Television RedCafe's Favourite TV Shows (Round 1)

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Ok this series is back early. I was planning to do this in September but I will be busy back end of the year so doing this now.

This version is related to TV shows and with the nature of TV shows, it's difficult to do it the way we did video games and movies so please read carefully.

I want to do one of these each year so please feel free to message me suggestions.

Here's how it will work:

Each Monday, I will set up a new round for the contest (only this first round starts on a Saturday).

Round one will be a "free for all" so pick your top 15 TV shows. Any order is fine as the 50 shows that progress will be the ones that get the most amount of mentions.

The rounds are below (BOLDED IS THE CURRENT ROUND FOR THIS THREAD):

Round 1 - Free For All
Round 2 - Group Stage 1 & 2
Round 3 - Group Stage 3 & 4
Round 4 - Group Stage 5 & 6
Round 5 - Group Stage 7 & 8
Round 6 - Group Stage 9 & 10
Round 7 - Knockouts
Round 8 - The Finals

The TV Shows you pick must be scripted.

Please vote by Friday 11:59pm GMT (please stick to this as last time people kept voting late and that causes me massive headaches on the weekends).

In the event of a tie, I will refer to their iMDB scores.

If you have voted, then want to change your vote, please quote your old post and write your new list and let me know by tagging me, otherwise I may miss your vote by accident.

I will try to start each new round on the Monday after a vote round has finished.

At the opening post of each round, I will put in the results from the previous round and start the voting of the current round.

I know this is probably not the BEST way but I doubt there is a BEST way to do this!

Remember, I have 2 kids and a full time job so there may be times where I miss deadlines or post later than anticipated. Apologies in advance.

I hope this is fun and you guys enjoy it :D
 
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1. Death Note
2. Ozark
3. The Office UK
4. Marianne
5. Prison Break
6. Spartacus
7. Breaking Bad
8. The Night Of
9. Stranger Things
10. Game Of Thrones
12. Haunting of Hill House
13. Friday Night Lights
14. Chernobyl
15. Alice In Borderland
 
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1. Sopranos
2. Twin Peaks
3. Deadwood
4. Breaking Bad
5. The Detectorists
6. Top Boy
7. Game of Thrones
8. All creatures great and small
9. Afterlife S1 only
10. Chernobyl
11. Derrek
12. Twin Peaks the return
13. The League of Gentlemen
14. Flight of the concords
15. Only fools and horses
 
1. Third Rock From the Sun
2. Twin Peaks
3. The Simpsons
4. Breaking Bad
5. Evangelion
6. Frasier
7. The Twilight Zone
8. Father Ted
9. Tintin
10. Only Fools and Horses
11. Murder She Wrote
12. World on a Wire
13. Babar
14. Nostromo
15. Gilmore Girls
 
  1. The Office (US)
  2. Community
  3. The Great
  4. Veep
  5. Twin Peaks
  6. Fleabag
  7. Succession
  8. Mad Men
  9. The Wire
  10. The Sopranos
  11. Game of Thrones
  12. Better Call Saul
  13. BoJack Horseman
  14. Cowboy BeBop (1998)
  15. Berserk (1997)
 
The Office UK
Stranger Things
Mr. Robot
The Larry Sanders Show
True Detective 1
Curb Your Enthusiasm
It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia
Game of Thrones
The Leftovers
Boardwalk Empire
The Haunting of Hill House
The Wire
Seinfeld
The Simpsons
Succession

Honourable mentions: Lost, Pachinko, Californication, Parks & Rec, Veep, Garth Marenghi's Darkplace, Watchmen, The Expanse
 
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Not really in an order

Breaking Bad
Sopranos
Chernobyl
Succession
Better Call Saul
SteinsGate
Band of Brothers
Death Note
True Detective
South Park
Battlestar Galactica
The Thick of It
Futurama
Code Geass
House
 
The Simpsons
True Detective
South Park
Band Of Brothers
The Pacific
Futurama
It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia
Black Books
Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle
Charlie Brooker's Wipe Series.
Cowboy Bebop
Cow and Chicken
The Eric Andre Show
Game Of Thrones
THE WIRE !!!
 
RedCafe highlight of the year!! :D

Random order because I can't compare comedy and non-comedy.

Succession
The Wire
Breaking Bad
Better Call Saul
Mr. Robot
Severance
Black Mirror
Hunter X Hunter (1999 version)
Haikyuu!!
Malcolm In The Middle
It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Peep Show
The IT Crowd
Scrubs

I had to make some very tough calls there. Dark, Mindhunter, Chernobyl, Game Of Thrones, Planet Earth, True Detective, The Office, Band Of Brothers, The Pacific, Snabba Cash... So many good shows.
 
1. Twin Peaks
2. The Wire
3. Curb Your Enthusiasm
4. Seinfeld
5. The Americans
6. Sopranos
7. True Detective (S1)
8. Cowboy Bebop (original anime series)
9. Sherlock Holmes (Basil Rathbone series)
10. Ren & Stimpy
11. Beavis & Butt-Head
12. Liebling Kreuzberg
13. Kir Royal
14. X-Files
12. Watchmen
 
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Twin Peaks
Police Squad
Cowboy Bebop (anime)
Beavis and Butthead
X-Files
Neon Genesis Evangelion
South Park
IT Crowd
Father Ted
Seinfeld
Millennium
Futurama
Evil Dead
Outer Limits
Star Trek (Original)
 
Sweet, I've been waiting for this. My non-English shows have pretty much no chance to advance but



  • The Bureau (Fra)
  • The Wire
  • Mad Men
  • Romanzo Criminale (It)
  • Too Old to Die Young
  • Nirvana in Fire (Chi)
  • Six Flying Dragons (Kor)
  • Gomorrah (It)
  • Twin Peaks
  • Mr. Robot
  • The Bad Kids (Chi)
  • Succession
  • Watchmen
  • Engrenages/Spiral (Fra)
  • Game of Thrones
 
  1. Game of Thrones
  2. Breaking Bad
  3. Attack on Titan
  4. Full Metal Alchemist
  5. Peaky Blinders
  6. Vikings
  7. Spartacus
  8. Lost
  9. The Simpsons
  10. Archer
  11. Sopranos
  12. Band of Brothers
  13. Battlestar Galactica
  14. Stranger Things
  15. Scrubs
 
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The Simpsons (pre season 13)
Better Call Saul
Breaking Bad
Peep Show
The Office (UK)
Arrested Development
True Detective S1
Nathan for You
Rick and Morty
Fargo
Futurama
The IT Crowd
Scrubs
Mad Men
Planet Earth
 
The Leftovers
Succession
Breaking Bad
Mad Men
The Good Place
Better Call Saul
Prison Break
Barry
True Detective
Chernobyl
Band of Brothers
The Simpsons
Black Mirror
Lost
Dark
 
1. Twin Peaks
2. Sopranos
3. Rome HBO
4. Castlevania
5. Beastars
6. Terror (Season 1)
7. Gomorra
8. Fargo
9. Dark
10. Kingdom
11. Southpark
12. Game of thrones
13. The Witcher
14. Carnivale
15. The Office (USA)
 
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1. Magnum PI
2. South Park
3. Seinfeld
4. The Simpsons
5. The Kids in the Hall
6. Miami Vice
7. Criminal Minds
8. Frasier
9. Cheers
10. Dexter
11. Three's Company
12. Beverly Hills 90210
13. Numbers
14. WKRP in Cincinnati
15. Melrose Place
 
The Wire
The Sopranos
Mad Men
Breaking Bad
Oz
The Bureau (FR)
Fargo
Twin Peaks
Band of Brothers
Better Call Saul
Bosch
X-Files
The Night Of
Succession
Chernobyl
 
1. Breaking Bad
2. Chernobyl
3. Dragon Ball Z
4. The Simpsons
5. The Office (us)
6. Death Note
7. Peep Show
8. South Park
9. Top Gear
10. Dark
11. Prison Break
12. The IT Crowd
13. That Mitchell and Webb Look
14. It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
15. The Boondocks
 
The Sopranos
The Wire
Mad Men
Better Call Saul
Band Of Brothers
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Succession
Mindhunter
Godless
The Leftovers
Severance
The Boys
Barry
Bosch
The Pacific
 
This is so tough, but here goes

The Wire
The thick of it
The office (US)
Father Ted
Game of Thrones
Stranger Things
Peep Show
Twin Peaks
The Simpsons
South Park
Mad Men
Monkey Magic
Seinfeld
Curb your Enthusiasm
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
 
The Wire
Breaking Bad
Black Adder Goes Forth
The Boys
Lost
The Killing
Band of Brothers
Game of Thrones
Seinfeld
Only Fools and Horses
Succession
Friends
Veep
Its Always Sunny In Philadelphia
Stranger Things
 
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Dirty Schwein said:
Not a lot of Ozark fans here? I loved that show.
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Saw 1-2 episodes tops, didn‘t do much for me..but it reminds me that I forgot to squeeze in Arrested Development. Might revisit my list.
 
Twin Peaks
Sopranos
Friday Night Lights
X-Files
Breaking Bad
The Wire
Peep Show
Deadwood
Vampire Diaries (yes)
Lost
The O.C
Monk
Better Call Saul
Prison Break
24

Decided not to pick any miniseries like Band Of Brothers, The Pacific, Chernobyl, The Night Of etc or things would have got even more complicated in my mind.

Also a few are just pure nostalgia picks like Monk. Nothing I loved more than being off school 'sick', watching Monk on BBC with my Mum right after Neighbours and singing the theme tune together.
 
  1. The Wire
  2. It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
  3. Seinfeld
  4. Game of Thrones
  5. Twin Peaks
  6. Andor
  7. Deadwood
  8. Sopranos
  9. The Expanse
  10. X-Files
  11. Star Wars: Clone Wars
  12. Justified
  13. Archer
  14. Mad Men
  15. The Simpsons
 
Columbo
Arrested Development
The Adventures of Pete and Pete
Seinfeld
I'm Alan Partridge
Quantum Leap
Frasier
The Larry Sanders Show
Monk
Taskmaster
The Office (US)
Parks and Recreation
The Simpsons (up to season 11 or so)
It's Aways Sunny in Philadelphia

I really struggle to think of many drama shows I truly love and want to repeat watch. I've also left all the quiz shows I could watch all day, and many great sitcoms I love that only have 12-18 episodes like Flight of the Conchords, Mighty Boosh, and the various Vic and Bob series, etc. This is hard.
 
The Wire
Sopranos
Breaking Bad
Band of Brothers
Simpsons
Seinfeld
Fargo
True Detective
Entourage
Twin Peaks
Game of Thrones
Friends
South Park
Planet Earth
Stranger Things
 
mad men
lost
severance
i'm alan partridge
curb your enthusiasm
band of brothers
breaking bad
the wire
malcolm in the middle
the simpsons
community
the office (uk)
the thick of it
veep
peep show
 
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1. Mr Inbetween
2. The Wire
3. True Detective (Season 1)
4. Justified
5. The Americans
6. Dark
7. The Leftovers
8. Friends
9. Gomorrah
10. Twin Peaks
11. Breaking Bad
12. Ozark
13. The Night Of
14. Better Call Saul
15. Fargo
 
Breaking Bad
The Wire
The Sopranos
Better Call Saul
Sons of Anarchy
Ozark
Narcos
King of Queens
Fargo
Homeland
Mad Men
Stranger Things
It’s Always Sunny
Peaky Blinders
The Inbetweeners
 
1. The Wire
2. Sopranos
3. Breaking Bad
4. Band of Brothers
5. Seinfeld
6. Mad Men
7. Game of Thrones
8. The Leftovers
9. Parks & Rec
10. Planet Earth
11. Oz
12. Bosch
13. Deadwood
14. The Americans
15. Community
 
1. Band of Brothers
2. The Wire
3. Arcane
4. Chernobyl
5. Sharp Objects
6. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
7. The Americans
8. Watchmen
9. Mindhunter
10. Fleabag
11. Batman: The Animated Series
12. Atlanta
13. Parks & Recreation
14. Game of Thrones
15. Buffy the Vampire Slayer
 
True Detective S1
Nathan For You (not (fully) scripted but I'll assume this one goes. It should)
Breaking Bad
Arrested Development
Game of Thrones
Curb Your Enthusiasm
The Office (US)
Parks & Recreation
Band of Brothers
South Park
Black Mirror
The Boys
Chernobyl
Lost
Archer
 
Surprised to see so much love for The Night Of... Good show but it peaked at episode 1.
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The Wire
Breaking Bad
Black Adder Goes Forth
Red Dwarf
The Boys
Lost
The Killing
Band of Brothers
Game of Thrones
Vikings
Rick and Marty
The Office UK
Seinfeld
Only Fools and Horses
Succession
Friends
Veep
Its Always Sunny In Philadelphia
Peaky Blinders
Stranger Things
Cobra Kai
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You're 6 shows over the limit. Maybe Rick and Marty can go?
 
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Surprised to see so much love for The Night Of... Good show but it peaked at episode 1.
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I absolutely loved it. The last ep or two became a bit generic but still was good.

Ep 1 was one of my favourite TV eps of all time.
 
Only fools and horses
Mr Robot
True Detective S1
Succession
24
Ozark
Game of Thrones
Breaking Bad
Better Call Saul
Mr In-between
The Office UK
Friends
Entourage
Friday Night Lights
Lost

Probably forgot some
 
1. The Sopranos.
2. (US) The Office.
3. Curb your enthusiasm.
4. Breaking Bad.
5. (UK) The Office.
6. Bobs Burgers.
7. Band of Brothers.
8. Chernobyl.
9. Only Fools and Horses.
10. The Life and Times of Tim.
11. Seinfeld.
12. The Larry Saunders show.
13. Gommorah.
14. The Thick of It.
15. Mad Men.
 
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