The 10 Best TV Shows Of 2022 

I hope that you eventually cover "Derry Girls", a sitcom about four Irish girls and an unfortunately British boy coming of age during the Troubles in Northern Ireland in the 1990's. It finished up earlier this year, and though the final season wasn't as great as the previous two, it still ended up on an uplifting note. It can make you laugh one minute, and cry the next, and many of the characters are relatable, and feel like people you grew up with.

Pretty sad about Netflix continously canceling shows after viewers get invested. Knowing how Dark evolved through 3 seasons, you'd think they would appreciate the formula; however, canceling 1899 after just 1 season, while knowing it's completely written with an ending ready, is super disappointing. Netflix is making me want to wait to see if shows are renewed before even getting myself involved in a storyline. Why watch when they are going to cancel on cliffhangers resulting in nothingness. I hope another platform picks it up, cause Netflix is getting too frustrating. 🙏

I am an aspiring linguist so 1899 is like a dream come true for me. I would love to work on a project like that as a writer or translator. I am also a huge huge fan of Dark, it’s my favourite thing I have ever seen - including both shows and movies. I am also Polish so I was super excited to see a Polish actor working with my favourite showrunners and when I heard him speak Polish for the first time I literally jumped because I was so excited. It was the show I anticipated the most this year and it definitely lived up to my expectations. Easily my favourite thing I have seen this year!

It is so annoying to see 1899 getting cancelled. Dark was one of the best shows in television history, but, honestly, it wouldn't be if there was only season 1. It is so common for shows to open up several plot narratives and mysteries just to disappoint with the payoff. Dark is the opposite. Mid season 3 I thought there is no way to tie all of this toghether in a coherent way. I was wrong. I don't think we can ever judge 1899 fairly, unless we get to see the scripts or it get's continued against all odds.

Homelander is terrifying. Chills down your spine every time he's on screen. Absolute kudos to the actor for being able to consistently bring the sinister energy!

highly recommend Arcane! it’s an amazing show with incredible storytelling and some of the most compelling characters written.

About 1899 not being as good as Dark, I feel the same way, but I wanted to add tha Dark also feels like a masterpiece because of its satisfying end and no loose ends, while 1899 is still at the beginning of its journey. I'm sure once the show is finished it will be up there with Dark

For me Better Call Saul is not only my favorite show of the year, but my favorite series EVER, last season was a Masterpiece

I was expecting Invincible to be on here but I'm just realizing it came out last year. Thats how long we've been waiting for a Season 2. Didn't even realize 😄

I'm so happy you're talking about Abbott Elementary!!!! It's a really good show and means a lot to so many people, I love it so much.

Severance is an amazing show. I tell everyone to watch it. So glad it got a season 2. I was worried it would be canceled due to lack of viewership.

I know I'm not the first to say this but I really recommend Crazy Ex-Girlfriend. Ignore the fact that it's on the CW, CxG was their broken clock moment. It's witty and well-written and the songs (it's a musical!) absolutely slap. The writers knew where they were going with it from day one and when they were offered a fifth season they turned it down because they'd told the story they wanted to tell.

Oh gosh I was so invested in Severance's plot, such an incredible show and I'm dying for season 2 :')

The one-shot episode of The Bear is the best thing I've seen on TV on the past decade, easily. Seriously. Beyond amazing in my eyes. It's so good. So stressful, so anxiety packed and yet so f**king real and authentic to the restaurant experience. I've watched it and it was just such an experience. I love Jeremy Allen White, he's such a phenomenal actor and deserves all the praises (for both Shameless and The Bear).

it's downright criminal how little Apple TV does to promote its shows. So far I've seen 4 shows from them and every single one is an absolute banger! I forced 2 of my friends to watch severance with me just so I could have someone to discuss it with lol and they are equally excited about season 2

So glad shows like The Bear and Severance are getting attention. They are Emmy-worthy shows that are so underrated

I haven't finished 1899 yet, but it's safe to say Dark's creators don't miss. Blood & Water is a show that really surprised me. It's about a South African teen trying to solve the mystery of her older sister, who was stolen as a baby. Season 3 just came out and it's a great watch.

The cheer I let out when Severance popped up! So many people aren't including it in their top of the year and it makes me so sad. The style, the concept, the story, the acting. Loooooooooved it!!!

I’m so glad you mentioned Pachinko. I loved the opening title sequence and how positive and happy it is compared to what happens in the episodes.

the sandman and hotd are my absolute favs this year, i think they are brilliantly done, but when it comes to comfort shows, wednesday also has a place in my heart now

My toxic trait is thinking "i need to watch this right now" every time you recommend a show (because you have a great way of describing them with passion and good analysis) even though I don't watch shows at all 🤡

House of the Dragon was such a sleeper hit I’m beyond grateful you talked about it! After the *DISASTER* of the GOT finale, I truly gave up on this brand and wasn’t going to watch it. But I kept hearing about Emma D’Arcy and Olivia Cooke’s performances so I finally checked it out and I’m so glad it did!! It’s like early GOT like season 1-3 and I’m so excited to see how wild things get in season 2! *Also I absolutely called your #1 pick because ofc you’re taste is excellent!*

I'm not only surprise BCS S6 didn't make it into the list, but also no one is mentioning it at the comments. Personally, the best of the year.

My favorite show of 2022 was Our Flag Means Death. It's really wholesome and funny. It starts as a workplace comedy for pirates then slowly morphs into a romantic comedy. I was really happy because it's been so long since I saw a good romantic comedy, where the romance is really cute and the comedy is gold. The two leads are Rhys Darby as Stede Bonnet, the Gentleman Pirate and Taika Waititi as Blackbeard. It's loosely based on real historic events and I was really surprised to discover the existence of Stede Bonnet because while we have all heard of Blackbeard I don't think many people know the Gentleman Pirate and he actually sailed with Blackbeard during the Pirate Golden Age. Pretty wild. Also, the show has a lot of good queer representation and has been applauded for not queerbaiting with their romantic leads. The romance starts with hints here and there, evolves and actually confirms the romance before the end of the season. I'm really excited to see the second season next year!

Really did not expect an anime in this list. Big fan of AOT. Well deserving ❤️

I'd like to add Our Flag Means Death to the list, at least as one of the honorable mentions.

Literally got cold chills when I saw the word Severance appear as your #1. I so agree. I wish this show was talked about more. It makes you talk in hyperbole when you tell other people about it. Especially the buildup at the finale. It just does something different. Love it! And great list!

Severance genuinely caught me off guard for how just genuinely amazing it was. You're 100% correct, it is a perfect 10/10. I went into it fully expected to have a good time but I was surprised how deeply I loved this show. The execution was beautiful, the directing was amazing (who gave Ben Stiller the right to make something this phenomenal) it was such a brilliant example of story telling with such a fascinating concept. Even the opening was gorgeous. It doesn't miss. Not with the story, the acting, any of it. Every choice was just perfect. And yeah my boyfriend I were screaming at the end right along there too! I wish I could experience it for the first time all over again. I keep telling everyone who will listen to watch it 😍😍

I adore "Heartstopper", it's so adorable, and as someone who has seen their fair share of gritty, dark teen dramas, the idealistic setting feels like a breath of fresh air. The characters all actually look like teenagers, with many of their actors being teens themselves, or close in age.

When you failed to mention Severance even in honorable mentions my heart dropped. Severance took a very special part in my part and it is honestly so good I thought it was a must to be in this tier list. However, I didn't expect you to put it on the first place cause I am so used to the show being overlooked and then instead of smth like Wednesday you say Severance... I just screamed out loud YESSSSS Thank you for bringing the attention this show absolutely deserves.

I am so glad someone finally talked about Severance. This show is an absolute masterpiece. Everything is exactly perfect. It's one of the rare shows I have nothing I would improve or change. I can't wait for S2.

THANK YOU for pointing out how amazing Alicent is as a character. With so much meme-culture surrounding the show way to many people missed how brilliantly written she is and Olivia Cooke deserves WAYYY more praise!

Heartstopper and Alice In Borderland are my favorite shows of the year, mainly because I love the books that they are based off

Its wild seeing Antony Starr go from playing Hood to playing Homlander, because you can see him using that same barely contained rage at the core of both roles, but the way he layers it under the two characters is so vastly different to get the beleaguered exhausted grey hero in Banshee, vs the egocentric entitled monster in The Boys

"We cannot wait for season 2" Ouch :(

Antony Starr is such an underrated actor! You should watch Banshee, because he is the main character in this series and it is SO GOOD! Since this series i loved this actor and after i heard that he plays Homelander i KNEW that he will be a perfect fit for this role... My surprise of the year was FOR SURE: Wednesday and i cannot put my finger on which series was my favorite, really good shows this year IMO!

I really, really enjoyed Interview with the Vampire this year. Really really dark, mostly explores the main characters really well and keeps you questioning about the truthfulness of the whole story! Can‘t wait for season 2

I think the most underrated series of the year was Interview With The Vampire on AMC+. It’s an amazingly written and directed drama / supernatural series and the lead actors Jacob Anderson who plays Louis de Pointe du Lac, Sam Reid as Lestat de Lioncourt, and Bailey Bass as Claudia deliver the absolute best performances of the year in television!

I had zero expectations for House of Dragon and Sandman, but they turned out to be my favorite shows of the year. Glad you've mentioned them.

Very glad about your inclusion of Severance! It's seriously one of my favorite shows of all time and I completely agree on all the points you made. The finale was one of the best TV experiences I've ever had, every second was anxiety inducing and spectacular. More people need to watch it!

Can’t wait to hear your take on The White Lotus! I just finished season 2 today, it was amazing!

Thank you for mentioning Severance, I was not expecting it to be talked about at all but it was definitely the best show I watched this year and deserves so much more recognition!

Where is Better Call Saul s6?

I loved Yellowjackets too. The characters are incredible, the twists are horrifying and the story is weirdly intriguing - yet pulled off masterfully. Highly recommend. Also can't believe you didn't mention The White Lotus. This show has it all: stunning cinematography, easily the best TV show score in years, Emmy-worthy acting, murder mysteries and deep insights into class, race and wealth.

Since you asked, here's my top ten! 1) Severance season 1 2) Our Flag Means Death season 1 3) The Sandman season 1 4) Inside no. 9 season 7 5) The Boys season 3 6) What We Do in the Shadows season 4 7) The Legend of Vox Machina season 1 8) Dead End: Paranormal Park season 1&2 9) Rick and Morty season 6 10) tie-in between Only Murders in the Building season 2 and Wednesday season 1

If you liked your international cast speaking different languages you can try watching “Into the Night”, it’s a show about people having to escape sunlight on a plane, and the ensemble of characters that just happened to be on that particular plane come from different parts of the world. I was so obsessed with this show!

I’m so happy about #1!! I was waiting for it for the entire list just hoping that it made it. Excellent job as per usual, Space Ninja! Can’t wait for another year of videos 😅

I have to say that Andor was probably my favourite show of the year! I'm more of a casual Star Wars viewer, but I absolutely loved it. The storyline, acting and ambiance (real world sets) were all superb 💚

The Severance cliffhanger… my god I was SHOOK!! I was so upset it was snubbed during awards season but I’m glad ppl are talking about it now

Always on point! I swear I could have made this list myself (with exception of a couple shows that I haven’t watched : the one about the restaurant and your number 1 ), but considering you have really great taste I’m going to watch them!

If you have any interest in watching teen shows from non-english speaking countries, I'd like to recommend you the Swedish Netflix show Young Royals, since you enjoyed Heartstopper, and also, the Norwegian teen show Skam that ran back in the late 2010s. Both shows are very down to earth and depicts teen life more realistically, though Young Royals are set an elite boarding school and has the Swedish crown prince as the main protagonist, which gives it a nice hint of gossip girl and the crown 😊

I don't know if you've watched these, but I'd highly recommend Our Flag Means Death and What We Do In The Shadows (specially this one I think has your kind of humor, it's like The Office but vampires, it's based on a movie with the same name that taika watiti directed, you don't need to watch the movie first, it's just on the same universe and it's fun to see the little cameos that the movie characters do on the show)

I am so glad you've seen Severance. I watched it as it came out and it loved it so much. Very few shows have gotten me so invested that they've actually stressed me out and one of them was the final episode of Severance. I can't wait for season 2.

omg thanks so much !!! I absolutely love severance, looking forward to season 2

Thank you for including Severance in the list. This is a really great show that deserves more attention.

Lee Min-Ho from Pachinko is a popular actor here in the Philippines during the early 2010s due to the K-Dramas that are being released on TV where he starred. Sucks that the show isn't being marketed well. It would've been better if it was released on Netflix or Disney Plus.

So happy to see Andor on this list it doesn’t get the love it deserves 💯

Thank you for the list, I'll definitely be watching some of this stuff, I only wish you'd mention Succession, it's an insanely good show and more people should watch it. i really can't recommend it enough.

How is Better Call Saul not here?

Thing with 1899 is its simply season 1, very few ppl would have put Dark on a pedestal we do now after just the 1st season, the most mind-blowing episodes are in later seasons Will 1899 be as good as Dark? Chances are no, but I'd also say chances are it will get even better (than season 1 is*)

Watching this video felt better than watching award shows I legitimately "Whoop!"-ed when Severance and The Bear got mentioned. My faves from this year. Great list! Although, I'd put the last season of Better Call Saul on there as one of my own picks for Top 10, I loved every second of that show.

Thank you for introducing me to Severance, watched it over the last couple of days and you did not over exaggerate one bit, I was ready to tear my blanket apart during the last two episode!

So happy you mentioned Severance! Wish more people watched it. The finale was so satisfying in a way I never expected.

House of the Dragon was amazing- I actually liked it better than Game of Thrones (except for season 1). My only wish is that they made that first season longer. It was only 10 episodes I think it could have been 12 or even made it into 2 seasons because I loved all the characters and would have liked more time with them before they grew up or died lol

i started severance after hearing about it on your podcast and at the time i was in a real slump barely being able to get through a few episodes of a show before dropping it but with severance i was completely hooked! i watched it all in one day and the ending still haunts me because of where the story is going! i cannot wait for season 2 and i really hope this show gets more recognition because it's amazing!

Finally got to see Severance After seeing the video, I got to admit the show was good. If every episode is about 7/10 for me, the last one completely skyrockets to 15/10 all the slow burn from the previous episodes finally plays off, It was phenomenal! Totaly deserve a spot on the top shows of 2022

THANK YOU for bring up Severance!! It was so good but I see so few people talking about it!!

Thank you for the list!! I'll add them to my watchlist. I'd strongly recommend Our Flag Means Death. It rotted my brain from the moment I saw it and I really enjoyed it 💜

My favourite shows this year were Our Flag Means Death, Heartstopper and A League of Their Own! Such good shows

Thank you for making me watch Severance, now I’m hooked 😣😣😣 can’t wait for s2 to come out !

You always come up with really good points that I hadn’t thought of before!

If it's not already on your watchlist I highly recommend Bad Sisters, it's incredible, filled with great character, depth and dark humor. Also AMC Interview with the vampire was incredibly good! Nice to see Andor on the list!

I absolutely love Dark, so much so that I was prepared to be disappointed by 1889. I was not disappointed at all. It does not reaches Dark levels yet, but it definitely has the potential.

As somebody who works in a small restaurant very similar to the one in The Bear (East Coast pizza place as opposed to Chicago sandwich shop, but very similar), I have never felt more seen by a writer’s room. They perfectly captured the hellish grind of working in a place like that. There’s a fucking Hobart dough mixer in the background of a few shots that we literally have at my work. It speaks to me.

Was happy to see Severence on the list. It was such a great watch but no one I know outside my own family has seen it, which means I have no one to nerd out about it with! So, I’m glad to see it get a spotlight. Would recommend watching Arcane if you have not seen it yet.

House of the dragon was so good, it got me into the whole game of thrones franchise

Severance sounds so interesting! Got to find the headspace to watch it. My list would have Our Flag Means Death near the top. I haven't actually watched a lot of new stuff, been too busy catching up on things I missed. Doom Patrol season 4 is starting to look wild, even for Doom Patrol. I'm a sucker for Criminal Minds, and I've been glad to see it resurrected. Loved The Sandman!

For real, I just finished watching Severance (due to your recommendation) and I got shivers at the end. WOW, can't wait for the next season. I hope there is a next season?!

Very interested in seeing your reaction to the Attack on Titan ending! I read the manga, and I know the ending was very polarising with some people hating it, claiming it ruined the show, and others loving it. Looking forward to hearing your opinion :)

I hope one day we can get a video on Avatar 1 and 2, since the second one came not so long ago, I would love to hear your take on both movies. Heartstopper,Attack on titan and House of the dragon were my personal favorite.💝

This might be just my opinion but I really think tv shows overshadowed the the movies this year in terms of quality edit: the new profile picture is adorable

My favourite show of the year is “Half Bad: The Bastard Son and The Devil Himself”. It's a fantastic magical, supernatural witch series with a good dose of gore, but the gore has its place and isn't just there for gore's sake. The series deals with a war being waged between two different witch communities: The Fairborn Withes vs The Blood Witches. Our main character, Nathan Byrne, is caught in the middle of this due to his heritage - half Fairborn on his mother's side and being half Blood on his father's. To add fuel to the fire his father, Marcus Edge, is the “World's Most Dangerous Blood Witch” and because of it, The Council of Fairborn Witches has been monitoring him for the first 16 years of his life out of fear he'd turn out like his father. There is a lot of commentary that can be gleaned from this series, due to the MC's race, gender, and sexuality and how that conflates with violence. As well as the idea of propaganda, the idea that history is told from the POV of the victors, and the twisted nature of politics and war. From what I've heard, this series also had an intimacy coordinator, which shows how the characters interact with each other and how touch is shown. Sadly, this series got very little to no promo as well and was cancelled after only one season, and even counting this I still can't recommend this show enough. The show contains excellent acting, good pacing, fitting music, and writing that doesn't insult the intelligence of those watching. The writing has faith in the audience to be able to piece everything together. Just know that its targeted demographic is teenagers, but for a teenage supernatural drama, it excels on every front. I love it so much, that I started reading the books just after I finished binging the show. I really hope you check it out and also Happy Holidays!

I really liked The Afterparty. It's a fantastically written and immaculately directed mystery show from Lord and Miller(The people who did Jump Street, The Lego Movie, and Spider-Verse). It's got a really good eye for detail and doesn't miss an opportunity to tell us something about it's characters. If only Apple TV+ actually marketed the damn thing.

A show that nobody watched that is amazing (specially the season that aired this year) is His Dark Materials. It's really something else.

Thank you for the list and recommendations! I highly recommend watching The English. It is a slowburn 6-episode western mini-series with stellar performances by Emily Blunt and Chaske Spencer. The story is a usual revenge plot with some twists set in the late 19th century. It is very-well written, the production quality is topnotch and it has that classic (spaghetti) western movie vibe. It is easily one of my favourites of 2022.

honestly so happy to see Pachinko on this list! i really hope you watch and review more k-dramas in the future - they're so different from american shows, i'm sure there are many that you'd like alot. for me, a ton of them completely changed my view on cinematography and storytelling.

I was hoping Better Call Saul season 6 would be on this list! I haven’t seen most of these shows, but now I really want to check them all out!

it's funny cause we have the same opinion about house of the dragon and the sandman but reversed, house of the dragon was good but I felt like there were a lot of issues and I thought the sandman was brilliant. Also another good show this year was interview with the vampire, that one took me by surprise as well, I didn't expect such amazing performances from it.

probably my personal favorites this year were The Sandman, Koisenu Futari, Heartstopper, The Mysterious Benedict Society, and Our Flag Means Death, but I did not watch very many new shows. Top 10 lists just go on my watchlist.

Pachinko Is Awesome one of the best K drama's I've ever watched. Lee Minho is an amazing actor.

Hey man, so I just found your channel and you 100% align with my show preferences. You, henceforth, will be my TV guide whom I will trust almost blindly. I am sad that the Sandman didn't make a top ten spot since it was in my top 3 but that is my only grudge.

Severance was my #2 favorite show of 2022 but my #1 was For All Mankind. Season 1 of FAM was good but still finding its footing; season 2 improved by leaps and bounds and its finale was one of the best finales I've ever seen; and season 3 this year was just masterful. The details of this alternate version of history are incredible. I could have done without the Stevens brothers plotlines but this was still appointment television for me, and the scene where two main characters wrestle each other onto the Mars surface gave me a big laugh in July when I was cooped up with Covid!

To my great surprise, my favorite show this year was Andor. I never thought a show about a character from Rogue One would be the Star Wars show I’ve always wanted but here we are. And I can’t wait for season 2.

Besides the Bear and Abbott Elementary; Station Eleven and Mind over Murder, where phenomenal, they were two of my favorite that you didn't mention. And I also loved Only Murders in the Building, I know it is not the best produced show, but I still find comfort in it, I love the characters and it's always fun to find out who was the killer. Severance, Pachinko and 1899, are still on my watchlist, I can't wait to watch them.

I watched most shows on here and I gotta say we got a great year for shows but Cuberpunk Edgeruners absolutely took the top spot for me, so many things about that show was perfect and episode 6 I dare say is not just one of the greatest episodes of animation but of television history

Nice video and channel, dude, glad I ran in to it!

I watched Severence because of the #1 rank you gave it and it did not disappoint. I watched the first half one weekend and would say it was kinda slow but still impactful. Throughout the week I kept on thinking about the series. I had homework so I could finish it until the next weekend. And the ending left me craving more. The next day I had work and told all my coworkers about it which is kinda perfectly ironic. Overall what a great watch. If your looking for another Apple series that keeps you entranced like this did to me I recommend Bad Sisters

Netflix just canceled 1899 I’m gonna throw up

This, this, man is why i subscribed bro

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