I'd put the West Wing on it.
50 Greatest TV shows
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I'd put the West Wing on it.
NBC can feck off
You need to work on your emotional issues, are you upset that they cancelled Heroes or something?
And considering this is heavily biased towards the present and very near past, how could they have possibly missed House?
Just a few more that have been missed
MASH
Cheers
Porridge
Open All Hours
Wildlife on One
Only Fools and Horses!
MASH
Cheers
Porridge
Open All Hours
Wildlife on One
Only Fools and Horses!
This.
There are; Six Feet Under, The Shield, and True Blood now just off the top of my head.
The West Wing is definitely in The Wire's league, if not even better!
The Shield is right up there too!
I'd even make a case for Band of Brothers, even though it was a mini series....
I've not seen Sopranos so can't comment..
The Shield is right up there too!
I'd even make a case for Band of Brothers, even though it was a mini series....
I've not seen Sopranos so can't comment..
Blackadder (not series 1)
Fawlty Towers
Life On Mars
Ashes To Ashes
Band Of Brothers
Father Ted
Monty Python's Flying Circus
Fawlty Towers
Life On Mars
Ashes To Ashes
Band Of Brothers
Father Ted
Monty Python's Flying Circus
The Simpsons
Yes Minister
Yes Prime Minister
x Files
Dexter
The Office (UK)
Coupling (first 3 series)
Black's Books
Seinfeld
Cheers
Cracker
Edge Of Darkness
24
I also think that early Friends was a lot better written and acted than we remember due to the rather long and painful death by mediocryty it suffered in later years. I also have a soft spot for Law and Order (sadly just canned after 20 seasons) and SVU.
Yes Minister
Yes Prime Minister
x Files
Dexter
The Office (UK)
Coupling (first 3 series)
Black's Books
Seinfeld
Cheers
Cracker
Edge Of Darkness
24
I also think that early Friends was a lot better written and acted than we remember due to the rather long and painful death by mediocryty it suffered in later years. I also have a soft spot for Law and Order (sadly just canned after 20 seasons) and SVU.
Come on Wibble I like you, but no Sopranos, no Wire 
That said all the American shows you said were fine, although the X-Files fizzled out at the end, adn 24 was kinda hit or miss season to season I though
That said all the American shows you said were fine, although the X-Files fizzled out at the end, adn 24 was kinda hit or miss season to season I though
The Doctor sneaks in at #16. I'd put it higher on my subjective list. Not popular with the caf though.
Good List.
But you need to have Dexter, Rome, Damages, Band of Brothers, Generation Kill and Weeds on that list.
Come on Wibble I like you, but no Sopranos, no Wire
That said all the American shows you said were fine, although the X-Files fizzled out at the end, adn 24 was kinda hit or miss season to season I though
I haven't seen either. I will watch the wire soon but the misus hates Mafia things so the Sopranos may stay unwatched.
Agreed about x files and 24 but they would be on my list anyway
The Prison Break series was pretty good. Season 1 was definitely one of the top 3 tv shows I've watched.
I bet I've seen less than 5 of these shows...
Reading now
Reading now
50-30 I've seen maybe about 45 minutes combined of all of the shows on there put together.
This isn't looking good lads.
This isn't looking good lads.
It's all very skewed.
Prefer this from the Guardian - The Guardian's top 50 television dramas of all time | Television & radio | The Guardian
Prefer this from the Guardian - The Guardian's top 50 television dramas of all time | Television & radio | The Guardian
Ah this is picking up now, clearly I'm just ultra discerning
Fawlty Towers
Red Dwarf
Futurama
The Office
Blackadder
Firefly
Arrested Development and Scrubs are not better than Blackadder. That is an absolute fecking disgrace. The omission of Stargate SG1 and MASH are also FDs.
Fawlty Towers
Red Dwarf
Futurama
The Office
Blackadder
Firefly
Arrested Development and Scrubs are not better than Blackadder. That is an absolute fecking disgrace. The omission of Stargate SG1 and MASH are also FDs.
That's a decent list. Not seen Firefly but it sounds a bit gay - well, I've seen the movie and it was balls. And Life on Mars/Ashes to Ashes deserve to be on any list.
No Breaking Bad. No credibility.
A more interesting list on the site is the 100 best films in world cinema.
The 100 Best Films Of World Cinema | 100. Night Watch | Empire | www.empireonline.com
The 100 Best Films Of World Cinema | 100. Night Watch | Empire | www.empireonline.com
no sign of The Twilight Zone, The Muppet Show, The Singing Detective or anything narrated by David Attenborough?
Bloody good point.
That it is. I'm rewatching Wild life on One. Class.
Breaking Bad is average at best IMO. Doesn't half compare with the The Sopranos or The Wires or even The Shields of the world really.
Blue Planet should be somewhere in there, although I tend to class documentaries as a seperate entity from TV shows.
West Wing and Sopranos should be at the top of any list like this in my opinion.
It's really not, they're way ahead of any other shows ever made. And yes, Dexter, Breaking Bad etc are brilliant, but they don't compare to either of those.
The West Wing does.
You said that 3 posts ago, no need to reiterate :P
Always worth reiterating such a point