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Jan 8, 2021 · Find out which unexpected series from this past year took the top spot in our list of 2020's best shows. See how your favorites ranked (or didn't) next to top shows like "The Queen's...
Dec 23, 2020 · The best TV shows of 2020 helped us escape and gave us comfort. Among them are Schitt's Creek, The Boys, The Queen's Gambit, Pen15, Seduced: Inside the NXIVM Cult, Kipo and the Age of...
The best TV shows of 2020 BBC From Small Axe and Normal People to Schitt's Creek, Hugh Montgomery and Eddie Mullan pick 25 of the year's greatest series to watch right now.
- I May Destroy You (HBO) Where some series add a new chapter to TV’s ongoing exploration of abuse and reform, Michaela Coel’s I May Destroy You hosts a singular conversation on sexual violence and the path to healing.
- Mrs. America (FX on Hulu) Advertisement. As disheartening as it can be to watch, Dahvi Waller’s Mrs. America finds poignancy, truth, and a warning in a political defeat.
- BoJack Horseman (Netflix) During its six-season run, Raphael Bob-Waksberg’s animated tragicomedy BoJack Horseman put its characters —and, let’s face it, viewers—through quite the emotional wringer.
- What We Do In The Shadows (FX) For many, if not most people, 2020 was a year marked by a forced confrontation with stasis and decay.
- What We Do in The Shadows
- Better Call Saul
- The Queen’s Gambit
Over the past decade of television, we’ve come to expect a lot out of our TV comedies. Since the Emmy Awards now categorize just about anything that’s 30 minutes long as comedy, the genre is now home to things like shockingly dramatic coming of age tales, intensely personal narratives, and experimental structures. This evolving of the half hour for...
The penultimate season of Better Call Saul was an absolutely brilliant run of episodes that perfectly set the stage for a climactic conclusion that looks to be every bit as heart-wrenching and explosive as the final season of parent series Breaking Bad. The show successfully introduced Lalo, perhaps the most charismatic and terrifying villain in Vi...
Oftentimes when assessing the quality of TV shows, we talk about how “timely” they are. In fact, if you scroll back through this list, you will find at least a few instances of just such language. The appeal to Netflix’s stylish, thrilling limited series The Queen’s Gambit, however, is just how timeless it is. And in a year with plenty of timely TV...
Dec 15, 2020 · What follows are The Ringer’s best TV shows of 2020, from reality to action to drama—the best things we saw on our box within a box.
Dec 12, 2020 · Like those of years past, this list attempts to highlight the shows—new and old, ongoing and canceled—that not only captivated us, but also impressed us by excelling in a specific arena.
