Nariman Al-Salhy, Iraqi actress with Mostafa Zamani in Amerli TV show

When you compare that number to previous years, 2020 saw 493 shows, 2019 had 532, 2018 had 496, and there were 487 shows available in 2017. Comparing 2021 to 2016, which had 455 shows, there was a 23% increase in the number of shows in a given year. The research itself spans a decade and in 2012 there were 288 shows available to watch. In the decade since, it has seen a steady increase in that number and when FX’s research started in 2002 there were only 182 shows to watch.