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

By Danette Chavez, Saloni Gajjar, Gwen Ihnat, Baraka Kaseko, Alex McLevy, Joshua Alston, Juan Barquin, Jarrod Jones, Myles McNutt, Noel Murray, Caroline Siede, Eric Thurm, Lisa Weidenfeld, Ines Bellina | December 22, 2021 | 6:00am

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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.

Danette Chavez

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.

Saloni Gajjar

1. 2. 3. 4. Succession 5. 6. 7. 8. For All Mankind 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. Only Murders In The Building

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Gwen Ihnat

1. Succession2. Only Murders In The Building3. The Other Two4. 5. 6. Hacks7. 8. Woodstock 999. 10. WandaVision11. 12. 13. 14. 15.

Baraka Kaseko

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

Alex McLevy

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

Joshua Alston

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.

Juan Barquin

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.

Ines Bellina

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

Jarrod Jones

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.

Myles McNutt

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

Shannon Miller

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

Noel Murray

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

Caroline Siede

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

Eric Thurm

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

Lisa Weidenfeld

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