Topic: Top 10 Favourite TV Shows?

[matlfc]

Breaking Bad
The Sopranos
Deadwood
The X Files
The Simpsons
Only Fools & Horses
Game Of Thrones
Frasier
Lost
Firefly ( Shakes Fist at the sky )

[Clayton Bigsby]

1)Fresh prince of Bel Air

The rest in no particular order

2)Friends
3)Prison Break
4)The OC
5)Diagnosis Murder
6)Suits
7)Law and Order: Special Victims Unit
8)The Wire
9)My Name is Earl
10)House

[SamAteTheRedAcid]

5)Diagnosis Murder

Or 'How to employ your entire family in one fell swoop - Nepotism 101'

Classic student days afternoon-killer that one, very surreal in places.

[Johnny Foreigner]

1. Dallas
2. Cheers
3. Frasier
4. Two and a half men
5. Monthy Pythons flying circus
6. Sopranos
7. Klovn (danish)
8. Happy Days
9. Black Adder
10. Home and away

[telekon]

Giggled just looking at that.

I forgot all about Girls, pretty good show that, at least the first season and a half. No surprises that Judd Apatow "discovered" Lena Dunham either.

[Ken-Obi]

Whose Line Is It Anyway? the Drew Carey version.

[Card Cheat]

Whose Line Is It Anyway? the Drew Carey version.

I love Whose Line, but was never a massive fan of that version. On average it was probably funnier than the original, but for me thats because it was less risky, they stuck with the safest games, and some games were far too short.

The original was extremely hit and miss, which I preferred because it felt more genuinely improvised, of which dying on your arse is a huge part. Also Clive Anderson was extremely underrated.

[RobbieRedman]

wee bump, see if the last 8 years have changed peoples choices much

I don't watch much so struggled to get to 10

1   The Wire
2   Yellowstone
3   Game of Thrones
4   Peep Show
5   Ray Mears Bushcraft
6   Sons of Anarchy
7   Breaking Bad
8   Power
9   When They See Us
10   1883

[Scottymuser]

This is certainly the hardest top 10 I can imagine - so I am going to cheat and make 2 , one for British TV, one for US; and then not rank either.  I am also much, much more a comedy buff when it comes to TV.

Top British shows (no particular order):
Red Dwarf
Black Adder
The Thick of It
Fleabag
Spaced
Fawlty Towers
Monty Python
Yes Minister/Prime Minister
Life on Mars
Derry Girls

Top 10 American:
Arrested Development  (S1-3 only)
Game of Thrones (when good)
Community
Good Place
SW: Clone Wars
Parks and Rec
Frasier
Futurama
Firefly
Bojack Horseman

The US one was way, way harder - missed out some great comedies like Parks and Rec (just missed out to Frasier)/Seinfeld; the marvel/star wars shows (especially Mando/Rebels from SW, and Ms Marvel/Wandavision/Loki from Marvel)

[UntouchableLuis]

I'll just do all shows both drama and comedy:

1) Seinfeld
2) The Sopranos
3) The Office UK
4) Breaking Bad
5) Six Feet Under
6) Game of Thrones (other than the last season)
7) Dark (Netflix)
The Inbetweeners
9) Peep Show (until last few seasons)
10) Simpsons (until season 11)

Ultimately no show has ever had the overall quality that those 10 have for me.

Very close to the list are Frasier and Better Call Saul.

Curb is very unlucky not to be in there actually. I'll probably take out Peep Show for that.

[Drinks Sangria]

Tough one.

1) The Simpsons
2) The Sopranos
3) It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
4) The Wire
5) Seinfeld
6) Mad Men
7) Curb Your Enthusiasm
Breaking Bad
9) Futurama
10) Cobra Kai

[Qston]

1. Better Call Saul
2. The Thick of It
3. Blackadder
4. Band of Brothers
5. I'm Alan Partridge
6. Sopranos
7. Peep Show
8. The Office (USA version - I know, controversial)
9. Game of Thrones
10. Breaking Bad

[Drinks Sangria]

A lot of savages and idiots in here based off the absolute lack of Always Sunny in people's lists.

[El Lobo]

1. The Sopranos
2. The Simpsons
3. Curb Your Enthusiasm
4. Breaking Bad
5. Stranger Things
6. Rick and Morty
7. South Park
8. The Office (UK version obvs)
9. The Boys
10. Peep Show

[Kenny's Jacket]

1 Only fools &  Horses



2 Line of Duty
3 The Office
4 Ozark
5 Spooks
6 Fawlty Towers
7 Cracker
8 Luther
9 Silent Witness
10 Inbetweeners

[killer-heels]

1. The Sopranos
2. The Simpsons
3. Curb Your Enthusiasm
4. Breaking Bad
5. Stranger Things
6. Rick and Morty
7. South Park
8. The Office (UK version obvs)
9. The Boys
10. Peep Show

Have you seen The Wire?

[killer-heels]

1. The Simpsons
2. The Wire
3. Friends
4. Only Fools and Horses
5. Seinfeld
6. I'm Alan Partridge
7. The Thick of It
8. Father Ted
9. Red Dwarf
10. Oz

[Drinks Sangria]

I would like to replace Cobra Kai in my list with Stranger Things and Futurama with the Thick of It.

[jillcwhomever]

1  Our Friends in the North
2  GBH
3  The Last Kingdom
4  The White Queen
5  Frasier
6  Merlin
7  Sherlock
8  Rise of the Continents
9  Planet Earth
10 The Tudors

[Tobelius]

1. Seinfeld
2. Auf Wiedersehen Pet
3. Dallas
4. Game Of Thrones
5. Star Trek TNG
6. The Shield
7. Wolf Hall
8. Sapphire&Steel
9. Profit
10. House

Ones that come to mind immediately.

[El Lobo]

Have you seen The Wire?

I haven't, for my sins.

1. The Simpsons
2. The Wire
3. Friends
4. Only Fools and Horses
5. Seinfeld
6. I'm Alan Partridge
7. The Thick of It
8. Father Ted
9. Red Dwarf
10. Oz

Have you seen literally anything other than Friends (not counting those other nine picks)?

[RedSince86]

No order.

Band Of Brothers.
Breaking Bad.
Seinfeld.
Game Of Thrones.
The Wire.
Frasier.
Boardwalk Empire.
Mr Inbetween.
Battlestar Galactica.
Mr Robot.

[killer-heels]

I haven't, for my sins.

Have you seen literally anything other than Friends (not counting those other nine picks)?

Quite envious that you haven't watched it, its incredible.

Friends and Simpsons I have watched the most, by far. Offended it hasn't made some of the lists.

[killer-heels]

I would like to replace Cobra Kai in my list with Stranger Things and Futurama with the Thick of It.

Shocking that Cobra Kai made it into your list.

Saying that I was deciding between Oz and Gossip Girl for my number 10 pick. Quite the contrast.

[liverbloke]

1 only fools and horses (a few dodgy series near the end but i'll let them off)
2 seinfeld (never had a bad season)
3 i.t. crowd (perfect cast)
4 black books (not a bad episode)
5 fraiser (nearly lost its way but pulled it back at the end)
6 spaced (not a bad episode)
7 red dwarf (had some really poor series then came back on dave and was good again)
8 dectorists (absolute dream to watch)
9 royle family (though all later 'specials' weren't special at all but shit)
10 curb your enthusiasm (the man is a genius - though i hate that term)

a lot of stuff i watched and thought was brilliant at the time hasn't stood the test of time and a lot of new stuff is just over-hyped with a tinge of mass hysteria attached to it that soon wanes once you realise that you're a victim of popularism

i guess i've missed some out too

[killer-heels]

1 only fools and horses (a few dodgy series near the end but i'll let them off)
2 seinfeld (never had a bad season)
3 i.t. crowd (perfect cast)
4 black books (not a bad episode)
5 fraiser (nearly lost its way but pulled it back at the end)
6 spaced (not a bad episode)
7 red dwarf (had some really poor series then came back on dave and was good again)
8 dectorists (absolute dream to watch)
9 royle family (though all later 'specials' weren't special at all but shit)
10 curb your enthusiasm (the man is a genius - though i hate that term)

a lot of stuff i watched and thought was brilliant at the time hasn't stood the test of time and a lot of new stuff is just over-hyped with a tinge of mass hysteria attached to it that soon wanes once you realise that you're a victim of popularism

i guess i've missed some out too

Shit, forgot the IT Crowd. I am extending my top 10 list to 12.

11. IT Crowd
12. Gossip Girl

[Drinks Sangria]

Shocking that Cobra Kai made it into your list.

Saying that I was deciding between Oz and Gossip Girl for my number 10 pick. Quite the contrast.

I know it's shite but it's about as much fun as I've had watching a TV show in ages. It's a big nostalgia hit and the hamminess of the villains is just great. It's pure watchable tripe and whenever people criticise it I just can't engage on any sort of subjective level beyond: I always have loads of fun when I watch it.

That being said, Top 10 was maybe an overshoot when I'd forgotten about The Thick of It, Stranger Things and potentially the IT Crowd. Gossip Girl I enjoyed when it was on back in the day. A lot of it appears problematic now but again I loved the hammy villainy of early seasons Chuck Bass.

[killer-heels]

I know it's shite but it's about as much fun as I've had watching a TV show in ages. It's a big nostalgia hit and the hamminess of the villains is just great. It's pure watchable tripe and whenever people criticise it I just can't engage on any sort of subjective level beyond: I always have loads of fun when I watch it.

That being said, Top 10 was maybe an overshoot when I'd forgotten about The Thick of It, Stranger Things and potentially the IT Crowd. Gossip Girl I enjoyed when it was on back in the day. A lot of it appears problematic now but again I loved the hammy villainy of early seasons Chuck Bass.

Talking of problematic, I would have The Inbetweeners in at 13. Does that show get made these days? Doubt it.

[BER]

1. The Wire
2. Game of Thrones *S1-4
3. The Sopranos
4. Arrested Development
5. Deadwood
6. The Larry Sanders Show
7. Band of Brothers
8. Peep Show
9. Breaking Bad
10. Curb Your Enthusiasm *S1-7

Based it on what I've probably rewatched the most, struggled with the order though.

[Qston]

1 only fools and horses (a few dodgy series near the end but i'll let them off)
2 seinfeld (never had a bad season)
3 i.t. crowd (perfect cast)
4 black books (not a bad episode)
5 fraiser (nearly lost its way but pulled it back at the end)
6 spaced (not a bad episode)
7 red dwarf (had some really poor series then came back on dave and was good again)
8 dectorists (absolute dream to watch)
9 royle family (though all later 'specials' weren't special at all but shit)
10 curb your enthusiasm (the man is a genius - though i hate that term)

a lot of stuff i watched and thought was brilliant at the time hasn't stood the test of time and a lot of new stuff is just over-hyped with a tinge of mass hysteria attached to it that soon wanes once you realise that you're a victim of popularism

i guess i've missed some out too

That's a great shout and I am annoyed with myself for not putting it in my list

[AndyMuller]

No love for Supernatural?

[Drinks Sangria]

Talking of problematic, I would have The Inbetweeners in at 13. Does that show get made these days? Doubt it.

I guess the language use is highly misogynistic, but part of the point is that they're idiots, so I don't know if it might still get made or not. Perhaps. Always Sunny has done much darker, edgier comedy in more recent years and kind of got away with it. Inbetweeners is of course great if super juvenile, though that's again the point really.

The nature of Gossip Girl's problems are in the shaming of people and Chuck's attempted rapes. I guess though drama is going to centre around problematic behaviour so I'm not sure whether that's an issue, it's drama at the end of the day.

[Fromola]

Dramas

The Sopranos
The Wire
The Shield
West Wing
Justified
Mad Men
Miami Vice
Breaking Bad
Cracker
Line of Duty

Sitcoms

Seinfeld
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Cheers
Frasier
Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads
Porridge
Royle Family
One Foot in the Grave
The Thick of It
Peep Show

[Lynndenberries]

1. Seinfeld
2. Chernobyl
3. Succession (would be #1, but season 3 didn't live up to the first two seasons)
4. Narcos
5. South Park
6. Sharp Objects
7. Veep
8. Severance (only one season but still)
9. Arrested Development
10. The Mandalorian

Honorable mention to season 1 of True Detective, Silicon Valley, and It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia.

[disgraced cake]

Some strong lists in here, seeing many of the ones I'd include/nearly include.

Seinfeld
Curb
Simpsons
Arrested Development
Always Sunny
Justified
Breaking Bad

All those seem to be well covered. For a few more drama ones I'd probably include ...

Mindhunter
The Americans
The Leftovers

Plenty more worthy of shouts though, Mad Men, Sopranos etc

[Scottymuser]

Talking of problematic, I would have The Inbetweeners in at 13. Does that show get made these days? Doubt it.

The Inbetweeners  bigger problem was it was utter, utter shite - like sub 2 and a half men/2 broke girls level of unfunny shite.  Gossi Girls bigger problem was that it was not as good as the Gillmore Girls, which is utterly amazing and I forgot about when I was making my list

[Buck Pete]

Straight off top of me head so may come back and edit

1. Mr Inbetween

Better Call Saul
Operation Good Guys
Father Ted
I'm Alan Partridge
Monkey Dust
Game of Thrones (early seasons)
Tales of the Unexpected
Blackadder II/III
Fawlty Towers

The Fast Show, Inside No 9, Narcos, Mindhunter, OZ and The Knick narrowly missing out

[El Lobo]

The Inbetweeners  bigger problem was it was utter, utter shite - like sub 2 and a half men/2 broke girls level of unfunny shite.  Gossi Girls bigger problem was that it was not as good as the Gillmore Girls, which is utterly amazing and I forgot about when I was making my list

It was like the Kevin and Perry sketches x2 x half hour x 4 seasons but still pretty funny, immature nonsense.

[leinad]

1. True Detective
2. Game of Thrones
3. Succession
4. Mr Inbetween
5. Dark
6. ZeroZeroZero
7. Sharp Objects
8. For All Mankind
9. Arrested Development
10. Lost

[[new username under construction]]

No love for Supernatural?

Just working my way through that (up to series 6) is great, no idea how they kept it going for 15 seasons though