The 20 Best New TV Shows of 2020 So Far
Which newcomers on the small screen have impressed reviewers the most during the first half of the year? Above, find the highest-scoring first-year TV shows (and miniseries) debuting between January 1, 2020 and June 30, 2020. Only shows with at least 7 reviews from professional critics are included.
Is this your new true-crime obsession? The years-long hunt for the mass murderer dubbed the Golden State Killer certainly was an obsession for the late author Michelle McNamara, who chronicled her investigation in a blog and in the 2018 nonfiction best-seller I'll Be Gone in the Dark (which was completed after her sudden death in 2016 by her husband, Patton Oswalt, and several other writers). Both McNamara's life and the serial killings that so absorbed her are the twin subjects of this just-launched, six-part HBO documentary miniseries from Emmy winner Liz Garbus (What Happened, Miss Simone?) that features narration from Amy Ryan.
“On one hand, this feels like a seminal entry in the true crime genre that gives survivors a chance to be heard. On the other, it may function best as a peek inside the lives of two married writers, as it’s those intimate moments — the texts between Melissa and Patton and the heartbreaking way this series ends — that put a lump in my throat and elevated this series into something more.” —Jeff Sneider, Collider
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