Daniel Hurwitz

Special for USA TODAY

The cable cord-cutter had plenty of quality online content to choose from in 2013. From independently made series to star-studded music videos, here are our picks for the best of what to watch on the Web in 2013.

Best series: High Maintenance(Adult content)

The premise is simple: Each episode follows a drug dealer to a client's home. Series creators Ben Sinclair and Katja Blichfeld (a husband-and-wife team) use the seemingly simple backdrop to explore the complex, tragic characters who use weed to curb their many neuroses and emotional insecurities. There are plenty of things to like about High Maintenance. The diverse range of bold characters — from a cancer-stricken middle-aged woman to a homeless girl who finds housing through online dating — firmly establishes it as a great Web series.

Honorable mention:Catherine on the JASH YouTube channel, Ghost Ghirls on Yahoo Screen, The Morning After on the Above Average YouTube channel, Whatever This Is,Lady Time on Funny or Die, Ask a Slave on YouTube

High Maintenance // Brad Pitts from Janky Clown Productions on Vimeo.

Best channel:Casey Neistat's YouTube Channel

Casey Neistat released 22 videos on his YouTube channel in 2013. All 22 of those videos are worth watching. Whether it's a four-part advertisement for Mercedes or a 20-minute short film about his girlfriend, you'll want to log as many YouTube hours as possible in Neistat's captivating and distinctive world of first-person storytelling.

Honorable mention:ASAP Science, Improv Everywhere, Blank on Blank, Soul Pancake, Jay Z's Life+Times





Best video: The Scared Is Scared

Film student Bianca Giaever asked 6-year-old Asa Baker-Rouse what her movie should be about, and his response resulted in one of the most charming and moving videos of the year. The short film, narrated by Asa and acted out by adults, starts as an imaginative story complete with bears, mice and a keyboard-shaped cookie, and concludes with valuable advice on how to live a happier life.

Honorable mention:The Science of Happiness,Castello Cavalcanti by Wes Anderson,The Video Dating Tape of Desmondo Ray, Aged 33 & ¾, The Human Test (Volume 1) by Ze Frank, Between Two Ferns with Justin Bieber

Best music video: Hopeless Wanderer, Mumford & Sons

If that's not Mumford & Sons wearing suspenders and playing folksy banjo riffs in a sun-dappled field, who else could it be? In a hilarious turn of self-mockery, the band recruited comedians Jason Sudeikis, Ed Helms, Jason Bateman and Will Forte to stand in for the band members and make fun of everything you've come to expect from a Mumford & Sons music video. The video starts out semi-normal and ends with banjo-smashing, crying and some open-mouthed kissing.

Honorable mention:Like a Rolling Stone by Bob Dylan, Space Oddity performed by astronaut Chris Hadfield , The Magic Clap by The Coup featuring Patton Oswalt





Best streaming TV show: The Wrong Mans

The Wrong Mans, which premiered in Britain in September and on Hulu in November, follows two lowly government co-workers who stumble into a web of crime, kidnapping and international intrigue. Creators James Corden (a Tony Award winner for his work in One Man, Two Guvnors) and Mathew Baynton take a typical fish-out-of-water premise and manage to strike up a winning balance of buddy comedy and satisfying action.