Year-End Lists

Melanie McFarland: 10 Best TV Shows of 2018, as published by Salon

[see also 2019]

1. Atlanta
2. Killing Eve
3. Better Call Saul
4. The Good Place
4. Brooklyn Nine-Nine
5. Sharp Objects
6. Succession
7. The Good Fight
8. Pose
9. Counterpart
10. Cobra Kai

Allison Keene: Best TV Shows of 2018, as published by Collider

More Noteworthy Shows of the Year

• The Deuce
• Patrick Melrose
• Chilling Adventures of Sabrina
• The Alienist
• Anne with an E
• The Durrells in Corfu
• Corporate
• A Very English Scandal
• Lodge 49
• Hilda

1. Blue Planet II
2. Legends of Tomorrow
3. Atlanta
4. Killing Eve
5. Barry
6. The Americans
7. The Terror
8. Counterpart
9. The Great British Bake Off
10. Sharp Objects
11. Glow
12. The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
13. Escape at Dannemora
14. Mozart in the Jungle
15. Detroiters
16. Sorry for Your Loss
17. Succession
18. Hap and Leonard
19. Better Call Saul
20. Victoria
21. Baskets
22. Narcos: Mexico
23. Howards End
24. Black Lightning
25. Bodyguard

David Bianculli: Best TV Shows of 2018, as aired on NPR’s Fresh Air

[see also 2020 • 2019 • 2017]

1. Better Call Saul
2. Legion
3. The Americans
4. Killing Eve
5. The Good Place
6. The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
7. The Handmaid’s Tale
8. Sharp Objects
9. Patrick Melrose
10. Barry

Lorraine Ali: 10 Best New TV Shows of 2018, as published by The Los Angeles Times

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019]

1. Escape at Dannemora
2. A Very English Scandal
3. The Terror
4. The End of the F***ing World
5. Barry
6. Rest in Power: The Trayvon Martin Story
7. Trust
8. You
9. Black Lightning
10. Dietland

Robert Lloyd: Best TV of 2018, as published by The Los Angeles Times

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019]

1. Lodge 49
2. Random Acts of Flyness
2. Joe Pera Talks with You
3. The Kids Are Alright
4. The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling
5. Beychella [Beyoncé live at Coachella]
6. Summer Camp Island
7. This Close
8. Barry
9. The Bisexual
9. Sally4Ever
10. Counterpart

The Playlist: Best TV Shows of 2018

[see also 2023 • 2010s • 2016]

1. Atlanta
2. Barry
3. Homecoming
4. The Americans
5. Succession
6. The Little Drummer Girl
7. Dear White People
8. Killing Eve
9. The Good Fight
10. The End of the F***ing World
11. BoJack Horseman
12. A Very English Scandal
13. The Terror
14. Counterpart
15. American Vandal
16. The Haunting of Hill House
17. Billions
18. Sharp Objects
19. Glow
20. Forever
21. The Chi
22. The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story
23. Better Call Saul
24. Brooklyn Nine-Nine
25. Sorry for Your Loss

Little White Lies: 25 Best TV Shows of 2018

[see also 2022 • 2021 • 2019]

1. The Americans
2. Killing Eve
3. Atlanta
4. The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story
5. Homecoming
6. Barry
7. Sharp Objects
8. Succession
9. The Good Fight
10. Glow
11. The Deuce
12. Big Mouth
13. Jane the Virgin
14. Casual
15. Queer Eye
16. American Vandal
17. The Good Place
18. Maniac
19. Derry Girls
20. The Handmaid’s Tale
21. The Haunting of Hill House
22. The Bridge
23. Bodyguard
24. Doctor Who
25. Daredevil

NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour: Best TV Shows of 2018

[see also 2019]

• The Americans
• Barry
• Big Mouth
• The Chi
• Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
• The Good Place
• Homecoming
• Killing Eve
• The Kominsky Method
• Legion
• One Day at a Time
• Pose
• Queer Eye
• Shut Up and Dribble
• A Very English Scandal
• Vida

Dorothy Rabinowitz: Best TV of 2018, as published by The Wall Street Journal

[see also 2019]

• My Brilliant Friend
• The Americans
• Homecoming
• Succession
• American Experience: The Circus
• The Pacific War in Color, episode "The Enemy Underground"
• The Woman in White
• A Very English Scandal

San Jose Mercury News: Top 10 TV Shows of 2018

[see also 2017]

1. Killing Eve
2. The Americans
3. Atlanta
4. Better Call Saul
5. Kidding
6. Homecoming
7. Glow
8. Succession
9. Barry
10. Pose