The 20 Best New TV Shows of 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.)
Following the success of its raucous British comedy import Catastrophe (which returns for a third season in early 2017), Amazon turned once again to the UK and brought back something even better. Fleabag finds writer/actress Phoebe Waller-Bridge (Broadchurch, Crashing) adapting her own highly acclaimed play and starring as the titular character, a sexually promiscuous and damaged woman living in London. The strong cast also includes comedian Brett Gelman, Olivia Colman (Broadchurch) , Bill Patterson (Outlander), and Hugh Skinner (Les Miserables). Over the course of six episodes, the series pulls off the remarkable feat of transforming from an irreverent R-rated sex/dysfunctional family comedy into something far deeper and highly moving.
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