{"id":57455,"date":"2023-11-28T14:56:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-28T14:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/11\/28\/the-best-tv-shows-of-2023\/"},"modified":"2023-11-28T14:56:00","modified_gmt":"2023-11-28T14:56:00","slug":"the-best-tv-shows-of-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/11\/28\/the-best-tv-shows-of-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"The Best TV Shows of 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paywall\">This delightful series breaks so many streaming-age drama rules. It takes its storytelling, characters, and themes seriously without taking itself seriously (i.e., it\u2019s a fun diversion, not an unstructured or grim slog). Plus, though there\u2019s a running strand of plot-stretching through the first season, each episode functions as its own self-contained story. Who knew any of this was still allowed? With an incredibly stacked roster of guest stars (<strong>Nick Nolte, Benjamin Bratt, Ellen Barkin, Ron Perlman<\/strong>) and a detective premise anchored by the brilliant and irresistible <strong>Natasha Lyonne,<\/strong> this smart <em>Columbo<\/em> homage <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/hollywood\/2023\/01\/poker-face-review-rian-johnson-natasha-lyonne\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">came out of the gate strong<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/hollywood\/2023\/03\/poker-face-season-1-finale-benjamin-bratt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">just kept building<\/a> on what it does well. When season two rolls around, I want\u2014no, demand\u2014that <strong>Hong Chau<\/strong> comes back as the canny, slightly unhinged trucker she played to perfection. <em>\u2014M.R.<\/em><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"paywall\"><em><strong>Primo<\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\n<figure class=\"AssetEmbedWrapper-eVDQiB byBkf asset-embed\">\n<div class=\"AssetEmbedAssetContainer-eJxoAx dBHGoQ asset-embed__asset-container\"><span class=\"SpanWrapper-umhxW kGxnNB responsive-asset AssetEmbedResponsiveAsset-cXBNxi eCxVQK asset-embed__responsive-asset\"><picture class=\"ResponsiveImagePicture-cWuUZO dUOtEa AssetEmbedResponsiveAsset-cXBNxi eCxVQK asset-embed__responsive-asset responsive-image\"><noscript><\/noscript><\/picture><\/span><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ CaptionCredit-ejegDm iUEiRd hCJFDV fNaHcW caption__credit\">Courtesy of Amazon Freevee.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paywall\">Rafa (<strong>Ignacio Diaz-Silverio<\/strong>) is a San Antonio high school student being raised by his single mother, Drea (<strong>Christina Vidal<\/strong>). His father has never been in the picture, but he has plentiful male role models to fill the vacuum: Drea\u2019s five brothers. There\u2019s Mike (<strong>Henri Esteve<\/strong>), who derives a lot of his identity from having served in the military without having actually learned the tactical skills he thinks he has. There\u2019s Rollie (<strong>Johnny Rey Diaz<\/strong>), who\u2019s named himself \u201cThe Brown Knight\u201d for his role as neighborhood avenger. There\u2019s Mondo (<strong>Efrain Villa<\/strong>), who, when an urgent care doctor asks, can\u2019t rule out having \u201cbeen intimate\u201d with a shark. There\u2019s Ryan (<strong>Carlos Santos<\/strong>), whose white-collar job in a bank branch has convinced him he\u2019s the biggest intellect in a family of know-it-alls. And finally, there\u2019s Jay (<strong>Jonathan Medina<\/strong>), who lets Mike trap him on the roof in retaliation for Jay having done the same thing to Mike years earlier. Series creator <strong>Shea Serrano<\/strong> based <em>Primo<\/em> on his own youth\u2014and not particularly loosely, judging by <a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SheaSerrano\/status\/1662108062877093889\" class=\"external-link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/SheaSerrano\/status\/1662108062877093889&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SheaSerrano\/status\/1662108062877093889\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">photos he recently posted<\/a> of the show\u2019s characters and their real-life inspirations. The result is one the funniest and truest family comedies to hit TV in years. <em>\u2014T.A.<\/em><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"paywall\"><em><strong>Reservation Dogs<\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\n<p class=\"paywall\">In the first scene of <em>Reservation Dogs,<\/em> four Indigenous teenagers hijack a Flaming Flamers chip truck, driving it straight past an oblivious tribal police officer to a local scrap yard, where they sell it for cash. The titular Reservation Dogs\u2014Bear (<strong>D\u2019Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai<\/strong>), Elora (<strong>Devery Jacobs<\/strong>), Willie Jack (<strong>Paulina Alexis<\/strong>), and Cheese (<strong>Lane Factor<\/strong>)\u2014style themselves a gang, but they\u2019re pulling heists for a reason: They\u2019re raising money so that they can move from their hometown of Okern, Oklahoma, to California. But the more time we spend with them, the better we understand the complexity of what \u201chome\u201d means to each of them\u2014and why, or even whether, they actually want to leave. Over its run, <em>Dogs<\/em> has explored each of its characters, their families of origin, and the families they\u2019ve chosen. As delicate and lovely as these stories have been, however, the characters have fundamentally remained the little shit-ass delinquents of that series premiere, roasting each other as mercilessly as Bear gets roasted by his intermittently helpful spirit guide, William Knifeman (<strong>Dallas Goldtooth<\/strong>). Cocreator <strong>Sterlin Harjo<\/strong> has made a true masterpiece about loss, love, and snacks; I can\u2019t wait to see what he brings us next. <em>\u2014T.A.<\/em><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"paywall\"><em><strong>Somebody Somewhere<\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\n<figure class=\"AssetEmbedWrapper-eVDQiB byBkf asset-embed\">\n<div class=\"AssetEmbedAssetContainer-eJxoAx dBHGoQ asset-embed__asset-container\"><span class=\"SpanWrapper-umhxW kGxnNB responsive-asset AssetEmbedResponsiveAsset-cXBNxi eCxVQK asset-embed__responsive-asset\"><picture class=\"ResponsiveImagePicture-cWuUZO dUOtEa AssetEmbedResponsiveAsset-cXBNxi eCxVQK asset-embed__responsive-asset responsive-image\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The Best TV Shows of 2023\" class=\"ResponsiveImageContainer-eybHBd fptoWY responsive-image__image\" src=\"https:\/\/media.vanityfair.com\/photos\/64a6e93e4bf5235b00ae41ff\/master\/w_1600%2Cc_limit\/best-tv-2023-embed09.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.vanityfair.com\/photos\/64a6e93e4bf5235b00ae41ff\/master\/w_120,c_limit\/best-tv-2023-embed09.jpg 120w, https:\/\/media.vanityfair.com\/photos\/64a6e93e4bf5235b00ae41ff\/master\/w_240,c_limit\/best-tv-2023-embed09.jpg 240w, https:\/\/media.vanityfair.com\/photos\/64a6e93e4bf5235b00ae41ff\/master\/w_320,c_limit\/best-tv-2023-embed09.jpg 320w, https:\/\/media.vanityfair.com\/photos\/64a6e93e4bf5235b00ae41ff\/master\/w_640,c_limit\/best-tv-2023-embed09.jpg 640w, https:\/\/media.vanityfair.com\/photos\/64a6e93e4bf5235b00ae41ff\/master\/w_960,c_limit\/best-tv-2023-embed09.jpg 960w, https:\/\/media.vanityfair.com\/photos\/64a6e93e4bf5235b00ae41ff\/master\/w_1280,c_limit\/best-tv-2023-embed09.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/media.vanityfair.com\/photos\/64a6e93e4bf5235b00ae41ff\/master\/w_1600,c_limit\/best-tv-2023-embed09.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"100vw\"\/><\/noscript><\/picture><\/span><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ CaptionCredit-ejegDm iUEiRd hCJFDV fNaHcW caption__credit\">Courtesy of HBO.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/hollywood\/2023\/07\/best-tv-shows-2023-so-far\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This delightful series breaks so many streaming-age drama rules. It takes its storytelling, characters, and themes seriously without taking itself seriously (i.e., it\u2019s a fun diversion, not an unstructured or grim slog). Plus, though there\u2019s a running strand of plot-stretching through the first season, each episode functions as its own self-contained story. 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