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The best TV of 2019: The ballots

By The A.V. Club, Erik Adams, Sam Barsanti, Angelica Cataldo, Randall Colburn, William Hughes, Gwen Ihnat, Alex McLevy, Shannon Miller, Kelsey J. Waite, LaToya Ferguson, Kyle Fowle, Kate Kulzick, Myles McNutt, Noel Murray, Vikram Murthi, Dennis Perkins, Allison Shoemaker, Caroline Siede, Eric Thurm, Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya  |  December 9, 2019 | 2:00pm
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