The results are in and the best new show on Netflix in 2023 has been officially declared.
Black comedy Beef, starring comedian Ali Wong and The Walking Dead actor Steven Yeun, has beaten programmes including new seasons of The Crown and Sex Education, to be named this year’s top watch.
The 10-parter follows perfect strangers Amy Lau (Wong) and Daniel Cho (Yeun) who go to extreme lengths to enact revenge on each other after being involved in a road rage incident.
When it debuted on the streaming platform, Beef got a big thumbs from viewers and now reviews aggregator Rotten Tomatoes has named it Netflix’s best offering from 2023.
The show has earned a near-perfect score – 98% – based on its critical reception, with the site’s consensus stating: ‘Ali Wong and Steven Yeun are a diabolically watchable pair of adversaries in Beef, a prime cut comedy that finds the pathos in pettiness.’
But Beef is far from the only show to have whipped Netflix viewers up in a frenzy, with many recommending a slew of fast-paced and gripping thrillers on X, formerly known, as Twitter.
Among them was Swedish show A Nearly Normal Family, which dozens devoured in one sitting, and British home invasion thriller Accused, deemed an ‘absolute banger’ by fans.
Other Netflix shows on Rotten Tomatoes year-round-up include LGBTQ+ teen romance drama Heartstopper, Bridgerton spin-off Queen Charlotte and the eye-opening documentary about David Beckham.
As for of fans of Beef, all signs suggest there is more of the twisted comedy to come, after the creator, Lee Sung Jin, revealed he had the next three seasons mapped out.
Rotten Tomatoes' top Netflix shows of 2023
• Beef
• Heartstopper
• Scott Pilgrim Takes Off
• Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story
• Transatlantic
• You
• Sex Education
• Beckham
• The Fall of the House of Usher
• The Diplomat
• XO, Kitty
• Bodies
• Shadow and Bone
• The Witcher
• That 90s Show
‘I have one really big general idea that I can’t really say yet,’ he teased.
‘But I have three seasons mapped out in my head currently.’
‘There are a lot of ideas on my end to keep this story going,’ he explained to Rolling Stone.
‘I think should we be blessed with a season two, there’s a lot of ways for Danny and Amy to continue.’
Netflix has not stated if Beef has been renewed at the time of writing but, please, somebody immediately bless them.
Beef is available to stream on Netflix.
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