2021 was an amazing year for new TV programming across the board. Here are the top 10 new shows of 2021, and where to watch them.<\/b>
\n2021 was a phenomenal year for television. Hit shows like Succession, The Expanse, Ted Lasso, Big Mouth, The Great, Servant, and more came back strong with some standout new seasons. Even more impressive, though, was the seemingly endless supply of stellar new series. Virtually every streaming service had a strong offering, including global hits like Squid Game on Netflix, a slate of Marvel shows on Disney Plus, and Apple TV Plus\u2019 continued rise as a premium streamer. So, which were the best new shows of 2021? Below, you\u2019ll find our picks for the 10 standout new series that dominated in 2021. These include sleeper hits, blockbuster knockouts, and just plain solid entertainment. While a few cable shows like Yellowjackets, Chucky, and The White Lotus were among the very best new shows of 2021, we\u2019ve limited this list to streaming exclusives. See also: The best streaming services The top 10 new shows of 2021 What if one could use advanced mathematics to predict the future based on human behavior? That\u2019s the basic premise of Apple TV Plus\u2019 Foundation. From there, the series \u2014 based on Isaac Asimov\u2019s sci-fi literary classic \u2014 builds into a massive intergalactic drama that\u2019s among the best sci-fi of the last few years. HBO Max\u2019s Hacks was a total knockout. When a legendary stand-up comic\u2019s social cachet starts to wane, she works with a younger comic facing her own image issues after an insensitive tweet gets her into hot water. The show offered a thoughtful and hilarious look at generational differences, the often volatile world of stand-up comedy, and the value of punching up. Only Murders in the Building is one of Hulu\u2019s best original series, and certainly one of the best new shows of 2021 too. A hilarious send-up of America\u2019s obsession with true crime, the series follows three huge fans of a Serial-like podcast as they come together to investigate a murder in their own Manhattan apartment complex. As they get closer to the truth, the three realize they all have their own secrets, and even their own ties to the murder they\u2019re investigating. Co-created by Academy Award winner Taika Waititi, the show boasts all Indigenous writers and directors, as well as a majority Indigenous cast and production team. Renewed for a second season, Reservation Dogs was a critical darling and a hit with audiences. It very much earns its place among the best new shows of 2021. Death game shows and movies are nothing new, but they still have the power to completely blow us away. That was especially the case with Squid Game, one of the best new shows of 2021, and one of the most impactful. For a few weeks there, you really couldn\u2019t escape its hold on the entire world. It even inspired a playful beef between its creator and NBA superstar LeBron James. The Korean original was a global hit for Netflix, and for good reason. It follows a group of contestants participating in a series of games for a huge cash prize. There\u2019s a catch though. If you lose one of the games, you die. It\u2019s brutal, bloody, and quite moving, and it offers a clever critique of capitalism and the way heartbreaking inequality and cruelty are baked into how we live. In season one, we follow the 10-year-old hybrid Gus, who has survived mostly in isolation with his father. When his father dies, Gus tags along with the lone wanderer Jepperd, hoping the man will help him find his mother in a strange new world he\u2019s never known. Disney invested hard in MCU television on its dedicated streamer, Disney Plus, in early 2021. The first MCU original streaming show released on Disney Plus remains one of its best (although Loki and Hawkeye have given it a run for its money). WandaVision explores Wanda\u2019s emotional state following the events of Avengers: Endgame as she copes with the loss of Vision.<\/p>\n