Nine Perfect Strangers, the latest collaboration between author Liane Moriarty and Nicole Kidman, is a captivating limited series on Hulu that follows a group of individuals all brought to the gorgeous Tranquillum House for a wellness retreat. You can also check out more of our Best of the Year lists below:Ī lottery winner, a drug-addicted former footballer, and a grieving family walk into a bar. We hope this list reminds you of which TV series sparked joy this year, and perhaps will introduce you to some new favorites. Also, since our voting cutoff leaves a number of December premieres (or most of a season) in the cold, we’ll also be back with out “Best of the Rest,” which is likely to include The Witcher, The Wheel of Time, and PEN15, which were not yet eligible at the time of voting. This is just the first of many lists this month that are celebrating the best TV of 2021 keep an eye out for the best episodes, favorite performances, and shows you might have missed coming soon. Those platforms also dominated our picks for the best shows, proving once again that, for better or worse, the streaming wars remain in full swing. And according to our stats, your best bets would be Hulu (streaming 9 titles below), HBO Max (6), and Netflix (6). The good news is, there’s a good chance if you’re reading this list that you subscribe to at least one of the streamers.

But no one is subscribed to that many disparate services the consequence of “a la carte” programming and cable cord cutting is a major fracturing of where and how to watch television. Below, the Paste staff and TV writers have voted on our favorite shows of the year, which span 16 networks and are available to watch across 10 streaming services. We’re not back to Peak TV levels yet, but there are no signs of things slowing down-there is a lot to watch, and a ton of terrific, entertaining programming.įor viewers, though, it’s getting increasingly difficult to keep up. After a production-starved pandemic year, TV came back in a big way, even snowballing in the second half of 2021.

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