Nominate the Best TV/Web/Streaming Series of 2020 - Nominations Closing January 7

My YouTube nominations:

Action Button (YouTube)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38zduHkwGcc

All Gas No Brakes (YouTube)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UK2FBEpmlUo

Grand Poo Bear Plays 1000 Levels of Super Mario Maker Expert (YouTube)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeySUxq7Yvg

Iron Pineapple plays Souls-Likes You Haven't Heard of(YouTube)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzQ893h7uGg

Ryukahr plays Super Mario Maker 2 (YouTube)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9U9LDq8o-HI

Videogamedunkey (YouTube)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGGegRjExsk

Matt Baume's Culture Cruise (YouTube)

^^

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEj7nz3EXM0

Nailed It! (Netflix)

Can I nominate just the A Closer Look segment of Late Night With Seth Meyers, written by Sal Gentile and typically uploaded to youtube in advance of TX? It had one stand-alone broadcast episode as a prime-time half-hour during the election, too.

I would just nominate Meyers show and then vote for it with that in mind.

nothing against him or other writers or the show as a whole, but nah then

Normal People (Hulu)

Like everyone else, we were stuck inside a lot this year, and with streaming further blurring the lines between theatrical movies and television features, I’ve expanded the list to include visual storytelling that I’ve enjoyed this year, regardless of format. pic.twitter.com/a8BS8jDkSs

— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) December 18, 2020

(also, surprised to hear that Obama pirated Soul from pixar early and bragged about it, dude is hardcore)

A link for my Nats What I Reckon nom:

this was the first cooking episode he did that got him wider attention, they get more polished as they go

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OEDjDKV038

he is SO great, i love him <3

the plot against america (hbo)
i know this much is true (hbo)

Red Oaks (Amazon Prime)
Patriot (Amazon Prime)
#blackAF (Netflix)

Red Oaks (Amazon Prime)

no new episodes since 2017

Patriot (Amazon Prime)

no new episodes since 2018

bumping for weekend nominations

Here's the full, updated list:

20020 (Web Only - SB Nation) - https://www.sbnation.com/secret-base/21410129/20020/
30 for 30 (ESPN)
Action Button (YouTube) - Link
Adult Material (Channel 4)
Adventure Time: Distant Lands (HBO)
African Renaissance: When Art Meets Power (BBC4)
All Gas No Brakes (YouTube) - Link
At Home With Amy Sedaris (IFC)
Aunty Donna’s Big Ol’ House of Fun (Netflix)
Awkwafina is Nora From Queens (Comedy Central)
Beef House (Adult Swim)
Better Call Saul (AMC)
blackAF (Netflix)
Bluey (Disney +)
Bob’s Burgers (FX)
Bofuri: I Don’t Want to Get Hurt So I’ll Focus On Defense (Crunchyroll)
Bordertown (Yle TV1/Netflix)
The Boys (Prime Video)
Brockmire (IFC)
City So Real (National Geographic)
Close Enough (HBO)
Conan in Quarantine (TBS)
Corporate (Comedy Central)
The Crown (Netflix)
Curb Your Enthusiasm (HBO)
Dark (Netflix)
Dave (Hulu)
Dead to Me (Netflix)
Desus and Mero (Showtime)
Devs (Hulu)
Doom Patrol (HBO Max)
Dream Corp LLC (Adult Swim)
The Dress Up Gang (TBS)
Ducktales (Disney XD)
Eating History (History)
The Eric Andre Show (Adult Swim)
The Expanse (Prime)
Extracurricular (Netflix)
Fairbairn Films (Youtube) - Link
Film Review (BBC News)
Flesh and Blood (ITV)
Flight Attendant (HBO)
Forky Asks A Question (Disney +)
GeoWizard Missions (Youtube) - Link
Ghosts (BBC1, HBO)
Giri/Haji (BBC/Netflix)
The Good Lord Bird (Showtime)
Grand POOBear Beats 1000 Levels of Super Mario Maker Expert (YouTube) - Link
The Great British Bake-Off (Netflix)
The Great Pottery Throw Down (BBC 2)
High Fidelity (Hulu)
High Maintenance (HBO)
Hilda (Neflix)
The History of the Seattle Mariners (Youtube) - Link
Hospital Playlist (tvN/Netflix)
A House Through Time (BBC 2)
How To with John Wilson (HBO)
I Am Not Okay With This (Netflix)
I Did a Thing (Youtube) - Link
I Hate Suzie (Sky Atlantic)
I Know This Much Is True (HBO)
I May Destroy You (HBO)
I’ll Be Gone in the Dark (HBO)
In My Skin (BBC3)
Infinity Train (Cartoon Network)
Insecure (HBO)
Iron Pineapple Plays Souls-Likes You've Never Heard Of (YouTube) - Link
It's Okay to Not be Okay (tvN/Netflix)
Jeopardy (Syndication)
Joe Pera Talks with You (Adult Swim)
Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken! (Crunchyroll)
Killing Eve (BBC America)
Kim’s Convenience (Netflix, CBC)
Kipo and the the Age of Wonderbeasts (Netflix)
The Last Dance (ESPN)
Last Week Tonight (HBO)
Law and Order: SVU (NBC)
Little America (Apple +)
Looney Tunes Cartoons (HBO)
Love Fraud (Showtime)
Lovecraft Country (HBO)
Lower Decks (CBS All Acess)
Mandalorian (Disney +)
Mandy (BBC)
Meet the Richardsons (Dave)
Morning Show (Apple+)
Mortimer and Whitehouse Gone Fishing (BBC)
Mystic Pop-up Bar (JTBC/Netflix)
Mythic Quest: Raven’s Banquet (Apple +)
Nailed It! (Netflix)
Nat's What I Reckon (Youtube) - Link
Never Have I Ever (Netflix)
Normal People (Hulu)
Only Connect (BBC2)
The Outsider (HBO)
Oxventure Dungeons & Dragons! (Youtube) - Link
P-Valley (HBO)
Patriot Act (Netflix)
PEN15 (Hulu)
Perry Mason (HBO)
The Pot Against America (HBO)
Portrait Artist of the Year (Sky Arts)
The Queen’s Gambit (Netflix)
Quiz (ITV, AMC)
Raised By Wolves (HBO)
Ramy (Hulu)
The Repair Shop (BBC)
Rick and Morty (Adult Swim)
Roadkill (BBC1)
Rosehaven (ABC Aussie)
Ryukahr Plays (YouTube) - Link
Salisbury Poisonings (BBC)
Schitt’s Creek (Netflix)
Search Party (HBO)
Secret History of Writing (BBC4)
Sex Education (Netflix)
She-Ra and the Princesses of Power (Netflix)
Short Circuit (Disney +)
The Sound of TV Music (BBC)
Staged (BBC 1)
Star Trek: Discovery (CBS All Access)
Star Trek: PIcard (CBS All Access)
Steven Universe Future (Cartoon Network)
Ted Lasso (Apple +)
Teenage Bounty Hunters (Netflix)
Tiger King (Netflix)
Three Busy Debras (Adult Swim)
Toys That Made Us (Netflix)
The Undoing (HBO)
Us (BBC)
Videogamedunkey (YouTube) - Link
We Are Who We Are (HBO)
What We Do in Shadows (FX)
Willam’s Beatdown (Youtube) - Link
Woke (Hulu)
Women Make Film (TCM, BFI)
The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse (Disney +)
Work in Progress (Showtime)
The Zoo (Animal Planet)

the vow (hbo)
seduced: inside the nxivm cult (starz)

Secret history of writing is on YouTube at the moment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbmyXjqXlEY

it's worth watching!

Bluey is made for & screened on "ABC Aussie" in your parlance, and televised on Disney Jr in the US before streaming here, btw

yup

Thought it might be considered too cheesy to nominate, but fuck it...Strictly Cone Dancing (BBC)

Hoping that's a parody involving football warm-ups or something

Lol, reminder not to post after drinking a bottle of red.

murder on middle beach (hbo)

The Great (Hulu), by Tony McNamara

The Great British Bake-Off

primary broadcaster is Channel 4 btw (not a network iiuc)

I May Destroy You

(BBC/HBO) is probably the best representation here - ep 1 went HBO -> BBC One -> iPlayer, every other ep went iPlayer -> BBC One -> then HBO up to six weeks later

Oh yeah

The Circle (Channel 4)

Kingdom (Netflix)

somebody feed phil (netflix)
my lottery dream home (hgtv)

Just discovered and am enjoying:
The Hospital (BBC)

https://www.vulture.com/article/best-overlooked-2020-tv-series.html

Technology Connections (YouTube): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCy0tKL1T7w
YOLO Crystal Fantasy (Adult Swim): https://www.adultswim.com/videos/yolo-crystal-fantasy

The former is like a more technical (yet still entertaining) "The Secret Life of Machines".
The latter is recommended if you like batshit crazy Adult Swim stuff and the Rick and Morty parody "Bushworld Adventures" (also from Michael Cusack). Lots of moments made me laugh uncontrollably, but one that comes to mind is the last few seconds of "The Terry Cup" where everyone's chanting and dancing in unison while a rotoscoped guy in a Robin Hood outfit is jumping around and playing THE HELL out of a flute: https://www.adultswim.com/videos/yolo-crystal-fantasy/the-terry-cup

Let's try that link again...Technology Connections - LINK

Given last year’s demand for more ranked ballots, here’s how I think I’d like to do the scoring this year:

If you want an unranked ballot, please note that when you submit it and I’ll give every show you nominate 8 points.

If you want a ranked ballot, please note that when you submit it and, regardless of how many shows you vote for, here’s how your ballot will be scored:

Your #1 show gets 15 points.
Your #2 show gets 15 points.
Your #3 show gets 10 points.
Your #4 show gets 10 points.
Your #5 show gets 10 points.
Your #6 show gets 5 points.
Your #7 show gets 5 points.
Your #8 show gets 5 points.
Your #9 show gets 5 point.
Your #10 show gets 5 points.
Your #11 to #20 shows get 3 points apiece.
Your #21 to #25 shows get 1 point apiece.

You can vote for as many as 25 shows but I AM ENCOURAGING YOU TO SUBMIT A BALLOT EVEN IF YOU’RE ONLY VOTING FOR THREE OR FOUR SHOWS… or even just one! If you list more than 25 shows on your ballot, I’ll ignore everything after 25.

We got over 50 votes for this poll in 2019 and, given pandemic watch habits, I think this was an even more important outlet, so I’d like an even broader slice of the ILX audience. Can we get 100 ballots?

How’s that sound?

Frontline (PBS)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JN8FM1NCOSk

Which I have not yet watched because the whole thing is 3 hours and I'm still on the clock, but I expect to be worthwhile.

Waco (Netflix)
A Teacher (Netflix)

Scratch Waco, which is two years old--I'm right on top of new TV shows, as you can see.

But the new season of Fargo (F/X) was this year.

yeah but nobody else is going to vote for Fargo S4

given pandemic watch habits, I think this was an even more important outlet, so I’d like an even broader slice of the ILX audience. Can we get 100 ballots?

the problem is that fewer people are likely to be able to remember anything they watched this year

i was surprised no one nominated Fargo, but it's in there now!

I think Clem was the only person in the Fargo thread not saying “this is terrible but I’m still watching” at best

Can I nominate “Wayne” since no one on the planet watched YouTube Red or whatever so it only really counts now that it dropped on Amazon Prime late this year?

Seems like a million years ago, but the third season of Ozark.

most of what I watched has already been nominated, so I'm left with these

Thought Slime / Scaredy Cats (youtube)
Lindsay Ellis (youtube)
Accented Cinema (youtube)

how about Worzel Gummidge (BBC) for 2020 year of impact? only one episode this year, though.

Your #1 show gets 15 points.
Your #2 show gets 15 points.
Your #3 show gets 10 points.
Your #4 show gets 10 points.
Your #5 show gets 10 points.
Your #6 show gets 5 points.
Your #7 show gets 5 points.
Your #8 show gets 5 points.
Your #9 show gets 5 point.
Your #10 show gets 5 points.
Your #11 to #20 shows get 3 points apiece.
Your #21 to #25 shows get 1 point apiece.

This is better. I'd say under this system, 18 points for a #1, then 12, 10, 8 for #s 3,4,5, then as you were. Differentiating people's top 5 placements seems important. Really what I'd favour most is 1-20 points for #s 25-6 and then going up in increments of 3 for the top 5, so 23 for 5, 26 for 4, 29 for 3, 32 for 2 and 35 for 1.

Oh and I officially un-nominate The Circle. It was 2019. I forgot because everyone's brain is screwed.

A House Through Time (BBC)

I like how inexplicable forks' point divisions are, while also acknowledging that ppl's fine rankings are pretty arbitrary.

Gummidge was way too late to make an impact on the 2019 poll, so nominating it here seems fine. I'll be watching this week's accidental one-off sometime on NYD, hopefully.

(The three eps appeared in less than 365 days, if that helps: 26 and 27 December 2019, and Christmas Eve this year.)

it did. Good Place finale also amazing and glad it got picked up

incidentally The Good Place placed in last year's poll, finished before the voting ended in 2020 and is not eligible for voting this year

Ah, I did wonder at the fact it wasn't nominated

ok i am no longer glad!

not all that much happened in the 8 episodes of.We Are Who We Are but I liked it a lot

Avenue 5 (HBO)
Brockmire (IFC)
All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite (TNT)
Superstore (NBC)
The Queen’s Gambit (Netflix)

ah dammit how are you not going to have avenue 5 or superstore

vote for em if you want to Maura! you're just late to the party. anything that premiered three or more episodes somewhere in the world in 2020 is valid.

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