Year-End Lists

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

Little White Lies: The 25 Best TV Shows of 2019

[see also 2022 • 2021 • 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 St. James: The 18 Best TV Shows of 2019, as published by Vox

[see also 2021 • 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

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020]

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

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

[see also 2020 • 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

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

[see also 2021 • 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

Decider: Top 20 TV Shows of 2019

[see also 2021 • 2020 • 2018]

1. Fleabag
2. Russian Doll
3. Succession
4. Chernobyl
5. Euphoria
6. Schitt's Creek
7. The Righteous Gemstones
8. Watchmen
9. Barry
10. Stranger Things
11. Unbelievable
12. The Good Place
13. PEN15
14. Glow
15. When They See Us
16. Below Deck Mediterranean
17. Tuca & Bertie
18. Superstore
19. I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson
20. The OA

Melanie McFarland: The Best TV Of 2019, as published by Salon

[see also 2018]

• Ramy
• Sex Education
• A Black Lady Sketch Show
• Pose
• Russian Doll
• Succession
• Watchmen
• The Good Fight
• Better Things
• When They See Us
• Fleabag

Hey, Watch These

• Chernobyl
• BoJack Horseman
• Undone
• Los Espookys
• What We Do in the Shadows
• Shrill
• Broad City
• Gentleman Jack
• PEN15
• Sherman's Showcase
• The Good Place
• Warrior
• Barry
• South Side
• Glow
• Billions
• On Becoming a God in Central Florida
• Tuca & Bertie

Robert Lloyd: Best TV Shows of 2019, as published by The Los Angeles Times

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2018]

• On Becoming a God in Central Florida
• Wayne
• Now Apocalypse
• Russian Doll
• Undone
• Lazor Wulf
• A Black Lady Sketch Show
• Emergence
• Chambers
• Good Omens
• His Dark Materials
• PEN15
• Encore!
• Fosse/Verdon

Lorraine Ali: Best TV Shows of 2019, as published by The Los Angeles Times

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2018]

• Dickinson
• The Boys
• Fleabag
• Chernobyl
• Ramy
• Surviving R. Kelly
• Stranger Things
• The Good Place
• I Am the Night
• Brexit