The Best TV Shows on Yle Areena

Every Yle Areena Show Ranked From Best To Worst

Among Yle Areena’s finest offerings are Metsolat and Kaverille ei jätetä, which debuted in 1993 and 1999, respectively. Showcasing over 20 shows from 1993 up until 2024, Yle Areena stands as a beacon of television excellence. Check out the most acclaimed shows on Yle Areena, with a catalog of over 20 series updated for June 2025.

  • Metsolat
    Metsolat (1993)8.2

  • Jopet-show
    Jopet-show (2005)8.0

  • Latela
    Latela (2013)8.0

  • Kimmo
    Kimmo (2012)7.9

    The name of the person is a thirtysomething, work shy and relaxed Kimmo.

  • Ihmisten puolue
    Ihmisten puolue (2008)7.5

  • Stop Nyqvist
    Stop Nyqvist (2022)7.5

    A satirical spy comedy. Aleksis Nyqvist, an intern at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, is pushed to the head of Finland's newly founded secret service, when a suitable dummy is needed for the position. However, Nyqvist identifies with his role too well and accidentally causes a security political crisis - and soon Helsinki is swarming with secret agents. How is Nyqvist doing?

  • Moominvalley
    Moominvalley (2019)7.4

    Follow the life and adventures of curious, kind and idealistic Moomintroll. A typical hero in a coming-of-age story, Moomintroll tries to tackle the puzzle of growing up to his true, individualistic self while remaining a beloved part of the family.

  • Modernit miehet
    Modernit miehet (2019)7.3

  • Kaverille ei jätetä
    Kaverille ei jätetä (1999)7.0

  • Karjalan kunnailla
    Karjalan kunnailla (2007)7.0

  • Wingman
    Wingman (2016)7.0

    The series follows the lives of Juha "Juhis" Koski and Tommi Mäkinen-Renwall as neighbours. The men drift too far in their everyday challenges that lead to excessive outcomes. Unwillingly, Tommi and Juhis often find themselves in awkward and embarrassing situations where they are forced to choose one of two bad options. Tommi's wife and Juhis' good friend Harriet does her best to understand the men's antics.

  • Helsinki Syndrome
    Helsinki Syndrome (2022)7.0

    Family man Elias Karo takes four journalist hostage at their newspaper’s headquarters, in a desperate attempt to get them to reveal the wrongdoing wreaked on his family during the 90's recession.

  • The Paradise
    The Paradise (2020)6.7

    Two murders shake the Finnish community of Fuengirola, a group that made this tiny corner of Málaga their own little Finnish paradise on the shores of the Mediterranean. Hilkka Mäntymäki, a veteran crime detective aged 60, is travelling from Helsinki to help the local police on a case that will soon claim new victims. Because escaping the cold and the dark is much easier than leaving your own past behind.

  • ADULTS
    ADULTS (2019)6.0

    Oona (20-something) runs a small coffee shop in the heart of hipsteresque Kallio district in Helsinki. Oona’s is not really the classic entrepreneur type: she’s often late to work and throws out customers she dislikes. She’s also constantly in a state of existential crisis over what she should become and whether she’s a somebody or just a nobody. Oona’s best friend is Arttu, a 25 y.o. gay artist-dj-creator-whatever. Together they hate, love, party and cry and try to become adults.

  • Seconds
    Seconds (2024)5.7

    A huge train accident in an idyllic small town shocks the whole of Finland, and accident investigator Marita Kaila is faced with the most difficult case of her career. Under increasing pressure, Marita and her team try to find out what led to the death of dozens of people. But there is also a tragedy in Marita's own past, which the demanding investigation brings to the fore. Will he solve the case before the pressure becomes too much?

  • 66th North Precinct
    66th North Precinct (2023)5.0

    Police work, boxing and family life in Lapland! Maria Pudas (Saara Kotkaniemi), a former boxing world champion, investigates crimes with her partner Samu Pajala (Karim Rapatti) in Lapland. The life of Maria's cordial and slightly chaotic family (Iina Kuustonen, Eero Saarinen, Katariina Kaitue and Heikki Ranta) changes when Maria's father Esko has a seizure and it is revealed that he has debts of 500,000 euros. In order to save her family, Maria decides to return to the ring once more, and to resolve the situation, only victory matters.

  • Taivaan tulet
    Taivaan tulet (2007)N/A

  • Justimus presents: Duo
    Justimus presents: Duo (2019)N/A

    Samu and Joona are an inseparable couple, each other's only friends. They don’t leave each other in the lurch, even if they run the risk of getting fired from school or a badge in their buttocks. In fact, the boys are so intertwined that they are willing to do anything to be together. Like breaking into the principal’s office, lapping at millionaires, escaping half-brother Mark from the grenade, or being buried alive.

  • Badrumsliv
    Badrumsliv (2019)N/A

    Childhood friends Hilda and Lo are 21-year-old besties who both were left without a place to study again. When Hilda moves in with Lo, they become roommates. Filmed entirely in the bathroom, the series is about friendship and feminism.

  • Justimus esittää: Kuuma peruna
    Justimus esittää: Kuuma peruna (2022)N/A