30s

In no particular order:

• Simpsons
• Sopranos
• Breaking Bad
• Game of Thrones
• Futurama
• Arrested Development
• South Park
• Twilight Zone
• Avatar: The Last Airbender
• Mad Men

30s

1. Mad Men
2. The Americans
3. Breaking Bad
4. The Wire
5. Community
6. Parks and Rec
7. LOST
8. Better Call Saul
9. The Office
10. SNL

About to turn 40
In no order

Seinfeld
The Office
Simpsons
South Park
X Files
Frasier
Arrested Development
Saturday Night Live
Band of Brothers
Anything else besides Friends because that show is terrible.

40s

1. The Shield
2. The Wire
3. Breaking Bad
4. Sopranos
5. Justified
6. Better Call Saul
7. The Cosby Show
8. The Office
9. Ozark
10. Banshee

ER was really well done in the first five or so seasons. I guess it gets punished for being on so long.

I was shocked to see Halt & Catch Fire on the list, much less come in at #55. I enjoyed the first couple of seasons, and overall, it was a quality show...but not sure how it made the top100

Proposition Joe said:

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The Wire holds up decades later.

Sopranos doesnt.

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Agree to disagree. I've done a recent rewatch of both and loved them both still.

Both come across as period pieces now which is crazy barely 20+ years after they aired.

Zombie Jon Snow said:

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Proposition Joe said:

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The Wire holds up decades later.

Sopranos doesnt.

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Agree to disagree. I've done a recent rewatch of both and loved them both still.

Both come across as period pieces now which is crazy barely 20+ years after they aired.

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The pay-phone/pager/cell world of The Wire definitely dates it a bit when it comes to tech but overall the story still holds up. I've watched it all the way through at least 4 times, maybe 5.

I've tried rewatching Sopranos 2-3 times and can never break through somewhere around season 4: I just lose interest. I'm not sure if that's me, or the show, or just that season, but something about it just loses me at that point. I don't think it's the "dated" aspect of it or anything like that, I just seem to stop caring.

_lefraud_ said:

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I was shocked to see Halt & Catch Fire on the list, much less come in at #55. I enjoyed the first couple of seasons, and overall, it was a quality show...but not sure how it made the top100

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I feel like it deserves a lot of credit for sticking the landing. A lot of these shows have a final season (or seasons) that are just completely cash-grabs/contractual before ending. Some of them with seasons that do a lot to undo some of the greatness that was before them (*ahem* GoT *ahem*).

Halt & Catch Fire told a perfect story IMO. Was never "holy ****" great, but was satisfying from beginning to end.

Stive said:

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Zombie Jon Snow said:

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Proposition Joe said:

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The Wire holds up decades later.

Sopranos doesnt.

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Agree to disagree. I've done a recent rewatch of both and loved them both still.

Both come across as period pieces now which is crazy barely 20+ years after they aired.

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The pay-phone/pager/cell world of The Wire definitely dates it a bit when it comes to tech but overall the story still holds up. I've watched it all the way through at least 4 times, maybe 5.

I've tried rewatching Sopranos 2-3 times and can never break through somewhere around season 4: I just lose interest. I'm not sure if that's me, or the show, or just that season, but something about it just loses me at that point. I don't think it's the "dated" aspect of it or anything like that, I just seem to stop caring.

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Sopranos changed television. Was incredible for it's time and deserves a ton of the praise it gets.

But by today's standards, it's a cookie-cutter, "baddie of the season" type show. That's not to say a million other shows don't fall victim to that same trope, but a show like The Wire was different... a show like Breaking Bad *started* to get into that mold (Tuco, Gus, etc...) but I think ultimately intertwined them all in a way that it still flowed.

I just watched The Sopranos late last year for the first time and loved it.

https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-features/best-tv-shows-all-time-bojack-horseman-creator-raphael-bob-waksberg-explains-ballot-1234600495/

Fun interview with BoJack's creator about his, let's say, creative ballot.

When Rolling Stone polled dozens of showrunners, actors, and critics for our 100 best shows ever list, we got a very unusual ballot from BoJack Horseman creator Raphael Bob-Waksberg. I had many, many questions, and he was gracious enough to answer: https://t.co/AANrLfbwWf pic.twitter.com/jO4mJnT32Y

— Alan Sepinwall (@sepinwall) September 30, 2022

That list is golden.

"SNL when you were in high school" in particular is spot on

I actually did watch the finale of Breaking Bad in a NY bar with a bunch of fans, and it was awesome.

Quinn said:

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When Rolling Stone polled dozens of showrunners, actors, and critics for our 100 best shows ever list, we got a very unusual ballot from BoJack Horseman creator Raphael Bob-Waksberg. I had many, many questions, and he was gracious enough to answer: https://t.co/AANrLfbwWf pic.twitter.com/jO4mJnT32Y

— Alan Sepinwall (@sepinwall) September 30, 2022

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That was a dope episode of DS9.

30 Rock and Deadwood too low

Haha, hilarious that Key and Peele was ranked higher than Chappelle Show