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.

Lists

  1. Complex: The Best TV Shows of 2021
  2. Little White Lies: The 25 Best TV Shows of 2021
  3. A.V. Club: The 25 Best TV Shows of 2021
  4. Boston Globe: Matthew Gilbert: The 10 Best TV Shows of 2021
  5. ScreenCrush: The Best TV Shows of 2021
  6. Guardian: The 50 Best TV Shows of 2019
  7. Complex: The Best TV Shows of 2019
  8. Slate: Willa Paskin: The Top 10 TV Shows of 2021
  9. Vanity Fair: Sonia Saraiya: The 14 Best TV Shows of 2021
  10. Slate: Willa Paskin: 10 Best TV Shows of 2018
  11. Gothamist: Ben Yakas: The Best TV Shows of 2021
  12. Sight & Sound TV Poll: The Best TV Series of 2019
  13. Slate: Willa Paskin: The 10 Best TV Shows of 2019
  14. The Ringer: Best Television Shows of 2018
  15. Slant: The 25 Best TV Shows of 2019
  16. Paste: The 50 Best TV Shows of 2019
  17. IndieWire: Ben Travers: The Best TV Shows of 2021
  18. Vulture: Kathryn VanArendonk: The Best TV Shows of 2019
  19. Little White Lies: The 25 Best TV Shows of 2019
  20. Vulture: Matt Zoller Seitz: The Best TV Shows of 2019
  21. Decider: Best TV of 2021
  22. Miami New Times: Lara Zarum: Ten Best TV Shows of 2018
  23. Decider: Top 20 TV Shows of 2019
  24. Vox: Emily VanDerWerff: The 18 Best TV Shows of 2019
  25. Variety: Caroline Framke: Best TV Shows of 2021
  26. A.V. Club: LaToya Ferguson: The Best TV of 2019
  27. Guardian: The 50 Best TV Shows of 2021
  28. A.V. Club: The 25 Best TV Shows of 2019
  29. Vulture: Matt Zoller Seitz: The Best TV of 2021
  30. Scout Tafoya: The Best Television Shows of 2021
  31. Entertainment Weekly: Kristen Baldwin: The 10 Best TV Shows of 2021
  32. Washington Post: Hank Stuever: Best TV shows of 2019
  33. ScreenCrush: Maggie Fremont: The Best TV Shows of 2019
  34. IndieWire: Ben Travers: The Best TV Shows of 2019
  35. Vulture: Jen Chaney: The Best TV Shows of 2019
  36. Complex: 30 Best TV Shows of 2018
  37. Washington Post: Inkoo Kang: Best of TV 2021
  38. The Playlist: Best TV Shows of 2018
  39. Vanity Fair: Sonia Saraiya: The 10 Best TV Shows of 2019
  40. entertainment.ie: 20 Best TV Shows of the Decade
  41. Sight & Sound TV Poll: The 10 Best TV Series of 2021
  42. Salon: Melanie McFarland: 10 Best TV Shows of 2018
  43. Rolling Stone: Alan Sepinwall: The 20 Best TV Shows of 2021
  44. Time: Judy Berman: The 10 Best TV Shows of 2021
  45. Variety: Daniel D’Addario: Best TV Shows of 2021
  46. The Skinny: Top 10 TV Series of 2019
  47. Hollywood Reporter: Tim Goodman: 32 Best TV Shows of 2018
  48. Mercury News: Top 10 TV Shows of 2018
  49. Vulture: Kathryn VanArendonk: The Best TV of 2021
  50. Little White Lies: 25 Best TV Shows of 2018
  51. Entertainment Weekly: Kristen Baldwin: Best TV Shows of 2019
  52. Vulture: Matt Zoller Seitz: 10 Best TV Shows of 2018
  53. Paste: The 30 Best TV Shows of 2021
  54. Vanity Fair: Sonia Saraiya: 10 Best TV Shows of 2018
  55. Uproxx: Best TV Shows of 2018
  56. Esquire: Best TV Shows of 2018
  57. Consequence: Top 100 TV Shows of the 2010s
  58. Decider: Best TV Shows of 2018
  59. A.V. Club: Best TV of 2018
  60. Collider: Allison Keene: Best TV Shows of 2018
  61. ScreenCrush: Maggie Fremont: The Best TV Shows of the 2010s
  62. BuzzFeed: The 30 Best TV Shows of 2021
  63. Paste: The 100 Best TV Shows of the 2010s
  64. A.V. Club: The 100 Best TV Shows of the 2010s
  65. The Playlist: The Best TV Shows & Mini-Series of the Decade
  66. BuzzFeed: Here Are The 55 Best TV Shows Of The Decade