The Best TV Episodes of 2020
Jackie Daytona. Dave Chappelle’s monologue. John Wilson’s risotto lesson. These are the episodes that cut through the clutter this year.
Some of television’s best moments of 2020 came in, clockwise from left, “Sherman’s Showcase,” “What We Do in the Shadows,” “Saturday Night Live” and “The Midnight Gospel.”Credit...Clockwise from top left, Michael Moriatis/IFC; Russ Martin/FX; Will Heath/NBC; Netflix
Published Dec. 17, 2020Updated Dec. 18, 2020
Even deep into the binge-watching era — and in a year when most of us binged more than ever before — individual episodes still matter. Here, the television critics of The New York Times recall which, of the thousands they watched this year, cut through the clutter and stuck with them in 2020.