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 (2018)
96%

#1

Adjusted Score: 99.419%

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.

Synopsis: A blind lawyer fights crime by day in the courtroom and by night as a superhero with extraordinary senses in... [More]

Starring: Charlie Cox, Vincent D'Onofrio, Jon Bernthal, Deborah Ann Woll

The Good Place: Season 3 (2018)
100%

#2

Adjusted Score: 102.256%

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

Synopsis: The first two seasons featured surprise after surprise and twist after twist, including a world-upending season one finale that threw... [More]

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

Cobra Kai: Season 1 (2018)
100%

#3

Adjusted Score: 102.178%

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.

Synopsis: Thirty years after the events of the 1984 All Valley Karate Tournament, a down-and-out Johnny Lawrence (William Zabka) seeks redemption... [More]

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

Patrick Melrose: Miniseries (2018)
89%

#4

Adjusted Score: 93.04%

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.

Synopsis: Patrick Melrose (Benedict Cumberbatch) is the heir of a decadent and troubled aristocratic family, who had a traumatic childhood living... [More]

Starring: Benedict Cumberbatch, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Hugo Weaving, Anna Madeley

The Haunting of Hill House: Season 1 (2018)
92%

#5

Adjusted Score: 97.745%

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

Synopsis: The Haunting of Hill House is a modern reimagining of Shirley Jackson's legendary novel of the same name, about five... [More]

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

Better Call Saul: Season 4 (2018)
99%

#6

Adjusted Score: 100.714%

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.

Synopsis: In "Better Call Saul's" fourth season, Chuck's death catalyzes Jimmy McGill's (Odenkirk) transformation into Saul Goodman. In the wake of... [More]

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

Atlanta: Robbin' Season (2018)
98%

#7

Adjusted Score: 101.805%

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

Synopsis: In Atlanta Robbin' Season, two cousins work through the Atlanta music scene in order to better their lives and the... [More]

Starring: Donald Glover, Brian Tyree Henry, LaKeith Stanfield

Directed By: Hiro Murai, Danny Glover, Donald Glover

Killing Eve: Season 1 (2018)
97%

#8

Adjusted Score: 103.055%

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.

Synopsis: Eve (Sandra Oh) is a bored low-level MI5 security employee, working a simple desk-job that don't come close to fulfilling... [More]

Starring: Sandra Oh, Jodie Comer, Owen McDonnell, Kim Bodnia

BoJack Horseman: Season 5 (2018)
98%

#9

Adjusted Score: 100.256%

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.

Synopsis: Will Arnett voices BoJack, the failed legendary 90's sitcom star from the favorite family sitcom Horsin? Around, who has been... [More]

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

Outlander: Season 4 (2018)
88%

#10

Adjusted Score: 61.406%

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

Synopsis: Season Four of "Outlander" continues the story of time-traveling 20th century doctor Claire Fraser and her 18th century Highlander husband... [More]

Starring: Caitriona Balfe, Sam Heughan, Tobias Menzies, Graham McTavish

Directed By: David Moore, Metin Huseyin