JohnTheTexican
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To compliment the "All Time Fsvorite Movie" thread, I thought a similar thread for TV shows might be fun.
So what do you think are the best TV shows of all time? And to make it a little more interesting, let's break it down into three caregories: comedy, drama, and animation. No, four: add science fiction and fantasy.
My votes:
Comedy: There are a lot of really strong contenders out there. For the black-and-white era, shows, Dick Van Dyke would be ard to beat. There were lots of really strong contenders from the 70s, like Taxi or The Mary Tyler Moore Show. Or Barney Miller or Bob Newhart. There were some pretty strong Britcoms too, from The Good Life to Absolutely Fabulous to the British The Office, but while they may be charming or quaint, they're not first tier. Other than Cheers, the 80s were a wasteland. But I think the winner is Frasier. Sorry Seinfeld. Sorry Friends. Sorry all that increasingly woke crap that came after. It's Frasier. Unless it's The Office (U.S.), which is the only real competition, IMO. But the Office had some really weak seasons, and Frasier didn't.
Drama: When cable came into its own, TV drama really took off. The Shield was amazing, but so was The Wire. For a while, there were so many amazingly good shows, but the best of the best was Breaking Bad. It might be surpassed by Better Call Saul, but we won't know until it's over. The Shield had one of the best series wrap ups that television has ever known (some people don't recognize how great it was, but their opinions don't count), but Breaking Bad was even better. It was TV perfection from start to finish.
Animation. What can you say about The Simpsons? I really likedKing of the Hill too. But it's Rick and Morty. Until they screw it up.
SF/Fantasy: Game of Thrones had it in the bag, but they blew the ending. True Blood fell apart with vampire politics. The Star Treks are all fine, but "fine" doesn't win first place. Firefly barely got a chance. Farscape was just not as good as I remembered when I rewatched it. Babylon 5 might be the rightfull winner, but I'm giving it to the Battlestar Galactica reboot, despite the questionable ending. No. on second thought, B5 takes it for screwing up the ending less. Why cant the SF/Fantasy shows stick the ending? It's like with BSG where they kept telling us "they have a plan," but they pretty cearly didn't.
So what do you think are the best TV shows of all time? And to make it a little more interesting, let's break it down into three caregories: comedy, drama, and animation. No, four: add science fiction and fantasy.
My votes:
Comedy: There are a lot of really strong contenders out there. For the black-and-white era, shows, Dick Van Dyke would be ard to beat. There were lots of really strong contenders from the 70s, like Taxi or The Mary Tyler Moore Show. Or Barney Miller or Bob Newhart. There were some pretty strong Britcoms too, from The Good Life to Absolutely Fabulous to the British The Office, but while they may be charming or quaint, they're not first tier. Other than Cheers, the 80s were a wasteland. But I think the winner is Frasier. Sorry Seinfeld. Sorry Friends. Sorry all that increasingly woke crap that came after. It's Frasier. Unless it's The Office (U.S.), which is the only real competition, IMO. But the Office had some really weak seasons, and Frasier didn't.
Drama: When cable came into its own, TV drama really took off. The Shield was amazing, but so was The Wire. For a while, there were so many amazingly good shows, but the best of the best was Breaking Bad. It might be surpassed by Better Call Saul, but we won't know until it's over. The Shield had one of the best series wrap ups that television has ever known (some people don't recognize how great it was, but their opinions don't count), but Breaking Bad was even better. It was TV perfection from start to finish.
Animation. What can you say about The Simpsons? I really likedKing of the Hill too. But it's Rick and Morty. Until they screw it up.
SF/Fantasy: Game of Thrones had it in the bag, but they blew the ending. True Blood fell apart with vampire politics. The Star Treks are all fine, but "fine" doesn't win first place. Firefly barely got a chance. Farscape was just not as good as I remembered when I rewatched it. Babylon 5 might be the rightfull winner, but I'm giving it to the Battlestar Galactica reboot, despite the questionable ending. No. on second thought, B5 takes it for screwing up the ending less. Why cant the SF/Fantasy shows stick the ending? It's like with BSG where they kept telling us "they have a plan," but they pretty cearly didn't.
