The votes have been cast and tallied, and the list of the best series of 2021 is in. The Underground Railroad by Barry Jenkins was by far the most popular series among the critics polled. Here's the detailed breakdown of the results.
All participants were allowed to choose ten series. The respective favorite received 10 points, the second-place series 9 points, the third-place series 8 points, all the way down to tenth place, which received one point.
This resulted in the following, sometimes quite tight ranking:
- The Underground Railroad (77 points)
- Mare Of Easttown (51 points)
- Succession - Season 3 (49 points)
- Scenes From A Marriage (49 points)
- It's A Sin (46 points)
- The White Lotus (44 points)
- Ted Lasso -. Season 2 (43 points)
- Only Murders In The Building (39 points)
- Reservation Dogs (38 points)
- We Are Who We Are (37 points)
- Dopesick (34 points)
- Lupin (30 points)
- Foundation (22 points)
- Para - Wir Sind King (21 points)
- Sex Education - Season 3 (21 points)
- WandaVision (20 points)
- Midnight Mass (19 points)
- Squid Game (18 points)
- Station 43: Charité Intensive (18 points)
- Beforeigners (15 points)
Broken down by broadcasters and streamers, this results in the following (non-meaningful) score:
- Sky (193 points)
- Disney+ (131 points)
- Netflix (88 points)
- Starzplay (83 points)
- Prime Video (77 points)
- Apple TV+ (65 points)
- ARD/Mediathek (33 points)
- TNT Series (21 points)