TV Shows
When I watch a TV show I tend to watch every episode in order. If you watch them on DVD you don’t waste time on commercials and you don’t have to wait months for the resolution to cliffhangers. I try to wait until the series is done but I am watching a few current series. I certainly haven’t seen every great TV show, but below are the best of the best ones I have seen.
For science fiction and fantasy fans, there are lists of those types of TV shows on the Sci-Fi Lists web site. You can find science fiction TV shows and fantasy TV shows.
Why do I keep mentioning the Sci-Fi Lists web site? The person behind this particular site has used statistics to compile his list, taking data from awards, critics, other lists, and people who visit the site. So I figured as lists go it was the one to make use of.
I’m not going to review individual episodes but I’ll review whole seasons. The shows in these lists all get 5/5 for most or all of their seasons.
Top 8 science fiction & fantasy TV shows
- Angel
- Babylon 5
- Battlestar Galactica
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer
- Firefly
- Star Trek: The Next Generation
- Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
- The X-Files
Top 9 comedy TV shows
- Arrested Development
- The Big Bang Theory
- Boston Legal
- Castle
- The IT Crowd
- Modern Family
- New Girl
- Raising Hope
- Scrubs
Top 5 dramatic TV shows
- The Big C
- ER
- Law & Order
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
- Sherlock
Top 2 TV game shows
- Match Game
- Whose Line is it Anyway?
Top 2 TV comedy news shows
- The Colbert Report
- The Daily Show