The Best Original Series to Stream on Every Platform

Where to Stream: Netflix

Number of Seasons: One (season two has been ordered)

What It's About: The coming-of-age comedy/drama, created by Mindy Kaling, tells the story of an Indian American teen (Maitreyi Ramakrishnan) who must navigate the perils of high school, all while coping with the recent death of her father.

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Where to Stream: HBO Max

Number of Seasons: Two, but fingers are crossed for a third

What It's About: Honestly, the less you know here, the better it is to binge. But if you really want a little tease, the series centers on five women (starring Reese Witherspoon, Nicole Kidman, Shailene Woodley, Zoe Kravitz, and Laura Dern) who begin to unravel as a murder shakes their quiet oceanside community. Oh, and let's not forget that Meryl Streep joined the cast for season two.

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Where to Stream: HBO Max

Number of Seasons: Four (season five is on the way)

What It's About: Issa Rae and Yvonne Orji star as a pair of 20-something friends living in Los Angeles who are trying to figure out relationships, careers, and happiness—all while learning about the Black experience in modern-day society.

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Where to Stream: Hulu

Number of Seasons: One

What It's About: The drama miniseries, based on the book by Celeste Ng, smashed viewership records for Hulu. After watching, you'll understand why. Set in Shaker Heights, Ohio, during the 1990s, Kerry Washington and Reese Witherspoon star as two women who come from very different socioeconomic backgrounds. Their lives collide quickly and complexities arise as the two become entangled in more ways than one.

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Where to Stream: Hulu

Number of Seasons: Two (season three is coming soon)

What It's About: Aidy Bryant of Saturday Night Live stars as Annie, a woman with ambition, even when the world is seemingly against her—and her weight. Determined to make it as a journalist, she's not going to let crappy boyfriends, sick parents, and a tough boss get in the way of her living the life that she unapologetically desires.

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Where to Stream: HBO Max

Number of Seasons: One (season two is on the way)

What It's About: The show stars Zendaya (who earned an Emmy nomination for her portrayal of recovering drug addict Rue Bennett) and follows the lives of high school students as they navigate sex, drugs, and relationships during a seminal period in their lives. The show has hit a mark culturally with its deep storylines and dreamy makeup.

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Where to Stream: Netflix

Number of Seasons: One (season two has been ordered)

What It's About: Everyone has been talking about this show. Sure, the teen mystery/drama is a guilty pleasure, but what's so wrong with that? Not to mention, it's been the center of many viral TikTok trends. The series follows a group of teenagers as they discover a treasure map which leads them to unearth secrets that should have stayed buried. Of course, as they dive deeper into the mystery, trouble arises, relationships blossom, and trust is broken.

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Where to Stream: Disney+

Number of Seasons: Two

What It's About: While we (not so) patiently wait for the Lizzie McGuire reboot to hit our screens, we can engage our love for nostalgia by rewatching the series that started it all. The show follows Lizzie McGuire (Hilary Duff) as she navigates through the trenches of teen life.

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Where to Stream: Apple TV+

Number of Seasons: One (season two is on the way)

What It's About: When a beloved morning news anchor (Steve Carell) is fired following a sexual misconduct scandal, an impulsive and hungry news reporter (Reese Witherspoon) comes on the scene to shake things up. All of this is much to the blindsided dismay of the popular morning show's other co-anchor, played by Jennifer Aniston. The series is based on a book, Top of the Morning: Inside the Cutthroat World of Morning TV. And, yes, the show is as riveting as the book's title suggests.

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Where to Stream: Quibi

Number of Seasons: One

What It's About: The beauty of Quibi is that each episode lasts 10 minutes or less. So you can technically binge an entire series in the same amount of the time that it would take to watch a regular movie. Of the Quibi bite-size offerings, Survive stands out. The show follows a pair of plane crash survivors (Sophie Turner and Corey Hawkins) who must travel through harsh elements in order to return to society.

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Where to Stream: Hulu

Number of Seasons: Three (season four is on the way)

What It's About: The eight-time Emmy Award-winning series about a dystopian future wherein fertile women are enslaved for child-bearing purposes stars Elisabeth Moss (The Invisible Man and Mad Men) and is absolutely worth the binge. Just be sure to give yourself time to digest the heavily loaded episodes.

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Where to Stream: Amazon Prime

Number of Seasons: Three (season four is on the way)

What It's About: What would it be like to be a female stand-up comic in the 1950s? Well, just look to Mrs. Maisel (Rachel Brosnahan) to answer that and so much more. The phenomenal comedy is an award show darling, and has earned the Golden Globe and Emmy for Best Comedy Series.

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