Yahoo Lifestyle 19 Iconic TV Series That Are Probably Some Of The Best Ever Created
Recently, a thread on Reddit posed this question: "What is the best series you ever watched?" Here are some of the top-voted responses (and, yes, don't worry, The Sopranos is on the list):
"It's actually too good for its own good. It's the only show I had to stop watching because I felt like it was peering into my soul. I just had to stop. I'll pick it up again someday when I'm in a better place."
2.Fleabag
"It's a show about grief, love, lying to yourself, and hiding all of that behind lots of sex. With excellent acting and writing that is terribly funny and terribly moving."
3.Severance
"Every episode had me at the edge of my seat."
4.The Americans
"It has both a perfect first episode and a perfect last episode."
"By far the most wholesome series about war and genocide ever made."
"Breaking Bad is the best TV show that's ever been produced in my opinion."
7.Mad Men
"There's been lots of great TV, but I've never seen anything as compelling as Mad Men. EVERY SINGLE CHARACTER was so fully fleshed out and interesting."
8.The Wire
"We are living in the renaissance of great TV series, and I like a lot of them, but still nothing comes close to the scope, ambition, and entertainment of The Wire. It is also a great series to rewatch since it contains so many details you might not have noticed on the first or second viewings."
9.The Sopranos
"The Sopranos is number one for me. You just can't beat it."
10.Star Trek
"The OG Star Trek was so mind-blowing back in the 1960s when I first saw it as a child. Stories from Greek myths to the old west mixed with philosophy and so much optimism. A high-ranking woman, a Black woman at that, on the bridge at a time when only the Soviets had sent a woman (and only one woman) to space."
11.The X-Files
"It’s a masterpiece. It encapsulates the 20th century in a really strange, but effective way."
12.What We Do In The Shadows
"It's so nice to have a current/modern dark comedy television show. I have loved The Munsters and Addams Family as a kid. I love horror as an adult. I love that it's on FX, and they can do what they want with violence and vulgarity. Also, while having the ability to use both violence and vulgarity, it's not an over-the-top swearing gore-fest."
13.Derry Girls
"I was floored by how good Derry Girls was. I randomly clicked on it on Netflix, expecting nothing. The writing is phenomenal."
14.Dead Like Me
"The cast was perfect, they had incredible 'weird coworker friendships that would never happen without the proximity of their paychecks' energy. It was unique and interesting, and it was a story that hadn't been told 100 times already."
15.This Old House
"It started the home DIY TV thing and it does a better job at showing step-by-step everything it takes to restore or remodel an old home better than most home shows that came after it. They also showcase new technology and building practices that help both homeowners as well as lessen environmental impacts."
16.Dark
"AMAZING show!! Doesn't go where you think it will go at all, each character is so complex, never the same after watching it."
17.The Expanse
"Well written, well acted, and well directed. With excellent SFX (other than the noise in space thing)."
18.Mr. Robot
"Best written show ever. Hands down. The ending is up there with The Wire, IMO, as the best ever."
19.The Good Place
"As a philosophy major, it gave me such joy to watch a series about morality that wasn’t based on a specific deity."
What other shows do you think belong on this list? Let us know in the comments!
Some submissions have been edited for length and/or clarity.
