Kelly Lawler: The 15 Best TV Shows of 2020, as published by USA Today
TV Shows
Hank Stuever: Best TV of 2020, as published by The Washington Post
Maggie Fremont: The Best TV Shows of 2020, as published by Shondaland
LaToya Ferguson: The Best TV Shows of 2020, as published by ScreenCrush
- I May Destroy You
- Better Call Saul
- Ted Lasso
- BoJack Horseman
- Mythic Quest: Raven's Banquet
- Lovecraft Country
- What We Do in the Shadows
- Saved by the Bell
- The Last Dance
- A.P. Bio
- 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
Honorable Mentions (In Alphabetical Order)
Alan Sepinwall: The 20 Best TV Shows of 2020, as published by Rolling Stone
Sight & Sound Magazine: The Best Television Series of 2020, the results of the Sight & Sound TV Poll
[see also 2019]
Kevin Fallon: The 20 Best TV Shows of 2020, as published by The Daily Beast
- I May Destroy You
- PEN15
- What We Do in the Shadows
- How To with John Wilson
- The Real Housewives of Potomac
- Unorthodox
- The Great
- P-Valley
- Ted Lasso
- The Baby-Sitters Club
- Saved by the Bell
- The Good Fight
- Better Things
- Schitt's Creek
- Insecure
- Mrs. America
- Normal People
- Jeopardy!
- The Queen's Gambit
- Search Party
- The Crown
Noel Murray: The 20 Best TV Shows of 2020, as published by Polygon
- Mrs. America
- What We Do in the Shadows
- How To with John Wilson
- The Last Dance
- I May Destroy You
- The Plot Against America
- Better Call Saul
- The Mandalorian
- The Queen's Gambit
- Jeopardy! The Greatest of All Time
- Young Sheldon
- The Good Fight
- Ted Lasso
- Never Have I Ever
- Perry Mason
- The Good Lord Bird
- Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema
- Everything's Gonna Be Okay
- Dirty John
- Tales from the Loop