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

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  1. helen-a-ravenclaw's Avatar
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    Re: What are the 5 greatest TV Series' of all time?
    Not in any particular order, I wouldn't be able to rank them! Also, I couldn't make a list of 5, so I split it into UK and American.

    British TV:
    Sherlock
    Black Books
    Fawlty Towers
    Downton Abbey
    Blackadder

    American TV:
    The Big Bang Theory
    House
    Friends
    Star Trek TOS
    Due South
  2. Philemon's Avatar
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    Re: What are the 5 greatest TV Series' of all time?
    UK:
    Peep Show
    Fawlty Towers
    Black Books
    Sherlock
    The Office

    US:
    Community
    Daria
    Eerie Indiana
    Nip/Tuck
    Malcolm In The Middle
    Last edited by Philemon; 11-04-2012 at 08:49.
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    Re: What are the 5 greatest TV Series' of all time?
    1) Sabrina the Teenage Witch
    2) Malcolm in the Middle
    3) Futurama
    4) Homeland
    5) Unreported world
  4. james007's Avatar
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    Re: What are the 5 greatest TV Series' of all time?
    I think definantly friends would be number 1
  5. penniroyaltea's Avatar
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    Re: What are the 5 greatest TV Series' of all time?
    1- The sopranos. So well made, absoutley love it.
    2- Mad men
    3- Breaking bad. I didn't find the last season as gripping as the first two though.
    4- Peep show
    5- Still game (It's a comedy about Scottish pensioners,
    don't know if it was shown down south)

    Honourable mentions to band of brothers, boardwalk empire, the Simpsons, the IT crowd, the inbetweeners, southpark, family guy and my so called life.
    Sorry to be an a**, there's just so many good series!
    good ones out there!
  6. KKKKatie's Avatar
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    Re: What are the 5 greatest TV Series' of all time?
    1. Game of thrones
    2. Buffy the vampire slayer
    3. Vampire diaries
    4. The tudors
    5. Jeopardy
  7. Multitalented me's Avatar
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    Re: What are the 5 greatest TV Series' of all time?
    The Inbetweeners
    Young, Dumb and Living Off Mum
    Saved By The Bell
    The Simpsons
    Mighty Morphin Power Rangers
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    Re: What are the 5 greatest TV Series' of all time?
    Really? Noone mentioned Battlestar Galactica on the first page?


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    Re: What are the 5 greatest TV Series' of all time?
    Obviously can't say what THE greatest would be seeing as this is my personal opinion and I've not seen every TV series but my personal top 5 that I enjoyed the most are...

    1) Friends
    2) Sex and the city
    3) The Simpsons
    4) House
    5) Desperate housewives
  10. NidaJaffri's Avatar
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    Re: What are the 5 greatest TV Series' of all time?
    1. Suits
    2. The Big Bang Theory
    3. The Office
    4. Scrubs
    5. Skins
  11. rawragee's Avatar
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    Re: What are the 5 greatest TV Series' of all time?
    1. Friends
    2. Big Bang Theory
    3. Simpsons
    4. Desperate Housewives
    5. Fresh Prince of Bel Air
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    Re: What are the 5 greatest TV Series' of all time?
    (Original post by wanderlust.xx)
    Really? Noone mentioned Battlestar Galactica on the first page?
    To be fair it starts to get **** somewhere around season 3
  13. Chemit's Avatar
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    Re: What are the 5 greatest TV Series' of all time?
    1. Prison Break
    2. Sherlock
    3. Fringe
    4. How I Met Your Mother
    5. South Park/Heroes/Chuck

    Prison Break is seriously awesome. It completely defined who I am today.
  14. Chuck Norris's Avatar
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    Re: What are the 5 greatest TV Series' of all time?
    (Original post by Killuminati1989)
    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
    So glad someone else out there loves Boston Legal
  15. ashley24's Avatar
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    Re: What are the 5 greatest TV Series' of all time?
    1)24
    2)house
    3)big bang theory
    4)Dr who
    5)touch
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    Re: What are the 5 greatest TV Series' of all time?
    (Original post by notnek)
    1. Buffy the Vampire Slayer
    2. The Office (UK)
    3. Shameless (UK - S1-2)
    4. Fawlty Towers
    5. Father Ted
    I used to have an RE teacher and priest and his name was Father Tim and my mother called him Father Ted!
  17. Lauren Elice's Avatar
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    Re: What are the 5 greatest TV Series' of all time?
    1. Game of Thrones....sooo good
    2. Luther
    3. Sherlock
    4. Spooks
    5. The Vicar of Dibley

    Also, Friends, Martina Coles the runaway, Mad dogs, Lost (1-2), Downton abbey. Arrgh so many to chose from !
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    Re: What are the 5 greatest TV Series' of all time?
    In no particluar order (apart from Lost, which is definitely no. 1 for me)

    Lost
    Doctor Who
    House
    Monty Python's Flying Circus
    Fawlty Towers
  19. winning11's Avatar
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    Re: What are the 5 greatest TV Series' of all time?
    my top 5 of all time
    1. 24
    2. Prison Break
    3. I was a huge buffy fan, but the latter series were greatly disappointing
    4. Family Guy
    5. Friends

    top 5 of recent years would include
    1. the walking dead
    2. big bang theory
    3. the apprentice
    4. two and a half men (charlie sheen episodes)
    5. umm unsure of this spot, i'm quite enjoying Ringer lately, inbetweeners was great but too much of a blip in the tv series world


    (I've heard a lot about the firefly series and the wire and game of thrones and touch, haven't had a chance to watch them yet, can't wait til exams are over )
    Last edited by winning11; 13-04-2012 at 11:19.
  20. Nice Username's Avatar
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    Re: What are the 5 greatest TV Series' of all time?
    Breaking bad
    Prison break
    How I met your mother
    My wife and kids!
    Fresh prince
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