8 new TV shows that have 100% on Rotten Tomatoes: from 'What We Do In The Shadows' to 'One Day At A Time'

For some showrunners, nothing hurts more than a Rotten Tomato.

The splattered green mark on the review-aggregator website is a sign that the production failed to impress critics. It's digital equivalent of having spoiled fruit hurled at you. While many would be happy with a red tomato, the Certified Fresh label is what they really want. To earn that, a show has to score more than 70 per cent.

But there is a higher honour even still on Rotten Tomatoes, and that is a perfect 100 per cent. So far, only eight shows (and one of those is a special) have managed a three-digit score on Rotten Tomatoes this year.

But what are they?

1. ‘The Baby-Sitters Club’ 

The Baby-Sitters Club is based on the series of novels by US children's writer Ann M Martin. The Netflix show follows the adventures of five middle schoolers as they start a babysitting business in Stoneybrook, Connecticut.

The critics' consensus: "Sweet, sincere, and full of hope, The Baby-Sitters Club's grounded approach honours its source material while updating the story for a new generation."

2. ‘Parks and Recreation: A Parks and Recreation Special’

Five years after audiences said goodbye to one of the most beloved comedies in television history, the cast of Parks and Recreation reunited for a 30-minute special that aired in April. The story is a topical one too, with Leslie Knope (Amy Poehler) determined to stay connected to her friends and co-workers in a time of isolation and social distancing.

The critics' consensus: "Against all odds the delightful cast and crew of Parks and Recreation pull off a socially distant reunion that's warm, funny, and very, very special."

3. ‘One Day At A Time’ 

The remake of Normal Lear’s classic 1975 sitcom is now in its fourth season. The show unravels the everyday life of a Cuban-American family as each member charts their own path. The series was cancelled by Netflix in 2019 but was picked up by PopTV for a fourth season.

The critics' consensus: "As layered, loving, and laugh-out-loud funny as ever, One Day at a Time successfully does the network shuffle without missing a beat."

4. ‘Schitt’s Creek’ 

The show that follows the once-wealthy Rose family is now in its sixth and final season. Schitt's Creek follows video store magnate Johnny, his wife Moira, who is a former soap opera actress and their spoiled adult children David and Alexis, after the family moves to run-down Schitt's Creek after they lose their fortune.

The critics' consensus: "Witty, warm, and with just the right blend of wisdom and wisecracks, Schitt's Creek's final season is the perfect farewell to the Roses and the town that changed their lives."

5. ‘Feel Good’

A British comedy-drama that follows the development of a romance between Mae, a Canadian comedian, and George, a middle-class English woman.

The critics' consensus: "An intimate portrait of addiction and love, Feel Good is at once sweetly charming, uncomfortably complicated, and completely worth falling for."

6. ‘What We Do In The Shadows’

Based on the 2014 Taika Waititi film of the same name, What We Do In The Shadows is a mockumentary that follows four vampire roommates in Staten Island. The show aired its second season in April and has been renewed for a third.

The critics' consensus: "What We Do In the Shadows loses no steam in a smashing second season that savvily expands its supernatural horizons while doubling down on the fast flying fun."

7. ‘Giri/Haji

A Netflix drama that follows a detective from Tokyo as he travels to London in search of his missing brother, who has ties to the Yakuza (a transnational organised-crime group with origins in Japan). Though the show first premiered in the UK last year, it didn't see its worldwide debut until January.

The critics' consensus: "Smart, suspenseful, and superbly shot, Giri/Haji is a near-perfect crime thriller with a surprisingly sharp sense of humour.

8. ‘P-Valley’

A drama based on the play by Katori Hall, P-Valley follows the lives of several people who work at a club in a fictional city in Mississippi.

The critics' consensus: "It's a lyrical and atmospheric series that centres on lives of a community unlike anything television has seen before."