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The AV Club's 30 Best Shows of 2023
The AV Club has chosen their favorite shows of 2023. Do you (dis)agree with these choices? Which shows were overlooked?


Personal surprises: Somebody Somewhere (I posted a primer for it here), I'm A Virgo (not finished yet)
I agree with: Barry, Beef, Somebody Somewhere (because I haven't watched/finished any others!)
I disagree with: The Curse, mainly because we're not even at the halfway point of S1. At the snail pace this show is moving, you can't judge much.
I'm missing: The Glory, Yellowjackets (don't care that S2 was weaker, the Alanis Morissette theme alone!), Shrinking, Swarm
Number of shows I've never heard of: 6
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Personal surprises: Somebody Somewhere (worth watching), Dark Winds
I agree with: Somebody Somewhere, Dark Winds, The Bear, (not sure about Barry - I've only seen the first two seasons...which I did enjoy), on the fence about What We Do in the Shadows (only made it through the first two seasons, couldn't get into the third)
I disagree with: Loki (and I wouldn't put it on the list. I barely got through S1, and am struggling to get into S2 - it's a time-travel storyline with a twist, and kind of convoluted and heavy on the evil workplace imagery, which has never entertained me that much. A lot of folks love satires about evil or crazy workplaces, but I want to escape my crazy workplace when I watch television not be reminded of it.), Top Chef (it gives me a headache - won't watch), The Last of US (I liked the episode about the two old guys who lived together, and loved each other, and had no zombies in it or relatively few. But I couldn't get much past that episode, and gave up), the appeal of Succession continues to be lost on me...I've tried and failed.
I'm missing: Queen Charlotte (which surprised me), Peaky Blinders (granted it's an older series but I watched it this year and fell in love), The Dragon Prince: Mystery of Arvaros, I'm sure there's others but my mind is a blank at the moment.
Most of these I've never heard of or seen. Flirted with a few of them.