Best TV Shows of 2018
Ranked by our critic's grades, best first.
SuccessionThe funniest drama of its decade, built on a plot that is the same feint four times over.Read the review
BarryA hitman comedy that spends four seasons removing every excuse it gave you to like him.
Sharp ObjectsA Southern Gothic murder mystery far more interested in memory and damage than in the murders, with Amy Adams and Patricia Clarkson at their best.
YellowstoneThe biggest show almost no critic liked, a ranch soap with mountains behind it and a body count in front.
Sacred GamesA superb first season of Mumbai noir, led by Nawazuddin Siddiqui's swaggering gangster, and a second that loses the thread in an ashram.
The Haunting of Hill HouseA haunted house series that is really a family drama about grief, with ghosts hidden in the background of shots.
Killing EveSandra Oh and Jodie Comer turn a cat-and-mouse spy chase into a mutual obsession; two dazzling series, then a slow unravelling to a bitter end.
EliteThree seasons of glossy, self-aware trash about rich kids and murder, then five more that rerun the formula with new faces.
TitansA grim reboot that swears at Batman in its own trailer and never decides what it wants to be after that.
InsatiableA revenge comedy about a bullied teenager that never works out whether it is on her side.