Best TV Shows of 2020
Ranked by our critic's grades, best first.
The Last DanceTen hours of Michael Jordan settling old scores, cut so well that its partiality becomes part of the drama rather than a reason to dismiss it.Read the review
The Queen's GambitIt made chess look like a drug and an orphanage look like a fashion shoot, and everyone watched anyway.
Ted LassoA sincerity experiment that works for two seasons and then forgets what it was arguing.
UnorthodoxFour tight episodes about leaving a closed world, held together by Shira Haas, and far more convincing in Williamsburg than in the Berlin it escapes to.
Alice in BorderlandShinsuke Sato's deserted Tokyo is one of streaming's great images, and the lethal card games outclass the people forced to play them.
Lovecraft CountryA brilliant premise about racism and cosmic horror that changes genre every week and lands almost none of them.
BridgertonString quartet covers of pop songs, extremely good frocks, and almost no obstacle that survives an episode.
Outer BanksSun-soaked teen treasure hunting that knows exactly what it is, and keeps raising the stakes long after the stakes stopped meaning anything.
Emily in ParisA postcard of Paris with a marketing plot attached, and it will not let anyone in it be a person.