Critical Rankings: Top 25 TV Shows of 2020

​We have thumbed through as many “Best TV Shows of 2020” lists as we could find and have devised a formula to award points based on which ranking TV Shows were featured at on each critical list to figure up what was the critics’ choice for the top 25 TV Shows of 2020.

Point System:
Rank (Points)
1. (10)
2. (9)
3. (8)
4. (7)
5. (6)
6. (5)
7. (4)
8. (3)
9. (2)
10. (1) 

1. "I May Destroy You" (HBO) - 407 points 

Photo: HBO

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2. "Better Call Saul" (AMC) - 240 points 

Photo: AMC

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3. "The Queen's Gambit" (Netflix) - 204 points 

Photo: Netflix

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4. "What We Do in the Shadows" (FX) – 160 points 

Photo: FX

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5. "Mrs. America" (FX) - 140 points 

Photo: FX

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6. "Normal People" (Hulu) – 138 points

Photo: Hulu

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7. "Ted Lasso" (AppleTV+) – 121 points

Photo: AppleTV+

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8. "The Crown" (Netflix) - 106 points

Photo: Netflix

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9. "Schitt’s Creek" (PopTV) – 100 points 

Photo: PopTV

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10. "BoJack Horseman" (Netflix) – 83 points 

Photo: Netflix

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11. "The Mandalorian" (Disney+) – 82 points
12. "Better Things" (FX) – 81 points
13. "How To with John Wilson" (HBO) – 75 points
14. "City So Real" (NatGeo) – 58 points
15. "The Good Lord Bird" (Showtime)  – 55 points 
16. "Pen15" (Hulu) – 53 points
17. "Unorthodox" (Netflix) – 48 points
18. "Never Have I Ever" (Netflix) – 44 points
19. "Harley Quinn" (DC Universe) – 43 points
20. (tie) "Lovecraft Country" (HBO) – 42 points 
       "The Boys" (Amazon Prime Video) – 42 points 
22. (tie) "The Good Place" (NBC) – 40 points 
       "The Last Dance" (ESPN) – 40 points 
       "P-Valley" (Starz) – 40 points 
25. "Betty" (HBO) – 39 points 

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Sources:
TVLine, Entertainment Weekly, New York Times, Vanity Fair, Time, Complex, Esquire, IndieWire, Paste, Decider, Rolling Stone, Uproxx, Adweek, The Atlantic, Boston Globe, Empire, The Globe and Mail, Los Angeles Times, Slant, Slate, Variety, Vulture, The Washington Post, AV Club, Buzzfeed, Daily Beast, Den of Geek, Film School Rejects, Harper’s Bazaar, The Hollywood Reporter, Mashable, Nerdist, People, Polygon, Popbuzz, The Ringer, The Telegraph, TV Guide Magazine, The Word, Consequence of Sound, New York Daily News, New York Post, The New Yorker, Roger Ebert.com, Yahoo!, The Watch Podcast, NPR, Salon, Thrillist , USA Today, Collider, Chicago Sun-Times, Good Morning America, Screen Rant