TV Mid-Year “Best Of” Lists – 2024

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Year is almost and done publications/critics have already started their “Best of So Far” lists.

Every list I could find so far (feel free to post any missed), expecting more once June is over and some publications likely waiting to include The Bear, The Boys and/or HotD on their lists.

A.V Club Top 20 (alphabetical)

— Abbott Elementary
— Baby Reindeer
— Daily Show
— Evil
— Expats
— Fallout
— Fantasmas
— girl5eva
— Hacks
— Interview with the Vampire
— The Jinx Part Two
— Monsieur Spade
— Mr. And Mrs. Smith
— One Day
— Ripley
— Shōgun
— Tokyo Vice
— True Detective: Night Country
— We Are Lady Parts
— X-Men ’97

BBC

1. True Detective: Night Country
2. Shōgun
3. Baby Reindeer
4. Fallout
5. Ripley
6. One Day
7. Monsieur Spade
8. Mr. Bates vs the Post Office
9. The Regime
10. 3 Body Problem

Complex

1. X-Men ’97
2. Shōgun
3. Fallout
4. The Sympathizer
5. The Vince Staples Show
6. Mr. And Mrs. Smith
7. Baby Reindeer
8. Masters of the Air
9. Curb Your Enthusiasm
10. True Detective: Night Country

Hollywood Reporter (alphabetical)

— Baby Reindeer
— Extraordinary
— Fantasmas
— God Saves Texas
— Hacks
— Mr. And Mrs. Smith
— Ripley
— Shōgun
— We Are Lady Parts
— Welcome to Wrexham

Mashable

1. Shōgun
2. Baby Reindeer
3. Interview with the Vampire
4. Fantasmas
5. True Detective: Night Country
6. Ripley
7. We Are Lady Parts
8. The Sympathizer
9. Mr. And Mrs. Smith
10. Boy Swallows Universe
11. Fallout
12. Mary & George
13. Expats

Vanity Fair (unranked)

— Ripley
— The Jinx Part Two
— Fantasmas
— Jenny Nicholson’s “”The Spectacular Failure of the Star Wars Hotel”
— Abbott Elementary
— Expats
— Extraordinary
— Girls5eva
— Mr. And Mrs. Smith
— One Day
— Shōgun
— The Traitors and The Traitors UK (tie)

Variety (Aramide Tinubu)

— Baby Reindeer
— Criminal Record
— Diarra from Detroit
— Eric
— Genius: MLK/X
— The Gentlemen
— One Day
— Presumed Innocent
— Queenie
— The Vell

https://variety.com/lists/best-tv-shows-2024-so-far/mr-mrs-smith-3/

Variety (Alison Herman)

— Fallout
— Hacks
— Interview with the Vampire
— Jerrod Carmichael Reality Show
— John Mulaney Presents: Everybody’s in LA
— Mr. And Mrs. Smith
— Ren Faire
— Shogun
— The Sympathizer
— Tokyo Vice

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[Victor Joined: Jun 18th, 2020 Topics: 43 Posts: 16483 View Predictions]

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braydenfitzsimmons wrote:

BBC

1. True Detective: Night Country

It's all about the 3x Best Drama Series winner Succession!

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[wolfali Joined: Apr 8th, 2023 Topics: 262 Posts: 45712 View Predictions]

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The Variety list lmao

TV FYC: Juno Temple ("Fargo"), Tony Shalhoub ("Mr. Monk's Last Case"), Rashida Jones ("Silo"), The Curse, Expats, The Gilded Age and Slow Horses in all categories.

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Anyone who put night country #1 on their list should have their vote revoked. Holy shit.

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x  men #1 on a list, the excellence

 

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[Couverture Joined: Jun 16th, 2019 Topics: 1 Posts: 2526 View Predictions]

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Consequence:

1. X-Men ’97
2. Baby Reindeer
3. Shōgun
4. John Mulaney Presents: Everybody’s in LA
5. Mr & Mrs Smith
6. Curb Your Enthusiasm
7. Hacks
8. Abbott Elementary
9. Girls5eva
10. Fallout
11. True Detective: Night Country
12. We Are Lady Parts
13. In the Know
14. Masters of the Air
15. Echo

Time (alphabetical):

Baby Reindeer
The Big Cigar
Boarders
Expats
Hacks
Jerrod Carmichael Reality Show
Shōgun
The Sympathizer
The Traitors
We Are Lady Parts

Boston Globe (no particular order):

Ripley
Hacks
The New Look
3 Body Problem
Shōgun
Nolly
We Are Lady Parts
Baby Reindeer
One Day
Feud: Capote vs the Swans

Den of Geek (alphabetical):

3 Body Problem
Bridgerton
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Fallout
Hacks
Interview with the Vampire
Invincible
John Mulaney Presents: Everybody’s in LA
Masters of the Air
Mr & Mrs Smith
Shōgun
Star Wars: The Acolyte
X-Men ’97

Paste:

1. Shōgun
2. Fallout
3. X-Men ’97
4. Hacks
5. True Detective: Night Country
6. The Sympathizer
7. Girls5eva
8. Mr & Mrs Smith
9. Abbott Elementary
10. Under the Bridge
11. Baby Reindeer
12. Dead Boy Detectives
13. Invincible
14. Pretty Little Liars: Summer School
15. Interview with the Vampire
16. 3 Body Problem
17. Extraordinary
18. Ted
19. One Day
20. Ripley
21. Bridgerton
22. Ghosts
23. Renegade Nell
24. Masters of the Air
25. The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy

A Negroni. Sbagliato. With Prosecco in it.

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The TCA and Mid Year List smash, oh True Detective: Night Smash the hit you are.

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Vulture (no particular order)

• Fantasmas (HBO)
• Couples Therapy, season four (Paramount+ with Showtime)
• We Are Lady Parts, season two (Peacock)
• Interview With the Vampire, season two (AMC, AMC+)
• John Mulaney Presents: Everybody’s in L.A. (Netflix
• Hacks, season three (MAX)
• Conan O’Brien Must Go (MAX)
• Under the Bridge (Hulu)
• Ripley (Netflix)
• 3 Body Problem (Netflix)
• X-Men ’97 (Disney+)
• girls5eva, season three (Netflix)
• Extraordinary, season two (Disney+)
• Shōgun (FX, Hulu)
• One Day (Netflix)
• Tokyo Vice, season two (MAX)
• Abbott Elementary, season three (ABC, Hulu)
• True Detective: Night Country, season four (HBO, MAX)
• The Traitors, season two (Peacock)
• Fargo, season 5 (FX, Hulu)

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Deadline (New Shows, no order):

Baby Reindeer
Diarra From Detroit
A Man in Full
Jerrod Carmichael Reality Show
The Sympathizer
Echo
True Detective: Night Country
Big Mood
X-Men ’97
Shōgun

Rolling Stone (alphabetical):

Baby Reindeer
The Bear
Diarra From Detroit
Doctor Who
Fantasmas
Hacks
John Mulaney Presents: Everybody’s in LA
Mr & Mrs Smith
Queenie
Ripley
Shōgun
The Sympathizer
True Detective: Night Country
We Are Lady Parts
Welcome to Wrexham

Uproxx (alphabetical):

Abbott Elementary
Baby Reindeer
Champion
Fallout
Hacks
Jerrod Carmichael Reality Show
John Mulaney Presents: Everybody’s in LA
Masters of the Air
Mr & Mrs Smith
Ripley
Shōgun
The Bear
The Sympathizer
X-Men ’97

Screenrant:

1. Shōgun
2. The Traitors
3. One Day
4. Bridgerton
5. Masters of the Air
6. Fallout
7. Baby Reindeer
8. X-Men ’97
9. Mr & Mrs Smith
10. Abbott Elementary
11. The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live
12. Conan O’Brien Must Go

NME (alphabetical):

Baby Reindeer
Big Boys
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Fallout
House of the Dragon
Mary & George
Masters of the Air
One Day
Shōgun
Solo Leveling
The Boys
The Sympathizer
The Tattooist of Auschwitz
True Detective: Night Country
We Are Lady Parts

A Negroni. Sbagliato. With Prosecco in it.

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Collider (alphabetical):

Abbott Elementary
Baby Reindeer
The Boys
Bridgerton
Criminal Record
Dead Boy Detective
Doctor Who
Fallout
The Gentlemen
Hacks
House of the Dragon
Interview with the Vampire
Manhunt
Mary & George
Masters of the Air
Mr & Mrs Smith
One Day
Palm Royale
Ripley
Shōgun
Sugar
The Sympathizer
True Detective: Night Country
Under the Bridge
X-Men ’97

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[wolfali Joined: Apr 8th, 2023 Topics: 262 Posts: 45712 View Predictions]

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Collider listing every show of 2024 but The Bear 👀.

TV FYC: Juno Temple ("Fargo"), Tony Shalhoub ("Mr. Monk's Last Case"), Rashida Jones ("Silo"), The Curse, Expats, The Gilded Age and Slow Horses in all categories.

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Entertainment Weekly (unranked)

— ‘Criminal Record’ (AppleTV+)
— ‘Shōgun’ (FX)
— ‘The Vince Staples Show’ (Netflix)
— ‘Mr. & Mrs. Smith’ (Prime Video)
— ‘Hacks’ (Max)
— ‘Evil’ (Paramount+)
— ‘Fantasmas’ (HBO)
— ‘Fallout’ (Netflix)
— ‘The Traitors’ (Netflix)
— ‘The Jerrod Carmichael Reality Show’ (HBO)

Timeout

1. ‘Shōgun’ (FX)
2. ‘Baby Reindeer’ (Netflix)
3. ‘One Day’ (Netflix)
4. ‘Ripley’ (Netflix)
5. ‘Boys’ (Prime Video)
6. ‘Masters of the Air’ (AppleTV+)
7. ‘Mr. & Mrs. Smith’ (Prime Video)
8. ‘Hacks’ (Max)
9. ‘The Bear’ (FX)
10. ‘Manhunt’ (AppleTV+)

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Empire

20. ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’
19. ‘One Day’
18. ‘Mr. Bates vs the Post Office’
17. ‘Alice & Jack’
16. ‘Masters of the Air’
15. ‘X-Men ’97’
14. ‘Mr & Mrs. Smith’
13. ‘House of the Dragon’
12. ‘We Are Lady Parts’
11. ‘Inside No.9’,

10. ‘The Boys’
9. ‘Eric’
8. ‘Doctor Who’
7. ‘The Bear’
6. ‘Ripley’
5. ‘True Detective: Night Country’
4. ‘3 Body Problem’
3. ‘Supacell’
2. ‘Baby Reindeer’
1. ‘Shōgun’

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Vogue (chronologically)

‘Criminal Record’ (AppleTV+)
‘Expats’ (Prime Video)
‘FEUD: Capote vs the Swans’ (FX)
‘Monsieur Spade’ (AMC+)
‘True Detective: Night Country’ (HBO)
‘Woman in the Wall (Showtime)
‘Constellation’ (AppleTV+)
‘Drive to Survive’ (Netflix)
‘Mr. & Mrs. Smith’ (Prime Video)
‘The New Look’ (AppleTV+)
‘One Day’ (Netflix)
‘Shōgun’ (FX)
‘3 Body Problem’ (Netflix)
‘The Gentleman’ (Netflix)
‘Girls5eva’ (Netflix)
‘Manhunt’ (AppleTV+)
‘Palm Royale’ (AppleTV+)
‘Ripley’ (Netflix)
‘Under the Bridge’ (Hulu)
‘Baby Reindeer’ (Netflix)
‘Bridgerton’ (Netflix)
‘Dark Matter’ (AppleTV+)
‘Hacks’ (Max)
‘Babylon Berlin’ (MHz Choice)
‘The Bear (FX)
‘Blue Lights’ (BritBox)
‘House of the Dragon’ (HBO)
‘Presumed Innocent’ (AppleTV+)
‘Industry’ (HBO) (they’ve seen S3)

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