What Is The Best TV Drama Of All-Time? - Blu-ray Forum

BrownianMotion · 02-26-2016, 07:13 PM

What, in your opinion, is the best TV drama of all time?

I narrowed it down to these 4 because it would very likely have come down to them anyways.

The Wire
Sopranos
Deadwood
Breaking Bad

Vote here: http://strawpoll.me/6926330

Dalekbuster523Bluray · 02-26-2016, 09:02 PM

Doctor Who

ArmyOfDarknessAW · 02-26-2016, 09:12 PM

None of those 4 imo.

Gamma_Winstead · 02-26-2016, 09:45 PM

Breaking Bad. I can't think of many shows that had complete runs that are better.

JamesOttoSweetHeart · 02-26-2016, 10:46 PM

The following are my five most favorite.

7th Heaven
The Glades
Walker, Texas Ranger
Blue Bloods
Satisfaction

God bless you always!!!

Holly

StevenV · 02-26-2016, 11:29 PM

Friday Night Lights.

chris_sc77 · 02-26-2016, 11:39 PM

Sopranos is the best show ever

Will. · 02-26-2016, 11:44 PM

Game of Thrones, although not yet finished, is a serious candidate.

Batman1980 · 02-26-2016, 11:47 PM

Game of Thrones

TheLaughingMann · 02-27-2016, 12:06 AM

Okay, top 5 TV dramas:

1) Breaking Bad. Because seeing some sickly, dying working man work his way with all he has and learns to become successful to the point it consumes him and he enjoys it...we all want that.

2) Game of Thrones. Much as I hate to say it, if there's ever a televised medieval fantasy that manages to push its way to the end and get successful enough to change the TV-scape forever...it's this show when it finishes in 2, 3 years (ideally). And I am a medieval fantasy ***** at heart.

3) Walking Dead. Say what you will. First season was amazing for being a six-episode miniseries created by Frank Darabont of Shawshank Redemption and The Mist fame. Second and third seasons were the weaker entries into it. Then from season four on, it steadily got better and better unto now. Another game-changer in the TV-scape because (even if it isn't finished yet) it's brought a level of gruesome content never seen before to it.

4) Justified. Walton Goggins as Boyd Crowder...best outlaw in any TV show I have seen and probably will see. And every episode I could tune in to see him doing his thing was a joy to me. Another show with a spectacular finale that played out as I expected it to.

5) Farscape. Okay, this is technically a sci-fi show, but it's pretty dramatic. Love the special effects (even the CGI holds up decently still). Love the writing/dialogue. But moreso? I love the characters. John Crichton alone is one of the best SFF characters I've seen. This show is what got me into sci-fi overall. Not Battlestar Galactica. Not Star Trek. Not Babylon 5. This show.

Runners up that came close: Sons of Anarchy, Rome, Babylon 5, The Sopranos, The Wire.

demonknight · 02-27-2016, 12:10 AM

Twin Peaks

LinkMaster64 · 02-27-2016, 12:12 AM

Sorry I put up personal favorites lol my apologies.

Rocket Richard · 02-27-2016, 12:21 AM

Breaking Bad
The Walking Dead
Better Call Saul
Gilligan’s Island (Ginger & Mary Ann, grrrrrrrrr)

movielib · 02-27-2016, 12:37 AM

Best: Breaking Bad.

First Runner up: Game of Thrones

Elandyll · 02-27-2016, 12:59 AM

I don't even really like these, but it's probably gotta be between them (not putting in series that have not ended or are less than 5 years old):

Band of Brothers
The Sopranos
Mad Men
24
Breaking Bad
ER
NYPD Blues
The Shield

My personal picks would include some amount of supernatural/ Sci Fi (which would probably got them disregarded):
The X-Files
Twin Peaks
Fringe
Battlestar Galactica (2004)
Star Trek Deep Space Nine
Carnivale

If I had to pick -1-

Best of all time with guessed consensus: The Sopranos

My personal pick: Twin Peaks (DS9, Fringe and X-Files close behind)

djgeneral · 02-27-2016, 01:14 AM

Obviously Breaking Bad.

BluRayTim · 02-27-2016, 01:21 AM

Power on Starz!.

stvn1974 · 02-27-2016, 02:34 AM

Fringe gets my vote.

Movie Nut · 02-27-2016, 03:04 AM

Thread should be re-titled best of the 90's and 2000s. Calling it best of all time and only having those 4 choices is ridiculous. Not that any of them don't deserve to be there, but they are all recent. You must be very young.

Others that should be in the discussion are:

Carnivale
CSI
ER
Firefly
Hill Street Blues
Law & Order
M*A*S*H
NYPD Blue
Rockford Files
Sports Night
Twilight Zone
Twin Peaks
West Wing
X-Files

Joeker · 02-27-2016, 03:32 AM

If its down to only four, Deadwood has to be replaced with Mad Men.

Breaking Bad
Mad Men
The Sopranos
The Wire

Those are the 4.

02-26-2016, 07:13 PM	#1
BrownianMotion Power Member Member since:Nov 2013	What Is The Best TV Drama Of All-Time? What, in your opinion, is the best TV drama of all time? I narrowed it down to these 4 because it would very likely have come down to them anyways. The Wire Sopranos Deadwood Breaking Bad Vote here: http://strawpoll.me/6926330

02-27-2016, 12:12 AM	#12
LinkMaster64 Banned Member since:Dec 2015	Sorry I put up personal favorites lol my apologies. Last edited by LinkMaster64; 02-27-2016 at 03:40 AM.

02-27-2016, 03:04 AM	#19
Movie Nut Expert Member Member since:Jul 2009 Location:Twin Cities, MN, USA Blu-ray collection:2356 DVD collection:2661 Trading Score:43	Thread should be re-titled best of the 90's and 2000s. Calling it best of all time and only having those 4 choices is ridiculous. Not that any of them don't deserve to be there, but they are all recent. You must be very young. Others that should be in the discussion are: Carnivale CSI ER Firefly Hill Street Blues Law & Order MASH NYPD Blue Rockford Files Sports Night Twilight Zone Twin Peaks West Wing X-Files Last edited by Movie Nut; 02-27-2016 at 03:31 AM.*

02-26-2016, 09:02 PM	#2
Dalekbuster523Bluray Blu-ray Ninja Top contributor Member since:Aug 2014 Home Theater Gallery:12 4K collection:15 Blu-ray collection:128 DVD collection:68 Digital collection:6 iTunes collection:3 Blu-ray reviews: 1	Doctor Who

02-26-2016, 09:12 PM	#3
ArmyOfDarknessAW Blu-ray Knight Member since:Jan 2010 Location:Moosic, PA Home Theater Gallery:21 Blu-ray reviews:1 Trading Score:64	None of those 4 imo.

02-26-2016, 09:45 PM	#4
Gamma_Winstead Blu-ray Prince Top contributor Member since:Jul 2007 Location:U.S.G. Ishimura 4K collection:118 Blu-ray collection:764 Blu-ray reviews: 36 Trading Score:6	Breaking Bad. I can't think of many shows that had complete runs that are better.

02-26-2016, 10:46 PM	#5
JamesOttoSweetHeart Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Oct 2012 Location:East Tennessee	The following are my five most favorite. 7th Heaven The Glades Walker, Texas Ranger Blue Bloods Satisfaction God bless you always!!! Holly

02-26-2016, 11:29 PM	#6
StevenV Blu-ray Duke Member since:Apr 2014	Friday Night Lights.

02-26-2016, 11:39 PM	#7
chris_sc77 Banned Member since:Feb 2012 Location:OH Blu-ray collection:1345 DVD collection:4285 Digital collection:144 Trading Score:777	Sopranos is the best show ever

02-26-2016, 11:44 PM	#8
Will. Blu-ray Samurai Top contributor Member since:Feb 2015 Location:MN Blu-ray collection:313 Digital collection:28 Blu-ray reviews: 13 Trading Score:94	Game of Thrones, although not yet finished, is a serious candidate.

02-26-2016, 11:47 PM	#9
Batman1980 Blu-ray Jedi Member since:Feb 2009 Location:District 13 Home Theater Gallery:8 4K collection:146 Blu-ray collection:394 DVD collection:57 Blu-ray reviews:22 Trading Score:48	Game of Thrones

02-27-2016, 12:06 AM	#10
TheLaughingMann Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Jan 2015 Location:Delaware 4K collection:32 Blu-ray collection:1961 DVD collection:172 Blu-ray reviews:17 Trading Score:25	Okay, top 5 TV dramas: 1) Breaking Bad. Because seeing some sickly, dying working man work his way with all he has and learns to become successful to the point it consumes him and he enjoys it...we all want that. 2) Game of Thrones. Much as I hate to say it, if there's ever a televised medieval fantasy that manages to push its way to the end and get successful enough to change the TV-scape forever...it's this show when it finishes in 2, 3 years (ideally). And I am a medieval fantasy ***** at heart. 3) Walking Dead. Say what you will. First season was amazing for being a six-episode miniseries created by Frank Darabont of Shawshank Redemption and The Mist fame. Second and third seasons were the weaker entries into it. Then from season four on, it steadily got better and better unto now. Another game-changer in the TV-scape because (even if it isn't finished yet) it's brought a level of gruesome content never seen before to it. 4) Justified. Walton Goggins as Boyd Crowder...best outlaw in any TV show I have seen and probably will see. And every episode I could tune in to see him doing his thing was a joy to me. Another show with a spectacular finale that played out as I expected it to. 5) Farscape. Okay, this is technically a sci-fi show, but it's pretty dramatic. Love the special effects (even the CGI holds up decently still). Love the writing/dialogue. But moreso? I love the characters. John Crichton alone is one of the best SFF characters I've seen. This show is what got me into sci-fi overall. Not Battlestar Galactica. Not Star Trek. Not Babylon 5. This show. Runners up that came close: Sons of Anarchy, Rome, Babylon 5, The Sopranos, The Wire.

02-27-2016, 12:10 AM	#11
demonknight Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Apr 2013 Blu-ray collection:17	Twin Peaks

02-27-2016, 12:21 AM	#13
Rocket Richard Active Member Member since:Feb 2016	Breaking Bad The Walking Dead Better Call Saul Gilligan’s Island (Ginger & Mary Ann, grrrrrrrrr)

02-27-2016, 12:37 AM	#14
movielib Blu-ray Guru Member since:Dec 2008 Location:Madison, WI	Best: Breaking Bad. First Runner up: Game of Thrones

02-27-2016, 12:59 AM	#15
Elandyll Blu-ray Knight Member since:Aug 2007 Location:MD Blu-ray collection:188 Trading Score:1	I don't even really like these, but it's probably gotta be between them (not putting in series that have not ended or are less than 5 years old): Band of Brothers The Sopranos Mad Men 24 Breaking Bad ER NYPD Blues The Shield My personal picks would include some amount of supernatural/ Sci Fi (which would probably got them disregarded): The X-Files Twin Peaks Fringe Battlestar Galactica (2004) Star Trek Deep Space Nine Carnivale If I had to pick -1- Best of all time with guessed consensus: The Sopranos My personal pick: Twin Peaks (DS9, Fringe and X-Files close behind)

02-27-2016, 01:14 AM	#16
djgeneral Moderator Member since:Jan 2011 Location:Michigan 4K collection:1 Blu-ray collection:605 DVD collection:239 Blu-ray reviews:9 Trading Score:161	Obviously Breaking Bad.

02-27-2016, 01:21 AM	#17
BluRayTim Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Apr 2008 Location:Farmingdale, Nassau County, Long Island, New York, America 11735 4K collection:15 Blu-ray collection:60 DVD collection:8	Power on Starz!.

02-27-2016, 02:34 AM	#18
stvn1974 Blu-ray Prince Member since:Jan 2012 Location:Earth Trading Score:18	Fringe gets my vote.

02-27-2016, 03:32 AM	#20
Joeker Blu-ray Knight Top contributor Member since:Dec 2013 Location:Gotham City iTunes collection:294 Trading Score:493	If its down to only four, Deadwood has to be replaced with Mad Men. Breaking Bad Mad Men The Sopranos The Wire Those are the 4.

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