EW's Best of Shows

Dec 16 2019 164
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Join Entertainment Weekly TV critics Kristen Baldwin and Darren Franich for Best of Shows: Best of the Decade, a weekly countdown of the best television from the 2010s. Each episode will focus on highlighting the top shows in key categories — comedy, drama, reality, series finales — and we’ll even make time to castigate some of the worst shows of the last 10 years.

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Best of the Decade: Drama (plus: Michelle and Robert King’s favorite TV!)

Dec 16 2019 71 mins  
Darren and Kristen finish their Best of the 2010s lookback with their favorite dramas of the decade. Then, Kristen talks to ‘Good Fight’ showrunners/TV geniuses Michelle and Robert King about their top shows from the 2010s. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Best of the Decade: Comedy

Dec 09 2019 68 mins  
Darren and Kristen pick the 10 best comedies of the 2010s. Did your favorite make the cut? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Worst Shows of the Decade

Dec 02 2019 54 mins  
A decade in review wouldn’t be complete without a look at the worst comedies, dramas, reality shows, revivals and second seasons from the 2010s. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Best of the Decade: Series Finales

Nov 25 2019 61 mins  
Kristen and Darren continue their look back at the 2010s with a special episode dedicated to the great (and terrible) series finales of the decade. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Best of the Decade: Reality TV

Nov 18 2019 63 mins  
Entertainment Weekly TV critics Kristen Baldwin and Darren Franich kick off the Best of the Decade series by counting down the top 10 reality TV shows of the 2010s. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“Stranger Things 3” and an MTV Reality Round-Up

Jul 01 2019 54 mins  
Return to the 80s in the new season of the Netflix drama. Then re-return to 2019 for a closer look at the finale of “A Double Shot at Love” and the premiere of “The Hills: New Beginnings.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Loudest Voice, Perpetual Grace LTD, Los Espookys

Jun 24 2019 45 mins  
Darren and Kristen rave about two under-the-radar gems — Epix’s Perpetual Grace LTD and HBO’s Los Espookys — and rant about Showtime’s Roger Ailes miniseries The Loudest Voice. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Desus and Mero are here!!! Plus, “Euphoria” and “Grand Hotel”

Jun 17 2019 63 mins  
Kristen talks to Showtime’s late night superstars. And the critics discuss the shocking HBO teen drama and the cheek ABC summer soap. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Pamela Adlon talks “Better Things”

Jun 10 2019 55 mins  
The acclaimed star-creator talks the third season of her brilliant sitcom. Meanwhile, Kristen and Darren discuss the new seasons of “Big Little Lies,” “Pose,” and “Black Mirror” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“Deadwood” ends, “Handmaid’s Tale” continues

Jun 03 2019 45 mins  
Kristen and Darren examine the uncertain third season of “Handmaid’s” and dig into the “Deadwood” movie. Then they talk about “The Good Fight”... and, somehow, “Quarterlife.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices