The best TV shows of all time.

[Insidious Von]

Rolling Stone compiled a list of the 100 Best TV shows of all time. It's very interesting, Fawlty Towers scores high. Games of Thrones is the wild card. Imho Emilia Clarke's aweful acting disqualifies it from Top 5 consideration. To GoTs credit, the show's first executive producer, Vanessa Taylor S1 - 3, would go on to win Best Picture as co-writer with Guillermo Del Toro for The Shape of Water.

https://www.rollingstone.com/tv/tv-lists/100-greatest-tv-shows-of-all-time-105998/mystery-science-theater-3000-107776/

We all have a pov on this subject, my Top 5.

5. The Wire
4. The Twilight Zone
3. The Sopranos
2. I Claudius.
1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ja7QxgHOYL8

 

[happ]

Flinstones https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5haMVR5my-s

 

[james t kirk]

1. Game of Thrones
2. Battle Star Galactica
3. The Sopranos
4. Breaking Bad
5. All in the Family
6. Rome
7. The Beachcombers

I've never seen Claudius

And I've tried watching The Wire, but just can't seem to get into it.

 

[Insidious Von]

The Wire is like Taboo, a slow burn. If you stay with it your patience will be rewarded. Michael K Williams, Idris Elba and Aidan Gillen (Littlefinger) and Michael B Jordan all built their careers from The Wire.

I Claudius was 30 years ahead of it's time. When the BBC aired it in 1976, it was a huge shock. British sensors rated it X at the time. HBO learned from their mistakes with Rome, that show had huge gaping plot holes and was too expensive to produce. They learned the lessons from Rome when they got around to making Game of Thrones.

I Claudius made stars out of John Hurt and Patrick Stewart, it is a must watch.

 

[Insidious Von]

Tiberius don't give up on The Wire, you'll be happy you didn't

 

[SirWanker]

In no particular order:

Spartacus
Good Eats/Chef's Table/Mind Of A Chef
Sons Of Anarchy
Anthony Bourdain (No Reservations; The Layover; Parts Unknown)
Vikings


Also worthy:
House of Cards (both BBC & Netflix)
Miami Vice
Boston Legal
Peaky Blinders
Versailles
The Knick
The Americans
Grace And Frankie
Sex and the City

 

[superstar_88]

Hogan's Heroes (Don't know why they haven't made a movie yet)
Three's Company (They should do a porn of this if they haven't already)
Bay Watch (This was already soft core)
Leave it to beaver (Would make a great porn title)
Green Acres (Should not be made into porn due to farm animals)

 

[unassuming]

Never seen the Sopranos, Game of Thrones, The Wire...all these these netflix shows (cuz I'm cheap)

My list of best:

All in the Family
Cheers
Taxi
WKRPi in Cincinnatti
Hill St Blues
Twilight Zone
Twin Peaks
Lost

 

[Nad Smith]

West Wing, Law and Order, Hill Street Blues, Taxi, Cheers, LA Law, Newhart (the second one), Twilight Zone, Big Bang Theory

 

[Brill]

Breaking Bad
Better Call Saul
The Wire
The Sopranos
Game Of Thrones
Deadwood
Fawlty Towers
The Honeymooners
Seinfeld
Davy and Goliath

 

[anon1]

Barney Miller

 

[Conil]

I liked breaking bad and Thrones. I don't mind Vikings and just finished watching "the last kingdom" another medievale series.

 

[Butler1000]

M*A*S*H*
WKRP
All of the above dramas
Carol Burnett Show(Tim Conway nuff said)

 

[SharksWithLasers]

A few of my favourite shows are missing from their list. I would definitely bump some to make room for these:
- The Knick
- Mr. Robot
- Banshee
- Sherlock (does that count?)
- Homicide:Life on the Street
- Trailer Park Boys (not realistic but still)
- How could SCTV not be on that list?
- Kids In the Hall (maybe?)

The WKRP suggestion from above was a funny one - I forgot about that show. It has disappeared because the music rights are too expensive to release it (I think). Someone else suggested a Bourdain show and that seems right - it seemed to have a lot of impact on a lot of people and was quite revered. Carol Burnett was another suggestion but it would be tough for it to make the list. I never watched Miami Vice but I'm surprised it wasn't on the list. That was a huge show, hell, even the soundtrack was a big seller.

Surprised Veep was on there but Silicon Valley wasn't. Eastbound & Down and Beavis & Butthead were good selections though.

 

[K Douglas]

My favorites of all time (in no particular order)

Three's Company
Married With Children
Law and Order
CSI: Las Vegas
Criminal Minds
Fresh Prince of Bel Air
Growing Pains
Family Ties
In Living Color
Alice
The Simpsons
Diff'rent Strokes

 

[Varmitt]

Dallas

 

[jcpro]

I Claudius
All Creatures Great and Small
Married With Children
Boston Legal
Dexter
McHale's Navy
SCTV
Simpsons
Billions

 

[nlt76]

Breaking Bad
Better Call Saul
Seinfeld
Fargo
Dexter
Charlie's Angels

 

[Conil]

Guys are mentioning Dexter, I liked Dexter too for a while, then I found it to be repetitive.

I hear Westworld supposed to be good.

 

[TeeJay]

Married with Children
Misfits
Dukes of Hazzard
Better Call Saul (Saul was best character from Breaking Bad anyways)
A-Team
Seinfeld
Big Bang Theory
Rick & Morty
The League