Below is our updated running tally of the TV shows most frequently mentioned by individual critics in their year-end Top Ten lists. Note that if a critic ranks more than the standard 10 shows, we will not include titles ranked 11th or worse. (We do include unranked lists of 11-20 titles, though each title gets just one-half of a point.) In case of a tie for first or second, each show will receive the full points for that position.
https://www.metacritic.com/feature/tv-critics-pick-10-best-tv-shows-of-2021
Updated: 2022-01-14
Every TV season from 2021 that I have watched ranked from my most favorite to least favorite.
(full/half/majority of) seasons of television i've watched during the 2021-2022 tv period (september-august)
Here's my top 10 shows released or returning in 2021.
5 TV shows I'm still watching:
(V) checkout - 2 special+3x07
(V) our planet 2x02-2x04
the standups 1x01-
(V) the brothers sun s1
Shababnikim 1x01-
(V) griselda s1
(V) girls5eva s3
(V) Chelsea Does s1
(V) Testament: The Story of Moses s1
(V) 3 Body Problem s1
Hazvi 1x01-
(V) ted lasso s1-3
(V) the morning show s1-3
monk 1x01-
psych 1x01-
(V) eurovision 2024: semi-final 2, final
(V) The Afterparty s1-s2
11 movies:
The grinch
Chelsea Handler: Revolution
once upon a time in hollywood
taylor tomlinson - have it all
jacqueline novak - get on your knees
The fat guy
damsel
irish wish
Maktub
what happens in vegas
family switch
This is a list of all seasons of TV Shows that I've watched beginning to end, seasons that are in progress are not included
New shows and seasons in 2021. Only includes seasons with announced air dates. Ranked by show's IMDb rating.
Last Updated: May 30, 2024
January:
February:
March:
April:
May:
June:
July:
August:
September:
October:
November:
December:
December
→ New Girl { season 5 }
→ Inside No. 9 { season 3 }
→ PEN15 { season 1 }
→ Gen V { season 1 }
→ Jury Duty { season 1 }
→ Carol & the End of the World: Limited Series
→ PEN15 { season 2 }
November
→ Only Murders in the Building { season 3 }
→ The Fall of the House of Usher: Miniseries
→ The Narcosatanist
→ American Crime Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson
October
→ Sex Education { season 4 }
→ The Boys { season 1 }
→ The Boys { season 2 }
→ Ted Lasso { season 3 }
September
→ Dexter { season 7 }
→ Ted Lasso { season 2 }
→ The Bear { season 1 }
→ The Bear { season 2 }
→ Sky Rojo { season 1 }
→ Sky Rojo { season 2 }
→ Sky Rojo { season 3 }
August
→ Ted Lasso { season 1 }
→ Dexter { season 6 }
→ New Girl { season 4 }
→ Heartstopper { season 2 }
July
→ Inside no. 9 { season 2 }
→ Dexter { season 3 }
→ New Girl { season 3 }
→ Dexter { season 4 }
→ Rupaul { season 15 }
→ The Raincoat Killer: Chasing a Predator in Korea
June
→ Dexter { season 2 }
→ Abbott Elemntary { season 2 }
→ Queer Eye { season 7 }
→ Skip To Loafer
→ Black Mirror { season 6 }
→ Inside no. 9 { season 1 }
→ New Girl { season 2 }
May
→ Search Party { season 2 }
→ Search Party { season 3 }
→ Search Party { season 4 }
→ Maricon Perdido (miniserie)
→ Search Party { season 5 }
→ Tuca & Bertie { season 3 }
→ Dexter { season 1 }
→ Love & Death (miniserie)
→ Succession { season 4 }
→ New Girl { season 1 }
→ Atlanta { season 3 }
→ Copenhagen Cowboy { season 1 }
April
→ Succession { season 2 }
→ The Confessions of Frannie Langton
→ Trying { season 2 }
→ BEEF { season 1 }
→ Tiny Beautiful Things
→ Abbott Elementary { season 1 }
→ Trying { season 3 }
→ Search Party { season 1 }
March
→ We Are Lady Parts
→ In My Skin { season 1 }
→ In My Skin { season 2 }
→ The White Lotus { season 1 }
→ The White Lotus { season 2 }
→ Upright { season 1 }
→ Upright { season 2 }
→ Gannibal { season 1 }
→ Servant { season 4 }
→ The Dropout
→ Succession { season 1 }
→ Allen v. Farrow
→ Trying { season 1 }
February
→ La Chica de Nieve
→ The Office { season 1 }
→ The Patient
→ Dopesick
→ Gilmore Girls { season 5 }
→ Better Things { season 5 }
January
→ Alice in Borderland { season 2 }
→ Hacks { season 2 }
→ Gilmore Girls { season 4 }
→ The L Word: Generation Q { season 3 }
Yearly Stats (As of 1/1/24)
Episodes Plays - 2348
Episodes per Month - 195.7
Episodes per Week - 44.3
Episodes per Day - 6.4
Hours Watched - 2348
Hours Per Month - 186.5
Hours Per Week - 42.2
Hours Per Day - 6.1
Monthly Stats
Jan - 272 Episodes
Feb - 197 Episodes
Mar - 165 Episodes
Apr - 157 Episodes
May - 163 Episodes
June - 240 Episodes
July - 288 Episodes
Aug - 204 Episodes
Sept - 207 Episodes
Oct - 83 Episodes
Nov - 131 Episodes
Dec - 241 Episodes
Notes for the year:
- SAG-AFTRA strike started on 7/14/23 and no new seasons were being released or worked. This caused me to catch up on back log shows I never got to start or finish.
- TED LASSO was incredible and will go down as one of the best shows I have watched in a long time.
New Shows Started: 13
Ahsoka, Alert: Missing Persons Unit, The Continental: From the World of John Wick, Hijack, Quarterback, Las Vegas, Muscles & Mayhem: An Unauthorized Story of American Gladiators, The Night Agent, One Piece, Secret Invasion, Untold: Swamp Kings, Ted Lasso, Will Trent,
Ending Shows Completed: 25
The Blacklist, Carnival Row, The Continental: From the World of John Wick, Doom Patrol, The Flash, Fringe, Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Hijack, His Dark Materials, Manifest, Mayans F.C., Ms. Marvel, Muscles & Mayhem: An Unauthorized Story of American Gladiators, NCIS: Los Angeles, New Amsterdam, Power, Riverdale, Secret Invasion, She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, Ted Lasso, Titans, Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan, Untold: Swamp Kings, Young Justice, Young Rock
Total Series Watched:
Series Watched
Ahsoka - S1x01 - S1x08
Alert: Missing Person Unit: S1x01 - S1x09
All American - S4x03 - S5x20
All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite - S5x01 - S5x52
Bitchin' Rides - S9x20 - S10x18
The Blacklist - S10x01 - S10x22 (Series Finale)
Candella Obscura - S1x01 - S2x03
Car Masters: Rust to Riches - S5x01 - S5x08
Carnival Row - S2x01 - S2x10 (Series Finale)
Chicago Fire - S11x10 - S11x22
Chicago Med - S8x10 - S8x22
Chicago P.D. - S10x10 - S10x22
The Continental: From the World of John Wick - S1x01 - S1x03 (Series Finale)
Critical Role - S2x35 - S3x81
CSI: Vegas - S2x10 - S2x21
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - S4x01 - S4x11
Dimension 20 - S2x02 - S2x06
Doom Patrol - S2x01 - S4x12
The Equalizer - S3x08 - S3x18
Exandria Unlimited - S1x01 - S2x02
Family Guy - S21x11 - S22x20
FBI - S5x10 - S5x23
FBI: International - S2x09 - S2x22
FBI: Most Wanted - S4x09 - S4x22
Fire County - S1x09 - S1x22
The Flash - S9x01 - S9-13 (Series Finale)
Fringe - S2x10 - S5x13 (Series Finale)
Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood - S1x22 - S1x64 (Series Finale)
Futurama - S8x01 - S8x10
Heels - S2x01 - 02x08 (Possible Series Finale)
Hijack - S1x01 - S1x07 (Series Finale)
His Dark Materials - S2x01 - S3x08 (Series Finale)
Jujutsu Kaisen - S2x25 - S2x47
Las Vegas - S1x01 - S3x02
Law & Order: Organized Crime - S3x10 - S3x22
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - S5x12 - S25x22
The Legend of Vox Machina - S2x01 - S2x12
LEGO Masters (US) - S4x01 - S4x13
Magnum P.I. - S5x01 - S5x18
The Mandalorian - S3x01 - S3x08
Manifest - S4x01 - S4x20 (Series Finale)
Mayans M.C. - S4x01 - S5x10 (Series Finale)
Ms. Marvel - S1x01 - S1x06 (Series Finale)
Muscles & Mayhem: An Unauthorized Story of American Gladiators - S1x01 - S1x05 (Series Finale)
My Hero Academia - S6x09 - S6x25
Naruto Shippuden - S12x243 - S12x275
NCIS - S20x10 - S20x22
NCIS: Hawaii - S2x10 - S2x22
NCIS: Los Angeles - S14x09 - S14x21 (Series Finale)
New Amsterdam - S5x11 - S5x13 (Series Finale)
The Night Agent - S1x01 - S1x10
One Piece - S1x01 - S6x154
ONE PIECE (Live Action) - S1x01 - S1x08
Power - S3x04 - S6x15 (Series Finale)
Quarterback - S1x01 - S1x08
Reacher - S1x01 - S2x06 (Rewatch of S1)
Rick and Morty - S7x01 -
Ridiculousness - S29x31 - S37x29
Riverdale - S7x01 - S7x20 (Series Finale)
The Rookie - S5x10 - S5x22
S.W.A.T. - S6x09 - S6x22
Secret Invasion - S1x01 - S1x06 (Series Finale)
Selling Sunset - S6x01 - S7x12
She-Hulk: Attorney at Law - S1x01 - S1x09 (Series Finale)
Star Wars: The Bad Batch - S2x01 - S2x16
Superman & Lois - S1x10 - S3x13
Ted Lasso - S1x01 - S3x12 (Series Finale)
Teen Titans GO! - S8x01 - S8x22
That's My Jam - S2x01 - S2x10
Titans - S3x01 - S4x12 (Series Finale)
Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan - S3x01 - S4x06 (Series Finale)
Untold: Swamp Kings - S1x01 - S1x04 (Series Finale)
What If...! - S2x01 - Sx09
Will Trent - S1x01 - S1x13
The Witcher - S3x01 - S3x08
Yellowstone - S5x08 (Mid Season Finale)
Young Justice - S4x01 - S4x26 (Series Finale)
Young Rock - S3x07 - S3x13 (Series Finale)
HBO
→ The White Lotus, S01 // 14
→ Succession, S03 // 12
→ Hacks // 9
→ Only Murders in the Building // 8
→ Mare of Easttown — ended // 8
→ It's a Sin — ended // 7
→ Station Eleven — ended // 5
→ Starstruck // 5
→ Time // 3
→ Insecure, S05. — ended // 3
→ The Other Two, S02.
→ Tuca & Bertie, S02. — canceled // 2
→ The Pursuit of Love — ended // 2
→ Inside No. 9, S06 // 2
→ Shrill, S03. — ended // 2
→ In Treatment, S04. — ended
→ Search Party, S04 — ended
→ The Sex Lives of College Girls
→ Scenes from a Marriage — ended
→ In My Skin, S02. — ended
→ Betty, S02. — canceled
→ Love Life S02.
→ Everything's Gonna Be Okay, S02 — canceled
netflix
→ Squid Game // 9
→ Maid — ended // 6
→ I Think You Should Leave, S02. // 6
→ Midnight Mass — ended
→ Shadow and Bone // 2
→ You, S03. // 2
→ The Chair — ended // 2
→ Lupin // 2
→ Feel Good, S02. — ended // 2
→ Sex Education, S03.
→ Arcane
→ Shadow and Bone
→ Never Have I Ever, S02.
→ The Serpent — ended
→ Master of None, S03
→ Pretend It's a City — ended
Star+
→ Reservation Dogs // 12
→ What We Do in the Shadows, S03. // 7
→ Dave, S02. // 2
→ Mr Inbetween, S03. — ended
Apple TV
→ Ted Lasso, S02. // 5
→ For All Mankind, S02. // 5
→ Mythic Quest, S02 // 4
→ Dickinson, S03. — ended // 3
→ Schmigadoon!
→ Foundation
amazon
→ The Underground Railroad — ended // 12
→ Kevin Can F**k Himself — ended // 2
→ The Good Fight, S05 // 2
→ Nine Perfect Strangers — ended
paramount+
→ PEN15, S02. — ended // 3
→ Work in Progress, S02. — canceled // 2
→ Your Honor
disney+*
→ WandaVision — ended // 8
→ Loki // 4
→ Hawkeye — ended
~
→ We Are Lady Parts // 8
→ Yellowjackets / /4
→ This Way Up, S02. // 4
→ The Great, S02. // 3
→ Evil, S02 // 3
→ Stath Lets Flats, S03. // 3
→ The North Water — ended // 2
→ Ghosts // 2
→ Anna — ended
→ Laetitia — ended
→ Too Close — ended
→ The Hunt for a Killer — ended
→ Motherland, S03.
→ Vigil
→ Back to Life, S02.
→ Alma's Not Normal
→ Frank of Ireland
→ Girls5eva
TV Shows watched in 2022/07
Dropped shows will feature its Completed seasons here (if any).
based on my average rating mostly
My faves based on an incomplete sampling.
Metacritic - Best of 2021: Television Critic Top 10 Lists
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