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The best TV of 2018: The ballots

By The A.V. Club, Danette Chavez, LaToya Ferguson, Kyle Fowle, Gwen Ihnat, Alex McLevy, Myles McNutt, Noel Murray, Vikram Murthi, Dennis Perkins, Allison Shoemaker, Caroline Siede, Emily L. Stephens, Eric Thurm, Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya, Scott Von Doviak, Lisa Weidenfeld  |  December 10, 2018 | 12:00pm
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