Best TV Shows of 2017

10. INSECURE

40 LISTS | 2 TOP SPOTS
Season 2

“It beggars description, offers no easy answers and, while it can be truly funny, it also feels subversive. Just watch it and see — this often mesmerizing exploration of human fragility, corrosive identity politics and love.” – John Doyle, Globe & Mail

10. MINDHUNTER

40 LISTS | 2 TOP SPOTS
Season 1

“Beautifully composed and tensely paced, Mindhunter is darkly addictive. The show deals with more than a few disturbing concepts and cases – those with a weaker constitution for such grim matters may find the stark details a little challenging to bear.” – Weniei Ma, News.com.au

9. MASTER OF NONE

42 LISTS | 4 TOP SPOTS
Season 2

“Shah’s tender approach to everything from lasagna to courting could easily go down like a sugar overdose, but our hero is so earnest in his search for life’s simple pleasures that you still want to kiss him on the forehead.” – Neal Justin, Minneapolis Star Tribune

8. GLOW

49 LISTS | 3 TOP SPOTS
Season 1

“GLOW is often very funny, but it also plays (and works) as drama, a balance that would more often be found in an hourlong show. The half-hour format, though, is just right, leaving a viewer eager to bounce and roll through the 10-episode first season.” – Gail Pennington, St. Louis Post-Dispatch

7. BETTER THINGS

49 LISTS | 3 TOP SPOTS
Season 2

“The kind of deep-focus character work that Better Things is centered on only grows more potent as we spend more time with its characters. But I still wasn’t quite prepared for just how good, and thoughtful, and effortless season two would feel.” – Emily St. James, Vox

6. THE DEUCE

54 LISTS | 1 TOP SPOT
Season 1

It’s impeccably acted, written, and directed, and no matter how ridiculous “a series about the 1970s porn industry with two James Francos” might sound to you, this is somehow not just the best possible execution of that idea, but the most thoughtful one.” – Emily St. James, Vox

5. TWIN PEAKS: THE RETURN

66 LISTS | 24 TOP SPOTS
Season 1

“This is an entertaining and intriguing return to form that will delight fans and maybe-just maybe-pull in a new audience happy to overlook the slow pace and random non sequiturs in return for a glimpse into Lynch’s inimitable, magical, dystopian world.” – Viv Groskop, Newsweek

4. THE LEFTOVERS

77 LISTS | 29 TOP SPOTS
Season 3

“A preview of seven episodes (encompassing all but the finale) finds the series more assured and purposeful — steadfastly moving toward something, whatever that might be, as opposed to away from the inexplicable event that set the story in motion.” – Brian Lowry, CNN.com

3. BIG LITTLE LIES

85 LISTS | 7 TOP SPOTS
Season 1

“The murder mystery itself was the weakest element of Big Little Lies, though it was probably necessary to get the show made. Even on HBO, even in the age of Peak TV, you still need an excuse, a hook, in order to tell dramatic stories about domestic life.” – James Poniewozik, New York Times

2. THE HANDMAID’S TALE

86 LISTS | 17 TOP SPOTS
Season 1

“The Handmaid’s Tale is brutally excellent; my binge-watch this week was so unsettling that when I dashed out of the house to collect my eight-year-old from a play date, I stopped for a moment under the cherry blossoms, marvelling at my freedom.” – Marsha Lederman, Globe and Mail

1. THE GOOD PLACE

88 LISTS | 6 TOP SPOTS
Season 1 & 2

“In a glittering five-decade career, this may be the best [Ted] Danson has ever been. He’s pushing 70 but is full of youthful vigour here, refusing to fall back on the beats and grace notes with which he made his name.” – Stuart Heritage, Guardian

RankFilmLists#1Avg RatingL%#1%
1The Good Place8865.6657%5%
2The Handmaid's Tale86174.1656%13%
3Big Little Lies8574.3655%5%
4The Leftovers77293.0650%22%
5Twin Peaks: The Return66243.0043%18%
6The Deuce5416.3735%1%
7Better Things4935.3032%2%
8GLOW4826.4031%2%
9Master of None4245.8227%3%
10Mindhunter4025.1926%2%
10Insecure4026.4226%2%
12Game of Thrones3644.6923%3%
13Crazy Ex-Girlfriend3525.8323%2%
14Halt and Catch Fire3514.8223%1%
14American Vandal3515.9123%1%
16Better Call Saul3424.9322%2%
17Legion3415.7122%1%
18Stranger Things3305.7021%0%
19FEUD: Bette and Joan2805.3018%0%
20The Vietnam War2534.7416%2%
21Rick and Morty2305.7515%0%
21BoJack Horseman2305.6015%0%
23The Americans2233.8414%2%
24This is Us2125.3814%2%
25One Day at a Time2116.4814%1%
26The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel2006.0913%0%
27American Gods1916.2912%1%
28The Young Pope1826.3112%2%
29Fargo1703.7711%0%
30Alias Grace1525.0010%2%
31The Crown1405.799%0%
32Riverdale1306.308%0%
32Dear White People1306.958%0%
34Ozark1014.926%1%
35Big Mouth1007.006%0%
35Godless1007.506%0%

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