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December

• Shadow Lines – Created by Kirsti Manninen and Katri Manninen; Directed by Alli Haapasalo and AJ Annila (Sundance Now)
• Bridgerton (Netflix)
• Equinox – Created by Tea Lindeburg (Netflix)
• Cleaning Up (Sundance Now)
• On Pointe (Docuseries) – Directed by Larissa Bills (Premieres December 18 on Disney+)
• Sweet Home – Created by Hong So-ri, Lee Eung-bok, Jang Young-woo, Kim Hyeong-min, and Park So-hyeon (Netflix)
• Up Early Tonight (Talk Show) – Hosted by Abbi Crutchfield (Hulu)
• The Wilds – Created by Sarah Streicher (Amazon Prime)
• Adult Material – Directed by Dawn Shadforth; Written by Lucy Kirkwood (HBO Max)
• The Mess You Leave Behind (Netflix)
• Réunions – Created by Isabelle Dubernet and Éric Fuhrer (Acorn TV)
• Tiny Pretty Things (Netflix)
• Anitta: Made in Honório (Docuseries) (Netflix)
• How to Ruin Christmas: The Wedding (Netflix)
• Total Control – Created by Miranda Dear, Rachel Griffiths, Darren Dale, and Stuart Page; Directed by Rachel Perkins (Sundance Now)
• Selena: The Series (Netflix)
• Bhaag Beanie Bhaag (Netflix)
• Detention (Netflix)
• Nurses (NBC)
• A Suitable Boy (Miniseries) – Directed by Mira Nair (Acorn TV)
• The Trial of Christine Keeler (Miniseries) – Directed by Andrea Harkin and Leanne Welham; Written by Amanda Coe (HBO Max)
• Trafficked with Mariana van Zeller (Docuseries) (Nat Geo)
• The Commons – Created by Shelley Birse (Sundance Now)

November

• Saved by the Bell – Created by Tracey Wigfield (Peacock)
• The Flight Attendant (HBO Max)
• Black Narcissus (Miniseries) – Directed by Charlotte Bruus Christensen; Written by Amanda Coe (FX)
• Big Sky (ABC)
• No Man’s Land – Created by Maria Feldman, Ron Leshem, Eitan Mansuri, and Amit Cohen (Hulu)
• I Hate Suzie – Created by Lucy Prebble and Billie Piper (HBO Max)
• Cold Call – Created by Karyn Dougan Buckland and Mark Buckland (Sundance Now)
• Veneno (HBO Max)
• Side Hustle (Nickelodeon)
• The South Westerlies – Created by Catherine Maher; Written by Catherine Maher, Hilary Reynolds, Michelle Duffy, and Hugh Travers (Acorn TV)
• Industry (HBO)
• A Teacher – Created by Hannah Fiddell (FX on Hulu)
• Eater’s Guide to the World – Narrated by Maya Rudolph (Hulu)
• A Queen Is Born – Created by Mari Nunes and Gustavo Mello; Directed by Carla Barros (Netflix)
• Love & Anarchy – Created by Lisa Langseth (Netflix)
• Carmel: Who Killed Maria Marta? (Docuseries) (Netflix)

October

• The Queen’s Gambit (Miniseries) (Netflix)
• Perdida – Created by Ruth García, Natxo López, and David Oliva (Netflix)
• Barbarians – Directed by Barbara Eder and Steve Saint Leger (Netflix)
• The Undoing (Miniseries) – Directed by Susanne Bier (HBO)
• That Animal Rescue Show (Docuseries) – Written by Nayeema Raza and Bill Guttentag (CBS All Access)
• Grand Army – Created by Katie Cappiello (Netflix)
• Seduced: Inside the NXIVM Cult (Docuseries) – Directed by Cecilia Peck and Inbal B. Lessner (Starz)
• The Trouble with Maggie Cole (PBS)
• Darkness: Those Who Kill – Created by Ina Bruhn (Acorn TV)
• Equal (Docuseries) – Directed by Kimberly Reed and Stephen Kijak (HBO Max)
• Social Distance (Anthology) – Created by Hilary Weisman Graham (Netflix)
• Monsterland (Anthology) – Created by Mary Laws (Hulu)
• Emily in Paris (Netflix)
• Flesh and Blood – Created by Sarah Williams; Directed by Louise Hooper (PBS)
• First Ladies (Docuseries) (CNN)
• Tell Me More with Kelly Corrigan (Talk Show) (PBS)
• Good Morning, Verônica (Netflix)

September

• Utopia – Created by Gillian Flynn (Amazon Prime)
• The Amber Ruffin Show (Variety Show) – Written by Amber Ruffin, Jenny Hagel, Shantira Jackson, Demi Adejuyigbe, and Dewayne Perkins (Peacock)
• Tehran – Created by Dana Eden, Maor Kohn, and Moshe Zonder (Apple TV+)
• The School Nurse Files – Created by Kyoung-mi Lee and Chung Se-rang (Netflix)
• Magical Girl Friendship Squad – Created by Kelsey Stephanides (Syfy)
• The Expecting – Directed by Mary Harron (Quibi)
• Ratched (Netflix)
• Filthy Rich (Fox)
• Like, Share, Dímelo (Talk Show) (Fuse)
• The Murders at White House Farm (Miniseries) – Written by Giula Sandler and Kris Mrksa (HBO Max)
• The Duchess – Created and Written by Katherine Ryan (Netflix)
• The Third Day (Miniseries) – Directed by Phillipa Lowthorpe and Marc Munden (HBO)
• Izzy’s Koala World (Docuseries) (Netflix)
• Departure (Peacock)
• The Last Word – Written by Carolina Zimmermann and Aron Lehmann (Netflix)
• One Lane Bridge – Created by Pip Hall and Philip Smith (Sundance Now)
• Away (Netflix)
• Power Book II: Ghost – Created by Courtney A. Kemp (Starz)
• Record of Youth – Written by Myung Hee Ha (Netflix)
• Julie and the Phantoms (Netflix)
• The Idhun Chronicles – Created by Laura Gallego and Andrés Carrión (Netflix)
• Women Make Film (Docuseries) (TCM)
• Bookmarks: Celebrating Black Voices (Netflix)
• The Sounds – Created by Sarah-Kate Lynch (Acorn TV)

August

• Masaba Masaba – Directed by Sonam Nair; Written by Sonam Nair, Punya Arora, Nandini Gupta, and Anupama Ramachandran (Netflix)
• Love Fraud (Docuseries) – Directed by Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady (Showtime)
• The Vow (Docuseries) – Directed by Jehane Noujaim and Karim Amer (HBO)
• Emily’s Wonder Lab (Netflix)
• Do Do Sol Sol La La Sol (Netflix)
• Her Mother’s Killer (Netflix)
• Pure – Directed by Alicia Macdonald and Aneil Karia; Written by Kirstie Swain (HBO Max)
• Teenage Bounty Hunters – Created by Kathleen Jordan (Netflix)
• Lovecraft Country – Developed by Misha Green (HBO)
• The Suspect (Docuseries) – Directed by Deborah Wainwright (Sundance Now)
• Biohackers (Netflix)
• YOLO: Crystal Fantasy (Adult Swim)
• Surviving Jeffrey Epstein (Docuseries) – Directed by Annie Sundberg and Ricki Stern (Lifetime)
• We Hunt Together – Written by Gaby Hull (Showtime)
• Mapleworth Murders – Created and Written by Paula Pell and John Lutz; Directed by Claire Scanlon (Quibi)
• Five Bedrooms – Created by Christine Bartlett and Michael Lewis; Written by Christine Bartlett, Mithila Gupta, Michael Lucas, and Xavier Coy (Peacock)
• Immigration Nation (Docuseries) – Created by Christina Clusiau and Shaul Schwarz (Netflix)
• Sex Next Door (Docuseries) (Quibi)
• Coroner – Created by Morwyn Brebner (The CW)
• Hitmen (Peacock)

July

• Get Even – Created by Holly Phillips (Netflix)
• Helter Skelter: An American Myth (Docuseries) – Directed by Lesley Chilcott (Epix)
• Don’t Look Deeper – Directed by Catherine Hardwicke (Quibi)
• Frayed – Created by Sarah Kendall (HBO Max)
• In My Skin – Created and Written by Kayleigh Llewellyn; Directed by Lucy Forbes (Hulu)
• Cursed (Netflix)
• The Alienist: Angel of Darkness (TNT)
• Little Voice – Created by Sara Bareilles and Jessie Nelson (Apple TV+)
• The Twelve – Created by Sanne Nuyens and Bert Van Dael (Netflix)
• P-Valley – Created by Katori Hall (Starz)
• The Nest – Created and Written by Nicole Taylor (Acorn TV)
• Dark Desire – Created by Leticia López Margalli (Netflix)
• The Secrets She Keeps – Directed by Catherine Millar and Jennifer Leacey; Written by Sarah Walker and Jonathan Gavin (Sundance Now)
• The Baby-Sitters Club – Created by Rachel Shukert; Directed by Lucia Aniello (Netflix)
• The Vote (Two-Part Docuseries) – Written and Directed by Michelle Ferrari (PBS)
• Stateless (Miniseries) – Created by Cate Blanchett, Elise McCredie, and Tony Ayres (Netflix)
• Expecting Amy (Docuseries) (HBO Max)
• Warrior Nun (Netflix)

June

• I’ll Be Gone in the Dark (Docuseries) (HBO)
• Into the Unknown: Making Frozen 2 (Docuseries) – Directed by Megan Harding (Disney+)
• The Sommerdahl Murders – Created by Lolita Bellstar (Acorn)
• Love, Victor – Created by Elizabeth Berger and Isaac Aptaker (Hulu)
• Lucy Worsley’s Royal Myths & Secrets (Docuseries) (PBS)
• Beecham House (Miniseries) – Created by Gurinder Chadha, Shahrukh Husain, and Paul Mayeda Berges; Directed by Gurinder Chadha (PBS)
• Prehistoric Road Trip (Docuseries) – Directed by Ally Gimbel; Written by Emily Graslie (PBS)
• I May Destroy You – Created and Written by Michaela Coel (HBO)
• Lenox Hill (Docuseries) – Directed by Adi Barash and Ruthie Shatz (Netflix)
• Royalties – Directed by Amy Heckerling (Quibi)
• Can You Hear Me? – Created by Florence Longpré (Netflix)

May

• Central Park – Created by Nora Smith, Loren Bouchard, and Josh Gad (Apple TV+)
• Control Z – Created by Adriana Pelusi, Miguel García Moreno, and Carlos Quintanilla (Netflix)
• Jeffrey Epstein: Filthy Rich (Docuseries) – Directed by Lisa Bryant (Netflix)
• Love Life (HBO Max)
• The Great (Hulu)
• White Lines (Netflix)
• Inhuman Resources – Written by Perrine Margaine and Pierre Lemaitre (Netflix)
• The Queen and the Conqueror (Netflix)
• Hightown – Created by Rebecca Perry Cutter (Starz)
• Dead Still – Directed by Imogen Murphy and Craig David Wallace; Written by Imogen Murphy and John Morton (Acorn TV)
• Stargirl (The CW)
• Sweet Magnolias – Created by Sheryl J. Anderson (Netflix)
• Blood & Water – Created and Written by Nosipho Dumisa (Netflix)
• Valeria – Created by María López Castaño (Netflix)
• Amy Schumer Learns to Cook (Food Network)
• Betty – Created by Crystal Moselle (HBO)
• Gold Digger (Miniseries) – Created and Written by Marnie Dickens (Acorn TV)
• Bad Mothers – Created by Rachel Lang and Gavin Strawhan (Sundance Now)
• Lambs of God (Miniseries) – Written by Sarah Lambert and Marele Day (Topic)

April

• Never Have I Ever – Created by Mindy Kaling and Lang Fisher (Netflix)
• Normal People – Directed by Hettie McDonald and Lenny Abrahamson; Written by Sally Rooney, Alice Birch, and Mark O’Rowe (Hulu)
• Sanctuary – Created and Written by Rachel Flowerday and Charlie Fletcher (Sundance Now)
• Run – Created by Vicky Jones (HBO)
• Mrs. America (Miniseries) – Created by Dahvi Waller (FX on Hulu)
• Home Before Dark – Created by Dana Fox and Dara Resnik (Apple TV+)
• StarBeam (Netflix)
• Atlanta’s Missing and Murdered: The Lost Children (Docuseries) – Directed by Maro Chermayeff, Sam Pollard, Jeff Dupre, and Joshua Bennett (HBO)
• Deadwater Fell (Miniseries) – Created and Written by Daisy Coulam; Directed by Lynsey Miller (Acorn TV)
• When the Streetlights Go On (Movie in Chapters) – Directed by Rebecca Thomas (Quibi)
• How to Fix a Drug Scandal (Docuseries) – Directed by Erin Lee Carr (Netflix)
• The Iliza Shlesinger Sketch Show – Created by Iliza Shlesinger (Netflix)

March

• Split (Miniseries) – Created and Written by Yael Shavitt; Directed by Molly McGaughey (Amazon Prime)
• Vagrant Queen – Created by Jem Garrard (Syfy)
• Somewhere South (Docuseries) – Created by Vivian Howard and Cynthia Hill; Directed by Cynthia Hill (PBS)
• Baghdad Central – Directed by Alice Troughton and Ben A. Williams (Hulu)
• Three Busy Debras – Created and Written by Mitra Jouhari, Sandy Honig, and Alyssa Stonoha (Adult Swim)
• Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker (Miniseries) – Created by Nicole Jefferson Asher; Directed by DeMane Davis and Kasi Lemmons (Netflix)
• The English Game (Miniseries) – Directed by Birgitte Stærmose and Tim Fywell (Netflix)
• Unorthodox (Miniseries) – Directed by Maria Schrader; Written by Anna Winger and Alexa Karolinski (Netflix)
• Little Fires Everywhere (Miniseries) – Written by Celeste Ng and Liz Tigelaar (Hulu)
• Jessy & Nessy (Amazon Prime)
• The Pale Horse (Miniseries) – Directed by Leonora Lonsdale; Written by Sarah Phelps (Amazon Prime)
• Women of the Night (Netflix)
• Motherland: Fort Salem (Freeform)
• Feel Good – Created and Written by Mae Martin and Joe Hampson; Directed by Ally Pankiw (Netflix)
• Ruthless (BET+)
• Hillary (Docuseries) – Directed by Nanette Burstein (Hulu)
• Devs (FX on Hulu)

February

• Queen Sono (Netflix)
• Unstoppable (Netflix)
• Gentefied – Created by Linda Yvette Chávez and Marvin Lemus (Netflix)
• Puerta 7 (Netflix)
• I Am Not Okay With This – Created by Christy Hall and Jonathan Entwisle (Netflix)
• It’s Personal with Amy Hoggart (truTV)
• Followers – Directed by Mika Ninagawa (Netflix)
• High Fidelity – Created by Sarah Kucserka and Veronica West (Hulu)
• Duncanville – Created by Amy Poehler, Julie Thacker, and Mike Scully (Fox)
• Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist (NBC)
• The Expanding Universe of Ashley Garcia (Netflix)
• Cherish the Day – Created by Ava DuVernay (OWN)
• F*%#ing Adelaide – Created by Sophie Hyde (Topic)
• My Holo Love (Netflix)
• Tommy (CBS)
• Katy Keene (The CW)
• Briarpatch (USA)
• The Pharmacist (Docuseries) – Directed by Julia Willoughby Nason and Jenner Furst (Netflix)

January

• Luna Nera – Created by Francesca Manieri, Laura Paolucci, and Tiziana Triana (Netflix)
• Ted Bundy: Falling for a Killer (Docuseries) – Directed by Trish Wood; Written by Carolyn Saunders and Richard O’Regan (Amazon Prime)
• Diary of a Future President – Created by Ilana Peña (Disney+)
• Little America – Developed by Emily Gordon, Kumail Nanjiani, and Lee Eisenberg (Apple TV+)
• Ares – Created by Iris Otten, Pieter Kuijpers, and Sander van Meurs (Netflix)
• Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens – Created by Awkwafina and Teresa Hsiao (Comedy Central)
• The Ghost Bride (Netflix)
• AJ and the Queen (Netflix)
• Sanditon (PBS)
• Party of Five – Created by Amy Lippman and Christopher Keyser (Freeform)
• Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist (NBC)
• Spinning Out – Created by Samantha Stratton (Netflix)
• Messiah – Directed by Kate Woods and James McTeigue (Netflix)
• Surviving R. Kelly Part II: The Reckoning (Docuseries) (Lifetime)