Dorothy Rabinowitz: The Best Television of 2019, as published by The Wall Street Journal

[see also 2018]

• Das Boot
• For Sama
• Gentleman Jack
• Our Boys
• Press
• The Spy
• Tricky Dick

Paste Magazine: The 100 Best TV Shows of the 2010s

[see also 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016]

1. Breaking Bad
2. Mad Men
3. The Americans
4. Blue Planet II
4. Planet Earth II
5. Fleabag
6. Adventure Time
7. The Good Place
8. Atlanta
9. Parks and Recreation
10. The Great British Bake Off
11. 30 Rock
12. Barry
13. Rectify
14. The Good Wife
15. The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story
16. Game of Thrones
17. The Crown
18. Bob’s Burgers
19. Justified
20. Stranger Things
21. Brooklyn Nine-Nine
22. Chernobyl
23. Better Call Saul
24. Catastrophe
25. When They See Us
26. My Mad Fat Diary
27. Hannibal
28. Key and Peele
29. Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
30. Twin Peaks: The Return
31. Succession
32. The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance
33. BoJack Horseman
34. Veep
35. Legends of Tomorrow
36. Downton Abbey
37. The Night Manager
38. The Good Fight
39. Mozart in the Jungle
40. Review
41. Counterpart
42. Man Seeking Woman
43. The Leftovers
44. Community
45. Penny Dreadful
46. Boardwalk Empire
47. Broad City
48. Gravity Falls
49. Happy Valley
50. Killing Eve
51. Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23
52. Halt and Catch Fire
53. Looking
54. Fargo
55. Russian Doll
56. Treme
57. It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
58. The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
59. Sherlock
60. Orphan Black
61. Rick and Morty
62. American Vandal
63. Downward Dog
64. Jane the Virgin
65. Terriers
66. In the Flesh
67. Doctor Who
68. Glow
69. Documentary Now!
70. Big Mouth
71. Outlander
72. Black-ish
73. Speechless
74. The Handmaid’s Tale
75. Queen Sugar
76. Happy Endings
77. Master of None
78. Detroiters
79. Steven Universe
80. Black Mirror
81. Better Things
82. One Day at a Time
83. The Expanse
84. Fringe
85. The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story
86. Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
87. Westworld
88. Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
89. Orange is the New Black
90. The Knick
91. Portlandia
92. Nathan for You
93. Pose
94. The Bold Type
95. Schitt's Creek
96. Grey's Anatomy
97. Eastbound & Down
98. Fresh Off the Boat
99. Silicon Valley
100. Parenthood

Autostraddle: The Best TV Shows of 2019 with LGBT Women Characters

[see also 2018]

1. Pose
2. Fleabag
3. Jane the Virgin
4. Killing Eve
5. When They See Us
6. The Good Place
7. One Day at a Time
8. Vida
9. A Black Lady Sketch Show
10. Russian Doll
11. Dickinson
12. Sex Education
13. The L Word: Generation Q
14. Gentleman Jack
15. Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
16. The Good Fight
17. Broad City
18. Euphoria
19. She-Ra and the Princesses of Power
20. Glow
21. Work in Progress
22. High Maintenance
23. Batwoman
24. Mrs. Fletcher
25. How to Get Away with Murder

Paste Magazine: The 50 Best TV Shows of 2019

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

1. Fleabag
2. Succession
3. The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance
4. Chernobyl
5. Barry
6. Russian Doll
7. The Good Place
8. Unbelievable
9. Perpetual Grace, LTD
10. When They See Us
11. What We Do in the Shadows
12. Catastrophe
13. The Crown
14. Legends of Tomorrow
15. Counterpart
16. Good Omens
17. Killing Eve
18. I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson
19. The Good Fight
20. Glow
21. David Makes Man
22. On Becoming a God in Central Florida
23. Watchmen
24. One Day at a Time
25. Brooklyn Nine-Nine
26. Gentleman Jack
27. The Great British Bake Off
28. Pose
29. Speechless
30. BoJack Horseman
31. Jane the Virgin
32. Lodge 49
33. Back to Life
34. Derry Girls
35. Dead to Me
36. Les Misérables
37. Our Planet
38. Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
39. Evil
40. The Umbrella Academy
41. Shrill
42. Veep
43. The Spanish Princess
44. Years and Years
45. Dickinson
46. The Other Two
47. Better Things
48. Stumptown
49. Ramy
50. Sorry for Your Loss

Honorable Mention

• Victoria
• South Side
• The Righteous Gemstones
• Schitt's Creek
• Stranger Things
• Baskets
• Sex Education
• Primal

NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour: Favorite TV Shows Of 2019

[see also 2018]

• Chernobyl
• The Crown
• Dead to Me
• Documentary Now!
• Fleabag
• The Good Place
• Los Espookys
• The Other Two
• Pose
• Russian Doll
• Schitt's Creek
• Shrill
• Succession
• Surviving R. Kelly
• Unbelievable
• Undone
• Watchmen
• When They See Us

David Bianculli: The Best TV of 2019, as aired on NPR’s Fresh Air

[see also 2018, 2017]

1. The Good Place
2. Legion
3. Black Mirror
4. Fleabag
4. Killing Eve
5. Watchmen
6. The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
7. Dead to Me
8. Barry
9. Evil
10. Veep

Special Mentions: Movies and Miniseries

• The Act
• Deadwood: The Movie
• El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
• Years and Years

Special Mentions: Nonfiction

• Leaving Neverland
• 60 Minutes

Little White Lies: The 25 Best TV Shows of 2019

[see also 2018]

1. Fleabag
2. Succession
3. Russian Doll
4. When They See Us
5. Schitt's Creek
6. Barry
7. Watchmen
8. Fosse/Verdon
9. Unbelievable
10. Mr. Robot
11. Chernobyl
12. Pose
13. Glow
14. Mindhunter
15. Game of Thrones
16. RuPaul's Drag Race UK
17. Stranger Things
18. Derry Girls
19. The Other Two
20. I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson
21. Orange is the New Black
22. The End of the F***ing World
23. Tuca & Bertie
24. Euphoria
25. World on Fire

Emily VanDerWerff: The 18 Best TV Shows of 2019, as published by Vox

[see also 2010s, 2018, 2017]

1. Watchmen
2. Fleabag
3. Succession
4. Russian Doll
5. Fosse/Verdon
6. Lodge 49
7. Barry
8. Better Things
9. Mr. Robot
10. David Makes Man
11. Couples Therapy
12. PEN15
13. Pose
14. Chernobyl
15. The Magicians
16. Unbelievable
17. True Detective
18. Stumptown

11 honorable mentions

• Dickinson
• Evil
• Girl Meets Farm
• I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson
• One Day at a Time
• Ramy
• Superstore
• Undone
• Vida
• When They See Us
• You’re the Worst

The Guardian: The 50 Best TV Shows of 2019

1. Succession
2. Fleabag
3. Chernobyl
4. Years and Years
5. The Virtues
6. Unbelievable
7. Russian Doll
8. This Time with Alan Partridge
9. Catastrophe
10. Euphoria
11. Leaving Neverland
12. Top Boy
13. Stath Lets Flats
14. Sex Education
15. Derry Girls
16. What We Do in the Shadows
17. Everybody in the Place: an Incomplete History of Britain 1984-1992
18. Back to Life
19. Ghosts
20. Mum
21. Prince Andrew and the Epstein Scandal: The Newsnight Interview
22. I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson
23. When They See Us
24. His Dark Materials
25. The Crown
26. Barry
27. State of the Union
28. The End of the F***ing World
29. The Other Two
30. BoJack Horseman
31. Gentleman Jack
32. This Way Up
33. Spotlight on the Troubles: A Secret History
34. Broad City
35. Don't Forget the Driver
36. Game of Thrones
37. The Capture
38. Surviving R. Kelly
39. Mindhunter
40. Watchmen
41. Line of Duty
42. Stranger Things
43. 63 Up
44. Seven Worlds, One Planet
45. Transparent (Musical Finale)
46. Guilt
47. The Curry House Kid
48. The Last Survivors
49. World on Fire
50. Killing Eve

Emily VanDerWerff: The 21 TV Shows that Explained the 2010s, as published by Vox

[see also 2019, 2018, 2017]

1. Nathan for You
2. BoJack Horseman
3. The Leftovers
4. The Americans
5. Halt and Catch Fire
6. Enlightened
7. Orange is the New Black
8. Adventure Time
9. Atlanta
10. Bob’s Burgers
11. Hannibal
12. Fleabag
13. Girls
13. Better Things
14. Mr. Robot
15. The Magicians
16. The Good Place
16. Superstore
17. One Day at a Time
18. Parenthood
19. American Crime Story
20. The Handmaid’s Tale
21. Game of Thrones

Honorable mentions

• 12 Monkeys
• Barry
• Bates Motel
• Better Call Saul
• Black-ish
• The Carmichael Show
• Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
• Hbomberguy
• Homeland
• Jane the Virgin
• Justified
• Key and Peele
• Manhattan
• Mom
• New Girl
• Person of Interest
• Rectify
• Sense8
• Silicon Valley
• Succession
• You’re the Worst