That means docuseries (like The Keepers), reality shows (like Queer Eye), and variety series (like I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson), while great, aren’t included in this ranking.
Since no one person can possibly tackle every single series Netflix has ever made - by 2018, the media giant was releasing multiple new series every week - this list is focused on narrative TV shows intended to entertain adult audiences. So which shows are the best of the best? When that ever-changing home page loads, what’s worth clicking on? That’s where we come in. Netflix has also saturated the TV market, releasing hundreds of different unique programs since the company’s first original series, House of Cards, debuted in early 2013. Netflix has become so central to the way most people consume media that some have even begun to conceptualize it like a public utility, lamenting series’ moves to other streaming sites as if their exit from Netflix means they’ll no longer be “free” or accessible. It’s a way to socialize (see: the massive popularity of the Netflix Party Chrome extension). It’s a part of our lexicon (who hasn’t heard of ”Netflix and chill”?). The streaming platform has ingrained itself more fully in our collective consciousness than perhaps any other technology in the past five years.
