*CLOSED* 2023 Blu-ray.com Community's Top 25 Favorite TV Shows Of All-Time

[djgeneral]

Hello, everyone! Way back in August 2012, a fellow member put together a Top 25 All-Time List from the Blu-ray.com Community. I thought that now, over 10 years later, we could do an updated version!

You can view the original thread here.

I am pulling the rules from the original thread as well - along with a few updates!

Please be sure to specify which country the show is from - for example - The Office U.S. or U.K. If this is not included, it may not be counted or will be attached to whatever was most popular. Be specific on different versions of the show. There are so many Star Trek series or Star Wars for example, I am not aware of everything.

Anything will be eligible from scripted or reality TV. No one-off special events, sports, live programming, etc.

I am changing the point system up as well to make it a bit more interesting. You can check under the spoiler section for the full breakdown. The higher the position, the more points that will be awarded.

[Show spoiler]1 - 200 points
2 - 175 points
3 - 150 points
4 - 125 points
5 - 100 points
6 - 90 points
7 - 80 points
8 - 70 points
9 - 60 points
10 - 50 points
11 - 40 points
12 - 35 points
13 - 30 points
14 - 25 points
15 - 24 points
16 - 23 points
17 - 22 points
18 - 21 points
19 - 20 points
20 - 15 points
21 - 14 points
22 - 13 points
23 - 12 points
24 - 11 points
25 - 10 points

The deadline will be Thursday, June 8th, at 8:00 PM Eastern. As with the original list, it will give everyone about 2 months to get the list completed.

You can post your lists here and update them as much as you'd like until the deadline. I will then work on finalizing the data and will hopefully start the reveals on Monday, June 26th!

The original thread had 42 voters with 310 shows nominated - let's see if we can beat that!

[djgeneral]

Reserved for countdown

[djgeneral]

1. Breaking Bad
2. Better Call Saul
3. It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia
4. How I Met Your Mother
5. Freaks And Geeks
6. Roseanne
7. Survivor
8. Degrassi: The Next Generation
9. 24
10. Shameless
11. The Office (U.S.)
12. Ozark
13. Hannibal
14. Better Things
15. Parks And Recreation
16. Brooklyn Nine-Nine
17. King Of The Hill
18. Barry
20. The King Of Queens
20. Baskets
21. Mom
22. The Simpsons
23. Saved By The Bell
24. Saturday Night Live
25. The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon

[djgeneral]

Here were the results for the 2012 voting.

1. Lost
2. Breaking Bad
3. Game of Thrones
4. Firefly
5. The Simpsons
6. Arrested Development
7. The Sopranos
8. The X-Files
9. Buffy the Vampire Slayer
9. The Wire
11. Battlestar Galactica (2004)
12. 24
13. Seinfeld
14. Futurama
15. Band of Brothers
16. Deadwood
17. South Park
18. Angel
19. Doctor Who
20. Boardwalk Empire
21. The Twilight Zone
22. The Walking Dead
23. Fringe
24. Batman: The Animated Series
25. The Office (US)
26. Six Feet Under
27. Friends
28. King of the Hill
28. Sons of Anarchy
28. The Shield
31. Family Guy
32. Supernatural
33. Mad Men
33. Star Trek: The Next Generation
35. Dexter
36. Parks and Recreation
37. Star Trek: The Original Series
38. The Big Bang Theory
39. Smallville
40. Carnivàle
40. Chuck
42. Married with Children
42. Twin Peaks
42. Father Ted
45. Community
46. Scrubs
47. True Blood
48. Modern Family
49. Stargate SG-1
50. The Wonder Years
51. Freaks and Geeks
52. Rome
53. Blackadder
53. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
55. Babylon 5
55. The Fresh Prince of Bel Air
55. It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
58. Frasier
59. How I Met Your Mother
60. Red Dwarf
61. Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
62. That 70's Show
63. Boy Meets World
63. Cheers
63. Curb Your Enthusiasm

[djgeneral]

For fun, here are just a handful of shows that were NOT released yet during the completion of the original list -

Atlanta
Bates Motel
Better Call Saul
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Dead To Me
Euphoria
Hannibal
House Of Cards
Master Of None
Masters Of Sex
Mom
Orange Is The New Black
Orphan Black
Peaky Blinders
Ray Donovan
Russian Doll
Schitt's Creek
Silicon Valley
Stranger Things
Ted Lasso
The Americans
The Blacklist
The Goldbergs
The Handmaid's Tale
The Morning Show
This Is Us
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Westworld
White Lotus
Yellowjackets

[Walter Kafka]

Don't judge me.

[Show spoiler]I'm judging you.

1 - Match Game
2 - Fawlty Towers
3 - The Love Boat
4 - Fantasy Island
5 - Barney Miller
6 - Twin Peaks
7 - Cheers
8 - Twilight Zone
9 - Alfred Hitchcock Presents
10 - The Simpsons
11 - King of the Hill
12 - Three's Company
13 - Married: With Children
14 - Get a Life
15 - Sanford and Son
16 - All in the Family
17 - Good Times
18 - The Jeffersons
19 - Babylon 5
20 - Star Trek: The Next Generation
21 - Only Fools and Horses
22 - Monty Python's Flying Circus
23 - Benny Hill
24 - On the Air
25 - Siskel & Ebert

[John1701D]

01. The Shield
02. Angel
03. Six Feet Under
04. The Office US
05. Buffy the Vampire Slayer
06. The Wire
07. Farscape
08. Star Trek DS9
09. Star Trek TNG
10. Lost
11. 24
12. The Amazing Race
13. Breaking Bad
14. Survivor
15. Stargate SG1
16. 12 Monkeys
17. Futurama
18. Babylon 5
19. King of the Hill
20. Star Trek ToS
21. Banshee
22. The Expanse
23. Better Call Saul
24. The Simpsons
25. The Sopranos

[stvn1974]

01 Fringe
02 Twin Peaks
03 The Good Place
04 Ash Vs Evil Dead
05 Grimm
06 Star Trek The Original Series
07 The Prisoner (original)
08 Batman (1966)
09 Chuck
10 Buffy The Vampire Slayer
11 Angel
12 Firefly
13 Warehouse 13
14 Eureka
15 Haven
16 12 Monkeys
17 Continuum
18 The X-Files
19 Picket Fences
20 All In The Family
21 Night Court
22 Shitt$ Creek
23 Brisco County Jr.
24 Charmed (original)
25 Twilight Zone

Yep, I love genre shows.

[John1701D]

Well crap, there's one i missed already. 12 Monkeys was fantastic. Time to edit.

[freeyourmind]

This could be interesting...

1. LOST
2. Breaking Bad
3. Family Ties
4. Twin Peaks
5. Halt and Catch Fire
6. Veronica Mars
7. ER
8. Friday Night Lights
9. One Tree Hill
10. Better Call Saul
11. Freaks and Geeks
12. 24
13. Everwood
14. The O. C.
15. Dawson’s Creek
16. Game of Thrones
17. Boy Meets World
18. Battlestar Galactica (2004)
19. The Haunting of Hill House
20. GLOW
21. Evil
22. The Leftovers
23. Hannibal
24. Fringe
25. The Killing (AMC/Netflix)

With Ted Lasso and Succession recently ending, one show filled with likable characters while the other has none, they're both great shows in their own ways, but in no way would I consider them all time greats. Other than adding Everwood (I don't know how I forgot this gem of a show) and dropping ER a few spots, no other changes were made from my first draft to my final draft.

[djgeneral]

Originally Posted by freeyourmind

Will True Detective count as a TV show?

This is a good question! I'd say for the sake of this poll, we will count all shows like this (American Horror Story would be another) as one entity. You can however make a note in your list if there is a specific season/subtitle for the show you include though - I might be able to make note of it in the final list.

But it will only count once... so you cannot list each season of American Horror Story / True Detective / etc. individually but you can note your "Favorite" pick, it will just fall under the umbrella of the series as a whole.

[ben6543]

1.Batman TAS
2. Constantine
3.Legends Of Tomorrow
4. Sons of Anarchy
5. Ash Vs Evil Dead
6. Black Lightning
7. Superman & Lois
8. Home Improvement
9. Boy Meets World
10. Swamp Thing 2019
11. Rescue Me
12. Daredevil
13. Fresh Prince of Bel Air
14. Beast Wars
15. Cowboy Bebop
16. Justice League Unlimited
17. The Bear
18. Star Trek TNG
19. Brisco County JR
20. The Flash
21. Siskel and Ebert
22. Arrow
23. Buffy The Vampire Slayer
24. Justified
25. Burn Notice

[Fiffy]

Probably some recency bias, and probably forgot a few, but here goes:

1. Mr. Robot
2. Band of Brothers
3. True Detective
4. Breaking Bad
5. Game of Thrones
6. Dark
7. Severance
8. Chernobyl
9. Watchmen
10. Mad Men
11. Dexter
12. Arcane
13. The Sandman
14. Daredevil
15. Jessica Jones
16. The Boys
17. The X-Files
18. Lost
19. The Walking Dead
20. Veronica Mars
21. The Expanse
22. The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
23. The Leftovers
24. Firefly
25. Star Trek (Original Series)

[Red Dragon]

1.) “Twin Peaks” - (Entire series/Seasons 1, 2 and 3 - The Return)





2.) “The Prisoner” - (Original/British - 1967)





3.) “Utopia” - (Original/British - 2013)





4.) “Lost”





5.) “Breaking Bad”





6.) “Oz”





7.) “The Sopranos”





8.) “The Wire”





9.) “Life On Mars" - (Original/British - 2006)





10.) "The Twilight Zone" - (Original - 1959)





11.) “Deadwood”





12.) “Carnivale”





13.) “Cracker” - (Original/British - 1993)





14.) “Monty Python’s Flying Circus”





15.) “The Office” - (Original/British - 2001)





16.) "The Abbott & Costello Show" - (1952)





17.) “Ozark”





18.) “Six Feet Under”





19.) “Gomorrah”





20.) “Hannibal”





21.) “Fargo”





22.) “Mr. Robot”





23.) “Better Call Saul”





24.) “Firefly”





25.) "Columbo" - (1971)

[Al_The_Strange]

1. Berserk (1997)
2. The Twilight Zone (1959 - 1964)
3. Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987 - 1994)
4. Neon Genesis Evangelion (1995 - 1996)
5. Rick & Morty (2013 - 2023)
6. Battlestar Galactica (2003 - 2009)
7. Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (2009 - 2010)
8. Breaking Bad (2008 - 2012)
9. Fullmetal Alchemist (2003 - 2004)
10. The Cowboy Bebop (1998 - 1999)
11. Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (2006 - 2007)
12. Firefly (2002)
13. Futurama (1999 - 2013)
14. Ash vs Evil Dead (2015 - 2018)
15. The Outer Limits (1963 - 1965)
16. Twin Peaks (1990 - 2017)
17. The Ray Bradbury Theater (1985 - 1992)
18. Creepshow (2019 - 2023)
19. Noir (2001)
20. Night Gallery (1969 - 1973)
21. Witch Hunter Robin (2002)
22. The IT Crowd (UK) (2006 - 2010)
23. CSI (2000 - 2015)
24. Dark Angel (2000 - 2001)
25. Titus (2000 - 2002)

[LegacyCosts]

1. Breaking Bad
2. Six Feet Under
3. The Sopranos
4. The Office (us)
5. Star Trek TNG
6. The Expanse
7. The Simpsons (Og era up until the movie or so)
8. Buffy
9. Game of Thrones (seasons 1-4)
10. Seinfeld
11. Dexter (warts n all)
12. Dragonball Z

Tempted to add severance here but we don't know where its headed yet, season 1 was probably the best season of tv since early expanse seasons, amazing stuff.

[Hucksta G]

1. The Sopranos
2. The Wire
3. Mad Men
4. The Leftovers
5. Game of Thrones
6. Band of Brothers
7. Boardwalk Empire
8. Breaking Bad
9. Curb Your Enthusiasm
10. It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia
11. Freaks and Geeks
12. Six Feet Under
13. Peaky Blinders
14. Twin Peaks: The Return
15. Mr Robot
16. The Night of (US)
17. Succession
18. Rome
19. Father Ted
20. The Shield
21. Bojack Horseman
22. Chernobyl
23. Dopesick
24. The Knick
25. The Americans

[blakeyamc]

1 Buffy The Vampire Slayer
2 The Wire
3 Battlestar Galactica (2004)
4 Deadwood
5 The Leftovers
6 Angel
7 The Sopranos
8 The X-Files
9 Breaking Bad
10 Lost
11 Arrested Development
12 Freaks and Geeks
13 Station Eleven
14 Firefly
15 Better Call Saul
16 Mad Men
17 The Kids In the Hall
18 The Americans
19 The Wonder Years (1988)
20 Six Feet Under
21 Friday Night Lights
22 South Park
23 Game of Thrones
24 Veronica Mars
25 Scrubs

[John1701D]

Looking at the 2012 list I can't believe how low The Shield and Six Feet Under scored. Hopefully they move up some. I love Breaking Bad but it's in danger of becoming overrated.

[spanky87]

1. Buffy the Vampire Slayer (the undisputed GOAT)
2. The Mary Tyler Moore Show
3. The Sopranos
4. Veronica Mars

…

May or may not round the list out to 10 since I find lists arbitrary beyond a certain point. But I know those are my top 4.

Updated list:

1) Buffy the Vampire Slayer
2) The Mary Tyler Moore Show
3) The Sopranos
4) Veronica Mars

5) My So-Called Life
6) Olive Kitteridge
7) Mildred Pierce
8) Angel
9) Rhoda
10) Jamaica Inn (1983)
11) Pride & Prejudice (1995)
12) Freaks and Geeks
13) Twin Peaks
14) Duckman
15) The Americans
16) High School
17) Firefly
18) Felicity
19) The Sarah Silverman Program
20) The Donna Reed Show
21) Party of Five
22) Newsradio
23) Ally McBeal
24) Degrassi Junior High
25) Arrested Development