Top 5 series of all time

[[TFU] Thegoon84]

Great to see people putting The Unit in the top 5!

Such a shame they never continued with that series, also poor Jericho that could have been so so good!

 

[blitzwing85]

1 - Red Dwarf (will never be surpassed it's comedy perfection)
2 - Battlestar Galactica (most recent - just a great sci-fi show)
3 - Arrow / Flash (counting these as one, Arrow is awesome and Flash started very well)
4 - Doctor Who (9th Doctor - Present - I watched this over Xmas and expected to hate it...NOPE!)
5 - Supernatural (another one I didn't think I'd like but really enjoyed it)

Shout out to Firefly - just didn't want to include it being only 1 Season but it's amazing.
Also I'd be tempted to stick Blackadder, Father Ted and Bottom in there but only wanted 1 comedy in my top 5.
There is about 30 other shows I like quite a lot too...lol

 

[borich_planner]

No Sopranos or The Wire? Fail.

 

[e36Adz]

In no particular order:

Breaking Bad
Columbo
Lost (hated the ending though)
Game of Thrones
24

Special mentions:
Prison Break (season one)
South Park
Only Fools and Horses

On my to-watch list:
True Detective
The Wire

 

[[TFU] Thegoon84]

In no particular order:

Breaking Bad
Columbo
Lost (hated the ending though)
Game of Thrones
24

Special mentions:
Prison Break (season one)
South Park
Only Fools and Horses

On my to-watch list:
True Detective
The Wire

You wont go wrong with the wire... I can honestly say i dont think there's a dull moment! Great great great series!

 

[Nismo]

Band of Brothers
Game of Thrones
Faulty Towers
Only Fools and Horses
Star Trek TNG

 

[BrightonBelle]

Most of my choices are based on whether the programme required me to watch the next episode immediately...

1) Game of Thrones
2) 24 - we watched the last season in 24 hours
3) Dexter
4) Nashville (Guilty pleasure! )
5) Suits (so far... we're only 3 episodes in)

The Wire: Watched the first episode and wasn't hooked - didn't care about any of the characters and the story line was a bit flat :/ didn't make me want to watch the next one at all...

BB x

 

[Bubo]

On my to-watch list:
True Detective
The Wire

You are going to have to re-jig your top 5 when you've watched True Detective. Pound for pound the best episodal TV series I have seen to date. Gained massive respect for Matthew McConaughey off the back of this series.

 

[Angler]

In no particular order..

Band of Brothers
The West Wing
Angel
The Wire
Oz

 

[Slamhamster]

Most are pretty recent, but I think thats more down to a surge of quality TV willing to invest in arc plotting after Babylon 5 managed it.

1. Game Of Thrones - not perfect, or as good as the books. But Peter Dinklage more than makes up for the flaws. Plus copious boobage never hurt anyone (apart from teenagers with sprained wrists).
2. BSG (Remake) - Usually very good, at its best, sheer brilliance. Let down at the final hurdle by the lack of any coherent cylon 'plan' and dropping any pretense of ambiguity about a supreme being.
3. Ultraviolet - a UK show that sadly lasted one season. A quasi-paramilitary anti-vampire unit of the Inquisition funded by the Vatican, with kill squads using graphite bullets? Yes please! Introduced Idris Elba in full on badass mode, plus Stephen Moyer as a vampire prior to True Blood.
4. Firefly - it died too soon. Movie was a bit underwhelming and the reavers make no sense whatsoever.
5. The Thick of It. - Malcolm Tucker is ******* brilliant.

Breaking Bad, The Wire and The Sopranos just missed the cut.

 

[atheos]

1. The Wire
2. Six Feet Under
3. Oz
4. Breaking Bad
5. ST: TNG

Also The West Wing, Babylon 5 and Treme

(Almost any show from HBO really )

 

[Caseh]

1: Firefly
2: Red Dwarf



3: Arrow
4: Hawaii Five 0 (remake)
5: NCIS

 

[[TFU] Thegoon84]

Need some more series! Any suggestions?

 

[apatia77]

In no order:

Breaking Bad,
The Sopranos,
The Wire,
Boardwalk Empire,
Narco,

Guess I like gangster type of tv shows

 

[Stovepipes]

I don't know how to stick to just 5

Babylon 5
Community/Scrubs
Lost/DS9
The Outer Limits (1995)
Peep Show/Home Movies

 

[HungryHippos]

Just a recent top 5 for various reasons from me, not an overall top 5.

Black Sails
Vikings
Parks and Rec
Person of Interest
Daredevil

 

[Tunney]

In no particular order:

The West Wing
The Wire
Game of Thrones
Borgen
Breaking Bad

Felt I couldn't include Battlestar Galactica, The Simpsons or Seinfeld because of the inconsistency their later episodes.

 

[VonScar]

1) Red Dwarf (been hooked since 1988 and still love the characters)
2) Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (some of the best series writing ever and epic)
3) The X Files (First 5-6 series, it was addictive watching)
4) The Flash (I just like it)
5) Game of Thrones (it holds true to the books)

P.s. got a soft spot for Agent Carter, looking forward to series 2.

 

[Akagi]

I quite like the E12 M535i.....

 

[csrogue]

1. Daredevil
2. Breaking Bad
3. Legends
4. jessica jones
5. Game of Thrones.