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Synopsis: "'High Score' is a documentary series about the golden age of video games, when legends – from Pac-Man to Doom – were brought to life."

Average Metacritic user score: 9.6

Synopsis: "A look into the daily lives of four vampires who've been together for hundreds of years; after a visit from their dark lord and leader, they're reminded of their purpose in coming to New York City over a century ago."

Average Metacritic user score: 8.9

Synopsis: "'The Last Dance' is a 10-part documentary that chronicles the untold story of Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls dynasty with rare, never-before-seen footage and sound from the 1997-98 championship season – plus over 100 interviews with famous figures and basketball's biggest names."

Average Metacritic user score: 8.8

Synopsis: "Jimmy McGill's decision to practice law as Saul Goodman creates unexpected changes for those in his orbit. Kim finds herself at a crossroads: should she accept and collude with Jimmy, or stand by her old values?"

Average Metacritic user score: 8.8

Synopsis: "'The Queen's Gambit' follows a young chess prodigy's rise from an orphanage to the world stage. But genius comes with a cost."

Average Metacritic user score: 8.7

Synopsis: "In the 1980s, Elizabeth clashes with Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher while Prince Charles enters a tumultuous marriage with Lady Diana Spencer."

Average Metacritic user score: 8.6

Synopsis: "Set in an L.A. where humans and anthropomorphic animal-people coexist, 'BoJack Horseman' is about one man (well, horse-man) who peaked too early and must figure out what to do next."

Average Metacritic user score: 8.6

Synopsis: "When the most important friend in her life seems to have disappeared without a trace, Elena Greco, a now-elderly woman immersed in a house full of books, turns on her computer and starts writing the story of their friendship."

Average Metacritic user score: 8.5

Synopsis: "Based on Sally Rooney's best-selling novel, 'Normal People' is an exquisite, modern love story about how one person can unexpectedly change another person's life and about how complicated intimacy can be."

Average Metacritic user score: 8.3

Synopsis: "The Byrdes, husband and wife Marty and Wendy, their teenage kids Charlotte and Jonah — are for all intents and purposes an ordinary family. Ordinary save for Marty's job: The top money launderer for the second largest drug cartel in Mexico."

Average Metacritic user score: 8.3

Synopsis: "'Quiz' tells the extraordinary and sensational story of how Charles and Diana Ingram attempted an 'audacious heist' on the quiz show 'Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?'"

Average Metacritic user score: 8.1

Synopsis: "Jason Sudeikis plays Ted Lasso, a small-time college football coach from Kansas hired to coach a professional soccer team in England, despite having no experience coaching soccer."

Average Metacritic user score: 8.0

Synopsis: "An intimate look at the lives of four doctors — two brain surgeons, an emergency room physician, and a Chief Resident OBGYN — as they navigate the highs and lows of working at the renowned Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City."

Average Metacritic user score: 8.0

Synopsis: "High schooler Julie lost her passion for music after her mom died last year. But when the ghosts of three dreamy musicians from 1995 suddenly appear in her mom's old music studio, Julie feels her own inner spirit beginning to reawaken, and she's inspired to start singing and writing songs again."

Average Metacritic user score: 7.9

Synopsis: "'The Midnight Gospel' is the story of Clancy, a spacecaster with a malfunctioning multiverse simulator who leaves the comfort of his extra-dimensional home on the Chromatic Ribbon to interview beings living in other worlds."

Average Metacritic user score: 7.9

Synopsis: "['The Goop Lab with Gwyneth Paltrow'] is a six-episode series, guiding the deeply inquisitive viewer in an exploration of boundary-pushing wellness topics, including: psychedelics, cold therapy, female pleasure, anti-aging, energy healing and psychics."

Average Metacritic user score: 0.6

Synopsis: "The series follows Victor, a new student at Creekwood High School on his own journey of self-discovery, facing challenges at home, adjusting to a new city and exploring his sexual orientation."

Average Metacritic user score: 1.0

Synopsis: "Young parents Dave and Rebecca are ready to reclaim their lives after years of diapers and sleepless nights. However, things take an unexpected turn when Dave's parents show up unannounced and broke, leaving Dave with no choice but to open the door to the two people who gave him everything."

Average Metacritic user score: 1.4

Synopsis: "A remarkably intimate portrait of a public woman, Hillary interweaves revealing moments from never-before-seen 2016 campaign footage with biographical chapters of her life."

Average Metacritic user score: 1.8

Synopsis: "Best friends Jamie and Fran are trying to make their way in the world with only each other to rely on. They also just happen to kill people for a living."

Average Metacritic user score: 1.9

Synopsis: "In the new series, when California governor Zack Morris gets into hot water for closing too many underfunded high schools, he proposes they send the affected students to the most well-funded schools in the state – including Bayside High. The influx of new students gives the privileged Bayside kids (who never have a problem that can't be solved in twenty-two minutes) a much-needed dose of reality."

Average Metacritic user score: 2.3

Synopsis: "The series revolves around Drew, a therapist and newly divorced dad who is faced with finding a kidney donor when he runs into Gina, a rough-around-the-edges woman from his past who volunteers her own. Together, they form an unlikely and life-affirming friendship, as they begin a journey that will forever impact both of their lives."

Average Metacritic user score: 2.5

Synopsis: "As two conflicted detectives track down a pair of deadly killers, the series reveals how finding a volatile form of solace in another can have dire consequences."

Average Metacritic user score: 3.0

Synopsis: "On the shores of paradise, gorgeous singles meet and mingle. But there's a twist. To win a $100,000 grand prize, they'll have to give up sex."

Average Metacritic user score: 3.4

Synopsis: "A foul-mouthed high school basketball coach is sure he'll hit the big leagues if he can only turn his terrible team around."

Average Metacritic user score: 3.4

Synopsis: "An arrogant American NSA agent Jerry Bernstein is posted to the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) in London which is tasked with tackling international and domestic Cyber Crime. He enlists the help of junior computer analyst Joseph Harries in a power grab that threatens to disrupt the team's ability to combat cyber terrorism."

Average Metacritic user score: 3.6

Synopsis: "When a job brings Takeshi Kovacs back to Harlan's World in a new sleeve, he finds the planet at war — and his long-lost love lurking in the shadows."

Average Metacritic user score: 3.7

Synopsis: "Family takes on a different meaning in this transformative and inspirational new drama when Scott Perry, a loving father of five, has his entire life's plan thrown into upheaval by an unexpected health scare."

Average Metacritic user score: 3.8

Synopsis: "The animated comedy series 'Star Trek: Lower Decks' follows the support crew on one of Starfleet's least important ships, the U.S.S. Cerritos, in 2380."

Average Metacritic user score: 3.8

Synopsis: "From Lena Waithe comes 'Twenties,' a new BET comedy about navigating the most exciting, and terrifying, decade of your life while trying to make it in Hollywood."

Average Metacritic user score: 3.9

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