"The Americans" and "Game of Thrones" Rule: The Top 25 Shows of 2016, No. 7

I’ve decided to put FX's The Americans and HBO’s Game of Thrones together in this year’s countdown for two reasons. First, among critics they are arguably the two most revered and respected current series on television, and second, there is very little I can say about either series here that hasn’t already been written by many other people in many other places for the last few years.