Comedies and dramas, thrillers and mysteries, romance and horror, plus a wee bit of gardening and baking — that pretty much describes my viewing tastes of the 2010s. So here they are, in alphabetical order, my favorites from the past decade. In that generally quiet period between Christmas and New Year’s or during the darkest winter night, when you’re looking for something new to watch, you simply can’t go wrong with one of these:
Broadchurch
Chuck
The Closer
Daredevil
Downton Abbey
Elementary
Escape to the Country
Forever
The Good Wife
Grace and Frankie
The Great British Baking Show
Grimm
Jessica Jones
The Kominsky Method
Leverage
Love Your Garden
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
NCIS
One Day at a Time
Penny Dreadful
Person of Interest
Ruth & Erica
Sense8
Sherlock
Stranger Things
Supernatural
This Is Us
True Blood
White Collar
MOVIES
About Time
The Age of Adaline
The Butler
Gravity
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
Hidden Figures
I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story
If You’re Not in the Obit, Eat Breakfast
Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold
Last Flag Flying
The Ledge
The Merry Gentleman
Midnight in Paris
Obit
Spotlight
Super 8
That Guy…Who Was In That Thing
Yesterday
