Best Paramount TV Shows for character development

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Best for character development

Colin From Accounts, Season 3

5.0 attribute score

Highest scored product for this attribute based on supporting review evidence.

Safest pick

The Agency, Season 2

4.5 attribute score

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Most evidence

Golden Axe

18 supporting reviews

Has the broadest review evidence for this attribute.

Best overall product

Avatar: Seven Havens

4.3 overall score

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#1 Colin From Accounts, Season 3
5.0

The time jump and scripts give the characters room to change in surprising ways while preserving the dynamics that made them recognizable.

Pros: humor, writing quality

#2 The Agency, Season 2
4.5

Character work is one of the season’s biggest strengths, especially as the show spreads emotional and professional consequences across the ensemble. The dissenting view is that some development pushes Martian...

Pros: acting quality, season pacing

#3 Dutton Ranch, Season 1
4.0

Beth receives the most attention, with reviewers noticing a softer, more patient version who still keeps her killer instinct. Character work lands best when it deepens Beth, Rip, Carter, or...

Pros: spin-off quality, main cast performance

Cons: episode pacing, entertainment value

#4 MobLand, Season 2
3.9

Many reviewers see richer motivations, stronger arcs, and more depth across the family, especially Harry. Critics on the other side argue some quieter episodes stall rather than develop the characters.

Pros: story quality, entertainment value

Cons: season pacing, visual style

#5 Avatar: Seven Havens
3.8

Pavi’s courage, Jae’s conflicting loyalties, and the twins’ different ambitions provide promising arcs. Not everyone finds the supporting characters fully developed, especially the mentor and White Lotus members.

Pros: visual style, suspense

Cons: episode pacing, season pacing

#6 Golden Axe
3.7

The growing central partnership and expanded side-character histories can give the adventure unexpected purpose. Complaints focus on stereotypical Hampton moments, limited attention to Tyris, and backstories that are dropped too...

Pros: humor, faithfulness to source material

Cons: visual style, tone consistency

#7 Lioness, Season 3
3.5

Character work is strongest when the season explores Joe’s trauma, family conflict, and changing bond with Cruz. The weakness is uneven attention elsewhere, with Cruz and several supporting players judged...

Pros: action quality, main cast performance

Cons: dialogue quality, episode structure

#8 Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, Season 4
3.5

Character development is uneven: some arcs and spotlight episodes land well, while other reviewers find major threads underdeveloped or insufficiently lasting.

Pros: entertainment value, humor

Cons: genre satisfaction, story quality

#9 The Madison, Season 1
3.2

Some reviewers liked watching the Clyburns gradually mature and adapt, especially Stacy’s transformation. Others found several supporting characters repetitive, underwritten, or stuck as caricatures.

Pros: cast chemistry, humor

Cons: story quality, writing quality

#10 The Varnell Hill Show
1.4

Varnell and younger rival Marshay can feel thinly explored; the writers’ room and Jonah also need clearer motives and identities.

Pros: guest appearances, acting quality

Cons: humor, fourth-wall narration