More than 40 new shows are premiering this winter and spring.
Most people don't have the time to watch everything that's coming out, no matter how good the TV show.
The problem now is that we have to become really selective. Some of the stuff that made it to our TV screens a year or two ago just doesn't hold up any longer compared with the competition.
Cable, the streaming companies, and even broadcast are taking viewers to bold new places — from HBO's "The Young Pope" to FX's "Legion" and Netflix's "A Series of Unfortunate Events."
But where should you start?
Metacritic keeps track of a curated group of critics, assigns each review a number according to how positive or negative it was, and then creates a weighted average score for each show.
Here are the 20 most critically acclaimed new TV shows of winter and spring 2017 so far, according to Metacritic:
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20. "Training Day" (CBS)
Metacritic score: 37
Based on the popular 2001 film of the same name, CBS's "Training Day" stars Bill Paxton as a rogue detective whose new partner, a rookie narcotics officer played by Justin Cornwell, is spying on the veteran cop.
19. "APB" (Fox)
Metacritic score: 45
A tech billionaire spends millions of dollars to create a private police force with the most advanced crime-fighting technology available in the one of the toughest districts in Chicago.
18. "Ransom" (CBS)
Metacritic score: 46
Inspired by the real-life crisis negotiator Laurent Combalbert, this drama stars Luke Roberts as Eric Beaumont. He and his team are called in to resolve some of the toughest kidnapping and ransom cases in the country.
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