The best Netflix rom-com I've watched all year now has a 96% Rotten Tomatoes score

Kristen Bell as Joanne and Adam Brody as Noah hugging in Nobody Wants This
Joanne and Noah in Nobody Wants This on Netflix. (Image credit: Adam Rose/Netflix)

Netflix has done it again - Nobody Wants This season 1 is the perfect rom-com for cozy autumn nights, making it no surprise that it has spent the last two weeks at number one on Netflix's top 10 list. 

With 10 half-hour episodes available to binge, Nobody Wants This follows agnostic podcaster Joanne (Kristen Bell) who has a knack for being rather unfiltered about her personal life. But when she falls for Noah (Adam Brody) a guy she wouldn't necessarily label as her type, their whirlwind romance comes with more baggage than a transatlantic flight. 

But what makes Noah so different from the other men she's dated? Well, for starters, he's a rabbi. And, if that wasn't tricky enough for atheist Joanne, add in a tricky ex and an interfering family from hell and this is a romance that shouldn't work, but somehow really, really does.

Joanne and Noah embrace in Nobody Wants This on Netflix

Nobody Wants This is a 2024 triumph!  (Image credit: Netflix)

The series has a solid 96% on Rotten Tomatoes and an impressive 88% audience score and it is easy to see why - this show is most definitely one of the best I have seen this year and easily the best romcom. The writing is pitch-perfect, the comedy one-liners hilarious and Kristen Bell and Adam Broady make the ideal leading couple.

In fact, it is so good Nobody Wants This season 2 is already confirmed, just two weeks after the first season was released.

The conclusion of Nobody Wants This season 1 sees the couple declare their love for one another and they're determined to make it work. But with that meaning Noah will have to give up his dream career, they just aren't sure what that means going forward. We will now have to wait for the new episodes to land to find out what happens next!

All ten episodes of Nobody Wants This season 1 are available to stream on Netflix now. 

Claire Crick
Assistant Managing Editor at What To Watch

Claire is Assistant Managing Editor at What To Watch and has been a journalist for over 15 years, writing about everything from soaps and TV to beauty, entertainment, and even the Royal Family. After starting her career at a soap magazine, she ended up staying for 13 years, and over that time she’s pulled pints in the Rovers Return, sung karaoke in the Emmerdale village hall, taken a stroll around Albert Square, and visited Summer Bay Surf Club in sunny Australia. 

After learning some tricks of the trade at websites Digital Spy, Entertainment Daily, and Woman & Home, Claire landed a role at What’s On TV and whattowatch.com writing about all things TV and film, with a particular love for Aussie soaps, Strictly Come Dancing and Bake Off

She’s interviewed everyone from June Brown — AKA Dot Cotton — to Michelle Keegan, swapped cooking tips with baking legend Mary Berry backstage at the NTAs, and danced the night away with soap stars at countless awards bashes. There’s not a lot she doesn’t know about soaps and TV and can be very handy when a soapy question comes up in a pub quiz! 

As well as all things soap-related, Claire also loves running, spa breaks, days out with her kids, and getting lost in a good book.