Metacritic - Best of 2021: Television Critic Top Ten Lists

This is an exact copy/paste of Metacritic's old aggregate year end list. Since being under new management, they have taken down these lists and discontinued the process. This is here purely for archival reasons 

 

Below, we collect every year-end top ten list published by major TV critics and publications. This page will be updated throughout December and January whenever new lists are published; be sure to check back frequently.

Critics pick the best TV shows of 2021

Recent updates:
Added Jan. 14: Houston Press, LA Weekly, Star Tribune
Added Jan. 7, 2022: The Beat, Film School Rejects, Misc critics (Ryan), mxdwn, The Reader, Superhero Hype
Added Dec. 31: MovieWeb, Screen Rant, Sioux City Journal, The Spectator, Syfy Wire
Added Dec. 29: ABC News/Good Morning America, Chicago Sun-Times, Den of Geek, GameSpot, i, JoBlo, The Observer, okayplayer, Radio Times, Slate, Vox, We Got This Covered
Added Dec. 26: Cleveland Plain Dealer, Flood Magazine, Salt Lake Tribune
Added Dec. 24: CBC, CNN, Consequence, Empire, New York Post, The Oregonian, Wired
Added Dec. 22: A.V. Club, The Guardian, io9, NYLON, RogerEbert.com, San Francisco Chronicle, Toronto Star
Added Dec. 20: Daily Beast, Deadline, Goomba Stomp, The Independent, Little White Lies, NY Daily News, Primetimer, San Antonio Express-News, The Sunday Times, USA Today
Added Dec. 17: Awards Campaign, The Hollywood Reporter, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PopBuzz, Reason, TV Guide Magazine
Added Dec. 15: Los Angeles Times, People, Slashfilm, Total Film, Uproxx, The Young Folks
Added Dec. 13: Digital Spy, The Economist, Far Out, Mashable, Vulture
Added Dec. 11: BuzzFeed, Irish Independent, ScreenCrush, WhatCulture
Added Dec. 10: The Atlantic, The Globe and Mail, Metro [UK], The Playlist, Slant
Added Dec. 9: Adweek, Chicago Tribune, Exclaim, Nerdist, The Wall Street Journal
Added Dec. 8: IGN, The New Yorker, NME, Rolling Stone, Washington Post
Added Dec. 6: Boston Globe, Entertainment Weekly, Polygon, The Ringer
Added Dec. 3: Scorecard launched with 16 lists

Below is our updated running tally of the TV shows most frequently mentioned by individual critics in their year-end Top Ten lists. Note that if a critic ranks more than the standard 10 shows, we will not include titles ranked 11th or worse. (We do include unranked lists of 11-20 titles, though each title gets just one-half of a point.) In case of a tie for first or second, each show will receive the full points for that position. Our points system works as follows:

• 3 points for each 1st place ranking
• 2 points for each 2nd place ranking
• 1 point for being ranked 3rd - 10th, or for being included on an unranked list
• 0.5 points for being included on an unranked list of 11-20 titles (rather than 10), or for each item on split comedy/drama lists of 10 titles apiece (regardless of ranking on those lists)

TV Shows Mentioned on Most Critic Top 10 Lists - 2021

TV Show / Network		# 1st Place	# 2nd Place	# Other	Points
1	▣ Succession HBO	20	14	50.5	138.5
2	▣ The Underground Railroad Prime Video	13	5	37.5	86.5
3	▣ Mare of Easttown HBO	3	10	54	83
4	▣ The White Lotus HBO	5	12	43	82
5	▣ Hacks HBO Max	3	5	53.5	72.5
6	▣ Reservation Dogs FX on Hulu	6	8	38	72
7	▣ WandaVision Disney+	7	1	43	66
8	▣ Only Murders in the Building Hulu	4	2	44.5	60.5
9	▣ It's a Sin HBO Max	9	4	22	57
10	▣ Squid Game Netflix	2	7	36.5	56.5
11	▣ Ted Lasso Apple TV+	2	0	36.5	42.5
12	▣ What We Do in the Shadows FX	1	1	26	31
13	▣ Midnight Mass Netflix	3	0	21.5	30.5
14	▣ We Are Lady Parts Peacock	3	1	17	28
15	▣ For All Mankind Apple TV+	4	0	14	26
16	▣ The Other Two HBO Max	0	2	18.5	22.5
17	▣ Maid Netflix	0	2	18	22
18	▣ The Beatles: Get Back Disney+	2	1	12.5	20.5
19	▣ Yellowjackets Showtime	0	2	15.5	19.5
20	▣ Invincible Prime Video	2	1	9.5	17.5
21	▣ Station Eleven HBO Max	2	1	8	16
	▣ Dickinson Apple TV+	1	0	13	16
23	▣ I Think You Should Leave With Tim Robinson Netflix	0	0	15	15
24	▣ Bo Burnham: Inside Netflix	2	1	6.5	14.5
	▣ Loki Disney+	0	0	14.5	14.5
26	▣ Dopesick Hulu	0	1	10.5	12.5
27	▣ Evil Paramount+	1	0	8.5	11.5
28	▣ Arcane Netflix	2	0	5	11
29	▣ Schmigadoon Apple TV+	0	0	10	10
	▣ Starstruck HBO Max	0	0	10	10

Individual critic top ten lists

Below are the 130 individual top ten lists used to calculate the standings above. Some critics may list shows without ranking them in order; such lists are displayed below, without numbers, in alphabetical order. If a critic published multiple lists, only the most general list is included (e.g., a list of all shows rather than a list of new shows only). More specific lists (such as new shows only) were included as a last resort if a critic did not provide a more general list.

ABC News/Good Morning America

Peter Travers View full list
Succession (HBO) Reservation Dogs (FX on Hulu) The White Lotus (HBO) The Underground Railroad (Prime Video) Mare of Easttown (HBO) Hacks (HBO Max) Schmigadoon (Apple TV+) Maid (Netflix) Impeachment: American Crime Story (FX) WandaVision (Disney+)

Adweek

Jason Lynch View full list
Succession (HBO) Mare of Easttown (HBO) For All Mankind (Apple TV+) Reservation Dogs (FX on Hulu) The White Lotus (HBO) Only Murders in the Building (Hulu) Ted Lasso (Apple TV+) Hacks (HBO Max) Evil (Paramount+) PEN15 (Hulu)

The Atlantic

Sophie Gilbert, Megan Garber, and Shirley Li View full list
The Chair (Netflix)   Dickinson (Apple TV+)   Girls5eva (Peacock)   Hacks (HBO Max)   Insecure (HBO)   Lupin (Netflix)   Mare of Easttown (HBO)   Men in Kilts (Starz)   Only Murders in the Building (Hulu)   The Other Two (HBO Max)   Reservation Dogs (FX on Hulu)   Squid Game (Netflix)   Ted Lasso (Apple TV+)   The Underground Railroad (Prime Video)   WandaVision (Disney+)   The White Lotus (HBO)

A.V. Club

Joshua Alston View full list
The Underground Railroad (Prime Video) What We Do in the Shadows (FX) The Other Two (HBO Max) I Think You Should Leave With Tim Robinson (Netflix) Cruel Summer (Freeform) WandaVision (Disney+) Love Life (HBO Max) Succession (HBO) Exterminate All the Brutes (HBO) Squid Game (Netflix)
Juan Barquin View full list
Evil (Paramount+) Girls5eva (Peacock) Only Murders in the Building (Hulu) The Good Fight (Paramount+) The Underground Railroad (Prime Video) Chucky (Syfy/USA) What We Do in the Shadows (FX) Sonny Boy (Funimation) The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City (Bravo) Mythic Quest (Apple TV+)
Ines Bellina View full list
The White Lotus (HBO) Hacks (HBO Max) Impeachment: American Crime Story (FX) Succession (HBO) The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City (Bravo) Mare of Easttown (HBO) Schmigadoon (Apple TV+) It's a Sin (HBO Max) Cruel Summer (Freeform) The Handmaid's Tale (Hulu)
Danette Chavez View full list
The Underground Railroad (Prime Video) Reservation Dogs (FX on Hulu) Dickinson (Apple TV+) For All Mankind (Apple TV+) What We Do in the Shadows (FX) Hacks (HBO Max) Only Murders in the Building (Hulu) Yellowjackets (Showtime) High on the Hog (Netflix) Succession (HBO)
Saloni Gajjar View full list
We Are Lady Parts (Peacock) Maid (Netflix) Mare of Easttown (HBO) Succession (HBO) WandaVision (Disney+) The Baby-Sitters Club (Netflix) Never Have I Ever (Netflix) For All Mankind (Apple TV+) Superstore (NBC) PEN15 (Hulu)
Gwen Ihnat View full list
Succession (HBO) Only Murders in the Building (Hulu) The Other Two (HBO Max) The White Lotus (HBO) LuLaRich (Prime Video) Hacks (HBO Max) Adventure Time: Distant Lands (HBO Max) Woodstock 99 (HBO) Mare of Easttown (HBO) WandaVision (Disney+)
Jarrod Jones View full list
Midnight Mass (Netflix) Reservation Dogs (FX on Hulu) Succession (HBO) Pretend It's a City (Netflix) Only Murders in the Building (Hulu) Squid Game (Netflix) Mare of Easttown (HBO) The White Lotus (HBO) I Think You Should Leave With Tim Robinson (Netflix) WandaVision (Disney+)
Baraka Kaseko View full list
Succession (HBO) Mythic Quest (Apple TV+) Reservation Dogs (FX on Hulu) We Are Lady Parts (Peacock) Ziwe (Showtime) Insecure (HBO) I Think You Should Leave With Tim Robinson (Netflix) What We Do in the Shadows (FX) South Side (HBO Max) Invincible (Prime Video)
Alex McLevy View full list
Succession (HBO) Mare of Easttown (HBO) The Underground Railroad (Prime Video) WandaVision (Disney+) Hacks (HBO Max) Bluey (Disney+) Never Have I Ever (Netflix) Joe Pera Talks With You (Adult Swim) The White Lotus (HBO) Loki (Disney+)
Myles McNutt View full list
For All Mankind (Apple TV+) The Other Two (HBO Max) Only Murders in the Building (Hulu) Bo Burnham: Inside (Netflix) Reservation Dogs (FX on Hulu) How to With John Wilson (HBO) Hacks (HBO Max) Starstruck (HBO Max) Mare of Easttown (HBO) Maid (Netflix)
Shannon Miller View full list
The Underground Railroad (Prime Video) Only Murders in the Building (Hulu) Squid Game (Netflix) Succession (HBO) Starstruck (HBO Max) Hacks (HBO Max) WandaVision (Disney+) Insecure (HBO) We Are Lady Parts (Peacock) Pose (FX)
Noel Murray View full list
For All Mankind (Apple TV+) Mare of Easttown (HBO) Reservation Dogs (FX on Hulu) Girls5eva (Peacock) Maid (Netflix) Pose (FX) The Underground Railroad (Prime Video) Hawkeye (Disney+) What We Do in the Shadows (FX) We Are Lady Parts (Peacock)
Caroline Siede View full list
Dickinson (Apple TV+) The Underground Railroad (Prime Video) Reservation Dogs (FX on Hulu) Only Murders in the Building (Hulu) It's a Sin (HBO Max) Mare of Easttown (HBO) Pose (FX) Squid Game (Netflix) Succession (HBO) WandaVision (Disney+)
Eric Thurm View full list
What We Do in the Shadows (FX) Yellowjackets (Showtime) Only Murders in the Building (Hulu) Ranking of Kings (Funimation) Megalobox 2: Nomad (Funimation) The Other Two (HBO Max) High on the Hog (Netflix) Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean (Netflix) Kevin Can F**k Himself (AMC) Lupin (Netflix)
Lisa Weidenfeld View full list
The Underground Railroad (Prime Video) Hacks (HBO Max) Dickinson (Apple TV+) Love Life (HBO Max) We Are Lady Parts (Peacock) Starstruck (HBO Max) Feel Good (Netflix) What We Do in the Shadows (FX) I Think You Should Leave With Tim Robinson (Netflix) Mythic Quest (Apple TV+)

Awards Campaign (at The Playlist)

Gregory Ellwood View full list
The Underground Railroad (Prime Video) Reservation Dogs (FX on Hulu) Succession (HBO) What We Do in the Shadows (FX) Squid Game (Netflix) Mare of Easttown (HBO) WandaVision (Disney+) Only Murders in the Building (Hulu) Schmigadoon (Apple TV+) The Other Two (HBO Max)

The Beat

Staff picks View full list
Close Enough (HBO Max)   Dickinson (Apple TV+)   For All Mankind (Apple TV+)   Ghosts (CBS)   The Good Fight (Paramount+)   Hacks (HBO Max)   Loki (Disney+)   Mare of Easttown (HBO)   Never Have I Ever (Netflix)   Only Murders in the Building (Hulu)   Rick & Morty (Adult Swim)   Squid Game (Netflix)   Star Trek: Lower Decks (Paramount+)   Ted Lasso (Apple TV+)   WandaVision (Disney+)

The Boston Globe

Matthew Gilbert View full list
Succession (HBO) The White Lotus (HBO) We Are Lady Parts (Peacock) Hacks (HBO Max) Maid (Netflix) Mare of Easttown (HBO) Only Murders in the Building (Hulu) The Great (Hulu) The Underground Railroad (Prime Video) The Other Two (HBO Max)

BuzzFeed

Nora Dominick View full list
WandaVision (Disney+) Mare of Easttown (HBO) Hacks (HBO Max) The Underground Railroad (Prime Video) Reservation Dogs (FX on Hulu) Dickinson (Apple TV+) What We Do in the Shadows (FX) Succession (HBO) Maid (Netflix) The Other Two (HBO Max)

CBC News

Staff picks View full list
Hawkeye (Disney+)   Insecure (HBO)   Mare of Easttown (HBO)   Married at First Sight (Lifetime)   The Morning Show (Apple TV+)   Only Murders in the Building (Hulu)   Sort of (HBO Max)   Squid Game (Netflix)   Succession (HBO)   WandaVision (Disney+)   The White Lotus (HBO)

Chicago Sun-Times

Richard Roeper View full list
The Beatles: Get Back (Disney+) 1883 (Paramount+) Yellowjackets (Showtime) Hacks (HBO Max) Midnight Mass (Netflix) The Sex Lives of College Girls (HBO Max) Blindspotting (Starz) Mayor of Kingstown (Paramount+) Impeachment: American Crime Story (FX) Mare of Easttown (HBO)

Chicago Tribune

Nina Metz View full list
Couples Therapy (Showtime)   Leverage: Redemption (IMDb TV)   Only Murders in the Building (Hulu)   The Sex Lives of College Girls (HBO Max)   Sort of (HBO Max)   South Side (HBO Max)   Starstruck (HBO Max)   Ted Lasso (Apple TV+)   WandaVision (Disney+)   We Are Lady Parts (Peacock)

Cleveland Plain Dealer/Cleveland.com

Joey Morona View full list
WandaVision (Disney+) Squid Game (Netflix) Succession (HBO) The White Lotus (HBO) Ted Lasso (Apple TV+) Only Murders in the Building (Hulu) Mare of Easttown (HBO) Schmigadoon (Apple TV+) The Shrink Next Door (Apple TV+) The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills (Bravo)

CNN

Brian Lowry View full list

The Beatles: Get Back (Disney+)   The Big Leap (Fox)   Cobra Kai (Netflix)   Come From Away (Apple TV+)   Derek DelGaudio's In & Of Itself (Hulu)   Dexter: New Blood (Showtime)   Dopesick (Hulu)   Framing Britney Spears (FX)   Four Hours at the Capitol (HBO)   Ghosts (CBS)   Mare of Easttown (HBO)   McCartney 3,2,1 (Hulu)   Muhammad Ali (PBS)   Q: Into the Storm (HBO)   Reservation Dogs (FX on Hulu)   The Sex Lives of College Girls (HBO Max)   Succession (HBO)   The Underground Railroad (Prime Video)   WandaVision (Disney+)   The White Lotus (HBO)

Complex

Staff consensus View full list
Succession (HBO) Snowfall (FX) South Side (HBO Max) Curb Your Enthusiasm (HBO) Invincible (Prime Video) Lupin (Netflix) Insecure (HBO) Loki (Disney+) The Other Two (HBO Max) WandaVision (Disney+)

Consequence

Staff consensus View full list
WandaVision (Disney+) Succession (HBO) Girls5eva (Peacock) It's a Sin (HBO Max) Hacks (HBO Max) What We Do in the Shadows (FX) Loki (Disney+) Only Murders in the Building (Hulu) Invincible (Prime Video) The Beatles: Get Back (Disney+)

Daily Beast

Kevin Fallon View full list
It's a Sin (HBO Max) Bo Burnham: Inside (Netflix) The Other Two (HBO Max) The Underground Railroad (Prime Video) Succession (HBO) PEN15 (Hulu) Sex Education (Netflix) The Good Fight (Paramount+) Only Murders in the Building (Hulu) Insecure (HBO)

Deadline

Dominic Patten View full list
Reservation Dogs (FX on Hulu) Station Eleven (HBO Max) Colin in Black and White (Netflix) Dopesick (Hulu) The Underground Railroad (Prime Video) Pose (FX) Succession (HBO) Insecure (HBO) Ted Lasso (Apple TV+) Lupin (Netflix) The Great (Hulu) Loki (Disney+)

Decider

Staff consensus View full list
Hacks (HBO Max) The White Lotus (HBO) Succession (HBO) Mythic Quest (Apple TV+) What We Do in the Shadows (FX) Ted Lasso (Apple TV+) I Think You Should Leave With Tim Robinson (Netflix) Only Murders in the Building (Hulu) WandaVision (Disney+) It's a Sin (HBO Max)

Den of Geek

Staff consensus View full list
WandaVision (Disney+) Squid Game (Netflix) Midnight Mass (Netflix) Succession (HBO) Mare of Easttown (HBO) Ted Lasso (Apple TV+) What We Do in the Shadows (FX) Invincible (Prime Video) The Beatles: Get Back (Disney+) Loki (Disney+)

Digital Spy

Staff picks View full list
Brassic (Hulu)   It's a Sin (HBO Max)   Mare of Easttown (HBO)   Midnight Mass (Netflix)   Only Murders in the Building (Hulu)   Pose (FX)   RuPaul's Drag Race UK (BBC3)   Too Hot to Handle (Netflix)   WandaVision (Disney+)

The Economist

(uncredited) View full list
Bo Burnham: Inside (Netflix)   Dickinson (Apple TV+)   The Great (Hulu)   Guilt (PBS)   It's a Sin (HBO Max)   Maid (Netflix)   Mare of Easttown (HBO)   Muhammad Ali (PBS)   Sex Education (Netflix)   Succession (HBO)   Ted Lasso (Apple TV+)   This Way Up (Hulu)   WandaVision (Disney+)

Empire/Pilot TV

Staff consensus View full list
It's a Sin (HBO Max) Mare of Easttown (HBO) WandaVision (Disney+) Succession (HBO) Midnight Mass (Netflix) The White Lotus (HBO) Squid Game (Netflix) Feel Good (Netflix) The Underground Railroad (Prime Video) Loki (Disney+)

Entertainment Weekly

Kristen Baldwin View full list
Reservation Dogs (FX on Hulu) The Good Fight (Paramount+) Hacks (HBO Max) Succession (HBO) The Other Two (HBO Max) Midnight Mass (Netflix) Chad (TBS) Squid Game (Netflix) Dopesick (Hulu) Dr. Death (Peacock)

Esquire

Justin Kirkland View full list
WandaVision (Disney+) Mare of Easttown (HBO) Squid Game (Netflix) We're Here (HBO) The White Lotus (HBO) The Chair (Netflix) High on the Hog (Netflix) Ted Lasso (Apple TV+) What We Do in the Shadows (FX) Maid (Netflix)

Exclaim!

Staff consensus View full list
Reservation Dogs (FX on Hulu) The White Lotus (HBO) Squid Game (Netflix) Mare of Easttown (HBO) Invincible (Prime Video) Midnight Mass (Netflix) Maid (Netflix) Succession (HBO) Only Murders in the Building (Hulu) The Underground Railroad (Prime Video)

Far Out Magazine

Swapnil Dhruv Bose View full list
Succession (HBO) Can't Get You Out of My Head (BBC) The Underground Railroad (Prime Video) Philly D.A. (PBS) Exterminate All the Brutes (HBO) The Beatles: Get Back (Disney+) What We Do in the Shadows (FX) Maid (Netflix) Mare of Easttown (HBO) Time (BritBox)

Film School Rejects

Staff consensus View full list
Bo Burnham: Inside (Netflix) The Beatles: Get Back (Disney+) Reservation Dogs (FX on Hulu) Hacks (HBO Max) Succession (HBO) Maid (Netflix) The Underground Railroad (Prime Video) Station Eleven (HBO Max) It's a Sin (HBO Max) Yellowjackets (Showtime)

Flood Magazine

Staff consensus View full list
Succession (HBO) The White Lotus (HBO) The Beatles: Get Back (Disney+) Hacks (HBO Max) I Think You Should Leave With Tim Robinson (Netflix) PEN15 (Hulu) What We Do in the Shadows (FX) Pretend It's a City (Netflix) Midnight Mass (Netflix) Painting With John (HBO)

GameSpot

Staff consensus View full list
Midnight Mass (Netflix) all others in alphabetical order:   Arcane (Netflix)   Brand New Cherry Flavor (Netflix)   Hacks (HBO Max)   I Think You Should Leave With Tim Robinson (Netflix)   Loki (Disney+)   Squid Game (Netflix)   Succession (HBO)   Ted Lasso (Apple TV+)   What We Do in the Shadows (FX)

The Globe and Mail

John Doyle View full list
The White Lotus (HBO) Squid Game (Netflix) Ted Lasso (Apple TV+) Succession (HBO) Invasion (Apple TV+) Mare of Easttown (HBO) Sort of (HBO Max) Hacks (HBO Max) Pretty Hard Cases (IMDb TV) Lupin (Netflix)

Goomba Stomp

Staff consensus View full list
Squid Game (Netflix) Succession (HBO) Midnight Mass (Netflix) Arcane (Netflix) The White Lotus (HBO) It's a Sin (HBO Max) WandaVision (Disney+) Hacks (HBO Max) Invincible (Prime Video) Mare of Easttown (HBO)

The Guardian

Staff consensus View full list
It's a Sin (HBO Max) The White Lotus (HBO) Mare of Easttown (HBO) Succession (HBO) Squid Game (Netflix) Feel Good (Netflix) Time (BritBox) Alma's Not Normal (BBC2) Starstruck (HBO Max) I Think You Should Leave With Tim Robinson (Netflix)

The Hollywood Reporter

Daniel Fienberg View full list
The Underground Railroad (Prime Video) Succession (HBO) Reservation Dogs (FX on Hulu) The White Lotus (HBO) Exterminate All the Brutes (HBO) For All Mankind (Apple TV+) Evil (Paramount+) The Great (Hulu) Anna (AMC+) We Are Lady Parts (Peacock)
Angie Han View full list
Reservation Dogs (FX on Hulu) We Are Lady Parts (Peacock) Succession (HBO) The Underground Railroad (Prime Video) For All Mankind (Apple TV+) You (Netflix) Swagger (Apple TV+) The Other Two (HBO Max) Sort of (HBO Max) Midnight Mass (Netflix)

Houston Press

Jamil David View full list
Succession (HBO) Reservation Dogs (FX on Hulu) Yellowjackets (Showtime) The Underground Railroad (Prime Video) Squid Game (Netflix) Midnight Mass (Netflix) Mare of Easttown (HBO) Arcane (Netflix) The White Lotus (HBO) Hacks (HBO Max)

i

Emily Baker View full list
It's a Sin (HBO Max) The Underground Railroad (Prime Video) Mare of Easttown (HBO) In My Skin (BBC3) Time (BritBox) Dopesick (Hulu) Alma's Not Normal (BBC2) The White Lotus (HBO) Starstruck (HBO Max) WandaVision (Disney+)

IGN

Staff consensus View full list
Arcane (Netflix)   Loki (Disney+)   Midnight Mass (Netflix)   Only Murders in the Building (Hulu)   Squid Game (Netflix)   Succession (HBO)   Ted Lasso (Apple TV+)   WandaVision (Disney+)   What We Do in the Shadows (FX)   The White Lotus (HBO)

The Independent

Ed Cumming View full list
The Beatles: Get Back (Disney+) The White Lotus (HBO) Mare of Easttown (HBO) Squid Game (Netflix) Can't Get You Out of My Head (BBC) Clarkson's Farm (Prime Video) It's a Sin (HBO Max) Time (BritBox) Dopesick (Hulu) The Terror (AMC)

IndieWire

Ben Travers View full list
The Underground Railroad (Prime Video) Succession (HBO) I Think You Should Leave With Tim Robinson (Netflix) Hacks (HBO Max) The White Lotus (HBO) Dave (FXX) Ted Lasso (Apple TV+) Reservation Dogs (FX) Mythic Quest (Apple TV+) Tuca and Bertie (Adult Swim)

io9

Staff consensus View full list
DC's Legends of Tomorrow (The CW)   The Expanse (Prime Video)   For All Mankind (Apple TV+)   Loki (Disney+)   Squid Game (Netflix)   Sweet Tooth (Netflix)   WandaVision (Disney+)   What We Do in the Shadows (FX)

Irish Independent (Independent.ie)

Chris Wasser View full list

Friends: The Reunion (HBO Max)   The Great British Baking Show (Netflix)   I Am Victoria (All 4)   It's a Sin (HBO Max)   Keelin Shanley: Far Away, Still Close (RTE)   Kin (RTE)   Line of Duty (BBC)   Maid (Netflix)   Mare of Easttown (HBO)   McCartney 3,2,1 (Hulu)   Mr. Corman (Apple TV+)   Scenes From a Marriage (HBO)   Sex Education (Netflix)   Squid Game (Netflix)   Succession (HBO)   Ted Lasso (Apple TV+)   This Way Up (Hulu)   WandaVision (Disney+)   Wellington Paranormal (The CW/HBO Max)   The White Lotus (HBO)

JoBlo

Alex Maidy View full list
Ted Lasso (Apple TV+) Succession (HBO) Midnight Mass (Netflix) Yellowstone (Paramount) Only Murders in the Building (Hulu) Squid Game (Netflix) The White Lotus (HBO) The Underground Railroad (Prime Video) Cobra Kai (Netflix) Sweet Tooth (Netflix)

LA Weekly

Erin Maxwell View full list
WandaVision (Disney+) Succession (HBO) How to With John Wilson (HBO) The Witcher (Netflix) What We Do in the Shadows (FX) Hawkeye (Disney+) Midnight Mass (Netflix) Squid Game (Netflix) Mare of Easttown (HBO) Hacks (HBO Max)

Little White Lies

Emma Fraser View full list
Succession (HBO) The Underground Railroad (Prime Video) Hacks (HBO Max) Mare of Easttown (HBO) Dickinson (Apple TV+) Starstruck (HBO Max) Only Murders in the Building (Hulu) PEN15 (Hulu) It's a Sin (HBO Max) For All Mankind (Apple TV+)

Los Angeles Times

Lorraine Ali View full list
Allen v Farrow (HBO)   Dickinson (Apple TV+)   Hacks (HBO Max)   Impeachment: American Crime Story (FX)   Lupin (Netflix)   Only Murders in the Building (Hulu)   Reservation Dogs (FX on Hulu)   The Underground Railroad (Prime Video)   WandaVision (Disney+)   We Are Lady Parts (Peacock)   Yellowjackets (Showtime)
Robert Lloyd View full list
100 Foot Wave (HBO)   The Beatles: Get Back (Disney+)   Big Shot (Disney+)   Hacks (HBO Max)   Kid Cosmic (Netflix)   Maya and the Three (Netflix)   Naomi Osaka (Netflix)   Only Murders in the Building (Hulu)   Painting With John (HBO)   Reservation Dogs (FX on Hulu)   Station Eleven (HBO Max)   The Upshaws (Netflix)   The White Lotus (HBO)

Mashable

Alexis Nedd View full list
Only Murders in the Building (Hulu) Squid Game (Netflix) Mare of Easttown (HBO) Hacks (HBO Max) The Underground Railroad (Prime Video) The Other Two (HBO Max) Reservation Dogs (FX on Hulu) Heels (Starz) The White Lotus (HBO) Succession (HBO)

Metro [UK]

Harry Fletcher View full list
It's a Sin (HBO Max) Succession (HBO) Mare of Easttown (HBO) Squid Game (Netflix) Dopesick (Hulu) Drag Race UK (BBC) WandaVision (Disney+) Line of Duty (BBC) Ted Lasso (Apple TV+) Framing Britney Spears (FX)

Miscellaneous/unaffiliated critics

Maureen Ryan View full list
For All Mankind (Apple TV+)   Hacks (HBO Max)   Lucifer (Netflix)   Mare of Easttown (HBO)   Reservation Dogs (FX on Hulu)   Succession (HBO)   Ted Lasso (Apple TV+)   We Are Lady Parts (Peacock)   The Witcher (Netflix)   Yellowjackets (Showtime)

MovieWeb

Rachel Johnson View full list
Hacks (HBO Max)   Loki (Disney+)   Mare of Easttown (HBO)   Nine Perfect Strangers (Hulu)   Only Murders in the Building (Hulu)   Squid Game (Netflix)   Ted Lasso (Apple TV+)   The Underground Railroad (Prime Video)   WandaVision (Disney+)   The White Lotus (HBO)

mxdwn

Staff consensus View full list
Squid Game (Netflix) Invincible (Prime Video) Ted Lasso (Apple TV+) Bridgerton (Netflix) Loki (Disney+) Hacks (HBO Max) Reservation Dogs (FX on Hulu) Rick & Morty (Adult Swim) Succession (HBO) Mare of Easttown (HBO)

Nerdist

Tai Gooden View full list

Cowboy Bebop (Netflix)   Hawkeye (Disney+)   I Think You Should Leave With Tim Robinson (Netflix)   The Long Call (BritBox)   Lupin (Netflix)   Mare of Easttown (HBO)   Midnight Mass (Netflix)   Pose (FX)   Reservation Dogs (FX on Hulu)   Squid Game (Netflix)   Succession (HBO)   The Underground Railroad (Prime Video)   WandaVision (Disney+)   What We Do in the Shadows (FX)   The Wheel of Time (Prime Video)   Yellowjackets (Showtime)

New York Daily News

Kate Feldman View full list
Only Murders in the Building (Hulu) The White Lotus (HBO) Hacks (HBO Max) Blindspotting (Starz) Ted Lasso (Apple TV+) Maid (Netflix) We Are Lady Parts (Peacock) What We Do in the Shadows (FX) Bo Burnham: Inside (Netflix) Sex Education (Netflix)

New York Post

Lauren Sarner and Michael Starr View full list
Breeders (FX)   Cruel Summer (Freeform)   In Treatment (HBO)   Maid (Netflix)   Station Eleven (HBO Max)   Ten Year Old Tom (HBO Max)   WandaVision (Disney+)   What We Do in the Shadows (FX)   The White Lotus (HBO)   Yellowjackets (Showtime)

The New York Times

Mike Hale [international shows only] View full list
Call My Agent! (Netflix)   C.B. Strike: Lethal White (HBO)   D.P. (Netflix)   Forbrydelsen (Topic)   Gomorrah (HBO Max)   In My Skin (Hulu)   Laetitia (HBO)   Mr. Inbetween (FX)   Spiral (MHz Choice)   We Are Lady Parts (Peacock)
Margaret Lyons [final-season shows only] View full list
Betty (HBO)   Brooklyn Nine-Nine (NBC)   Infinity Train (HBO Max)   Insecure (HBO)   Kim's Convenience (CBC/Netflix)   Mom (CBS)   Pose (FX)   Shrill (Hulu)   Wynonna Earp (Syfy)   Younger (TV Land)
James Poniewozik View full list
Bo Burnham: Inside (Netflix)   Dickinson (Apple TV+)   The Good Fight (Paramount+)   Hacks (HBO Max)   It's a Sin (HBO Max)   Philly D.A. (PBS)   Reservation Dogs (FX on Hulu)   Station Eleven (HBO Max)   Succession (HBO)   The Underground Railroad (Prime Video)   The White Lotus (HBO)

The New Yorker

Doreen St. Félix View full list
Hacks (HBO Max)   Love Life (HBO Max)   Philly D.A. (PBS)   The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills / The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City (Bravo)   Reservation Dogs (FX on Hulu)   South Side (HBO Max)   Succession (HBO)   The Underground Railroad (Prime Video)   We Are Lady Parts (Peacock)   The White Lotus (HBO)

NME

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It's a Sin (HBO Max) Succession (HBO) The White Lotus (HBO) Squid Game (Netflix) The Beatles: Get Back (Disney+) Mare of Easttown (HBO) WandaVision (Disney+) Feel Good (Netflix) Ted Lasso (Apple TV+) Stath Lets Flats (HBO Max)

NOW Magazine (Toronto)

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Reservation Dogs (FX on Hulu) Succession (HBO) Sort of (HBO Max) Dickinson (Apple TV+) The Underground Railroad (Prime Video) We Are Lady Parts (Peacock) Only Murders in the Building (Hulu) Squid Game (Netflix) Ted Lasso (Apple TV+) NYC Epicenters 9/11-2021 1/2 (HBO)

NYLON

Michael Cuby View full list
The Underground Railroad (Prime Video) The Other Two (HBO Max) Succession (HBO) The White Lotus (HBO) Reservation Dogs (FX on Hulu) Hacks (HBO Max) It's a Sin (HBO Max) Only Murders in the Building (Hulu) Yellowjackets (Showtime) Chucky (Syfy/USA)

The Observer

Barbara Ellen View full list
It's a Sin (HBO Max) Time (BritBox) Uprising (Prime Video) Mare of Easttown (HBO) The White Lotus (HBO) Alma's Not Normal (BBC2) The Serpent (BBC) India's Rape Scandal (Channel 4) Reservation Dogs (FX on Hulu) Landscapers (HBO)

Okayplayer

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Invincible (Prime Video) PEN15 (Hulu) BMF (Starz) Snowfall (FX) Mare of Easttown (HBO) South Side (HBO Max) Squid Game (Netflix) Genius: Aretha (Nat Geo) Love Life (HBO Max) Power Book II: Ghost (Starz)

The Oregonian

Kristi Turnquist View full list
Succession (HBO) Mare of Easttown (HBO) Hacks (HBO Max) Ted Lasso (Apple TV+) Reservation Dogs (FX on Hulu) The White Lotus (HBO) Only Murders in the Building (Hulu) Top Chef (Bravo) All Creatures Great and Small (PBS) Girls5eva (Peacock)

Paste

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Hacks (HBO Max) Mare of Easttown (HBO) Only Murders in the Building (Hulu) WandaVision (Disney+) What We Do in the Shadows (FX) Ted Lasso (Apple TV+) The Other Two (HBO Max) Reservation Dogs (FX on Hulu) The Great (Hulu) Succession (HBO)

People

Breanne L. Heldman View full list
Girls5eva (Peacock)   Hacks (HBO Max)   Maid (Netflix)   Mare of Easttown (HBO)   Muhammad Ali (PBS)   Only Murders in the Building (Hulu)   Squid Game (Netflix)   The Underground Railroad (Prime Video)   WandaVision (Disney+)   The White Lotus (HBO)

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Joshua Axelrod View full list
Succession (HBO) It's a Sin (HBO Max) Dopesick (Hulu) Only Murders in the Building (Hulu) WandaVision (Disney+) Hacks (HBO Max) Curb Your Enthusiasm (HBO) Ted Lasso (Apple TV+) Mare of Easttown (HBO) Love Life (HBO Max)

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

Rob Owen View full list
Succession (HBO) Maid (Netflix) Hacks (HBO Max) Schmigadoon (Apple TV+) It's a Sin (HBO Max) The White Lotus (HBO) Reservation Dogs (FX on Hulu) Midnight Mass (Netflix) The Other Two (HBO Max) (tie) WandaVision (Disney+) (tie) Ghosts (CBS)

The Playlist

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The Underground Railroad (Prime Video) Succession (HBO) Mare of Easttown (HBO) Bo Burnham: Inside (Netflix) Yellowjackets (Showtime) Ted Lasso (Apple TV+) Painting With John (HBO) Scenes From a Marriage (HBO) Squid Game (Netflix) Sweet Tooth (Netflix)

Polygon

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Arcane (Netflix)   Hacks (HBO Max)   Heels (Starz)   I Think You Should Leave With Tim Robinson (Netflix)   Invincible (Prime Video)   The Great British Baking Show (Netflix)   Never Have I Ever (Netflix)   Only Murders in the Building (Hulu)   The Other Two (HBO Max)   Reservation Dogs (FX on Hulu)   Shadow and Bone (Netflix)   The Snoopy Show (Apple TV+)   Squid Game (Netflix)   Succession (HBO)   Tuca & Bertie (Adult Swim)   The Underground Railroad (Prime Video)   WandaVision (Disney+)   What We Do in the Shadows (FX)   The White Lotus (HBO)

PopBuzz

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It's a Sin (HBO Max) Squid Game (Netflix) Only Murders in the Building (Hulu) Succession (HBO) Drag Race UK (BBC) Mare of Easttown (HBO) WandaVision (Disney+) Sex Education (Netflix) Dickinson (Apple TV+) You (Netflix)

Primetimer

Jon Hein View full list
Succession (HBO) Mare of Easttown (HBO) For All Mankind (Apple TV+) Hacks (HBO Max) Squid Game (Netflix) The White Lotus (HBO) Only Murders in the Building (Hulu) Narcos: Mexico (Netflix) Ted Lasso (Apple TV+) Dopesick (Hulu)

Radio Times

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It's a Sin (HBO Max) Sex Education (Netflix) Squid Game (Netflix) Mare of Easttown (HBO) Succession (HBO) WandaVision (Disney+) Vigil (Peacock/BBC) Line of Duty (BBC) Lupin (Netflix) Loki (Disney+)

The Reader (Omaha)

Ryan Syrek View full list
Station Eleven (HBO Max) Reservation Dogs (FX on Hulu) Ted Lasso (Apple TV+) PEN15 (Hulu) Midnight Mass (Netflix) Foundation (Apple TV+) Hacks (HBO Max) The Expanse (Prime Video) Feel Good (Netflix) Invincible (Prime Video)

Reason

Glenn Garvin View full list
The Chair (Netflix) The Chi (Showtime) The Conners (ABC) Yellowstone (Paramount) Halston (Netflix) Tina (HBO) Yellowjackets (Showtime) This Is Us (NBC) The Big Leap (Fox) Grace and Frankie (Netflix)

The Ringer

Alison Herman and Miles Surrey View full list
The White Lotus (HBO) Succession (HBO) Hacks (HBO Max) Evil (Paramount+) Maid (Netflix) For All Mankind (Applet TV+) Reservation Dogs (FX on Hulu) Yellowjackets (Showtime) Dickinson (Apple TV+) Foundation (Apple TV+)

RogerEbert.com

Nick Allen View full list
Bo Burnham: Inside (Netflix)   Chad (TBS)   Only Murders in the Building (Hulu)   Saturday Morning All Star Hits! (Netflix)   Schmigadoon (Apple TV+)   Squid Game (Netflix)
Robert Daniels View full list
Exterminate All the Brutes (HBO)   Flatbush Misdemeanors (Showtime)   The Underground Railroad (Prime Video)
Brian Tallerico View full list
The Underground Railroad (Prime Video) Succession (HBO) Mare of Easttown (HBO) Station Eleven (HBO Max) Reservation Dogs (FX on Hulu) Yellowjackets (Showtime) Maid (Netflix) The White Lotus (HBO) Hemingway (PBS) Evil (Paramount+)

Rolling Stone

Alan Sepinwall View full list
For All Mankind (Applet TV+) Reservation Dogs (FX on Hulu) Only Murders in the Building (Hulu) The Underground Railroad (Prime Video) Station Eleven (HBO Max) It's a Sin (HBO Max) Succession (HBO) Maid (Netflix) The White Lotus (HBO) WandaVision (Disney+)

The Root

Stephanie Holland View full list
Batwoman (The CW)   Colin in Black and White (Netflix)   The Equalizer (CBS)   The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (Disney+)   Gangs of London (AMC+)   Insecure (HBO)   Pose (FX)   The Underground Railroad (Prime Video)   WandaVision (Disney+)   What If...? (Disney+)

The Salt Lake Tribune

Scott D. Pierce View full list
Succession (HBO) The Big Leap (Fox) It's a Sin (HBO Max) Hacks (HBO Max) Schmigadoon (Apple TV+) Ghosts (CBS) Only Murders in the Building (Hulu) All Creatures Great and Small (PBS) Yellowstone (Paramount) Murder Among the Mormons (Netflix)

San Antonio Express-News

Jeanne Jakle View full list
Mare of Easttown (HBO) The White Lotus (HBO) Succession (HBO) Ted Lasso (Apple TV+) Hacks (HBO Max) The Beatles: Get Back (Disney+) It's a Sin (HBO Max) All Creatures Great and Small (PBS) Insecure (HBO) Midnight Mass (Netflix)

San Francisco Chronicle

Tariq Raouf View full list
Blindspotting (Starz)   Hacks (HBO Max)   Mare of Easttown (HBO)   Midnight Mass (Netflix)   Only Murders in the Building (Hulu)   The Sex Lives of College Girls (HBO Max)   WandaVision (Disney+)   We Are Lady Parts (Peacock)   The White Lotus (HBO)

ScreenCrush

Claire Epting View full list
Succession (HBO) Squid Game (Netflix) The Underground Railroad (Prime Video) Ted Lasso (Apple TV+) WandaVision (Disney+) Reservation Dogs (FX on Hulu) Sweet Tooth (Netflix) Mare of Easttown (HBO) I Think You Should Leave With Tim Robinson (Netflix) Hacks (HBO Max)

Screen Rant

Staff consensus View full list
Arcane (Netflix) It's a Sin (HBO Max) Only Murders in the Building (Hulu) Sex Education (Netflix) Foundation (Apple TV+) Mare of Easttown (HBO) Squid Game (Netflix) The Expanse (Prime Video) The Great British Baking Show (Netflix) Ted Lasso (Apple TV+)

Sioux City Journal

Bruce Miller - series list View full list
Reservation Dogs (FX on Hulu) Hacks (HBO Max) Only Murders in the Building (Hulu) Ted Lasso (Apple TV+) Succession (HBO)
Bruce Miller - specials/limited series list View full list
Bo Burnham: Inside (Netflix) The White Lotus (HBO) Dopesick (Hulu) Mare of Easttown (HBO) Schmigadoon (Apple TV+)

Slant

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The White Lotus (HBO) It's a Sin (HBO Max) Master of None (Netflix) Succession (HBO) Ted Lasso (Apple TV+) Reservation Dogs (FX on Hulu) Big Mouth (Netflix) Chucky (Syfy/USA) Sex Education (Netflix) Hacks (HBO Max)

Slashfilm

Leah Marilla Thomas View full list
Mare of Easttown (HBO) Blindspotting (Starz) Succession (HBO) Only Murders in the Building (Hulu) Dickinson (Apple TV+) WandaVision (Disney+) Ted Lasso (Apple TV+) The Other Two (HBO Max) The Great (Hulu) Search Party (HBO Max)

Slate

Willa Paskin View full list
Succession (HBO) Hacks (HBO Max) The Underground Railroad (Prime Video) Philly D.A. (PBS) City of Ghosts (Netflix) The White Lotus (HBO) Station Eleven (HBO Max) The Beatles: Get Back (Disney+) Only Murders in the Building (Hulu) Starstruck (HBO Max)

The Spectator

James Delingpole View full list
The Beatles: Get Back (Disney+)   Call My Agent (Netflix)   Clarkson's Farm (Prime Video)   It's a Sin (HBO Max)   The Pursuit of Love (Prime Video)   The Serpent (BBC)   Squid Game (Netflix)   Succession (HBO)   The White Lotus (HBO)   ZeroZeroZero (Prime Video)

Star Tribune (Minneapolis)

Neal Justin View full list
Chad (TBS) Dopesick (Hulu) The Beatles: Get Back (Disney+) Hemingway (PBS) The Great (Hulu) Muhammad Ali (PBS) Ted Lasso (Apple TV+) Sweet Tooth (Netflix) Only Murders in the Building (Hulu) Hacks (HBO Max)

The Sunday Times [UK]

Camilla Long View full list
The White Lotus (HBO) Clarkson's Farm (Prime Video) Dopesick (Hulu) The North Water (AMC+) Mare of Easttown (HBO) Halston (Netflix) Unforgotten (PBS) Selling Sunset (Netflix) It's a Sin (HBO Max) Impeachment: American Crime Story (FX)

Superhero Hype

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Invincible (Prime Video) The Expanse (Prime Video) WandaVision (Disney+) Young Justice: Phantoms (HBO Max) The Witcher (Netflix) What If...? (Disney+) Hawkeye (Disney+) The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (Disney+) The Wheel of Time (Prime Video) Superman & Lois (The CW)

Syfy Wire

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Arcane (Netflix) The Bite (Spectrum) Chucky (Syfy/USA) Evil (Paramount+) For All Mankind (Apple TV+) Invincible (Prime Video) Loki (Disney+) Midnight Mass (Netflix) Mythic Quest (Apple TV+) Resident Alien (Syfy)

Time

Judy Berman View full list
The Underground Railroad (Prime Video) The White Lotus (HBO) Work in Progress (Showtime) Exterminate All the Brutes (HBO) Reservation Dogs (FX on Hulu) Yellowjackets (Showtime) Succession (HBO) We Are Lady Parts (Peacock) I Think You Should Leave With Tim Robinson (Netflix) You (Netflix)

Toronto Star

Debra Yeo View full list
The Beatles: Get Back (Disney+)   Hacks (HBO Max)   Mare of Easttown (HBO)   Pretty Hard Cases (Prime Video)   Reservation Dogs (FX on Hulu)   Sort of (HBO Max)   Sweet Tooth (Netflix)   The Underground Railroad (Prime Video)   We Are Lady Parts (Peacock)   The White Lotus (HBO)

Total Film

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Midnight Mass (Netflix) Succession (HBO) Mare of Easttown (HBO) The Underground Railroad (Prime Video) The White Lotus (HBO) Squid Game (Netflix) It's a Sin (HBO Max) Scenes From a Marriage (HBO) WandaVision (Disney+) Time (BritBox)

TV Guide Magazine

Matt Roush
Ted Lasso (Apple TV+) WandaVision (Disney+) Succession (HBO) Dopesick (Hulu) Schmigadoon (Apple TV+) The Underground Railroad (Prime Video) Mare of Easttown (HBO) Evil (Paramount+) The White Lotus (HBO) What We Do in the Shadows (FX) Ghosts (CBS)

TVLine

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Mare of Easttown (HBO) Hacks (HBO Max) The Other Two (HBO Max) Reservation Dogs (FX on Hulu) Loki (Disney+) Only Murders in the Building (Hulu) Starstruck (HBO Max) Succession (HBO) What We Do in the Shadows (FX) Evil (Paramount+)

Uproxx

Staff consensus View full list
Succession (HBO) Hacks (HBO Max) The White Lotus (HBO) Reservation Dogs (FX on Hulu) What We Do in the Shadows (FX) Mare of Easttown (HBO) Only Murders in the Building (Hulu) I Think You Should Leave With Tim Robinson (Netflix) Mythic Quest (Apple TV+) WandaVision (Disney+)

USA Today

Kelly Lawler View full list
For All Mankind (Apple TV+) The Underground Railroad (Prime Video) It's a Sin (HBO Max) Hacks (HBO Max) We Are Lady Parts (Peacock) The White Lotus (HBO) Ted Lasso (Apple TV+) Squid Game (Netflix) Mare of Easttown (HBO) Maid (Netflix)

Vanity Fair

Sonia Saraiya View full list
Succession (HBO) Yellowjackets (Showtime) Saturday Night Live (NBC) You (Netflix) The White Lotus (HBO) Hacks (HBO Max) Station Eleven (HBO Max) Sort of (HBO Max) Love Life (HBO Max) Dickinson (Apple TV+)

Variety

Daniel D'Addario View full list
The Investigation (HBO) Mare of Easttown (HBO) The Underground Railroad (Prime Video) Exterminate All the Brutes (HBO) Hacks (HBO Max) Philly D.A. (PBS) Succession (HBO) Pose (FX) Watch the Sound With Mark Ronson (Apple TV+) Framing Britney Spears (FX)
Caroline Framke View full list
High on the Hog (Netflix) The Underground Railroad (Prime Video) Succession (HBO) Reservation Dogs (FX on Hulu) The Other Two (HBO Max) Hacks (HBO Max) Love Life (HBO Max) Saved by the Bell (Peacock) Yellowjackets (Showtime) Top Chef (Bravo)

Vox

Emily VanDerWerff View full list
The Underground Railroad (Prime Video) all others in alphabetical order:   Evil (Paramount+)   For All Mankind (Apple TV+)   The Great (Hulu)   Midnight Mass (Netflix)   Mythic Quest (Apple TV+)   Reservation Dogs (FX on Hulu)   Station Eleven (HBO Max)   Succession (HBO)   We Are Lady Parts (Peacock)   Work in Progress (Showtime)   Yellowjackets (Showtime)   You (Netflix)

Vulture

Jen Chaney View full list
We Are Lady Parts (Peacock) The White Lotus (HBO) The Other Two (HBO Max) WandaVision (Disney+) Mare of Easttown (HBO) Evil (Paramount+) Hacks (HBO Max) The Underground Railroad (Prime Video) Work in Progress (Showtime) Reservation Dogs (FX on Hulu)
Roxana Hadadi View full list
We Are Lady Parts (Peacock) The White Lotus (HBO) Mare of Easttown (HBO) The Underground Railroad (Prime Video) I Think You Should Leave With Tim Robinson (Netflix) For All Mankind (Apple TV+) Gangs of London (AMC+) Midnight Mass (Netflix) Only Murders in the Building (Hulu) Reservation Dogs (FX on Hulu)
Matt Zoller Seitz View full list
The Underground Railroad (Prime Video) We Are the Brooklyn Saints (Netflix) Squid Game (Netflix) Succession (HBO) The Great (Hulu) What We Do in the Shadows (FX) Gangs of London (AMC+) Reservation Dogs (FX on Hulu) Hacks (HBO Max) WandaVision (Disney+)
Kathryn VanArendonk View full list
Station Eleven (HBO Max) Reservation Dogs (FX on Hulu) The Underground Railroad (Prime Video) Philly D.A. (PBS) All Creatures Great and Small (PBS) Dickinson (Apple TV+) City of Ghosts (Netflix) Succession (HBO) You (Netflix) For All Mankind (Apple TV+)

The Wall Street Journal

John Anderson View full list
The Beatles: Get Back (Disney+)   Civil War (or Who Do We Think We Are) (Peacock)   The Crime of the Century (HBO)   Girls5eva (Peacock)   Lisey's Story (Apple TV+)   Never Have I Ever (Netflix)   Once Upon a Time in Queens (ESPN)   Schmigadoon (Apple TV+)   Sex Education (Netflix)   Ted Lasso (Apple TV+)

The Washington Post

Inkoo Kang View full list
The Lady and the Dale (HBO) It's a Sin (HBO Max) Bo Burnham: Inside (Netflix) Oprah With Harry and Meghan (CBS) Succession (HBO) Maid (Netflix) Hacks (HBO Max) Reservation Dogs (FX on Hulu) Nuclear Family (HBO) You (Netflix)

We Got This Covered

Staff picks View full list
Arcane (Netflix)   The Beatles: Get Back (Disney+)   The Great British Baking Show (Netflix)   Mare of Easttown (HBO)   Midnight Mass (Netflix)   Only Murders in the Building (Hulu)   The Other Two (HBO Max)   Reservation Dogs (FX on Hulu)   Shadow and Bone (Netflix)   Squid Game (Netflix)   Ted Lasso (Apple TV+)   WandaVision (Disney+)   Yellowstone (Paramount)

WhatCulture

Aidan Whatman View full list
Only Murders in the Building (Hulu) Squid Game (Netflix) The Underground Railroad (Prime Video) Blindspotting (Starz) The White Lotus (HBO) It's a Sin (HBO Max) Time (BritBox) Mare of Easttown (HBO) Invincible (Prime Video) Reservation Dogs (FX on Hulu)

Wired

Jennifer M. Wood View full list
The Great (Hulu)   Hacks (HBO Max)   Only Murders in the Building (Hulu)   Reservation Dogs (FX on Hulu)   Succession (HBO)   The White Lotus (HBO)   Yellowjackets (Showtime)

The Young Folks

Staff consensus View full list
WandaVision (Disney+) Only Murders in the Building (Hulu) Succession (HBO) Squid Game (Netflix) Ted Lasso (Apple TV+) It's a Sin (HBO Max) The Underground Railroad (Prime Video) What We Do in the Shadows (FX) Starstruck (HBO Max) I Think You Should Leave With Tim Robinson (Netflix) Midnight Mass (Netflix)