Kelly Lawler: The 15 Best TV Shows of 2020, as published by USA Today

[see also 2019, 2018, 2017]

1. I May Destroy You
2. The Great
3. What We Do in the Shadows
4. Upload
5. BoJack Horseman
6. Schitt's Creek
7. The Queen's Gambit
8. Ted Lasso
9. Ramy
10. Never Have I Ever
11. The Good Fight
12. The Baby-Sitters Club
13. Quiz
14. Cheer
15. Your Honor

Hank Stuever: Best TV of 2020, as published by The Washington Post

[see also 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016]

1. I May Destroy You
2. Normal People
3. The Democratic National Convention
4. Unorthodox
5. The Crown
6. The Vow
7. Mrs. America
8. Perry Mason
9. PEN15
10. This Is Us

Honorable mentions

• Cheer
• Fargo
• The Go-Go's
• P-Valley
• Love Is Blind
• I'll Be Gone in the Dark
• Hillary
• The Baby-Sitters Club
• Hightown
• The Good Place

Maggie Fremont: The Best TV Shows of 2020, as published by Shondaland

[see also 2010s, 2019]

• The Baby-Sitters Club
• Better Call Saul
• City So Real
• The Crown
• The Good Fight
• Dead to Me
• I May Destroy You
• Insecure
• The Last Dance
• Mrs. America
• Never Have I Ever
• The Queen's Gambit
• Schitt's Creek
• Unorthodox
• What We Do in the Shadows

LaToya Ferguson: The Best TV Shows of 2020, as published by ScreenCrush

[see also 2019, 2018]

1. I May Destroy You
2. Better Call Saul
3. Ted Lasso
4. BoJack Horseman
5. Mythic Quest: Raven's Banquet
6. Lovecraft Country
7. What We Do in the Shadows
8. Saved by the Bell
9. The Last Dance
10. A.P. Bio

Honorable Mentions (In Alphabetical Order)

• Black Monday
• Brockmire
• Evil
• Feel Good
• The Great
• High Fidelity
• Hightown
• P-Valley
• PEN15
• The Queen's Gambit
• Ramy
• Search Party
• Teenage Bounty Hunters
• Unorthodox

Alan Sepinwall: The 20 Best TV Shows of 2020, as published by Rolling Stone

[see also 2010s, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016]

1. Better Call Saul
2. Lovecraft Country
3. Brockmire
4. I May Destroy You
5. The Good Lord Bird
6. Normal People
7. What We Do in the Shadows
8. We Are Who We Are
9. How To with John Wilson
10. PEN15
11. Bluey
12. Better Things
13. My Brilliant Friend
14. Dave
15. The Great
16. BoJack Horseman
17. High Fidelity
18. Ramy
19. The Plot Against America
20. Grand Army

Sight & Sound Magazine: The Best Television Series of 2020, the results of the Sight & Sound TV Poll

[see also 2019]

1. I May Destroy You
2. Normal People
3. The Queen's Gambit
4. Devs
5. I Hate Suzie
6. Ozark
7. Des
8. The Plot Against America
9. Quiz
10. Unorthodox
11. Mrs. America
12. Lovecraft Country
13. Little Fires Everywhere
14. Better Call Saul
15. Adult Material
16. The Salisbury Poisonings
17. The Beach
18. Staged
19. The Outsider
20. Isolation Stories

Kevin Fallon: The 20 Best TV Shows of 2020, as published by The Daily Beast

1. I May Destroy You
2. PEN15
3. What We Do in the Shadows
4. How To with John Wilson
5. The Real Housewives of Potomac
6. Unorthodox
7. The Great
8. P-Valley
9. Ted Lasso
10. The Baby-Sitters Club
10. Saved by the Bell
11. The Good Fight
12. Better Things
13. Schitt's Creek
14. Insecure
15. Mrs. America
16. Normal People
17. Jeopardy!
18. The Queen's Gambit
19. Search Party
20. The Crown

Barack Obama: Favorite TV Shows of 2020, as posted to Twitter

• Better Call Saul
• The Queen's Gambit
• I May Destroy You
• The Boys
• The Good Lord Bird
• Devs
• The Last Dance
• Mrs. America
• The Good Place
• City So Real

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 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