The 20 Best TV Shows of 2020
Here are the shows that made us laugh and moved us during the spectacular trainwreck that was 2020.
This article is part of our 2020 Rewind.
Follow along as we explore the best and most interesting movies, shows, performances, and more released in this very strange year.
In this entry, we explore the best TV shows of 2020.
Maybe it’s time to accept that TV might never be the most-beloved visual medium. Since the early days of product-selling game shows and variety programs, the format has always played second fiddle to film, and it’s never really gotten over its little sibling syndrome in the eyes of the public. Even now, after several golden ages and eras of excellence, you can tell television still isn’t the coolest place to be, primarily because countless film directors and their superfans say they
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Better Things, “Listen To The Roosters”
In the year that the comfort watch reigned, I suppose it’s only natural that my favorite episode is also the one I found most restorative. Pamela Adlon wrapped another exceptional season of television with “Listen To The Roosters,” a season finale that’s equally bracing and gracious. The episode comprises three parts with their own narratives and genre: The first is almost a whimsical ghost story, the second is live theater, while the conclusion is nothing less than a spell.
season four was about metabolizing even your anger decades-old and warranted though it may be to make room for something more positive, more beneficial. But Adlon never glossed over the hurt or resentment; as Sam Fox, she’s had to sit with every betrayal, every rejection, every disappointment. And because of that, she couldn’t just churn out a conventional closer to the latest installment of her coming-of-middle-age comedy. In t