Advertisement Continue reading the main storyThe Best International ShowsPhotoNot that long ago, making a list of the best international shows on American television would have been as easy, and pointless, as reprinting the PBS “Masterpiece” schedule. My initial list for this first international Top 10 contained more than 80 shows, and that was a small slice of the foreign series available on TV or streaming services in 2016. That’s partly because American programmers still overwhelmingly favor English-language shows, though streaming services do make a wealth of non-Western series available. Get expert TV and movie recommendations from the Watching newsletter The best of what to watch and where to watch it, delivered to your inbox twice a week. While it raided the histories of both Italian and American film and gangster mythology for its look and style, it felt distinctly European, with an operatic realism unlike anything on American TV.

Source: New York Times December 05, 2016 17:45 UTC