Top 100 best tv shows of all time
Top 100 best tv shows of all time
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SydneyBridge

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179 months

Sunday 25th January
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dundarach

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249 months

Sunday 25th January
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Friends, Fleabag and Lost

Was it written by an angry mum

Doofus

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194 months

Sunday 25th January
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I've seen 43 of those, and never even heard of 8.

How can so many of the "greatest tv shows ever" be about cops and robbers?

SydneyBridge

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Sunday 25th January
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I wanted Frasier to be higher, my favourite programme..

Cotty

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Sunday 25th January
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Twin Peaks is there, not sure if I should watch it again, it was pretty off the wall when it was released.

Just put The West Wing on my to watch list, I see it is streaming on Channel 4.

Some cracking shows there, some standouts for me Band Of Brothers, Andor, Life on Mars and The Expanse. But sadly missing Miami Vice

JagLover

45,651 posts

256 months

Sunday 25th January
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Most of the top twenty are fine but some strange inclusions.

GOT and Lost are ranked highly for shows with awful and poor endings respectively.

paulguitar

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134 months

Sunday 25th January
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Well, they got the winner right.



WH16

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239 months

Sunday 25th January
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Can't argue with most of those.

I would like to have seen the original (British) 'House of Cards' in there, and I think 'Generation Kill' is better than BoB, there, I said it.

Oh, and Bluey should be in there. Top 20 easily. For the 'Flatpack' episode alone.

Edited by WH16 on Sunday 25th January 13:08

JagLover

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Sunday 25th January
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WH16 said:
Can't argue with most of those.

and I think 'Generation Kill' is better than BoB, there, I said it.
Ooh controversial.

I would say that Generation Kill is the funniest TV show both based in a war and based on a true story. It is endlessly rewatchable but not sure I could say better than BOB

I would say both are close to perfect 10s and the more important subject matter makes BOB the best imo.

I think what is more true is that perhaps Generation Kill is the least well known of the truly great TV shows.

franki68

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242 months

Sunday 25th January
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Lost is dreadful after the first series not sure how it’s so high up ,and how can Hill st Blues not be in there ,if not ‘the’ then one of the most groundbreaking and influential tv shows ever ?

Good list overall though , although some very odd ordering .

FourWheelDrift

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305 months

Sunday 25th January
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I've only watched 6 of the top twenty, 10 of the top 30.

JagLover

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Sunday 25th January
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12 of the top 25 for me.

Googie

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147 months

Sunday 25th January
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Dubious List

Columbo at 93….

No Hill Street Blues or Starsky & Hutch

FoolsErrand

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25 months

Sunday 25th January
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8/100. Pretty happy with that.

Blib

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218 months

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Unbelievable that Crackerjack didn't make it.

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SlimJim16v

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164 months

Sunday 25th January
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It's good to see the excellent but lesser known Oz in there. The mistake with Dr. Who is saying it's to the present day.

John87

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179 months

Sunday 25th January
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franki68 said:
Lost is dreadful after the first series not sure how it s so high up
Lost was great at the time because there were so many theories as to what the meaning behind everything was. I remember there being entire websites dedicated to investigating every Easter egg and people spending hours watching scenes in slow motion and zoomed in just in case any clues were missed. The writers tried to be too clever, with too many layers to the story and ended up with no way to end it properly.

parabolica

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205 months

Sunday 25th January
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JagLover said:
WH16 said:
Can't argue with most of those.

and I think 'Generation Kill' is better than BoB, there, I said it.
Ooh controversial.

I would say that Generation Kill is the funniest TV show both based in a war and based on a true story. It is endlessly rewatchable but not sure I could say better than BOB

I would say both are close to perfect 10s and the more important subject matter makes BOB the best imo.

I think what is more true is that perhaps Generation Kill is the least well known of the truly great TV shows.
"Morning sir, beautiful day to get a war on!" I love both but I'd argue BoB is the more prestige series given the grandeur of story telling and the performances from the actors. But I love how you can tell Generation Kill was made by the same guy behind The Wire. Both are beautifully condensed mini-series though which is why I can rewatch them so much. Shame to hear James Ransone who played Ray the driver (as well as Ziggy in The Wire) took his own life just a month ago.

I'd also put Better Call Saul above Breaking Bad, although I think the reason BCS is superior is because it comes after BB and for a lot of people that meant they already know the background of the BB universe and all the characters. But I still argue Bob's performance as Jimmy/Saul is better than Bryan's Walter, but only by a smidge.

Glad to see Deadwood on there; my out-and-out favourite TV show and now I must go and rewatch it.

Riley Blue

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247 months

Sunday 25th January
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M*A*S*H only at 55? Ridiculous.

Cotty

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305 months

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Riley Blue said:
M*A*S*H only at 55? Ridiculous.
Im not sure it is in any kind of order. This is the 100 and there is a number by each of them.