# The best TV shows of 2018 according to Esquire

The top 20 of Esquire magazine's best TV shows of 2018, led by Atlanta.

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- Jan 4, 2025 · Laura Clement
- https://even.best/en/l/1361/the-best-tv-shows-of-2018-according-to-esquire

## Top 20

1. **GLOW** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — No. 2. Women wrestlers in the 1980s (Netflix).
2. **Killing Eve** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — No. 3. An MI5 officer and a killer, Villanelle.
3. **Pose** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — No. 4. New York's 1980s ballroom scene (FX).
4. **Patrick Melrose** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — No. 5. Benedict Cumberbatch in Edward St Aubyn's novels.
5. **Sharp Objects** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — No. 6. Amy Adams as a reporter in her hometown (HBO).
6. **The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — No. 7. The 1997 murder of the designer.
7. **Barry** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — No. 8. Bill Hader as a hitman who wants to act (HBO).
8. **The Good Place** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — No. 13. A comedy about the afterlife (NBC).
9. **Better Call Saul** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — No. 17. Season four.
10. **Atlanta** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — No. 1. Donald Glover's season two, 'Robbin' Season' (FX).
11. **The Americans** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — No. 11. The final season of the Soviet spies.
12. **Wild Wild Country** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — No. 9. A documentary on the Rajneeshpuram commune (Netflix).
13. **BoJack Horseman** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — No. 10. The washed-up horse actor (Netflix).
14. **Homecoming** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — No. 12. Julia Roberts in an Amazon thriller.
15. **Succession** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — No. 14. The Roy family's first season (HBO).
16. **The Good Fight** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — No. 15. The sequel to The Good Wife.
17. **Big Mouth** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — No. 16. Animated comedy about puberty (Netflix).
18. **The Handmaid's Tale** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — No. 18. Season two.
19. **Westworld** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — No. 19. Season two (HBO).
20. **The Haunting of Hill House** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — No. 20. Mike Flanagan, from Shirley Jackson (Netflix).

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