If you're like me, you spent most of 2020 and most of 2021 cooped up at home, killing time by binge watching new TV shows (open in new tab) and reviewing old favorites (open in new tab) (I spent three straight months on "Gilmore Girls" I may or may not have been enthralled.) It's almost 2022 (thank goodness), but it looks like my return to society is far from over. So I've compiled a list of the best TV shows coming out in 2021, from those that will make you forget the reality of 2021 ("Dickinson") to those that will remind you of simpler times ("Gossip Girl"), here's your watch list.

If you're still suffering from Bridgerton withdrawal symptoms or are very sad that Rouget-Jean Page won't be back for Season 2, catch up with "Dickinson," a period piece starring Hailee Steinfeld as moody teen Emily Dickinson. It's a feminist tale with a literary twist. The second season is now available on Apple TV+.

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A refreshingly un-Marvel-like Marvel show starring Elizabeth Olsen and Paul Bettany. In it, Scarlet Witch (Olsen) and Vision (Bettany) are a typical suburban couple until they decide to fight crime. (Opens in a new tab) It's the kind of "I Love Lucy" x "The Avengers" crossover you didn't know you needed.

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Marvel's hit show is here again today. It's more action-packed than "Wander Vision," but it's no less creative. Each episode follows two characters from the Captain America series, Sam Wilson and Bucky Barnes (a.k.a. Flacon and Winter Solider), six months after the events of The Avengers: Avengers/Endgame. The film portrays Sam Wilson and Bucky Barnes (a.k.a. Flacon and Winter Solider) six months after "Avengers/Endgame."

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The show that made an era (and sparked my obsession with plaid skirts and headbands) is about glossy high school students and the informant everywhere who knows all their secrets (now a blog Instead, they use Instagram to post photos and troll the Upper East Cider) are back with a whole new cast. Though it hits a different note than the original, the reboot is worth a look for OG fans and newcomers alike. Also surprising is that Kristen Bell is still voicing GG. xoxo.

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Enjoy the gritty crime drama and the incredibly bad and good Philly accent. Kate Winslet is a basketball player turned small-town detective investigating a local murder. (opens in new tab)

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Everything looks picturesque at the White Lotus, an exclusive Hawaiian resort. But over the course of six episodes, the audience discovers that the guests and hotel staff are not what they appear to be. This miniseries is an eerie and incisive social satire.

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The God of Mischief finally has his own show in this Disney + Original production. The charismatic Loki, played by Tom Hiddleston, wins the hearts of viewers in just six episodes and makes them reconsider their "villain hatred." WARNING: Do not watch if time travel is not your thing.

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Set in late Victorian times, the film is about women with supernatural magical powers, and of course their enemies.

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Can June escape Gilead? The hit series returns this spring on Hulu, and from the trailer, the handmaids, Martha, and others who have been held hostage by an oppressive regime that has taken away their freedom are fighting back hard.

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We may have the next "Big Little Lies" on our hands. No, really: this limited series starring Nicole Kidman is based on the book of the same name by Liane Moriarty. In this show, nine "urbanites" head to a boutique health and wellness resort. (opens in new tab) But tranquility may not be the only thing they signed up for.

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After 17 years, sitcom HBIC makes a triumphant return, with the full cast (Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matthew Perry, David Schwimmer, Matt LeBlanc) The film was.

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Jean Smart plays Deborah Vance, a Las Vegas comedian who teams up with writer Eva, a cancelled Gen Z comedian, to keep her routine socially appropriate

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Colson Whitehead's #1 New York Times bestseller "The Underground Railroad" is being adapted for television this year by Barry Jenkins. Read the original story first, then enjoy how it unfolds on screen.

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The world's most petulant, yet wildly entertaining family is back. In the highly anticipated third season of Succession, the Roy family is embroiled in scandal (again) and scratching each other's eyes out (again).

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In 2018, Anna Delvey made headlines when a New York Magazine feature revealed that the party girl heiress was actually a con artist who has been conning the city's elite. If Netflix's Shonda Rhimes, starring Julia Garner, joins the mix (she'll produce), it's the perfect weekend watch.

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Fans of Donald Glover's hit comedy-drama show "Atlanta" have long been waiting for a Season 3, and now they finally have one. The third season will likely be produced in 2021. No word yet on when it will hit the small screen, but we're keeping our fingers crossed.

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Will justice ever come for best friends Jen and Judy, played by Christina Applegate and Linda Cardellini, who have become partners in crime? Only time (aka season 3) will tell.

Premiere date: TBD