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The worst Best Of list of 2023

What happens when you make a list that is so broad and obvious that it all becomes a big, weird yawn?

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Dan Barrett
Oct 04, 2023
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The worst thing you will read today is THR’s “50 Best TV Shows of the 21st Century (So Far)” list. Compiled by just three critics working for THR (Daniel Fienberg, Angie Hahn, and Robyn Bahr), the list vacillates between the ridiculous and the obvious.

Now, real talk, the reason why so much of the list seems obvious is because there is a general consens…

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