Year-End Lists

Jen Chaney: 10 Best TV Shows of 2018, as published by New York Magazine’s Vulture

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

1. The Americans
2. Sharp Objects
3. Jane the Virgin
4. BoJack Horseman
5. Atlanta
6. Casual
7. Killing Eve
8. Forever
9. Better Call Saul
10. Big Mouth

Complex: 30 Best TV Shows of 2018

[see also 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019]

1. Atlanta
2. Killing Eve
3. Barry
4. The Good Place
5. Succession
6. Billions
7. Counterpart
8. The End of the F***ing World
9. This Is Us
10. Glow
11. Evil Genius
12. The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story
13. The Americans
14. Homecoming
15. Sharp Objects
16. Better Call Saul
17. The Haunting of Hill House
18. The Handmaid’s Tale
19. Maniac
20. Snowfall
21. High Maintenance
22. Brooklyn Nine-Nine
23. Ozark
24. The Deuce
25. Seven Seconds
26. Random Acts of Flyness
27. American Vandal
28. One Day at a Time
29. Insecure
30. Westworld

Darren Franich: Best TV Shows of 2018, as published by Entertainment Weekly

[see also 2022 • 2020 • 2010s • 2019]

1. Atlanta
2. The Good Fight
3. Adventure Time
4. Lodge 49
5. Homecoming
6. Barry
7. Corporate
8. Dear White People
9. The Deuce
10. Superstore

Kristen Baldwin: Best TV Shows of 2018, as published by Entertainment Weekly

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2010s • 2019]

1. The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story
2. Killing Eve
3. The Good Fight
4. Barry
5. Pose
6. Cobra Kai
7. Better Call Saul
8. You
9. Brooklyn Nine-Nine
10. The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

Kelly Lawler: 25 Best TV Shows of 2018, as published by USA Today

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

1. The Americans
2. The Good Fight
3. American Vandal
4. Escape at Dannemora
5. Killing Eve
6. One Day at a Time
7. The Good Place
8. The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story
9. Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
10. Superstore
11. Barry
12. Atlanta
13. You
14. Trial & Error
15. Insecure
16. The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
17. The End of the F***ing World
18. Doctor Who
19. Big Mouth
20. Queer Eye
21. Jane the Virgin
22. Brooklyn Nine-Nine
23. BoJack Horseman
24. Glow
25. Maniac

IndieWire: Best TV Shows of 2018

[see also 2022 • 2010s • 2017 • 2016]

Honorable Mentions

• America to Me
• The First
• Vida
• Pose
• Succession
• Casual
• High Maintenance
• The Handmaid’s Tale

1. The Americans
2. Atlanta
3. BoJack Horseman
4. Homecoming
5. Dear White People
6. Sharp Objects
7. The Terror
8. Killing Eve
9. Barry
10. Better Call Saul

Alan Sepinwall: 20 Best TV Shows of 2018, as published by Rolling Stone

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2010s • 2019 • 2017 • 2016]

Honorable Mentions

• Lodge 49
• Maniac
• Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
• Billions
• Counterpart
• Bob’s Burgers
• F Is for Family
• Sorry for Your Loss
• It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
• Speechless
• The Handmaid’s Tale
• Brockmire
• GLOW
• The Magicians
• Detroiters
• Kidding

1. Atlanta
2. The Americans
3. BoJack Horseman
4. Killing Eve
5. My Brilliant Friend
6. Better Call Saul
7. Big Mouth
8. Barry
9. Sharp Objects
10. Pose
11. The Good Place
12. Homecoming
13. Babylon Berlin
14. American Vandal
15. Brooklyn Nine-Nine
16. The Deuce
17. The Kominsky Method
18. One Day at a Time
19. The End of the F***ing World
20. Cobra Kai

Hank Stuever: Best TV Shows of 2018, as published by The Washington Post

[see also 2020 • 2019 • 2017 • 2016]

Some notable additions, if this list could be longer

• The Handmaid’s Tale
• Lodge 49
• The Good Place
• Star Trek: Discovery
• Homecoming
• You
• This Is Us
• Glow

1. Barry
2. The Americans
3. Killing Eve
4. Escape at Dannemora
5. Kidding
6. Insecure
7. The Fourth Estate
8. The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
9. Atlanta
10. Forever

Sonia Saraiya: 10 Best TV Shows of 2018, as published by Vanity Fair

[see also 2021 • 2020 • 2010s • 2019 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015]

1. The Good Place
2. Killing Eve
3. Atlanta
4. BoJack Horseman
5. Patrick Melrose
6. Blue Planet II
7. Pose
8. High Maintenance
9. The Tale
10. Succession

Matt Zoller Seitz: 10 Best TV Shows of 2018, as published by New York Magazine’s Vulture

[see also 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2017 • 2016]

1. Atlanta
2. Pose
3. Better Call Saul
4. Homecoming
5. The Americans
6. Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert
7. Glow
8. Sorry for Your Loss
9. Succession
10. Sharp Objects