As expected from the hollywood reporter, the list is created by someone who lives inside an upper class American bubble.The list was instantly invalidated when I saw Breaking bad not being number one. I'm not someone who likes to go back and rewatch things yet I have rewatched it 3 times and everytime I rewatch, I am hooked all over again like I haven't watched it before. It is hands down the best tv show created in my lifetime at least.
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Mad men over the sopranos 
Hmm
Hmmmm
It's kinda amusing people's outrage at other people not liking things as much as them.
I can't ever take these lists seriously because there's just too much posturing and politics involved in them.
Louie, one of the most acclaimed shows of the 21st century, isn't on the list. Everyone knows the reason, and it's not "the quality."
Louie, one of the most acclaimed shows of the 21st century, isn't on the list. Everyone knows the reason, and it's not "the quality."
I feel the opposite here. The television series is a better series (amazing use of audiovisual tools) than the book is a book (middling prose).
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And that's ok.
It's not OK.
If The Sopranos isn't top it's not worth reading the rest of the list.
Finally something we can agree on.
I think you could make an argument for a #1 show that isn't The Sopranos.
What's a little goofy is picking Mad Men as that show. Of all the shows on the list, it's the one that is most overtly and shamelessly copying The Sopranos.
What's a little goofy is picking Mad Men as that show. Of all the shows on the list, it's the one that is most overtly and shamelessly copying The Sopranos.
Nice surprise to see Deadwood so high. Crafty and atmospheric story.
Some can argue about Battlestar Galactica being there and not The Expanse, but the cast and soundtrack of BSG was a strong point back in a day, from what I remember.
Some can argue about Battlestar Galactica being there and not The Expanse, but the cast and soundtrack of BSG was a strong point back in a day, from what I remember.
Haven't checked the list but if True Detective S1 isn't #1
Just realised... No Twin Peaks
Homeland, Yellowstone, Fauda, Tehran, Bron, Mr. Inbetween (Wibble won't be happy).......
Its watchable but not good enough to make the list imo
Good lord, just looked at this.
Girls in the top ten? No True Detective?
The person who hasn't watched TV wrote a list
Girls in the top ten? No True Detective?
The person who hasn't watched TV wrote a list
True Detective was ruined by two bad seasons.
Third season had some promise and good acting but went absolutely nowhere
Don't care. S1 is the best show ever. Besides the Wire
I've tried to watch Mad Men three times now because the rating for it are so high... It's terrible! I really dislike everything about it.
Come on it can’t be serious. Awful list.
This list is worse than John List.
I agree, but "official" lists like this have to take all seasons into account
@Dirty Schwein's list reigns supreme!
Link meI agree, but "official" lists like this have to take all seasons into account
@Dirty Schwein's list reigns supreme!
It's the cafe's list, I just hosted the contestI agree, but "official" lists like this have to take all seasons into account
@Dirty Schwein's list reigns supreme!
I was pleasantly surprised that it was #1. Best in my book.
Not too bad a top 5. Possibly breaking bad & the wire in there for 30 rock.
Have you rewatched it?
Definitely not as good on a second watch (opposite to The Wire that gets better after every watch).
Season 2 though (true detective), is so much better after a second watch.
Couldn't see Dark on the list.
Booooooo.
Booooooo.
Have I rewatched it?! I watch it every month!
Hilariously poor list. How is the Survivor ahead of The Leftovers and The Shield? Reservation Dogs at 6
Yeah True Detective season 1 is good but it's not the best thing ever at all. It has flaws especially in its resolution.
Sure Alexandra Daddario makes up for most of it, but there's absolutely nothing scandalous about it being omitted.
You're wrong.
As someone who had only seen The Office US (loved it) , should I still watch UK one?
Also, surely Curb Your Enthusiasm deserves a mention?
Ermmm yea. Watch the UK one but just remember as your watching it that it is the original. As soon as I seen Breaking Bad at 16 I knew the list is just someone’s bad opinion.
Is Extras in there?
Its not a very good list, probably compiled by people who haven't actually seen all the shows. Par for the course of various clicky baity lists on the internet.
It's a very American list.
But hey, some intern in charge of web content at the Hollywood Reporter really liked it, which is all that matters apparently.