Top 26 FX Series of the 2010s

Prestige spy thrillers, cult comedies and one-season wonders share this list, all from the decade FX became TV's boldest network.

1. 1
   The Americans

   Cold War spy drama (2013-2018) about KGB sleeper agents posing as a suburban Washington couple.
   1000pts
2. 2
   The Bridge

   Border-crime drama (2013-2014) pairing an El Paso detective and a Chihuahua detective on a serial-killer case.
   626pts
3. 3
   Fargo

   Noah Hawley's anthology crime series (2014-) inspired by the Coen brothers film, with a new Midwest case each season.
   626pts
4. 4
   Fosse/Verdon

   2019 limited series about the creative and romantic partnership of Bob Fosse and Gwen Verdon.
   626pts
5. 5
   The Assassination of Gianni Versace

   The 2018 second season of American Crime Story, tracing Andrew Cunanan's killing spree, an Emmy winner for Outstanding Limited Series.
   607pts
6. 6
   Feud: Bette and Joan

   Ryan Murphy's 2017 anthology season about the bitter rivalry between Bette Davis and Joan Crawford.
   542pts
7. 7
   The People v. O. J. Simpson

   The 2016 first season of American Crime Story, dramatizing the O.J. Simpson murder trial, which swept the Emmys.
   542pts
8. 8
   American Horror Story

   Ryan Murphy's horror anthology (2011-) that reinvents its setting and cast of characters every season.
   491pts
9. 9
   Snowfall

   John Singleton's drama (2017-2023) about the 1980s crack cocaine epidemic in Los Angeles.
   491pts
10. 10
    You're the Worst

    Caustic romantic comedy (2014-2019) about two toxic, commitment-phobic people who fall in love anyway.
    434pts
11. 11
    It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia

    Long-running sitcom about the self-absorbed gang running Paddy's Pub, which peaked creatively in the 2010s.
    434pts
12. 12
    Wilfred

    Surreal comedy (2011-2014) starring Elijah Wood as a man who sees his neighbor's dog as a man in a dog suit.
    434pts
13. 13
    Baskets

    Offbeat comedy (2016-2019) starring Zach Galifianakis as a failed clown, with Louie Anderson's Emmy-winning turn as his mother.
    434pts
14. 14
    The Strain

    Guillermo del Toro's vampire-outbreak horror series (2014-2017) set in New York City.
    367pts
15. 15
    What We Do in the Shadows

    Mockumentary comedy (2019-2024) following vampire roommates on Staten Island, adapted from the 2014 film.
    367pts
16. 16
    The League

    Improvised sitcom (2009-2015) about a group of friends obsessed with their fantasy football league.
    289pts
17. 17
    Sons of Anarchy

    Kurt Sutter's motorcycle-club saga (2008-2014) that became FX's highest-rated drama in its 2010s seasons.
    289pts
18. 18
    Atlanta

    Donald Glover's surreal comedy-drama (2016-2022) about a Princeton dropout managing his cousin's rap career.
    197pts
19. 19
    Pose

    Ryan Murphy's drama (2018-2021) about New York's 1980s ballroom scene, with the largest transgender cast in TV history.
    197pts
20. 20
    Terriers

    Short-lived 2010 cult favorite about two unlicensed private investigators in San Diego, still mourned by critics.
    197pts
21. 21
    Mayans M.C.

    Sons of Anarchy spin-off (2018-2023) following a Mexican-American motorcycle club on the border.
    197pts
22. 22
    Louie

    Louis C.K.'s auteur comedy (2010-2015) that reshaped the half-hour format with stand-alone vignettes.
    197pts
23. 23
    Better Things

    Pamela Adlon's tender comedy-drama (2016-2022) about a working actress raising three daughters in Los Angeles.
    197pts
24. 24
    Justified

    Neo-Western (2010-2015) following U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens in the hills of Harlan County, Kentucky.
    0pts
25. 25
    Archer

    Animated spy-spoof comedy (2009-2023) about a vain, hard-drinking secret agent and his dysfunctional agency.
    0pts
26. 26
    Legion

    Noah Hawley's mind-bending Marvel series (2017-2019) about a powerful mutant who may be schizophrenic.
    0pts

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