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Jan 29, 2016 By Mark Redfern

Okay, we know we’re late on this one. It’s the end of January 2016 and we’re only now just posting our best TV shows of 2015 list. But in our defense, there is a lot of TV to get through these days, on a lot of different platforms. The golden age of TV just keeps glowing and growing. Every week it seems as though there’s another new show we’re supposed to check out or another 13 episodes we’re suddenly expected to binge watch on Netflix. So it took us awhile to work our way through 2015’s best shows and compile this list and there were so many good shows we settled on a Top 75.

These days, any snobby faux intellectual that tells you at a party, “I don’t watch TV, I read books,” doesn’t know what they’re talking about (although reading books is good too). 2015 saw the continued dominance of streaming services (especially Netflix) and cable TV, although there’s room on our list for network TV shows too, but only one network show made our Top 10 (FOX’s The Last Man on Earth). This year there were two radically different new female superhero shows, the more traditional but still fun Supergirl and the much darker but still fun Jessica Jones. Fargo‘s second season gamely traveled back to the ‘70s. The dead still walked in Alexandria (while another zombie solved crimes in Seattle). A comedy tackled depression in a very real way. And it turns out we lost World War II. Meanwhile Mr. Robot blew our mind with all its twists and turns. But it was a new show from a standup comic and former network sitcom supporting player that took our top spot. Aziz Ansari boldly stepped out on his own to create, write, and star in Master of None, a new Netflix comedy that expertly and hilariously tackles the ins and outs of modern life from the perspective of a struggling Indian American actor fighting against racial stereotypes.

Without further ado, finally click through to our list section for our full best TV shows of 2015 list. Hopefully it’ll help you plan your next binge watching marathon. Happy viewing!