

IMDb: ‘The Last Dance,’ ‘Last Week Tonight’ Top Most-Popular TV Shows Thus Far in 2020
September 1, 2020
IMDb.com, the online industry tracker owned by Amazon, Sept. 1 announced the Top 10 television shows thus far in 2020, according to its user ratings through Aug. 23.
Among the TV shows airing or streaming from Jan. 1, these 10 shows had the highest IMDb user ratings. IMDb ratings are determined by users who rank movies and TV shows on a 10-point scale. Content sources include ESPN, HBO, Netflix, Discovery, Amazon Prime Video, among others.
- The Last Dance
- Last Week Tonight With John Oliver
- The Outsider
- How the Universe Works
- Dark
- Westworld
- Better Call Saul
- Curb Your Enthusiasm
- Normal People
- Top Gear
Among the TV English-language shows airing or streaming their premiere season from Jan. 1, the following 10 new shows had the highest IMDb user ratings:
- The Last Dance
- The Outsider
- Normal People
- Gangs of London
- Dave
- The Midnight Gospel
- Star Trek: Picard
- Defending Jacob
- Unorthodox
- The New Pope
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IMDb recently launched a new What to Watch page, designed to make it easier for users to decide what to watch. From the Watch Guide, users can discover trending movies and TV shows from around the world, explore streaming picks, celebrity recommendations and watch the latest videos and trailers.

Additionally, British actress Daisy Edgar-Jones received an IMDb “Breakout” STARmeter Award for her performance as Marianne in “Normal People,” which ranks as the No. 3 new show of the year so far and No. 9 overall based on IMDb user ratings. Edgar-Jones has been a strong performer this year on the IMDbPro STARmeter chart, which is determined by the page views of the more than 200 million monthly visitors to IMDb worldwide.
IMDb STARmeter Awards have proven to be an accurate predictor of stars who are about to have a breakthrough career moment. Previous IMDb STARmeter Award recipients in the “Breakout” category, include Nicholas Braun, Olivia Cooke, Jacob Elordi, Pom Klementieff, Brie Larson, Dacre Montgomery, and Miles Teller.