TV: What is your best 21st Century TV?

[Say Hey Kid]

In random order:

The Wire
Mad Men
Breaking Bad
Fleabag
Game of Thrones
The Leftovers
The Americans
Succession
Six Feet Under
30 Rock
Better Call Saul
Fargo
Homeland
Mr. Robot
Parks & Rec.
True Detective: Season One

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[hoyster]

Random order:

Live action
Lost
The Office
Parks & Rec
Breaking Bad
Better Call Saul
The Leftovers
Game of Thrones (Yes, we all know the show takes a nosedive, but the first 4 seasons and parts of S5 and S6 are some SSS-tier TV)
The Wire

Miniseries
Band of Brothers
Chernobyl
True Detective S1

Animation/Anime
Arcane
86
Attack on Titan
Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood
Kaguya-sama: Love is War

On going (not enough episodes yet)
Frieren - Beyond Journey's End
Blue Eye Samurai

Probably missing a lot here but these came to mind.

 

[Babe Ruth]

Breaking Bad
American Dreams
The Office (US)
The Shield
Forever

Probably forgetting some other good ones, but..

 

[kook10]

In addition to those listed:

Homeland
IASIP early seasons
The League
Party Down
Greek
Gilmore Girls
Amazing Race
Survivor

Eta : The Bear, The Morning Show

 

[hotcabbagesoup]

Sharks season 2015-16
Sharks season 2017-18
Sharks season 2016-17
Sharks season 2013-14

Recent seasons have been nightmares

 

[frisco]

(in order):
1) Mad Men
2) Californication
3) Breaking Bad
4) Homeland
5) The Pacific
6) Sex And The City
7) The League
8) Curb Your Enthusiasm
9) Band Of Brothers
10) Sharp Objects

My Best-Carey

 

[Bruins4Lifer]

(alphabetical order):

Band of Brothers
Breaking Bad
Deadwood
Louie
Mad Men
The Leftovers
The Shield
The Sopranos
The Wire

 

[Pranzo Oltranzista]

Too Old to Die Young is miles ahead of everything else I've seen, but I'm not sure it counts as "TV".

 

[HansonBro]

In random order:

The Wire
Mad Men
Breaking Bad
Fleabag
Game of Thrones
The Leftovers
The Americans
Succession
Six Feet Under
30 Rock
Better Call Saul
Fargo
Homeland
Mr. Robot
Parks & Rec.
True Detective: Season One

Adding East Bound n Down and Sons of Anarchy. Solid list

 

[Babe Ruth]

8) Curb Your Enthusiasm

Yeah, I thought Curb's first couple seasons were some of the best TV of this era..
I should've mentioned Smallville also. Their first couple seasons were strong, around 2001/2002 etc.

 

[Hippasus]

NHL
Ken Burns' jazz documentary on PBS
Unsolved Mysteries
Beavis and Butthead reboot

 

[kook10]

NHL
Ken Burns' jazz documentary on PBS
Unsolved Mysteries
Beavis and Butthead reboot

Good call on the Ken Burns doc. I'd maybe suggest The Vietnam War

 

[I am not exposed]

Good call on the Ken Burns doc. I'd maybe suggest The Vietnam War

I don't know when it was released but his one on prohibition is incredible.

 

[Neutrinos]

Despite the horrendous final season, Game Of Thrones still occupies the top spot on my list

Entourage is #2

Then in no particular order: Breaking Bad, True Detective S1, Fargo S2, Mare Of Easttown, and Severance round out the list

Also, just about anything starring Ricky Gervais is among the best television I've seen - The Office, Extras, and After Life are all worthy of multiple viewings

I'm also a big fan of the US version of The Office, though the last 2 or 3 seasons are unwatchable

 

[HanSolo]

Random order too:

Live Action:

Game of Thrones S1-4 (I'm okay with 5-7 generally but there's a clear drop off after 4)
Veep (gotta be one of the most underappreciated comedies)
30 Rock
Breaking Bad (probably sacrilege but except for the last season)
The Wire
S1 Westworld
The Expanse
True Detective S1
Fleabag
Atlanta
Band of Brothers
Arrested Development pre-netlfix seasons
Always Sunny
Chernobyl

Animated

Avatar the Last Airbender
Archer S1-3
South Park
Futurama
The Simpsons pre Simpsons movie



There's plenty of highly regarded TV shows I still haven't seen. Considered a lot of shows that I think are very good but didn't include them.

 

[Bounces R Way]

S tier
The Wire
Breaking Bad
The Sopranos
Mad Men
Band of Brothers

A tier
Game of Thrones
Succession
The Expanse
Archer
Rick and Morty
Andor
Gomorrah
Homeland

B tier
Stranger Things
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
Narcos
The Last of Us
The Simpsons(before about 2012)

C tier
BoJack Horseman
Arcane
Californication(David Duchovny you magnificent TV handsome bastard)
The Office
Brooklyn 99
Shameless
Marvelous Mrs Maisel
Mindhunter
MXC(surely im not the only one to remember this show? Guy LeDouche? Kenny Blankenship?)
Workaholics
Clarkson's Farm
Last Week Tonight
Mandalorian
The Magicians


D tier
Ted Lasso
Fleabag
The Boys
Weeds
Peep Show
Curb
Top Boy
Mr Robot
American Gods
Justified
House of Cards
Louie
Fargo
X-Files
Peaky Blinders
Sherlock
Welcome to Wrexham
Severance
The Newsroom
Dexter
The Daily Show

guilty pleasures
The Venture Bros
Adventure Time
Jersey Shore
Trailer Park Boys
Party Down
Silicon Valley
30 Rock
Community
Letterkenny
Arrested Development
Whose Line is it Anyway
Futurama
Parks and Rec
The Pacific
Master of None
Hung
Poker Face
Sealab 2020
House of the Dragon



basically HBO has been f***ing smashing it
The Leftovers and a couple others are on my to watch list

Veep (gotta be one of the most underappreciated comedies)

absolutely, that was a great show

 

[Devilsfan992]

These four or on a tier of their own for me:

Game of Thrones
Breaking Bad
Lost
Succession

Next tier:

Last of Us
Leftovers
Better Call Saul
Americans
Boardwalk Empire
24

Comedy/Dramedies

Friends
How I met Your Mother
It's Always Sunny
Entourage
Ted Lasso
Shameless
The Righteous Gemstones