Including Soviet spies, telenovela twists, and a couple of foul-mouthed cartoons.

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This list of the years best TV shows is an eclectic mix of genres, tones, and moods.

10.Big Mouth(Netflix)

This animated masterpiece yeah, you heard me!

could easily have been a series of boner jokes.

Jenny Slate, Maya Rudolph, and Jessi Klein in Big Mouth.

Sometimes itisa series of boner jokes.

(Female lust and rage is now synonymous with the sound of Maya Rudolphs growly Female Hormone Monster.)

This show is written and directed with a great precision that never comes across as too showy.

Rhea Seehorn and Bob Odenkirk in Better Call Saul.

Its a slower burn thanBreaking Bad, but a consistently, deeply satisfying one.

Thenthe end of the secondchanges it again.

Things only escalates from there.

Fred Armisen and Maya Rudolph in Forever.

Just try turning it off after one episode.

But its visual richness and profundity make it demand repeat viewings.

2.Sharp Objects(HBO)

Sharp Objectswas not just a show you watched.

Jodie Comer and Sandra Oh in Killing Eve.

It was a weekly agreement to allow HBO to hypnotize you for an hour.

And it was, in that beautifully understated,Americansway.

I hesitate to call anything perfect.

Michaela Watkins, Tommy Dewey, and Tara Lynne Barr in Casual.

But as a swan song of a TV series, this was damn near perfection.

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Brian Tyree Henry and Donald Glover in Atlanta.

Amy Sedaris and Will Arnett in BoJack Horseman.

Gina Rodriguez and Justin Baldoni in Jane the Virgin.

Patricia Clarkson, Eliza Scanlen, and Amy Adams in Sharp Objects.

Matthew Rhys and Keri Russell in The Americans.