With that bit of housekeeping over, let’s get on with the show(s).
The 10 Best Shows of 2023
10.
Because when all these men come and go, yall still gonna be sisters.

Steve Harvey presides on ‘Judge Steve Harvey’.ABC/Erika Doss
The verdict is in:Judge Steve Harveyis comfort TV at its finest.
The white stylist (Ursula Abbott) tentatively pats Angies natural curls.
Im thinking its perfect!

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she chirps, before breezing her way out the door.
(Tagline: Sometimes, you have to settle.)
Shes on the brink of walking out when beloved sitcom divaCountess Vaughnappears to her as a vision.

‘Harlem’.Amazon
What about that brown girl that is hooked on the Hallmark Channel?
You want her to see you, right?
(The characters literally roll their eyes when someone mentionsSATCin the finale.)

‘Bargain’.TVING Co/Paramount+
They proceed to have a detailed discussion about the technical status of her virginity.
Its excruciating, which makes the pandemonium that follows a black-market organ-harvesting ring!
murderous gangsters on the hunt for any surviving witnesses!

‘American Born Chinese’.Disney+
all the more exhilarating.
You have to be brave, Jin, Christine tells her son.
You are all the pieces merging into one.

Lionel Boyce and Jeremy Allen White on ‘The Bear’.Chuck Hodes/FX
A hero is someone who goes on a journey, shows courage, helps others.
Fingers crossed that the execs atDisney+, which has yet to renewABCfor season 2, are listening.
‘The Bear’ (FX/Hulu)
Chuck Hodes/FX
Yo, you ever think about purpose?

The cast of ‘Reservation Dogs’.Shane Brown/FX
Butmvtofor everything that you taught me.
I didnt lie to you, he rasps.
I just, I didnt tell you the part I didnt want to be true.

‘Barry’ final season.Merrick Morton/HBO
I want to inspire people.
Theres no other word for it butinspired.
Holy s–t, did dad just say a feeling?

Amazon Prime
scoffed Kendall, after a somber Logan bemoaned his childrens absence at his birthday party.
The Worst Shows of 2023
3.
‘Citadel’ (Amazon Prime Video)
Want to read a really depressing sentence?

‘Succession’.Warner Bros.
But man, at least they used topretendto care about quality.
You know what that modicum of success means, folks: More rehashed IP!
)HBOwanted the nextEuphoria.

Amazon

Netflix;Paramount+;CBS

‘The Idol’.Eddy Chen/HBO