Matt Roush's TOP 10 of 2024

In a year filled with biting vampire shows and the Summer Olympics, see which programs dominated our senior critic's watch list.

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Shogun's Hiroyuki Sanada

1 Shogun

This is how you do a remake. FX's majestic adaptation of James Clavell's blockbuster novel about feudal 1600s Japan focused less on the “barbarian” outsider from Europe and more on the political intrigue and deadly power plays in an ancient, exotic culture. A fabulous throwback to the glory days of maxi-sized miniseries (the first Shogun aired in 1980). Stream on Hulu

2 Nobody Wants This

Correction: We wanted and needed a rom-com this sexy, smart and scintillating. Give this witty charmer an “A” in chemistry—between “hot rabbi” Noah (Adam Brody) and snarky agnostic sex podcaster Joanne (Kristen Bell), whose unlikely but oh-so-witty romance elevated the genre with its culture-clash comedy and a supporting cast for the ages. Stream on Netflix

3 Slow Horses

In a great year for espionage drama (Mr. & Mrs. Smith, The Diplomat, The Day of the Jackal), nothing topped the exciting and poignant fourth season of the wry spy dramedy about a ragtag team of MI5 rejects. Jonathan Pryce was heartbreaking as a former master spy whose escalating state of paranoid dementia made him a liability. Stream on Apple TV+