Author: Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY

From “Killing Eve” to “True Detective” to “Salt Fat Acid Heat,” it’s worth spending some downtime bing-watching these excellent TV shows as you ring in the new year.

It just wouldn’t be the holiday season without a little terror from Netflix’s “Black Mirror.”The streaming service is dropping the surprise movie “Black Mirror: Bandersnatch.”

We polled USA TODAY readers who are in our TV-themed Facebook group, Yes, I’m Still Watching, and they provided lists of their favorite TV shows of the year. “Killing Eve” and “Barry” led the way.

Spoiler alert! The penultimate episode of Showtime and Ben Stiller’s prison break drama, “Escape at Dannemora,” made a hard left turn and delivered one of the best episodes of the year.

From “The Americans” to “Queer Eye” to “Community,” here are five TV shows that can fill your time in between presents and pie this Christmas weekend.

From the sudden cancelations of “Daredevil,” “Luke Cage” and “Iron Fist” to the joys of “Cloak and Dagger” and the DC Comics streaming service, these were the highs and lows of superheroes on TV in 2018.

From Jodie Whittaker in “Doctor Who” to Sandra Oh in “Killing Eve” to Amy Adams in “Sharp Objects,” 2018 was marked by an increase and normalization of women leading interesting TV stories.

In a year full of late night controversy, new late-night shows and plenty of late night cancelations, we take a look back at the best and worst of the Jimmies, Colbert, Samantha Bee and all the rest.

From “Friends” to “Cake” to “Office Space,” here are our favorite Jennifer Aniston performances to watch on film and TV, in honor of her new Netflix film, “Dumplin’.”