016)

Special Investigation Nine (2018) poster

Special Investigation Nine (2018)

Frontier (2016) poster

Frontier (2016)

The Forks with Spiky Hands (2016) poster

The Forks with Spiky Hands (2016)

Seitokai Yakuindomo (2010) poster

Seitokai Yakuindomo (2010)

Half Blue Sky (2018) poster

Half Blue Sky (2018)

discover science (2010) poster

discover science (2010)

Story of Yanxi Palace (2018) poster

Story of Yanxi Palace (2018)

Fancy Nancy (2018) poster

Fancy Nancy (2018)

Little Witch Academia (2017) poster

Little Witch Academia (2017)

Real Girl (2018) poster

Real Girl (2018)

Candle in the Tomb – Pan Yueming Series (2019) poster

Candle in the Tomb – Pan Yueming Series (2019)

School (2010) poster

School (2010)

Los protegidos (2010) poster

Los protegidos (2010)

Medcezir (2013) poster

Medcezir (2013)

Teen Mom 2 (2011) poster

Teen Mom 2 (2011)

12-sai.: Chicchana Mune no Tokimeki (2016) poster

12-sai.: Chicchana Mune no Tokimeki (2016)

Santa Clarita Diet (2017) poster

Santa Clarita Diet (2017)

Fate/Grand Order Absolute Demonic Front: Babylonia (2019) poster

Fate/Grand Order Absolute Demonic Front: Babylonia (2019)

Orphan Flowers (2015) poster

Orphan Flowers (2015)

The Moon Embracing the Sun (2012) poster

The Moon Embracing the Sun (2012)

This decade established television as the premier storytelling medium, setting the stage for the streaming wars and creative renaissance that would define the 2020s.