Binge-r #169: The Best Shows of 2019 - 50 to 26
Submission Hold: Betty Gilpin (Debbie) and Alison Brie (Ruth) in Glow
50 – CATCH-22
An awkward and authentic adaptation of the anti-war satire (Stan)
49 – TOO OLD TO DIE YOUNG
A neon delectable and coolly obtuse L.A. crime drama (Amazon Prime Video)
48 – LIVING WITH YOURSELF S1
A quirky existential comedy with dual Paul Rudd’s (Netflix)
47 – BOSCH S5
A reliably gritty police procedural rolls on (Amazon Prime Video)
46 – GREEN FRONTIER S1
Intriguing supernatural thriller set on the Amazon (Netflix)
45 – THE POLITICIAN S1
Privileged high school politics with sarcasm and flair (Netflix)
44 – STRANGER THINGS S3
Retro-themed teenage scares and scrapes continue (Netflix)
43 – THE MANDALORIAN S1
A Star Wars western giving fans what they want (Disney+)
42 – THE LOUDEST VOICE
Russell Crowe as the man who made Fox News (Stan)
41 – GOOD OMENS
A whimsy-laden take on heaven versus hell (Amazon Prime Video)
40 – BILLIONS S4
The further conquests of New York’s rich and powerful (Stan)
39 – GLOW S3
The eighties female wrestling troupe relocates to Vegas (Netflix)
[Full S1 review in BINGE-R #55]
38 – SPECIAL S1
A funny, incisive take on sexuality and ableism (Netflix)
Ready Player One: Eric Bana (John) in Dirty John
37 – FOR ALL MANKIND S1
A space race alternate history with NASA reimagined (Apple TV+)
36 – DIRTY JOHN S1
A slippery thriller that questions romance and family (Netflix)
35 – WORKIN’ MOMS S3
Pithy Canadian sitcom about the mothers who don’t have it all (Netflix)
[Full S1 review in BINGE-R #132]
34 – HARLOTS S3
Female agency in the sex trade of 18th century London (SBS on Demand)
[Full S1 review in BINGE-R #109]
33 – BONDING S1
A frank, funny take on 20something friendship and/or B&D work (Netflix)
32 – BOJACK HORSEMAN S6
A bittersweet animated study of a Hollywood fixture’s failings (Netflix)
[Full S5 review in BINGE-R #108]
31 – DICKINSON S1
A modern pop take on the historic biography that is wildly eventful (Apple TV+)
30 – KINGDOM S1
The best South Korean period zombie drama you can stream (Netflix)
29 – I AM THE NIGHT
Chris Pines headlines a pungent sixties L.A. noir (Stan)
28 – TOON S1
Dutch black comedy about a nobody who becomes a somebody (Netflix)
27 – CRIMINAL: UK
Anthology following a police unit’s tense interrogations (Netflix)
26 – RAMY S1
An observant slacker comedy about a Muslim bro from Jersey (Stan)
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