Year-End Lists

David Wiegand: 12 Best TV Shows of 2016, as published by The San Francisco Chronicle

[see also 2017]

1. Atlanta
2. The Night Of
3. This Is Us
4. The OA
5. Westworld
6. Stranger Things
7. Speechless
7. The Good Place
8. Insecure
9. Lady Dynamite
9. One Mississippi
10. The Crown

Sonia Saraiya: 20 Best TV Shows of 2016, as published by Variety

[see also 2021 • 2020 • 2010s • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2015]

1. Atlanta
2. Silicon Valley
3. The Girlfriend Experience
4. Halt and Catch Fire
5. Fleabag
6. The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story
7. Better Call Saul
8. Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
9. Insecure
10. BoJack Horseman
11. Rectify
12. Frontline
13. Black Mirror
14. The Real O’Neals
15. Lemonade
16. Veep
17. Superstore
18. The Crown
19. Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
20. Lady Dynamite

Maureen Ryan: 20 Best TV Shows of 2016, as published by Variety

[see also 2021 • 2018 • 2017]

1. Jane the Virgin
2. Rectify
3. The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story
4. Black-ish
5. The Americans
6. One Mississippi
7. Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
8. Atlanta
9. Insecure
10. Better Things
11. Halt and Catch Fire
12. Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
13. Catastrophe
14. Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
15. O.J.: Made in America
16. Fleabag
17. Transparent
18. Stranger Things
19. Superstore
20. Marvel’s Agent Carter

Slant Magazine: 25 Best TV Shows of 2016

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

1. Atlanta
2. The Americans
3. BoJack Horseman
4. The Girlfriend Experience
5. Silicon Valley
6. Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
7. Horace and Pete
8. Better Call Saul
9. Transparent
10. The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story
11. High Maintenance
12. Black Mirror
13. Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
14. Girls
15. American Crime
16. The Night Of
17. Broad City
18. Easy
19. South Park
20. American Horror Story: Roanoke
21. Jane the Virgin
22. Bob’s Burgers
23. Insecure
24. Happy Valley
25. Orange is the New Black

IndieWire: 10 Best TV Shows of 2016

[see also 2022 • 2010s • 2018 • 2017]

1. BoJack Horseman
2. Veep
3. The Americans
4. Better Call Saul
5. You’re the Worst
6. The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story
7. Atlanta
8. Rectify
9. Catastrophe
10. Mr. Robot

Keith Uhlich: 10 Best TV Shows of 2016, as posted by The BBC

1. The Girlfriend Experience
2. The X-Files
3. O.J.: Made in America
4. Black Mirror
5. BoJack Horseman
6. The Fall
7. Better Call Saul
8. Game of Thrones
9. And Then There Were None
10. The Americans

Alan Sepinwall: 21 Best TV Shows of 2016, as published by Uproxx

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2010s • 2019 • 2018 • 2017]

1. Horace and Pete
2. The Americans
3. O.J.: Made in America
3. The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story
4. BoJack Horseman
5. Rectify
6. Atlanta
7. Veep
8. Fleabag
9. Better Call Saul
10. Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
11. Halt and Catch Fire
12. Orange is the New Black
13. Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
14. Better Things
15. Girls
16. American Crime
17. Transparent
18. Catastrophe
19. Game of Thrones
20. Brooklyn Nine-Nine

Daniel D’Addario: Top 10 TV Shows of 2016, as published by Time Magazine

[see also 2022 • 2021 • 2018]

1. The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story
2. The Girlfriend Experience
3. The Americans
4. Late Night with Seth Meyers
5. Atlanta
6. O.J.: Made in America
7. Better Call Saul
8. Veep
9. Speechless
10. Love

The Playlist: 30 Best TV Shows of 2016

[see also 2023 • 2010s • 2018]

1. Atlanta
2. The Girlfriend Experience
3. Rectify
4. Transparent
5. The Americans
6. BoJack Horseman
7. Togetherness
8. Fleabag
9. The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story
10. Girls
11. Stranger Things
12. The Night Of
13. Search Party
14. Silicon Valley
15. Westworld
16. The Good Place
17. Orange is the New Black
18. Catastrophe
19. Game of Thrones
20. Jane the Virgin
21. Broad City
22. Baskets
23. Halt and Catch Fire
24. Black Mirror
25. Horace and Pete
26. Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
27. London Spy
28. The Crown
29. Lady Dynamite
30. The Night Manager

Hank Stuever: 20 Best TV Shows of 2016, as published by The Washington Post

[see also 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017]

1. O.J.: Made in America
2. Veep
3. The Americans
4. Transparent
5. The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story
6. Atlanta
7. Quarry
8. The Night Of
9. The Crown
10. Billions

What almost made the list

• American Crime
• Better Things
• Fleabag
• Game of Thrones
• Good Girls Revolt
• Insecure
• Silicon Valley
• Stranger Things
• This Is Us
• Underground