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

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.)

50 States of Fright (Quibi)

Letterkenney (Crave, Hulu, SBS)

Okay, here's the full updated list... if you were waiting to nominate something, this is the week to do it!

20020 (Web Only - SB Nation) - https://www.sbnation.com/secret-base/21410129/20020/
30 for 30 (ESPN)
50 States of Fright (Quibi)
Accented Cinema (YouTube) – Link
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
Fargo (FX)
Film Review (BBC News)
Flesh and Blood (ITV)
Flight Attendant (HBO)
Forky Asks A Question (Disney +)
Frontline (PBS)
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 (Hulu)
The Great British Bake-Off (Netflix, Channel 4)
The Great Pottery Throw Down (BBC 2)
High Fidelity (Hulu)
High Maintenance (HBO)
Hilda (Neflix)
The History of the Seattle Mariners (Youtube) - Link
The Hospital (BBC)
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, BBC)
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)
The Kingdom (Netflix)
Kipo and the the Age of Wonderbeasts (Netflix)
The Last Dance (ESPN)
Last Week Tonight (HBO)
Law and Order: SVU (NBC)
Letterkenney (Crave, Hulu, SBS)
Lindsay Ellis (YouTube) – Link
Little America (Apple +)
Looney Tunes Cartoons (HBO)
Love Fraud (Showtime)
Lovecraft Country (HBO)
Lower Decks (CBS All Acess)
Mandalorian (Disney +)
Mandy (BBC)
Matt Baume’s Culture Cruise (YouTube) - Link
Meet the Richardsons (Dave)
Morning Show (Apple+)
Mortimer and Whitehouse Gone Fishing (BBC)
Murder on Middle Beach (HBO)
My Lottery Dream Home (HGTV)
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)
Scaredy Cats (YouTube) – Link
Schitt’s Creek (Netflix)
Search Party (HBO)
Secret History of Writing (BBC4)
Seduced: Inside the NXIVM Cult (Starz)
Sex Education (Netflix)
She-Ra and the Princesses of Power (Netflix)
Short Circuit (Disney +)
Somebody Feed Phil (Netflix)
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)
Strictly Come Dancing (BBC)
A Teacher (Hulu)
Technology Connections (YouTube) - Link
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
The Vow (HBO)
Wayne (Amazon)
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)
Worzel Gummidge (BBC)
YOLO Crystal Fantasy (Adult Swim)
The Zoo (Animal Planet)

LJ: Thanks for the input but i have reasons for the system of differentiation I have set up there... I'd like to give people the chance to vote for 2 "#1" picks when they are drastically different. As a for instance, I'm hard pressed to choose between Bluey and I May Destroy You and how do you play that Sophie's Choice?

Don't forget Ozark (Netflix).

Thought I added! Just did.

late in the year released 4th season of big mouth should prob be added too

cosine

Totally forgot the second season of Homecoming (Prime). Didn't like it as much as the first, but my ballot will be brief enough that I'll have it on there.

that's 160 nominations and i still feel like we're missing several heavy hitters

Beastars (Netflix)

Genndy Tartakovsky's Primal (cartoon network)

also joe pera's second season aired in late 2019 (and was top 10 in the 2019 poll) so might want to cut that one off the noms list?

Magic for Humans (Netflix)

(Only just learned tonight that a new season was released half a year ago, yr real bad at this Netflix)

half of pera was in 2020 but it DID place in the 2019 poll so i am open to pulling it for that reason.

I just finished watching Undone on Amazon and was about to nominate it, but I see that it was actually 2019 and simply didn't place last year. What a shame, it's an excellent show

According to this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Pera_Talks_with_You#Season_2_(2019%E2%80%9320)

Nine out of 13 "Joe Pera" Season 2 episodes were in 2020, plus the "Relaxing Old Footage with Joe Pera" special also came out in 2020. I am totally voting for Joe Pera if it's on this year's poll (maybe #1 spot for me!).

i'm right there with you but every episode except Relaxing Old Footage (which is effectively a single episode special and not open to nomination) was out by the time we voted last year and it charted at #7 last year so we gotta let it go for this one
Top 77 Television and Streaming Video Series of 2019

Ah...I understand. Sorry Joe!

Canada's Drag Race (Crave / BBC)
Dracula (BBC)
Mrs America (Hulu)
Unorthodox (Netflix)

Also does Small Axe (BBC/Amazon Prime) qualify?

should do imo, even though at least Mangrove and Lovers Rock debuted at film festivals

yeah, we can do small axe, though i would appreciate it if anyone who votes for it has seen at least three “episodes” and isn’t just voting for lovers rock

moonbase 8 (showtime)

Yeah I guess so

Mr. Robot (USA)

robot ended in 2019, no?

lol, I thought it had been a while and saw its dedicated thread had been bumped but only just now realized I was reading forks's nomination post from January 2020.

TL;DR: NEVER MIND!