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Post by DSDSquared on May 9, 2019 19:06:29 GMT
I haven’t seen all of these. Here are my top 3 from among these. 3. The Wire. I’m not a cop, but to me this show seemed the most realistic (other than maybe Omar who I loved anyway). Fantastically acted all around. 2. Breaking Bad. I’m due for another re-watch of this but I can’t remember a single bad episode. As close to a perfect show as there’s ever been. 1. Six Feet Under. I was unemployed and binge-watched this during a time in my life where I lost almost everything. It resonated with me. Michael C. Hall was as believable to me in this as he was in Dexter yet couldn’t have played more different characters. Also has the best ending out of any of these shows (of the ones I’ve seen). The finale for Six Feet Under is the second best of all time. Fantastic. The first best, to me anyway, was The Shield. The finale was balls to the wall insane.
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Post by klawrencio79 on May 9, 2019 19:10:06 GMT
As usual Sopranos will always be number 1 Homeland next up(on this list) Breaking Bad Watched all of GoT's Boardwalk The Wire Entourage Hopefully watch Deadwood and The Shield in the future Homeland has been something of a mixed bag, but Season 4, particularly the second half of the season, was as good as anything I've seen on television. The past 2 seasons have hit really close to home with a lot of the circus-like bullshit we deal with day-in and day-out now.
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Post by DSDSquared on May 9, 2019 19:10:38 GMT
What a list. You literally named the greatest shows of all time here. I picked Game of Thrones, Breaking Bad, and The Sopranos. 1) 'All time' only encompasses like 60-70 years 2) This list only covers shows since like 1989 3) It was probably not necessary to point this out and I'm probably a dick for doing so, but people acting like the only things that count are from when they started paying attention forward, and that those are the greatest ever rubs me the wrong way for some reason 4) I haven't seen all of these shows nor that many shows from the first several decades so I can't really make a judgement, so maybe this is accurate I can see your argument with movies, but not TV shows. TV shows are 100% better after 2000 than they were before. 24 and The Sopranos actually were big contributors to this. They proved that movie stars could become even bigger stars on TV and that TV can be just as good as movies. I am older also and I remember when there were TV stars and movie stars. TV stars were easily a lower tier of star. That is no longer the case. Shows have bigger budgets and more talented teams than most movies do today. I say these are the greatest shows of all time because they are. Sure, I liked a lot of older shows, but they are simply not better because they can't be. Shows after about 1999 have bigger budgets, better actors, and far better production values. To say a show like I love Lucy, MASH, or Charlie's Angels, for instance, is better than shows like The Wire or The Sopranos is insane because it is not true.
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Post by nutsberryfarm 🏜 on May 9, 2019 19:30:13 GMT
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Post by tristramshandy on May 9, 2019 19:53:44 GMT
What a list. You literally named the greatest shows of all time here. I picked Game of Thrones, Breaking Bad, and The Sopranos. 1) 'All time' only encompasses like 60-70 years 2) This list only covers shows since like 1989 3) It was probably not necessary to point this out and I'm probably a dick for doing so, but people acting like the only things that count are from when they started paying attention forward, and that those are the greatest ever rubs me the wrong way for some reason 4) I haven't seen all of these shows nor that many shows from the first several decades so I can't really make a judgement, so maybe this is accurate It's the Golden Age of Television. I believe in that. I was born in 1970 and have watched shows from the '50s and '60s - - I wouldn't put any drama pre-1995 or so up against the last 25 years. Network television is way too limiting and even older HBO shows were cheesy serials or "comedies" that they could use to show tits.
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Post by tristramshandy on May 9, 2019 19:55:02 GMT
Breaking Bad, The Wire, and Boardwalk Empire for me.
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Post by hi224 on May 9, 2019 19:55:19 GMT
oh my have to choose like 9.
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Post by masterofallgoons on May 9, 2019 20:16:45 GMT
Since I haven't seen most of these series, or at least not in their entirety, I'll have to choose The Simpsons. The first 9 seasons are phenomenal. It got weaker after that and I stopped watching (maybe it got really good again at some point, but I'd doubt it), but that initial run is extraordinary and is so entrenched with my childhood and forming my sense of humor and accounts for so many of my points of reference for pop culture and society that it can't be anything else really. If we’re doing comedies I’d go Seinfeld one, Simpsons 1-A. My original list isn’t necessarily supposed to be “best of all-time”. I just picked some popular recent or semi-recent ones. Yup. Reruns of Seinfeld and The Simpsons were a 'semi-daily' running theme for many of my formative years. |
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Post by masterofallgoons on May 9, 2019 20:21:24 GMT
1) 'All time' only encompasses like 60-70 years 2) This list only covers shows since like 1989 3) It was probably not necessary to point this out and I'm probably a dick for doing so, but people acting like the only things that count are from when they started paying attention forward, and that those are the greatest ever rubs me the wrong way for some reason 4) I haven't seen all of these shows nor that many shows from the first several decades so I can't really make a judgement, so maybe this is accurate I can see your argument with movies, but not TV shows. TV shows are 100% better after 2000 than they were before. 24 and The Sopranos actually were big contributors to this. They proved that movie stars could become even bigger stars on TV and that TV can be just as good as movies. I am older also and I remember when there were TV stars and movie stars. TV stars were easily a lower tier of star. That is no longer the case. Shows have bigger budgets and more talented teams than most movies do today. I say these are the greatest shows of all time because they are. Sure, I liked a lot of older shows, but they are simply not better because they can't be. Shows after about 1999 have bigger budgets, better actors, and far better production values. To say a show like I love Lucy, MASH, or Charlie's Angels, for instance, is better than shows like The Wire or The Sopranos is insane because it is not true. All true, but something like The Honeymooners, or even MASH or something is still funnier than a lot of modern comedies. And I haven't seen Twin Peaks but I've often seen that show cited as the one that brought a lot of cinematic quality to the small screen before anyone else. But yeah, generally you're right. .. I just have a somewhat illogical hatred of the phrase 'of all time' when it refers to something of a relatively short period. I'll contend that I'm right, but I'll have to get over this considering how often it's thrown around. |
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Post by Deleted on May 9, 2019 21:53:37 GMT
Breaking Bad
Dexter
The Sopranos
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Post by yougotastewgoinbaby on May 10, 2019 2:45:54 GMT
I've never seen a single episode of any of them. No need. 'Father Ted' is better than all of them
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Post by yougotastewgoinbaby on May 10, 2019 2:53:17 GMT
Of these choices, my top three would be (in no particular order):
GOT Breaking Bad The Wire
I've dipped in and out of most of the other ones. Never got into Madmen.
However, I have probably had more fun watching, following, and arguing about Lost than any other TV show.
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Post by Deleted on May 10, 2019 3:01:20 GMT
why no 'Other'?
i'd like to throw 'Rescue Me' with Dennis Leary in there.
also some horror anthologies like The Twilight Zone, Tales From the Crypt, Alfred Hitchcock Presents.....
Also Cheers and Seinfeld.
How about The Walking Dead and Twin Peaks?
I'm late to the party on Arliss and Brockmire (sports related).
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Post by Deleted on May 10, 2019 3:02:01 GMT
is there a possibility as well that 'Taxi' can get a nod?
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Post by Deleted on May 10, 2019 3:06:59 GMT
how about Hunter with former football player Fred Dryer with your 1/2 hour local news sandwiched inbetween on a Saturday night followed by Saturday Night's Main Event on NBC once a month replacing Saturday Night Live  |
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Post by sdm3 on May 10, 2019 3:49:43 GMT
I haven’t seen all of these. Here are my top 3 from among these. 3. The Wire. I’m not a cop, but to me this show seemed the most realistic (other than maybe Omar who I loved anyway). Fantastically acted all around. 2. Breaking Bad. I’m due for another re-watch of this but I can’t remember a single bad episode. As close to a perfect show as there’s ever been. 1. Six Feet Under. I was unemployed and binge-watched this during a time in my life where I lost almost everything. It resonated with me. Michael C. Hall was as believable to me in this as he was in Dexter yet couldn’t have played more different characters. Also has the best ending out of any of these shows (of the ones I’ve seen). I have the same top 3 in the same order. Maybe The Sopranos fighting The Wire for that #3 spot. Top 5 would be rounded out by one of Deadwood/The Shield/Mad Men/Game of Thrones. If only Dexter stopped after season 4; it'd rank a lot higher.
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Post by xystophoros on May 10, 2019 3:59:34 GMT
Game of Thrones
The Wire
Homeland
For those who picked Breaking Bad, might I remind you that Skylar’s scenes are pretty much unwatchable the first time around, so there is no way in hell I’d watch them again. It’s just one long miserable stretch of nagging, whining and hypocritical nonsense from a repulsive woman.
If I was married to that, I’d kill myself. Bitch nagging her husband because he used a credit card to put $10 worth of gas in his car. Acting high and mighty about his criminal activity, then enjoying all the money and cars made possible by that crime. Guilt-tripping like a professional. It’s just too much to watch.
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Post by FrankSobotka1514 on May 10, 2019 10:28:35 GMT
why no 'Other'? i'd like to throw 'Rescue Me' with Dennis Leary in there. also some horror anthologies like The Twilight Zone, Tales From the Crypt, Alfred Hitchcock Presents..... Also Cheers and Seinfeld. How about The Walking Dead and Twin Peaks? I'm late to the party on Arliss and Brockmire (sports related). There’s no Other because I didn’t ask what were your favorite all time shows, I asked what were your favorites among THESE shows. |
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Post by nutsberryfarm 🏜 on May 10, 2019 12:10:12 GMT
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Post by WullieFort on May 10, 2019 17:00:48 GMT
I'll go for:
The Wire
BBad
Lost
The latter isn't on your list (nor anybody else's, for that matter) because the writers' fucked up the ending but before that, it had an array of characters seldom matched by many other shows. That is why I've excluded GoT. There are too few characters I give a shit about. Arya, the Hound, Jamie and that's about it. Even the legendary Sopranos didn't hook me as much as McNulty, Bunk, Bubbles, Stringer, Bodie, et al. And BBad rose above the Walter White, "dying chemist" storyline and gave us, Mike, Gus, Taco, Skinny Pete, Hank et al. Lost almost suffocated us with the variety of characters. No sooner had we gotten to know Jack, Locke, Sawyer, Kate, Sayid, etc when up pops Ben and then Desmond and then Jacob and then the Man in Black. The measure of a good show is "who do you remember"
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