The Top 25 Highest Rated TV Shows of 2018

HIGHEST RATED NEW TV SHOWS COLLECTION

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The Top 25 Highest Rated New TV Shows of 2018

Here is a looked at the highest rated brand new scripted TV shows that debuted in 2018. The ratings are averaged from the scores on IMDb, and Rotten Tomatoes.

25 – The Alienist

Drama | Crime | Mystery

22 January 2018 – Ended | 2 Seasons.

NETWORK:

IMDb: 7.7 | RT Audience: 8.0 | RT Critics: 7.7

COMBINED SCORE:

7.80 /10

SYNOPSIS:

Sara Howard has opened her own private detective agency and is leading the charge on a brand-new case. She reunites with Dr. Kreizler, the formidable alienist, and John Moore, now a New York Times reporter, to find Ana Linares, the kidnapped infant daughter of the Spanish Consular. Their investigation leads them down a sinister path of murder and deceit, heading towards a dangerous and elusive killer.

Stars Daniel Brühl, Luke Evans and Dakota Fanning.

24 – Mayans M.C.

Drama | Crime

4 September 2018 – Ongoing | 4 Seasons so far

NETWORK:

IMDb: 7.5 | RT Audience: 7.3 | RT Critics: 8.6

COMBINED SCORE:

7.80 /10

SYNOPSIS:

Set in the aftermath of Jax Teller’s death, Ezekiel “EZ” Reyes is fresh out of prison and a prospect in the Mayans M.C. charter on the Cali/Mexi border. Now, EZ must carve out his new identity in a town where he was once the golden boy with the American Dream in his grasp. Stars Edward James Olmos, J. D. Pardo and Clayton Cardenas

23 – McMafia

Drama | Crime

1 January 2018 – ended | Limited mini-series

NETWORK:

IMDb: 7.6 | RT Audience: 8.8 | RT Critics: 7.1

COMBINED SCORE:

7.83 /10

SYNOPSIS:

Alex Godman, the English-raised son of Russian mafia exiles, has spent his life trying to escape the shadow of their past, building his own legitimate business and forging a life with his girlfriend Rebecca. But when a murder forces his family’s past to return to threaten them, Alex is drawn into the criminal underworld and must confront his values to protect those he loves. Stars James Norton, Merab Ninidze and Juliet Rylance.

22 – Lost in Space

Sci-Fi & Fantasy | Action & Adventure | Drama

13 April 2018 – ended | 3 seasons

NETWORK:

IMDb: 7.3 | RT Audience: 7.8 | RT Critics: 8.4

COMBINED SCORE:

7.83 /10

SYNOPSIS:

After crash-landing on an alien planet, the Robinson family fights against all odds to survive and escape. But they’re surrounded by hidden dangers.

Stars Molly Parker, Toby Stephens and Maxwell Jenkins

21 – 9 1 1

Drama | Crime | Action & Adventure

3 January 2018 – ongoing | 6 seasons so far

NETWORK:

IMDb: 7.8 | RT Audience: 7.7 | RT Critics: 8.1

COMBINED SCORE:

7.87 /10

SYNOPSIS:

It takes a team of people to help answer the famous question, “911, what’s your emergency?” Detective Athena Grant works as a member of the police force, handling cases that require her sharp mind and expertise, while also trying to juggle her own family drama. Bobby Nash and his team of firefighters help execute the daring rescues that often come along with these life-threatening situations. Meanwhile, Abby Clark spends her days taking and fielding emergency calls at the 911 call center, but constantly desires to know what happens after she sends help.

20 – Good Girls

Comedy | Drama | Crime

26 February 2018 – cancelled | 4 seasons

NETWORK:

IMDb: 7.7 | RT Audience: 7.5 | RT Critics: 8.6

COMBINED SCORE:

7.93 /10

SYNOPSIS:

A trio of desperate suburban moms decide that being good never got them anywhere, and rob a supermarket in order to get a little cash to help them and their families out. Unfortunately, the supermarket is already the territory of a local gang, and the women soon find themselves in hot water.

19 – Condor

Drama | Crime

6 June 2018 – ongoing | 2 seasons so far

NETWORK:

IMDb: 7.7 | RT Audience: 7.6 | RT Critics: 8.7

COMBINED SCORE:

8.00 /10

SYNOPSIS:

Young CIA analyst Joe Turner has his idealism tested when he learns that the CIA has been using an algorithm he developed to spy on American citizens, leading the organization to a terrorist plot that threatens the lives of millions. Inspired by Sydney Pollack’s 1975 political thriller Three Days of the Condor.

18 – The Terror

Mystery | Drama | Sci-Fi & Fantasy

26 March 2018 – cancelled | 2 seasons

NETWORK:

IMDb: 7.9 | RT Audience: 7.6 | RT Critics: 8.7

COMBINED SCORE:

8.07 /10

SYNOPSIS:

A Royal Naval expedition voyages into unchartered territory as the crew attempts to discover the Northwest Passage. Faced with treacherous conditions, limited resources, dwindling hope and fear of the unknown, the crew is pushed to the brink of extinction.
Stars Jared Harris, Ciarán Hinds and Tobias Menzies.

17 – Castle Rock

Mystery | Drama

25 July 2018 – cancelled | 2 seasons

NETWORK:

IMDb: 7.5 | RT Audience: 7.9 | RT Critics: 8.8

COMBINED SCORE:

8.07 /10

SYNOPSIS:

Based on the stories of Stephen King, the series intertwines characters and themes from the fictional town of Castle Rock.
Stars Bill Skarsgård, André Holland, Lizzy Caplan, Melanie Lynskey and Tim Robbins

16 – Forever

Comedy | Drama

14 September 2018 – cancelled | 1 season

NETWORK:

IMDb: 7.1 | RT Audience: 7.7 | RT Critics: 9.5

COMBINED SCORE:

8.10 /10

SYNOPSIS:

June and Oscar live a comfortable but very predictable wedded life when suddenly they find themselves in a completely unexpected situation, raising questions about love and marriage.

15 – Killing Eve

Crime | Drama

8 April 2018 – ended | 4 seasons

NETWORK:

IMDb: 8.1 | RT Audience: 7.3 | RT Critics: 9.8

COMBINED SCORE:

8.10 /10

SYNOPSIS:

Eve is a bored, whip-smart, pay-grade MI5 security officer whose desk-bound job doesn’t fulfill her fantasies of being a spy. Villanelle is a mercurial, talented killer who clings to the luxuries her violent job affords her. Everything changes when they cross paths.

14 – You

Mystery | Crime | Drama

9 September 2018 – ongoing | 3 seasons so far

NETWORK:

IMDb: 7.7 | RT Audience: 7.6 | RT Critics: 9.1

COMBINED SCORE:

8.13 /10

SYNOPSIS:

A dangerously charming, intensely obsessive young man goes to extreme measures to insert himself into the lives of those he is transfixed by.

13 – Maniac

Comedy | Drama | Sci-Fi & Fantasy

21 September 2018 – ended | Limited mini-series

NETWORK:

IMDb: 7.7 | RT Audience: 8.4 | RT Critics: 8.4

COMBINED SCORE:

8.17 /10

SYNOPSIS:

Two strangers are drawn to a mysterious pharmaceutical trial that will, they’re assured, with no complications or side-effects whatsoever, solve all of their problems, permanently. Things do not go as planned.
Starring Emma Stone, Jonah Hill, Sonoya Mizuno, Justin Theroux and Sally Field.

12 – A Discovery of Witches

Drama | Sci-Fi & Fantasy

11 October 2020 – Ended | 3 seasons

NETWORK:

IMDb: 7.9 | RT Audience: 8.0 | RT Critics: 8.6

COMBINED SCORE:

8.17 /10

SYNOPSIS:

Closet witch Diana Bishop and centuries-old vampire Matthew Clairmont are drawn into a deadly mystery and forbidden romance when a magical book shows up in an Oxford library.

11 – Escape at Dannemora

Drama

18 November 2018 – Ended | Limited mini-series

NETWORK:

IMDb: 7.9 | RT Audience: N/A | RT Critics: 8.8

COMBINED SCORE:

8.35 /10

SYNOPSIS:

Stars Benicio del Toro, Paul Dano, Patricia Arquette and David Morse.
The stranger-than-fiction account of a prison break in upstate New York in the summer of 2015, which spawned a massive manhunt for two convicted murderers who were aided in their escape by a married female prison employee with whom they both became sexually entangled.

10 – Yellowstone

Western | Drama

20 June 2018 – ongoing | 5 seasons so far

NETWORK:

IMDb: 8.7 | RT Audience: 8.4 | RT Critics: 8.3

COMBINED SCORE:

8.47 /10

SYNOPSIS:

Stars Kevin Costner, Kelly Reilly, Luke Grimes, Wes Bentley and Cole Hauser.

Follow the violent world of the Dutton family, who controls the largest contiguous ranch in the United States. Led by their patriarch John Dutton, the family defends their property against constant attack by land developers, an Indian reservation, and America’s first National Park.

9 – Narcos: Mexico

Drama | Crime

16 November 2018 – ended | 3 seasons

NETWORK:

IMDb: 8.4 | RT Audience: 8.1 | RT Critics: 9.0

COMBINED SCORE:

8.50 /10

SYNOPSIS:

Witness the birth of the Mexican drug war in the 1980s as a gritty new “Narcos” saga chronicles the true story of the Guadalajara cartel’s ascent.

8 – Sharp Objects

Crime | Drama | Mystery

8 July 2018 – ended | limited mini-series

NETWORK:

IMDb: 8.1 | RT Audience: 8.3 | RT Critics: 9.2

COMBINED SCORE:

8.53 /10

SYNOPSIS:

Stars Amy Adams and Patricia Clarkson.

Reporter Camille Preaker confronts the psychological demons from her past when she returns to her hometown to investigate the murders of two young girls.

7 – Bodyguard

Crime | Drama | War & Politics

26 August 2018 – ended | limited mini-series

NETWORK:

IMDb: 8.1 | RT Audience: 8.4 | RT Critics: 9.3

COMBINED SCORE:

8.60 /10

SYNOPSIS:

Stars Richard Madden and Keeley Hawes. The six-part series centres around the fictional character of Police Sergeant David Budd (Richard Madden), a British Army war veteran suffering from PTSD, who is now working for the Royalty and Specialist Protection Branch of London’s Metropolitan Police Service. He is assigned as the principal protection officer (PPO) for the ambitious Home Secretary Julia Montague (Keeley Hawes), whose politics he despises. The series comments on many issues regarding the controversy around government monitoring of private information and its regulation, and also on PTSD.

6 – The Kominsky Method

Comedy | Drama

16 November 2018 – ended | 3 seasons

NETWORK:

IMDb: 8.2 | RT Audience: 8.8 | RT Critics: 9.3

COMBINED SCORE:

8.77 /10

SYNOPSIS:

Stars Michael Douglas and Alan Arkin.

An aging actor, who long ago enjoyed a brush with fame, makes his living as an acting coach.

5 – Succession

Drama

3 June 2018 – ongoing | 3 seasons so far

NETWORK:

IMDb: 8.7 | RT Audience: 8.5 | RT Critics: 9.4

COMBINED SCORE:

8.87 /10

SYNOPSIS:

The lives of the Roy family as they contemplate their future once their aging father begins to step back from the media and entertainment conglomerate they control.

4 – The Haunting of Hill House

Mystery | Drama

12 October 2018 – ended | Limited mini-series

NETWORK:

IMDb: 8.6 | RT Audience: 9.1 | RT Critics: 9.3

COMBINED SCORE:

9.00 /10

SYNOPSIS:

While investigating a ghost story for his latest novel, a skeptical Steven receives a call from his sister that triggers a chain of fateful events.

3 – Cobra Kai

Action & Adventure | Drama | Comedy

1 May 2018 – ongoing | 5 seasons so far

NETWORK:

IMDb: 8.5 | RT Audience: 9.2 | RT Critics: 9.3

COMBINED SCORE:

9.00 /10

SYNOPSIS:

This Karate Kid sequel series picks up 30 years after the events of the 1984 All Valley Karate Tournament and finds Johnny Lawrence on the hunt for redemption by reopening the infamous Cobra Kai karate dojo. This reignites his old rivalry with the successful Daniel LaRusso, who has been working to maintain the balance in his life without mentor Mr. Miyagi.

2 – Pose

Drama

3 June 2018 – ended | 3 seasons

NETWORK:

IMDb: 8.6 | RT Audience: 8.7 | RT Critics: 9.8

COMBINED SCORE:

9.03 /10

SYNOPSIS:

A dance musical that explores the juxtaposition of several segments of 1980s life and society in New York: the ball culture world, the rise of the luxury Trump-era universe and the downtown social and literary scene.

1 – Barry

Comedy | Crime | Drama

25 March 2018 – ongoing | 3 seasons so far

NETWORK:

IMDb: 8.4 | RT Audience: 9.0 | RT Critics: 9.9

COMBINED SCORE:

9.10 /10

SYNOPSIS:

Barry, a disillusioned hit man, is sent to Los Angeles to kill an aspiring actor who is having an affair with a Chechen mob leader’s wife. After following his target to an acting class, Barry becomes inspired to begin a new life with the students.

SO WHICH NETWORKS DID THE BEST?

Netflix walked it this year, in the days before Apple TV + and Disney + came along. Poor showing from HBO although at least Barry and Succession are still going strong.