Hi friends! So, as you well know, I never am able to pull together a Best Of list before the end of the year, I have a mental block or something, I don’t know. And this year is no different. BUT! Instead of showing you more cute animals being cute for the last post of the year, I will share with you a collection of Best Of lists that other people made, because why not? It’s my blog, I do what I want.
OH! And I’m going to spoil what show they name their best of the year — it’s usually Succession — but you should click through to see the other shows that made their lists.
- The Hollywood Reporter chooses Reservation Dogs twice over.
- The A.V. Club picks Succession as its number one show.
- The Ringer names Succession as the best show of the year.
- Warming Glow says it’s Succession.
- Variety names The Last of Us and Succession.
- TV Insider chooses The Bear.
- The New York Times and Collider didn’t rank them, but instead put them in alphabetical order in a move after my own heart.
Bonus! Variety made a list of the 100 best shows of ALL TIME. I have a lot of issues with this list but don’t have time to get into it now, I need to shut down my brain for the last few days of the year.
Let me know what you think of these lists, and what you think should make mine — once I finally get around to it.
Oh, and Happy New Year! May 2024 not be the dumpster fire we’re all predicting it to be!
WATCH THIS
FRIDAY
The Conversation: I find that I recommend this every time I see it, but it’s that good. Gene Hackman is the best. 9 p.m., Flix
Restoring Galveston: The Inn: The Saving Galveston folks restore a 1912 boarding house, turning it into a boutique hotel. Series premiere. Discovery+
SATURDAY
Time Bomb Y2K: This documentary tells the story of the complete panic and mania that surrounded the millennium. It genuinely was nuts. Premiere. 9 p.m., HBO
Mulholland Drive: I also tend to recommend this movie every time I see it, because it’s amazing and weird and amazing. 8:35 p.m., The Movie Channel Xtra
Harry Potter marathon: Abracadabra or whatever. 9 a.m., Bravo
SUNDAY
The Year: Countdown to 2024: Now that you’ve seen all the recaps of 2023, it’s time to look ahead to what will ABSOLUTELY BE A TERRIBLE YEAR. Maybe not as terrible as 2020, but definitely as bumpy as 2016. 6 p.m., ABC
Dick Clark’s Rockin’ New Year’s Eve with Ryan Seacrest: You can go the safe route … 7 p.m., 9:30 p.m., 10:30 p.m., ABC
New Year’s Eve Live: Nashville’s Big Bash: Or the boring route … 6:30 p.m., 9:30 p.m., CBS
CNN New Year’s Eve with Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen: Or the unhinged drunken route. Your choice. 7 p.m., CNN
| FRI. | 7:00 | 7:30 | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 |
| ABC | Shark Tank (repeat) |
20/20 |
| CBS | Blue Bloods (repeat) |
Must Love Christmas |
| CW | Penn & Teller: Fool Us (new) |
Masters of Illusion: Christmas Magic 2022 | Local |
| FOX | Friday Night Smackdown | Local |
| NBC | The Wall (new) |
Dateline |
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| SAT. | 7:00 | 7:30 | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 | 10:00 | 10:30 | 11:00 | 11:30 |
| ABC | Monday Night Football (live) |
News/Local |
| CBS | NCIS: Sydney (repeat) |
48 Hours | 48 Hours | News/Local |
| CW | I Am Burt Reynolds (new) |
Local |
| FOX | College Basketball (live) |
TMZ’s Merry Elfin’ Christmas (new) |
News/Local |
| NBC | Password (repeat) |
Dateline (repeat) |
Saturday Night Live (repeat) |
News/ Local |
Saturday Night Live (repeat) |
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| SUN. | 6:00 | 6:30 | 7:00 | 7:30 | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 |
| ABC | The Year: Countdown to 2024 (new) |
Dick Clark’s Primetime New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2024 (live) |
Local | Dick Clark’s Primetime New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2024 (live) |
| CBS | NFL Football (new) |
New Year’s Eve Live: Nashville’s Big Bash (live) |
Local | Dick Clark’s Primetime New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2024 (live) |
| The CW | Local | Christmas with The Chosen: Holy Night | Local |
| FOX | Hell’s Kitchen (repeat) |
The Simpsons (new) |
Krapopolis (new) |
Bob’s Burgers (new) |
Family Guy (new) |
Local/News |
| NBC | Sunday Night Football (live) |