A lot of people say that TV has become the peak form of entertainment, including the original stuff on Netflix and Hulu. “Rolling Stone” is high on it and they’ve just put out a list of the 25 Best Shows of 2015. Only TWO of the Top 25 are from one of the five main broadcast networks . . . “Empire” and “Hannibal”, which NBC actually canceled back in June. Here’s the full list:
- “Mr. Robot”, USA Network
- “Mad Men”, AMC
- “Broad City”, Comedy Central
- “The Americans”, FX
- “Difficult People”, Hulu . . . which stars Julie Klausner and Billy Eichner as struggling comedians
- “Empire”, Fox
- “Fargo”, FX
- “Veep”, HBO
- “Better Call Saul”, AMC
- “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver”, HBO
- “Bojack Horseman”, Netflix
- “You’re the Worst”, FX
- “Orange Is the New Black”, Netflix
- “Hannibal”, NBC
- “Silicon Valley”, HBO
- Marvel’s “Jessica Jones”, Netflix
- “The Leftovers”, HBO
- “Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp”, Netflix
- “Louie”, FX
- “Game of Thrones”, HBO
- “Bloodline”, Netflix
- “Rick & Morty”, Adult Swim
- “Halt and Catch Fire”, AMC
- “Key & Peele”, Comedy Central
- “Narcos”, Netflix
(RollingStone.com has brief write-ups on each.)
