Monday, October 26, 2020

TV Roundup - end of 2020 edition

Top Ten Obligatory Shows to put on a Top Ten List:

  1. The Good Place
  2. This Is Us 
  3. Stranger Things
  4. Glee
  5. Gilmore Girls
  6. Parks and Recreation
  7. Breaking Bad
  8. Gray's Anatomy 
  9. The Office  
  10. The Wire 
  11. Friday Night Lights

My favourite light-hearted shows with a strong female lead (alphabetical, because really, how hard is this already?)

  1. Anne with an E 
  2. Chewing Gum
  3. Drop Dead Diva
  4. Gentleman Jack  
  5. Lady Dynamite
  6. iZombie
  7. The Mindy Project  
  8. Shrill
  9. Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
  10. New Girl

My favourite shows with a great female couple or ensemble: 

  1. Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (forget about the supposed love story; the friendship between Rebecca and Paula is the biggest deal in this show)
  2. Derry Girls
  3. Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23
  4. Feel Good (comedian Mae Martin stars)
  5. GLOW
  6. Grace and Frankie
  7. Great News (Katie and her mother, played by Andrea Martin)
  8. Jane the Virgin
  9. One Day At a Time (the 2017 version; Penelope and her mother, played by Rita Moreno) 
  10. Sisters (an Australian show)
  11. Workin' Moms  

Shows that really get that representation matters:

  1. Speechless
  2. Special
  3. Sense8

Other (mostly) light-hearted shows:

  1. Brooklyn Nine-Nine
  2. Sex Education
  3. Schitt's Creek
  4. Community
  5. Kim's Convenience
  6. Black-ish
  7. Atypical 
  8. Lucifer
  9. Champions 
  10. Downton Abbey

My favourite sketch and standup:

  1. Hannah Gadsby (Nanette and Douglas)
  2. A Black Lady Sketch Show
  3. Wanda Sykes 
  4. Trevor Noah
  5. Mae Martin
  6. Bridget Christie
My favourite reality TV shows:
  1. Queer Eye
  2. Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat 
  3. The Great Interior Design Challenge
  4. Next in Fashion 
  5. Making It
  6. The Home Edit

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