We're using cookies to improve your experience. That is why they continuously try to come up with new algorithms, new updates that can give you much more accuracy in every aspect. Gaiman worshippers rejoice, for your savior’s work is being done. This fictionalized account of what happened when the Chernobyl nuclear reactor exploded near the city of Pripyat, Ukraine emphasizes the many ways officials failed the public with catastrophic consequences. But while The Other Two perfectly skewers our current pop-culture era in all its chaos and vapidity, the Comedy Central sitcom features, at its core, a family that roots for—rather than against—one another. An unflinching look at the Don Cornelius his Soul Train dancers, crew and musicians in an unforgiving Hollywood in the 1970s. In Waller-Bridge’s hands, the typical dynamic of the dogged government agent and psychopathic is not only subverted because both of the protagonists are women — the series is injected with tantalizing sexual tension, enough hallmarks of obsession to make Hitchcock proud, and moments rich with darkly entrancing humor to offset all the horror that the proficient, petulant assassin Villanelle (Jodie Comer) unleashes as she both obsesses over and eludes the complex, equally focused MI6 agent, Eve Polastri (Sandra Oh). Complete with era-specific fashions and pop-culture references—and a highly realistic recreation of the millennial teenage lifestyle—PEN15 has its stars easily passing as young women decades younger than they are. Yes, it's got your typical sexually active and sexually frustrated teens with Asa Butterfield’s Otis serving as a respectful young protagonist. Yet, Damon Lindelof pulled off the impossible—creating a show that's not a carbon copy, but channels the punk rock spirit of the original source material. What follows is a singular season where the typically inward-facing show turns outward, widening the lens to ask what we owe one another. This show is based on a book called ‘Games Divas Play’ by Angela Burt-Murray. These burning questions will tap into loyal fandoms to dig into anything and everything fans want to know about their favorite artist! There will be both singing and scheming, which is pretty much all I want from TV anyway. And finding out who will dare to mess with Renata?! Arquette’s brilliance was expected, but the true standout is the younger Joey King, who brings an unnerving portrayal of Gypsy Rose to the series. — Gabrielle Bruney, In BoJack Horseman’s standout sixth and final season, we pick up right where the previous season left off: with everyone’s favorite equine sitcom star checking into seaside rehab, determined to kick his alcoholism and mend fences with the loved ones he wronged. We may earn a commission from these links. Rooted in incredible acting, Years and Years is more than an offshoot of its horrifying dystopian TV counterparts. It also serves documentaries, reality shows and sports shows. But none has placed its finger so directly on the Zeitgeist — actually, ahead of the Zeitgeist — as Veep has. —Megh Wright, I’m so happy people are finally discovering this gem of a sitcom after four years, because for a while, my body was on autopilot yelling at randos to “watch Schitt’s Creek, dammit!” If you’re still oblivious to its comedic greatness: The Rose family are forced to shack up in a boondocks town after losing their massive fortune, and, uh, let’s say they’re not particularly pleased about their new motel living arrangements, but in due time, they learn to accept it. There’s the promise from creator Rob Thomas that it’ll be “hardcore So-Cal noir” built around one big case over eight episodes, the return of a lot of key characters, and the fact that you aren’t personally donating a dime to it. Ramy is so richly crafted, so specific in its stories, that it ends up being universal, appealing as much to the child of immigrants as the floundering adult, the forlorn romantic, or the wayward son. —JC, If Peter Gould and Vince Gilligan’s Breaking Bad prequel had decided to call it quits after season four, it would’ve been able to say that it went out on a perfect, if disquieting, high note: Disgraced attorney Jimmy McGill (Bob Odenkirk) officially reinvented himself as Saul Goodman, the lawyer of the worst of the worst, while ex-cop turned underworld fixer Mike Ehrmantraut (Jonathan Banks) lost a bit more of his soul. From Bugs Bunny to Spike Spiegel to Miles Morales, retracing 128 years of an art form that continues to draw us all in. Regular filmmaking partners George Clooney and Grant Heslov (Good Night and Good Luck) are overseeing a cast that includes Clooney, Kyle Chandler, Hugh Laurie, and Giancarlo Giannini. Will Packer has been a part of films like ‘Obsessed’, ‘Stomp the Yard: Homecoming’, ‘Ride Along’, ‘About Last Night’, ‘Straight Outta Compton’, ‘Girls Trip’ and ‘What Men Want’. The longer Eve and Villanelle venture to find each other, the more their intoxicating infatuation grows. —JM, The Ryan Murphy approach of casting a bunch of fun actors and letting them run wild is coming to Netflix. The lackluster stand-alone seventh episode aside, Stranger Things 2 was an even more emotionally moving drama than the first installment, one that managed to hit on all the ’80s nostalgia pressure points while telling its own, uniquely absorbing story. Now that we know when season three will arrive and that it will focus on the events in Hawkins, Indiana, in the summer of 1985, I find myself anxious to see whether the Duffer brothers can conjure more of their retro sci-fi magic, and once again uncertain that it’s possible. The 25 Best TV Shows of 2019 We're ranking the best television had to offer this year, from returning favorites like Fleabag and Pose to new hits like Watchmen and Russian Doll Hormones and the looming specter of adulthood make middle school a nightmare for everyone, but rarely have the hilarious and humiliating depths of seventh grade been explored as well as they are in Hulu's Pen15. But if that doesn't sound like a comedy, just imagine it through the lens of a brace-faced Kirsten Dunst. Well, that’s about as intriguing as it gets. We’re waiting. One step at a time, the network is breaking the boundaries of its genres and with every year, it gets one step closer to gaining complete versatility. In a television landscape overrun with anxiety-inducing twists and dark antiheroes, this dose of vampire surrealism on FX has solidified itself as one of the best new series of 2019.—Justin Kirkland, In a growing line up of true-crime shows, The Act was a bit of a surprise breakout. It needed to establish an identity separate from its parent program, The Good Wife, but it also had to rapidly adapt after having been planned to appear in the context of a Clinton presidency. What makes Fleabag so relevant in 2019 is how candid it presents itself. DuVernay is teamed against with her regular cinematographer Bradford Young (Solo), who has worked with her on five projects. It has delivered shows like the animated comedy, ‘Black Panther’, situation comedies like ‘Reed Between the Lines’ and ‘Zoe Ever After’, and reality series like ‘Chasing Destiny’, ‘Harlem Heights’, and ‘Real Husbands of Hollywood’. Will the intense sexual tension between Eve and Villanelle boil over? In fact, it can be an explosion of whimsy, pure delight, and kisses that literally lift your feet off the ground. No word on whether the Netflix series will incorporate a story about endlessly gathering finicky potion ingredients so you can make yourself invisible for 30 damn seconds. Nasir Jones, better known as Nas, has enjoyed the reputation of being one of the most popular rappers of all time. —MZS, The first season of Succession was a slow burn. Hallelujah! Esquire participates in various affiliate marketing programs, which means we may get paid commissions on editorially chosen products purchased through our links to retailer sites. But time truly is a flat circle, because 2019 is giving us not just a third season of True Detective, but a third season starring Mahershala Ali in three different timelines, playing a man who struggles to solve a case that eluded him as a young detective and continues to haunt him in his old age. This year has delivered new series (and returning favorites) that continue to raise the bar for our golden era of television. —KVA, I write this as a complete outsider with little to no knowledge of graphic novels or — gasp — the wonderful world of Neil Gaiman. With updated release dates where available. Ending Season Three on a high note at the beginning of the year, the Michael Schur show feels like it’s firmly figured out how to chart its end game. The TNT limited series I Am the Night sees the actor-and-director team collaborating on a wildly different work: a period piece neo-noir about a young girl (India Eisley) who finds herself on the trail of a gynecologist involved in the infamous Black Dahlia murder. —JM, Charles Forsman didn’t begin his career thinking he’d be a hit with the teens, but entertainment works in mysterious ways. —AR, One-stop shopping for misery porn, and eerily compelling for its total commitment to that form, The Terror adapted a best-selling nonfiction book of the same name about Captain Sir John Franklin’s doomed voyage to find the Northwest Passage in the 1800s. — Matt Miller, Nick Kroll’s animated creation is as good (if not better) in Season Three than it has ever been before. To continue this beloved, challenging series as an HBO series is a daunting task. —Gazelle Emami, The second show from DC Universe — Warner Bros.’ experiment in direct-to-consumer streaming — features characters we already met in the first offering, Titans. The fact that the show’s Tambor-less finale will be a movie-musical that, according to what series creator Jill Soloway recently told the New York Times, “will hopefully feel like Jesus Christ Superstar mixed with La La Land mixed with Flight of the Conchords with something more Jewish thrown in”? In its upcoming shows, BET is broadening its horizons with shows that touch innovative concepts and tell the untold stories, specifically of the black community.