Your favorite television series since 2000

[mae]

I've had this idea for a while. Some might recall we had a TV tournament (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/forumdisplay.php?222-The-Best-TV-Series-of-All-Time) ages ago and I've wanted to do a new version of something like that, but not all-time. Instead, just focusing on the 21st century. I'm sure most of you will agree that we arguably entered a whole new era of television with The Sopranos in 1999. I dunno if we'll do a tournament, but why not have folks just post their lists and debate? Everyone likes lists, right? :unsure:

It's been 18 years now of "peak TV" and it's fun looking back. So that's what I've been doing, just going and compiling lists of shows. I've selected my personal favorites, not necessarily "the best", whatever that means. I've got my Top 5 for the first ten years and my Top 10 for the last 8. I'm hoping we can get some discussion going and people posting their own lists.

2000

Curb Your Enthusiasm (HBO)
Gilmore Girls (CW)
Coupling (BBC)
Queer as Folk (Showtime)
Malcolm in the Middle (Fox)


2001

Six Feet Under (HBO)
24 (Fox)
The Office (BBC)
Undeclared (Fox)
Star Trek: Enterprise (UPN)


2002

The Wire (HBO)
The Shield (FX)
Firefly (Fox)
MI-5 (BBC)
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (CN)


2003

Arrested Development (Fox/Netflix)
Nip/Tuck (FX)
Dead Like Me (Showtime)
Avatar: The Last Airbender (Nickelodeon)
Carnivàle (HBO)


2004

Battlestar Galactica (Sci-Fi)
Lost (ABC)
The L Word (Showtime)
The Worst Week of My Life (BBC)
Deadwood (HBO)


2005

Prison Break (Fox)
How I Met Your Mother (CBS)
The Office (NBC)
Sleeper Cell (Showtime)
Weeds (Showtime)


2006

Dexter (Showtime)
Jericho (CBS)
Heroes (NBC)
Friday Night Lights (NBC/101)
Life on Mars (BBC)


2007

Mad Men (AMC)
The Big Bang Theory (CBS)
Californication (Showtime)
Meadowlands (Showtime)
Little Mosque on the Prairie (CBC)


2008

Breaking Bad (AMC)
In Treatment (HBO)
True Blood (HBO)
The Life & Times of Tim (HBO)
Star Wars: The Clone Wars (CN/Netflix/Disney+)


2009

Parks and Recreation (NBC)
Archer (FX/FXX)
The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret (IFC)
Nurse Jackie (Showtime)
United States of Tara (Showtime)


2010

Parenthood (NBC)
Sherlock (BBC)
The Walking Dead (AMC)
Downton Abbey (ITV)
The Big C (Showtime)
Louie (FX)
Boardwalk Empire (HBO)
Adventure Time (CN)
Luther (BBC)
Strike Back (Sky/Cinemax)


2011

The Killing (AMC/Netflix)
Game of Thrones (HBO)
Homeland (Showtime)
Black Mirror (C4/Netflix)
Portlandia (IFC)
American Horror Story (FX)
Bob's Burgers (Fox)
Episodes (Showtime)
Suburgatory (ABC)
Up All Night (NBC)


2012

Veep (HBO)
The Newsroom (HBO)
The Mindy Project (Fox/Hulu)
Arrow (CW)
Girls (HBO)
Longmire (A&E/Netflix)
Scandal (ABC)
Bomb Girls (Global)
Rita (Netflix)
A Young Doctor's Notebook (Sky)


2013

The Americans (FX)
The Fosters (Freeform)
Orange Is the New Black (Netflix)
Bates Motel (A&E)
Hannibal (NBC)
The Goldbergs (ABC)
Rectify (Sundance)
Attack on Titan (CN)
House of Cards (Netflix)
Wentworth (SoHo/Showcase)


2014

BoJack Horseman (Netflix)
Fargo (FX)
Transparent (Amazon)
How to Get Away with Murder (ABC)
Jane the Virgin (CW)
Halt and Catch Fire (AMC)
You're the Worst (FX/FXX)
The Knick (Cinemax)
The Flash (CW)
Black-ish (ABC)


2015

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (Netflix)
Supergirl (CBS/CW)
Daredevil (Netflix)
Younger (TV Land/Paramount)
Jessica Jones (Netflix)
Master of None (Netflix)
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (CW)
Mr. Robot (USA)
Sense8 (Netflix)
Better Call Saul (AMC)


2016

Stranger Things (Netflix)
You Me Her (Audience)
Love (Netflix)
Westworld (HBO)
This Is Us (NBC)
Atlanta (FX)
Kim's Convenience (CBC)
The Crown (Netflix)
Fuller House (Netflix)
Riverdale (CW)


2017

GLOW (Netflix)
One Day at a Time (Netflix)
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Amazon)
The Handmaid's Tale (Hulu)
Santa Clarita Diet (Netfix)
Legion (FX)
Anne with an E (CBC/Netflix)
Babylon Berlin (Sky/Netflix)
The Punisher (Netflix)
Mr. Mercedes (Audience)


2018

Chilling Adventures of Sabrina (Netflix)
Killing Eve (BBC America)
Pose (FX)
Hilda (Netflix)
The Haunting of Hill House (Netflix)
Titans (DC Universe)
Black Lightning (CW)
Alexa & Katie (Netflix)
Cloak & Dagger (Freeform)
Barry (HBO)

[Mattrick]

Don't watch enough TV to justify lists for individual years, but these are the shows from 2000 on ranked, comedy, genre, and drama



Comedy

1. Arrested Development
2. Curb Your Enthusiasm
3. Eastbound and Down
4. Home Movies
5. Ash vs. Evil Dead
6. Last Man Standing

Genre

1. Battlestar Galactica
2. The Walking Dead
3. LOST
4. 24
5. Fear The Walking Dead


Drama

1. Mad Men
2. Six Feet Under
3. House of Cards
4. In Treatment
5. Dexter
6. Breaking Bad

[Earl of Popkin]

Great idea here, but my memory is garbage. Here’s what jumps out to me though:

Favorite shows
-Sopranos (counting it bc I didn’t have hbo until 2001)
-The Wire
-Hannibal
-Breaking Bad
-Fargo

Favorite pilot
-Walking Dead

Favorite season
-Lost season 1
-24 seasons 1 & 3
-Dexters Lithgow season
-Fargo seasons 1 & 2
-Hannibal season 2

I think tv/movie comedy has nose dived since the 90s, but:
-Arrested Development
-American Vandal
-In betweeners
-Community
-stand up comedy before November 2016

Favorite guilty pleasure
-Daredevil

I know I’m forgetting many for this one, but favorite episodes
-Sopranos college trip with Meadow
-Lost through the looking glass
-Community paintball episode
-inside Amy Schumer 12 Angry Men
-Game of Thrones Mountain & the Viper
-Fargo season 1 episode 9 Malvo in Vegas
-Mad Men the wheel

(Dis)honorable mention to True Detective for the ahem Alexandra Daddario episode

Favorite character:
Tony Soprano
Hannibal & Wil Graham
Oberyn Martell
Stringer Bell
Patrick Wilson in Fargo
Keri Russell Americans
Michonne

[DoctorZaius]

Only 2000 to present, or are shows that begin in the 1990s but run into the 2000s OK?

[mae]

Only 2000 to present, or are shows that begin in the 1990s but run into the 2000s OK?

I was thinking of shows that premiered in 2000 and on, which is why I broke down my list by year it premiered. So no Freaks and Geeks or The Sopranos.

[becca69]

I also can't remember the years in which I've watched certain shows but here is a list of what stands out to me, in no particular order:

A Game of Thrones
Outlander
Westworld
American Gods
The Expanse
Chanel Zero
The OA
Ozark
Supernatural
Stranger Things
Dark
Dexter
Breaking Bad
Hannibal
Mr. Robot
Arrested Development
Pushing Daisies
Archer
True Blood
Mad Men
The Walking Dead
Bates Motel
Curb Your Enthusiasm
30 Rock
Vikings
Always Sunny In Philadelphia
American Horror Story
Ash vs. Evil Dead
Lost
House
Gilmore Girls
Entourage
Chappelle's Show
Scrubs
Avatar: The Last Airbender
The Big Bang Theory
True Detective (1st season)
Black Mirror
Penny Dreadful
Limitless
Rick and Morty
Hemlock Grove
The Following
Sleepy Hollow
The Middle
Californication
X-Files reboot
Flight of the Concords
The Regular Show
Medium
My Name is Earl
Drawn Together
Wonderfalls
The Dead Zone
Fairly OddParents
Danny Phantom
Malcolm in the Middle
Robot Chicken (Adult Swim)
The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina
Nightflyers

There are plenty of shows on Hulu that I haven't seen because I don't have Hulu :(

[mae]

I also can't remember the years in which I've watched certain shows

I just made my list and then looked up their debut dates on Wikipedia.

[Mattrick]

Only 2000 to present, or are shows that begin in the 1990s but run into the 2000s OK?

I was thinking of shows that premiered in 2000 and on, which is why I broke down my list by year it premiered. So no Freaks and Geeks or The Sopranos.

Or The X-Files, Star Trek: TNG, Star Trek: Voyager,

Or South Park, Seinfeld, Frasier, Simpsons, King of the Hill, Futurama, Fresh Prince, Roseanne, That 70's Show, Family Guy, Cheers, Married With Children...most of my favourite TV comedies came out of the 90's. Curb your Enthusiasm almost didn't make it either!

[Still Servant]

I will have to give this a lot of thought. TV has been amazing over the past decade or so. So much to watch.

[mae]

I will have to give this a lot of thought. TV has been amazing over the past decade or so. So much to watch.

Please do, and yeah that's why I have been thinking about this for a while. There is just so much great stuff out there these days. I try to watch as much as I can, but with new shows starting up every week and catching up with ongoing shows plus trying to watch older series that I never did it's overwhelming.

[Mattrick]

TV is pretty overwhelming, which is why I watch so little of it. And usually I watch something great and I want to rewatch it. Like I'm rewatching House of Cards now that it's over. I could could catch up to Game of Thrones instead, or finally watch Fargo, The Crown, and The Newsroom in about the same time. I think Ash vs. The Evil Dead was the first new show in the past several years I've actually watched. And in terms of watching week to week...I just don't have that kind of patience to plan my week around TV. I just want to watch it when I want to watch it, so I usually wait for shows to be well into starting or be totally finished before I choose to sit down. I think the only shows I can honestly say I watch as it airs since its beginning would be South Park and The Walking Dead.

Movies are a lot more my speed in that I can get so many experiences in the same amount of time. I'm sure a lot of TV shows are good, but with the time investment, I try to only watch great. If I didn't love video games, especailly major time sink video games, I'd have more time to explore tv lol

[Hunchback Jack]

I also Don't watch a lot of TV, but here are the shows I really enjoyed that started since 2000:

- 2001: 24
- 2002: The Shield
- 2003: Q.I.
- 2004: Battlestar Galactica
- 2004: House M.D.
- 2005: Commander-in-Chief
- 2006: Dexter
- 2008: Breaking Bad
- 2010: Sherlock
- 2012: The Newsroom
- 2013: House of Cards
- 2014: Last Week Tonight
- 2015: Daredevil
- 2015: Jessica Jones
- 2015: Making a Murderer
- 2016: Stranger Things
- 2016: Westworld
- 2017: American Vandal

Honorable Mention: The Games, an Australian comedy series written by the late, great and much missed John Clarke. Aired in 1999.

HBJ

[Still Servant]

I put a lot of thought and research into this, but I'm sure I'm forgetting some. I will have to add more as I remember them or once I finally catch up on all the shows I've missed, there are a lot.

2001

1) 24
2) Scrubs
3) Undeclared
4) Alias

2002

1) Firefly

2003

1) Arrested Development

2004

1) Veronica Mars
2) Battlestar Galactica
3) House

2005

1) Lost
2) The Office
3) How I Met Your Mother
4) My Name is Earl

2006

1) Friday Night Lights
2) Heroes
3) Psych

2007

1) Chuck
2) Pushing Daisies
3) The Big Bang Theory

2008

1) Breaking Bad
2) Fringe
3) Generation Kill

2009

1) Parks and Rec.
2) Community
3) Modern Family
4) The Middle
5) The League

2010

1) The Walking Dead
2) Boardwalk Empire
3) Justified

2011

1) Game of Thrones
2) Happy Endings
3) Homeland
4) American Horror Story
5) The Killing

2012

1) The Newsroom
2) Mindy Project

2013

1) The Americans
2) Brooklyn Nine-Nine
3) Bates Motel
4) The Goldbergs
5) Rick & Morty

2014

1) Fargo
2) True Detective
3) The Leftovers

2015

1) Better Call Saul
2) Mr. Robot
3) Galavant
4) The Last Man on Earth
5) Wayward Pines
6) Fear the Walking Dead

2016

1) Westworld
2) Timeless
3) Stranger Things
4) This is Us
5) Baskets
6) The Good Place
7) Search Party
8 ) The Night Manager
9) The Night Of
10) Vice Principals

2017

1) The Handmaid’s Tale
2) Ozark
3) Godless
4) GLOW
5) Trial & Error
6) Alias Grace
7) The Sinner
8 ) Taboo
9) Mindhunter
10) Counterpart

2018

1) Barry
2) The Alienist
3) The Looming Tower
4) Sharp Objects

[mae]

I like your list a lot! A few I had in my honorable mentions that just missed making the Top 5 or 10 that I set up as the limit.

[Hunchback Jack]

Ooh, I forgot about The Night Manager. That series was solid.

(Nice cameo by David Cornwell, as well)

HBJ

[Iwritecode]

Apparently I have way different tastes than the rest of you because I have a ton of shows on my list that nobody else mentioned. :frown2:

2000
Jackass (MTV)
Titus (Fox)

2001
Grounded for Life (Fox, The WB)

2002
George Lopez (CBS)

2003
American Chopper (Discovery)

2005
How I met Your Mother (CBS)

2006
Heroes (NBC)
Dateline: To Catch a Predator (NBC)

2007
The Big Bang Theory (CBS)
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives (Food Network)
Rules of Engagement (CBS)

2008
Sons of Anarchy (FX)

2009
Teen Mom and all it's spin-offs (MTV)

2010
The Walking Dead (AMC)

2011
American Horror Story (FX)
Black Mirror (Netflix)
Last Man Standing (ABC, Fox)

2013
The Goldbergs (ABC)
King of the Nerds (TBS)

2014
Silicon Valley (HBO)

2015
American Crime (ABC)
Bloodline (Netflix)
F is for Family (Netflix)
Last Man On Earth (Fox)
Making a Murderer (Netflix)
Humans (AMC)
Lip Sync Battle (Paramount)
Mr. Robot (USA)
Secrets and Lies (ABC)
Stichers (Freeform)
SuperStore (NBC)

2016
11.22.63 (Hulu)
Outsiders (WGN)
Fuller House (Netflix)
The Good Place (NBC)
The Ranch (Netflix)
ShadowHunters (FreeForm)
Stranger Things (Netflix)

2017
13 Reasons Why (Netflix)
American Vandal (Netflix)
The Gifted (FOX)
The Good Doctor (ABC)
Kevin Almost Saves the World (ABC)
Mr. Mercedes (Audience)
The Orville (FOX)

2018
Altered Carbon (Netflix)
The Connors (ABC) (yes, technically this is a continuation of Rosanne but I’m still counting it)
Krypton (Freeform)
Cobra Kai (Youtube Red)

[Still Servant]

Ooh, I forgot about The Night Manager. That series was solid.

(Nice cameo by David Cornwell, as well)

HBJ

If you liked The Night Manager, you have to check out The Little Drummer Girl. It's made by the same people. I'm literally watching it as I type this. It's fantastic.

@Iwritecode, your list is solid. You also included a lot of non-scripted shows, which I excluded from my list.

[mae]

@Iwritecode, your list is solid. You also included a lot of non-scripted shows, which I excluded from my list.

Same here, and also no shows like Last Week Tonight, just straight narrative shows. But feel free to post and talk about whatever, no judging!

[Iwritecode]

Ooh, I forgot about The Night Manager. That series was solid.

(Nice cameo by David Cornwell, as well)

HBJ

If you liked The Night Manager, you have to check out The Little Drummer Girl. It's made by the same people. I'm literally watching it as I type this. It's fantastic.

@Iwritecode, your list is solid. You also included a lot of non-scripted shows, which I excluded from my list.

I didn't think I included that many. I just posted the things that came up as a browsed a few "best of" lists. Honestly, one unscripted show that I forgot but completely loved is Who's Line is it Anyway.

I still watch the newer version sometimes but it's not quite as good without Drew Carey.

[mae]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4XlS77NCf8

[fernandito]

1. Breaking Bad
2. The Wire
3. Game of Thrones
4. The Sopranos
5. Mad Men
6. Lost



7. Everything else

[becca69]

I have to add Nightflyers. I'm loving it.

[DoctorDodge]

1. Doctor Who (revival)
2. Life on Mars
3. Breaking Bad
4. Torchwood
5. Battlestar Galactica
6. Bates Motel
7. House of Cards (remake)

I'm sure there will be others, but those shows instantly spring to mind.

[Mattrick]

Whenever I see someone else list Mad Men

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[mae]

Had to edit my 2016 Top 10 to add Kim's Convenience which is absolutely awesome. How this show is flying under the radar is beyond me. One of the best comedies I've seen recently. Okay, see you!

[fernandito]

1. Doctor Who (revival)
2. Life on Mars
3. Breaking Bad
4. Torchwood
5. Battlestar Galactica
6. Bates Motel
7. House of Cards (remake)

I'm sure there will be others, but those shows instantly spring to mind.

Breaking Bad in your top 3 -

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[webstar1000]

Lost
Breaking Bad
Banshee
The Walking Dead

There are so many that would slide into the 5th spot like Dexter or Sons of Anarchy.... I am just gonna leave those four there:)