Year-End Lists

Joshua Rivera: The Best TV Shows of 2020, as published by The Verge

• Dare Me
• How To with John Wilson
• The Good Lord Bird
• Ted Lasso
• Mythic Quest: Raven's Banquet
• The Boys
• I May Destroy You
• Ramy
• Better Call Saul
• Doom Patrol
• The Last Dance
• What We Do in the Shadows

Noel Murray: The 20 Best TV Shows of 2020, as published by Polygon

[see also 2022 • 2018 • 2017]

1. Mrs. America
2. What We Do in the Shadows
3. How To with John Wilson
4. The Last Dance
5. I May Destroy You
6. The Plot Against America
7. Better Call Saul
8. The Mandalorian
9. The Queen's Gambit
10. Jeopardy! The Greatest of All Time
11. Young Sheldon
12. The Good Fight
13. Ted Lasso
14. Never Have I Ever
15. Perry Mason
16. The Good Lord Bird
17. Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema
18. Everything's Gonna Be Okay
19. Dirty John
20. Tales from the Loop

The Ringer: The Best TV Shows of 2020

[see also 2022 • 2018]

1. I May Destroy You
2. Better Call Saul
3. The Crown
4. Small Axe
5. ZeroZeroZero
6. Mrs. America
7. Ted Lasso
8. P-Valley
9. Gangs of London
10. The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City

The A.V. Club: The 25 Best TV Shows of 2020

[see also 2021 • 2010s • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016]

1. I May Destroy You
2. Mrs. America
3. BoJack Horseman
4. What We Do in the Shadows
5. The Good Place
6. Better Call Saul
7. The Queen's Gambit
8. Schitt's Creek
9. The Great
10. Never Have I Ever
11. Ted Lasso
12. PEN15
13. Better Things
14. Small Axe
15. Betty
16. Harley Quinn
17. The Baby-Sitters Club
18. Big Mouth
19. The Last Dance
20. How To with John Wilson
21. City So Real
22. Joe Pera Talks with You
23. P-Valley
24. Bad Education
25. The Good Lord Bird

Inkoo Kang: The 10 Best TV Shows of 2020, as published by The Hollywood Reporter

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2015 • 2014]

1. My Brilliant Friend
2. Mrs. America
3. P-Valley
4. I May Destroy You
5. The Crown
6. The Good Lord Bird
7. Visible: Out on Television
8. What We Do in the Shadows
9. Harley Quinn
10. On the Record

Honorable mentions

• Big Mouth
• The Boys
• Cheer
• Dave
• The Good Fight
• The Queen's Gambit
• Schitt's Creek
• Unorthodox
• We Are Who We Are
• Work in Progress

Angelica Jade Bastién: Top 10 Shows of 2020, as published by New York Magazine’s Vulture

[see also 2019]

1. I May Destroy You
2. Veneno
3. Harley Quinn
4. City So Real
5. BoJack Horseman
6. P-Valley
7. The Good Lord Bird
8. The Third Day
9. A Teacher
10. Dare Me

Kathryn VanArendonk: Top 10 Shows of 2020, as published by New York Magazine’s Vulture

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2019]

1. I May Destroy You
2. The Good Lord Bird
3. City So Real
4. How To with John Wilson
5. What We Do in the Shadows
6. Mrs. America
7. P-Valley
8. The Crown
9. The Baby-Sitters Club
10. The Great

The Atlantic: The 15 Best TV Shows of 2020. See The Atlantic for how each entry "impressed us by excelling in a specific arena."

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021]

• PEN15
• I May Destroy You
• The Crown
• Normal People
• How To with John Wilson
• The Queen's Gambit
• The Last Dance
• Insecure
• Dare Me
• Hard Knocks: Los Angeles
• Mrs. America
• Ted Lasso
• Selling Sunset
• Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi
• BoJack Horseman

Also noteworthy

• Never Have I Ever
• The Great
• Little Fires Everywhere
• My Brilliant Friend
• Cheer
• Dead to Me
• Stumptown
• Jeffrey Epstein: Filthy Rich
• Emily in Paris
• Million Dollar Beach House
• The American Barbecue Showdown
• The Good Place
• Schitt's Creek

Jen Chaney: Top 10 Shows of 2020, as published by New York Magazine’s Vulture

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017]

1. I May Destroy You
2. Unorthodox
3. I'll Be Gone in the Dark
4. BoJack Horseman
5. PEN15
6. The Good Lord Bird
7. Normal People
8. The Queen's Gambit
9. High Fidelity
10. Mrs. America

Matt Zoller Seitz: Top 10 Shows of 2020, as published by New York Magazine’s Vulture

[see also 2021 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016]

1. I'll Be Gone in the Dark
2. The Good Lord Bird
3. I May Destroy You
4. How To with John Wilson
5. What We Do in the Shadows
6. The Mandalorian
7. City So Real
8. Better Call Saul
9. Mrs. America
10. Lovecraft Country