The 100 Greatest TV Series of the 21st Century is a list compiled in October 2021 by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), as part of their annual critics' poll, chosen by a voting poll of 206 television experts (critics, journalists, academics and industry figures) from 43 countries.
Doctor Who, SpongeBob SquarePants, South Park, Buffy the Vampire Slayer and The Sopranos), though Twin Peaks: The Return (#13) was eligible due to it being commissioned as a stand-alone miniseries as opposed to a revival of the original 1990–91 series.
Only 7 programmes did not fall under the scripted live action genre: four animated shows — BoJack Horseman (#11), Avatar: The Last Airbender (#61), Rick and Morty (#76) and Steven Universe (#99); and three non-fiction shows — the reality competition series RuPaul's Drag Race (#67) plus the non-fiction docuseries Planet Earth (#73) and the Academy Award-winning O.J.
[3] Damon Lindelof is the creator with the most programmes on the list, with three: The Leftovers (#7), Lost (#19) and Watchmen (#26).
[5][6] Participants were permitted to choose from titles released between January 2000 to July 2021 (when all responses were collected).