The Best TV Shows on The Roku Channel

Every The Roku Channel Show Ranked From Best To Worst

Stay up-to-date with over 20 of The Roku Channel’s elite series, with our list refreshed for August 2025. Icons of The Roku Channel, The Game Awards and Most Dangerous Game made their debut in 2014 and 2020, setting industry standards. With its programming history stretching from 2014 to 2024, The Roku Channel offers an impressive lineup of over 20 shows.

  • Natural Born Narco
    Natural Born Narco (2022)9.5

    Aurelio Casillas is a boy who aims high in life; he becomes close to Don Cleto, a dangerous criminal; together they build an empire, but also are met with an inevitable encounter with destiny.

  • Power On: The Story of Xbox
    Power On: The Story of Xbox (2021)8.6

    Xbox almost didn't happen. Find out why in this behind-the-scenes, six-part series that takes you back to the scrappy beginnings of Microsoft's video game console. It's the untold story of the people behind the box, glitches and all.

  • Bill Burr Presents Immoral Compass
    Bill Burr Presents Immoral Compass (2021)7.6

    A dark comedy anthology series exploring life’s most difficult dilemmas, all filtered through the lens of one jaded man in his garage.

  • A Captain's Log
    A Captain's Log (2021)7.5

    A Journalistic news source and interview TV Talk show beaming down the latest Star Trek news and views from all the ships crews. A Captain's Log guides viewers through this side of our galaxy's quadrant with a splash of knowledge in our top 10 lists and interviews. Looking through Roddenberry's Star Trek universe and beyond in this half hour scoop at warp power, host Bryan Kreutz, his co-host Lili Fox-Lim steer viewers into a knowledge-based trek of Klingon language all the way through full interviews with guests the fans want to hear from. Bryan and Lili are accompanied by an animated alter ego named Rogg to humor viewers with relevant Star Trek news and views. From a Starfleet ambassador's point of view, as Ambassador to the fan's, Bryan Kreutz hands over the conn to his animated android counterpart's perspective ranging from logical knowledge to unknowns in Star Trek's Past, present, and beyond.

  • The Pact
    The Pact (2022)7.5

    Survivors in a post-apocalyptic world try to find the cause of MIASMA, a mysterious fog that drives victims insane, and stop it.

  • The Spiderwick Chronicles
    The Spiderwick Chronicles (2024)7.4

    The coming-of-age story of the Grace Family, as they move from New York to Michigan and into their family's ancestral home. Upon arrival, the family not only uncovers mysteries hidden inside their great grandfather's Spiderwick Estate, but also discovers a secret, fantastical world around them.

  • Dishmantled
    Dishmantled (2020)7.3

    Take two blindfolded chef contestants. Blast a fish into their face. Then make them recreate it for celebrity judges to win a cash price. Did we mention it's hosted by Tituss Burgess?

  • Thanks a Million
    Thanks a Million (2020)7.2

    Celebrities kickstart a chain of kindness, each gifting $100,000 to an unsuspecting individual who have had a positive impact on their lives -- with a catch. Watch as the "pay it forward" chain unfolds.

  • Swimming with Sharks
    Swimming with Sharks (2022)7.1

    When Lou Simms starts her internship at Fountain Pictures she seems like a naïve Hollywood newcomer, awestruck by the studio’s notorious CEO, Joyce Holt. In truth, Lou has done extensive research on Joyce and landing this internship was no happy accident. As Lou’s obsession grows, she will do anything to get close to her idol.

  • Most Dangerous Game
    Most Dangerous Game (2020)7.0

    Desperate to take care of his pregnant wife before a terminal illness can take his life, Dodge Maynard accepts an offer to participate in a deadly game where he soon discovers that he’s not the hunter but the prey.

  • The Game Awards
    The Game Awards (2014)6.7

    The Game Awards is an annual awards ceremony honoring achievements in the video game industry. Established in 2014, the shows are produced and hosted by game journalist Geoff Keighley, who worked on its predecessor, the Spike Video Game Awards, for over ten years. In addition to the awards, The Game Awards also features premieres of new games and in-depth looks at previously announced ones.

  • Reno 911! Defunded
    Reno 911! Defunded (2022)6.6

    Budget cuts won't stop these incompetent deputy sheriffs from trying to uphold the law.

  • Slip
    Slip (2023)6.5

    Restless in her marriage, Slip follows Mae through a surreal journey of parallel universes, married to different people, trying to find a way back to her partner, and ultimately, herself.

  • Slugfest
    Slugfest (2021)6.4

    A chronicle of the growth of comic books as a new American art form exploring the decades-long relationship and rivalry between Marvel and DC Comics.

  • Die Hart
    Die Hart (2020)6.2

    Tired of being the comedic sidekick, Kevin Hart gets his wish when a famous director offers him his dream – to be a leading man action star – but there’s a catch: Kevin must first train at the world’s greatest action star school, run by a lunatic.

  • Cypher
    Cypher (2021)6.2

    Will Scott, one of the FBI's leading crypto-analysts is hired to crack a heavily coded document. He soon discovers it's a hit list, putting him in the cross-hairs of the bad guys who want it back. Will must navigate the murky waters of loyalty and betrayal amongst an underground ring of hackers, hit men, and FBI agents - all as the clock ticks in pursuit of the latest targets.

  • The Now
    The Now (2021)5.7

    For Ed Poole, clarity comes when a secret from his past has seemingly destroyed his future. He soon realizes the only thing that will make his life worth living is to forget the past, screw the future and just live in The Now.

  • Chad
    Chad (2021)4.6

    A 14-year-old Persian boy desperately tries to fit in, cope with his mother's dating life, and figure out his cultural identity.

  • Borderline
    Borderline (2024)3.9

    Forced to collaborate on a serious crime, contrasting detectives Philip Boyd and Aoife Regan, with clashing personalities and backgrounds, overcome initial friction to form an unlikely but formidable crime-fighting partnership.

  • Tightrope!
    Tightrope! (N/A)N/A

    A reshape of the vintage 1950s series into a slapstick comedy, where Burrell plays a lone wolf detective following cases city to city while he searches for his long-lost love who got away.