ILX’s Top 77 Television and Streaming Video Series of 2021

Late pass.
Jumping directly into this rather than waiting to release it a full year late.

will try to drop a few of these a day over the next few weeks.

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#77 - Them s1 (Amazon) - 15 points, 1 vote, 1 top 5 vote, 1 #1 vote

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WL3Jz8fDgFI

Them on Amazon

Metacritic

”Pure Degradation Porn”

Woooo yes forks

Yes! Thanks!

http://i.imgur.com/6ydlL0C.jpeg
#76 -Dickinson s2/3 (Apple) - 15 points, 2 votes, 1 top 5 vote

https//www.youtube.com/watch?v=361Rql5FfCY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLroeg_CTVw

Dickinson on Apple

Metacritic

”This is all interesting to a point”

http://i.imgur.com/i2D2UqZ.jpeg
TIE: #73 - The Wheel of Time s1 (Amazon) - 15 points, 3 votes

who in this bitch reads robert jordan? -- The Wheel of Time thread

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11ZozKfRqvA

The Wheel of Time on Amazon

Metacritic

”Far from just another tired yarn of ogres and goblins.”

http://i.imgur.com/pTlQajO.jpeg
TIE: #73 - Mr Inbetween s3 (FX) - 15 points, 3 votes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0JlSZrXbN0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbbyKTZ5UU8

Mr Inbetween on Hulu

Metacritic

Final Scene of the Series: “The Smile”

never even heard of this but seems like something i would like

So far haven't seen any of these, but that's probably to be expected

only seen first 2 series of mr inbetween. liked them.

http://i.imgur.com/GARldWp.jpeg
TIE: #73 - Action Button (YouTube) - 15 points, 3 votes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnBKX_vdYQI

thread of tim rogers content (do not read if you hate tim rogers)

Action Button on YouTube

Reddit

I was one of thr Mr Inbetween votes. It is SO AUSTRALIAN. Dry and funny and brutal and inscrutable and Scott Ryan is a national treasure.

If you like crime shows with a wry aussie bent you'll love it.

Yeah, Mr Inbetween is great. I can only assume it placed so low because people just don't know about it.

Yeah I was another vote for it. Very good show, more people should watch it

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#72 - videogamedunkey (YouTube) - 15 points, 3 votes

game-related lolz of some fashion

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-cp5TEid5o

videogamedunkey on YouTube

Reddit

I voted for Mr Inbetween as well. Spottie, you should watch it. It's great.

queued up.

tried to watch mr inbetween but bailed after 10 mins, wasn't in the mood for that kind of horrible character!

Same. Does it get more tolerable? I don’t need him to become more humanised just less annoying

If by more humanised you mean less violent and psychotic then that's exactly what I need! (Well I don't need it, then it would be a different show. I just need to not watch this one.)

I didn't ever find his character annoying. the show stays pretty violent, psychotic, and grim throughout. I do think the show gets a little funnier towards the end of season 1 though

great choice for #1

If by more humanised you mean less violent and psychotic then that's exactly what I need!

This is definitely not the show for you, so.

Yeah, obviously quite violent but it definitely turns into more of a comedy as it develops xps

mr inbetween gets more complex and more sympathetic, but he's undeniably among the most horrible human beings on television.

http://i.imgur.com/oz0c3zR.jpeg
#71 - The Great, s2 Hulu - 16 points, 2 votes, 1 top 5 vote

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1uFan_KgBw

The Great on Hulu

Metacritic

”There’s excess, excess everywhere, and it’s incredible that something so flowery and deliberately overwrought could also feel almost fragile.”

huzzah!

sign of peak tv that I've only heard of two of the shows so far?

I hated the first season of this so never bothered with the second. Still, first thing on the countdown that I’ve even heard of, so huzzah indeed!

https://i.imgur.com/0zcNufx.jpeg
#70 - The Dog House, s2 (Channel 4/HBO) - 16 points, 2 votes, 1 top 5 vote, 1 #1 vote

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBN31LoZ2MI

The Dog House on HBO
The Dog House on Channel 4

Metacritic

A reliable tearjerker of a show. People who need something from a dog are matched with dogs who need something from a person. My only criticism of it is that dogs are often rejected because they don't show enough affection or interest on the first meeting, which seems a bit mean to me.

i'm remiss in not noting that Moka, as always, provided the great images.

The Great is great, probably top 5 current shows for me.

https://i.imgur.com/6t2MRtG.jpeg
#69 - Pretend It’s A City, s1 (Netflix) - 16 points, 4 votes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MClMxqD-HNA

Pretend It’s a City on Netflix

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKHZaCtQj68

Metacritic

”As carefully commodified a part of New York life as buying a CBGB t-shirt”

I made it one ep into that

https://i.imgur.com/Nq0mFXl.jpeg
TIE: #66 - Money Heist, s5 (Netflix) - 18 points, 2 votes, 1 top 5 vote

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ncLy2tHEwg

Money Heist on Netflix

Metacritic

I hated Pretend It’s a City.

I'm pretty certain I voted for Pretend It's a City, but either way I thought it was a blast. Definitely a love-or-hate thing depending on your feelings/tolerance for the subject, though.

Also, it inspired this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOr2Z-6Kibc

The Great is great, probably top 5 current shows for me.

Money Heist is so money

I love heist movies/TV and I often love things ridiculous and over-the-top but I think I lasted three episodes into S1 of Money Heist before it became too much

https://i.imgur.com/XetuaTj.jpeg
TIE: #66 - Insecure, s5 (HBO) - 18 points, 2 votes, 1 top 5 vote

Issa Rae's "Insecure" HBO show

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTAuOgD_shw

Insecure on HBO

”Most indelible when walking the emotional warren of its female friendships.”

I enjoyed Pretend It's A City but then went to see her live and at one point she compared the Oscar slap to the invasion of Ukraine.

Huge Fran fan but I also couldn't get through Pretend. I mean the whole THING of Fran Lebowitz is "she has such exacting standards that you only get her in very small doses," and the show is kind of the opposite of that. I don't WANT to see her off-stage and in casual conversation, where she's kind of an ordinary fairly funny person instead of the transcendently hilarious entity you get when you restrict to the very best material. They should have taped her for 1000 hours and made a 20-minute special out of it, that would have been in the right spirit.

The friendship of Issa and Molly was maybe one of the all-time peaks of TV for me

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TIE: #66 - 100 Foot Wave, s1 (HBO) - 18 points, 2 votes, 1 top 5 vote

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znCNT-9k_Ws

100 Foot Wave on HBO

Metacritic

https://i.imgur.com/XqWvu9N.jpeg
#65 - Maid, s1 (Netflix) - 18 points, 2 votes, 1 top 5 vote

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLd0dN25i5g

Maid on Netflix

Metacritic

maid was really good!

https://i.imgur.com/MMIDQ4u.jpeg
TIE: #62 - Unforgotten, s4 (ITV, PBS, Amazon) - 18 points, 3 votes, 1 top 5 votes - Top ITV

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPt6yO0bhW4

Unforgotten on Amazon
Unforgotten on PBS
Unforgotten on ITV

Metacritic

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TIE: #62 - Desus and Mero, s4 (Showtime) - 18 points, 3 votes, 1 top 5 votes, RIP

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nbToheG3zY

Desus and Mero on Showtime

Metacritic

The Brand Timeline

Idk I think White Lotus is pretty great, given other tv shows.

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#2 - Joe Pera Talks With You, s3 (Adult Swim, HBO, Apple, Channel 4) - 158 points, 14 votes, 11 top 5 votes, 1 #1 vote - Top Adult Swim, Top Comedy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QZvEgMVyo0

Joe Pera Talks With You on HBO
Joe Pera Talks With You on Apple
Joe Pera Talks With You on Channel 4

Metacritic

RIP JPTWY

and it wasn't even a little close:

https://i.imgur.com/jlU5n0a.jpeg
#1 - Succession, s3 (HBO) - 296 points, 24 votes, 19 top 5 votes, 9 #1 votes - Most Points, Most Votes, Top HBO, Top Drama

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kevqiiYNFrc

Succession on HBO

Metacritic

Here's the voter's list of shows that were "new and notable to me in 2021 but not from 2021": Schitt's Creek, Champaign III, Review - Comedy Central, Dog Bites Man - Comedy Central, I'm Sorry - truTV, Party Down - Starz, Broad City - Comedy Central, Halt & Catch Fire s1-4, Doom Patrol S1, For All Mankind , S1, Bonding s1 - Netflix, Mr. Robot, Friday Night Lights, Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown, The Larry Sanders Show, I May Destroy You, Broadchurch, No Offence S1-3 (Channel 4 / Disney Plus), Giri/Haji S1 (BBC/Netflix), Industry S1 (BBC/HBO), The Other Two S1 (Comedy Central), On Becoming A God In Central Florida S1 (Showtime)

Here’s the stats:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1gLmtHxtqbOvw3lFs5SjpXwyKKbKaF5uO1kv9n3dX0eA

Here’s Moka’s images (thanks again Moka!)
https://imgur.com/a/Nc1EOq3

Here’s the full list:

#77 - Them s1 (Amazon) - 15 points, 1 vote, 1 top 5 vote, 1 #1 vote
#76 - Dickinson s2/3 (Apple) - 15 points, 2 votes, 1 top 5 vote
TIE: #73 - The Wheel of Time s1 (Amazon) - 15 points, 3 votes
TIE: #73 - Mr Inbetween s3 (FX) - 15 points, 3 votes
TIE: #73 - Action Button (YouTube) - 15 points, 3 votes
#72 - videogamedunkey (YouTube) - 15 points, 3 votes
#71 - The Great, s2 Hulu - 16 points, 2 votes, 1 top 5 vote
#70 - The Dog House, s2 (Channel 4/HBO) - 16 points, 2 votes, 1 top 5 vote, 1 #1 vote
#69 - Pretend It’s A City, s1 (Netflix) - 16 points, 4 votes
TIE: #66 - Money Heist, s5 (Netflix) - 18 points, 2 votes, 1 top 5 vote
TIE: #66 - Insecure, s5 (HBO) - 18 points, 2 votes, 1 top 5 vote
TIE: #66 - 100 Foot Wave, s1 (HBO) - 18 points, 2 votes, 1 top 5 vote
#65 - Maid, s1 (Netflix) - 18 points, 2 votes, 1 top 5 vote
TIE: #62 - Unforgotten, s4 (ITV, PBS, Amazon) - 18 points, 3 votes, 1 top 5 votes - Top ITV
TIE: #62 - Desus and Mero, s4 (Showtime) - 18 points, 3 votes, 1 top 5 votes
TIE: #62 -1971, s1 (Apple) - 18 points, 3 votes, 1 top 5 votes
TIE: #60 - MacGruber, s1 (Peacock) - 19 points, 4 votes, 1 top 5 vote, #1 votes
TIE: #60 - Jeopardy, s∞ (Syndicated) - 19 points, 4 votes, 1 top 5 vote, #1 votes
#59 - Strictly Come Dancing, s19 (BBC1) - 20 points, 2 votes, 1 top 5 vote
#58 - Starstruck, s1 (BBC3, HBO) - 20 points, 4 votes, 1 top 5 vote
#57 - Shadow and Bone, s1 (Netflix) - 20 points, 5 votes
#56 - North Water, s1 (AMC) - 21 points, 3 votes, 1 top 5 vote
TIE: #54 - McCartney 3-2-1, s1 (Hulu) - 21 points, 4 votes, 1 top 5 vote
TIE: #54 - American Crime Story: Impeachment, s1 (FX) - 21 points, 4 votes, 1 top 5 vote
#53 - Kevin Can Fuck Himself, s1 (AMC) - 21 points, 4 votes, 1 top 5 vote, 1 #1 vote - Top AMC
TIE: #51 - Staged, s2 (BBC1) - 23 points, 3 votes, 1 top 5 vote
TIE: #51 - Evil, s2 (Paramount) - 23 points, 3 votes, 1 top 5 vote - Top Paramount
#50 - Foundation, s1 (Apple) - 23 points, 3 votes, 1 top 5 vote, 1 #1 vote
#49 - This Time with Alan Partridge, s2 (BBC1, Britbox) - 24 points, 4 votes, 2 top 5 votes
#48 - Never Have I Ever, s2 (Netflix) - 24 points, 7 votes
#47 - Hawkeye, s1 (Disney) - 26 points, 7 votes
#46 - Curb Your Enthusiasm, s11 (HBO) - 27 points, 6 votes
#45 - Bluey, s3 (BBC, Disney) - 30 points, 2 votes, 2 top 5 votes, 2 #1 votes
#44 - Ghosts (UK), s3 (BBC1, HBO) - 30 points, 4 votes, 2 top 5 votes
#43 - Last Week Tonight, s8 (HBO) - 30 points, 6 votes, 1 top 5 vote
#42 - Inside No. 9, s6 (BBC, Britbox) - 31 points, 5 votes, 1 top 5 vote
#41 - Mythic Quest, s2 (Apple) - 32 points, 5 votes, 2 top 5 votes
#40 - The Chair, s1 (Netflix) - 34 points, 6 votes, 1 top 5 vote
#39 - This Way Up, s2 (Channel 4, Hulu) - 36 points, 4 votes, 2 top 5 votes
#38 - Stath Lets Flats, s3 (Channel 4, HBO, Apple) - 37 points, 5 votes, 2 top 5 votes, 1 #1 votes
#37 - The Great Pottery Throw Down, s4 (BBC2, HBO) - 37 points, 6 votes, 2 top 5 votes
#36 - Girls5eva, s1 (Peacock) - 37 points, 6 votes, 1 top 5 vote, 1 #1 vote
#35 - Invincible, s1 (Amazon) - 38 points, 1 votes, 2 top 5 votes
#34 - Worzel Gummidge, s2 (BBC, No US distributor?) - 38 points, 5 votes, 2 top 5 votes, 1 #1 vote - Top Children’s Programming
#33 - Hacks, s1 (HBO) - 38 points, 8 votes, 1 top 5 vote
#31 - Only Connect, s17 (BBC2) - 41 points, 6 votes, 2 top 5 votes - Top Game Show
#30 - Lupin, s1/2 (Netflix) - 41 points, 8 votes, 2 top 5 votes
#29 - Line of Duty, s6 (BBC, Amazon) - 47 points, 8 votes, 1 top 5 vote
#28 - We Are Lady Parts, s1 (Channel 4, Peacock) - 50 points, 8 votes, 2 top 5 votes - Top Peacock
#27 - Yellowjackets, s1 (Showtime) - 52 points, 8 votes, 2 top 5 votes - Top Showtime
#26 - Loki, s1 (Disney) - 56 points, 10 votes, 1 top 5 vote
#25 - Can’t Get You Out of My Head, s1 (BBC) - 58 points, 9 votes, 2 top 5 votes, 2 #1 votes - Top BBC Exclusive
#24 - Sex Education, s3 (Netflix) - 58 points, 11 votes, 1 top 5 vote
#23 - Channel 5 (YouTube) - 64 points, 11 votes, 2 top 5 votes - Top YouTube
#22 - For All Mankind, s2 (Apple) - 69 points, 8 votes, 5 top 5 votes
#21 - On Cinema at the Cinema, s12 (HEI) - 70 points, 6 votes, 5 top 5 vote2, 1 #1 vote - Top Non-Network Streaming Show
#20 - The Other Two, s2 (Comedy Central/HBO) - 71 points, 8 votes, 4 top 5 votes, 2 #1 votes
#19 - Station Eleven, s1 (HBO) - 72 points, 11 votes, 2 top 5 votes, 1 #1 vote
#18 - The Great British Bake Off, s12 (Netflix/Channel 4) - 75 points, 10 votes, 3 top 5 votes - Top Reality Show
#17 - Midnight Mass, s1 (Netflix) - 83 points, 8 votes, 5 top 5 votes, 3 #1 votes - Top Horror
#16 - PEN15, s2 part 2 (Hulu) - 84 points, 10 votes, 3 top 5 votes
#15 - Wandavision, s1 (Disney) - 101 points, 13 votes, 6 top 5 votes, 1 #1 vote - Top Disney, Top Superhero
#14 - The Expanse, s5/s6 (Amazon) - 102 points, 11 votes, 6 top 5 votes, 1 #1 votes - Top Amazon, Top Sci-Fi
#13 - What We Do In the Shadows, s3 (Hulu, FX) - 115 points, 18 votes, 3 top 5 votes, 1 #1 votes
#12 - Ted Lasso, s2 (Apple) - 116 points, 16 votes, 6 top 5 votes, 1 #1 vote
#11 - Only Murders in the Building, s1 (Hulu) - 119 points, 17 votes, 5 top 5 votes - Top Hulu
#10 - Squid Game, s1 (Netflix) - 120 points, 17 votes, 4 top 5 votes
#9 - It’s A Sin, s1 (HBO, Channel 4) - 121 points, 12 votes, 7 top 5 votes, 3 #1 votes - Top Channel 4
#8 - Reservation Dogs, s1 (FX/Hulu) - 136 points, 17 votes, 8 top 5 votes, 1 #1 vote - Top FX
#7 - How To with John Wilson, s2 (HBO) - 138 points, 16 votes, 9 top 5 votes, 1 #1 vote
#6 - Mare of Easttown, s1 (HBO) - 148 points, 18 votes, 9 top 5 votes
#5 - The Beatles: Get Back, s1 (Disney) - 150 points, 15 votes, 9 top 5 votes, 4 #1 votes - Top Apple, Top Documentary
#4 - I Think You Should Leave, s2 (Netflix) - 150 points, 21 votes, 6 top 5 votes, 2 #1 votes - Top Netflix
#3 - The White Lotus, s1 (HBO) - 151 points, 18 votes, 8 top 5 votes
#2 - Joe Pera Talks With You, s3 (Adult Swim, HBO, Apple, Channel 4) - 158 points, 14 votes, 11 top 5 votes, 1 #1 vote - Top Adult Swim, Top Comedy
#1 - Succession, s3 (HBO) - 296 points, 24 votes, 19 top 5 votes, 9 #1 votes - Most Points, Most Votes, Top HBO, Top Drama

Never heard of Joe Pera Talks With You. I need to stay in more.

Fun poll and worth the wait.

Looking forward to participating in the next one - this was fun.

Here are the pertinent ILX threads for some of the top 20 shows:

Station Eleven, By Emily St. John Mandel, a Standalone ILB Thread
On Your Marks, Get Set, Baaaaake! A Thread for Great British Baking Show / Bake Off & all of its sundry delights
Is anybody else watching The Expanse?
What We Do in the Shadows (TV) main character POLL
Thread Where We Call Each Other Shitass & Proclaim Our Love For RESERVATION DOGS
How To with John Wilson
i think you should leave with tim robinson
i think you should leave with tim robinson: sketch poll
“Sorry That Chaise Is Taken. But You’re A Very Pretty Man”: A Thread for White Lotus on HBOMax
Joe Pera Talks with You
HBO's Succession - Season 2 and Beyond

Aw, shoot, was hoping for Joe Pera to pull off the upset. Succession can gtfo

FUCK OFF! /Brian Cox voice

i hadn't watched John Wilson when I voted, otherwise that would've been higher. or I Think You Should Leave.

I was thinking either that I hadn't seen a lot of recent TV (because most of the shows featured itt were completely unknown to me) or that I just watch mostly bad TV (which isn't out of the question) but I'm surprised to realize that I've seen quite a few of the top 20 and mostly agree with their placement.

Joe Pera Talks With You is a very very special show which everyone should watch (even though I've stupidly only seen the first season still).

The first time I started watching I Think You Should Leave I was all like 'I'm not sure I get this or whether it's even for me' and didn't actually get very far. And then I tried again and got through it all and thought it was decently funny. And then I would occasionally laugh in hindsight thinking about some element or another. And then I watched it again and thought it was very funny. And then I started watching it again recently and was like almost doubled over laughing at it. It's a grower that improves with exposure and may pose a bit of a demand for viewers who aren't immediately on its wavelength but ultimately proves to have more staying power and rewatchability than almost any sketch show outside of like Kids in the Hall, is what I'm saying.

Wow, #1 is literally the only one of these I've seen LOL

It's a show I love to hate. There is literally not one sympathetic character in the entire show. I wish them all to come to bad ends.

I saw season 2 and 3 of Joe Pera in an audience this year, one night per season, bookended by conversation/talkback with Joe and crew. It really reinforced my sense that this is gonna be television people will be revisiting decades from now.

Guess I should give I Think You Should Leave another chance. First ep was rough, with only the IG brunch captions sketch getting any laffs

i loved the third season of joe pera, really hope it can find another home. if not, i'll follow mr. pera to the ends of his tomato patch. or the earth

Wasnt expecting that top 5, thought Ted Lasso would be higher!

Missing shows I'm suprised by:
Rick & Morty
Brooklyn 99
Dopesick
The Witcher

hey forks, great poll and rollout! i didn't vote for the same reason i don't vote in the music polls - i don't follow much of the new stuff, and when i do, it's often an ilx recommendation, so i kind of tip the scales toward what's already hive mind. boring!

BUT - thank you as always for compiling these results and giving semi-lurkers like me a nice list of cool stuff to check out in the near future <3

i would have been a #1 vote for on cinema. i'm not sure about the voting rules, but in an alternate universe that is almost identical to ours except that i voted in this poll, you can add that number of #1 vote points to it

My ballot:

1-5 [preferential order]

The Other Two s2 - Comedy Central/HBO
Insecure - s5 - HBO
PEN15 s2 pt 2- Hulu
How To with John Wilson s2 - HBO
Joe Pera Talks With You s3 - Adult Swim

6-10 [alphabetical]

Can't Get You Out of my Head s1 - BBC
Desus and Mero s3 - Showtime
Exterminate All the Brutes s1 - HBO
UNHHhhh s6 - Wow Presents Plus
White Lotus s1 - HBO

Here's everything with 15 points or less... lots of these had more than one vote!

Handmaid's Tale S4
Hunt For A Killer s1
Call My Agent s2/3
Brooklyn Nine Nine s8
Great British Sewing Bee s7
Q: Into the Storm
RuPaul's Drag Race UK s2 and s3
Ryukahr
Vigil s1
Chad s1
Jo Firestone's Good Timing
Sex Lives of College Girls s1
Dug Days s1
Exterminate All the Brutes s1
Hospital Playlist s2
Mortimer and Whitehouse: Gone Fishing s4
Office Hours Live
Pose s3
Sort Your Life Out s1
Veritasium
Work in Progress s2
Ziwe s1
Blown Away s2
Arcane s1
Made for Love s1
Midsomer Murders s22
Painting with John s1
Pui Pui Molcar s1
Star Trek: Lower Decks s2
Vic Berger and Vice News: Filling the Void
Bosch s7
Dopesick s1
Falcon and the Winter Soldier s1
Landscapers
This is Pop s1
University Challenge s51
Witcher s2
Around the World in 80 Days s1
Beyond Evil s1
Brand New Cherry Flavor s1
Defunctland
House Through Time s4
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia s15
Outlaws s1
Schmigadoon s1
South Side s2
UNHHhhh s6
Wellington Paranormal s3
Y the Last Man s1
And Just Like That s1
Bizarre Beasts
Bonding s1
Crime Scene: Times Square Killer
Dexter: New Blood s1
Flack s2
Genera+ion s1
Generation Hustle s1
Geowizard Missions
Guerra de Vecinos s1
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Lockpicking Lawyer
Masked Singer UK s3
Matt McMuscles's Wha Happun?
Murders at Starved Rock
outsidexbox
Physical s1
Repair Shop s7
Scenes From A Marriage s1
Showtrial
Technology Connections
What If? s1
Handmade: Britain's Best Woodworker s1
Rick and Morty s5
Animal Wonders Montana
Back to Life s2
Big Mouth s5
Bloodlands s1
Blown Away: Christmas
Dear White People s4
F is for Family s5
Fatma s1
Graham Norton Show
Hellbound s1
Inside Job s1
It's Okay to Be Smart
Letterkenny s10
Love Is Blind: Brazil s1
Love Life s2
Mosquito Coast s1
Motherland s3
Murder Among the Mormons s1
No Dunks
Pause with Sam Jay s1
Playstation Access
Project Runway s19
Raincoat Killer: Chasing a Predator in Korea
Real World Homecoming: New York
Resident Alien s1
Serpent, The
Shaturday Morning Cartoons
Snackmasters s4
Time s1
Trying s2
VCR Party Live!
Couples Therapy s2
Doom Patrol s3
Heels s1
Law and Order: Organized Crime
Lego Masters s2
Pit Stop
Sons of Sam: Descent into Darkness
Star Trek: Discovery
Superstore s6
Sweet Home s1
Sweet Tooth s1
Tiger King s2
Why Are You Like This? s1

LOL a heap of those were my write ins. I'm ok with being a L&O saddo.

1. It's A Sin s1 - Channel 4
2. Only Murders In The Building s1 - Hulu
3. White Lotus s1 - HBO
4. Mare of Easttown s1 - HBO
5. Ted Lasso s2 - Apple
6. Physical s1 - Apple
7. Work in Progress s2 - Showtime
8. Sex Lives of College Girls s1 - HBO
9. Curb Your Enthusiasm - s11 HBO
10. Pretend It's a City s1 - Netflix
11. I Think You Should Leave s2 - Netflix
12. Never Have I Ever s2 - Netflix

Thanks forks!

I checked my ballot and for some reason I included Bloodlands. It was awful, maybe I'm back-projecting from s2, but I apologise to all affected.

Glad you were able to post this. Better Call Saul or Atlanta will win next year.

1. Them (Prime)
2. A Handmaid's Tale (S4, Hulu)
3. Pose (S3, F/X)
4. Impeachment: American Crime Story (F/X)
5. Crime Scene: The Times Square Killer (Netflix)
6. Flack (S2, Prime)

I mistakenly voted for the final season of Ozark, too (2022).

Missing shows I'm suprised by:
Rick & Morty
Brooklyn 99
Dopesick
The Witcher

I didn't watch Brooklyn 99 but the others I'm equally surprised by the others. Dopesick particularly

Thanks for running this, forks. I'm not sure if you got the engagement you wanted, but now I look forward to this poll every year

thanks for the poll forks. my ballot:

I Think You Should Leave
Succession
Office Hours Live
On Cinema at the Cinema
How To with John Wilson
Action Button
Scenes From A Marriage
White Lotus
Great British Bake Off
Channel 5
Stath Lets Flats
Great Pottery Throw Down
Handmade: Britain's Best Woodworker
Can't Get You Out of my Head
Real World Homecoming: New York

I watched a LOT of TV during covid.

My ballot:

TOP 5
Wandavision
Loki
Mythic Quest
Ted Lasso
Station Eleven

NEXT 5
squid game
mister inbetween
what we do in the shadows
wheel of time
foundation

10 FOR 3 POINTS
Resident Alien
The Witcher
Big Mouth
Inside Job
Brooklyn 99
Dopesick
Doom patrol
F is for family
I think you should leave

REMAINDER
mare of easttown
rick and morty
shadow and bone
Star Trek Discovery
Law & Order: Organised Crime

I'd totally reorganise it in hingsight now I reckon - might have put Mr Inbetween in the top 5 and dropped Mythic Quest one notch.

Thanks again Forks! I look forward to doing 2022's - there was some primo TV this year.

Joe Pera Talks With You is a very very special show which everyone should watch (even though I've stupidly only seen the first season still).

Grief chat, possible TMI, feel free to ignore: earlier this year my brother died, as I have mentioned before. He loved Joe Pera Talks With You so much that I haven't watched the third season yet and maybe never will. It was a thing we did together and talked about together. But my brother's best friend emailed me earlier this week and said "I hope you are getting tickets for JP's UK/Ireland tour in the spring. You know it's what Paul would want." So I will be going to see Joe Pera in the spring. Excited and sad!

Re: Station Eleven. I particularly loved Himesh Patel in this. I always, always thought he was a cut above in Eastenders, and I hope he does more of this kind of interesting TV stuff and less Richard Curtis/Danny Boyle schmaltzy shite. Also I did not realize that Nibhaan Rizwan, who plays his brother, is the brother of Mawaan Rizwan. And it's always great to see Halt and Catch Fire people in anything, especially Mackenzie Davis.

I know it makes me super-basic, but I love Succession so much.

Thanks, Forks!

mawaan did a skit about being mistaken for his more famous brother on that one-off Saturday night live thing on ch4, but i'd not heard of him either

Here is the video for that song:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8-9Li1z6gE

sorry for your loss, trishyb

thx forks, good work

my ballot, ranked

Succession
Get Back
Q: Into the Storm
Mare of Easttown
Reservation Dogs
White Lotus
The Chair
Hacks
Only Murders in the Building
Murders at Starved Rock
Station 11
Painting w/ John
How to w/ John Wilson
The Other Two

my ballot
Succession s3 - HBO
Yellowjackets s1 - Showtime
White Lotus s1 - HBO
How To with John Wilson s2 - HBO
I Think You Should Leave s2 - Netflix
Reservation Dogs s1 - FX
Get Back: The Beatles - Disney
What We Do in the Shadows s3 - Hulu
Midnight Mass s1 - Netflix
Joe Pera Talks With You s3 - Adult Swim
Mare of Easttown s1 - HBO
Loki s1 - Disney
Maid s1 - Netflix
Sex Education s3 - Netflix
Sex Lives of College Girls s1 - HBO
Squid Game s1 - Netflix
Made For Love s1 - Amazon Prime
Never Have I Ever s2 - Netflix
Only Murders In The Building s1 - Hulu
Hawkeye s1 - Disney
The Great s2 - Hulu
WandaVision s1 - Disney

in retrospect i'd move joe pera to number two, and slot midnight mass right behind itysl.

also noticing that i didn't vote fir a single series past season 3, which is unusual

I hadn't yet seen Succession when I sent my ballot in; would have voted for it (probably not #1, though), widening its lead a little more.

The linked review for "Them" is absolutely brutal.

I found the show compelling, a companion piece for Peele's Us (which it clearly was referencing in its title)--parts made me uncomfortable for sure. Some good musical detours, too.

And it's always great to see Halt and Catch Fire people in anything, especially Mackenzie Davis.

Indeed. And I’m always happy to see a shout out to Halt and Catch Fire.

sorry for your loss, trishyb

Thank you!

So, how about that 2022 then?

Man, gimme at least until we get the music poll done in January/February

but nudge here later
if you're into it

Not doing the music poll as I've been mostly listening to 1947-1956 and doesn't seem fair to have any opinions. Watched some TV though.

I just finished Station Eleven, which deviates quite a bit from the book, but one thing that it kept that I appreciated was its narrative texture/plasticity.

I just posted in another thread that I also finished Station Eleven recently. I didn't read the book so can't compare but yes, the fluidity of timelines, characters of focus, and tone all contributed to what made it such a satisfying and warm watch.

Probably not much chance of a 2022 version happening soon eh?