YOUR Top Ten TV series in the last 19 years ?

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  1. Hyacinth House

    Hyacinth House Forum Resident

    Location:
    USA
    Breaking Bad
    Better Call Saul
    Curb Your Enthusiasm
    Freaks and Geeks
    Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
    Anne with an E
    South Park
    Rick and Morty
    Flipping Out
    The Joe Schmo Show
     
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  2. Apesbrain

    Apesbrain Forum Resident

    Location:
    East Coast, USA
    A few on my list that have not been mentioned:

    Letterkenny
    Baskets
    The Knick
    High Maintenance


    And the best television I've ever seen:

    Twin Peaks: The Return
     
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  3. EggBreakfast

    EggBreakfast Forum Resident

    Location:
    Puyallup, WA
    Longmire
    Offspring
    Bosch
    Heartland
    The Orville
    Firefly
    Battlestar Galactica
     
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  4. AveryKG

    AveryKG Sultan of snacks

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  5. alexpop

    alexpop Power pop + other bad habits.... Thread Starter

    Oops ... forgot about the amazing TP the return.
     
  6. HippieDrill

    HippieDrill Forum Resident

    Location:
    Sacramento, Ca
    This is what I’ve got after thinking about it for awhile

    Some of these started in the late 90s but ran into the 2000s

    1 - Buffy the vampire Slayer
    2 - South Park
    3 - Breaking Bad
    4 - Rick and Morty
    5 - Angel
    6 - Trailer Park Boys
    7 - The Walking Dead
    8 - Last Man Standing
    9 - Stranger Things
    10 - Parks and Recreation

    I feel like I’ve left out something, I’ll edit the list if I remember anything

    There’s also quite a few highly regarded shows I’ve yet to as well such as The Wire, Sopranos, Lost, Dexter, The Office, It’s Also Sunny in Philadelphia, and others that might potentially make the list once I get around to seeing them
     
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  7. EggBreakfast

    EggBreakfast Forum Resident

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    Puyallup, WA
    Rome was great! :righton:
     
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  8. alexpop

    alexpop Power pop + other bad habits.... Thread Starter

    Yes! That was excellent.
    8/10
     
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  9. alexpop

    alexpop Power pop + other bad habits.... Thread Starter

    IMDb give Stranger Things a solid 8/8 rating.
    One of these days I’ll watch it if there’s a Region 2 dvd.
     
  10. alexpop

    alexpop Power pop + other bad habits.... Thread Starter

    Another +1 for Mad Dogs (UK).
     
  11. Andy Smith

    Andy Smith .....Like a good pinch of snuff......

    Great call with 'Scott And Bailey'. Another series gone too soon.
     
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  12. Linger63

    Linger63 Forum Resident

    Location:
    AUSTRALIA
    In alphabetical order.........

    Better Call Saul
    Blacklist
    Breaking Bad
    Game Of Thrones
    House M.D.
    Suits
    Supernatural
    The Expanse
    The Orville
    The Walking Dead

    I could easily list another 10 !!!!!
     
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  13. Chris C

    Chris C Music was my first love and it will be my last!

    Location:
    Ohio
    My days of devoting my time to a new TV series are mostly behind me, as I usually get hooked about the same time that network cancels it!

    Here are a few that mostly satisfied

    Breaking Bad
    Sopranos
    House
    Psych
    Parenthood
    Big Bang Theory

    and a few that I attempted and enjoyed for a short while and then realized, the more that I watched the more that I realized that these shows are a bit "over the top" for a mild manner viewer like me

    Shameless (They should hand drugs out to those who stick with this insane show, which could've been great, had they not have pushed EVERY major issue button to the max)

    ED (The short-lived NBC show with the Foo Fighters theme and was produced by David Letterman's production company. The show started off fairly simple and unique, with the lovely Julie Bowen and fun-loving Tom Cavenagh, but then that horrible actor who later was the side kick on "Mad Men" (and the reason why I NEVER even attempted that series), who showed up on ED as the new principal and ruined the whole vibe of the show)

    Better Call Saul (Yeah I know, I know ..., it's great, right? My best friend swears by it, but the five or so times that I attempted it, I just can't get into it. I mean the guy who plays Saul is a damn fine actor (plus he is the person who wrote the still hilarious Chris Farley "I live down by the river" bit) and naturally the show has some fine writing, but I guess that I was expecting this show to be just slightly prequel to "Breaking Bad" over what I was watching which had NOTHING to do with "Breaking Bad".)

    It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia (Here's another one that started off a bit crazy and funny, but has since proven that it has to go to dark places just to get a laugh)

    and finally

    Broad City from Comedy Central, which I have to blame on watching thanks to the crazy and often hilarious promo clips that I would see endlessly while watching other shows. The actual show in the end was way over the top for me, again thanks to the endless attempt by producers of nearly all of these new shows that over do it, just to prove that they can try to win all viewers.

    I'll tell you what I would enjoy seeing from a new network TV show. How about something with a lot of comedy (that's not "laugh-out loud funny" by name, but actually FUNNY FUNNY), like The Andy Griffith Show, The Dick Van Dyke Show or Seinfeld used to be. Something with a little sex but not graphic and something that has likable characters, but not one that has a cast made up of all races and sexual preference, just to prove it's hip and welcoming to all viewers, because that doesn't really work. Can you imagine what the cast of "Friends" would be like, if it were re-cast new in 2019?

    One last thought, but a friend was over yesterday and he said "Chris, do you know why everyone was always so happy in Mayberry on "The Andy Griffith Show" ..., it's because nobody on that show was married except Otis and he was the town drunk"!
     
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  14. alexpop

    alexpop Power pop + other bad habits.... Thread Starter

    BCS?
    The first two seasons were slow, compared with BB. When other BB characters start appearing it gets better.
     
  15. Chris C

    Chris C Music was my first love and it will be my last!

    Location:
    Ohio
    I probably should give Better Call Saul another chance. One of the earlier episodes that I watched had some weird Rupert Holmes reference (something about Rupert going to school with Saul or something strange like that) and while I found it funny that the character was referencing Rupert Holmes, whom I've been a long time fan of, but it was that kind of wacky sh#$ that also turned me off to the show. As the Breaking Bad characters start showing up and the plot heads more towards that show, then I will be interested, but they were taking far too long to get to that on the episodes that I have seen.
     
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  16. Jimmy Disco D

    Jimmy Disco D Forum Resident

    Location:
    Shropshire, UK
    Looks like we're including sitcoms?

    Breaking Bad
    Curb Your Enthusiam
    Game of Thrones
    Last Kingdom
    League of Gentlemen
    After Life
    Norsemen
    Black Mirror
    Toast of London
    The Office (UK)

    I haven't had netflix for long, I've got a lot of caching up to do. I also missed out on a lot great TV series (Mad Men, Deadwood, Wire, Stranger Things etc) due to apathy.
     
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  17. alexpop

    alexpop Power pop + other bad habits.... Thread Starter

    The Vikings was another one. Though that was a bit hit and miss.
     
  18. Jimmy Disco D

    Jimmy Disco D Forum Resident

    Location:
    Shropshire, UK
    I fancied watching that but had no access to whatever channel it was on. I thought Norsemen was going to be a similar thing, but I was in for a pleasant surprise.
     
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  19. Denim Chicken

    Denim Chicken Dayman, fighter of the Nightman

    Location:
    Bakersfield, CA
    It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
    South Park
    Family Guy
    Doctor Who
    Reno 911!
    Downton Abbey
    Merlin
    Curb Your Enthusiasm
    Game of Thrones
    Dexter
     
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  20. malcolm reynolds

    malcolm reynolds Handsome, Humble, Genius

    Location:
    Oklahoma
    Twin Peaks The Return (Not sure if it counts or not)
    Fringe
    Firefly
    Chuck
    Haven
    Grimm
    Warehouse 13
    Eureka
    Ash vs Evil Dead
    The X-Files Seasons 10 and 11 (not sure if these count either)
     
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  21. Sammy Waslow

    Sammy Waslow Just watching the show

    Location:
    Ireland
    Breaking Bad
    Brooklyn Nine-Nine
    Flight of the Conchords
    Flowers
    Inside No. 9
    Life On Mars (BBC)
    Mad Men
    Mindhunter
    Toast of London
    Unbelievable
     
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  22. Veni Vidi Vici

    Veni Vidi Vici Forum Resident

    Location:
    Chicago, IL
    Breaking Bad
    The Crown
    Curb Your Enthusiasm
    Mad Men
    Nathan Barley
    The Office (UK)
    Sherlock
    The Shield
    Silicon Valley
    The Sopranos

    Honorable mention: Archer
     
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  23. SRC

    SRC That sums up Squatter for me

    Location:
    New York, NY
    Breaking Bad
    The Americans
    Legion
    Mr. Robot
    Dark
    Narcos
    The Office (UK)
    The Wire
    Barry
    Aqua Teen Hunger Force

    Limited Series:
    Twin Peaks: The Return
    Chernobyl
    Escape At Dannemora

    Sketch Comedy:
    Chapelle's Show
    Da Ali G Show
    Who Is America?
     
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  24. alexpop

    alexpop Power pop + other bad habits.... Thread Starter

    Nathan Barley?
    Ha! Not many I betcha have heard of this.
    Main actor went on to star in Benidorm.
     
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  25. Daniel Plainview

    Daniel Plainview God's Lonely Man

    Twin Peaks The Return
    The Office
    Stranger Things
    South Park
    Uh... Teen Titans Go...

    That's all I've watched.
     
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