The New York Times’ Best TV Shows of 2015 & Some of My Favorites
What’s your favorite TV show? There have been so many good shows on this Fall. What have you been watching? Dan and I are into a handful of excellent ones, and I was curious to see if our favorites matched up with any on the New York Times TV critics best of 2015 list…
James Poniwozik, Mike Hale and Neil Genzlinger each picked 10 shows for the list (in no particular order). There’s some overlap, but here’s the complete list…
James Poniwozik’s Picks:
1. “The Americans” (FX)
2. “blackish” (ABC)
3. “Halt and Catch Fire” (AMC)
4. “The Jinx” (HBO)
5. “The Leftovers” (HBO)
6. “Master of None” (Netflix)
7. “Rectify” (SundanceTV)
8. “Review” (Comedy Central)
9. “Transparent” (Amazon Prime)
10. “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” (Netflix)
Mike Hale’s Picks:
1. “Louie” (FX)
2. “The Americans” (FX)
3. “The Knick” (Cinemax)
4. “The Jinx” (HBO)
5. “Fargo” (FX)
6. “Broad City” (Comedy Central)
7. “Justified” (FX)
8. “Transparent” (Amazon Prime)
9. “Moone Boy” (Hulu)
10. “Penny Dreadful” (Showtime)
Neil Genzlinger’s Picks:
1. “The Jinx” (HBO)
2. “Mimi and Dona” (PBS)
3. “Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies” (PBS)
4. “The Brain With David Eagleman” (PBS)
5. “Of Miracles and Men” (ESPN)
6. “The Seventies” (CNN)
7. “Documentary Now!” (IFC)
8. “Dawn of Humanity,” “Nova” (PBS)
9. “Looks Like Laury, Sounds Like Laury” (World Channel)
10. “Just Eat It: A Food Waste Story” (MSNBC)
We kept our list to five picks each, but since we have the same top four, I added five more at the bottom of the list…
1. “Fargo” (FX)
2. “Narcos” (Netflix)
3. “Game of Thrones” (HBO)
4. “The Walking Dead” (AMC)
5. “The Last Man on Earth” (FOX) (Dan)
5. “Homeland” (Showtime) (Kelley)
6. “Transparent” (Amazon Prime)
7. “Penny Dreadful” (Showtime)
8. “The Americans” (FX)
9. “The Jinx” (HBO) — Agreed!
10. “Bloodline” (Netflix)
Bonus: Top on our list to start next: Master of None and the new season of Louie.
What do you think? Agree? Disagree? What would you add? Any shows make the list that you don’t like?
(Image via NYTimes.)
