Year-End Lists

Brandon Katz: 10 Best TV Shows of 2017, as published by Observer

1. The Leftovers
2. The Handmaid’s Tale
3. Master of None
4. American Vandal
5. Mindhunter
6. The Deuce
7. Stranger Things
8. Better Call Saul
9. GLOW
10. The Good Place

Ken Tucker: 10 Best TV Shows of 2017, as published by Yahoo

• Twin Peaks: The Return
• Better Call Saul
• Better Things
• The Leftovers
• Big Little Lies
• Insecure
• Legion
• Tales from the Tour Bus
• Catastrophe
• The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

Tim Goodman: Best TV of 2017, as published by The Hollywood Reporter

[see also 2018]

1. The Leftovers
2. The A Word
3. The Vietnam War
4. Back
5. Halt and Catch Fire
6. Patriot
7. Better Things
8. Game of Thrones
9. Get Shorty
10. Planet Earth II
11. The Deuce
12. Veep
13. Better Call Saul
14. Legion
15. The Americans
16. Black Mirror
17. Mr. Robot
18. Master of None
19. Fargo
20. Guerrilla
21. Humans
22. Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
23. Silicon Valley
24. People of Earth
25. Mindhunter
26. American Vandal
27. The Handmaid’s Tale
28. Stranger Things
29. It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
30. Glow
31. Insecure
32. Casual
33. Orphan Black
34. The Good Place
35. You’re the Worst
36. Manhunt: Unabomber
37. Catastrophe
38. Dear White People
39. The Tick
40. Bob’s Burgers
41. Brooklyn Nine-Nine
42. Sneaky Pete
43. Mr. Mercedes
44. SMILF
45. Jane the Virgin
46. Godless

Willa Paskin: 10 Best TV Shows of 2017, as published by Slate

[see also 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018]

1. The Leftovers
2. I Love Dick
3. The Deuce
4. Better Things
5. Halt and Catch Fire
6. The Handmaid’s Tale
7. Insecure
8. Big Little Lies
9. Catastrophe
10. GLOW

Sonia Saraiya: 25 Best TV Shows of 2017, as published by Variety

[see also 2021 • 2020 • 2010s • 2019 • 2018 • 2016 • 2015]

1. The Leftovers
2. The Crown
3. Halt and Catch Fire
4. Twin Peaks: The Return
5. Big Little Lies
6. Rick and Morty
7. Alias Grace
8. The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
9. Better Things
10. BoJack Horseman
11. Planet Earth II
12. American Vandal
13. Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
14. Star Trek: Discovery
15. The Keepers
16. Broad City
17. Dear White People
18. The Handmaid’s Tale
19. The Deuce
20. GLOW
21. The Good Place
22. Better Call Saul
23. Insecure
24. One Day at a Time
25. The Punisher

The A.V. Club: 20 Best TV Shows of 2017

[see also 2021 • 2020 • 2010s • 2019 • 2018 • 2016]

1. The Good Place
2. Twin Peaks: The Return
3. The Leftovers
4. Legion
5. Halt and Catch Fire
6. Better Call Saul
7. The Handmaid’s Tale
8. Rick and Morty
9. The Americans
10. Big Little Lies
11. Review
12. BoJack Horseman
13. One Day at a Time
14. Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
15. The Deuce
16. GLOW
17. Better Things
18. American Vandal
19. The Young Pope
20. Alias Grace

Alan Sepinwall: 20 Best TV Shows of 2017, as published by Uproxx

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2010s • 2019 • 2018 • 2016]

1. The Leftovers
2. Better Things
3. Halt and Catch Fire
4. The Good Place
5. Better Call Saul
6. Twin Peaks: The Return
7. Brockmire
8. Master of None
9. The Deuce
10. One Day at a Time
11. Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
12. The Handmaid’s Tale
13. BoJack Horseman
14. Girls
15. Big Little Lies
16. Mindhunter
17. Legion
18. American Vandal
19. Speechless
20. Lady Dynamite

Sophie Gilbert: 24 Best TV Shows of 2017, as published by The Atlantic

[see also 2018]

New Shows

• Alias Grace
• American Vandal
• Big Little Lies
• Dear White People
• The Deuce
• Godless
• GLOW
• The Handmaid’s Tale
• The Keepers
• National Treasure

Returning Shows

• Better Things
• BoJack Horseman
• The Crown
• Game of Thrones
• The Good Place
• Halt and Catch Fire
• Insecure
• The Leftovers
• Stranger Things
• Twin Peaks: The Return

Honorable Mentions

• Mindhunter
• The Mayor
• Big Mouth
• I Love Dick

Maureen Ryan: 20 Best TV Shows of 2017, as published by Variety. See also her extensive honorable mentions, of new and returning shows.

[see also 2021 • 2018 • 2016]

1. The Leftovers
2. One Day at a Time
3. The Good Place
4. Halt and Catch Fire
5. Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
6. Jane the Virgin
7. Better Things
8. Alias Grace
9. American Vandal
10. Brooklyn Nine-Nine
11. Into the Badlands
12. Superstore
13. The Handmaid’s Tale
14. Insecure
15. Big Little Lies
16. Top of the Lake: China Girl
17. Black-ish
18. Wynonna Earp
19. One Mississippi
20. Mary Kills People

Jen Chaney: 10 Best TV Shows of 2017, as published by New York Magazine’s Vulture

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

1. Big Little Lies
2. The Leftovers
3. BoJack Horseman
4. The Good Place
5. Halt and Catch Fire
6. Stranger Things
7. Better Call Saul
8. Master of None
9. Twin Peaks: The Return
10. Better Things