Summary
In April, THR’s team of intrepid film critics ranked the 50 best films of the 21st century so far. There were 600 original scripted shows airing on broadcast, cable and streaming in 2022 alone.
We agreed that any show that had episodes airing after Dec. 31, 1999, was eligible for consideration. To avoid claiming authority based on such a limited sample, we decided to restrict the list to English-language options.
This final list doesn’t look like what any of our individual Top 50s would be. A lot of these shows are canon, and you’ll see them in any ranking of this type. After a wave of series finales in the past year, we ended up selecting very few active shows here.
Honorable mentions (in alphabetical order): America to Me, Arrested Development, Bob’s Burgers, The Good Wife, The Great British Bake-Off.
