Take the Black: The 15 best genre shows coming in 2023, ranked by hype

From new shows to The Last of Us and The Three-Body Problem to returning series like The Mandalorian and The Wheel of Time, 2023 will be chockfull of good stuff.

Welcome to the last episode of Take the Black of the year! This week, we’ve got a retrospective review of Avatar: The Way of Water, a prospective review of The Witcher: Blood Origin, and a preview of the year 2023 in TV. What are the best shows coming down the pike? We walk through the best 15, ranked by how excited we are to watch them. Watch below!

Here’s our final, definitive list:

1. The Three-Body Problem
2. The Last of Us
3. The Wheel of Time
4. Loki season 2
5. Invincible season 2
6. Secret Invasion
7. The Mandalorian season 3
8. Good Omens season 2
9. The Boys season 4
10. Ahsoka
11. Shadow and Bone season 2
12. Doctor Who
13. Vikings: Valhalla season 2
14. All the Star Trek stuff
15. The Witcher season 3

Time will bear us out, we’re certain.

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