BOF's Top 50 Television Shows of All Time - Deadline closed, PM me blurbs about why you chose a show!

[baumer]

If The Wire isn't #1, I'm disowning this forum.

 

What's the Wire?

[peludo]

What's the Wire?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wire

 

All I can say is run to see it.

 

It scores 79, 95, 98, 98 and 89 in Metacritic for each season.

Edited November 14, 2014 by peludo

[Dark Jedi Master 007]

I just started to watch The Wire just to see what it's all about, and maybe add it to my list if it's good. So far I'm at episode 4, it's a pretttty slow start.

Yep, it takes some time to get into it. But by episode 6 (the one actually called "The Wire,") I was hooked forever. Others took a little longer, some were hooked right away. If you aren't hooked by the end of the 1st season, then it's probably not for you.

[Dark Jedi Master 007]

What's the Wire?

It's one of the most loved shows ever. I could spend the time explaining why, but I feel like the best thing is to just watch it when you get a chance. 

Some tips: 

1. Be patient. There's a lot of info to digest in each episode, and sometimes, you will be confused, don't worry so much about that. Also, it does take a while for it to get going (for me, it took till episode 6; for others, it took longer). 

2. If you still don't like it at the end of the 1st season, then maybe you should let it go and come back to it at some other point.

[4815162342]

What's the Wire?

A crime show on HBO set in Baltimore and centered on the city's problems with the drug trade.

The first season starts very slow and deliberate, but if you can get through the first half of the season you'll be in good shape to like the rest of the series.

[CoolioD1]

1. The Simpsons

2. Twin Peaks

3. Mad Men

4. Blackadder

5. Avatar: The Last Airbender

6. Breaking Bad

7. LOST

8. The Wire

9. Star Trek

10. Batman: The Animated Series

11. The Sopranos

12. Arrested Development

13. Band of Brothers

14. South Park

15. The Muppet Show

16. Life on Mars (uk version)

17. The Twilight Zone

18. Louie

19. Seinfeld

20. Rick and Morty

21. Monty Python's Flying Circus

22. Father Ted

23. Cowboy Bebop

24. Spaced

25. Hannibal

26. The Thick of It

27. Flight of the Conchords

28. Fargo

29. Key & Peele

30. Futurama

Edited November 14, 2014 by CoolioD1

[Mango]

^ Fuck yes for Cowboy Bebop.

[iceroll]

I'm trying to make a Top 100 to include more shows, so if you guys have more shows you want to add and make longer lists, then feel free

[Cedarpoint1111]

That's very hard lol.

[iceroll]

You don't all have to make lists with 100 shows haha, but if say you really liked a few more shows than those on the list then feel free to just add them to the list.

[ZappBrannigan]

So can I ignore parts of a TV show's run for my list?  Like, the last few seasons of Dexter, X-Files, Heroes, etc.?

[grim22]

Will keep updating this list, but I know my top two shows for sure

 

1. Breaking Bad

2. The Wire

 

 

 

3. The Simpsons

4. Community

5. Game of Thrones

6. Orange is the new black

7. The Sopranos

8. Batman the animated series

9. Blackadder

10. Seinfeld

Edited December 1, 2014 by grim22

[4815162342]

So can I ignore parts of a TV show's run for my list? Like, the last few seasons of Dexter, X-Files, Heroes, etc.?

You need to consider everything you've personally seen from the show.

[iceroll]

So can I ignore parts of a TV show's run for my list?  Like, the last few seasons of Dexter, X-Files, Heroes, etc.?

 

You need to consider everything you've personally seen from the show.

Yea, personally I stopped watching Dexter after season 4 so I can only judge it based on that. You don't have to have watched the entire show to include it in your list.

[Omar]

I say Glee for #1, then:

 

Glee

Gilmore Girls

Grey's Anatomy

The Simpsons

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Angel

Lost

 

I asked my father for some of his choices:

All in the Family

MASH

The Twilight Zone

The A Team

Charlie's Angels

The Dukes of Hazzard

Cheers

I Dream of Jeannie

Twin Peaks

Star Trek: The Next Generation

The Sopranos

The Honeymooners

I Love Lucy

Taxi

Hill Street Blues

Colombo

Barney Miller

Family Guy

[darkelf]

Tentatively:

1. Community
2. Oz
3. Arrested Development
4. House MD
5. Seinfeld
6. Breaking Bad
7. The Office (US)
8. The Wire
9. Whose Line Is It Anyway? (US)
10. 24
11. Game of Thrones
12. Lost
13. Columbo
14. Sherlock
15. South Park
16. Parks and Recreation
17. Archer
18. Firefly
19. The Shield
20. Friends
21. The Simpsons
22. Rome
23. The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
24. Rick and Morty
25. Key & Peele
26. Fargo
27. Boston Legal
28. Clone High
29. Only Fools and Horses
30. Blackadder
31. Party Down
32. Scrubs
33. Hustle
34. Prison Break
35. Luther
36. Mr. Bean
37. The League
38. How I Met Your Mother
39. Monk
40. My Name Is Earl

[The Panda]

I have a problem here because I don't watch a lot of TV, but I do have some I can list. I'll try and make one

[Wrath]

So, would I list all the "Real Housewives" shows individually or is it better to just lump them together?

[Kevin Bacon]

So, would I list all the "Real Housewives" shows individually or is it better to just lump them together?

It's better to give yourself a transorbital lobotomy so you can forget ever seeing them.

[iceroll]

So, would I list all the "Real Housewives" shows individually or is it better to just lump them together?

Hm, I'd say separately. They run as independent shows.

 

 

And judging other member's personal choices is really not necessary or welcomed in my thread. People are free to like whatever they want, and this is an honest representation of the forum's tastes in television.