The Best TV Shows on YouTube Premium

Every YouTube Premium Show Ranked From Best To Worst

Some of the best tv shows from YouTube Premium include Escape the Night and Scare PewDiePie, airing in 2016 and 2016 respectively. Across the timeline from 2016 to 2020, YouTube Premium has presented audiences with over 20 captivating shows. Our curated list, current as of June 2025, showcases over 20 of YouTube Premium’s highest-rated series.

  • Mind Field
    Mind Field (2017)8.3

    Explore the surprising things we know (and don’t know) about why people are the way they are through expert interviews, rare footage from historical experiments, and brand-new, ground-breaking demonstrations of human nature at work.

  • Wayne
    Wayne (2019)8.3

    In this gritty and sometimes bloody tale, sixteen year-old Wayne sets out on a dirt bike with his new crush Del to take back the 1978 Pontiac Trans Am that was stolen from his father before he died. It is Wayne and Del against the world.

  • MatPat's Game Lab
    MatPat's Game Lab (2016)8.2

    MatPat of The Game Theorists Youtube channel puts game mechanics to the test in real life with the help of experts alongside fellow Youtubers. After some training, they compete to see who can conquer the game's challenges.

  • Cobra Kai
    Cobra Kai (2018)8.2

    This Karate Kid sequel series picks up 30 years after the events of the 1984 All Valley Karate Tournament and finds Johnny Lawrence on the hunt for redemption by reopening the infamous Cobra Kai karate dojo. This reignites his old rivalry with the successful Daniel LaRusso, who has been working to maintain the balance in his life without mentor Mr. Miyagi.

  • The Age of A.I.
    The Age of A.I. (2019)8.1

    Explore the impact of A.I. and how it is transforming the way we live and work -- both now and in the future, featuring some of the brightest minds in science, philosophy, technology, engineering, medicine, futurism, entertainment and the arts to tell the dynamic story of A.I.

  • Escape the Night
    Escape the Night (2016)7.8

    Welcome to "Escape the Night." In this surreality competition series, hosted by Joey Graceffa, 10 guests are invited from the modern world to attend a dinner at his newly acquired mansion estate, which has been locked in the 1920's; when America was roaring... roaring with madness. This is a dinner party to die for. No one is safe.

  • Impulse
    Impulse (2018)7.6

    16-year-old Henry Coles is an outsider in her new town of Reston, New York. With a major chip on her shoulder and no friends, she remains withdrawn and isolated, but everything changes when a traumatic encounter with a classmate triggers something deep within Henry— unleashing a power she cannot control.

  • What the Duck
    What the Duck (2018)7.6

    Pop and Mo's love is tested as Pop works in Catering to be near her, but his feelings shift when he meets Oat, while Mo grows closer to a dedicated pilot trainee.

  • Step Up
    Step Up (2018)7.3

    Twins Tal and Janelle relocate from Ohio to Atlanta, where at their new school High Water is always a beat.

  • Origin
    Origin (2018)7.2

    A group of troubled passengers wake up on a damaged spaceship abandoned in deep space, each having left behind a dark past in search of a fresh start on a newly colonized planet. As their terrifying situation spirals into paranoia, they come to realize that the greatest threat to their dream of starting over – and indeed their lives – is something far darker than the pasts they were so desperate to escape.

  • Rhett & Link's Buddy System
    Rhett & Link's Buddy System (2016)7.0

    Follow best friends, Rhett & Link, as they embark on a fantastical misadventure in search of a missing phone that could save their morning talk show from a co-ex-girlfriend turned evil infomercial queen.

  • Liza on Demand
    Liza on Demand (2018)6.9

    LIZA ON DEMAND is a half-hour, single camera comedy that follows the chaotic misadventures of Liza, a young woman in Los Angeles who is trying to make a career out of juggling various gig economy jobs — for lack of a better idea of what to do with her life. Meanwhile, Liza's best friends and roommates Oliver and Harlow try their best to both support and sometimes distract her.

  • Bad Internet
    Bad Internet (2016)6.8

    A satirical anthology series about the terrifying potential futures of internet technology and culture. Not at all similar to any other shows about technological overreaching.

  • Could You Survive The Movies?
    Could You Survive The Movies? (2019)6.8

    Explore the magic and science of cinema. In each episode, Vsauce3’s Jake Roper takes you on an immersive journey into the world of a different movie; blending unscripted scientific exploration with narrative storytelling.

  • Do You Want to See a Dead Body?
    Do You Want to See a Dead Body? (2017)6.7

    Follow comedian Rob Huebel as he takes a different celebrity friend on a hilarious adventure to find a dead body...and then maybe get tacos or something.

  • Ryan Hansen Solves Crimes on Television
    Ryan Hansen Solves Crimes on Television (2017)6.6

    The LAPD thinks it's a good idea to form a task force partnering actors with homicide detectives.

  • 12 Deadly Days
    12 Deadly Days (2016)6.4

    In the cursed town of Saturn, CA, during the 12 days leading up to Christmas, watch these interconnected tales showing the town's residents dealing will all kinds of evil.

  • Weird City
    Weird City (2019)6.1

    Set in the not-too-distant future, this comedy anthology explores the issues of everyday life in the metropolis of Weird — stories that can only be told through the prism of sci-fi and comedy.

  • Scare PewDiePie
    Scare PewDiePie (2016)5.7

    In this reality-adventure series from the creator and executive producers of "The Walking Dead," experience thrills, chills, and laughter as PewDiePie encounters terrifying situations inspired by his favorite video games.

  • KCON:TACT ALL-ACCESS
    KCON:TACT ALL-ACCESS (2020)5.5

    During this unprecedented pandemic, KCON has made a historic pivot to a 7-day-long virtual concert as KCON:TACT. Behind the curtain of KCON:TACT 2020 SUMMER, this documentary offers an all-access look at the dreams and passion of the top K-POP acts with unaired footage, behind-the-scenes, and interviews.