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And so ends another Favorite TV List! The final tally:

1. The People vs OJ Simpson 2. The Americans 3. Atlanta 4. Fleabag 5. Halt and Catch Fire 6. Bojack Horseman 7. Better Call Saul 8. Crazy Ex-Girlfriend 9. Documentary Now! 10. Full Frontal

Honorable Mentions: Mozart in the Jungle Search Party Better Things Superstore One Mississippi

Watch these shows! 

Okay, now you may all yell at me for not including Stranger Things ;P (but seriously, if you’re curious, these are the great shows that missed the list by *thismuch* and you should check out if you haven’t yet: Insecure, Veep, Brooklyn 99, The Crown, Transparent, The Good Place, Difficult People, Timeless, Jane the Virgin, Stranger Things, Grace and Frankie)

As always, thanks for playing along! :)

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Favorite TV of 2016 -- #1 -- The People vs OJ Simpson

If you would have told me this time last year that my number one show of 2016 would be the miniseries about the OJ Simpson trial produced by Ryan Murphy I would have laughed in your face. And yet here we are. 2016 really has been a batshit crazy year.

I’ve already talked about why I found this show so damn compelling on here before, but to sum it up: what could have ended up being a sensationalized, exploitative melodrama turned out to be one of the most startling and unflinching examinations of racism and sexism in America, made all the more painfully relevant by the current events of this year. And for a retelling of events that were a total media circus even at the time, it’s astonishingly careful and respectful and treats everyone with empathy and humanity that was sadly missing at the time. It also features some of the best performances on TV in years, and manages to be incredibly entertaining despite the dark subject matter. This show had no right to be as good as it was, but I’m certainly glad it pulled it off.

Bonus: ESPN’s documentary series OJ: Made in America is also a fascinating and gut-wrenching study on both the trial and OJ’s life, and how it fit in to the larger historical context of race relations in America. It makes a great companion piece to this show.

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Favorite TV of 2016 -- #2 -- The Americans

My love for this show is well documented, and if you’ve followed me for more than a few days, you know I almost never tire of yelling at people to watch this show, and well, clearly I’m not about to stop. This show is so consistently well written and beautifully acted that the fact it isn’t buried under an avalanche of Emmys is a goddamn tragedy. It’s tense and thrilling and heartbreaking and even funny, sometimes all at once.

This show never misses a beat. It’s the fucking best. You should really be watching it.

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Favorite TV of 2016 -- #3 -- Atlanta

This show defies any attempt to try and summarize it - it’s strange and goofy and subversive and beautiful and honest and completely unlike anything else on TV. It can veer between being a straightforward narrative and something more experimental almost effortlessly and a large part of its charm is that you’re never quite sure where it’s going next. I’ve always thought Donald Glover was massively talented, but this show really blew me away.

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Favorite TV of 2016 -- #4 -- Fleabag

Fleabag is one hell of a rollercoaster. It starts out weird and funny and raunchy and kind of dark -- you’re laughing and cringing and flying high -- and then suddenly you’re plummeting -- things get dark and you’re kind of crying but also still sort of laughing and you look up after six episodes and you’re just like “I was not expecting this!”

I feel like I’m making this show sound like a drag, but it really isn’t. It’s astonishing and it’s brilliant and Phoebe Waller-Bridge is my new weirdo hero. It’s so wholly original it’s hard to think of something to compare it to. It’s a rollercoaster, and it’s a damn good one.

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Favorite TV of 2016 -- #5 -- Halt and Catch Fire

I know we all enjoyed Mackenzie Davis hanging out in the “80s” in Black Mirror’s ‘San Junipero’, but pro tip: she’s even better when she’s building (and losing) computer companies in the 80s. I talked a lot about this show on last year’s list, and how it really is worth getting through the admittedly not-great first season, and I think another amazing season in the bag is a testament to the fact that some shows are worth sticking around for. It’s a nuanced and steady show that knows how to use events like sudden character deaths and time jumps without making them seem like shocks for shock’s sake - a skill that is very hard to come by on television sometimes. This year it actually reminded me a little bit of that incredible season of The Good Wife where they blew up everyone’s relationship and changed the fundamental dynamic of the show -- but with the added bonus of them actually knowing what to do with the pieces once they landed.

Look, it is no secret that I have a fiery burning hatred for The Walking Dead, but frankly, its success is probably the only reason AMC has kept Halt around as long as it has so I guess in the long run I can deal with people watching bad zombie shows if it means great little shows like this one get the chance to survive a little longer. 

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