Maureen Ryan: 20 Best TV Shows of 2017, as published by Variety. See also her extensive honorable mentions, of new and returning shows.
- The Leftovers
- One Day at a Time
- The Good Place
- Halt and Catch Fire
- Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
- Jane the Virgin
- Better Things
- Alias Grace
- American Vandal
- Brooklyn Nine-Nine
- Into the Badlands
- Superstore
- The Handmaid’s Tale
- Insecure
- Big Little Lies
- Top of the Lake: China Girl
- Black-ish
- Wynonna Earp
- One Mississippi
- Mary Kills People