Roku Recommends “The Year in Streaming” special reveals top series of 2021 with celebrity guest stars

Hi Streamers! 2021 brought us so much fantastic entertainment to stream. To wrap up the year, our weekly entertainment series “Roku Recommends,” hosted by Maria Menounos and Andrew “Hawk” Hawkins, will air its first-ever special, “The Year in Streaming,” to count down to the most popular shows of 2021.

Some of the biggest names in TV are joining in on the fun. Love Ted Lasso? Don’t miss Liza Katzer and Jamie Lee, producers of the show, as well as Amy Ryan (Only Murders in the Building), O-T Fagbenle (The Handmaid’s Tale), Chrishell Stause (Selling Sunset), Karamo Brown (Queer Eye), Cheryl Hines (Curb Your Enthusiasm), and more counting down the top series of the year.

With so many incredible shows to pick from, it was tough to narrow down the list to the top ten. That’s why we enlisted the help of Roku streamers. We surveyed over fifty thousand of you and asked you to rank your top series of the year. Here are the Top Ten Series Of 2021, according to Roku’s streaming enthusiasts:

10. 90 Day Fiancé

9. Succession

8. The Morning Show

7. Heartland

6. Mare of Easttown

5. Only MurdersIn The Building

4. Squid Game

3. Handmaid’s Tale

2. WandaVision

1. Ted Lasso 

We also looked at what titles Roku streamers searched for the most for this year. Check out the 2021 Top Five Most Searched Titles on the Roku platform:

5. The Chosen

4.Halloween

3. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone

2. SpongeBob SquarePants

1. Yellowstone

How many of these series did you watch in 2021? Relive the biggest moments in TV with Roku Recommends “The Year in Streaming”

Happy Streaming and Happy New Year!