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Sepinwall - The 100 Greatest TV Shows of All Time

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GreasenUSA
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I used to love reading Sepinwall before he went behind a paywall, so this list is fun to debate.

100 'What We Do in the Shadows'
99 'Oz'
98 'The Good Fight'
97 'The Odd Couple'
96 'Rick and Morty'
95 'Squid Game'
94 'NewsRadio'
93 'The Rockford Files'
92 'The Muppet Show'
91 'The Tonight Show With Johnny Carson'

90 'The Wonder Years'
89 'The Carol Burnett Show'
88 'The Crown'
87 'The Kids in the Hall'
86 'The Bob Newhart Show'
85 'Orange Is the New Black'
84 'Fargo'
83 'I'm Alan Partridge'
82 'Party Down'
81 'It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia'

80 'Band of Brothers'
79 'Mr. Show with Bob and David'
78 'Sex and the City'
77 'The Jeffersons'
76 'Justified'
75 'Frasier'
74 'The Honeymooners'
73 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer'
72 'Good Times'
71 'Better Things'

70 'SCTV'
69 'Chappelle's Show'
68 'Fawlty Towers'
67 'NYPD Blue'
66 'The Daily Show With Jon Stewart'
65 'Girls'
64 'The Golden Girls'
63 'South Park'
62 'The Dick Van Dyke Show'
61 'The Underground Railroad'

60 'Taxi'
59 'Key & Peele'
58 'Six Feet Under'
57 'Russian Doll'
56 'Community'
55 'Halt and Catch Fire'
54 'ER'
53 'The Office' (U.K.)
52 'Barry'
51 'The X-Files'

50 'Jeopardy!'
49 'Friends'
48 'The Shield'
47 'My So-Called Life'
46 'The West Wing'
45 'Columbo'
44 'Late Night With David Letterman'
43 'Insecure'
42 'Battlestar Galactica'
41 'BoJack Horseman'

40 'The Good Place'
39 'Curb Your Enthusiasm'
38 'Hill Street Blues'
37 'Arrested Development'
36 'I Love Lucy'
35 'Lost'
34 'The Office' (U.S.)
33 'Monty Python's Flying Circus'
32 'Better Call Saul'
31 'Game of Thrones'

30 'Parks and Recreation'
29 'Roots'
28 'Friday Night Lights'
27 'Deadwood'
26 'Sesame Street'
25 'M*A*S*H'
24 'Freaks and Geeks'
23 'Watchmen'
22 'Star Trek'
21 'All in the Family'

20 '30 Rock'
19 'I May Destroy You'
18 'Saturday Night Live'
17 'The Leftovers'
16 'Twin Peaks'
15 'The Larry Sanders Show'
14 'The Americans'
13 'Veep'
12 'The Twilight Zone'
11 'Succession'

10 'The Mary Tyler Moore Show'
9 'Atlanta'
8 'Cheers'
7 'Mad Men'
6 'Seinfeld'
5 'Fleabag'
4 'The Wire'
3 'Breaking Bad'
2 'The Simpsons'
1 'The Sopranos'

Philo B 93
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Wow! I went through the list to make corrections, but they nailed it. I agree with every single spot for each show. Never say never.
Quad Dog
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Atlanta and Fleabag too high.
Moe Jzyslak
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In what world is Girls better than Always Sunny
oragator
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Another list with massive recency bias.
Shocker.
Prosperdick
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Quad Dog said:

Atlanta and Fleabag too high.
Agreed and how is a show like Freaks and Geeks, which was really good but only lasted a season ahead of a show like Deadwood. Some real head scratchers in that list.
An L of an Ag
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No Stargate?!?

What a joke.
Quad Dog
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Prosperdick said:

Quad Dog said:

Atlanta and Fleabag too high.
Agreed and how is a show like Freaks and Geeks, which was really good but only lasted a season ahead of a show like Deadwood. Some real head scratchers in that list.
That is a tough problem. Something like Fleabag with 12 total episodes is just hard to compare against shows with that many seasons.
TXAG 05
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One thing they got right is that Friends didn't make the list.
JPAg88
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ScapeGOAT said:

In what world is Girls better than Always Sunny
Woke 2022 America…
An L of an Ag
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Interesting that Downton Abbey and Law & Order didn't make it.
Ol Jock 99
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The Cosby Show is a great show. And holds up. My kids love it.

Bill Cosby the person is a creep, but the show should be on the list.
TXAG 05
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An L of an Ag said:

Interesting that Downton Abbey and Law & Order didn't make it.


Have to make room for classics like Bojack Horseman
Diggity
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am i the only one who had never heard of "I May Destroy You"?
elfurioso92
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Really feel like this needs to be broken down into categories, comparing The Sopranos and Game of Thrones to Sesame Street and The Muppet Show is a bit odd.
Diggity
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elfurioso92 said:

Really feel like this needs to be broken down into categories, comparing The Sopranos and Game of Thrones to Sesame Street and The Muppet Show is a bit odd.
I sorta disagree here.

Lots of parallels between Sopranos and Sesame Street.

Both had pivotal characters that worked in waste management and had anger issues.
An L of an Ag
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Final gripe: what did they have against the 80s? Other omissions:

Magnum PI
Simon & Simon
Fall Guy
Dukes of Hazzard
Tobias Funke
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The Office and Arrested Development are both too low. And Fleabag is WAYYYY too high.

Beyond that, whatever.
cena05
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49
Hub `93
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Two at the top of my list are right next to each other: NewsRadio and The Rockford Files.
CubbieAggie
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TXAG 05 said:

One thing they got right is that Friends didn't make the list.


Quote:

49 'Friends'
c-jags
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Quad Dog said:

Atlanta and Fleabag too high.
i really like both but neither should be in the top 20.

also watchmen being on that list means that mini-series are fair game and they consider watchmen better than Band of Brothers, Mare of EastTown or Chernobyl.

bojack horse crap list.

double aught
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Fun list. Love Jeopardy! in the top half.


But where do I send my Bluey letter writing campaign?
TXAG 05
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CubbieAggie said:

TXAG 05 said:

One thing they got right is that Friends didn't make the list.


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49 'Friends'



Don't know how I missed it, damn.
Madmarttigan
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Because of Texags I gave what we do in the shadows almost a full season of chances.

I don't get it, it's terrible.
ElephantRider
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Love seeing Veep that high. My favorite comedy.

Would have liked to see Lost and Justified higher. Two of my personal favorites.
oragator
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The honeymooners and I love Lucy literally created and then defined the comedy genre for the entire rest of the 20th century, and they have the honeymooners behind Buffy, and ILL behind about five shows that wouldn't even exist without it.
But a list with all their shows at the top makes millennials and some Gen x'rs happy, and that's all that matters.
bluefire579
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Just because a show came after and was influenced by another show doesn't make the older one better by default.
Thunder18
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Girls
chris1515
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No "House of Cards"??

Feel like it belongs.
PatAg
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An L of an Ag said:

No Stargate?!?

What a joke.
SG1 or Atlantis
PatAg
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Madmarttigan said:

Because of Texags I gave what we do in the shadows almost a full season of chances.

I don't get it, it's terrible.
Helped you out.
Beat40
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Home Improvement not on the list. That show was a juggernaut in the 90s.
Brian Earl Spilner
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The fact that Dark isn't on this list is an absolute shame. One of the best shows of the last decade easily. Too bad no one's watched it.
TXAG 05
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chris1515 said:

No "House of Cards"??

Feel like it belongs.


Probably blacklisted like The Cosby Show.
 
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