But TV Guide’s editors are more than up to the task, so here are our picks for the best actors and actresses delivering unique, stunningly different characters each and every week.
And if you disagree, let us know by voting on your own picks for top TV performances of 2016!
With more TV shows, and more great TV shows, every year it gets harder to pick what were the singular best performances out of the plethora of phenomenal acting available.