The best TV of 2021: The ballots
Here are the ballots submitted by the 15 critics who determined The A.V. Club’s best TV shows of the past year

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The A.V. Club’s list of 2021’s best TV shows was determined by a voting body made up of staffers and contributors, who each submitted a ranked ballot of their top 15 shows of the year. Each of those ballots, ranked from best to still pretty great, can be found below.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.
1. 2. 3. 4. Succession 5. 6. 7. 8. For All Mankind 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. Only Murders In The Building
1. Succession2. Only Murders In The Building3. The Other Two4. 5. 6. Hacks7. 8. Woodstock 999. 10. WandaVision11. 12. 13. 14. 15.
1. Succession2. 3. Reservation Dogs4. We Are Lady Parts5. Ziwe6. Insecure7. 8. What We Do In The Shadows9. 10. 11. 12. Sex Education13. Hacks14. Flatbush Misdemeanors15. Only Murders In The Building
1. Succession2. Mare Of Easttown3. The Underground Railroad4. WandaVision5. Hacks6. Bluey7. Never Have I Ever8. 9. The White Lotus10. 11. Only Murders In The Building12. Mythic Quest13. Squid Game14. Reservation Dogs15. Watch The Sound With Mark Ronson
1. The Underground Railroad2. What We Do In The Shadows3. The Other Two4. I Think You Should Leave With Tim Robinson5. 6. WandaVision7. Love Life8. Succession9. 10. Squid Game11. Only Murders In The Building12. Yellowjackets13. 14. LuLaRich15.
1. 2. 3. Only Murders In The Building4. 5. The Underground Railroad6. 7. What We Do In The Shadows8. Sonny Boy9. Real Housewives Of Salt Lake City10. Mythic Quest11. I Think You Should Leave With Tim Robinson12. The Lady And The Dale13. 14. Succession15.
1. The White Lotus2. Hacks3. 4. Succession5. The Real Housewives Of Salt Lake City6. Mare Of Easttown7. Schmigadoon!8. 9. Cruel Summer10. 11. Only Murders In The Building12. Last Chance U: Basketball13. 14. Insecure15. LuLaRich
1. 2. Reservation Dogs3. Succession4. 5. Only Murders In The Building6. Squid Game7. Mare Of Easttown8. The White Lotus9. I Think You Should Leave With Tim Robinson10. WandaVision11. 12. 13. Chucky14. 15.
1. For All Mankind2. The Other Two3. Only Murders In The Building4. 5. Reservation Dogs6. 7. Hacks8. Starstruck9. Mare Of Easttown10. Maid11. WandaVision12. 13. Everything’s Gonna Be Okay14. Ted Lasso15. It’s A Sin
1. The Underground Railroad2. Only Murders In The Building3. Squid Game4. Succession5. Starstruck6. Hacks7. WandaVision8. Insecure9. We Are Lady Parts10. Pose11. City Of Ghosts12. Dickinson13. Centaurworld14. The Baby-Sitters Club15. The Challenge: All Stars
1. For All Mankind2. Mare Of Easttown3. Reservation Dogs4. Girls5eva5. Maid6. Pose7. The Underground Railroad8. 9. What We Do In The Shadows10. We Are Lady Parts11. The White Lotus12. Succession13. The Good Fight14. Mythic Quest15. Young Sheldon
1. Dickinson2. The Underground Railroad3. Reservation Dogs4. Only Murders In The Building5. It’s A Sin6. Mare Of Easttown7. Pose8. Squid Game9. Succession10. WandaVision11. 12. The Other Two13. Starstruck14. 15. Good Trouble
1. What We Do In The Shadows2. Yellowjackets3. Only Murders In The Building4. Ranking Of Kings5. Megalobox 2: Nomad6. The Other Two7. High On The Hog: How African American Cuisine Changed America8. JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean9. 10. Lupin11. Girls5eva12. Search Party13. Invincible14. Doom Patrol15. Thunderbolt Fantasy
1. The Underground Railroad2. Hacks3. Dickinson4. Love Life5. We Are Lady Parts6. Starstruck7. 8. What We Do in the Shadows9. I Think You Should Leave With Tim Robinson10. Mythic Quest11. Girls 5eva12. For All Mankind13. Lupin14. 15. It’s A Sin
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