2021: Year's Best TV Shows
best shows that started in 2021 or had sole seasons in the year
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- CreatorDanny StrongStarsMichael KeatonPeter SarsgaardMichael StuhlbargThe series takes viewers to the epicenter of America's struggle with opioid addiction, from the boardrooms of Purdue Pharma, to a distressed Virginia mining community, to the hallways of the DEA.
- CreatorClyde PhillipsStarsMichael C. HallJack AlcottJulia JonesTen years after faking his death in Miami and moving to Upstate New York under an assumed name, Dexter gets an unexpected visit from the son he abandoned.
- CreatorJohn-Henry ButterworthDavid E. KelleyStarsNicole KidmanMelissa McCarthyMichael ShannonNine stressed city dwellers visit a boutique health-and-wellness resort that promises healing and transformation. The resort's director is a woman on a mission to reinvigorate their tired minds and bodies.
- CreatorBrad IngelsbyStarsKate WinsletJulianne NicholsonJean SmartA detective in a small Pennsylvania town investigates a local murder while trying to keep her life from falling apart.
- CreatorLucia AnielloPaul W. DownsJen StatskyStarsJean SmartHannah EinbinderCarl Clemons-HopkinsExplores a dark mentorship that forms between Deborah Vance, a legendary Las Vegas comedian, and an entitled, outcast 25-year-old.
- CreatorJesse ArmstrongStarsNicholas BraunBrian CoxKieran CulkinThe Roy family is known for controlling the biggest media and entertainment company in the world. However, their world changes when their father steps down from the company.Season 3
- CreatorJac SchaefferStarsElizabeth OlsenPaul BettanyKathryn HahnBlends the style of classic sitcoms with the MCU, in which Wanda Maximoff and Vision - two super-powered beings living their ideal suburban lives - begin to suspect that everything is not as it seems.
- CreatorZach KaninTim RobinsonStarsTim RobinsonSam RichardsonPatti HarrisonA sketch show where Tim Robinson and his guests spend each segment driving someone to the point of needing -- or desperately wanting -- to leave.Season 1
- CreatorChris SheridanStarsAlan TudykSara TomkoCorey ReynoldsA crash-landed alien takes on the identity of a small-town Colorado doctor and slowly begins to wrestle with the moral dilemma of his secret mission on Earth.Season 1
- CreatorCharlie DayMegan GanzRob McElhenneyStarsRob McElhenneyCharlotte NicdaoAshly BurchThe head of a successful video game design company and his troubled staff struggle to keep their hit game 'Mythic Quest' on top.Season 2
- CreatorBrendan HuntJoe KellyBill LawrenceStarsJason SudeikisHannah WaddinghamJeremy SwiftAmerican college football coach Ted Lasso heads to London to manage AFC Richmond, a struggling English Premier League soccer team.Season 2
- StarsMichael CheGodfreyReggie ConquestA theme or incident, such as police brutality, unemployment and romance and use sketches and vignettes to illustrate what it feels like to experience this from a Black vantage point.Season 1
- CreatorAshley LyleBart NickersonStarsMelanie LynskeyTawny CypressSophie NélisseA wildly talented girls high school soccer team become the unlucky survivors of a plane crash deep in the Canadian wilderness.
- CreatorJoseph Gordon-LevittStarsJoseph Gordon-LevittArturo CastroAracely PadillaA deep cut into the days and nights of a public schoolteacher in the San Fernando Valley.
- CreatorMalcolm SpellmanStarsAnthony MackieSebastian StanWyatt RussellFollowing the events of 'Avengers: Endgame,' Sam Wilson/Falcon and Bucky Barnes/Winter Soldier team up in a global adventure that tests their abilities -- and their patience.
- CreatorChris KellySarah SchneiderStarsHeléne YorkeDrew TarverKen MarinoAn aspiring actor and his sister Brooke, a former professional dancer, try to find their places in the world while wrestling with their feelings about their 13-year-old brother Chase's sudden rise to internet fame.Season 2
- StarsElton JohnGraham NashRingo StarrThe musicians and soundtracks that shaped the culture and politics of 1971.
- StarsJeffrey WrightTerri DouglasMatthew WoodExploring pivotal moments from the Marvel Cinematic Universe and turning them on their head, leading the audience into uncharted territory.
- CreatorAidy BryantAlexandra RushfieldLindy WestStarsAidy BryantLolly AdefopeJohn Cameron MitchellA woman seeks out ways to change her life without changing her body.Season 3
- CreatorGeorgia PritchettStarsWill FerrellPaul RuddKathryn HahnThe story of Marty and the therapist who turned his life around - then took it over. When he meets Dr. Ike, Marty just wants to get better at boundaries. Over 30 years, he'll learn all about them - and what happens when they get crossed.
- StarsJohn OliverDavid KayeRyan BargerFormer Daily Show host and correspondent John Oliver brings his persona to this weekly news satire program.Season 8
- CreatorMike FlanaganStarsKate SiegelZach GilfordKristin LehmanAn isolated island community experiences miraculous events - and frightening omens - after the arrival of a charismatic, mysterious young priest.
- CreatorMike WhiteStarsJennifer CoolidgeJon GriesF. Murray AbrahamThe exploits of various guests and employees of a luxury resort over the span of a week.Season 1
- CreatorMichael WaldronStarsTom HiddlestonOwen WilsonSophia Di MartinoThe mercurial villain Loki resumes his role as the God of Mischief in a new series that takes place after the events of “Avengers: Endgame.”Season 1
- CreatorAva DuVernayColin KaepernickStarsJaden MichaelNick OffermanMary-Louise ParkerThis drama series from Colin Kaepernick and Ava DuVernay explores Kaepernick's high-school years and the experiences that led him to become an activist.