Drawing from any decade, from any genre, and without any need to defend your choices, what would they be?

The only criterion is that they must have been a series (i.e. no one-offs). Try to list them in order of preference. If certain years were good, but not others, please be specific (e.g. The Simpsons, seasons 2-10).

1. Mad Men
2. Northern Exposure
3. The Young Pope
4. M*A*S*H
5. Sherlock Holmes (with Jeremy Brett)
6. Yes Minister/Prime Minister
7. SCTV
8. Stranger Things
9. The Simpsons (seasons 2-10)
10. Archer

1. The World at War
2. Fawlty Towers
3. Monty Python
4. Edge of Darkness
5. M*A*S*H
6. Yes Minister/Prime Minister
7. Dad’s Army

Need to think of another three, hmm.

in no order as I cant choose

Deadwood s1
true detective s1
Braquo s1
fargo s1
band of brothers s1
breaking bad 1
breaking bad 2
breaking bad 3
breaking bad 4
breaking bad 5

1 The wire 1-4
2 The Sopranos
3 West wing
4 Yes minister & prime minister
5 Blackadder 2-4
6 Psych
7 Monk
8 Eureka
9 due south
10 red dwarf 2-6

1: The Wire
2: Father Ted
3: Spiral
4: The Killing – Original
5: Black Sails
6: Planet Earth
7: Life of Mammals
8: Band of Brothers
9: The Pacific
10: Simpson’s as per OP

1 Nathan Barley
2 Monkey Dust
3 Brass Eye
4 Luther
5 Game of Thrones
6 West World
7 Fools and Horses
8 Lost (S1)
9 Red dwarf (’88-’97)
10 Yes Minister

based on amount of time spent watching, in no order. I used to watch a lot of TV when I was younger.

Star Trek TNG.
Red Dwarf series 2-6.
The News
Quantum Leap (oh boy)
Game of Thrones.
Blackadder 2-4
Police Interceptors
Airwolf (lol)
The A-Team

1 The wire 1-4
2 The Sopranos
3 Game of Thrones
4 West wing
5 Mad Men
6 Yes minister & prime minister
7 Blackadder 2-4
8 Father Ted
7 Monk
8 Eureka
9 due south
10 red dwarf 2-6

So close…

Porridge
Only fools and horses
Simpsons

1. the west wing
2. breaking bad
3. the young ones
4. blackadder series 2&3
5. GOT
6. The thick of it
7. Blakes 7
8. 24, seasons 1-3
9. The X files
10. Airwolf

The Wire – All of it
Yes Minister and Yes Prime Minister
Narcos
Planet Earth
Frozen Planet
Life on Earth
The Blue Planet
True Detective – Series One
Spaced
House of cards

Not sure on the other 9 yet, but I’ll join the OP in listing the heinously under-remembered Northern Exposure as one of mine.

I’m proud to say the only ‘shows’ I’ve watched in my adult life are Northern Exposure and Father Ted. I did watch Blackadder when I was a kid, and Red Dwarf.

TV is a waste of time generally. Chewing gum for the eyes.

The leftovers
The Wire
Phoenix nights
Dads Army
Game of Thrones
House of cards
Carnivale s1
Deadwood
Planet Earth
Gomorrah

In no order (too difficult)

Breaking Bad
The Wire
Game of Thrones
Sopranos
House of Cards
Deadwood
Fargo
Better Call Saul
Band of Brothers
Always Sunny in Philadelphia

TV is a waste of time generally.

So is reading books, looking at paintings and listening to music. Oh and masterbating.

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1 Nathan Barley
2 Monkey Dust
3 Brass Eye
4 Luther
5 Game of Thrones
6 West World
7 Fools and Horses
8 Lost (S1)
9 Red dwarf (’88-’97)
10 Yes Minister

Keep it Mencap!!

TV is a waste of time generally. Chewing gum for the eyes.

Of course it is.

I mean what could TV shows like World at War, Band of Brothers, Planet Earth and Blue Planet offer anyone? 🙄

Twin Peaks
Phoenix Nights
Father Ted
Babylon 5
Firefly
Stranger Things
Band of Brothers
House of Cards
Game of Thrones
Blackadder 2/3/4
X Files

Blackadder (goes 4th primarily)
Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy
Mash
Allo allo
Sherlock holmes (jeremy Bretton primarily but current sherlock was good)
Banshee
Elementary
A-team
The Professionals
Dad’s army

In no real order as I just ran them off my head.

What no mention of Twin Peaks? What the hell is wrong with you people?

In no particular order, apart from TP being at the top…

Twin Peaks
Deadwood
Brooklyn Nine Nine
Yes Minister/PM
Seinfeld
The Sweeney
The Simpsons
Veep (it’s better than the Thick of It)
Mad Men
The Sopranos

I forget to add ER.

No mention of Dallas? Sure it was never hip and trendy but I’m struggling to recall another tv moment that got the public attention like “Who shot JR”

Oh and Morecambe and Wise Xmas Specials.

I’m proud to say the only ‘shows’ I’ve watched in my adult life are Northern Exposure and Father Ted. I did watch Blackadder when I was a kid, and Red Dwarf.

TV is a waste of time generally. Chewing gum for the eyes.

Wow! Can I be your friend? You come across as such a cool and edgy guy 🙄

I’ll tell you what definitely is a waste of time. Posting a comment in a thread on something you have no interest in, just to tell us your views on said thing.

The wire
Sopranos
Game of thrones
Breaking Bad
Black Sails
Battlestar Galactica (the new one) the first 2 series
Hannibal
Daredevil
Death note
Stranger things

Edit: firefly (how could I forget!!)

Also rans:
Jessica jones
Luke Cage
Quarry
True detective
The expanse
The night of
Vikings
The leftovers
Outlander (this might even go to list one)
Westworld
Tokyo ghoul

I’m subbing out The Sopranos from my list for The Muppet Show.

No-one mentioning Scrubs? Outstanding TV show. Comedy and poignancy in each episode, although sometimes a lot more of one than the other…

“Where do you think we are right now?”

Can’t believe no one has mentioned Banacek, this thread is dead to me.

Twin Peaks
Black Books
Futurama
Blackadder
Wolf Hall
Samurai Jack
Breaking Bad
Archer
Game of Thrones
Brass Eye

Of those I would say that Breaking Bad is the finest. Probably due to consistency, the other multi-season shows have some flaws. I can highly recommend watching Twin Peaks in a weekend though, it smashes you up 🙂

How the hell did Father Ted not get in there!

Dunno about order..

Generation Kill
The Fast Show
Blackadder 2
NYPD Blue
Snub TV
Not the Nine O’Clock News
Captain Scarlet
Sopranos
Young Ones
Ren& Stimpy

The problem with Scrubs was the last few series were so appalling they tainted the earlier ones.

1) The Wire
2) The Sopranos
3) Game of Thrones
4) House or Cards
5) The Walking Dead.. not series 2
6) Line of Duty
7) Band of Brothers
8) Narcos
9) Roam
10) Chappell’s Show

I can’t believe that no one has mentioned that no one has mentioned Six Feet Under yet.

Yeah, 6 Feet Under, Sweeney, Maximum Bob and a few others just dropped off my list.

1. Brass Eye (possibly the finest piece of television ever made.)
2. The Wire
3. Stranger Things
4. Peep Show
5. Wolf Hall
6. The World at War
7. The Pacific
8. Indian Hill Railways
9. Life on Earth
10. Tomorrow’s World

Oz
Sopranos
The Thick of It
Breaking Bad
Mantracker with Terry Grant
Always Sunny in Philly
Limmy
Skins UK one
Gamesmaster
World series of Poker

1. The World at War
2. West Wing
3. Ren & Stimpy
4. Porridge
5. M*A*S*H
6. Yes Minister/Prime Minister
7. Band of Brothers
8. Sopranos
9. Spaced
10. Firefly

Porridge.
Civilisation.
Life On Earth.
A Very Peculiar Practice.
Edge of Darkness.
Blackadder.
Dr Who.
Columbo.
Smiley’s People.
Sherlock Holmes (Brett)

Catweazle
Runaround
Ministry of Mayhem
Fast Show
Firefly
Dexter
Buffy
Time Team
Red Dwarf
Black Adder – 2 on
Northern Exposure

Bloody hell! I forgot about Look Around You, Flight of the Concords, Angry Boys and Garth Merengies Dark Place. Should’ve done a separate comedy Top 10