Year-End Lists

Angelica Jade Bastién: The Best TV Shows of 2019, as published by New York Magazine’s Vulture

[see also 2020]

1. Watchmen
2. Russian Doll
3. Mindhunter
4. Fleabag
5. I Am the Night
6. Unbelievable
7. Primal
8. The Good Place
9. Bob’s Burgers
10. Doom Patrol

Kathryn VanArendonk: The Best TV Shows of 2019, as published by New York Magazine’s Vulture

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020]

1. Fleabag
2. Succession
3. Unbelievable
4. Watchmen
5. Russian Doll
6. Lodge 49
7. Dickinson
8. The Good Fight
9. Couples Therapy
10. What We Do in the Shadows

Mike Hale: The Best International Shows of 2019, as published by The New York Times

• The 43
• Gentleman Jack
• Killing Eve
• Kingdom
• Manhunt
• Mr Inbetween
• Our Boys
• State of the Union
• Unforgotten
• Unspeakable

Margaret Lyons: The Best Shows That Ended in 2019, as published by The New York Times

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2018 • 2017]

1. Fleabag
1. Catastrophe
2. Jane the Virgin
2. Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
3. Lodge 49
4. Tuca & Bertie
5. Orange is the New Black
6. Veep
6. Madam Secretary
7. Mr. Robot
8. Broad City
8. Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
9. Baskets
10. Andi Mack

Honorable mentions

• Speechless
• My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
• Patriot
• Game of Thrones
• Counterpart

James Poniewozik: The Best TV Shows of 2019, as published by The New York Times

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016]

• Better Things
• Catastrophe
• Documentary Now!
• Fleabag
• PEN15
• Russian Doll
• Succession
• Unbelievable
• When They See Us
• Undone
• Watchmen

Ben Travers: The Best TV Shows of 2019, as published by IndieWire

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020]

1. Fleabag
2. Watchmen
3. Better Things
4. Tuca & Bertie
5. Succession
6. Russian Doll
7. Glow
8. Barry
9. PEN15
10. Superstore

Honorable Mentions

• Veep
• BoJack Horseman
• Chernobyl
• Unbelievable
• I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson
• You’re the Worst
• Broad City
• Catastrophe
• David Makes Man
• Mindhunter

Sonia Saraiya: 10 Best TV Shows of the 2010s, as published by Vanity Fair along with a list of 15 standout episodes from none of the shows listed in the other categories

[see also 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015]

1. BoJack Horseman
2. Twin Peaks: The Return
3. Enlightened
4. Steven Universe
5. Better Call Saul
6. Atlanta
7. Rectify
8. Fleabag
9. Broad City
10. The Great British Bake Off

Honorable Mention — Drama

1. Halt and Catch Fire
2. The Leftovers
3. Game of Thrones

Honorable Mention — Comedy

1. Girls
2. Kroll Show
3. High Maintenance
4. Veep
5. Better Things
6. Schitt's Creek
7. Rick and Morty
8. The Good Place

Honorable Mention — Limited Series

1. When They See Us
2. Alias Grace
3. American Crime Story
4. Sharp Objects
5. Top of the Lake

The Skinny: Top 10 TV Series of 2019

1. Chernobyl
2. BoJack Horseman
3. Russian Doll
4. Fleabag
5. Derry Girls
6. This Time with Alan Partridge
7. Succession
8. The End of the F***ing World
9. Tuca & Bertie
10. Unbelievable

Esquire: The Best TV Shows of the 2010s

[see also 2023 • 2020 • 2018 • 2017]

1. Atlanta
2. Breaking Bad
3. Mad Men
4. The Americans
5. Fleabag
6. Black Mirror
7. Bob’s Burgers
8. Parks and Recreation
9. Veep
10. Game of Thrones

RogerEbert.com: The Best Television of the 2010s, as chosen by TV critics Brian Tallerico and Allison Shoemaker

[see also 2023]

1. The Americans
2. Mad Men
3. Breaking Bad
4. The Leftovers
5. Fleabag
6. Hannibal
7. Atlanta
8. The Good Place
9. Parks and Recreation
10. Twin Peaks: The Return
11. Better Call Saul
12. Halt and Catch Fire
13. Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
14. Enlightened
15. When They See Us
16. 30 Rock
17. O.J.: Made in America
18. Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown
19. Rectify
20. American Crime Story
21. Bob’s Burgers
22. The Tale
23. Brooklyn Nine-Nine
24. Veep
25. Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

Honorable Mentions

• America to Me
• Barry
• Big Little Lies
• Boardwalk Empire
• Community
• Dear White People
• Documentary Now!
• The Good Fight
• Gravity Falls
• Justified
• Killing Eve
• Mindhunter
• One Day at a Time
• Pose
• Review
• Russian Doll
• Schitt's Creek
• Southland
• Steven Universe
• Succession
• Superstore
• True Detective
• Unbelievable
• Westworld
• You’re the Worst