Binge-r #220: Best New Shows of 2020 - 50 to 26
Apocalypse Now: John Cusack (Kevin Christie) in Utopia
50 – WHITE LINES (Netflix)
Highs and woes via a Brits-in-Spain club culture murder mystery
49 – THE EDDY (Netflix)
A moody jazz-infused and Paris-set drama that showcases the great Andre Holland
48 – FARGO S4 (SBS on Demand)
A kaleidoscopic period drama of race and racketeering dominated by idiosyncrasies
47 – SPACE FORCE (Netflix)
Steve Carell – with a John Malkovich assist – returns to the workplace comedy
46 – SNOWPIERCER (Netflix)
A solid reboot of the masterful Bong Joon-ho movie into a dystopian crime procedural
45 – TED LASSO (Apple TV+)
A good-hearted if minor comedy with Jason Sudeikis as the American coach in London
44 – MOONBASE 8 (Stan)
Deadpan male insecurity sitcom about the hopeful/hopeless astronauts at a NASA simulator
43 – UTOPIA (Amazon Prime Video)
Bloody and bilious dystopian thriller where a graphic novel just might save the world
42 – GANGS OF LONDON (Stan)
A familiar London crime syndicate drama elevated by violently full tilt fight scenes
41 – THE DUCHESS (Netflix)
Comic Katherine Ryan puts a scabrous twist on the single mother sitcom
40 – THE ILIZA SHLESINGER SKETCH SHOW (Netflix)
Some sharp sketches from a stand-up who knows how to skewer
39 – LITTLE BIRDS (Stan)
Diffuse, unconventional drama that explores the suppressed minorities in 1950s Tangiers
38 – TRIGONOMETRY (SBS on Demand)
Quietly fascinating contemporary drama about a London trio’s polyamorous relationship
Let’s Hear it For the Boy: Al Pacino (Meyer) and Logan Lerman (Jonah) in Hunters
37 – THE REAGANS (Stan)
Timely documentary revealing a chaotic Presidency via a leader who traded on his celebrity
36 – BLACK AF (Netflix)
Come for Kenya Barris’ Hollywood self-satire, stay for Rashida Jones killing it
35 – WORK IN PROGRESS (Stan)
The mordant and the marvellous circle each other in this queer American comedy
34 – BRIARPATCH (SBS on Demand)
A sultry Texan neo-noir with traces of David Lynch and a commanding Rosario Dawson
33 – THE COMEY RULE (Stan)
A workplace horror where an FBI Director’s ethics crash into Donald Trump
32 – DIRTY JOHN: THE BETTY BRODERICK STORY (Netflix)
Amanda Peet gives a self-lacerating true crime performance as a broken wife
31 – HUNTERS (Amazon Prime Video)
Al Pacino comes to streaming with a pulpy 1970s Nazi payback fantasia
30 – EVERYTHING’S GONNA BE OKAY (Stan)
Josh Thomas relocates to Hollywood and makes a U.S family sitcom his way
29 – THE GLOAMING (Stan)
Moody supernatural crime drama that turns Hobart into a twilight zone
28 – ZEROZEROZERO (SBS on Demand)
Nihilistic crime drama about a cocaine shipment that upends various family syndicates
27 – WHY WOMEN KILL (SBS on Demand)
Home is where the homicide is in this snippy, salacious drama about L.A. eras.
26 – UPLOAD (Amazon Prime Video)
The digital afterlife provides a sharp setting for this blithe futuristic sitcom
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