Top 77 Television and Streaming Video Series of 2019

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.

https://i.imgur.com/GwlsIB8.jpg
#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:

https://i.imgur.com/6w1FREf.jpg
#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)

https://i.imgur.com/X8D6hOJ.jpg
#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:

https://i.imgur.com/eQe7v4j.jpg
#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.

Aah I see. It’s a bizarre premise for a show. Maybe I’ll get around to watching more some day.

nailed it is the only one so far i voted for, and that was kind of a throwaway vote - it's cute but repetitive, i mostly voted for it because i like watching it with my kids

Did I vote for Jessica Jones? Anyway, I really disliked one of the main plot developments, but I'll add that season 2 is better than most people give it credit for. Season 1 is still the best Netflix Marvel thing by a wide margin though.

Documentary Now! the only thing I've voted for so far, exclusively on the strength of the Co-Op ep.

i watched two episodes and liked it but got hung up on the glaring and unavoidable fact that it is meant for children and the script reflects that. i may need to retry.

they just wrapped "book 2" btw!

I get this, but IMO Infinity Train is kinda like Steven Universe in that it obviously wants to get some important messages about self-worth and acceptance through to the kids, but the whole scifi/fantasy setting provides a lot to enjoy for adults too, who may find the messages a bit too obvious. (Not saying that it's as good as Steven Universe - what is? - but it's still very enjoyable.) The concept of having each episode take place in a separate train car/micro-world provides with a lot of space to do cool and surreal imagery, and they also apparently intend each season to have different protagonists with different issues means that they shouldn't be stuck repeating the same themes. They already did that in the second season, and it went into some pretty dark and deep waters for a Cartoon Network show (don't want to say anything more not to spoil it). So based on the two seasons so far (they're very short, only ten 10-minute episodes per season), I feel IT has a lot of potential for both kids and adults.

Never heard of Documentary Now! and it's not showing on UK Netflix so guess it's US only?

Thought I was the other voter for Too Old Too Die Young but just checked my ballot and it's not on there. Great show though (if not for everyone) and glad that stuff like that can get made these days even if Amazon did their best to bury it before it was even released.

I got excited when this poll mentioned Documentary Now is on Netflix but it's not in my country. Still have yet to see an episode

I've really only enjoyed the Doc Now episodes with Hader and/or Mulaney involved, but those are great. Hader as the James Carville type in the War Room parody is one of my favorite comedic turns of the last few years.

Criterion is including the DN parody of the Mayseles Brothers' Salesman as an extra on their reissue of that movie.

Haven’t seen Documentary Now! but I did just want to mention (since there doesn’t seem to be any discussion about it) that I think HDM deserves its low position.

Kind of reneging on my own vote here, full disclosure.

I submitted one of those four-vote ballots...There sure are a lot of TV shows I've never heard of.

I'm a four-voter too, and I probably couldn't have found twenty things I saw and liked enough to vote for even if I'd wanted to. This poll is doing a great job of pitching me on stuff I didn't know about that I might at some point watch.

at a meeting now but will be updating with several more in the later afternoon.