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. The Ringer: Miles Surrey: The Best TV Shows of 2023
  2. The Ringer: The Best TV Shows of 2023
  3. Boston Globe: Matthew Gilbert: The 10 Best TV Shows of 2023
  4. Vulture: Jen Chaney: The Best TV Shows of 2023
  5. Time: Judy Berman: Best TV Shows of 2023
  6. Entertainment Weekly: Kristen Baldwin: The 10 Best TV Shows of 2023
  7. Consequence: 25 Best TV Shows of 2023
  8. Complex: The Best TV Shows of 2021
  9. Boston Globe: Matthew Gilbert: The 10 Best TV Shows of 2021
  10. A.V. Club: The 25 Best TV Shows of 2021
  11. Slate: Willa Paskin: The Top 10 TV Shows of 2021
  12. ScreenCrush: The Best TV Shows of 2021
  13. Gothamist: Ben Yakas: The Best TV Shows of 2021
  14. Vanity Fair: Sonia Saraiya: The 14 Best TV Shows of 2021
  15. Little White Lies: The 25 Best TV Shows of 2021
  16. Complex: The Best TV Shows of 2019
  17. Guardian: The 50 Best TV Shows of 2019
  18. Slate: Willa Paskin: 10 Best TV Shows of 2018
  19. Vulture: Kathryn VanArendonk: The Best TV Shows of 2023
  20. Vulture: Roxana Hadadi: The Best TV Shows of 2023
  21. Paste: The 25 Best TV Shows of 2023
  22. IndieWire: Ben Travers: The Best TV Shows of 2021
  23. Slant: The 25 Best TV Shows of 2019
  24. Little White Lies: The 25 Best TV Shows of 2019
  25. Paste: The 50 Best TV Shows of 2019
  26. Sight & Sound TV Poll: The Best TV Series of 2019
  27. Vulture: Kathryn VanArendonk: The Best TV Shows of 2019
  28. Slate: Willa Paskin: The 10 Best TV Shows of 2019
  29. The Ringer: Best Television Shows of 2018
  30. Esquire: 10 Best TV Shows of 2023
  31. Variety: Caroline Framke: Best TV Shows of 2021
  32. Decider: Best TV of 2021
  33. Vox: Emily VanDerWerff: The 18 Best TV Shows of 2019
  34. Decider: Top 20 TV Shows of 2019
  35. Vulture: Matt Zoller Seitz: The Best TV Shows of 2019
  36. A.V. Club: LaToya Ferguson: The Best TV of 2019
  37. Miami New Times: Lara Zarum: Ten Best TV Shows of 2018
  38. Entertainment Weekly: Kristen Baldwin: The 10 Best TV Shows of 2021
  39. Vulture: Matt Zoller Seitz: The Best TV of 2021
  40. Scout Tafoya: The Best Television Shows of 2021
  41. Guardian: The 50 Best TV Shows of 2021
  42. A.V. Club: The 25 Best TV Shows of 2019
  43. Washington Post: Hank Stuever: Best TV shows of 2019
  44. Washington Post: Inkoo Kang: Best of TV 2021
  45. ScreenCrush: Maggie Fremont: The Best TV Shows of 2019
  46. IndieWire: Ben Travers: The Best TV Shows of 2019
  47. Vulture: Jen Chaney: The Best TV Shows of 2019
  48. Complex: 30 Best TV Shows of 2018
  49. The Playlist: Best TV Shows of 2018
  50. Sight & Sound TV Poll: The 10 Best TV Series of 2021
  51. Vanity Fair: Sonia Saraiya: The 10 Best TV Shows of 2019
  52. Salon: Melanie McFarland: 10 Best TV Shows of 2018
  53. entertainment.ie: 20 Best TV Shows of the Decade
  54. Rolling Stone: Alan Sepinwall: The 20 Best TV Shows of 2021
  55. Variety: Daniel D’Addario: Best TV Shows of 2021
  56. Time: Judy Berman: The 10 Best TV Shows of 2021
  57. The Skinny: Top 10 TV Series of 2019
  58. Vulture: Kathryn VanArendonk: The Best TV of 2021
  59. Entertainment Weekly: Kristen Baldwin: Best TV Shows of 2019
  60. Hollywood Reporter: Tim Goodman: 32 Best TV Shows of 2018
  61. Little White Lies: 25 Best TV Shows of 2018
  62. Mercury News: Top 10 TV Shows of 2018
  63. Vulture: Matt Zoller Seitz: 10 Best TV Shows of 2018
  64. Paste: The 30 Best TV Shows of 2021
  65. Vanity Fair: Sonia Saraiya: 10 Best TV Shows of 2018
  66. Uproxx: Best TV Shows of 2018
  67. Esquire: Best TV Shows of 2018
  68. Consequence: Top 100 TV Shows of the 2010s
  69. Decider: Best TV Shows of 2018
  70. A.V. Club: Best TV of 2018
  71. Collider: Allison Keene: Best TV Shows of 2018
  72. ScreenCrush: Maggie Fremont: The Best TV Shows of the 2010s
  73. BuzzFeed: The 30 Best TV Shows of 2021
  74. Paste: The 100 Best TV Shows of the 2010s
  75. A.V. Club: The 100 Best TV Shows of the 2010s
  76. The Playlist: The Best TV Shows & Mini-Series of the Decade
  77. BuzzFeed: Here Are The 55 Best TV Shows Of The Decade