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  1. BabushkaMan's Avatar
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    What are the 5 greatest TV Series' of all time?
    Interested to see what suggestions people put out.

    My top 5 would be (In ascending order):

    5. Spaced

    4. Firefly

    3. The Office (UK)

    2. Doctor Who

    1. Twin Peaks
  2. Scott6791's Avatar
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    Re: What are the 5 greatest TV Series' of all time?
    1. Buffy The Vampire Slayer
    2. The Big Bang Theory
    3. The Vampire Diaries
    4. The Mole (gameshow)
    5. Survivor

    I'm not so sure you're permitting gameshows in the poll but they're too good to leave out!! xD
  3. PoGo HoPz's Avatar
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    Re: What are the 5 greatest TV Series' of all time?
    1. Blackadder
    2. Only Fools and Horses
    3. The Simpsons
    4. Curb Your Enthusiasm
    5. The Office
  4. Jacob Bolton's Avatar
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    Re: What are the 5 greatest TV Series' of all time?
    1.Friends
    2. The Prisoner (1960's series)
    3. Family guy
    4. The simpsons
    5. Smallville
  5. legion99's Avatar
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    Re: What are the 5 greatest TV Series' of all time?
    My top 5 (in no particular order):

    Yes Minister/Yes Prime Minister
    Luther
    Rome
    Blackadder
    Porridge
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    Re: What are the 5 greatest TV Series' of all time?
    1. Alias
    2. Big Bang Theory
    3. Chuck (would've been no.1 but I despise whoever's in charge of the story for completely ruining the last season and not giving a more satisfying ending :mad:)
    4. Family Guy
    5. Possibly Ringer but I don't watch enough TV to make a judgement on number 5 lol

    The top four are the ones I can watch forever and ever and never get bored of :ahee:...excluding the last season of Chuck :mad:
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    Re: What are the 5 greatest TV Series' of all time?
    Home Improvement/Friends
    IT Crowd
    Doctor Who
    Family Matters
    Scooby-Doo
    (not in any order)
  8. Summering's Avatar
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    Re: What are the 5 greatest TV Series' of all time?
    So I'm just going to put my 5 favourites,

    1 24
    2 The Wire
    3 Breaking Bad
    4 The Sopranos

    I would say Dexter, but the first season of Homeland was so good that Ill stick that in fifth
  9. Captainmal's Avatar
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    Re: What are the 5 greatest TV Series' of all time?
    1: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
    2: Firefly
    3: Band of Brothers
    4: Futurama
    5: The Wire
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    Re: What are the 5 greatest TV Series' of all time?
    The Wire
    Breaking Bad
    Arrested Development
    Curb your enthusiasm
    Sopranos
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    Re: What are the 5 greatest TV Series' of all time?
    (Original post by Scott6791)
    1. Buffy The Vampire Slayer
    2. The Big Bang Theory
    3. The Vampire Diaries
    4. The Mole (gameshow)
    5. Survivor

    I'm not so sure you're permitting gameshows in the poll but they're too good to leave out!! xD
    The Mole is a great show. I was disappointed it didn't really take off over here but fortunately they have a new series every year in the Netherlands and a few of them are available subtitled on Youtube


    I'm a child of the '90s and my list reflects that. Not gonna try and compare older greats (Only Fools..., Fawlty Towers, Blackadder, etc) with tv of today.

    1. The Wire
    2. Breaking Bad
    3. Arrested Development
    4. Dexter
    5. The Shield
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    Re: What are the 5 greatest TV Series' of all time?
    Humour
    1. A Bit of Fry and Laurie
    2. QI
    3. Friends
    4. Blackadder
    5. The Big Bang Theory

    Other
    1. Game of Thrones
    2. BBC Horizon
    3. Breaking Bad
    4. Firefly
    Can't decide on number 5, probably a documentary, though
    Last edited by AtomSmasher; 07-04-2012 at 03:52.
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    Re: What are the 5 greatest TV Series' of all time?
    Any list that leaves out Prison Break is a bad list.
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    Re: What are the 5 greatest TV Series' of all time?
    In no particular order

    The Sopranos
    The Wire
    Blackadder
    Game of Thrones
    Boardwalk Empire

    didnt make the list by a fraction...

    seinfeld
    walking dead
    boston legal
    dexter
    Last edited by Killuminati1989; 07-04-2012 at 04:15.
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    Re: What are the 5 greatest TV Series' of all time?
    I think only The Simpsons qualify. No other TV series has become so popular and well known around the world as The Simpsons has. It is truly a global american cultural force on the level of Coca Cola ,McDonalds and Disney. It is always big news when a celebrity or political figure gets the Simpsons treatment and they usually see it as a great honour. Thinking about it I think Friends can possibly also be added to this list of programmes that have had a global cultural impact. Family guy, great as it is will always be a Simpsons copy which goes to show how great the Simpsons was as so many shows have successfully copied the formula. Doctor who, while fairly big in this country i doubt it's very popular around the globe. Other stuff like Dexter and Prison Break, yeah they are great but they are nothing special. in 10 years they will be largely forgotten about and replaced with something similar.
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    Re: What are the 5 greatest TV Series' of all time?
    I like Buffy and Spooks ( after Adam carter came on the scene )
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    Re: What are the 5 greatest TV Series' of all time?
    In priority:

    1)Walking Dead :cool:
    2)Dexter
    3)Two and a half men (before ashton kutcher :eviltongue:
    4)Sherlock
    5)Could be friends/big bang theory .... anything funny!!
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    Re: What are the 5 greatest TV Series' of all time?
    (Original post by Kenan and Kel)
    Any list that leaves out Prison Break is a bad list.
    After season 2 it simply became ridiculous. I still love it but come on, how many prisons will they end up in and then escape from? Plus I still haven't got over michael dying

    My list:
    1. Friends!!
    2. IT crowd
    3. Big bang
    4. Southpark (although the last seasons are not as good)
    5. Chuck (why, oh why did you ruin theist season??????)
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    Re: What are the 5 greatest TV Series' of all time?
    Sherlock!!!!!!!
    Friends
    (I kind of like) Hustle
    Glee (Im sorry to those who don't like it, but it has some funny lines and faces) - See Below
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BM11CCsWkrU
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haCbrpj97Jg
    Pretty Little Liars (you are probably thinking wtf is that? Im a teenager is my only excuse)
    Oh! And don't forget the Fresh Prince of Bel Air!
    Last edited by 08rbut; 07-04-2012 at 09:00.
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    Re: What are the 5 greatest TV Series' of all time?
    1) The Good wife
    2) Prison Break
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