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.)
The Leftovers
The final eight episodes of the drama about grief, depression, and the end of the world were also shockingly fun, provoking at least as many laughs as tears in a season that featured a Perfect Strangers reunion of sorts, Wu-Tang Clan as trampoline music, a presidential penis scanner, God, and a Tasmanian lion sex boat. (Technically, God on a Tasmanian lion sex boat.) It was strange, it was beautiful, and it was one of the best farewell seasons TV has ever seen.