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Top Series Released in 2001

A look at what 2001 brought to TV — from breakout hits to under-the-radar debuts worth catching.

This 2001 TV shows page highlights 50 titles, led by Lecture Room, Football Focus, and Ulisse - The Pleasure of Discovery.

2001 sits within the 2000s — seen here alongside other premieres from the decade.

Shows
50
Average
7.0
Years
2001
Updated
2026-07-13

Context

Only shows with a first air date in 2001 are included. They are ordered by current popularity, with each title's audience rating shown alongside for comparison. Top picks right now: Smallville, Lecture Room, 24. 50 shows listed · Average rating: 7.0 · Years: 2001-2001. Updated on July 13, 2026.

Breakout premieres

Shows from this year with especially strong audience ratings.

Lecture Room
Lecture Room
2001 · 10.0/10
Football Focus
Football Focus
2001 · 10.0/10

A preview of all the top footballing action with detailed analysis from an expert panel of guests.

Ulisse - The Pleasure of Discovery
Ulisse - The Pleasure of Discovery
2001 · 9.1/10

Alberto Angela leads the dissemination program dedicated to history, art and culture. A historical, archaeological, informative story, with the presence of some protagonists of the Italian cultural or artistic scene.

Band of Brothers
Band of Brothers
2001 · 8.6/10

Drawn from interviews with survivors of Easy Company, as well as their journals and letters, Band of Brothers chronicles the experiences of these men from paratrooper training in Georgia through the end of the war. As an elite rifle company parachuting into Normandy early on D-Day morning, participants in the Battle of the Bulge, and witness to the horrors of war, the men of Easy knew extraordinary bravery and extraordinary fear - and became the stuff of legend. Based on Stephen E. Ambrose's acclaimed book of the same name.

Samurai Jack
Samurai Jack
2001 · 8.4/10

A great warrior is displaced to the distant future by the evil shape-shifting wizard Aku. The world has become a bleak place under the rule of Aku, segregated into fantastic tribes and ruled by Aku's evil robot warlords. Jack travels this foreign landscape in search of a time portal that can return him to his home time so he can "undo the future that is Aku!".

A Grande Família
A Grande Família
2001 · 8.4/10

The daily lives of a typical Brazilian middle-class family, that are always very close and tries, in their way, to survive the financial and relationship difficulties.

Release order

The Bronze Teeth
The Bronze Teeth
2001 · 8.4/10
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2001 · 4.5/10
The Division
The Division
2001 · 7.1/10

The Division is an American crime drama television series created by Deborah Joy LeVine and starring Bonnie Bedelia. The series focused on a team of women police officers in the San Francisco Police Department. The series premiered on Lifetime on January 7, 2001 and ended on June 28, 2004 after 88 episodes.

CentoVetrine
CentoVetrine
2001 · 6.7/10

The series tells the stories of some of the characters who work or are related to an imaginary shopping center Centovetrine, located in the center of Turin. There are many stories of love and passion, but also struggles for power and dynastic quarrels in the telefilm.

Beyblade
Beyblade
2001 · 7.7/10

Thirteen-year-old Takao Kinomiya (Tyson Granger), along with his fellow teammates, Kai Hiwatari, Max Mizuhura (Max Tate), and Rei Kon (Ray Kon), strive to become the greatest Beybladers in the world. With the technical help of the team's resident genius, Kyoujyu (Kenny), and with the powerful strength of their BitBeasts, the Bladebreakers armed with their Beys attempt to reach their goal.

Jazz
Jazz
2001 · 7.5/10

Jazz is a ten part series that explores the evolution – and the genius – of America’s greatest original art form, focusing on the extraordinary men and women who could do something remarkable – create art on the spot. Jazz celebrates their profoundly enduring, endlessly varied, and infinitely alluring music in the context of the complicated country that gave birth to and influenced it, and was in turn transformed by it.

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