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#1 NiKva
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NO CARTOONS OR ANIME.

Rather than making a thread every time someone asks for a TV show to watch, why not make one big thread where we rank our TV shows :P

How the ranking works is similar to a forum game, where you can hurt/heal your favorites and your hated series. Every time a new series is mentioned, It'll be added to this list.

I'll adjust the numbers depending on how many users we get to participate in this.

Greatest (11 and higher)

22 Breaking Bad

13 Game of Thrones

12 Mad Men

12 Seinfield

12 The Wire

Good (6-10)

9 Arrested Development

8 Community

7 Star Trek

7 The Sopranos

6 Curb Your Enthusiasm

6 Dexter

6Twin Peaks

Neutral (0-5)

5 Doctor Who

5 Deadwood

5 Supernatural

5 Boardwalk Empire

5 Firefly

4 Freaks and Geeks

4 Lost

4 The Twilight Zone

4 The Shield

4 Six Feet Under

3 Band of Brothers

3 Smallville

3 Friday Night Lights

3 The Walking Dead

3 24

3 Battlestar Galactica

3 Parks and Recreation

3 Fresh Prince of Bel Air

3 Heroes

2 The State

2 CSI

2 Big Bang Theory

2 Monty Python's Flying Circus

2 Torchwood

2 The West Wing

2 The Thick of It

2 Friends

2 The Office

2 Justified

2 MacGuyver

2 NCIS

2 Terriers

2 Farscape

2 Criminal Minds

2 All In the Family

2 Scrubs

2 Buffy The Vampire Slayer

2 Homeland

2 Its Always Sunny in Philedelphia

1 Dinosaurs

1 Californication

1 Suits

1 King of the Hill

1 Babylon 5

1 X-Files

1 Malcolm In The Middle

1 Once Upon a Time

1 Ghost Whispers

1 Millenium

1 Sanctuary

1 Prison Break

1 Alphas

1 First Wave

1 Sliders

1 Eureka

1 Warehouse 13

1 True Blood

1 Parker Lewis Can't Lose

1 JAG

1 The A-Team

1 The Larry Sanders Show

1 Chuck

1 Terra Nova

1 I Cladius

1 Mash

1 Party Down

1 My So-Called Life

1 I Love Lucy

1 Spaced

1 Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1 Fringe

1 Gilligan's Island

1 Power Rangers

1 Sesame Street

1 Sherlock

1 Pushing Daisies

1 Reapers

1 Flight of the Conchords

1 Portlandia

1 Happy Endings

1 QI

1 Good Times

1 Generation Kill

1 Peep Show

1 Tales From the Crypt

1 Quantam Leap

1 The League of Gentlemen

1 Unsolved Mysteries

1 Oz

1 Monk

1 Lost in Space

1 The Honeymooners

1 Extras

1 Surface

1 The Newsroom

1 Top Gear

1 The King of Queens

1 Spartacus: Blood and Sand

1 Louie

1 Sons of Anarchy

1 House M.D.

0 Weeds

Bad (-1 or lower)

-1 Small Town Security

-1 Skins

-1 American Idol

-1 Saturday Night Live

-1 Anything Tyler Perry

-1 Two and a Half Men

-1 How I Met Your Mother

-2 Jersey Shore

Horrid (-10 and lower)

[spoiler]

My List

Doctor Who +1

Smallville +1

Mad Men +1

Breaking Bad +1

Dexter +1

Prison Break +1

Weeds +1

Big Bang Theory +1

The Walking Dead +1

Skins -1

[/spoiler]

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Hurt weeds
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#4 turtlethetaffer
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Supernatural and Seinfeld deserve to be on that list.

Also Walking Dead kind of sucks if you read the comics. They are so much more well paced and interesting.

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#5 NiKva
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Supernatural and Seinfeld deserve to be on that list.

Also Walking Dead kind of sucks if you read the comics. They are so much more well paced and interesting.

turtlethetaffer
I agree with Supernatural :P TWD is pretty good, even if its not true to the comics 100%.
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#6 turtlethetaffer
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[QUOTE="turtlethetaffer"]

Supernatural and Seinfeld deserve to be on that list.

Also Walking Dead kind of sucks if you read the comics. They are so much more well paced and interesting.

NiKva

I agree with Supernatural :P TWD is pretty good, even if its not true to the comics 100%.

I'm not even saying that it needs to be true to the comics, just that the comics are better.

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#7 NiKva
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[QUOTE="NiKva"][QUOTE="turtlethetaffer"]

Supernatural and Seinfeld deserve to be on that list.

Also Walking Dead kind of sucks if you read the comics. They are so much more well paced and interesting.

turtlethetaffer

I agree with Supernatural :P TWD is pretty good, even if its not true to the comics 100%.

I'm not even saying that it needs to be true to the comics, just that the comics are better.

I liked the comics up until Mrs Grimes got shot. That made it so depressing :( I also didn't like how the plot was always the same. They'd always find someone to take them in and quickly overwhelm the natives until Rick does something stupid and has to force his crew to move.
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Twin Peaks, Deadwood, Darkplace and Strangers with Candy.

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#9 NiKva
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Twin Peaks and Deadwood. eggdog1234
I've never seen either of those shows :P
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[QUOTE="eggdog1234"]Twin Peaks and Deadwood. NiKva
I've never seen either of those shows :P

They are great.
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#11 DJ-Lafleur
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Gotta go with Breaking Bad.

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JAG

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Best

Show

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The State

Doctor Who

South Park

The Simpsons

Firefly

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I forgot about The State!
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The Wire, The Sopranos, Breaking Bad, Band of Brothers...
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#16 Kevlar101
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[QUOTE="turtlethetaffer"]

[QUOTE="NiKva"] I agree with Supernatural :P TWD is pretty good, even if its not true to the comics 100%.NiKva

I'm not even saying that it needs to be true to the comics, just that the comics are better.

I liked the comics up until Mrs Grimes got shot. That made it so depressing :(

I was....... kind of planning on......... nevermind.
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Band of Brothers...Stavrogin_
+12 points for you.
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01. The Wire 02. Deadwood 03. The Sopranos 04. Arrested Development 05. Seinfeld 06. Home Movies 07. The Simpsons 08. Futurama 09. Six Feet Under 10. Curb Your Enthusiasm 11. Game of Thrones 12. Breaking Bad 13. Mad Men 14. Twin Peaks 15. The Larry Sanders Show something like that, ranking is pretty arbitrary after the top 5 or so Worst: 1. The Big Bang Theory 2. Two and a Half Men 3. Anything Tyler Perry 4. Lost
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#19 NiKva
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Updated :)
[QUOTE="NiKva"][QUOTE="turtlethetaffer"]

I'm not even saying that it needs to be true to the comics, just that the comics are better.

Kevlar101
I liked the comics up until Mrs Grimes got shot. That made it so depressing :(

I was....... kind of planning on......... nevermind.

That arc has been out for awhile :P
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"NO CARTOONS OR ANIME." Why?
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#21 NiKva
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[QUOTE="krazykillaz"]"NO CARTOONS OR ANIME." Why?

If you want to make your own threads for cartoons and anime, go ahead. For this thread, I'm only allowing comedic cartoons such as Futurama, The Simpsons, Southpark, etc.
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Breaking Bad Scrubs Arrested Development
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#24 Niff_T
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The Wire
Breaking Bad
Game of Thrones
The Sopranos
Boardwalk Empire
Mad Men
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Band of Brothers

Justified also deserves some recognition, if only for season two's greatness.

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#25 krazykillaz
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[QUOTE="NiKva"][QUOTE="krazykillaz"]"NO CARTOONS OR ANIME." Why?

If you want to make your own threads for cartoons and anime, go ahead. For this thread, I'm only allowing comedic cartoons such as Futurama, The Simpsons, Southpark, etc.

You didn't really answer my question.
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The Wire
The Sopranos
The Shield
Breaking Bad
Friday Night Lights
Six Feet Under
The West Wing
Firefly
Deadwood
Arrested Development
Seinfeld




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[QUOTE="NiKva"][QUOTE="krazykillaz"]"NO CARTOONS OR ANIME." Why?

If you want to make your own threads for cartoons and anime, go ahead. For this thread, I'm only allowing comedic cartoons such as Futurama, The Simpsons, Southpark, etc.

Seems a bit ridiculous. That's a pretty big genre for some people. It's like taking out drama. :|
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#28 NiKva
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Updated. The #1 overrated show becomes the first to become the Greatest on our list :P [QUOTE="krazykillaz"][QUOTE="NiKva"][QUOTE="krazykillaz"]"NO CARTOONS OR ANIME." Why?

If you want to make your own threads for cartoons and anime, go ahead. For this thread, I'm only allowing comedic cartoons such as Futurama, The Simpsons, Southpark, etc.

You didn't really answer my question.

Because this is the list of the greatest tv series, not the list of the greatest cartoons.
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South Park

I Claudius

Monty Python's Flying Circus

Extras

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#30 krazykillaz
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[QUOTE="NiKva"]Updated. The #1 overrated show becomes the first to become the Greatest on our list :P [QUOTE="krazykillaz"][QUOTE="NiKva"] If you want to make your own threads for cartoons and anime, go ahead. For this thread, I'm only allowing comedic cartoons such as Futurama, The Simpsons, Southpark, etc.

You didn't really answer my question.

Because this is the list of the greatest tv series, not the list of the greatest cartoons.

A TV series can't be animated?
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#31 NiKva
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[QUOTE="Razor-Lazor"][QUOTE="NiKva"][QUOTE="krazykillaz"]"NO CARTOONS OR ANIME." Why?

If you want to make your own threads for cartoons and anime, go ahead. For this thread, I'm only allowing comedic cartoons such as Futurama, The Simpsons, Southpark, etc.

Seems a bit ridiculous. That's a pretty big genre for some people. It's like taking out drama. :|

They are a large enough genre to warrant their own lists.
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#32 NiKva
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[QUOTE="krazykillaz"][QUOTE="NiKva"]Updated. The #1 overrated show becomes the first to become the Greatest on our list :P
You didn't really answer my question.krazykillaz
Because this is the list of the greatest tv series, not the list of the greatest cartoons.

A TV series can't be animated?

Yes, that is exactly it. That is definitely the reason why I choose to do this. This is what I believe in. What I advocate. No. Gtfo please if you aren't recommending TV shows already :(
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  • Doctor Who
  • Torchwood
  • Mad Men
  • The Wire
  • Justified
  • Louie
  • Friends
  • Lost
  • Firefly
  • Freaks and Geeks
  • Chuck
  • Curb Your Enthusiasm
  • The Thick of It
  • Sherlock
  • QI
  • Monty Python's Flying Circus
  • Boardwalk Empire
  • Homeland
  • Pushing Daisies
  • Community
  • Parks and Recreation
  • Game of Thrones
  • Happy Endings
  • Arrested Development
  • Flight of the Conchords
  • Portlandia
  • Buffy The Vampire Slayer
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Hurt How I Met Your Mother and Big Bang Theory
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#35 krazykillaz
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[QUOTE="NiKva"][QUOTE="krazykillaz"][QUOTE="NiKva"] Because this is the list of the greatest tv series, not the list of the greatest cartoons.

A TV series can't be animated?

Yes, that is exactly it. That is definitely the reason why I choose to do this. This is what I believe in. What I advocate. No. Gtfo please if you aren't recommending TV shows already :(

I don't know why you're making this difficult. You said no animation and I just want to know why. I don't care if it's a stupid reason. I just want to know what the reason is.
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The Thick of ItSaintLeonidas
Damn, I completely forgot the new series started yesterday.

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24 Smallville The walking dead Seinfeld CSI: Las vegas Community (one of the most intelligently sitcoms ever.) Good times Curb your enthusiasm.
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Breaking Bad

The Wire

Mad Men

Prorably the 3 best , out of everything I watched.

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Breaking Bad

Mad Men

Arrested Development

Lost

Firefly

Band of Brothers

Sienfeld

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#40 NiKva
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Great contributions everyone :) [QUOTE="krazykillaz"][QUOTE="NiKva"][QUOTE="krazykillaz"] A TV series can't be animated?

Yes, that is exactly it. That is definitely the reason why I choose to do this. This is what I believe in. What I advocate. No. Gtfo please if you aren't recommending TV shows already :(

I don't know why you're making this difficult. You said no animation and I just want to know why. I don't care if it's a stupid reason. I just want to know what the reason is.

I've already stated to another person that animations and anime could both have their own separate lists due to how large they are. I don't feel like having to do extra work incorporating those into this list, and some of us prefer to have a list of this type of TV series. And if you want a personal opinion, I hate weeaboos and bronies and I'd prefer not to have the top 10 on here to be a list of shonen jump anime and MLP.
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[QUOTE="SaintLeonidas"]The Thick of ItBrutal_Elitegs

Damn, I completely forgot the new series started yesterday.

Yeah, on Hulu I believe tomorrow for those in the US...I'll probably just download it.
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Can't see third page I think.

Edit: After I made this post, now I can see it >.>

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Game of Thrones is magnificent. Just saying.

Dexter's also good. True Blood's a fun show to watch.

Community is also great.

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#44 krazykillaz
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[QUOTE="NiKva"]Great contributions everyone :) [QUOTE="krazykillaz"][QUOTE="NiKva"] Yes, that is exactly it. That is definitely the reason why I choose to do this. This is what I believe in. What I advocate. No. Gtfo please if you aren't recommending TV shows already :(

I don't know why you're making this difficult. You said no animation and I just want to know why. I don't care if it's a stupid reason. I just want to know what the reason is.

I've already stated to another person that animations and anime could both have their own separate lists due to how large they are. I don't feel like having to do extra work incorporating those into this list, and some of us prefer to have a list of this type of TV series. And if you want a personal opinion, I hate weeaboos and bronies and I'd prefer not to have the top 10 on here to be a list of shonen jump anime and MLP.

Cartoons can easily fall into the same categories as live action shows. The only thing separating them being the animation. It doesn't make sense to separate them if they evoke the same emotions.
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#45 NiKva
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Game of Thrones is magnificent. Just saying.

Dexter's also good. True Blood's a fun show to watch.

Community is also great.

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Its about time someone else voted for Dexter :P
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The Wire The Sopranos Friday Night Lights Breaking Bad The Shield Six Feet Under Avatar: The Last Airbender Terriers Freaks and Geeks
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The West Wing

Lost

Supernatural

Game of Thrones

Breaking Bad

24

Smallville

Dexter

Friends

Generation Kill

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Freaks and Geeks

Peep Show

MacGuyver. ... don't remember much about the show, but the themesong is the most upbeat music ever. Makes you feel like you can do anything.

Unsolved Mysteries. this was such trash... but well-made, watchable trash.

Tales from the Crypt

The Twilight Zone

Quantum Leap

The League of Gentlemen

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#49 destinhpark
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The office isn't even on this list. And how could you possibly rate South Park so low? Ridic.

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#50 NiKva
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The office isn't even on this list. And how could you possibly rate South Park so low? Ridic.

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Its not my personal ratings, its a vote. Blame everyone else if they aren't voting for your favorite series :P