The 20 Best New TV Shows of 2016

by Jason Dietz, Metacritic Features Editor – December 29, 2016

Below are the highest-scoring first-year TV series debuting in the United States between January 1, 2016 and December 31, 2016. Shows are ranked by Metascore (an average of grades from top professional critics on a 0-100 scale) prior to rounding, and any programs with fewer than 7 reviews are excluded. (Note that limited series, as well as TV movies and specials, are ranked in a separate list.)

18 of 21 photo by Emanuela Scarpa/Sundance TV

76 Gomorrah (2016): Season 1

The most successful show in Italian TV history finally arrived stateside in August via Sundance, and American critics mostly welcomed it. Billed as Italy's answer to Breaking Bad, the gritty crime drama is based on journalist Roberto Saviano's best-selling book about the Camorra organized crime organization in Naples—the same source material used for the acclaimed 2008 film of the same name.

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