The 20 best new TV shows, according to critics

There are nearly 70 new TV shows in fall 2016. And many critics will say that there's a high degree of quality in that batch.

But that doesn't mean real people have the time to watch everything - no matter how good.

The problem now is we have to become really selective, really nitpicky. Some of the stuff that made it to our TV screens a year or two ago just doesn't hold up any longer compared to the competition.

Cable, the streaming companies, and even broadcast are taking viewers to bold new places - from "Atlanta" to "One Mississippi," "The Good Place," and "Westworld."

But where should you start?

Metacritic keeps track of a curated group of critics, assigns each review a number according to how positive or negative it was, and then creates a weighted average score for each show.

Here are the 20 most critically acclaimed TV shows of fall 2016 so far, according to Metacritic: