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I think it's high-time I gave due props to my favourite TV programs. We live in a world now where a lot of TV has become cinematic, the majority of feature films feel like bad TV, and the most talented directors are moving to the small screen for more creative freedom.
What follows are my personal favourite 100. Mind you, I have many TV shows I've started but need to finish (Hell On Wheels, The Killing), and hundreds of blindspots (Justified, Russian Doll, Barney Miller, etc.)
99.
[the NBC era] 1968-1978
96. TODD MCFARLANE'S SPAWN
95. JON BENJAMIN HAS A VAN
92. THE QUEEN'S GAMBIT
86.
80.
SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS
1999-2004
"REVIEW"
-tie-76. DECKER[CLASSIFIED, PORT OF CALL: HAWAII, DECKER VS. DRACULA, UNCLASSIFIED, UNSEALED, MINDWIPE]
-tie-76.
2012 - present
74. WET HOT AMERICAN SUMMER:
-tie-74. WET HOT AMERICAN SUMMER:
[+ CAPRICA and BLOOD & CHROME]
2003-2012
2000-2004, & 2014
69. ALL WATCHED OVER
MIGHTY MOUSE:
SUPERMAN:
2010-2015
SCENES
41.
HEIMAT:
HEIMAT II:
1992
25. THE SOPRANOS
1962-1966 |
1986
[part I, II, & "Exodus"] 1994, 1997, & 2023
1991 + 2021-present
1998-1999
16. AQUA TEEN HUNGER FORCE
STAR TREK:
15. THE NEXT GENERATION
TIM & ERIC
14. AWESOME SHOW, GREAT JOB!
CHECK IT OUT!
-tie-14. WITH DR. STEVE BRULE
TIM & ERIC'S
[every incarnation] 2000-2015 + 2022
15. THE NEXT GENERATION
14. AWESOME SHOW, GREAT JOB!
-tie-14. WITH DR. STEVE BRULE
-tie-14. BEDTIME STORIES
2007-2017
[the Original Series] 1959-1964
1967
6. THE LAST AIRBENDER
1989-1998 |
COMMUNITY [Dan Harmon years] (2009-2013-2015)
DEVILMAN: THE BIRTH + DEMON BIRD SIRÈNE + DEVIL LADY + AMON: APOCALYPSE OF DEVILMAN + DEVILMAN CRYBABY (1987, 1990, 1998, 2000, 2018)
SALEM'S LOT (1979)
Genndy Tartakovsky's PRIMAL (2019-present)
KEN BURNS: CIVIL WAR, BASEBALL, THE WAR, NATIONAL PARKS, THE VIETNAM WAR (1990-2017)
AFRICANS IN AMERICA:
AMERICA'S JOURNEY THROUGH SLAVERY (1998)
recap
TOP 100 T.V.
- TWIN PEAKS + THE RETURN (1990-1991, & 2017)
- DEADWOOD (2004-2006)
- THE WIRE (2002-2008)
- THE SIMPSONS [Season 1-9] (1989-1998)
- THE DEKALOG (1989)
- AVATAR: THE LAST AIRBENDER (2005-2008)
- THE PRISONER (1967-1968)
- TWILIGHT ZONE (1959-1964)
- FREAKS & GEEKS (1999-2000)
- BOARDWALK EMPIRE (2010-2014)
- MANOEL'S DESTINIES (1984)
- THE X-FILES [Season 1-7] (1993-2000)
- BATMAN ANIMATED SERIES (1992-1995)
- TIM & ERIC AWESOME SHOW! + CHECK IT OUT! + BEDTIME STORIES (2007-2017)
- STAR TREK: NEXT GENERATION (1987-1994)
- AQUA TEEN HUNGER FORCE (2000-present)
- MONTY PYTHON'S FLYING CIRCUS (1969-1974)
- HANNIBAL (2013-2015)
- COWBOY BEBOP (1998-1999)
- FISHING + PAINTING WITH JOHN (1991 & 2021)
- PEE-WEE'S PLAYHOUSE (1986-1991)
- THE KINGDOM [RIGET] (1994-1997, 2023)
- THE SINGING DETECTIVE (1986)
- COMBAT! [Season 1-4] (1962-1966)
- THE SOPRANOS (1999-2007)
- HEIMAT (1984) + HEIMAT II (1992)
- AEON FLUX (1991-1995)
- OVER THE GARDEN WALL (2014)
- FRAGGLE ROCK (1983-1987)
- STAR TREK [Season 1-2] (1966-1968)
- MAD MEN (2007-2014)
- NEON GENESIS EVANGELION (1995-1996)
- WORLD ON A WIRE (1973)
- ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT (2003-2019)
- MIAMI VICE [Season 1-3] (1984-1987)
- MST3K (1988-2000)
- NATHAN FOR YOU (2013-present)
- PARANOIA AGENT (2004)
- BERLIN ALEXANDERPLATZ (1980)
- PEN15 (2019-present)
- UNDERGROUND RAILROAD (2021)
- ENLIGHTENED (2011)
- BREAKING BAD (2008-2013)
- JON GLASER LOVES GEAR (2016-2019)
- SEINFELD (1989-1998)
- KAIBA (2008)
- STRANGERS WITH CANDY (1999-2000)
- ADVENTURE TIME (2010-present)
- DOCTOR WHO [DR. 1, 3, 4, & 9-13] (1963-present)
- ADVENTURES OF BRISCO COUNTY, JR. (1993-1994)
- O.J.: MADE IN AMERICA (2016)
- P'TIT QUINQUIN (2014)
- THE CENTURY OF THE SELF (2002)
- TRUE DETECTIVE [Season 1] (2014)
- EASTBOUND AND DOWN (2009-2013)
- LADY DYNAMITE (2016-2017)
- SCENES FROM A MARRIAGE (1973)
- CARLOS THE JACKAL (2010)
- THIS IS ENGLAND '86, '88, & '90 (2010-2015)
- SIX FEET UNDER (2001-2005)
- LEGEND OF KORRA (2012-2014)
- THE NIGHT OF (2016)
- SUPERMAN: THE ANIMATED SERIES (1996-2000)
- THE RIFLEMAN (1958-1963)
- FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS (2006-2011)
- MIGHTY MOUSE: THE NEW ADVENTURES (1987-1989)
- GODLESS (2017)
- THE BEATLES: GET BACK (2021)
- MACHINES OF LOVING GRACE (2011)
- BETTER CALL SAUL (2015-2022)
- DA ALI G SHOW + ALI G IN DA USAiii + ALI G: REZURECTION (2000-2004, & 2014)
- BATTLESTAR GALACTICA (2003-2012)
- SHERLOCK (2010-2017)
- WET HOT AMERICAN SUMMER: FIRST DAY OF CAMP + TEN YEARS LATER (2015 & 2017)
- ANGELS IN AMERICA (2003)
- ON CINEMA, DECKER, + TRIAL OF TIM, HEI NETWORK (2012-present)
- REVIEW (2014-2017)
- SPONGEBOB [Season 1-3] (1999-2004)
- "V" (1983-1984)
- KOLCHAK: THE NIGHT STALKER (1974-1975)
- BAND OF BROTHERS (2001)
- SEARCH PARTY (2016-present)
- LONESOME DOVE (1989)
- MILDRED PIERCE (2011)
- THE LEFTOVERS (2014-2017)
- SPACE GHOST COAST TO COAST (1994-2004)
- FAWLTY TOWERS (1975-1979)
- ATLANTA (2016-present)
- TANNER '88 (1988)
- INVADER ZIM (2001-2006)
- BLACK MIRROR (2011-present)
- QUEEN'S GAMBIT (2020)
- HOME MOVIES (1999-2004)
- TOP OF THE LAKE + CHINA GIRL (2013 & 2017)
- JON BENJAMIN HAS A VAN (2011)
- SPAWN (1997-1999)
- LIGHTS OUT (2011)
- COLUMBO (1968-1978)
- COSMOS: A PERSONAL VOYAGE (1980)
- SANFORD AND SON (1972-1977)
1. The Simpsons
ReplyDelete2. The Singing Detective
3. Twin Peaks
4. Northern Exposure
5. One foot in the Grave
oh hell yes. Thank you kindly for reminding me I need to see 4 & 5!!
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