Year-End Lists

Paste Magazine: 25 Best TV Shows of 2018

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2010s • 2019 • 2017 • 2016]

1. Atlanta
2. Killing Eve
3. Glow
4. The Americans
5. The Good Place
6. The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story
7. The Good Fight
8. Barry
9. Jane the Virgin
10. BoJack Horseman
11. The Haunting of Hill House
12. Adventure Time
13. Better Call Saul
14. Brooklyn Nine-Nine
15. The Handmaid’s Tale
16. Steven Universe
17. Lodge 49
18. One Day at a Time
19. The Expanse
20. High Maintenance
21. Pose
22. Big Mouth
23. Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
24. Random Acts of Flyness
25. Sorry for Your Loss

Decider: Best TV Shows of 2018

[see also 2021 • 2020 • 2019]

1. Glow
2. The Good Place
3. Killing Eve
4. Barry
5. The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story
6. Cobra Kai
7. Queer Eye
8. Better Call Saul
9. The Curious Creations of Christine McConnell
10. BoJack Horseman
11. Star Trek: Discovery
12. Castle Rock
13. American Vandal
14. Atlanta
15. Pose
16. A.P. Bio
17. Succession
18. Magic for Humans
19. Counterpart
20. Sharp Objects
21. Big Mouth

Judy Berman: 10 Best TV Shows of 2018, as published by Time Magazine

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2010s]

1. Killing Eve
2. Sharp Objects
3. Atlanta
4. Patrick Melrose
5. The Good Place
6. Terrace House: Opening New Doors
7. Claws
8. My Brilliant Friend
9. Homecoming
10. Pose

David Wiegand: 10 Best TV Shows of 2017, as published by The San Francisco Chronicle. This year it “includes only shows that premiered in 2017.”

[see also 2016]

• The Long Road Home
• The Handmaid’s Tale
• The Deuce
• I Love Dick
• Ozark
• The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
• The Vietnam War
• GLOW
• Legion
• One Day at a Time

Emily St. James: 18 Best TV Shows of 2017, “an 18-way tie,” as published by Vox

[see also 2021 • 2010s • 2019 • 2018]

• Better Call Saul
• Better Things
• BoJack Horseman
• Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
• The Deuce
• The Good Place
• Halt and Catch Fire
• The Handmaid’s Tale
• Insecure
• The Leftovers
• The Magicians
• Master of None
• Mr. Robot
• Nathan for You
• One Day at a Time
• Search Party
• Twin Peaks: The Return
• The Vietnam War

The second tier: 27 more shows I loved, in alphabetical order

• 12 Monkeys
• American Vandal
• The Americans
• Bates Motel
• Big Mouth
• Binging With Babish
• Black-ish
• The Bold Type
• The Carmichael Show
• Channel Zero: No End House
• The Chris Gethard Show
• The Crown
• Dear White People
• The Exorcist
• The Expanse
• Fargo
• Girls
• GLOW
• I Love Dick
• Samurai Jack
• Sense8
• She’s Gotta Have It
• Speechless
• Superstore
• Sweet/Vicious
• Vice Principals
• The Young Pope

Andy Greenwald: Top Ten TV Shows of 2017, as posted to Twitter

1. Twin Peaks: The Return
2. The Young Pope
3. The Leftovers
4. The Deuce
5. Glow
6. Mindhunter
7. Top of the Lake: China Girl
8. Insecure
9. The Good Place
10. The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

San Jose Mercury News: Best TV Shows of 2017

[see also 2018]

1. Big Little Lies
2. Better Things
3. The Leftovers
4. The Handmaid’s Tale
5. Mindhunter
6. Feud: Bette and Joan
7. Game of Thrones
8. The Good Place
9. Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
10. The Deuce

Esquire: Best TV Shows of 2017

[see also 2023 • 2020 • 2010s • 2018]

1. Twin Peaks: The Return
2. Big Little Lies
3. The Handmaid’s Tale
4. The Good Place
5. The Leftovers
6. Master of None
7. The Deuce
8. The Vietnam War
9. The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
10. At Home with Amy Sedaris
11. GLOW
12. The Crown
13. Mr. Robot
14. Better Call Saul
15. This Is Us
16. Mindhunter
17. Will & Grace
18. The Punisher
19. Legion
20. The Good Fight
21. American Gods
22. Game of Thrones
23. Feud: Bette and Joan
24. Girls
25. Riverdale

Noel Murray: 20 Best TV Shows of 2017, as published by The Verge

[see also 2022 • 2020 • 2018]

• Twin Peaks: The Return
• Halt and Catch Fire
• The Leftovers
• The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
• Mindhunter
• Black-ish
• Better Call Saul
• Fargo
• The Good Place
• One Day at a Time
• Brockmire
• Feud
• Great News
• The Vietnam War
• Outlander
• Brooklyn Nine-Nine
• The Deuce
• Rick and Morty
• Stranger Things
• Survivor’s Remorse

David Bianculli: Best TV of 2017 (as aired on NPR’s Fresh Air)

[see also 2020 • 2019 • 2018]

1. Better Call Saul
2. Godless
3. Curb Your Enthusiasm
4. Fargo
5. Legion
6. Mindhunter
7. Black Mirror
8. The Americans
9. The Good Place
10. Big Little Lies
10. The Deuce
10. The Handmaid’s Tale