Year-End Lists

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Best of TV 2021 Washington Post: Inkoo Kang

The 10 Best TV Shows of 2021 Entertainment Weekly: Kristen Baldwin

The Best TV Shows of 2021 New Yorker: Doreen St. Félix

The 20 Best TV Shows of 2021 Rolling Stone: Alan Sepinwall

The 10 Best TV Shows of 2021 Boston Globe: Matthew Gilbert

The 10 Best TV Series of 2021 Sight & Sound TV Poll

Best TV Shows of 2021 Variety: Caroline Framke

Best TV Shows of 2021 Variety: Daniel D’Addario

Best Shows That Ended in 2021 New York Times: Margaret Lyons

Best TV Shows of 2021 New York Times: James Poniewozik

The 10 Best TV Shows of 2021 Time: Judy Berman

The Best TV Shows of 2021 Complex

The 30 Best TV Shows of 2021 Paste

The 14 Best TV Shows of 2021 Vanity Fair: Sonia Saraiya

The 10 Best TV Shows of 2021 Esquire: Justin Kirkland

Best TV of 2021 Decider

The Best TV Shows of 2021 IndieWire: Ben Travers

The 10 Best Shows of 2021 The Root

The 19 Best TV Shows of 2021 Vogue

The 15 Best TV Shows of 2020 USA Today: Kelly Lawler

Best TV of 2020 Fresh Air: David Bianculli

Best TV of 2020 Washington Post: Hank Stuever

The Best TV Shows of 2020 Shondaland: Maggie Fremont

The Best TV Shows of 2020 ScreenCrush: LaToya Ferguson

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