Confession: It was a real challenge to narrow this list down to 10.
(Damn you,David Letterman!)
Check ‘em out, won’t you?
Joshua Jackson in Dr. Death.Barbara Nitke/Peacock
And now, on to the main event.
The Year’s Best Shows…
10.Dr.
A pulpy survival thriller set against a candy-colored deathscape.
Michael Keaton in Dopesick.Gene Page/Hulu
CreatorHwang Dong-hyuktook the “Why not both?”
7.Chad(TBS)
Did you hateChad?
This cringe comedy starringNasim Pedradas a 14-year-old Persian boy can be very uncomfortable.
‘Squid Game’.netflix
OnThe Other Two, no joke is too inside.
It seems the more these brokenhearted billionaires act out, the harder it is to look away.
Their friend Daniel (Dalton Cramer) is dead.
Alexa Loo, Nasim Pedrad, and Jake Ryan on Chad.Liane Hentscher/TBS
“This place killed him,” fumes Elora.
“I’m not letting it kill me.”
Frequently heartbreaking and always funny,Reservation Dogsis the coming-of-age comedy I never saw coming.
Hamish Linklater as Father Paul in ‘Midnight Mass’.Netflix
It adds low-rentSilence of the Lambs"flashbacks" whenever it’s told.
Drew Tarver and Heléne York in The Other Two.HBO Max
Jeremy Strong, Sarah Snook, and Kieran Culkin in Succession.Macall Polay/HBO
Hannah Einbinder and Jean Smart on ‘Hacks’.Anne Marie Fox/HBO Max
Elizabeth Fisher/Paramount+
Paulina Alexis as Willie Jack, Devery Jacobs as Elora Danan Postoak, D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai as Bear, Lane Factor as Cheese on ‘Reservation Dogs.'.Shane Brown/FX
The best TV shows of 2021.CBS;Ryan Redcorn/FX; Antony Platt/Hulu;Barbara Nitke/Peacock; Noh Juhan/Netflix; Macall Polay/HBO
Rebecca Breeds in ‘Clarice’.Brooke Palmer/CBS
FX on Hulu
James Corden with the Friends cast.Terence Patrick/CBS
