The 2017 Uproxx TV Critics Poll
Continuing a tradition that began in the HitFix days, we asked 55 critics for lists of both their 10 favorite overall shows of the year and their 10 favorite new shows. (Then, when we put them all together, a 1st place choice was worth 10 points, 2nd place 9 points, etc.) Peak TV really hit home in the poll this year: where in the 2016 overall poll, 103 different shows got at least one vote, this year 146 different shows got named by at least one critic. (Interestingly, the increase in new shows getting at least one vote was only from 67 to 70.)
Riverdale
The CW managed to take a group of often clean-cut comic characters and inject them with just enough drama and teen angst to make Riverdale one of the guiltiest pleasures of 2017. Besides plenty of hormone-driven storylines and an exciting murder mystery, the show also gave viewers an inventive take on some of the classic teen drama tropes and a few moments that surely made hardcore Archie comics fans swoon.