Comedy
1. Corporate (Comedy Central)
2. BoJack Horseman (Netflix)
3. American Vandal (Netflix)
4. The Weekly with Charlie Pickering (ABC Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
5. Silicon Valley (HBO)
6. Dear White People (Netflix)
7. Angie Tribeca (TBS)
8. Great News (NBC)
9. Lodge 49 (AMC)
10. Barry (HBO)
11. GLOW (Netflix)
12. Flowers (Channel 4, UK)
13. Imposters (Bravo)
14. Fresh off the Boat (ABC)
15. It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia (FXX)
15. Trial & Error: Lady Killer (NBC)
15. Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (Netflix)
18. Archer: Danger Island (FXX)
Honorable Mention (Comedy):
Mr. InBetween (FX) – Dark comedy/drama about a hitman. So, Australian Barry (but not quite, different sensibility)
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Amazon) – An acquired taste; occasionally too whimsical but 100% here for Alex Borstein and Tony Shalhoub
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee (TBS)
Another Period (Comedy Central) – Sometimes I just need a comedy to be silly. Jason Ritter has nicely filled the role of hilariously idiotic imbecile left behind by Chris Pratt (Andy Dwyer, Parks and Recreation) and Ashton Kutcher (Kelso, That ’70s Show)
Dix Pour Cent (“Call my Agent!”) (France 2 via Netflix) – Still fun to watch the hijinks of a small talent agency, an easy binge
Drama
1. Counterpart (Starz)
2. Killing Eve (BBC America)
3. Bodyguard (BBC, UK) — Some(/many) quibble about its ending but damn if my butt wasn’t thoroughly clenched for the entirety of 25 minutes in the last episode, logic and making sense be damned. #Madden4Bond
4. Kiri (Channel 4, UK)
5. The Americans (FX)
6. Get Shorty (Epix)
7. Patrick Melrose (Showtime) — I finally get the Cumberbatch hype
8. The Good Fight (CBS All Access)
9. Inside No. 9 (BBC Two) — A better Black Mirror than Black Mirror of recent
10. Humans (Channel 4/AMC)
11. Deutschland 86 (Amazon/SundanceTV) — Cinnamontography took a step up (see above photos). It may have gotten a bit too Jason Bourne for some towards the end buttfuckit, es ist immer noch super für mich
12. The Little Drummer Girl (BBC One/AMC) — Korean director Park Chan-wook adds his touch to the well-worn men-sitting-in-the-dark-watching-people-through-binoculars espionage-paranoia genre, lifting this John le Carré adaptation above the previous one, The Night Manger (though, unjustifiably, receiving hardly any of its accolades). Alexander Skarsgård is easily at the best I’ve seen him, given a role more than just “tall, photogenic guy” and Florence Pugh continuing her upward trajectory.
13. A Very English Scandal (BBC, UK)
14. Legion (FX) — Started off with promise but roughly mid-way through Legion went the way of Mr. Robot season 2, style over substance instead of stylistic flourishes being in service of the storytelling, character depth/exploration, or moving along the plotline / viewing the plot from different viewpoints. Rather, it was weirdness for weirdness’s sake.
15. Pose (FX)
16. Escape from Dannemora (Showtime) — Between this and the movie Wildlife I’m now firmly aboard the Paul Dano train
17. Billions (Showtime)
18. The Terror (AMC)
18. Better Call Saul (AMC)
Honorable Mention (Drama):
Mr. Mercedes (Audience)
Beat (Amazon) — It’s a premise that could’ve been brainstormed by a 9-year-old boy (aimless club promoter in his 20s recruited by German secret service) but damn if it wasn’t executed to a fault and fun as hell.
Ordeal by Innocence (BBC One) — It’s no And Then There Were None but it’ll do
The Deuce (HBO)
Shows I dropped: iZombie season 4 (CW); Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO); The Affair season 4 (Showtime); Preacher season 3 (AMC);
Didn’t Watch: Big Mouth (Netflix); Narcos: Mexico (Netflix); My Brilliant Friend (HBO); Channel Zero (SyFy); The Haunting of Hill House (Netflix); King Lear (Amazon)
Nah: Patriot Season 2 (Amazon); Succession (HBO); Homecoming (Amazon); Maniac (Netflix); Atlanta (FX); The Good Place (NBC); Sharp Objects (HBO); Westworld (HBO)
Cancellation that hurts the most: Imposters (Bravo); American Vandal (Netflix)
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