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Top 10 TV shows for 2020
Updated Dec 18, 2020;
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Most years, putting together the annual TV Top 10 list is a ritual that allows critics a chance to revel in the artistic triumphs that brightened screens during the past 12 months. And in 2020, when ordinary life was turned on its head by the pandemic, TV has never seemed more necessary.
Whether delivering alarming news, diverting entertainment or delicious reminders of what life was like before coronavirus lockdowns, TV has been a faithful companion. The production delays caused by pandemic concerns may have kept terrific shows from returning (“Succession”), or forced temporary halts to series that haven’t yet finished their seasons (I miss you, “Billions”). But even with those upheavals, 2020 brought plenty of examples of how creatively vibrant TV continues to be.
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The Story of a New Name. Set in postwar Naples and following the lives of two smart, ambitious, competitive girls one of whom is allowed to continue her education after elementary school while the other is not the Italian-language adaptation finally lives up to its source material of Elena Ferrante’s beloved novels, with aching performances, Hitchcock-suspenseful scenes, luscious production design and enough emotional complexity to fill the entire Mediterranean.
2. Mrs. America (FX on Hulu)
Part-history lesson, part-echo of 2016 (with a shaky center-left coalition submerged by a tidal wave of conservatism), Dahvi Waller’s miniseries is the rare fictional treatment that’s more illuminating than a documentary on the same subject matter would’ve been. That’s largely due to