The Top 10 Most Popular TV Shows on Netflix Today, June 21
Stranger Things are still happening. The massively popular sci-fi adventure is once again the No. 1 show on Netflix’s Daily Top 10 TV Shows list for Tuesday, June 21. It will be there again tomorrow, but on Thursday it will probably be replaced by The Umbrella Academy Season 3, which comes out Wednesday. Stranger Things will retake the No. 1 spot when Part 2 of Season 4 comes out July 1. These are easy predictions to make. Today’s No. 2 show is sports drama All American, which has managed to outlast many challengers at the top of the list thanks to its large number of episodes. The Netflix Top 10 is calculated by total hours watched, and All American has a lot of hours. No. 3 is the underwhelming Melissa McCarthy comedy God’s Favorite Idiot.
But the fact that people watch a show doesn’t always mean it’s good. We break down the entire Netflix Top 10 TV Shows list and help you figure out what’s actually good and which shows are not. We do the same for Netflix’s Top 10 movies, as well as Netflix’s overall Top 10 list. We also have recommendations for the best movies on Netflix and the best TV shows on Netflix.
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Based on Netflix’s Top 10 TV Shows for Tuesday, June 21
For fans of: Stranger Things | Is it good?: It’s so fun
Now that the kids are older, Season 4 of Netflix’s ’80s-style sci-fi megahit embraces full-on horror in a way it hasn’t done before (the biggest influence on this season is A Nightmare on Elm Street). It also goes supersized with the episode runtimes, which leads to some bloat. It’s not the best season of the show, but it’s still one of the most entertaining shows on TV. (Yesterday’s rank: 1)
For fans of: Sports, high school, the city of Los Angeles | Is it good?: It’s a solid teen drama adults can enjoy too
The very popular CW high school sports drama, which was inspired by former NFL player Spencer Paysinger’s life, follows Spencer James (Daniel Ezra), an aspiring football star balancing ambition and everyday teenage drama as he moves from his neighborhood to become MVP at a new school in Beverly Hills. Its fourth season just hit Netflix. (Yesterday’s rank: 4)
For fans of: Melissa McCarthy, dumb humor | Is it good?: It’s disappointingly bad
Melissa McCarthy and her husband Ben Falcone star in this comedy series about an average joe who gets chosen by God to be His messenger on Earth. It’s not as funny as it could be. (Yesterday’s rank: 2)
For fans of: True crime documentaries, being afraid of the internet | Is it good?: It’s pretty messed up
This docuseries explores various internet-based crimes and their physical-world consequences, like SWATing, sextortion, and right-wing extremism. It will make you want to smash your phone with a hammer and then melt down the pieces. (Yesterday’s rank: 3)
For fans of: Imagining what food you’ll never afford tastes like | Is it good?: It’s a lot of fun
The beloved cooking competition show returns. Netflix has a lot of cooking shows about whimsical amateurs. Iron Chef is the opposite (though it is whimsical in its own way). It’s an intense competition where professional fine dining chefs go up against celebrity chefs. The ingredients are high-end and the stakes are high. (Yesterday’s rank: 5)
For fans of: British crime shows | Is it good?: It got glowing reviews in the U.K.
In this four-part limited series that first aired on the BBC last year, a young man accused of a crime uses his closing argument in his trial to try to explain what really happened. It’s a lot of flashbacks, innit. He’s representing himself, and he’s not wearing those silly wigs British lawyers wear. I can’t believe they still do that. (Yesterday’s rank: 10)
For fans of: Documentaries about cults | Is it good?: It’s riveting… and horrifying
Netflix’s latest foray into true crime pulls back the curtain on a dark sect of the Church of Latter-Day Saints. The four-part docuseries tells the story of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, its leader and self-professed prophet, Warren Jeffs, and the extreme mistreatment of young women within the cult he created. (Yesterday’s rank: 6)
Here’s what’s worth watching in Netflix’s overall Top 10 (movies and TV shows)
For fans of: That haircut, period pieces | Is it good?: It’s always been great
The sixth and final season of the British period crime drama is set in 1933 and finds Tommy Shelby (Cillian Murphy) trying to lift the curse he believes was placed on his family, which is why they’re all miserable and prone to violent deaths. It’s not supernatural all of a sudden; Tommy is just a guy who believes in curses. (Yesterday’s rank: 7)
For fans of: Romeo and Juliet, but make them lesbian teens | Is it good?: It’s pretty bad
The bones of Romeo and Juliet are shaking in their graves over this new Netflix series, which follows two teen girls who fall in forbidden love. Why is it forbidden? Because one of them is a vampire (who is literally named Juliette) and the other is a vampire hunter. Happy Pride! (Yesterday’s rank: 8)
For fans of: Network dramas made for streaming | Is it good?: It’s peak dad TV
Netflix doesn’t do a lot of network-style dramas (yet, but expect a lot more of them), so this legal drama from prolific writer-producer David E. Kelley stands out. Long before he became the Big Little Lies guy, Kelley dominated the lawyers-on-TV space with L.A. Law, The Practice, Ally McBeal, and Boston Legal, among others. This is his return to the genre. The Lincoln Lawyer is based on a bestselling novel series by Michael Connelly, who also created Det. Harry Bosch, and follows Mickey Haller (Manuel Garcia-Rulfo), a Los Angeles defense attorney who doesn’t like defending guilty people, but does like using his Lincoln Navigator as his office. He was previously played by Matthew McConaughey in the well-liked 2011 movie of the same name. The series was recently renewed for Season 2. (Yesterday’s rank: 9)