Year-End Lists

Lorraine Ali: The 10 Best TV Shows of 2022, as published by The Los Angeles Times along with three quirky dance numbers for anyone who doesn't have time for an entire series or episode

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

• Our Flag Means Death
• Severance
• The January 6th hearings
• Abbott Elementary
• Keep Sweet: Pray and Obey
• The Serpent Queen
• Pachinko
• The Sandman
• Mo
• Bad Sisters

Robert Lloyd: The 14 Best TV Shows of 2022, as published by The Los Angeles Times, including only programs that debuted in the past year

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

• The Bear
• Paper Girls
• She-Hulk: Attorney at Law
• Ms. Marvel
• High School
• The Afterparty
• Pachinko
• Norm Macdonald: Nothing Special
• Rothaniel
• This Fool
• Gordita Chronicles
• Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
• Our Flag Means Death
• Standing Up

Complex: The Top TV Series of 2022

[see also 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018]

1. Better Call Saul
2. The Bear
3. Atlanta
4. Industry
5. Andor
6. House of the Dragon
7. Abbott Elementary
8. Euphoria
9. Ms. Marvel
10. Barry
11. Severance
12. Only Murders in the Building
13. Peacemaker
14. Stranger Things
15. The Righteous Gemstones

Margaret Lyons: Best Shows That Ended in 2022, as published by The New York Times

[see also 2023 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017]

• Arthur
• Atlanta
• Better Call Saul
• Better Things
• Derry Girls
• The Good Fight
• The Split
• Joe Pera Talks with You
• Peaky Blinders
• Queen Sugar
• Tuca & Bertie

Honorable mentions

• Black-ish
• Dead to Me
• Desus & Mero
• Gentleman Jack
• Gomorrah
• Killing Eve
• Made for Love
• Search Party

James Poniewozik: Best TV Shows of 2022, as published by The New York Times

[see also 2023 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016]

• Reservation Dogs
• Abbott Elementary
• Atlanta
• Better Call Saul
• Better Things
• The Good Fight
• Los Espookys
• What We Do in the Shadows
• High School
• The January 6th hearings
• Killing It
• P-Valley
• My Brilliant Friend
• The Rehearsal
• Severance

Honorable mentions

• As We See It
• Barry
• The Bear
• The Dropout
• The Kids in the Hall
• Ramy
• Rothaniel
• Somebody Somewhere
• Undone
• We Need to Talk About Cosby

Flawed but fascinating

• For All Mankind
• Irma Vep
• Minx
• Raised by Wolves

Paste Magazine: The 25 Best TV Shows of 2022

[see also 2023 • 2021 • 2010s • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016]

1. Andor
2. Barry
3. Abbott Elementary
4. Better Call Saul
5. The Bear
6. What We Do in the Shadows
7. Hacks
8. Our Flag Means Death
9. The Afterparty
10. Reservation Dogs
11. Only Murders in the Building
12. Severance
13. The Rehearsal
14. Minx
15. Ghosts
16. Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
17. Under the Banner of Heaven
18. Derry Girls
19. The Dropout
20. The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
21. Bad Sisters
22. Pam & Tommy
23. Ms. Marvel
24. Peacemaker
25. The Righteous Gemstones

Judy Berman: The 10 Best TV Shows of 2022, as published by Time Magazine

[see also 2023 • 2021 • 2020 • 2010s • 2018]

1. Better Call Saul
2. The Rehearsal
3. Severance
4. Reservation Dogs
5. This Is Going to Hurt
6. Better Things
7. Atlanta
8. Derry Girls
9. Made for Love
10. Rap Sh!t

Honorable mentions

• Abbott Elementary
• Anne Rice's Interview with the Vampire
• Barry
• Conversations with Friends
• The Girl from Plainville
• Irma Vep
• Search Party
• Sort Of
• What We Do in the Shadows

Promising shows whose new seasons I couldn’t screen in full

• Kindred
• The White Lotus

IndieWire: The 12 Best New TV Shows of 2022, in order of premiere date but numbered as follows

[see also 2010s • 2018 • 2017 • 2016]

1. Abbott Elementary
2. Somebody Somewhere
3. Severance
4. Minx
5. Gaslit
6. We Own This City
7. I Love That for You
8. The Bear
9. The Rehearsal
10. The Patient
11. Andor
12. Anne Rice's Interview with the Vampire

Inkoo Kang: The Best TV Shows of 2022, as published by The New Yorker

[see also 2023 • 2021 • 2020 • 2015 • 2014]

• The Good Fight
• Hacks
• Mo
• My Brilliant Friend
• The Patient
• The Rehearsal
• Rothaniel
• Somebody Somewhere
• This Fool
• This Is Going to Hurt

Honorable Mentions

• Abbott Elementary
• Atlanta
• The Bear
• Evil
• The January 6th hearings
• Julia
• P-Valley
• Ramy
• Reservation Dogs
• Single Drunk Female
• We Own This City

Bonus: Documentaries

• The Murdochs: Empire of Influence
• We Need to Talk About Cosby
• Menudo: Forever Young
• Children of the Underground
• The Big Conn

The Mary Sue: The Best TV Shows That Premiered in 2022

• Heartstopper
• Bad Sisters
• Anne Rice's Interview with the Vampire
• Severance
• Paper Girls
• Andor
• Ms. Marvel
• Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities
• House of the Dragon
• The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power