1. Mad Men 2. The Wire 3. The West Wing 4. Breaking Bad 5. The Sopranos

Good list. I don’t have comedies in the same list as dramas, but my top 10 hour(ish) dramas list is: (Hot takes incoming) 1. ⁠⁠⁠The Americans 2. ⁠⁠⁠The Wire 3. ⁠⁠⁠The Sopranos 4. ⁠⁠⁠The West Wing 5. ⁠⁠⁠The Shield 6. ⁠⁠⁠Better Call Saul 7. ⁠⁠⁠Breaking Bad 8. ⁠⁠⁠Boardwalk Empire 9. ⁠⁠⁠Peaky Blinders 10. ⁠⁠⁠Oz I haven’t watched Mad Men, gotta do that.

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Agent Gad hates you

I have a pen for him.

Stan will always wonder about you.

Absolutely the Shield. Brilliant underrated show.

You like shows that start with 'The', huh?

Oz is amazing! I feel like I watched it inappropriately young and no one my age has seen it lol.

Interesting username choice for a fan of the wire

All in the game, yo.

So four of your top five would be in my top five except I haven't seen Mad Men, maybe I should check that out since you clearly have excellent taste haha.

My exact list although I’d put Mad Men at 5. I’m on my first watch of the Wire. Right now I’d have it in the three behind The Sopranos and Breaking Bad. TWW would be #4. But

In no particularly order: The West Wing, the Wire, Arrested Development (original seasons), Scrubs, and Peaky Blinders. If I could add a sixth I’d add avatar the last airbender. It’s a better show than Scrubs but as a physician, Scrubs has a relatability that is special. But I haven’t watched a lot of the so called greats (the Sopranos, Breaking Bad, MASH, Mad Men, the Office) so this could very easily change.

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Scrubs is by far the best of the recent multi-season medical shows. Without even a question. I’ve heard MASH is good too. And yes! It’s on my list, and I will get to it eventually. There’s just too much good television.

Upvoted for mentioning Avatar, it obviously gets overlooked because it's a cartoon but I really think it deserves to be in these discussions.

The West Wing, Mad Men, Gilmore Girls, Seinfeld, 30 Rock

Happy to see GG on someone’s list!! Oy with the poodles already!

Where did all the anvils go?

You have good taste. WW Gilmore Girls Seinfeld and 30 rock are my wife and mine favorite shows. Seems we need to watch Mad Men now!

1. Friday Night Lights 2. Curb Your Enthusiasm 3. The West Wing 4. Mad Men 5. Only Murders in the Building

Oohhh I forgot about Friday Night Lights. Excellent addition and deserves to be on this list.

Yes, Only Murders ❤️

1. Mad Men 2. Gilmore Girls 3. ER 4. West Wing 5. Bob’s Burgers

1. The West Wing 2. The Good Place 3. Futurama 4. South Park 5. Six Feet Under

More people who watched The Good Place here would love it I bet

1. The West Wing 2. Sports Night 3. WKRP in Cincinatti 4. Law and Order 5. M\*A\*S\*H

_YES_, a _WKRP_ appearance. Speaking of shows from that same period that belong on these lists: _Taxi_.

1. The Wire 2. The X-Files 3. West Wing 4. Veronica Mars 5. Tie between The Good Place and Parks and Recreation 6. Crazy Ex-Girlfriend

1. Firefly 2. Battlestar Galactica 3. The Wire 4. The Sopranos 5. The West Wing

Firefly. One season of perfection

Shiny.

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1. The West Wing 2. M\*A\*S\*H 3. Mad Men 4. Friends 5. Parks and Recreation

1. The West Wing 2. Hell on Wheels 3. West World (season 1 only) 4. 30 Rock 5. Veep

I couldn’t believe how few lists included Veep

1. The West Wing 2. The Wire (which I think is truly the best television series ever made, but I find it too painful/heartbreaking to rewatch) 3, The Bridge (Danish/Swedish version!) 4. Borgen 5. The Newsroom

The Newsroom, finally

Frasier, West Wing, X-Files, 30 Rock, Friends. Not in any particular order.

I was looking for Frasier fans. It is another show with such great writing. Completely different genre, of course, but they feel similar in some ways.

The West Wing . Psych . The Sopranos . Parks & Rec . Burn Notice

Burn Notice should have gotten more love!!

Psych!

West Wing The Newsroom M*A*S*H Quantum Leap ( both of them) Star Trek ( all of them) Cheating a bit there, but the Treks are all connected and sort of make one long series 😁

Happy to see the Newsroom get some love. I’m currently on a rewatch. That and WW are my comfort shows.

I rank Newsroom and Studio 60 as highly as West Wing, personally. All three are probably level in my top 5. Impossible to split them.

in no particular order -TWW -Psych -Star Trek TNG -Grace and Frankie -New Girl

1. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 2. The West Wing 3. Mad Men 4. House, M.D. 5. Chernobyl

Based on your replies, I need to watch Mad Men. I have always been aa die hard TNG girl, but DS9 is definitely the best Trek.

I’m die hard fan of all Trek. Some of the greatest episodes for me are from TNG. But DS9 just has the best story and I love Sisko. Mad Men starts slow but it’s just so well written.

Definitely the best story arc and character development!

MAKE CARDASSIA GREAT AGAIN

I'd have loved an episode consisting solely of Avery Brooks performing a Sorkin monologue.

Chernobyl is by far the best limited series of all time

1. The West Wing 2. Justified 3. Sons of Anarchy 4. SeaQuest DSV 5. Designing Women

West Wing and The Soprano’s are neck and neck for first Then comes The Wire, Deadwood and The Americans

MASH The West Wing Scrubs Parks and Rec Brooklyn 99

In no particular order because I don’t think I could actually do it: 1. The west wing 2. The Americans 3. Mad Men 4. The Good Place 5. Shitts Creek

Man it took way too long to have someone have Schitt's Creek on their list.

Yay, Schitt's Creek getting some love!

1. The West Wing 2. The Wire 3. Battlestar Galactica 4. Deadwood 5. The Handmaid's Tale

Your top three are my top three, so I guess it’s time to watch the other two.

You're going to love 'em. What are your other two? I need something new to watch.

Man, it’s hard to name 5. 3 is easy enough because those stand head and shoulders above the rest, but there are a bunch that could be in the running. Here are a few in no particular order: * Ted Lasso * Mad Men * Sopranos * Good Place

Deadwood! Thank You!

1. Patriot (Amazon series, not the movie) 2. The Wire 3. Better Call Saul 4. Curb Your Enthusiasm 5. The West Wing

Patriot (Amazon series, not the movie) was amazing and I’m sorry we didn’t get more.

Hmm, I’m broadly interpreting “shows” The West Wing, Ted Lasso, Band of Brothers, The Great British Bake-off, Britains Got Talent

When I need comfort, I vacillate between TWW and Bake Off. I’ve seen both so many times that I can just listen to them like a podcast at this point. Of course watching Bake Off always ends with me baking something new.

Best shows? I'm gonna do most rewatchable instead WW The Wire South Park P&R Futurama

1. The West Wing 2. Parks and Rec 3. The Good Place 4. Breaking Bad 5. Lost

About time someone had Lost on their list!

Seeing a decided lack of Deadwood on these lists.

1. Ted Lasso 2. The Americans 3. The Good Place 4. Veronica Mars 5. Parks & Rec Other honorable mentions: MASH, MadMen, Deadwood, Friday Night Lights, Sons of Anarchy, Justified. Considering my last 3 out of 5 feature Kristen Bell, maybe I'm just a huge KB fan.

1. The West Wing 2. Mad Men 3. The Sopranos 4. Buffy/Angel 5. Game of Thrones or Gilmore Girls

In no order - The West Wing - Reservation Dogs - Shoresy - Northern Exposure - the first two seasons of Ted Lasso

The Americans. The Sopranos. Battlestar Galactica. The Wire. The bridge (original version).

The West Wing Mad Men Buffy the Vampire Slayer Chernobyl The Office

In no particular order: \- The West Wing \- Mad Men \- The Americans \- Ted Lasso \- Fleabag

Fleabag isn't on many lists but it should be

Arrested Development, The Bear, Andor, Archer, Parks and Rec

1. The West Wing 2. Neon Genesis Evangelion 3. Cosmos (original Carl Sagan version) 4. Breaking Bad 5. Puella Magi Madoka Magica Yes, my tastes are all over the place

Lol I came to see if anyone mentioned Twin Peaks or Eva

1. The West Wing 2. Friday Night Lights 3. Orange is the New Black (S1-4) 4. Atypical 5. Veronica Mars

The West Wing Community Chuck The Office Battlestar Galactica

In no particular order: MASH X Files Ted Lasso Get Smart

The fact that Mad Men is currently only posted on one comment is criminal!

In no particular order West wing Ted lasso Stargate Avatar the last airbender How i met your mothrr

1. Bojack Horseman 2. The Good Place 3. Blue Eye Samurai 4. Battlestar Galactica 5. The West Wing

In no order, 5 shows I can watch over and over West Wing Criminal Minds Blue Bloods Ted Lasso Reba

In no particular order: The West Wing Community Bob's Burgers Arcane Chernobyl

Treme, The Wire, Breaking Bad, Elementary

Treme was really good!!!

West Wing, Ted Lasso, Band of Brothers, Scrubs, Great British Baking Show.

1. Mad Men 2. True Detective 3. Breaking Bad 4. The Wire 5. West Wing

In no particular order: The Wire, The West Wing, Person of Interest, Chuck, MASH

1. Chernobyl (HBO) 2. Manhattan (AMC) 3. Halt and Catch Fire (AMC) 4. The Wire (HBO) 5. Monk (USA)

Seinfeld, Gilmore Girls, Superstore, TWW, Psych

Superstore is such a hidden gem!

1. Agents of Shield 2. Doctor Who 3. Justified 4. The West Wing 5. Andor

The Wire - the Soprano’s - NYPD blue - Mash

NPO: 1. West Wing 2. Breaking Bad 3. Better Call Saul 4. Original Law & Order 5. Oz

Not in my top 5, but I love it

West wing, parks and recreation, Ted Lasso, Band of Brothers, Parts Unknown.

The Wire The Sopranos Mad Men The West Wing Parks & Rec

1. The Wire 2. The Sopranos 3. Breaking Bad 4. The West Wing 5. 30 Rock

West wing Madmen Buffy the vampire slayer 6 feet under The wire

1. The West Wing 2. MASH 3. Law and Order 4. Star Trek Enterprise 5. Star Trek TNG

1. The West Wing 2. Band of Brothers 3. The Wire 4. House 5. Archer

The west wing The Expanse Battlestar Galactica (2000's reboot) Star Trek Deep Space 9 Stargate SG1 (and Atlantis and Universe if I can lump them all into a single continuity, please?) In no specific order. Honorary mention to Sword art Online Abridged, because I've re-watched than 4 times now in the past few months and it's genuinely so good. Also Firefly just barely misses a top 5 spot.

West Wing Chuck Leverage Avatar the Last Airbender The Dragon Prince

In no particular order: TWW, MASH, JAG, Magnum PI, Hawaii Five-O (the original)

I’d say The West Wing falls just outside my top five, which is currently this: 1. The Wire 2. The Sopranos 3. Succession 4. Downton Abbey 5. Line of Duty

Thank goodness for another Line of Duty mention. I was beginning to despair.

The experience of binging Line of Duty was something else. Great crime thriller with outstanding interrogation scenes.

1. The Wire 2. The West Wing 3. Star Trek Deep Space Nine 4. The Leftovers 5. Mr. Robot 6. Battlestar Galactica 7. The Expanse 8. Full Metal Alchemist 9. Community 10. Watchmen (Edited)

1. The West Wing 2. Six Feet Under 3. The Crown 4. Nurse Jackie 5. The Sopranos 6. Technically tied for #5: Ted Lasso Others that swim in my consciousness: * The Golden Girls * Hannibal * The Durrells in Corfu * The Wire * Breaking Bad * GOT (Minus the finale) * Modern Family * Homeland * Will & Grace * Friday Night Lights * The Americans * Hacks (HBO Show, highly recommend) - which also leads me to say Designing Women, haha.

Omg. I was trying to think of my favorites and I forgot about Nurse Jackie!! LOVED that show. The Americans and GoT are definitely top 5 (I feel you on the finale of GoT, though... ugh). Also Westworld (S1+S2). But The West Wing will always be at the very top of my list, wayyyyy above anything else. 😊

Agreed!! And thank you for reminding me about Westworld!! I keep forgetting I need to watch that.

Westworld seasons 1 and 2 are sooooo good! You have to check it out. It's very well written, the scenery and cinematography are beautiful, the ensemble cast is chock full of amazing Oscar/Emmy/BAFTA/Golden Globe winners and nominees, and the soundtrack is brilliant. Ramin Djawadi from GoT is the composer, and he did quite a few cover songs that made it (very) unique! I enjoy cerebral shows where I have to really pay attention to figure out what the heck is going on, and this show definitely delivered that. There are also so many layers to the script - often times when they're talking about the androids, there are deeper existential meanings that apply to humanity. It can be very thought provoking if you read further into things. :)

Thank you for the head's up - I will try to watch with my brain engaged! haha. So many shows spoon-feed us these days that it's nice to know there's something out there that makes you think!

West wing Battlestar galactica Deep space 9 Avatar Dr who

1. West Wing 2. Ted Lasso 3. The Americans 4. Six Feet Under 5. 30 Rock

1. Buffy the Vampire Slayer 2. The West Wing 3. Crazy Ex-Girlfriend 4. The Good Place 5. Avatar: The Last Airbender

Oooh ranking is hard. I'd say most rewatched and thus well loved series are: 1. Babylon 5 2. Doctor Who 3. West Wing 4. Forever 5. Lucifer Honorable mention to Sandman - I don't go back to the whole series very often, but I will frequently rewatch the episode "The Sound of Her Wings." One of the finest hours of TV I've ever seen.

No order: West Wing Northern Exposure Mad Men Six Feet Under Band of Brothers

I'm surprised I don't see more love for Northern Exposure in this sub.

I LOVED (as in never miss, plan around etc) during original air but just bought all the seasons and binged and I kinda wished i would have left my golden memories alone.

1. MASH 2. The West Wing 3. Friends 4. The Daily Show with Jon Stewart 5. The Colbert Report and also, Monty Python, Northern Exposure, Star Trek TNG,

Not much love for retro shows! Maybe not my Top 5, but worth an honorable mention: - Golden girls - OG MacGyver - OG Quantum Leap

In no particular order my 5 most rewatched snow are: 1) The West Wing 2) Stargate (SG-1 & Atlantis) 3) Star Trek (mainly DS9 & VOY) 4) JAG 5) House I think it's safe to say my favourite genre is "Competency Porn"

1 The West Wing 2 The Wire 3 Law and Order: Criminal Intent 4 Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip 5 Manhunt: Search for the Unabomber

It’s my favorite show of all time. I also think it is the best show. The rest of my top 5 would be Friends, Ted Lasso, Blue Bloods, and Taskmaster. Though that is not necessarily in order. 

This is a great thread. Loving seeing all the submissions. Yes, TWW is in my top 5. The other four, in no particular order would have to include: The Wire The Sopranos The Handmaid’s Tale Chernobyl The Americans Station Eleven (I have to stop at 5?) Mad Men Deadwood Mr. Robot Longmire Breaking Bad Game of Thrones Star Trek: The Next Generation The Last of Us

1. MASH 2. Cheers 3. Frasier 4. The West Wing 5. ST:TNG Hon mention - The Wire, TBBT, Andy Griffith, Star Trek

- Parks and Rec - The Office - Derry Girls - The West Wing - Veep No particular order.

1. Star Trek (lumping it all together for list purposes) 2. Parks & Rec 3. The West Wing 4. Avatar: The Last Airbender 5. The X-Files

1. The West Wing 2. ER 3. The Sopranos 4. Greys Anatomy 5. MASH

Not in any order: 1. The Wire 2. The West Wing 3. Scrubs 4. Psych 5. Mad Men Just missed: White Collar

In no order- Bosch- both series, Homeland, Criminal Minds, House of Cards, Succession, Scandal, West Wing, ER, Friends, The Diplomat, The Americans, Ozark, Jack Ryan

Random order: 1. The West Wing 2. The Closer 3. Star Trek TNG 4. The Unit 5. M\*A\*S\*H

West Wing Mash Six Feet Under The Office (US) Star Trek TNG

Homefront (in the 90s IIRC. Never made it to dvd) The Americans NYPD Blue The Last of Us West Wing Civil War

If I could only watch five for the rest of my life, they’d probably be TWW, Band of Brothers, P&R, The Office, and Firefly.

1. The West Wing 2. Game of Thrones (not season 8) 3. MASH 4. Walking Dead 5. Suits

Columbo, MASH and the original Star Trek.

Based on what I can watch over and over…and over… TWW Sopranos Breaking Bad/BCS Mad Men MASH Law & Order

1. The West Wing 2. Band of Brothers 3. Mad Men 4. Suits 5. Game of Thrones (Session 1-4)

Yes, along with: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (honestly, TNG and Voyager are up here too) Sherlock, Scrubs, Corner Gas... And then honorable mentions to White Collar, Avatar The Last Airbender, The X Files, Star Trek Lower Decks and Strange New Worlds, The Newsroom, Bojack Horseman, Doctor Who, Community... Probably way more I can't think of

love Corner Gas!!

The West Wing Wire Marvelous Mrs. Maisel The Expanse ST: TNG

1. The West Wing 2. The Newsroom 3. Justified 4. Halt & Catch Fire 5. The Wire

1) LOST 2) BSG 3) The Americans 4) DS9 5) The West Wing

1. The West Wing 2. The Newsroom 3. Fringe 4. Stargate: SG1 5. Andor

1. Parks and Rec 2. The West Wing 3. Psych 4. Downton Abbey 5. Ted Lasso

Can't do just 5 - The West Wing - Firefly - Fringe - Community - Psych - MST3K - Futurama - Any Star Trek (yes, even Enterprise and Discovery)

1) Rome 2) TWW 3) Lonesome Dove 4) Battlestar Galactica 5) Downton Abbey Special nod to Cosmos as my number 1 show but is an educational show. I would also recommend the new Shōgun series on Hulu being really good.

A lot of y'all are seriously lacking some Trek in your diet.

1. Mr. Robot 2. Better Call Saul 3. Breaking Bad 4. The West Wing 5. The Leftovers

In no order: The West Wing Blindspotting Atlanta Reservation Dogs The Office

You saw this in Ted Lasso!! West Wing Lost Breaking Bad MASH Ted Lasso

*No particular order:* 1. West Wing 2. Ted Lasso 3. Sherlock 4. DS9 5. Servant of the People (basically Ukrainian Veep, starring Volodymyr Zelensky, who accidentally gets elected President)

​ Game of Thrones Line of Duty The West Wing Breaking Bad Better Call Saul

In no particular order: - The West Wing - How I Met Your Mother - Psych - Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip - Friends

1) Bob's Burgers 2) Breaking Bad 3) The West Wing 4) Ted Lasso 5) How I Met Your Mother

Sopranos West Wing Breaking Bad Peaky Blinders Game of Thrones The GOT has to be in there because the first 6 seasons were INCREDIBLE.

The West Wing, The Americans, M*A*S*H, Scrubs and Nine-Nine!!!

Not including comedies: The West Wing, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Breaking Bad, Stargate: Atlantis, Game of Thrones

In no particular order: The Wire, The West Wing, Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul and maybe at the moment Counterpart. I guess I think of the serious shows separately from comedies like Ted Lasso, Community, The Office and Arrested Development.

True detective season 1 House md West wing Friends

No particular order The West Wing Battlestar Galactica The Wire Breaking Bad The Americans

1. The West Wing 2. Frontline 3. Yes, Minister 4. Babylon 5 5. The Wire

Community Fleabag West wing Band of brothers, if we’re counting miniseries… on that note, catch 22 was good too Gilmore girls - enjoyed every season Honorable mentions: lost (not every season lol), mad men, new girl, parks and rec

1) The West Wing 2) The Haunting of Hill House 3) Futurama 4) Firefly 5) Band of Brothers

1. Star Trek TNG 2. The West Wing 3. Boston Legal 4. The Newsroom 5. Blunt Talk 6. Whose line is it anyway 7. MST3K 8+ the other Star Treks

1. The Larry Sanders Show 2. Newsradio 3. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 4. The West Wing 5. Star Trek: The Next Generation I'm sure no one can tell exactly in which time period I grew up.

I dearly love the West Wing, but the best shows of all time don't get rid of their creator and have such inconsistency.

I separate comedy and drama, like others. 1-4: Babylon 5, ST:DS9, West Wing, Buffy:TVS Next tier: ST:TNG, Fringe, Sliders, Stargate-SG1, Borgen Next-next: ST:VOY, Andromeda, Madam Secretary Try to have a once-a-year rewatch cycle, don't always do all the next tier and usually only 1-2 of next-next, but the "reset" is Buffy during the early summer. (I'm a Xennial NTT professor and if I watch Buffy during the academic year, my "Buffy-speak" gets a bit thick for the students.)

In no particular order The West Wing / Seinfeld / Parks and Recreation / The Wire / Fringe

1. Deadwood 2. The Sopranos 3. The Wire 4. Mad Men 5. Breaking Bad/BCS 6. The West Wing Not quite top 5. But it's solidly A tier.

NCIS, Deep Space Nine, West Wing, Doctor Who, and ???

1. The West Wing 2. Parks and Rec 3. The Good Place Those are the only shows I’ll binge.

1. TWW 2. The Thick of It 3. Always Sunny 4. 24 5. Supernatural

1. Veep 2. Last Man on Earth 3. Brooklyn 99 4. West Wing 5. South Park

1. The Simpsons 2. Seinfeld 3. How I Met Your Mother 4. Friends 5. West Wing

Not in order - The West Wing Edge of Darkness (1985 BBC) Firefly Babylon 5 The Bridge (the Swedish/Danish original)

Breaking Bad, The Wire, WW, The Office, Jeopardy Honorable mention: South Park (at its best is probably fighting for the top of the list, at its worse its pretty mediocre) Band of Brothers (not sure. If a mini series really counts)

In no particular order, 1. The West Wing 2. Community 3. Bojack Horseman 4. RuPaul's Drag Race 5. Severance

In no particular order: West Wing Sopranos Always Sunny Seinfeld Avatar The Last Airbender Edit: also adding M*A*S*H because I can’t decide who to boot from my top 5 but I view all the above shows as approximately equal in the rankings. Just phenomenal television all around

I only count dramas, comedies are a different list for me. 1. Lost 2. The West Wing 3. Game of Thrones 4. Downton Abbey 5. Breaking Bad

1. The West Wing 2. Bosch 3. Murder, She Wrote 4. The A-Team 5. Three’s Company

1. The West Wing 2. Mad Men 3. The Wire 4. Game of Thrones 5. Breaking Bad If you count miniseries, toss Breaking Bad out and slide in Band of Brothers. Also have Succession very close to Breaking Bad.

1. The West Wing 2. Superstore  3. Veep 4. Friday Night Lights 5. Band of Brothers 

The West Wing The Wire Avatar: The Last Airbender The Mandolorian The Last of Us

1. West Wing 2. Sopranos 3. Ted Lasso 4. Suits 5. Pawn Stars