Sunday, 29 December 2024

The best new TV shows of 2024 — from Baby Reindeer to Guy Montgomery's Spelling Bee



Martha is portrayed as a deeply ill person by Baby Reindeer but fans are obsessed with locating her real life counterpart. (Supplied: Netflix)

By Katherine Smysk, Jared Richards, Velvet Winter, Jasmin Jeffery and Hannah Story

It was hard to know what TV was going to look like in 2024.

American actors' union SAG-AFTRA held the longest strike in their history in 2023 — over labour issues like the impacts of AI, streaming and their effect on residual payments — and the four-month hiatus meant enormous delays or even cancellations for many shows.

But even with all of that, there were so many exciting series to watch this year that whittling down our bloated long-list was a hard task. So with heavy hearts, we decided to exclude returning seasons.

It is important to acknowledge the quality and impact of the third seasons of beloved series Hacks, The Bear and Somebody Somewhere; season two of Pachinko; season four of The Boys; the fifth season of The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City; and the sixth and final season of vampire romp What We Do in the Shadows.

Even with the delays and disruptions, even with all of these already beloved shows crowding our plates, so many incredible new productions were made, released and enjoyed in 2024. Here were our faves.

Read full article here.

First published at ABC News, December 28, 2024



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