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 Young Pope
What would happen if the Catholic Church’s holiest man were a young, manipulative sex-object played by Jude Law? A bunch of crazy sh*t would go down at the Vatican, the Pope would have a serious sense of fashion, and we’d all start paying a lot more attention in church (maybe). As strange and eccentric as The Young Pope’s premise is, Law gave a performance with enough drama and weight to bring it back down to Earth.