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The Greatest TV Shows of All Time

posted 3 years ago by FilmBuff (7079)
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I've listed them chronologically, as they are all about equally good.

Amos 'n' Andy 1951
The Twilight Zone 1959
Monty Python's Flying Circus 1969
Fawlty Towers 1975
Taxi 1978
Seinfeld 1989
Twin Peaks 1990
Buffy the Vampire Slayer 1997
South Park 1997
The Sopranos 1999
The Wire 2002
Arrested Development 2003
O'Grady 2004
The Office 2005
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia 2005
Mad Men 2007
Breaking Bad 2008
The Leftovers 2014
Better Call Saul 2015
Daredevil 2015
Preacher 2016

[–] joi2049 (5510) 3 years ago

Still More shows in no particular order:

LEAVE it to BEAVER
FAMILY (1976-80)
SIX FEET UNDER
OZ
CARNIVALE
BIG LOVE
IN TREATMENT
FIREFLY
ANGEL
FARSCAPE
HITCHCOCK PRESENTS

A Link to the MOST POPULAR SHOWS:

https://bestlifeonline.com/most-popular-tv-shows-of-all-time/

[–] diezman (1982) 3 years ago

MASH
All in the Family
The Jeffersons
The Twilight Zone
The Flip Wilson Show
Sanford and Son
Twin Peaks
Sons of Anarchy
Breaking Bad
True Blood
Oz
The Sopranos
Game of Thrones

All are personal favorites.

[–] Mrmojo4700 (21044) 3 years ago

That’s the one:
Sanford and Son 💯💯👍💯💯

[–] Sparky123 (1671) 3 years ago

Do you mean Steptoe and son.

[–] Keelai (34019) 3 years ago

I Love Lucy
Star Trek
Big Bang Theory
The Brady Bunch
Gilligan's Island
Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman
Andy Griffith Show
Ed Sullivan Show
Carol Burnett Show
One Step Beyond
La Fea Mas Bella
Roots (miniseries)
Thornbirds (miniseries)
Star Wars Rebels
Flintstones
Shtisel
Alles was zählt

[–] nyctc7 (42876) 3 years ago

Seinfeld and Star Trek are my number ones. Because of their different genres I don't try and think if one is better than the other.

Also
The Winds of War (mini-series)
War and Remembrance (mini-series)
The Sopranos
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Six Feet Under
I, Claudius (mini-series)
Upstairs, Downstairs
Elizabeth R (mini-series)
The Six Wives of Henry VIII (mini-series)
The Tudors
Rome
The Twilight Zone
Monty Python's Flying Circus
Game of Thrones (sans final season)
Victoria
The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story
The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story
Madoff (mini-series)
Shogun (mini-series)
Noble House (mini-series)
Edward the Seventh (mini-series)
John Adams (mini-series)
Downton Abbey
Wolf Hall (mini-series)
Batman
All in the Family
MASH
The Honeymooners
The Tonight Show (Carson--Leno)
Late Night with David Letterman

[–] joej2923 (2977) 3 years ago

I agree with Taxi, Seinfeld, Sopranos, The Wire, Mad Men and Breaking Bad. Better Caul Saul might be worthy of inclusion on this list if they deliver a great final season.

I never understood the appeal of South Park. Buffy is teen trash. The Office is good but it was mediocre without Michael Scott and a lot of the episodes were uneven.

The Cosby Show should be on the list with other comedies. Gunsmoke and Bonanza were really strong westerns that might be worthy of consideration.

[–] nyctc7 (42876) 3 years ago

Bonanza is certainly a classic show. I didn't realize until I moved to Reno that the map in the opening of the show is not oriented north. After I moved here, I thought, what gives, Carson City is south of Reno, not east. It goes by quickly on the show, and I never noticed the compass in the upper left. Also, I wonder if Virginia City was bigger than Reno back then, as the map shows. It certainly isn't even close today. it's just a small tourist-trappy town. [Edit: from Wikipedia--The population peaked in the mid-1870s, with an estimated 25,000 residents. The mines' output declined after 1878, and the population declined as a result. As of the 2010 Census, the population of Virginia City was about 855." Wow, 25,000 to 855.]

https://i.etsystatic.com/13037325/r/il/457d27/2094059328/il_1140xN.2094059328_lchz.jpg

[–] FilmBuff (7079) 3 years ago

I didn't watch a lot of the Cosby Show, but every time I did I enjoyed it. It didn't seem any different from other such sitcoms though, so personally I lump it in with "all the rest," though, again, I didn't watch it religiously.

South Park is so incredibly clever, and the writers have been able to constantly come up with unexpected, and uproariously funny, jokes for decades now.

Did you watch Buffy the Vampire Slayer, or are you dismissing at as "teen trash" based on your assumption of what it's about?

[–] [deleted] 3 years ago

the twilight zone
all in the family
mash
barney miller

[–] whoanelly (1581) 3 years ago

Some UK limited series that are superb (most of which were shown on Masterpiece Theatre on PBS):

The Forsyte Saga (1967)
I, Claudius
Upstairs, Downstairs
The Jewel in the Crown
Pride and Prejudice (1995)
Bleak House (2005)
Elizabeth R
Poirot
Lillie
Cranford
The Barchester Chronicles
Midlemarch
Horatio Hornblower

[–] mcqueen (1150) 3 years ago

lol, where the heck is The West Wing?