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What are the 5 greatest TV Series' of all time?

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Reply 40
Battlestar Galactica (2004)
Band of Brothers
Game of Thrones
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Law & Order (US)
Reply 41
1) Seinfeld
2) The Simpsons
3) I Love Lucy
4) Only Fools and Horses
5) The Sopranos

Obviously too many important shows to reduce to just five so I tried to pick a varied list and shows like Blackadder and Friends have been missed out despite their impact. Also had to miss out arguably some of the better modern shows Arrested Development/ Community/ Parks and Rec/ The Daily Show because their impact will be much more evident in the future.
Reply 42
The Big Bang Theory
Friends
The Simpsons
The Vampire Diaries
Only Fools and Horses
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Reply 43
Original post by Pheylan
Well of course you think that if you primarily watch Desperate Housewives and Family Guy (and, to a lesser extent, Friends)


The reason I don't much TV is because I've obviously trialed a lot of TV shows, particularly American shows and frankly I don't get the hype. My conclusion didn't come out of thin-air.

Desperate Housewives's season finale is in a month from now, Family Guy has become too 'try hard' and Friends is, well Friends is cool.
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1) Friends
2) House M.D.
3) Due South
4) The OC
5) My Family (BBC)
Original post by T-Toe
The reason I don't much TV is because I've obviously trialed a lot of TV shows, particularly American shows and frankly I don't get the hype. My conclusion didn't come out of thin-air.

Desperate Housewives's season finale is in a month from now, Family Guy has become too 'try hard' and Friends is, well Friends is cool.


The time has come for you to watch The Wire.
Sherlock - watch it. come back and neg me if you dont like it

Game of thrones
Prison Break
Dexter
The Big Bang Theory

EDIT: the BBC sherlock!
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1) Desperate Housewives
2) 24
3) The wire
4) Breaking Bad
5) Game of Thrones
1. the walking dead
If you want a global perspective, then take a look at the ratings on IMDb for TV Series:

http://www.imdb.com/search/title?num_votes=5000,&sort=user_rating,desc&title_type=tv_series

If you're lazy, the top 5 are:

1. Planet Earth
2. The Wire
3. Arrested Development
4. Game of Thrones
5. Breaking Bad
Reply 50
top gear
parks & recreation
only fools & horses
the vicar of dibley
arrested development/men behaving badly

Also really enjoying homeland, alcatraz & bones right now!
Reply 51
Dr who

The big bang theory

Prison break

Breaking bad

Leverage
Mine are:

1)Friends
2)The Big Bang Theory
3)24
4)Prison Break
5)The Vampire Diaries
Reply 53
1. Buffy the Vampire Slayer
2. The Office (UK)
3. Shameless (UK - S1-2)
4. Fawlty Towers
5. Father Ted
1.Spooks
2.Entourage
3.The Wire
4. Luther
5. The Simpsons
Reply 55
Friends, The Simpsons, South Park, The Office, The Wire
Reply 56
1) Desperate Housewives
2) Big Bang Theory
3) How I Met Your Mother
4) Breaking Bad
1) Being Human (Just the awesomeness of Annie ..RIP :frown: )
2) Glee (Sue Sylvester)
3) LOST (The massive plot)
4) Misfits (Just love the concept)
5) Friends (Just the brilliance)

Glee is a very close second though :smile: It has some of the funniest moments ever :biggrin:

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1) Big Bang Theory (i love these nerds :cool:)
2) Pointless (game show )
3) Pokemon (manga :biggrin:)
4) Chaser (another gameshow :rolleyes:)
5) Slam Dunk (another manga <3)
Reply 59
In no particular order;
1) Hustle
2) Lost
3) Fringe
4) Prisonbreak
5) Friends

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