The Best of TV: Qualifying Round • Page 3

Won't be able to participate in this like I could with music or film, but here's a twenty in no order. A lot of British comedy stuff, as that's mostly what I watch - don't watch much TV drama.

1. The Wire
2. The Office (UK)
3. The Sopranos
4. Peep Show
5. The Simpsons
6. League of Gentlemen
7. Black Mirror
8. The Detectorists
9. The Trip
10. The Thick of It
11. Brasseye
12. Inside Number 9
13. I'm Alan Partridge (and anything else Partridge related, as they don't share a consistent series name).
14. Curb Your Enthusiasm
15. It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
16. Catastrophe
17. Fleabag
18. It's Only Fools and Horses
19. Burnistoun
20. Father Ted

 

Damn Alan Partridge probably should be on mine. What a show.

 

i do actually need to watch this one.

 

I'm assuming you mean the netflix cowboy bebop

 

The Sopranos
Lost
Seinfeld
Succession
Barry
Friday Night Lights
The Simpsons
Twin Peaks
Veep
The Wire
Nathan For You
Breaking Bad
Dark
Bojack Horseman
Fleabag
It’s Always Sunny
Futurama
Love
Curb
The Twilight Zone

 

Always Sunny
Arrested Development
Flight of the Conchords
Louie
The Boondocks
Adventure Time
Twin Peaks
Samurai Champloo
Kath & Kim

 

This ended up a lot more comedy-heavy than I anticipated. Definitely forgetting a lot of stuff though. In no particular order:

Game of Thrones
LOST
The Simpsons
The Office (US)
What We Do in the Shadows
Ted Lasso
Barry
Parks and Rec
Breaking Bad
30 Rock
Community
Bojack Horseman
Friday Night Lights
Seinfeld
Righteous Gemstones
Veronica Mars
Succession
Freaks and Geeks
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
Schitt's Creek

 

Biggest surprise so far is probably me being the first and only one to mention Chernobyl

 

It's up there for me but hard for something with only one season to compete with some of the longer shows out there. Fantastic show though!

 

i don't think it's that surprising, it usually takes a few years for shows to sink in before they reach the all time pantheon

 

Kath & Kim! Absolutely adored that when it was on! Great shout.

 

Tough

1 Sopranos
2 Madmen
3 Cheers
4 MASH
5 Simpsons
6 South Park
7 Seinfeld
8 Curb Your Enthusiasm
9 Friends
10 The Shield
11 Breaking Bad
12 Game of Thrones
13 Twilight Zone
14 The Office
15 House
16 X Files
17 Twin Peaks (original)
18 Band of Brothers
19 Veep

 

The Simpsons
The Sopranos
The Wire
Breaking Bad
Seinfeld
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Succession
Arrested Development
The Office (US)
The Shield
Mad Men
Parks and Rec
It's Always Sunny
The Leftovers
Frasier
Veep
Justified
Bojack
Six Feet Under
Deadwood

 

Chernobyl was incredible, but, lord i don't think i'll ever revisit it. it was heavy enough to watch once.

 

Obviously number one has to be this:

1. The Sopranos

And the rest:

2. The Simpsons
3. Seinfeld
4. South Park
5. Breaking Bad
6. Futurama
7. The Leftovers
8. Curb Your Enthusiasm
9. All in the Family
10. Twin Peaks
11. Arrested Development
12. It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
13. Samurai Jack
14. Chappelle's Show
15. The Twilight Zone
16. Succession
17. Mr. Robot
18. Community
19. Bojack Horseman
20. Wonder Showzen


UGH SO MANY MORE

 

Not too many lists. Maybe Dragon Ball Z will make the cut!

 

There are a lot of canonized shows I haven't watched but as someone who watches series very slowly and very rarely revisits any TV:

Scrubs
The Simpsons
Breaking Bad
Dragon Ball Z
The Wire (haven't finished but I'll include it lol)
Bojack Horseman
King Of The Hill
Roseanne
Freaks and Geeks
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
What We Do in the Shadows
Parks and Recreation
Brooklyn Nine Nine
New Girl
You're The Worst
Love
Atlanta
The Haunting of Hill House
The Good Place
Stranger Things
Daria

 

I am in an all day orientation so I am closing the nominations now and tallying votes.

 

I don't appreciate all of these made up shows being posted.

 

There are a lot of ties, so there will be a play-in tournament.

Thank you to the people who recognized John from Cincinnati and The Larry Sanders Show. @George has my ire for the most British shows that I had to look up to determine comedy or drama.

 

you’re welcome

 

They’re pretty much all comedy, my tv watching is very casual, but because they’re all British series’, there’s only a few hours of material - so all killer , no filler!

 

The biggest surprise to me in counting the votes was that The Leftovers was up there with the other big boys. I have never really heard anyone talk about it.

 

It's a big favourite on this site.

 

yeah i don't know many ppl IRL who have actually watched it, i was surprised to see such a large fanbase for it here hah

might rewatch that soon