Year-End Lists

A hand-curated, browsable index of notable year-end lists. Follow the link for each list to see essential commentary from its author, at the source.
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2021 TV Shows

Guardian: The 50 Best TV Shows of 2021

22 December 2021

It's a Sin

The Guardian: The 50 Best TV Shows of 2021

[see also 2022 • 2020 • 2019]

  1. It's a Sin
  2. The White Lotus
  3. Mare of Easttown
  4. Succession
  5. Squid Game
  6. Feel Good
  7. Time
  8. Alma's Not Normal
  9. Starstruck
  10. I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson
  11. Stath Lets Flats
  12. Uprising
  13. The Underground Railroad
  14. Ted Lasso
  15. We Are Lady Parts
  16. WandaVision
  17. This Way Up
  18. Back to Life
  19. Line of Duty
  20. Can't Get You Out of My Head
  21. Maid
  22. Inside No. 9
  23. Vigil
  24. Call My Agent!
  25. Only Murders in the Building
  26. Reservation Dogs
  27. The Beatles: Get Back
  28. Marc Munden
  29. Guilt
  30. Master of None
  31. Unforgotten
  32. The Cleaner
  33. Insecure
  34. Ghosts
  35. Motherland
  36. Gods of Snooker
  37. Blair & Brown: The new Labour revolution
  38. Clarkson's Farm
  39. Pose
  40. Bo Burnham: Inside
  41. The Hunt for a Killer
  42. Hellbound
  43. The Flight Attendant
  44. The Pursuit of Love
  45. Lupin
  46. Together
  47. US Open (women's final)
  48. The North Water
  49. Four Hours at the Capitol
  50. Ladhood

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