From ‘The Studio’ to ‘The Pitt’: 13 must-watch ongoing TV shows you won't find on Netflix

In The Studio, Seth Rogen leads as Matt Remick, the newly appointed head of Continental Studios, a struggling Hollywood film company trying to stay relevant in an industry increasingly driven by franchises and corporate decision‑making. The first season, released on Apple TV+ in March 2025, follows Matt’s day‑to‑day efforts to balance his cinephile passion with the commercial imperatives of his job, from fraught development meetings to high‑stakes award campaigns and backroom politics.

Alongside Rogen, the ensemble includes Catherine O’Hara as Matt’s seasoned mentor, Kathryn Hahn as the studio’s head of marketing, Ike Barinholtz as a close‑quarter production executive and Chase Sui Wonders as a junior executive whose rise complicates internal dynamics. Across ten episodes, the series uses sharp satire and frequent celebrity cameos to spotlight the contradictions of modern Hollywood: prestige versus profitability, artistic ambition against box‑office formulas and the clash between executives and creatives.

The show’s blend of cringe comedy and industry in‑jokes has generated conversation about its insider perspective on filmmaking and the pressures of sustaining cultural relevance in a crowded entertainment landscape, and Apple TV+ renewed the series for a second season following its debut.

Adapted from the long‑running Fallout video game franchise, the Prime Video series follows Lucy MacLean (Ella Purnell), an idealistic inhabitant of Vault 33 whose world changes when she ventures out into the irradiated wasteland in search of her missing family after the nuclear apocalypse. Alongside her are Maximus (Aaron Moten), a devoted member of the Brotherhood of Steel whose belief in order and technology shapes his journey through faction conflicts, and The Ghoul (Walton Goggins), a cynical wasteland bounty hunter with a mysterious past and survival instincts that clash with nearly everyone he meets.

The first season premiered in April 2024, followed by a second in December 2025, and the show has since been renewed for a third season, with core cast members expected to return. Fallout balances post‑apocalyptic action and exploration with dark humour and world‑building drawn from the games, recreating key aesthetic elements such as power armour, irradiated landscapes and improvised technology while expanding its own narrative threads within the franchise’s broader lore.

The Bear follows Carmen “Carmy” Berzatto (Jeremy Allen White), a fine‑dining chef who returns to his hometown of Chicago to take over his late brother’s modest Italian beef sandwich shop and transform it into something more ambitious. Over four seasons on FX on Hulu (now also streaming on Disney+), the series charts his often chaotic efforts to balance perfectionism with the nail‑biting realities of kitchen life, while grappling with grief, identity and personal relationships along the way.

Ayo Edebiri co‑stars as Sydney Adamu, a gifted chef whose blend of intensity and vulnerability frequently pushes Carmy to reassess his own approach, and Ebon Moss‑Bachrach plays Richie Jerimovich, Carmy’s cousin and the restaurant’s unofficial manager, whose presence adds both comic tension and emotional grounding. The writing and performances have earned widespread critical attention and numerous awards, including multiple Emmys, for the show’s ability to capture the physical and emotional pressure of professional kitchens and the way that rapid‑fire dialogue and cinematic editing mimic the relentless pace of service. After seasons released annually since 2022, The Bear was renewed for a fifth season expected in this year, continuing a run that has expanded from survival through reinvention into deeper explorations of ambition and community.

In A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, Peter Claffey plays Ser Duncan “Dunk” the Tall, a young hedge knight whose chance encounter with a resourceful boy named Egg sets them on a journey through Westeros nearly a century before Game of Thrones. Played by Dexter Sol Ansell, Egg’s true identity is later revealed after travelling in disguise early in the story. The six-episode first season, adapted from George R.R. Martin’s Tales of Dunk and Egg novellas, premiered on HBO and HBO Max in January 2026 and is set roughly 90 years before the events of the original series.

The prequel unfolds through tournaments, roadside inns and travelling courts, grounding its drama in questions of honour, loyalty and class. That smaller scale is precisely what pulls viewers back into the world they first fell in love with: the creak of armour, the heraldry of noble houses, the political tensions simmering beneath pageantry and the ever-present shadow of Targaryen rule. Familiar sigils, dynastic references and the lived-in texture of Westeros reconnect fans to the mythology of Game of Thrones, offering a more intimate vantage point on the same universe. The series has already been renewed for a second season expected in 2027, with more of Martin’s source material to adapt.

Sterling K. Brown leads Paradise as Secret Service agent Xavier Collins, whose routine duties are upended when he discovers President Cal Bradford dead at the start of the series. The first season unfolds largely inside Paradise, an underground bunker where tens of thousands of survivors live after a global catastrophe, and follows Xavier’s investigation into the assassination while the bunker’s social order begins to unravel. James Marsden appears as President Bradford in early episodes, and the show’s ensemble includes Julianne Nicholson, Sarah Shahi, Krys Marshall and Nicole Brydon Bloom in prominent roles. The series blends thriller beats with family and political drama, using its post‑apocalyptic premise to explore trust, power and the consequences of secrecy as Xavier seeks answers about the president’s death and the true nature of the world above and below the bunker.

Set in 1977 Moscow, Ponies follows two American women whose lives change after the mysterious deaths of their CIA‑agent husbands. Emilia Clarke stars as Beatrice “Bea” Grant, an over‑educated, Russian‑speaking child of Soviet immigrants who ends up working in intelligence after initially serving as a secretary at the U.S. Embassy. Alongside her is Haley Lu Richardson as Twila Hasbeck, a fearless small‑town woman who also transitions from embassy staff into CIA operative work as they seek answers about what really happened to their spouses. The series blends espionage with personal stakes, using its Cold War backdrop to explore surveillance, trust and the cost of getting close to dangerous truths, all while the protagonists navigate unfamiliar terrain and shifting loyalties in the intelligence world.

Set across two timelines, Yellowjackets begins with a New Jersey high school girls’ soccer team whose flight to a 1996 national tournament crashes deep in the Canadian wilderness, leaving the survivors stranded for nineteen months. The series juxtaposes those harrowing survival sequences with scenes from roughly 25 years later, where the adults played by Melanie Lynskey, Tawny Cypress, Christina Ricci and others live with the psychological and moral fallout of that ordeal. In the wilderness, some of the teens face starvation, internal factionalism and choices that blur the line between survival and savagery; in the present day, the same women grapple with fractured relationships, mysterious omissions and the secret histories that refuse to stay buried. Yellowjackets premiered in 2021 and was renewed for a fourth and final season set to debut in 2026.

The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy blends science fiction with adult animation, following two alien surgeons as they navigate bizarre medical cases in a cosmic hospital setting. Stephanie Hsu and Keke Palmer voice Dr Sleech and Dr Klak, best friends and intergalactically renowned surgeons tasked with treating everything from anxiety‑eating parasites to patients caught in illegal time loops, while balancing their professional reputations and personal insecurities. The ensemble cast also includes Natasha Lyonne as Nurse Tup, Maya Rudolph as Dr Vlam, Kieran Culkin as Dr Plowp and Sam Smith as Dr Azel, bringing varied voices to a world where the absurd meets everyday medical dilemmas. Premiering on Prime Video in February 2024, the series uses its unconventional premise to explore both the strange and familiar through episodic and sometimes surreal cases, with a second season released in May 2025 that builds on the characters’ interstellar practice and the mysterious forces they confront.

In Pluribus, Rhea Seehorn stars as Carol Sturka, a romance novelist who becomes one of the few people on Earth untouched by a catastrophic event that transforms nearly all of humanity into unusually cheerful, interconnected beings known as the “Others.” As the world around her shifts into a kind of forced collective bliss, Carol’s resistance places her at the centre of a high‑concept mystery about identity, autonomy and what it means to remain uniquely human in the face of overwhelming conformity. Karolina Wydra co‑stars as Zosia, a representative of the Others assigned to accompany Carol, and Carlos‑Manuel Vesga plays Manousos Oviedo, another immune individual whose perspective challenges Carol’s assumptions about survival and individuality. Pluribus premiered on Apple TV in November 2025 with a nine‑episode first season that plays out weekly through December, and it was renewed for a second season ahead of its debut.

Eddie Redmayne plays the elusive assassin known only as the Jackal in The Day of the Jackal, a contemporary adaptation of Frederick Forsyth’s classic thriller that premiered in November 2024. Redmayne’s character is a chameleon‑like contract killer whose latest mission draws the relentless attention of MI6 weapons expert Bianca Pullman, played by Lashana Lynch, setting up a cat‑and‑mouse pursuit across Europe that unfolds over ten episodes. Alongside them the cast includes Úrsula Corberó as Nuria, the Jackal’s wife, Chukwudi Iwuji as senior MI6 official Osita Halcrow, Khalid Abdalla as a billionaire target, and Charles Dance in a key support role.

Created and written by Ronan Bennett and released on Peacock and Sky Atlantic, the series interweaves high‑stakes espionage with the tactical precision of its central hunt, using the varied European locations to give each episode a sense of movement and atmosphere. It was renewed for a second season after its first run, underscoring its international reach and the sustained interest in its blend of character and suspense.

Created by and starring Quinta Brunson, Abbott Elementary is a mockumentary workplace comedy set in a predominantly Black, underfunded Philadelphia public school, following a group of teachers trying to give their students a solid education despite limited resources. Brunson plays second‑grade teacher Janine Teagues, whose optimism and creativity drive many of the show’s storylines as she juggles classroom challenges, bureaucracy and fundraising for basic supplies. Tyler James Williams co‑stars as Gregory Eddie, a first‑grade teacher and occasional romantic partner to Janine, while Janelle James portrays principal Ava Coleman, whose tone‑deaf leadership creates both comic friction and unexpected moments of growth. Sheryl Lee Ralph appears as Barbara Howard, a seasoned kindergarten teacher, Chris Perfetti as history teacher Jacob Hill, and Lisa Ann Walter as Melissa Schemmenti, whose local connections sometimes help the school in unconventional ways. It premiered in 2021 and is now on its fifth season.

Heated Rivalry brings heat to the ice and off it, turning a professional hockey feud into one of the most talked-about romances on streaming. Adapted from Rachel Reid’s beloved Game Changers novels, the series follows Montreal Metros captain Shane Hollander (Hudson Williams) and Boston Raiders star Ilya Rozanov (Connor Storrie), whose fierce on-rink competition masks a secret relationship that unfolds over years of stolen glances, high-stakes playoffs and career-defining choices. What begins as antagonism evolves into something far more intimate, forcing both men to navigate ambition, loyalty and the risk of being seen in a hyper-masculine sport.

Premiering in November 2025 and later landing on HBO Max, the six-episode first season quickly built a devoted following, praised for its chemistry, emotional payoff and unapologetically romantic core. Blending locker-room tension with sweeping, slow-burn love story energy, More than a sports drama, Heated Rivalry delivers longing, vulnerability and the kind of epic connection that keeps fans obsessing between episodes.

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