Year-End Lists

A hand-curated, browsable index of notable year-end lists. Follow the link for each list to see essential commentary from its author, at the source.
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  1. Entertainment Weekly: Kristen Baldwin: Best TV Shows of 2020
  2. Fresh Air: David Bianculli: Best TV Shows of 2018
  3. Complex: The Top TV Series of 2022
  4. Rolling Stone: Alan Sepinwall: The 20 Best TV Shows of 2020
  5. Time: Judy Berman: The 10 Best TV Shows of 2022
  6. Fresh Air: David Bianculli: Best TV of 2017
  7. Entertainment Weekly: Darren Franich: Best TV Shows of 2020
  8. Ringer: The Best TV Shows of 2020
  9. Complex: The Best TV Shows of 2020
  10. Vulture: Jen Chaney: The Best TV of 2022
  11. ScreenCrush: LaToya Ferguson: The Best TV Shows of 2020
  12. Fresh Air: David Bianculli: Best TV of 2020
  13. Ringer: The Best TV Shows of 2022
  14. Polygon: The Best TV Shows of 2022
  15. Time: Judy Berman: The 10 Best TV Shows of 2020
  16. Uproxx: The Best TV Shows of 2020
  17. Vulture: Matt Zoller Seitz: 10 Best TV Shows of 2018
  18. Salon: Melanie McFarland: 10 Best TV Shows of 2018
  19. IndieWire: 10 Best TV Shows of 2016
  20. Miami New Times: Lara Zarum: Ten Best TV Shows of 2018
  21. A.V. Club: 30 Best TV Shows of 2016
  22. Mercury News: Top 10 TV Shows of 2018
  23. Vanity Fair: Sonia Saraiya: 10 Best TV Shows of the 2010s
  24. Uproxx: Alan Sepinwall: 20 Best TV Shows of 2017
  25. A.V. Club: The 25 Best TV Shows of 2020
  26. Rolling Stone: Alan Sepinwall: 20 Best TV Shows of 2018
  27. A.V. Club: 20 Best TV Shows of 2017
  28. IndieWire: Ben Travers: The Best TV Series of 2020
  29. Uproxx: Best TV Shows of 2018
  30. Variety: Sonia Saraiya: 20 Best TV Shows of 2016
  31. A.V. Club: Best TV of 2018
  32. Time: Daniel D’Addario: Top 10 TV Shows of 2016
  33. Entertainment Weekly: Kristen Baldwin: Best TV Shows of 2018
  34. Highlark: 31 Best TV Shows of 2017
  35. BBC: Keith Uhlich: 10 Best TV Shows of 2016
  36. Polygon: Noel Murray: The 20 Best TV Shows of 2020
  37. Vulture: Jen Chaney: 10 Best TV Shows of 2017
  38. IndieWire: 10 Best TV Shows of 2017
  39. Slant: 25 Best TV Shows of 2016
  40. Paste: 25 Best TV Shows of 2016
  41. Decider: Best TV Shows of 2018
  42. Vulture: Matt Zoller Seitz: Top 10 Shows of 2020
  43. Observer: Brandon Katz: 10 Best TV Shows of 2017
  44. Ringer: Best Television Shows of 2018
  45. Vanity Fair: Sonia Saraiya: The 10 Best TV Shows of 2020
  46. Hollywood Reporter: Tim Goodman: 32 Best TV Shows of 2018
  47. Vulture: Jen Chaney: 10 Best TV Shows of 2018
  48. Uproxx: Alan Sepinwall: 21 Best TV Shows of 2016
  49. IndieWire: Best TV Shows of 2018
  50. Decider: The 19 Best TV Shows of 2020
  51. Entertainment Weekly: Kristen Baldwin: The Best TV Shows of the Decade
  52. Rolling Stone: Alan Sepinwall: 50 Best TV Shows of the 2010s
  53. RogerEbert.com: The Best Television of the 2010s
  54. Paste: 25 Best TV Shows of 2018
  55. Slant: 25 Best TV Shows of 2018
  56. Hollywood Reporter: Tim Goodman: Best TV of 2017
  57. Sight & Sound TV Poll: The Best Television Series of 2020
  58. Esquire: Best TV Shows of 2017
  59. A.V. Club: The 100 Best TV Shows of the 2010s
  60. Entertainment Weekly: 10 Best TV Shows of 2016
  61. Complex: 30 Best TV Shows of 2018
  62. Esquire: Best TV Shows of 2018
  63. ScreenCrush: Maggie Fremont: The Best TV Shows of the 2010s
  64. Slant: 25 Best TV Shows of 2017
  65. Collider: Allison Keene: Best TV Shows of 2018
  66. Rolling Stone: Rob Sheffield: 20 Best TV Shows of 2017
  67. Playlist: The Best TV Shows & Mini-Series of the Decade
  68. Variety: Sonia Saraiya: 25 Best TV Shows of 2017
  69. Playlist: Best TV Shows of 2018
  70. Paste: The 100 Best TV Shows of the 2010s
  71. IndieWire: The Best TV Shows of the Decade, Ranked
  72. Consequence of Sound: Top 100 TV Shows of the 2010s

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