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. Daily Beast: Kevin Fallon: The 20 Best TV Shows of 2020
  2. Entertainment Weekly: Darren Franich: Best TV Shows of 2019
  3. Entertainment Weekly: Darren Franich: Best TV Shows of 2020
  4. Vulture: Jen Chaney: Top 10 Shows of 2020
  5. Little White Lies: The 25 Best TV Shows of 2021
  6. Washington Post: Hank Stuever: Best TV of 2020
  7. IndieWire: Ben Travers: The Best TV Shows of 2019
  8. Vulture: Jen Chaney: The Best TV Shows of 2019
  9. Gothamist: Ben Yakas: The Best TV Shows of 2021
  10. Rolling Stone: Alan Sepinwall: The 20 Best TV Shows of 2020
  11. Vanity Fair: Sonia Saraiya: The 10 Best TV Shows of 2020
  12. A.V. Club: The 25 Best TV Shows of 2020
  13. Vox: Emily St. James: The 18 Best TV Shows of 2019
  14. Rolling Stone: Alan Sepinwall: 20 Best TV Shows of 2019
  15. Decider: Top 20 TV Shows of 2019
  16. Decider: The 19 Best TV Shows of 2020
  17. BuzzFeed: The 30 Best TV Shows of 2021
  18. Rolling Stone: Alan Sepinwall: The 20 Best TV Shows of 2021
  19. Guardian: The 50 Best TV Show of 2020

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Year-end lists are fingerprints; aggregate statistics are smudges. Therefore, I make no tallies.