Year-End Lists

Kathryn VanArendonk: The Best TV Shows of 2019, as published by New York Magazine’s Vulture

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020]

1. Fleabag
2. Succession
3. Unbelievable
4. Watchmen
5. Russian Doll
6. Lodge 49
7. Dickinson
8. The Good Fight
9. Couples Therapy
10. What We Do in the Shadows

Mike Hale: The Best International Shows of 2019, as published by The New York Times

• The 43
• Gentleman Jack
• Killing Eve
• Kingdom
• Manhunt
• Mr Inbetween
• Our Boys
• State of the Union
• Unforgotten
• Unspeakable

Margaret Lyons: The Best Shows That Ended in 2019, as published by The New York Times

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

1. Fleabag
1. Catastrophe
2. Jane the Virgin
2. Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
3. Lodge 49
4. Tuca & Bertie
5. Orange is the New Black
6. Veep
6. Madam Secretary
7. Mr. Robot
8. Broad City
8. Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
9. Baskets
10. Andi Mack

Honorable mentions

• Speechless
• My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
• Patriot
• Game of Thrones
• Counterpart

James Poniewozik: The Best TV Shows of 2019, as published by The New York Times

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016]

• Better Things
• Catastrophe
• Documentary Now!
• Fleabag
• PEN15
• Russian Doll
• Succession
• Unbelievable
• When They See Us
• Undone
• Watchmen

Ben Travers: The Best TV Shows of 2019, as published by IndieWire

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020]

1. Fleabag
2. Watchmen
3. Better Things
4. Tuca & Bertie
5. Succession
6. Russian Doll
7. Glow
8. Barry
9. PEN15
10. Superstore

Honorable Mentions

• Veep
• BoJack Horseman
• Chernobyl
• Unbelievable
• I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson
• You’re the Worst
• Broad City
• Catastrophe
• David Makes Man
• Mindhunter

The Skinny: Top 10 TV Series of 2019

1. Chernobyl
2. BoJack Horseman
3. Russian Doll
4. Fleabag
5. Derry Girls
6. This Time with Alan Partridge
7. Succession
8. The End of the F***ing World
9. Tuca & Bertie
10. Unbelievable