The Premise:
The Voting System:GAF Votes The Best TV shows from anywhere, ever.
A voting thread, but hopefully a good one- list your top ten favourite TV shows of all time, regardless of genre, decade or country of origin. Anything goes, but Im expecting this to be dominated by North American comedy shows and dramas and probably a few anime. List country of origin if you wish, or divulge extra information on obscure shows that may not be well known outside your territory.
I started this because 30 Rock and The Office had their season finales yesterday, as well as Scrubs a week ago and Im keen for a new show.
The Results:Same deal as that best anime thread and GotY threads from gaming side- top ten shows in order, spaces can be left if you feel a particular show stands out above the rest:
e.g:
1- Gilmore Girls
2-
3-
4- Thats so Raven
5- Blues Clues
Shows 6-10 on your list carry equal weighting in the tally, thus the rank of your final five is inconsequential
335 shows, 218 people voted.
The Hideous Raw Data, with scores, ranks and ties, which I will be yelled at for various reasons:The Top 20:
1) Lost
2) Simpsons, The
3) Arrested Development
4) Wire, The
5) Seinfeld
6) Futurama
7) Battlestar Galactica
8) X-Files, The
9) 24
10) Dexter
11) Office, The (UK)
12) South Park
13) Office, The (US)
14) House, M.D.
15) Curb your Enthusiasm
16) Band of Brothers
17) Firefly
18) Sopranos, The
19) Shield, The
20) Rome
Best Show:
Winner: Lost
Runner-up: The Simpsons
Best Drama
Winner: Lost
Runner-up: The Wire
Best Sitcom
Winner: Arrested Development
Runner-up: Seinfeld
Best Space Sci-Fi
Winner: Battlestar Galactica
Runner-up: Firefly
Best Crime Drama
Winner: The Wire
Runner-up: 24
Best Mini-series
Winner: Band of Brothers
Runner-up: Twin Peaks
Best Animated Comedy
Winner: The Simpsons
Runner-up: Futurama
Best Animated Show, non-comedy
Winner: Avatar the Last Airbender
Runner-up: Batman The Animated Series
Best Show that Got Cancelled
Winner: Arrested Development
Runner-up: Futurama
Best non-fiction show
Winner: Top Gear
Runner-up: Good Eats/Mythbusters
My votes:1 Lost - 624
2 Simpsons, The - 575
3 Arrested Development - 568
4 Wire, The - 498
5 Seinfeld - 462
6 Futurama - 335
7 Battlestar Galactica - 285
8 X-Files, The - 253
9 24 - 220
10 Dexter - 184
11 Office, The (UK) - 177
12 South Park - 175
13 Office, The (US) - 174
14 House, M.D. - 163
15 Curb your Enthusiasm - 158
16 Band of Brothers - 146
17 Firefly - 141
18 Sopranos, The - 140
19 Shield, The - 136
20 Rome - 125
21 Chuck - 123
22 Family Guy - 108
23 Friday Night Lights - 98
24 Buffy the Vampire Slayer - 97
25 West Wing, The - 95
26 Friends - 90
27 Scrubs - 88
28 Star Trek TNG - 86
29 Deadwood - 81
30 It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia - 78
31 Star Trek DS9 - 77
32 Mystery Science Theater 3000 - 76
33 Breaking Bad - 75
- Twin Peaks - 75
35 Angel - 72
36 Avatar the Last Airbender - 70
37 Batman the Animated Series - 69
38 Six Feet Under - 68
39 Peep Show - 66
40 Blackadder - 65
41 30 Rock - 63
42 Red Dwarf - 57
43 Extras - 56
- Monty Python's Flying Circus - 54
- Twilight Zone, The - 54
- Venture Bros., The - 54
47 Star Trek TOS - 53
48 Top Gear - 53
49 Cowboy Bebop - 51
50 Gilmore Girls - 49
51 Frasier - 48
52 Newsradio - 47
- Pushing Daisies - 47
- Veronica Mars - 47
55 Spaced - 46
56 Babylon 5 - 44
- Neon Genesis Evangelion - 44
58 Entourage - 40
- Married with Children - 40
60 Stargate SG-1 - 39
61 Mad Men - 37
62 Aqua Teen Hunger Force - 36
- Everybody Love's Raymond - 36
64 Fawlty Towers - 35
65 Freaks and Geeks - 34
66 Farscape - 32
- Good Eats - 32
- Mythbusters - 32
69 Cheers - 31
70 Daily Show with Jon Stewart, The - 30
- Mr. Show - 30
- Wonder Years, The - 30
73 Chappele's Show - 29
- Supernatural - 29
75 Weeds - 28
76 Father Ted - 27
- M*A*S*H - 27
- Planet Earth - 27
79 Adventures of Pete and Pete, The - 26
80 How I Met Your Mother - 25
- Iron Chef (Jap) - 25
- OC, The - 25
83 Doctor Who - 24
84 Alias - 23
- Colbert Report, The - 23
- Millenium - 23
- Oz - 23
88 Cosby Show, The - 22
89 Law and Order - 21
90 Alf - 20
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents - 20
- Californication - 20
- Dragon Ball Z - 20
- Prisoner, The - 20
- Soup, The - 20
96 Penn and Teller's Bullshit - 19
- Roseanne - 19
98 Moomin - 18
- Young Ones, The - 18
100 American Dad - 17
- Black Books - 17
- Dead Like Me - 17
- I'm Alan Partridge - 17
- Muppet Show, The - 17
105 All in the Family - 16
- Dragon Ball - 16
- King of the Hill - 16
- Life on Mars (UK) - 16
- Mighty Boosh, The - 16
- Sliders - 16
111 4400, The - 15
- Death Note - 15
- Full Metal Alchemist - 15
- Kids in the Hall, The - 15
- nip/tuck - 15
- Prison Break - 15
117 Boston Legal - 14
- Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies - 14
- One Piece - 14
- Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann - 14
121 Home Movies - 13
- Saturday Night Live - 13
- Spongebob Squarepants - 13
124 Boy Meets World - 12
- Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, The - 12
- Golden Girls - 12
- Pokemon - 12
- Sports Night - 12
129 3rd Rock from the Sun - 11
130 Aeon Flux - 10
- Alfred J. Kwak - 10
- A-Team, The - 10
- Beavis and Butthead - 10
- Carnivale - 10
- Clone High - 10
- Dance 360 - 10
- Day Today, The - 10
- Duckman - 10
- Ducktales - 10
- FLCL (Fooly Cooly) - 10
- Flight of the Conchords - 10
- Fringe - 10
- Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - 10
- Harvey Birdman - 10
- Heroes - 10
- Home Improvement - 10
- Honey and Clover - 10
- Justice League - 10
- Late Night w/ Conan O'Brien - 10
- Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends - 10
- My Name is Earl - 10
- North Square - 10
- One Tree Hill - 10
- Reaper - 10
- Rescue Me - 10
- Robin Hood - 10
- Robot Chicken - 10
- Rocko's Modern Life - 10
- Sealab 2021 - 10
- Skins - 10
- Space Ghost Coast to Coast - 10
- Spooks - 10
- Star Trek Enterprise - 10
- Three's Company - 10
- Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy/Smiley's People - 10
- Tour of Duty - 10
- Wonderfalls - 10
- X-Men (90's Original) - 10
169 Allo Allo - 9
- Big Brother (US) - 9
- Brideshead Revisited - 9
- Homicide: Life on the Street - 9
- Hustle - 9
- Modern Marvels - 9
- Sportscenter - 9
- Stargate Atlantis - 9
- Summer Heights High - 9
- This American Life - 9
179 08th MS Team - 8
- Ally McBeal - 8
- Batman - 8
- Connections - 8
- Dirty Jobs - 8
- Dr. Katz - 8
- Gintama - 8
- IT Crowd, The - 8
- MacGyver - 8
- Maison Ikkoku - 8
- Oshin - 8
- Saved by the Bell - 8
- Seven Days - 8
- Teachers - 8
193 A Bit of Fry and Laurie - 7
- Amazing Race - 7
- Below the Rock (HK) - 7
- Berserk - 7
- Desperate Housewives - 7
- Friday the 13th - 7
- Frontline - 7
- HBO: Autopsy - 7
- Huff - 7
- In Treatment - 7
- Jericho - 7
- Monkey Dust - 7
- Nadia: The Secret of the Blue Water - 7
- Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares (UK) - 7
- Studio Julmahavi - 7
- Traveller - 7
209 Avengers, The - 6
- Becker - 6
- Burn Notice - 6
- Commanding Heights, The - 6
- Dawson's Creek - 6
- Ed - 6
- Frisky Dingo - 6
- From the Earth to the Moon - 6
- Gummi Bears, The - 6
- Haibane Renmei - 6
- Hamtaro - 6
- Hercules - 6
- Hill Street Blues - 6
- Honeymooners - 6
- I Love Lucy - 6
- Kamen Rider Blade - 6
- Lupin the III - 6
- Natural World - 6
- Pinky and the Brain - 6
- Pompel & Pilt - 6
- Record of Lodoss War - 6
- Ren and Stimpy - 6
- Still Game - 6
- That 70's Show - 6
- Trailer Park Boys - 6
- World at War, The - 6
- Xena, The Warrior Princess - 6
236 120 Minutes - 5
- Adventure Time - 5
- Adventures of Brisco County Jr., The - 5
- AIRWOLF - 5
- Andy Richter Controls the Universe - 5
- Angry Beavers - 5
- Anthony Bourdain's No Reservations - 5
- Azumanga Daioh - 5
- Beast Wars - 5
- Best Week Ever - 5
- Big Love - 5
- Biggest Loser, The (Aus) - 5
- Bleach - 5
- Blue Heelers - 5
- Boondocks - 5
- Brass Eye - 5
- Chaser's War on Everything, The - 5
- Chip n' Dale Rescue Rangers - 5
- Comic Strip, The - 5
- Coupling (UK) - 5
- Cracker - 5
- CSI - 5
- Da Ali G Show - 5
- Daria - 5
- Dark Angel - 5
- Desperado - 5
- Doug - 5
- Due South - 5
- Early Edition - 5
- ER - 5
- Fishing with John - 5
- Forensic Files - 5
- G Gundam - 5
- Garth Marenghi's Darkplace - 5
- Generation Kill - 5
- Get Smart - 5
- Ghost Hunters - 5
- Gilligan's Island - 5
- Gladiators (Aus) - 5
- Guyber: The Bioboosted Armor - 5
- Hootenany - 5
- Hornblower - 5
- In Living Colour - 5
- Inbetweeners, The - 5
- Intervention - 5
- Jeopardy! - 5
- John from Cincinnati - 5
- Johnny Bravo - 5
- Jonathan Creek - 5
- Keenan and Kel - 5
- Kino's Journey - 5
- Late Show, The (Aus) - 5
- Law and Order: SVU - 5
- Life - 5
- Love My Way - 5
- Mary Tyler Moore - 5
- Mighty Morph'n Power Rangers - 5
- Mission Hill - 5
- Mission Impossible - 5
- Monk/Psych - 5
- Monster - 5
- My So-Called Life - 5
- Ned and Stacey - 5
- Neighbours - 5
- Numb3rs - 5
- NYPD Blue - 5
- Only Fools and Horses - 5
- Outer Limits, The - 5
- Pardon the Interruption - 5
- Pasila - 5
- Phineas and Ferb - 5
- Pingu - 5
- Planetes - 5
- Pride and Prejudice (UK) - 5
- Prime Suspect - 5
- QI - 5
- Quantum Leap - 5
- Raid - 5
- Reboot - 5
- Riget, aka. The Kingdom - 5
- Rugrats - 5
- Sandbaggers, The - 5
- Sanford and Son - 5
- Sesame Street - 5
- Sex and the City - 5
- Smallville - 5
- Space Invader Zim - 5
- Star Trek Voyager - 5
- Storyteller, The - 5
- Storytellers - 5
- Superjail - 5
- Supermarket Sweep - 5
- Talespin - 5
- Tim and Eric Awesome Show: Great Job - 5
- Titus - 5
- True Blood - 5
- TV Party - 5
- Under one Roof (Jap) - 5
- Unit 13 - 5
- Yes Minister/Prime Minister - 5
Heres me, entirely stuff from the UK and USA circa 90's to present, no Aussie shows made the cut:
1- The Simpsons
2- Seinfeld
3- Curb your Enthusiasm
4- Arrested Development
5- The Office (UK)
6- The X Files
7- Futurama
8- Firefly
9- Black Books
10- Flight of the Conchords
Havent watched the Wire, but got the first three seasons sitting there ready. My guess is GAF's top 5 will be some variation ofSimpsons, Seinfeld, Star Trek TNG, Arrested Development, and The Wire.
