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Hit after hit. Still swingin'. You, I'm gonna pay you in lost time. Don't blame me if it's nothing substantial, but for this watchlist is so bad it doesn't fear god. That's the watchlist way!

Seasons released in 2020 ranked from best to not the best (nothing is worst if it's on this list I found something of value in it).

For PDF of list (with show runner/director information and soon a formal rating system) copy this link here: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1fNF_zgWK0qp6S_S3MyZjMgptyusiLtAXmjh4UPkHWpI

(Criteria: season finale airs in 2020)

New shows and seasons in 2020. Only includes seasons with announced air dates. Ranked by show's IMDb rating.

Last Updated: May 30, 2024

January:

• Wed 1: Messiah - Season 1 [Netflix, IMDb: 7.6, 47k votes]
• Thu 2: James May: Our Man In… - Season 1 [Amazon, IMDb: 8.2, 9k votes]
• Thu 2: 60 Days In - Season 6 [A&E, IMDb: 7.6, 3k votes]
• Sun 5: SAS: Who Dares Wins - Season 5 [Channel 4, IMDb: 8.3, 1k votes]
• Mon 6: Manifest - Season 2 [Netflix, IMDb: 7.0, 92k votes]
• Tue 7: FBI: Most Wanted - Season 1 [CBS, IMDb: 6.9, 11k votes]
• Wed 8: Criminal Minds - Season 15 [Paramount+, IMDb: 8.1, 220k votes]
• Thu 9: Mayday - Season 20 [National Geographic, IMDb: 8.8, 6k votes]
• Sun 12: The Outsider - Season 1 [HBO, IMDb: 7.6, 98k votes]
• Fri 17: Sex Education - Season 2 [Netflix, IMDb: 8.3, 353k votes]
• Sun 19: 9-1-1: Lone Star - Season 1 [FOX, IMDb: 7.3, 22k votes]
• Sun 19: Curb Your Enthusiasm - Season 10 [HBO, IMDb: 8.8, 148k votes]
• Thu 23: Star Trek: Picard - Season 1 [Paramount+, IMDb: 7.5, 95k votes]
• Thu 23: Station 19 - Season 3 [ABC, IMDb: 7.0, 22k votes]
• Fri 24: Babylon Berlin - Season 3 [Sky 1, IMDb: 8.4, 30k votes]
• Sun 26: The Circus - Season 5 [Showtime, IMDb: 7.3, 1k votes]
• Tue 28: Miracle Workers - Season 2 [TBS, IMDb: 7.1, 19k votes]
• Thu 30: The Stranger - Season 1 [Netflix, IMDb: 7.3, 61k votes]
• Fri 31: Ragnarok - Season 1 [Netflix, IMDb: 7.3, 50k votes]

February:

• Mon 3: Australian Survivor - Season 7 [Seven Network, IMDb: 6.6, 258 votes]
• Wed 5: LEGO Masters - Season 1 [FOX, IMDb: 7.5, 3k votes]
• Wed 5: See No Evil - Season 6 [Investigation Discovery, IMDb: 8.1, 1k votes]
• Fri 7: Mythic Quest - Season 1 [Apple TV+, IMDb: 7.7, 32k votes]
• Wed 12: Survivor - Season 40 [CBS, IMDb: 7.5, 27k votes]
• Fri 14: ZeroZeroZero - Season 1 [Sky Atlantic , IMDb: 8.1, 29k votes]
• Sun 16: Outlander - Season 5 [Starz, IMDb: 8.4, 180k votes]
• Thu 20: Hunters - Season 1 [Amazon, IMDb: 7.2, 53k votes]
• Sun 23: Naked and Afraid - Season 11 [Discovery, IMDb: 6.6, 5k votes]
• Sun 23: Better Call Saul - Season 5 [AMC, IMDb: 9.0, 648k votes]
• Mon 24: MasterChef - Season 16 [BBC One, IMDb: 6.7, 1k votes]
• Thu 27: Formula 1: Drive to Survive - Season 2 [Netflix, IMDb: 8.5, 51k votes]

March:

• Sun 1: McDonald & Dodds - Season 1 [ITV, IMDb: 7.5, 7k votes]
• Mon 2: Breeders - Season 1 [FX, IMDb: 7.6, 8k votes]
• Wed 4: Dave - Season 1 [FXX, IMDb: 8.3, 26k votes]
• Thu 5: Devs - Season 1 [Hulu, IMDb: 7.6, 48k votes]
• Sun 8: Race Across the World - Season 2 [BBC One, IMDb: 8.3, 1k votes]
• Sun 8: Ride with Norman Reedus - Season 4 [AMC, IMDb: 8.2, 2k votes]
• Tue 10: The Great Celebrity Bake Off for SU2C - Season 3 [Channel 4, IMDb: 7.8, 316 votes]
• Sun 15: Westworld - Season 3 [HBO, IMDb: 8.5, 533k votes]
• Wed 18: Little Fires Everywhere - Season 1 [Hulu, IMDb: 7.7, 55k votes]
• Fri 20: Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness - Season 1 [Netflix, IMDb: 7.5, 87k votes]
• Fri 27: Car Masters: Rust to Riches - Season 2 [Netflix, IMDb: 8.3, 12k votes]
• Fri 27: Ozark - Season 3 [Netflix, IMDb: 8.5, 348k votes]
• Mon 30: Almost Paradise - Season 1 [Freevee, IMDb: 7.5, 7k votes]

April:

• Fri 3: Home Before Dark - Season 1 [Apple TV+, IMDb: 7.4, 12k votes]
• Fri 3: Tales from the Loop - Season 1 [Amazon, IMDb: 7.4, 23k votes]
• Fri 3: Harley Quinn - Season 2 [Max, IMDb: 8.4, 38k votes]
• Mon 6: Cardinal - Season 4 [CTV, IMDb: 7.8, 12k votes]
• Mon 13: American Dad! - Season 17 [TBS, IMDb: 7.4, 137k votes]
• Tue 14: Deadliest Catch - Season 16 [Discovery, IMDb: 7.8, 9k votes]
• Wed 15: Outer Banks - Season 1 [Netflix, IMDb: 7.5, 80k votes]
• Wed 15: What We Do in the Shadows - Season 2 [FX, IMDb: 8.6, 104k votes]
• Sun 19: The Last Dance - Season 1 [ESPN, IMDb: 9.1, 153k votes]
• Mon 20: Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins - Season 2 [Channel 4, IMDb: 7.7, 264 votes]
• Thu 23: Gangs of London - Season 1 [Sky Atlantic, IMDb: 8.0, 40k votes]
• Fri 24: Defending Jacob - Season 1 [Apple TV+, IMDb: 7.8, 66k votes]
• Fri 24: After Life - Season 2 [Netflix, IMDb: 8.4, 154k votes]
• Sun 26: Normal People - Season 1 [BBC Three, IMDb: 8.4, 92k votes]
• Sun 26: The Last Kingdom - Season 4 [BBC Two, IMDb: 8.5, 166k votes]
• Mon 27: Never Have I Ever - Season 1 [Netflix, IMDb: 7.8, 81k votes]
• Thu 30: Trying - Season 1 [Apple TV+, IMDb: 8.0, 11k votes]
• Thu 30: Upload - Season 1 [Amazon, IMDb: 7.8, 80k votes]

May:

• Fri 1: Hollywood - Season 1 [Netflix, IMDb: 7.5, 41k votes]
• Fri 1: Into the Night - Season 1 [Netflix, IMDb: 7.0, 36k votes]
• Sun 3: Billions - Season 5 [Showtime, IMDb: 8.3, 110k votes]
• Wed 6: Brassic - Season 2 [Sky Max, IMDb: 8.4, 12k votes]
• Fri 8: Solar Opposites - Season 1 [Hulu, IMDb: 8.0, 31k votes]
• Sat 9: I Know This Much Is True - Season 1 [HBO, IMDb: 8.1, 23k votes]
• Fri 15: The Great - Season 1 [Hulu, IMDb: 8.1, 55k votes]
• Sun 17: Hightown - Season 1 [Starz, IMDb: 6.9, 7k votes]
• Sun 17: Snowpiercer - Season 1 [AMC, IMDb: 6.9, 62k votes]
• Fri 29: Space Force - Season 1 [Netflix, IMDb: 6.7, 71k votes]

June:

• Sun 7: Gordon Ramsay: Uncharted - Season 2 [National Geographic, IMDb: 7.7, 2k votes]
• Wed 10: Lenox Hill - Season 1 [Netflix, IMDb: 8.7, 3k votes]
• Thu 11: Alone - Season 7 [History, IMDb: 8.4, 7k votes]
• Sun 21: Yellowstone - Season 3 [Paramount Network, IMDb: 8.7, 222k votes]
• Sun 21: Perry Mason - Season 1 [HBO, IMDb: 7.6, 29k votes]
• Sun 21: The Chi - Season 3 [Paramount+ with Showtime, IMDb: 7.6, 8k votes]
• Mon 22: Tehran - Season 1 [Kan 11, IMDb: 7.6, 24k votes]
• Mon 22: Penn & Teller: Fool Us - Season 7 [The CW, IMDb: 8.0, 4k votes]

July:

• Wed 1: Celebrity MasterChef - Season 15 [BBC One, IMDb: 6.0, 500 votes]
• Thu 2: Warrior Nun - Season 1 [Netflix, IMDb: 7.0, 56k votes]
• Fri 24: The Young Offenders - Season 3 [BBC One, IMDb: 8.0, 5k votes]
• Wed 29: Inside the World's Toughest Prisons - Season 4 [Netflix, IMDb: 7.2, 4k votes]
• Fri 31: The Umbrella Academy - Season 2 [Netflix, IMDb: 7.9, 277k votes]

August:

• Thu 13: Mandy - Season 1 [BBC Two, IMDb: 7.3, 2k votes]
• Fri 14: Ted Lasso - Season 1 [Apple TV+, IMDb: 8.8, 352k votes]
• Sun 16: Lovecraft Country - Season 1 [HBO, IMDb: 7.1, 47k votes]
• Wed 19: High Score (2020) - Season 1 [Netflix, IMDb: 7.4, 9k votes]
• Sun 23: The Vow - Season 1 [HBO, IMDb: 7.2, 7k votes]
• Sun 30: Strike - Season 4 [BBC One, IMDb: 7.9, 25k votes]

September:

• Tue 1: All Creatures Great and Small - Season 1 [Channel 5, IMDb: 8.6, 17k votes]
• Thu 3: Raised by Wolves - Season 1 [HBO Max, IMDb: 7.4, 87k votes]
• Thu 3: The Boys - Season 2 [Amazon, IMDb: 8.7, 660k votes]
• Sun 6: Power Book II: Ghost - Season 1 [Starz, IMDb: 7.5, 11k votes]
• Wed 16: Ambulance - Season 6 [BBC One, IMDb: 8.5, 436 votes]
• Wed 16: Archer - Season 11 [FXX, IMDb: 8.6, 166k votes]
• Thu 17: Saving Lives at Sea - Season 5 [BBC Two, IMDb: 8.7, 94 votes]
• Fri 18: PEN15 - Season 2 [Hulu, IMDb: 8.1, 14k votes]
• Fri 18: Ratched - Season 1 [Netflix, IMDb: 7.3, 71k votes]
• Mon 21: Ghosts - Season 2 [BBC One, IMDb: 8.4, 27k votes]
• Tue 22: The Great British Bake Off - Season 4 [Channel 4, IMDb: 7.9, 96 votes]
• Thu 24: The Chef Show - Season 2 [Netflix, IMDb: 8.2, 6k votes]
• Sun 27: The Simpsons - Season 32 [FOX, IMDb: 8.7, 437k votes]
• Sun 27: Bob's Burgers - Season 11 [FOX, IMDb: 8.2, 93k votes]
• Sun 27: Family Guy - Season 19 [FOX, IMDb: 8.1, 365k votes]
• Wed 30: South Park - Season 24 [Comedy Central, IMDb: 8.7, 407k votes]

October:

• Fri 2: Emily in Paris - Season 1 [Netflix, IMDb: 6.9, 117k votes]
• Sun 4: The Good Lord Bird - Season 1 [Showtime, IMDb: 7.6, 7k votes]
• Fri 9: The Haunting of Bly Manor - Season 1 [Netflix, IMDb: 7.4, 129k votes]
• Sun 11: Fear the Walking Dead - Season 6 [AMC, IMDb: 6.8, 145k votes]
• Mon 12: Police Interceptors - Season 18 [Channel 5, IMDb: 7.1, 275 votes]
• Wed 14: The Amazing Race - Season 32 [CBS, IMDb: 7.8, 16k votes]
• Thu 15: Star Trek: Discovery - Season 3 [Paramount+, IMDb: 7.0, 137k votes]
• Thu 15: Taskmaster - Season 10 [Channel 4, IMDb: 9.0, 20k votes]
• Fri 16: Shark Tank - Season 12 [ABC, IMDb: 7.7, 11k votes]
• Fri 23: Barbarians - Season 1 [Netflix, IMDb: 7.2, 30k votes]
• Fri 23: The Queen's Gambit - Season 1 [Netflix, IMDb: 8.5, 551k votes]
• Fri 23: How To with John Wilson - Season 1 [HBO, IMDb: 8.7, 13k votes]
• Sun 25: The Undoing - Season 1 [HBO, IMDb: 7.4, 106k votes]
• Tue 27: Blood of Zeus - Season 1 [Netflix, IMDb: 7.5, 22k votes]
• Fri 30: The Mandalorian - Season 2 [Disney+, IMDb: 8.6, 590k votes]

November:

• Mon 2: The Good Doctor - Season 4 [ABC, IMDb: 8.0, 115k votes]
• Thu 5: Young Sheldon - Season 4 [CBS, IMDb: 7.7, 108k votes]
• Sun 8: His Dark Materials - Season 2 [BBC One, IMDb: 7.8, 85k votes]
• Mon 9: Industry - Season 1 [HBO, IMDb: 7.2, 12k votes]
• Tue 10: MasterChef: The Professionals - Season 13 [BBC One, IMDb: 7.8, 577 votes]
• Wed 11: Chicago Med - Season 6 [NBC, IMDb: 7.6, 30k votes]
• Wed 11: S.W.A.T. - Season 4 [CBS, IMDb: 7.2, 33k votes]
• Wed 11: Chicago Fire - Season 9 [NBC, IMDb: 8.0, 65k votes]
• Wed 11: Chicago P.D. - Season 8 [NBC, IMDb: 8.1, 45k votes]
• Thu 12: James May: Oh Cook! - Season 1 [Amazon, IMDb: 7.6, 2k votes]
• Thu 12: Grey's Anatomy - Season 17 [ABC, IMDb: 7.6, 343k votes]
• Thu 12: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 22 [NBC, IMDb: 8.1, 126k votes]
• Thu 12: Station 19 - Season 4 [ABC, IMDb: 7.0, 22k votes]
• Fri 13: The Blacklist - Season 8 [NBC, IMDb: 7.9, 280k votes]
• Sun 15: The Crown - Season 4 [Netflix, IMDb: 8.6, 258k votes]
• Tue 17: FBI - Season 3 [CBS, IMDb: 7.1, 23k votes]
• Tue 17: NCIS - Season 18 [CBS, IMDb: 7.8, 164k votes]
• Tue 17: Big Sky - Season 1 [ABC, IMDb: 6.8, 26k votes]
• Tue 17: FBI: Most Wanted - Season 2 [CBS, IMDb: 6.9, 11k votes]
• Thu 26: The Flight Attendant - Season 1 [HBO Max, IMDb: 7.1, 63k votes]
• Sat 28: 30 Coins - Season 1 [HBO Max, IMDb: 7.1, 11k votes]

December:

• Wed 2: SEAL Team - Season 4 [Paramount+, IMDb: 7.8, 33k votes]
• Fri 4: The Hardy Boys - Season 1 [Hulu, IMDb: 7.0, 4k votes]
• Fri 4: Blue Bloods - Season 11 [CBS, IMDb: 7.7, 48k votes]
• Sun 6: Your Honor - Season 1 [Showtime, IMDb: 7.6, 66k votes]
• Thu 10: Alice in Borderland - Season 1 [Netflix, IMDb: 7.7, 98k votes]
• Fri 18: Sweet Home - Season 1 [Netflix, IMDb: 7.3, 32k votes]
• Fri 25: Letterkenny - Season 9 [CraveTV, IMDb: 8.6, 29k votes]
• Fri 25: Bridgerton - Season 1 [Netflix, IMDb: 7.4, 173k votes]

Personal favorites I have watched since 2018 with a rating of 9 or higher.

Rating Scale:
10 - One of my all time favorites!
9 - Great seasons, this is some of the best of what the show has to offer.

Bates motel

:crown:: the ones I own

According to
→ Vulture / Espinof / Esquire / The Atlantic / Indiewire / The New York Times / The Verge / Thrillist / The Ringer / El Español / Empire / Polygon

01– 09 / seen and poorly ranked by me
09–75 / not seen yet

Votes
✦ I May Destroy You / 16
~
✦ Better Call Saul / 8
:crown: Ted Lasso / 8
✦ The Queen's Gambit / 8
:crown: The Mandalorian / 8
~
:crown:Normal People / 7
:crown: The Good Lord Bird / 7
~
✦ Mrs. America / 6
✦ P-Valley / 6
:crown: What We Do in the Shadows / 6
~
:crown: How to With John Wilson / 5
✦ Mythic Quest / 5
✦ The Crown / 5
✦ The Last Dance / 5
~
:crown: Better Things / 4
✦ Bojack Horseman / 4
:crown: Devs / 4
✦ Insecure / 4
:crown: Pen15 / 4
✦ Perry Mason / 4
✦ The Plot Against America / 4
~
:crown: Curb Your Enthusiasm / 3
✦ Dare Me / 3
✦ I’ll Be Gone in the Dark / 3
:crown: High Fidelity / 3
:crown: Ramy /3
✦ Schitt’s Creek / 3
✦ The Great / 3
:crown: Unorthodox / 3
:crown: Veneno / 3
~
:crown: Antidisturbios / 2
✦ Dead to Me / 2
✦ Dave / 2
:crown: Everything's Gonna Be Okay / 2
✦ Gangs of London / 2
✦ I Hate Suzie / 2
:crown: Lovecraft Country / 2
✦ Never Have I Ever / 2
✦ Sex Education / 2
✦ Tales From The Loop / 2
✦ The Baby-Sitters Club / 2
:crown: The Boys / 2
✦ The Third Day / 2
✦ We Are Who We Are / 2
✦ ZeroZeroZero / 2

Tracking all the shows I watched in 2020.

README.TXT :page_facing_up:
This List contains Movies and Tv shows that I watched over 2020 in groups of 10.
Each group is separated with numbers and separating titles.

2020 Released TOP 10 Movies

1 Portrait of a Lady on Fire
2 1917
3 Wolfwalkers
4 Bad Education
5 Sound of Metal
6 The King of Staten Island
7 Swallow
8 Love and Monsters
9 Tenet
10 Soul

2020 Released Honorable Mentions

11 Kajillionaire
12 Mank
13 Black Bear
14 The Trial of the Chicago 7
15 I'm Thinking of Ending Things
16 Feels Good Man
17 Bill & Ted Face the Music
18 The Willoughbys
19 The Devil All the Time
20 The Vast of Night

Overall First time watch 2020 TOP 10 movies

21 Knives Out - 2019
22 Hereditary - 2018
23 Jojo Rabbit - 2019
24 Train to Busan - 2016
25 Climax - 2018
26 Sink or Swim - 2018
27 Ford v Ferrari - 2019
28 Dunkirk - 2017
29 Before Sunrise - 1995
30 Doctor Sleep - 2019

2020 Released TOP 10 TV Shows

31 Dark - Season 3
32 Euphoria - Season 1
33 Infinity Train - Season 3
34 The Queen's Gambit - Limited
35 The Umbrella Academy - Season 2
36 Solar Opposites - Season 1
37 The Mandalorian - Season 2
38 After Life - Season 2
39 Dave - Season 1
40 Upload - Season 1

The first time, Comeback or Ended TOP 10 TV Shows I watched in 2020 (This Title is a Mess :D)

41 11.22.63
42 Infinity Train
43 Barry
44 Mr. Robot
45 Watchmen
46 The Handmaid's Tale
47 The Man in the High Castle
48 You
49 Tuca & Bertie
50 It's Bruno!

Some Stats:
2020 Movies (#224)
2020 TV shows (#141)
2020 episodes watched (#1998)
Year In Review: https://trakt.tv/users/robogrikiai/year/2020

More at Recommendations: https://trakt.tv/users/robogrikiai/recommendations
All Lists: https://trakt.tv/users/robogrikiai/lists

Another year, another Top Shows list!

2019-20 TV Season Ranked

Last Updated: 23 March 2023

My faves based on an incomplete sampling.

#Honorable mentions:
- James May: Our Man In Japan
- Code 404 S01
- Limmy's Homemade Show
- Norsemen S03
- Tacoma FD S02
- Good Talk With Anthony Jeselnik
- The Goes Wrong Show S01

#In consideration:
- Schitt's Creek S06