Year-End Lists

Entertainment Weekly: 10 Best TV Shows of 2016

[see also 2017]

1. O.J.: Made in America
2. Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
3. The Americans
4. The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story
5. Atlanta
6. Better Things
7. Rectify
8. The Good Place
9. Search Party
10. Westworld
11. Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
12. American Crime
13. Black-ish
14. Mr. Robot
15. Documentary Now!
16. Better Call Saul
17. Roots
18. Lady Dynamite
19. Stranger Things
20. Horace and Pete

Paste Magazine: 25 Best TV Shows of 2016

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2010s • 2019 • 2018 • 2017]

1. The Americans
2. Stranger Things
3. Atlanta
4. BoJack Horseman
5. Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
6. The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story
7. Veep
8. Better Call Saul
9. Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
10. Halt and Catch Fire
11. Westworld
12. Fleabag
13. Game of Thrones
14. Black Mirror
15. Silicon Valley
16. Last Man on Earth
17. Transparent
18. Steven Universe
19. Rectify
20. American Crime
21. Documentary Now!
22. Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
23. The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore
24. Jane the Virgin
25. Insecure

Alison Herman: 10 Best TV Shows of 2016, as published by The Ringer

[see also 2023 • 2017]

• Atlanta
• The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story
• BoJack Horseman
• Transparent
• High Maintenance
• Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
• Halt and Catch Fire
• The Girlfriend Experience
• Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
• Crazy Ex-Girlfriend

The A.V. Club: 30 Best TV Shows of 2016

[see also 2021 • 2020 • 2010s • 2019 • 2018 • 2017]

1. The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story
2. Atlanta
3. The Americans
4. Better Call Saul
5. Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
6. Halt and Catch Fire
7. Veep
8. BoJack Horseman
9. O.J.: Made in America
10. The Good Place
11. Westworld
12. Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
13. Rectify
14. Documentary Now!
15. Insecure
16. You’re the Worst
17. Game of Thrones
18. Silicon Valley
19. Lady Dynamite
20. Fleabag
21. Jane the Virgin
22. The Night Of
23. Better Things
24. Stranger Things
25. Search Party
26. Black-ish
27. Girls
28. Black Mirror
29. Horace and Pete
30. Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

James Poniewozik: 10 Best TV Shows of 2016, as published by The New York Times

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017]

• The Americans
• Atlanta
• BoJack Horseman
• Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
• Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
• High Maintenance
• Horace and Pete
• The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story
• Rectify
• Transparent

Matt Zoller Seitz: 11 Best TV Shows of 2016, as published by New York Magazine’s Vulture

[see also 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017]

1. Atlanta
2. The Girlfriend Experience
3. The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story
3. O.J.: Made in America
4. BoJack Horseman
5. The Americans
6. Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
7. Stranger Things
8. Rectify
9. Horace and Pete
10. Search Party