Our Ten Best: Television Shows on the Netflix Instant Queue

With so many high quality options on the Netflix Instant Queue, it can be difficult at times to pick out something to watch. Here’s our guide to the best television shows currently available.

10-Cheers: Sometimes you want to go where everybody knows your name, right? With all 270 episodes on the Instant Queue, it’s never been a better time to relive some of those great memories with Sam Malone and the gang.

9- Code Monkeys:
Although the show only ran for two seasons, the style of animation, crude humor and loveable characters make it a must see.

8-Heroes: A huge hit for NBC, the show tailed off creatively after the third season. Everything before that however was excellent TV. Overall, most of the first three seasons is some of the best television writing of the last decade.

7-Futurama: One of the best animated sitcoms ever, it’s not “The Simpsons,” but with nearly every episode on the queue, it’s easy to get sucked into it. A sci-fi geeks dream come true, it’s sure to induce laughs.

6- Rescue Me:
Denis Leary work in comedy pales in comparison to his performances on this show. Unpredictable, gritty and sentimental, it’s one of the best shows ever featured on FX.

5- Lost: A great show, with a deep cast, its finale was one of the highest rated shows in television history. With every show in the series available on the queue, it’s an amazing experience to watch the mystery of the island unfold.

4-Dr. Who: BBC’s revival of the long-running series features so many great performances from Christopher Eccleston, David Tennant and Matt Smith. If these names don’t ring a bell, give the show a try and find out why they are considered three amazing actors. A true shame that it is still largely unknown in America.

3-Sons of Anarchy: Fueled by a diverse cast of popular veterans and talented youngsters, this show has everything from catchy music to a story that will have you rooting for the bad guys.

2-Battlestar Galactica:
A reboot of the classic series, this show is proof that there will always be a place for science-fiction dramas on television. A huge cast, with an even bigger story, it provides some of the best thrills in television history.

1-South Park: 14 seasons of great comedy is the reason why this makes it to the top of the list. Currently, there are only a handful of shows that make the effort to put as much content on Netflix as possible and “South Park” is one of them. From the shrewd early animation to the multi-faceted comedy the show provides now, it’s amazing to see how much they’ve grown.

Honorable Mentions:
Arrested Development, 24, Mad Men, Home Movies, Rocko’s Modern Life and The IT Crowd

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About Patrick Hickey Jr. 14230 Articles
Patrick Hickey Jr. is a full-time Assistant Professor of Communication & Performing Arts and Director of the Journalism program at Kingsborough Community College and is the chairman of the City University of New York Journalism Council. He is the Founder and Editor-In-Chief of ReviewFix.com. He's also a former News Editor at NBC Local Integrated Media and National Video Games Writer at Examiner.com where his work was mentioned in National Ad campaigns by Disney, Nintendo and EA Sports. Hickey was also the Editor-In-Chief of two College Newspapers before he received his BA in Journalism from Brooklyn College. Hickey's work has been published in The New York Daily News, The New York Times, Complex, The Hockey Writers, Yahoo!, Broadway World, Examiner, NYSportScene Magazine, ProHockeyNews.com, GothamBaseball.com, The Syracuse Post-Standard, Scout.com and the official sites of the Brooklyn Aces and New York Islanders. His first book, The Minds Behind the Games: Interviews With Cult And Classic Video Game Developers was released in April 2018 and is chock full of interviews with legendary developers. His second book in the series, The Minds Behind Adventures Games, was released in December 2019. His third book, The Minds Behind Sports Games, was released in September 2020. His fourth book, The Minds Behind Shooter Games, was released in March 2021. The Minds Behind Sega Genesis Games and The Minds Behind PlayStation Games were released in 2022 and The Minds Behind PlayStation 2 was published in January 2023. Hickey is also a contracted comic book writer, currently penning his original series, "Condrey," as well as "The Job," "Brooklyn Bleeds" "Dem Gulls" and "KROOM" for Legacy Comix, where he serves as founder, owner and Editor-in-Chief. Hickey Jr. is also a voice actor, having starred in the 2018 indie hit and 2019 Switch, PS4 and Xbox One release, The Padre (also serving as English language Story Editor), from Shotgun With Glitters. The sequel, The Padre: One Shell Straight to Hell was released in February 2021- Hickey also served as a Story Editor and Lead Voiceover performer. He has also done narration and trailers for several other titles including The Kaiju Offensive, Relentless Rex and Roniu’s Tale. Hickey is also the lead voiceover performer on Mega Cat Studios’ upcoming title WrestleQuest, responsible for nearly 90 characters in the game, as well as Skybound's Renfield: Bring Your Own Blood, where he voices both Dracula and Renfield, as well as several other characters. He also stars in Ziggurat Interactive’s World Championship Boxing Manager 2, where he performs the VO of nearly every male character in the game. He also worked on the Atari VCS’s BPM Boy.

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