20 Best TV Shows of 2026 (So Far)

For two years running, The Pitt has left every TV show released around it in the dust.

Set nine months after the first season left Noah Wyle's severely depressed and supremely brilliant Dr. Robby and his team shattered and beaten but eager for more, The Pitt's sophomore outing finds the titular Pitt thrown into more chaos than ever during Independence Day. 

The Pitt covers so much ground that it should be overwhelming - addiction, abuse, racism, sexism, AI, political violence, name it - but it never becomes lost to the heaviness at play. In fact, some of it's rather delightful and fun, especially where its younger doctors are concerned, and the hope guiding many of its characters forward never wavers. 

With an extraordinary cast - led by Wyle's flawless portrayal of a man on the brink of collapse, pushing everyone away whilst trying to keep himself together - and a thrilling pace that doesn't let up, The Pitt remains the most propulsive, powerful, vital show currently on-air, one destined to go down with the all-time greats.