Fans’ Choice: Favorite TV Shows 2018

Critics loved the third season of Marvel’s Daredevil — it won the Golden Tomato award for Best Superhero TV Show, and is Certified Fresh with a 96% on the Tomatometer — and so did fans: The now-canceled Netflix series is going out with a bang as the first-ever Golden Tomato Awards Fans’ Choice winner for Favorite TV Show of 2018, tallying the biggest total from more than 19,000 votes cast. It’s a fitting end for the streaming service’s lawyer-turned-crimefighter Matt Murdock, a.k.a. Daredevil. Join us in raising a glass and re-watching the sixth episode’s badass ten-minute, no-cut fight scene to celebrate.

The order below reflects the number of total votes cast for each TV show by users in a poll that ran on RT from January 11 to January 24.

Marvel's Daredevil: Season 3

#1

Adjusted Score: 101359%

Critics Consensus: The Man with No Fear returns to top form with a third season that begins tediously slow but gradually generates comic book thrills, immeasurably helped by the welcome return of Vincent D'Onofrio's menacing Kingpin.

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Starring: Charlie Cox, Elodie Yung, Deborah Ann Woll, Elden Henson

Directed By: Drew Goddard, Jeph Loeb, Erik Oleson, Jim Chory

The Good Place: Season 3

#2

Adjusted Score: 100875%

Critics Consensus: Charming and curious as ever, The Good Place remains a delightfully insightful bright spot on the television landscape.

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Starring: Kristen Bell, Ted Danson, William Jackson Harper, Jameela Jamil

Directed By: David Miner, Beth McCarthy-Miller, Jude Weng, Ken Olin

Cobra Kai: Season 1

#3

Adjusted Score: 103040%

Critics Consensus: Cobra Kai continues the Karate Kid franchise with a blend of pleasantly corny nostalgia and teen angst, elevated by a cast of well-written characters.

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Starring: William Zabka, Ralph Macchio, Courtney Henggeler, Tanner Buchanan

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Patrick Melrose: Miniseries

#4

Adjusted Score: 94688%

Critics Consensus: Patrick Melrose is a scathing indictment of British high society's inherited dysfunction, cruelty, and the wealth that enables them. The Crown this ain't.

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Starring: Benedict Cumberbatch, Dainton Anderson, Holliday Grainger, Jessica Raine

Directed By: Edward Berger, Rachael Horovitz, Michael Jackson, Adam Ackland

The Haunting of Hill House: Miniseries

#5

Adjusted Score: 100574%

Critics Consensus: The Haunting of Hill House is an effective ghost story whose steadily mounting anticipation is just as satisfying as its chilling payoff.

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Starring: Michiel Huisman, Carla Gugino, Timothy Hutton, Elizabeth Reaser

Directed By: Mike Flanagan, Trevor Macy, Meredith Averill, Justin Falvey

Better Call Saul: Season 4

#6

Adjusted Score: 100968%

Critics Consensus: Well-crafted and compelling as ever, Better Call Saul's fourth season deftly balances the show it was and the one it will inevitably become.

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Starring: Bob Odenkirk, Jonathan Banks, Michael McKean, Rhea Seehorn

Directed By: Vince Gilligan, Peter Gould, Mark Johnson, Melissa Bernstein

Atlanta: Robbin' Season

#7

Adjusted Score: 102524%

Critics Consensus: Donald Glover continues to subvert expectations with a sophomore season of Atlanta that proves as excellent as it is eccentric.

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Starring: R. J. Walker, Adriyan Rae, Khris Davis, Danielle Deadwyler

Directed By: Dianne McGunigle, Donald Glover, Paul Simms, Stephen Glover

Killing Eve: Season 1

#8

Adjusted Score: 103574%

Critics Consensus: Seductive and surprising, Killing Eves' twist on the spy vs. spy conceit rewards viewers with an audaciously entertaining show that finally makes good use of Sandra Oh's talents.

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Starring: Sandra Oh, Jodie Comer, Fiona Shaw, Kim Bodnia

Directed By: Damon Thomas, Jon East, Harry Bradbeer

BoJack Horseman: Season 5

#9

Adjusted Score: 100957%

Critics Consensus: BoJack Horseman continues confidently down the thematic rabbit hole with a fresh and poignant season that's as devastating as it is hilarious.

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Starring: Will Arnett, Amy Sedaris, Alison Brie, Aaron Paul

Directed By: Steven A. Cohen, Noel Bright, Will Arnett, Aaron Paul

Outlander: Season 4

#10

Adjusted Score: 72552%

Critics Consensus: Outlander's epic romance settles into a violent fourth season, planting its flag on the American frontier while treading on darker themes.

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Starring: Caitriona Balfe, Sam Heughan, John Bell, Tobias Menzies

Directed By: Ben Bolt, Julian Holmes, Ronald D. Moore, Denise Di Novi