Not so long ago, television series occupied the lowest position in the hierarchy of artistic values: watching them was just a way to kill time. Today, “quality television”, having made a titanic leap, has become a significant phenomenon of contemporary culture. Modern series - from rom-com to horror - create their own information field and acquire a fan base that not every film franchise can boast of. The most interesting products of the newest “small screen” are analyzed by philosopher and cultural scientist Alexander Pavlov, trying to explore the aesthetic and socio-philosophical consequences of the “serial explosion” "and understand which TV series will firmly take root in our consciousness and influence the shape of culture in the future.