AwardsWatch’s Top 50 Episodes of Television for 2015
AwardsWatch members have voted on 2015’s Best of Television and here are the Top 50 Episodes for 2015. Did your favorite make the cut?
Special thanks to Jonathan Boehle for organizing and compiling the list and to the AwardsWatch members who voted.
The list:
#50
“Heaven Sent,” Doctor Who
Written by Steven Moffat; Directed by Rachel Talaly
Premiered November 28 on BBC America
#49
“Wedding Videography,” Community
Written by Briggs Hatton; Directed by Adam Davidson
Premiered May 26 on Yahoo! Screen
#48
“Total Rickall,” Rick and Morty
Written by Mike McMahan; Directed by Juan Meza-Leon
Premiered August 16 on Adult Swim
#47
“Electronics Store,” Nathan for You
Written by Leo Allen, Nathan Fielder, Adam Locke-Norton, & Eric Notarnicola; Directed by Nathan Fielder
Premiered October 15 on Comedy Central
#46
“Not What He Seems,” Gravity Falls
Written by Shion Takeuchi, Josh Weinstein, Jeff Rowe, Matthew Chapman & Alex Hirsch; Directed by Stephen Sandoval
Premiered March 9 on Disney XD
#45
“AKA WWJD?,” Marvel’s Jessica Jones
Written by Scott Reynolds; Directed by Simon Cellan Jones
Premiered November 20 on Netflix
#44
“Boy II Man,” Fresh Off the Boat
Written by Matt Kuhn; Directed by Claire Scanlon
Premiered September 29 on ABC
#43
“Kimmy’s in a Love Triangle!,” Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Written by Azie Dungey & Lauren Gurganous; Directed by Jeff Richmond
Premiered March 6 on Netflix
#42
“Two Days of the Condor,” Silicon Valley
Written and Directed by Alec Berg
Premiered June 14 on HBO
#41
“Church,” Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Written by Kevin Avery, Tim Carvell, Josh Gondelman, Dan Gurewitch, Geoff Haggerty, Jeff Maurer, John Oliver, Scott Sherman, Will Tracy, Jill Twiss, & Juli Weiner; Directed by Jim Hoskinson
Premiered August 16 on HBO
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