20 Best TV Shows Of 2023

Beef, the best new show to debut in 2023, is a show that aims to surprise, starting off as two embattled drivers (Steven Yuen and Ali Wong) engage in an epic display of road rage, and quickly becoming all together much deeper and life-affirming.

Simultaneously achingly funny and intense, Beef follows these two lost souls, each at a major crossroads in their personal and professional lives, as they come to increasingly insane blows, and soon realise there's more to their escalating feud than they were willing to accept.

Anchored by the career-best performances of Yuen and Wong, who manage to be both deeply unlikable and sympathetic, the dramedy is one of unfolding layers, each reveal in the pairs' truly ridiculous melodrama more startling, honest and healing than the last.

An affecting tale as surreal and daring as it is thoughtful and heartbreaking, Beef is more than deserving of its acclaim.