best of Maddox's Best Of 2017 | Finished

[Maddox]

Hey guys! 2017 was a great year TV wise, so i'll be making a top 20 30 countdown of my favorite shows (+ other lists). I hope you'll like it  

 

 

Recap:

 

Top TV Drama:

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15. Manhunt: Unabomber - Discovery Channel

14. The Bold Type - Freeform

13. Sneaky Pete - Amazon

12. American Gods - Starz

11. Legion - FX

10. Big Little Lies - HBO

9. Broadchurch - ITV

8. The Americans - FX

7. The Crown - Netflix

6. The Deuce

5. The Handmaid's Tale - Hulu

4. Mr Robot - USA

3. Alias Grace - CBC/Netflix

2. The Leftovers - HBO

1. The Young Pope - HBO

 

Top TV Comedy:

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15. Brooklyn Nine Nine - FOX

14. Difficult People - Hulu

13. Playing House - USA

12. Girls - HBO

11. The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel - Amazon

10. Vice Principals - HBO

9. The Good Place - NBC/People Of Earth - TBS

8. The End of the F***ing World - Channel 4/Netflix

7. Search Party - TBS

6. BoJack Horseman - Netflix

5. Review - Comedy Central

4. Insecure - HBO

3. Crazy Ex Girlfriend - CW

2. Nathan For You - Comedy Central

1. Better Things - FX

 

Disappointments Of The Year (TV):

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12. Power

11. South Park

10. Chewing Gum

9. Broad City

8. Mr Mercedes

7. Veep

6. Sherlock

5. Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

4. Room 104

3. Big Mouth

2. AHS: Cult

1. Liar

 

Songs: #70-1:

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70. Jam Jam - IU

69. Instruction - Jax Jones ft. Demi Lovato, Stefflon Don

68. Hollywood Palermo - Benjamin Biolay

67. Ikkyu San - Wednesday Campanella

66. Lonely Night - Taeyeon

65. Bon Appetit - Katy Perry

64. Je Ne Mâche Pas Mes Mots - Camille

63. Don't Delete the Kisses - Wolf Alice

62. Living In The City - Hurray For The Riff Raff

61. Notes Pour Trop Tard (ft Ibeyi) - Orelsan

60 . Bing Bing - AOA

59. Feels - Calvin Harris ft. Pharrell Williams, Katy Perry, Big Sean

58. Tyrant (ft Jorja Smith) - Kali Uchis

57. How U Want It - Rochelle Jordan

56. Just Dance - HONNE

55. Dum Surfer - King Krule

54. Boyish - Japanese Breakfast

53. Hurt You First - Niia

52. Cómo - Daymé Arocena

51. No One Like You - Blue Hawaii

50. Magic - Seohyun

49. Every Single Thing - Homeshake

48. The Clientele - Lunar Days

47. Drew Barrymore - SZA

46. Until The Pain Is Gone ft. Jill Scott - Daley

45. Big Fish - Vince Staples

44. Crew ft. Brent Faiyaz, Shy Glizzy - GoldLink

43. Attitude - Leikeli47

42. Priests - Appropriate

41. Swamp - Brockhampton

40. Dombolo - Les Amazones d'Afrique

39. Unforgettable ft. Swae Lee - French Montana

38. Foxygen - Follow The Leader

37. Plastic - Moses Sumney

36. Slide (Bet) - Kamaiyah

35. Savoir Faire - Beth Ditto

34. Belong To You (ft 6lack) - Sabrina Claudio

33. Unlock It (ft. Kim Petras & Jay Park) - Charli XCX

32. Heart Attack (ft De la Soul) - Oliver

31. New York - St. Vincent

30. Caramelo Duro (ft. Kali Uchis) - Miguel

29. Bist Du Down ? - Ace Tee

28. Tuttifrutti - Phoenix

27. Nuclear Bomb - Cherry Glazerr

26. Third of May / Ōdaigahara - Fleet Foxes

25. Over Everything - Courtney Barnett & Kurt Vile

24. Mountaineers - Susanne Sundfør

23. Rattlesnake - King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard

22. Get Free - Lana Del Rey

21. PRIDE. - Kendrick Lamar

20. Castles (ft. St. Beauty) - BOSCO

19. Sunsetz - Cigarettes After Sex

18. The Horrors - Machine

17. Lips - The XX

16. Vibes - Hamza

15. T-Shirt - Migos

14. Let Love Rule - Ledisi

13. Liability - Lorde

12. Every Night - Perfume Genius

11. I'm Coming (2017 Version) - Pa's Lam System

10. A La Folie - Juliette Armanet

9. Do It Again (ft LIZ) - FEMM

8. Deadly Valentine - Charlotte Gainsbourg

7. Midnight - Jessie Ware

6. LMK - Kelela

5. Θ. Macarena - Damso

4. tonite - LCD Soundsystem

3. Un Autre Que Moi - Fishbach

2. Colour Of Water - Rose Elinor Dougall

1. ラビリンス - Mondo Grosso

 

Top 10 Movies:

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H.M:

16. Get Out - Jordan Peele

15. The Big Sick - Michael Showalter

14. The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) - Noah Baumbach

13. Princess Cyd - Stephen Cone

12. I Don't Feel At Home In This World Anymore - Macon Blair

11. The Florida Project - Sean Baker

10. You Were Never Really Here - Lynne Ramsay

9. Happy End - Michael Haneke

8. Lady Macbeth - William Oldroyd / A Quiet Passion - Terence Davies

7. On The Beach At Night Alone - Hong Sang-soo

6. Good Time - Ben and Josh Safdie

5. Personal Shopper - Olivier Assayas

4. Mudbound - Dee Rees

3. Lady Bird - Greta Gerwig

2. Faces Places - Agnès Varda, JR

1. Brad's Status - Mike White

 

Edited January 13, 2018 by Maddox

[Maddox]

I'll start with shows i hated/disappointed with in a bit!

[Playa Playa]

Nnn can't wait for your lists

 

But I feel like you are going to shade stuff I like 

[Uncatena]

yes, here for your ranking. your taste in shows is great, I expect Better Things to snatch

 

[Maddox]

Worst TV Of 2017: (12 - 7)

 

These are not bad per se (i'm sure there's much worse) just shows i was disappointed with:

  

12. Power 

 

You should never give kid actors too much airtime or a big storyline if they’re talentless (Tariq) But hey, love how my sis Angela kept the haters FUMING  

 

11. South Park

 

Only episodes involving Tweek, Craig and Heidi were interesting, the rest was boooring, which is a shame.

 

10. Chewing Gum

 

Didn't like the new season, no one in the cast seems human to me, except for Michaela Coel who sadly had to carry the show on her own.

 

9. Broad City

 

Sadly the girls lost their edge. "Witches" and "Florida" were supposed to be highlights yet didn’t have any effect on me and felt like pretty standard episodes offering nothing new or different.

 

8. Mr Mercedes:

 

The Stephen King tv adaptation is the definition of corny but still gave us one of the best characters of 2017, Breeda Wool’s Lou Linklater

 

 

7. Veep:

 

- JLD : "**** **** mother****ing ****!1!!1!"

- Fomos: "Yasss kweeen slaaay me  ” 

 

The show was not like this, the back and forth insults were just a bonus. Anyway i made a long rant abt it

 

[Playa Playa]

I'm like THE defender for teen characters but Tariq is just not good  I hope they do interesting things with him next season to make up for now 2 seasons worth of ****. The actor isn't half bad either apart from him always having that same facial expression lolol

 

I knew Broad City and Veep would appear! The latter isn't unjustified (even tho I liked it) BUT I was actually here for Broad City. Much more than last season which is when the show was at its worse for me. Witches and Florida were cute but the last few episodes were my faves. They felt like good ol' BC and actually made me laugh.

 

Chewing Gum def became more absurd and inconsistent yet I still liked half the season with the finale prob being my fave of the show

 

[GokuRed]

I don't watch TV but all of these look like trash  

[rihannafan]

 nn i was just gonna say we both have BC at #9 then i saw it’s worst of  Sis what’s good the show is great

 

perched for the rest tho  

[rihannafan]

screaming at veep

[Navyofbadgals]

I feel conflicted about SP too

I somewhat like that they are going for storylines now, but I kind of miss the fun that earlier seasons had, and the Cartman/Heidi thing lasted way too long

[Uncatena]

It's so hard for me to admit that both Veep and Broad City had disappointing seasons since their both some of my all time favorite shows but I agree, BC didn't have that spark anymore (except Mushrooms which was a series highlight) and Veep completely seems to have lost it's intelligence and sense of humor. I hope Veep can redeem itself for it's final season and at least this season of BC had interesting character development and conflict

 

And yeah, Chewing Gum S1 is much better but I enjoyed S2

[Wicked]

16 hours ago, Maddox said:

- JLD : "**** **** mother****ing ****!1!!1!"

- Fomos: "Yasss kweeen slaaay me  ” 

16 hours ago, Maddox said:

You should never give kid actors too much airtime or a big storyline if they’re talentless (Tariq) But hey, love how my sis Angela kept the haters FUMING  

 

What is with you stanning Angela We need to talk about this.

[Maddox]

18 hours ago, Playa Playa said:

I'm like THE defender for teen characters but Tariq is just not good  I hope they do interesting things with him next season to make up for now 2 seasons worth of ****. The actor isn't half bad either apart from him always having that same facial expression lolol

 

I knew Broad City and Veep would appear! The latter isn't unjustified (even tho I liked it) BUT I was actually here for Broad City. Much more than last season which is when the show was at its worse for me. Witches and Florida were cute but the last few episodes were my faves. They felt like good ol' BC and actually made me laugh.

 

Chewing Gum def became more absurd and inconsistent yet I still liked half the season with the finale prob being my fave of the show

 

Exactly!!

 

Also this reminded of Noah Schnapp and how he was able pull it off with his performance on Stranger things 2 despite being a side character on the first season. Tariq has a similar showcase but it kinda failed, and i don't want to put the blame entirely on the actor (he had some moment in the finale) maybe it's on the writers too. His character is written as unsympathetic and distant, it makes it hard for anyone watching to care abt him or feel his guilt abt his sister dying.

 

I feel like a lot of the events in Broad City this year were just a repeat of season 1 and 2, that's why i was indifferent to most of the episodes, though there was some good stuff (i enjoyed the Denis O'Hare, Steve Buscemi and RuPaul cameos)

 

18 hours ago, Ari. said:

I don't watch TV but all of these look like trash  

Tbh these are not that bad, honestly almost all of them had great first seasons worth checking out. There was definitely much worse crap aired this year.

 

18 hours ago, rihannafan said:

 nn i was just gonna say we both have BC at #9 then i saw it’s worst of  Sis what’s good the show is great

 

perched for the rest tho  

"Bedbugs" was my fav episode of this year, the rest actually was just alright. I found myself a little surprised with how i much i warmed up to Ilana, i needed more scenes of her job.

 

15 hours ago, Navyofbadgals said:

I feel conflicted about SP too

I somewhat like that they are going for storylines now, but I kind of miss the fun that earlier seasons had, and the Cartman/Heidi thing lasted way too long

I agree but at the same time i didn't mind it. In fact, Heidi's evolution was the one good thing abt this season really.

 

6 hours ago, ChapelHooker said:

It's so hard for me to admit that both Veep and Broad City had disappointing seasons since their both some of my all time favorite shows but I agree, BC didn't have that spark anymore (except Mushrooms which was a series highlight) and Veep completely seems to have lost it's intelligence and sense of humor. I hope Veep can redeem itself for it's final season and at least this season of BC had interesting character development and conflict

 

And yeah, Chewing Gum S1 is much better but I enjoyed S2

Yeah it's so weird how this show quickly fell off. You know you got to nothing to add to a character when resort to a pregnancy plot  I really feel bad for Amy. From that perfect nervous breakdown in S4 to whatever the **** happened to her this year... + the rest of the cast being useless apart from JLD and Tony Hale. I just want this final season to be decent.

 

6 hours ago, Wicked said:

What is with you stanning Angela We need to talk about this.

To be fair, if the writers didn't redeem her this season i don't think i'd still support her.

[Navyofbadgals]

Just now, Maddox said:

I agree but at the same time i didn't mind it. In fact, Heidi's evolution was the one good thing abt this season really.

 

I agrih about Heidi's evolution, her as a character I certainly didn't mind, but the whole relationship storyline went on for too long and it kind of is one of the reasons why I think SP this season isn't as sharp and funny as earlier seasons

[Maddox]

Worst TV Of 2017: (6 - 1)

 

Second round of shows i disliked

 

6. Sherlock

 

Pretty much everyone forgot about this one, and for a good reason.

 

5. Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

 

I couldn’t tolerate anyone this season especially Carol Kane’s character + The Lemonade skit was NOT funny  Anyway thank god for Amy Sedaris

 

4. Room 104

 

That pizza boy episode was one of the worst things I’ve watched, so pretentious and bad

 

3. Big Mouth

 

This is the ugliest looking animated series since Fanboy & Chum Chum  Anyone who could endure watching this mess deserves a prize. Seriously how much did Kroll & Co get here?

 

2. AHS: Cult

 

This season was truly awful; it feels like Ryan’s wet dreams coming to life (cult full of sexy white men lead by a maniac who like to take control over everything…) The twists reminded me of Coven except this one had no Bassett, Bates or Lange. And the fact that that some are praising Evan Peters and Sarah Paulson’s performances is a joke.

 

Overall it’s another show that wants to reflect on the chaos in the US yet fails to make any sense. So disappointing that the cult theme is wasted on a story like this. But here’s the thing; it’s no surprise that Murphy knows his audience. I don’t think he aspires to create another Asylum, he understands his fans like camp, sass, hot men and gore which is exactly what he delivered this year. At this point complaining about how terrible this show is becomes redundant, you either join in for the mess or ignore it all together. This is why I keep coming back each year even though hoping for something decent is a reach, and I dropped even less tragic shows.

 

 

And the worst show of the year is....

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1. Liar

 

This series came out at the wrong time given the recent events of women coming forward with their experiences of sexual assault and the need to believe in their stories.

 

Unfortunately the show’s premise throughout its first few episodes is to wonder whether Froggatt’s character Laura might be lying about her rape (we only know she was right later during the season) It’s not at all empowering and doesn’t have any positive message. Relying on cheap soapy twists is not the way to handle a subject as delicate as this one (eg: somehow the plot required that Laura’s student gets in the hospital because she took some pills and didn’t want her father to know or else he’ll deport her back to her country(?) (can’t remember the specifics) and so she needs Froggatt’s help to convince the serial rapist surgeon to make up something, overall it’s a dumb way to pair these characters together so as to create tension, then there’s some other stupid stuff like the surgeon easily sneaking through a cop's house to drug her and the whole story with her sister who cheated on her husband with Laura’s ex + the “who shot JR” style cliff which was terrible and took away any credibility to Laura’s story. This could’ve been Rectify level good; it’s beautifully made, the performances were good. If only it had a better concept.

 

 

Edited December 13, 2017 by Maddox

[Playa Playa]

"...except this one had no Bassett, Bates or Lange"

 

Bloop! That show was pretty much carried by them and a few others. So glad I avoided this season.

 

Nnn I didn't realize Sherlock aired something this year  We disagree on UKS tho - I loved the Lemonade skit, didn't like Amy Sedaris' part

[Playa Playa]

Liar sounds like a complete mess too

 

[rihannafan]

i actually didnt watch any of these (in 2017). Good for me j guess

[Wicked]

I really did forget Sherlock, I thought this season was awful. I like Evan Peters, wish he wasn't stuck in a Ryan Murphy rut, along with Sarah Paulson.

 

Room 104 was yikes! Other than those two I didn't see anything in the top (bottom) six.

[rvx]

Big Mouth 

 

I just don't see what so good about it 

[sumthintoxic82]

I enjoy VEEP but thats about it...

[Uncatena]

I liked Kimmy Schmidt 

 

Big mouth is soooo lazy and Cult was so spectacularly uneven

[Navyofbadgals]

AHS cult was nice I liked it  

not sure what Kimmy is doing there, for a moment I thought you were talking about the best shows  

 

The vagina scene in Big Mouth is hilarious the rest is god awful though, and I want my time back.

good choice for your #1 though  

[Navyofbadgals]

ff wait Sherlock had a season this year? talk about a fad huh

[Lee!!]

I will fight you on a few of these but more importantly, Breeda Wool is on another series?! I thought she just did UnREAL lol