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1. Breaking Bad - is the best series ever made for me.
2. The Sopranos - less dynamic show, but right there in second place.
3. Only Fools and Horses - a classic comedy.
Then two animated series:
5. The Simpsons,
6. South Park,
and two other comedies:
7. That's 70s Show,
8. Two and a Half Men (only with Charlie Sheen).
1. The Wire
2. The Sopranos Close second
3. Only Fools and Horses -
4. south Park- consistently so much better and funnier than the simpsons, Simpsons seem dated now
6. Fawlty Towers
7. Father Ted
I would put game of thrones in there.
In no order...
Band of Brothers
Yes Minister / Yes Prime Minister
Dexter (not the last two seasons!)
Blackadder
Ted and Fawlty Towers - classics!
Fr Ted, Fawlty Towers, Cracker, Rab C Nesbit, Simpsons and Family Guy (off the top of my head)
Arrested Development
The Simpsons (pre-2002)
Father Ted
The Office (UK)
Breaking Bad
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
Archer
The West Wing (before the mad VP thing)
I didn't watched these two, but I've heard that Love & Hate is very good too. When I get some time I'll have to take a look.;)Quote:
Originally Posted by bennocelt
Father Ted is a must. Greatest Irish (or British produced) comedy ever.
Anyone else think Breaking Bad is overrated? Still a great show but far from perfect.
I think The Sopranos is better than Breaking Bad or The Wire.
Seinfeld is probably the best comedy show. It took a little while to get going but it maintained its quality up until The Finale episode, which was crap.
Curb Your Enthusiasm, while still good, started gradually declining in Season 4.
As far as the cartoons, The Simpsons only really had about 7 or 8 good seasons. The first season was crap and so is every season since the late 90s.
South Park has gone downhill as well. Too pop culture.
Family Guy is unwatchable these days.
American Dad probably outlasts all of them in terms of longevity. Never thought I'd say that. Roger the alien gives them a lot of leverage in terms of writing.
The Finale of Seinfeld is actually a lot better as the years wore on. I restarted watching all of Seinfeld and it's pretty terrible for the first couple of seasons. I think the episode that introduces Newman is where it kicks off.
The Wire
The Sopranos
The West Wing
The Thick of It
Deadwood
Generation Kill
Band of Brothers
Fr Ted
Me! I really enjoyed BB - the acting was some of the best I've ever seen in a TV drama - but there was an awful lot of hype surrounding it.Quote:
Originally Posted by TheOneWhoKnocks
Totally forgot about The Thick of It. Glorious.Quote:
Originally Posted by Macy
Anyone else think Better Call Saul is a bad idea?
My favourite season of The Wire was Season 2.
Frank Sobotka was a great character.
Surprised no one has mentioned Mrs Browns Boys!
I'm certainly glad nobody mentioned it. Pure drivel.Quote:
Originally Posted by bennocelt
In no particular order and only series I have actually finished or that I am completely up to date on.
Breaking Bad, Entourage, The Wire, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Game Of Thrones, Suits, Fr.Ted, Friends, Band of Brothers
In order of my preferred.
The Wire
Homicide, Life on the Streets series 1-6
Spiral
big gap to the rest,
in no order.
Dexter, series 1-6,
The Killing, series 1 Danish, the USA version was good.
Deadwood,
Prisoner cell block H (Australian) near 700 episodes, though needs a remote control close at hand to FF through the soapy bits.
Band of Brothers
I really liked Sopranos series 1. and liked Breaking Bad series 1-3
A few others that came to mind over the weekend:
Prime Suspect
Taggart (until Mark McManus died)
Black Books
MASH
Hustle
Spooks (though a bit patchy in places; Seasons 1 and 2 were consistently good)
Drama
The Wire
Breaking Bad
The Sopranos
Game Of thrones
OZ
Comedy
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Arrested Devlopment
Alan Partridge
Fr Ted
Only fools & Horses