Top 77 Television and Streaming Video Series of 2019

Wow, the concept of Rick and Morty feels like a thing from the past for me, did not know it was still on

As mentioned at the top of the nominations thread: "Any series of three or more episodes qualifies as long as at least one of the series' episodes has premiered somewhere in the world in 2019. Acceptable nominations: YouTube/Twitch streamers with a recognizable episode to episode continuity whether fictional or presentational, webseries, streaming series, cable series, game shows, news shows, animation, talk shows. Not acceptable nominations: sports, concerts, one-off documentaries or films, music videos."

Bearing in mind the quality of prior seasons is admittedly kind of unavoidable but these votes should have been cast in the name of the quality and enjoyability of episodes released in 2019; a vote for Riverdale today is not a vote for season one.

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#66 (Tie) - Dear White People (Netflix) - 25 points, 3 votes

Netflix Watch Instantly Recommendation Thread

Dear White People on Netflix

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvPbJdDKKds

ty, ulysses

Did not Giancarlo Esposito was on Dear White People! Liked the movie, never saw the show. Anybody wanna rep for it as a fan?

I thought this was the best season of DWP so far! Hugely meta and even more cynical than usual.

do i need much backstory or can i just jump in at s3?

Awwwww -- I am happy that two other people voted for DWP besides me!

why I like this show:
1. nostalgia -- not that I really want to go back to my time as a college student -- but it brings back memories (esp. w/r/t activists and other extra-curricular stuff)
2. a lot of people I know (I am white, they are white) tune out and get defensive about social justice stuff re race because of the didacticism of how it's communicated, and I feel like this show illustrates these concepts in a way that is ... better appreciated by white people

a good show whose risible fanbase makes this low slotting feel more deserved than it is

my main issue with it is the character design, at the risk of sounding like a boomer there's just no personality behind it whatsoever, it looks worse than Family Guy

the writing is pretty good though

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#66 (Tie) - Big Mouth (Netflix) - 25 points, 3 votes

Big Mouth on Netflix

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70CN9XeDnf0

I think the show really expanded and improved upon the themes of the movie. Plot-wise it doesn’t quite all hang together and a lot of it feels compiled with the urgency of renewal fears, but that’s heavily referenced in the script a la Arrested Development. In S3 there’s a nice show within a show. It’s really enjoyable as a whole and extremely of this moment.

xp hmm...I think start from the beginning. It sets up a lot of enigmas that are only just opening up in S3. You’ll fly through it in a few days though, I think

speaking of hideous character design xp

sarahell otm

I tried to watch this and just couldn't. But it's placed low so I can't really hate...hate is reserved for the stuff you like en masse lol

weakest season of big mouth so far, not enough coach steve or shame wizard. some of it was too gross even for this show, and it wasn't as weirdly heart-warming as it's been in years past. still some belly laughs, though.

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#64 (Tie) - His Dark Materials (HBO) - 25 points, 4 votes

HIS DARK MATERIALS

His Dark Materials on HBO

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APduGe1eLVI

I'm teaching the first HDM book to a student of mine! We watched half the first episode of this and it looked pretty competently done. The books themselves, while very good, aren't free of fault (they're a bit fussy in tone and there are a few baked-in inconsistencies) so I'm fine with a bit of creative license. Seems fairly reverent though. I've only seen half an episode, as I say - maybe I'll watch some more at some point when the backlog is exhausted

Lack of Coach Steve was a massive boost to the last season of Big Mouth fuiud

Not a lot of note seemed to happen compared to previous seasons tho

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#64 (Tie) - Brockmire (IFC) - 25 points, 4 votes

Your Ten Favorite Shows Currently on Television

Brockmire on Hulu

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vt4IiGtyuTs

^ highly underrated show in general and this season was as well written and acted as it has ever been
post-Apu Azaria is among my fave actors

HDM was a bit disappointing to me, a massive lover of the books.

What is this most similar to? I’ve never heard of it and it looks pretty great.

brockmire is one of those shows i get a bunch of promoted ads for and was convinced no one had actually ever watched so i'm very surprised to see this place

premise looks good! will check it out

watched and loved the pilot years ago, but never kept up.

does this stream anywhere?

as noted on the post, Brockmire streams on Hulu.
it's very very good and very funny and very filthy.

here's another highly underrated show worth streaming on hulu:

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#62 (Tie) - Ramy (Hulu) - 28 points, 4 votes

Ramy on Hulu

Ramy on Hulu

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4Ek09B9YaY

(NB that you do not need to know a thing about baseball to appreciate Brockmire; i imagine knowing something about baseball will only improve the show)

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#62 (Tie) - Documentary Now! (IFC) - 28 points, 4 votes

Documentary Now!

Documentary Now! on Netflix

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4wEp3U_LYE

Last one for the day here; we'll add more over the week:

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#61 - SB Nation's Chart Party (YouTube) - 28 points, 5 votes

SB Nation’s Chart Party on YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_SsIKgwvz4

ramy and d now! are shows i've been planning on checking out, but as i mentioned before: there are too many shows.

always found Documentary Now! more "impressive" than actually funny

didn't vote for any YT shows, but i love chart party. jon bois is one of the world's funniest people.

Jon Bois rules obviously

oh damn I should've voted for this, it's weirdly transfixing

Had to vote Bois. Bob Emergency and Saddest Punt were truly exceptional content and he's an original

if you guys wanna enjoy jon bois in text form, check out his old 'breaking madden' and 'nba y2k' series on sb nation.

https://www.sbnation.com/nba/2014/6/3/5772796/nba-y2k-series-finale-the-death-of-basketball

Also one of a very few people worth following on Twitter. And yeah, a deep dive is strongly recommended. Wait til you reach his Farming Simulator videos...

61 - SB Nation's Chart Party (YouTube) - 28 points, 5 votes
62 (Tie) - Documentary Now! (IFC, stream on Netflix) - 28 points, 4 votes
62 (Tie) - Ramy (Hulu) - 28 points, 4 votes
64 (Tie) - Brockmire (IFC, stream on Hulu) - 25 points, 4 votes
64 (Tie) - His Dark Materials (HBO) - 25 points, 4 votes
66 (Tie) - Big Mouth (Netflix) - 25 points, 3 votes
66 (Tie) - Dear White People (Netflix) - 25 points, 3 votes
66 (Tie) - Rick and Morty (Adult Swim, stream on Hulu) - 25 points, 3 votes
66 (Tie) - The Boys (Amazon) - 25 points, 3 votes
66 (Tie) - Truthpoint (Adult Swim, Stream on YouTube) - 25 points, 3 votes
71 - Infinity Train (Cartoon Network, stream on web) - 25 points, 2 votes
72 - The Witcher (Netflix) - 20 points, 4 votes
73 - Jessica Jones (Netflix) - 20 points, 3 votes
74 (Tie) - GeoWizard's Mission Across Wales (YouTube) - 20 points, 2 votes
74 (Tie) - Ainori Love Wagon: Asian Journey (Netflix) - 20 points, 2 votes
74 (Tie) - Nailed It! (Netflix US) - 20 points, 2 votes
74 (Tie) - Too Old To Die Young (Amazon) - 20 points, 2 votes

that weird interactive webpage he did about the distant future of football was amazing, I've never seen anything like it

That's his ultimate masterpiece so far, yes

17776 (if anyone would like to check it out)

A great first day!! Though perhaps I’m a bit biased... A couple of interesting things to try out too.

if you only watch one documentary now ep the company cast recording satire is the one to see

i saw richard kind do a song from that on a late-night show with no context, and it was glorious.

interested in that one and the bowling one (mainly for tim robinson reasons)

Voted for Documentary Now! but suffers for lack of Bill Hader this season.

Sorry if this has been covered elsewhere, but does Documentary Now continue to be a remake of a famous documentary each episode or do they deviate from that formula?

No, they stick with pastiching existing docs.