Best TV Shows of 1999
Ranked by our critic's grades, best first.
The SopranosThe show that proved television could hold two irreconcilable readings at once, and never blinked.Read the review
The West WingSeven seasons of clever people arguing about policy at a jog, and network drama never sounds this good again.
FuturamaThe smartest cartoon ever made about being lonely in the future, and the jokes hold up on every rewatch.
Freaks and GeeksEighteen episodes, twelve of them aired, and still the most honest hour anyone has made about being sixteen.
Family GuyThe cutaway gag was a genuine invention, and the show has spent a quarter century proving it need not mean anything.