Every IndieWire TV Review from 2019, Ranked by Grade from Best to Worst
There may come a day when the tide of TV programming starts to subside, when networks decide that sheer quantity is not enough t–
Ha, who are we kidding, there’s always going to be way too much TV to watch. So, in our ongoing quest to help viewers prioritize 2019 TV shows, we’ve assembled a giant list of every IndieWire TV review of the year, organized by the letter grade (A+ to F) that accompanies each of them. Some series have prompted follow-ups after pivotal episodes or finales, but the links below will take you to season reviews of all the shows listed.
These reviews were based on various numbers of episodes per season. (Due to the nature of production, sometimes only a handful of episodes are available before a show’s premiere — other times, the whole season is ready to be previewed.) So, with that context, let us offer our best attempts at a TV starting point for the year.
(For those looking for a more in-depth look at the top-tier 2019 programming, see our lists of the Best New Shows and Best TV Shows of the year so far.)
Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Andrew Scott in “Fleabag”
Amazon
A
Fleabag — Season 2 [Amazon Prime Video]
Tuca & Bertie — Season 1 [Netflix]
Aidy Bryant and Lolly Adefope in “Shrill”
Allyson Riggs / Hulu
A-
Broad City — Season 5 [Comedy Central]
Brooklyn Nine-Nine — Season 6 [NBC]
David Makes Man — Season 1 [OWN]
The Good Fight — Season 3 [CBS All Access]
High Maintenance — Season 3 [HBO]
One Day at a Time — Season 3 [Netflix]
The Other Two — Season 1 [Comedy Central]
A Series of Unfortunate Events — Season 3 [Netflix]
Sex Education — Season 1 [Netflix]
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt — Season 4 [Netflix]
Wayne — Season 1 [YouTube Premium]
You’re the Worst — Season 5 [FXX]
Chris O’Dowd and Rosamund Pike in “State of the Union”
Marc Hom / Courtesy of Sundance Institute
B+
Big Little Lies — Season 2 [HBO]
Carmen Sandiego — Season 1 [Netflix]
Catastrophe — Season 4 [Amazon Prime Video]
I Think You Should Leave — Season 1 [Netflix]
Into the Badlands — Season 3 [AMC]
Killing Eve — Season 2 [BBC America]
The Magicians — Season 4 [Syfy]
The Punisher — Season 2 [Netflix]
The Society — Season 1 [Netflix]
State of the Union [SundanceTV]
The Twilight Zone — Season 1 [CBS All Access]
Weird City — Season 1 [YouTube Premium]
Andrew Koji, “Warrior”
HBO/ David Bloomer
B
Bosch — Season 5 [Amazon Prime Video]
Friends from College — Season 2 [Netflix]
Gentleman Jack — Season 2 [HBO]
Grace and Frankie — Season 5 [Netflix]
The Handmaid’s Tale — Season 3 [Hulu]
Hanna — Season 1 [Amazon Prime Video]
Ms. Fisher’s Modern Murder Mysteries [Acorn]
On My Block — Season 2 [Netflix]
Star Trek: Discovery — Season 2 [CBS All Access]
True Detective — Season 3 [HBO]
What We Do in the Shadows — Season 1 [FX]
The Widow [Amazon Prime Video]
Wu-Tang Clan: Of Mics and Men [Showtime]
Lake Bell and Dax Shepard in “Bless This Mess”
ABC/John Fleenor
B-
After Life — Season 1 [Netflix]
Arrested Development — Season 5, Part 2 [Netflix]
Black Monday — Season 1 [Showtime]
Bless This Mess — Season 1 [ABC]
Cobra Kai — Season 2 [YouTube Premium]
The Enemy Within — Season 1 [NBC]
Ian McShane and Ricky Whittle in “American Gods”
Jasper Savage / Starz
C+
American Gods — Season 2 [Starz]
Black Mirror — Season 5 [Netflix]
Good Omens [Amazon Prime Video]
Miracle Workers — Season 1 [TBS]
Aiden Gillen in “Project Blue Book”
Ed Araquel / History
C
Love, Death & Robots [Netflix]
Project Blue Book — Season 1 [History]
Proven Innocent — Season 1 [Fox]
The Umbrella Academy — Season 1 [Netflix]
Avan Jogia and Beau Mirchoff in “Now Apocalypse”
Katrina Marcinowski
C-
Dead to Me — Season 1 [Netflix]
L.A.’s Finest — Season 1 [Spectrum]
Now Apocalypse — Season 1 [Starz]
Lana Condor and Benjamin Wadsworth in “Deadly Class”
Katie Yu/SYFY