40 best Netflix shows to watch (and 15 shows you should skip)

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The Night Agent. Gabriel Basso as Peter Sutherland in episode 110 of The Night Agent. Cr. Dan Power/Netflix © 2023

Best Netflix shows to watch

There have been so many good Netflix shows released this year, but what should you watch first? Netflix is cranking out some many shows, and it’s easy to feel like you’re falling behind. Our team of TV experts at Netflix Life put together a list of the best Netflix shows to watch right now, and we also included a handful of Netflix shows you can skip.

If you’re looking for what to watch on Netflix tonight, this is the list for you.

We update this list as new Netflix original shows are released. If it’s a hit show, we’re sharing recommendations to watch. If the show is bad, well, it’s going to be a skip recommendation from us!

Let’s get the list started with one of the biggest current hits on Netflix, The Night Agent! 

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The Night Agent. (L to R) Luciane Buchanan as Rose Larkin, Gabriel Basso as Peter Sutherland in episode 106 of The Night Agent. Cr. Courtesy of Netflix © 2023

Netflix shows: The Night Agent

Seasons: 1 

Created by Shawn Ryan 

Cast: Gabriel Basso, Luciane Buchanan, Fola Evans-Akingbola, Sarah Desjardins, Eve Harlow, Phoenix Raei, Enrique Murciano, D. B. Woodside, and Hong Chau

The Night Agent premiered on Netflix on March 23, 2023, and it’s officially the biggest Netflix release of the year so far. Fans watched more than 500 million hours of the series in its first few weeks after release, and it’s already on the Netflix Top 10 all time and moving up!

The series is based on the book of the same name by Matthew Quirk. Shawn Ryan developed the adaptation for Netflix, and it’s great! If you like spy shows, you have to watch this one on Netflix.

The Night Agent follows Peter Sutherland (Gabriel Basso), who is an FBI agent who answers a phone for spies in the basement of the White House. When Peter gets a distress call from a non-spy named Rose (Luciane Buchanan), he does everything he can to do to help her, which leads them on an investigation with high stakes.

The Night Agent was so successful that Netflix ordered The Night Agent season 2 just days after the premiere. The new season arrives in 2024. Stay tuned for more news about the new season.

Verdict: WATCH

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