Best TV Shows of 2020

10. THE LAST DANCE

31 LISTS | 1 TOP SPOTS

“The Last Dance was a totally riveting bit of sports storytelling. It might have been more focused had Hehir been given more time to focus it – the series was not supposed to begin airing until June – but it’s hard to imagine it being much different.” – David J. Roth, New York Magazine

9. THE MANDALORIAN

36 LISTS | 2 TOP SPOTS

“It’s no small feat to create a character who is well-rounded and sympathetic, while mostly hidden behind an expressionless mask. But all the credit goes to Pascal for imbuing the man, also known as Din Djarin, with layers of ever-present depth.” – Zaki Hasan, San Francisco Chronicle

8. SCHITT’S CREEK

40 LISTS | 2 TOP SPOTS

“Now is the time to be grateful for a show that never aspired to be a joke-dense fusillade of gags like 30 Rock or Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt; that let itself be driven as much by the relationships among its characters as by the conflicts between them.” – Glen Weldon, NPR

7. MRS. AMERICA

41 LISTS | 4 TOP SPOTS

“Only Cate Blanchett could sell the little faces Phyllis makes when no one’s looking-what she won’t say and can’t say. Her performance isn’t exactly eliciting sympathy; it’s just a masterwork in letting you read her mind without missing a beat.” – Sulagna Misra, AV Club

6. TED LASSO

43 LISTS | 5 TOP SPOTS

“Watching Ted put his goodness into action keeps this from becoming just a situational comedy about an average dude failing upwards. Instead, it’s a feel-good show about an imperfect, but genuinely good person, which is absolutely a source of hope.” – Ashlie D. Stevens, Salon.com

5. WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS

46 LISTS | 2 TOP SPOTS

“If any current comedy is equipped to tell jokes about our current hellish state of existence, it’s this utterly ridiculous, gross, hilarious show in which supernatural horror keeps running afoul of the complexities of modern human life.” – Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone

4. NORMAL PEOPLE

48 LISTS | 4 TOP SPOTS

“The adaptation would always live or die by the casting of the leads… Happily, they are unassailable. Edgar-Jones and Mescal inhabit Marianne and Connell so utterly that it is instantly impossible to imagine them being played by anyone else.” – Ed Cumming, Independent (UK)

3. BETTER CALL SAUL

51 LISTS | 9 TOP SPOTS

It’s been a profound, gripping journey through each of its seasons, and I would even posit that the series achieves the rare feat of meeting and in some ways exceeding Breaking Bad in the evenness of its plot development and storytelling” – Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone

2. THE QUEEN’S GAMBIT

68 LISTS | 10 TOP SPOTS

The Queen’s Gambit manages to personalize the game and its players thanks to clever storytelling and, in Anya Taylor-Joy, a lead actor so magnetic that when she stares down the camera lens, her flinty glare threatens to cut right through it.” – Caroline Framke, Variety

1. I MAY DESTROY YOU

91 LISTS | 33 TOP SPOTS

“I May Destroy You goes ahead and accomplishes its stated title statement, leaving the narrative heading into episode six in a place of deliberate uncertainty that makes you want to go and rewatch everything that came before.” – Esther Zuckerman, Thrillist

RTITLEL#1ARL%#1%
1I May Destroy You91332.973.4%32.4%
2The Queen's Gambit68104.354.8%9.8%
3Better Call Saul5194.141.1%8.8%
4Normal People4844.638.7%3.9%
5What We Do in the Shadows4625.837.1%2.0%
6Ted Lasso4355.334.7%4.9%
7Mrs. America4145.733.1%3.9%
8Schitt's Creek4025.632.3%2.0%
9The Mandalorian3626.129.0%2.0%
10The Last Dance3116.125.0%1.0%
11The Crown3105.825.0%0.0%
12The Boys2706.021.8%0.0%
13How to With John Wilson2634.421.0%2.9%
14BoJack Horseman2315.518.5%1.0%
15Lovecraft Country2216.117.7%1.0%
16The Good Lord Bird2115.716.9%1.0%
17PEN152106.016.9%0.0%
18The Great1916.915.3%1.0%
19Never Have I Ever1706.413.7%0.0%
20The Good Place1615.512.9%1.0%
20Small Axe1615.012.9%1.0%
22P-Valley1607.412.9%0.0%
23Better Things1535.212.1%2.9%
24Harley Quinn1507.112.1%0.0%
24City So Real1504.812.1%0.0%
26High Fidelity1307.010.5%0.0%
26The Baby-Sitters Club1306.910.5%0.0%
28I'll Be Gone in the Dark1223.99.7%2.0%
29Betty1206.39.7%0.0%
29Perry Mason1207.39.7%0.0%
31I Hate Suzie1105.88.9%0.0%
31Unorthodox1105.38.9%0.0%
33Devs1006.68.1%0.0%
33Insecure1006.68.1%0.0%

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