Best New Shows of 2015 (In Brief)

For as long as I can remember, I've pulled together a list of the best new television shows of a particular year. Even though this year my role with covering television changed significantly, I felt I would be remiss if I didn't scroll back through the mental catalogue I was keeping of the best new shows of 2015 and offer up my take.

Unlike in previous years, I won't be writing captions for this and this list will have to stand on its own without qualifications or explanations. While others tend to offer overall best of lists, I have always found that comparing, say, the final season of Mad Men to a freshman show was always a bit of an uneven playing field to me — like comparing pomegranates to apples or something. Instead, I've chosen to offer a best new shows list and this year is the same.

Here then is my list of the 19 best new televisions shows of 2015:

Mr. Robot
iZombie
Togetherness
Agent Carter
The Jinx
Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell
Poldark
Younger
Fresh Off the Boat
Empire
The Casual Vacancy
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Daredevil
Catastrophe
Difficult People
Master of None
Jessica Jones
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
And Then There Were None

**Note: I would also include Dickensian in this list as it technically premiered in 2015, but given that the vast majority of its 20-episode first season will air in 2016, I'm considering it a 2016 show. I'd also maybe include Season 2 of Fargo in this list as well, given that it offered a new cast of characters (largely), setting, and plot from its first season, but despite its anthology nature, it is an ongoing show...