The best TV of 2021: The ballots

Graphic: Allison Corr

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.

2 / 17

Danette Chavez

Thuso Mbedu in The Underground Railroad — Thuso Mbedu in *The Underground Railroad*

1. The Underground Railroad
2. Reservation Dogs
3. Dickinson
4. For All Mankind
5. What We Do In The Shadows
6. Hacks
7. Only Murders In The Building
8. Yellowjackets
9. High On The Hog: How African American Cuisine Changed America
10. Succession
11. Pose
12. Squid Game
13. Insecure
14. Blindspotting
15. A Black Lady Sketch Show

3 / 17

Saloni Gajjar

Sarah Kameela Impey, Juliette Motamed, Anjana Vasan in We Are Lady Parts — Sarah Kameela Impey, Juliette Motamed, Anjana Vasan in *We Are Lady Parts*

1. We Are Lady Parts
2. Maid
3. Mare Of Easttown
4. Succession
5. WandaVision
6. The Baby-Sitters Club
7. Never Have I Ever
8. For All Mankind
9. Superstore
10. Pen15
11. Ted Lasso
12. Sex Education
13. The Great
14. The Other Two
15. Only Murders In The Building

4 / 17

Gwen Ihnat

Brian Cox and Jeremy Strong in Succession — Brian Cox and Jeremy Strong in *Succession*

1. Succession
2. Only Murders In The Building
3. The Other Two
4. The White Lotus
5. LuLaRich
6. Hacks
7. Adventure Time: Distant Lands
8. Woodstock 99
9. Mare of Easttown
10. WandaVision
11. Schmigadoon!
12. Allen V. Farrow
13. Saturday Night Live
14. Shrill
15. The Beatles: Get Back

5 / 17

Baraka Kaseko

Rob McElhenney and Charlotte Nicdao in Mythic Quest

1. Succession
2. Mythic Quest
3. Reservation Dogs
4. We Are Lady Parts
5. Ziwe
6. Insecure
7. I Think You Should Leave With Tim Robinson
8. What We Do In The Shadows
9. South Side
10. Invincible
11. Love Life
12. Sex Education
13. Hacks
14. Flatbush Misdemeanors
15. Only Murders In The Building

6 / 17

Alex McLevy

Kate Winslet in Mare Of Easttown — Kate Winslet in *Mare Of Easttown*

1. Succession
2. Mare Of Easttown
3. The Underground Railroad
4. WandaVision
5. Hacks
6. Bluey
7. Never Have I Ever
8. Joe Pera Talks With You
9. The White Lotus
10. Loki
11. Only Murders In The Building
12. Mythic Quest
13. Squid Game
14. Reservation Dogs
15. Watch The Sound With Mark Ronson

7 / 17

Joshua Alston

Drew Tarver and Heléne York in The Other Two — Drew Tarver and Heléne York in *The Other Two*

1. The Underground Railroad
2. What We Do In The Shadows
3. The Other Two
4. I Think You Should Leave With Tim Robinson
5. Cruel Summer
6. WandaVision
7. Love Life
8. Succession
9. Exterminate All The Brutes
10. Squid Game
11. Only Murders In The Building
12. Yellowjackets
13. RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 6
14. LuLaRich
15. Dr. Death

8 / 17

Juan Barquin

Katja Herbers, Mike Colter, Aasif Mandvi in Evil — Katja Herbers, Mike Colter, Aasif Mandvi in *Evil*

1. Evil
2. Girls5Eva
3. Only Murders In The Building
4. The Good Fight
5. The Underground Railroad
6. Chucky
7. What We Do In The Shadows
8. Sonny Boy
9. Real Housewives Of Salt Lake City
10. Mythic Quest
11. I Think You Should Leave With Tim Robinson
12. The Lady And The Dale
13. Star Wars Visions
14. Succession
15. Lisey’s Story

9 / 17

Ines Bellina

Sydney Sweeney, Brittany O’Grady, Alexandra Daddario in The White Lotus — Sydney Sweeney, Brittany O’Grady, Alexandra Daddario in *The White Lotus*

1. The White Lotus
2. Hacks
3. Impeachment: American Crime Story
4. Succession
5. The Real Housewives Of Salt Lake City
6. Mare Of Easttown
7. Schmigadoon!
8. It’s A Sin
9. Cruel Summer
10. The Handmaid’s Tale
11. Only Murders In The Building
12. Last Chance U: Basketball
13. The Chair
14. Insecure
15. LuLaRich

10 / 17

Jarrod Jones

Hamish Linklater in Midnight Mass — Hamish Linklater in *Midnight Mass*

1. Midnight Mass
2. Reservation Dogs
3. Succession
4. Pretend It’s A City
5. Only Murders In The Building
6. Squid Game
7. Mare Of Easttown
8. The White Lotus
9. I Think You Should Leave With Tim Robinson
10. WandaVision
11. Stargirl
12. Superman & Lois
13. Chucky
14. Doom Patrol
15. Star Wars: The Bad Batch

11 / 17

Myles McNutt

Joel Kinnaman in For All Mankind — Joel Kinnaman in *For All Mankind*

1. For All Mankind
2. The Other Two
3. Only Murders In The Building
4. Bo Burnham: Inside
5. Reservation Dogs
6. How To With John Wilson
7. Hacks
8. Starstruck
9. Mare Of Easttown
10. Maid
11. WandaVision
12. Ghosts
13. Everything’s Gonna Be Okay
14. Ted Lasso
15. It’s A Sin

12 / 17

Shannon Miller

Martin Short in Only Murders In The Building — Martin Short in *Only Murders In The Building*

1. The Underground Railroad
2. Only Murders In The Building
3. Squid Game
4. Succession
5. Starstruck
6. Hacks
7. WandaVision
8. Insecure
9. We Are Lady Parts
10. Pose
11. City Of Ghosts
12. Dickinson
13. Centaurworld
14. The Baby-Sitters Club
15. The Challenge: All Stars

13 / 17

Noel Murray

Paulina Alexis, Lane Factor, D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai, Devery Jacobs in Reservation Dogs — Paulina Alexis, Lane Factor, D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai, Devery Jacobs in *Reservation Dogs*

1. For All Mankind
2. Mare Of Easttown
3. Reservation Dogs
4. Girls5eva
5. Maid
6. Pose
7. The Underground Railroad
8. Hawkeye
9. What We Do In The Shadows
10. We Are Lady Parts
11. The White Lotus
12. Succession
13. The Good Fight
14. Mythic Quest
15. Young Sheldon

14 / 17

Caroline Siede

Hailee Steinfeld and Ella Hunt in Dickinson — Hailee Steinfeld and Ella Hunt in *Dickinson*

1. Dickinson
2. The Underground Railroad
3. Reservation Dogs
4. Only Murders In The Building
5. It’s A Sin
6. Mare Of Easttown
7. Pose
8. Squid Game
9. Succession
10. WandaVision
11. Search Party
12. The Other Two
13. Starstruck
14. Rutherford Falls
15. Good Trouble

15 / 17

Eric Thurm

Harvey Guillén and Kayvan Novak in What We Do In The Shadows — Harvey Guillén and Kayvan Novak in *What We Do In The Shadows*

1. What We Do In The Shadows
2. Yellowjackets
3. Only Murders In The Building
4. Ranking Of Kings
5. Megalobox 2: Nomad
6. The Other Two
7. High On The Hog: How African American Cuisine Changed America
8. JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean
9. Kevin Can F**K Himself
10. Lupin
11. Girls5eva
12. Search Party
13. Invincible
14. Doom Patrol
15. Thunderbolt Fantasy

16 / 17

Lisa Weidenfeld

Hannah Einbinder and Jean Smart in Hacks — Hannah Einbinder and Jean Smart in *Hacks*

1. The Underground Railroad
2. Hacks
3. Dickinson
4. Love Life
5. We Are Lady Parts
6. Starstruck
7. Feel Good
8. What We Do in the Shadows
9. I Think You Should Leave With Tim Robinson
10. Mythic Quest
11. Girls 5eva
12. For All Mankind
13. Lupin
14. Shadow And Bone
15. It’s A Sin

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

Danette Chavez

Danette Chavez

Saloni Gajjar

Saloni Gajjar

Gwen Ihnat

Gwen Ihnat

Baraka Kaseko

Baraka Kaseko

Alex McLevy

Alex McLevy

Joshua Alston

Joshua Alston

Juan Barquin

Juan Barquin

Ines Bellina

Ines Bellina

Jarrod Jones

Jarrod Jones

Myles McNutt

Myles McNutt

Shannon Miller

Shannon Miller

Noel Murray

Noel Murray

Caroline Siede

Caroline Siede

Eric Thurm

Eric Thurm

Lisa Weidenfeld

Lisa Weidenfeld