Thanks to Pastry's topic on top 5 movies, I'm interested to see what your top 5 TV series are. These are mine:
The X Files (the earlier seasons with Mulder and Scully)
Game of Thrones
MacGyver (the original Richard Dean Anderson one)
Stargate SG-1
Alias
There's a lot more I could add, but I'll keep it simple for now :)
1 Game of Thrones
2 Sopranos
3 House of Cards
4 Band of Brothers
5 The Walking Dead
I'm surprise there's little love for BSG!
My list:
Battlestar Galactica (2003)
Breaking Bad
Seinfeld
Game of Thrones
and for some 80s fun
The Greatest American Hero
GoT
Homeland
Breaking Bad
True Detective S1
Walking Dead
First place: Spaced
Then in no particular order:
The Prisoner (1967), not Prisoner (1979-86)
Blake's 7 and Doctor Who (I'll combine them as the creator did want them to overlap)
The Goodies
Red Dwarf
Buffy/Angel
Firefly
Dexter
Breaking Bad
True Blood
Seinfeld
South Park
Veronica Mars
Sorry couldn't keep it to 5.
I LOVED Veronica Mars !!!
Game of Throne
Prison Break
Breaking Bad
Rick and Morth
Silicon Valley
Vikings
Game of Thrones
Spartacus
Suits
Rick and Morty forever and forever a hundred years Rick and Morty!
-PICCCCKLLLLEEEE RIIIIIIIIIICK!
In no particular order:
Arrested Development
Breaking Bad
Scrubs
Person of Interest
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
Honourable Mentions:
Archer
Silicon Valley
Buffy/Angel
Frasier
Friends
Boston Legal
Yes can't believe there aren't more PoI fans.
Easily one of the best IMHO because it was consistently strong from season 1 till the end.
Jonathan Nolan is no slouch.
Top Five TV Shows
1. Psych - Loved it, and we're getting a movie this December.
2. Brooklyn Nine Nine - Funny, heartwarming and contains character development.
3. Castle - End was abit meh, but I really loved tuning in to Castle each week. I just felt like the last season took a step backwards in terms of character development.
4. Community - Fairly decent character development, funny and heartwarming at times. #sixseasonsandamovie
5. Burn Notice.
TV Shows cancelled too soon
1. Secret Circle
2. Witches of East End
3. Todd & The Book of Pure Evil - Apparently we will eventually get to watch the animated movie conclusion of the show.
4. Firefly
5. The Lying Game
Tv Shows I enjoyed but had meh endings
1. How I met your mother - If watched with the alt ending I feel okay about this.
2. Fringe - I was okay with the ending itself, but the last season or two had odd story lines and I preferred the first few seasons.
3. Continuum - I was disapointed in the ending, but it wasn't horrible. I know alot of people liked it, it just annoyed me for reasons.
4. Pretty Little Liars - The time jump renewed the series quite well but I felt like we lost abit of character development and then the ending was meh. The very ending scene was satisfying though.
5.
EDIT: Replaced the Inbetweeners with Burn Notice.
I really liked Chuck, and it would suit the demographic here well I think.
GoT
Seinfeld
The Office (US)
Scrubs
Breaking Bad
(in no particular order)
UK:
Blackadder
Red Dwarf
Fawlty Towers
Black Books
Luther
US:
Firefly
Dexter
Breaking Bad / Better Call Saul
Game of Thrones
The Sopranos
Rather than simply repeating the popular shows which are mentioned repeatedly - here are my top shows which are not well known (most haven't been mentioned at all).
Patriot (Amazon Original) [2017]
Black comedy about an undercover intelligence officer. One of my favourite shows of all time. Brilliantly written and acted. Really funny (in a dark way). And really good cinematography too - a few great long-take scenes.
Kingdom (Audience Network) [2014]
Family drama about with an MMA backdrop. Well written and funny in parts (the Keith Character). Staring Nick Jonas (the singer) who does really well as an actor. Jonathan Tucker also really kills it in terms of acting. If this was on HBO everyone would know about it, but because it's on a minor network it's flown under the radar. Another of my favourite shows.
Billions (Showtime) [2016]
Well written drama about Billionaire stockbroker vs US attorney with really good acting between Damian Lewis (Homeland) and Paul Giamatti.
American Crime (ABC US) [2015] (Seasons 1 + 2 only)
Crime drama that tackles really uncomfortable issues such as racism. Well written and you find yourself screaming at the TV based on what certain characters say and do. First 2 seasons great. 3rd was a bit meh for me. It's an anthology drama so the actors take a different role and completely new story each season.
The Night Manager (BBC UK / AMC) [2016]
A hotel manager gets recruited as an intelligence officer to infiltrate an arms dealer. Tom Hiddleston was rumoured to be favourite to play a Bond based on his acting performance although this has fizzled out a bit.
The Wire
Sopranos
Utopia (UK Ch4 show, definitely worth looking up)
I'm Alan Partridge
Seinfeld
Drama:
Firefly
House of Cards
Babylon 5
Occupied (Norwegian title: Okkupert)
Doctor Who
Notable mentions:
Battlestar Galactica
Breaking Bad
The Expanse
Burn Notice
McGuyver
Homeland
Fringe
Spartacus (1st season kept me up all night, could not stop!)
Breaking Bad
Friends
Entourage
Honorable mentions:
GoT
Dexter
Blacklist
Shameless (us version)
Family guy
Boston legal
House M.D
Brooklyn nine nine
How I met your mother
Life (ended after 2 seasons! why!!!)
Ray Donovan
Sons of Anarchy
Recent stuff right up there:
Stranger things
13 reasons why
Master of none
Bloodline
South Park
Family Guy
GOT
Fargo
Breaking Bad
Currently airing:
Power
Game of Thrones
Ballers
Westworld
Billions
Of all time: Wow, too many to choose from.
(All of the above)
Deadwood
Lucifer
Boardwalk Empire
Lie to Me
Vikings
Black Sails
Sons of Anarchy (earlier seasons, later seasons got pretty dark)
Hannibal (First, maybe second season. Third season was rubbish)
Banshee
Justified
Bosch
Breaking Bad
Entourage
Into the Badlands
The Sopranos
There's a lot of great shows, too many to choose just five.
5's not enough :)
No order
Monkey Magic
Oz
The wire
The shield
Sopranos
The IT crowd
Peep show
Skins
Shameless
GOT
Twin Peaks
Breaking bad
True detectives
Fargo
Oh no, my overly pedantic nit-picking finicky pet hate has been triggered. "Monkey Magic" is the title of the theme song, the show's name was "Monkey". Great choice and everyone knows what you mean!
the knight rider
the goodies
love and marriage
two n a half men
the a team
Firefly
The Wire
The Sopranos
Futurama
Frisky Dingo
Can not rank them. but these are the top 5 of my list.
All Marvel series
Dexter
GOT
Breaking Bad
Prison Break
Favourite Marvel series?
Agents of Shield.
Simpsons
X-files
Avatar: TLA
Batman TAS
new stuff is:
Rick and morty
bojack
silicon valley
GOT
on Stan
POWER
SEINFIELD
BREAKING BAD
HOUSE OF LIES
on NETFLIX
Sons of Anarchy
Prison Break
Free to Air
home & away
the BLOCK
Monkey Magic
Police Rescue
Dr Who
A Country Practice
Heartbeat
Better Call Saul
Suits
True Detective
Merlin
Doctor WHO
Was Stargate SG-1 or Alias ever released on Blu Ray?
I never got to watch Alias and don't want to rent ugly DVD version.
I don't think Alias was ever released on Blu Ray here, given how good Alias is, I implore you to put your feelings for DVD aside and go for it.
Get it on iTunes, it's available in HD.
Good idea!
Not in order…
Alias
Fringe
The L Word
Damages
Queer as Folk (US)
The Walking Dead should also fit in there somewhere.
Old:
Seinfeld
Prison Break
Lost
Frasier
How I met your Mother
New/Current:
Criminal Minds
Game Of Thrones
The Walking Dead
The Big Bang Theory
The Flash
early Simpsons
early Futurama
30 Rock
Arrested Development
Parks and Rec
Honourable mentions for Better Off Ted and Happy Endings
MASH
Seinfeld
Stargate Atlantis
X Files
Futurama
The Leftovers
The Sopranos
Breaking Bad
Game of Thrones
24
Neighbours
The Inbetweeners
Game of Thrones
Breaking Bad
Prison Break
Ray Donovan
Suits
Dexter
Breaking Bad
The Sopranos
Why are people posting like 20 shows when OP is clearly asking for 5???
Dragonball Super.
Only have time to watch ~30 mins of TV a week. :/
My top 5 - if anyone with similar taste wants to recommend anything they think I might like, that'd be fantastic.
Sherlock
Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries
House md
House of cards
Life on Mars.
Top shows I think are excellent but don't want to watch (too emotionally draining):
Got
Breaking bad
True detective
Avatar the last airbender
Breaking Bad
Game of Thrones
Walking Dead
Carnivale
no order
GOT
X-Files
Breaking Bad
Dexter
homeland
So hard to choose only 5!!
Twin Peaks | 24 | Breaking Bad | Buffy the Vampire Slayer | The Simpsons
honourable mentions:
Bobs Burgers | Scrubs | Firefly | Better Call Saul | Angel | Friends
breaking bad
debbie does ???
the fall
silicon valley
geodie shore (this is trash but like it)
Stargate SG-1
Homeland
How I met your mother
Big bang theory
Westworld
true blood
breaking bad
orange is the new black
family guy
american horror story
Had some spare time, so here are the top 5 up until 3.00pm today (11 August 2017):
Game of Thrones 81
Breaking Bad 75
Seinfeld 23
Suits 21
The Sopranos 20
The Wire 20
Dexter 18
Vikings 17
The Walking Dead 16
The Simpsons 15
NB - I excluded any votes of greater than 5, secondary lists, or where a specific series/episode what listed (eg True Detective S1 became True Detective)
That's awesome, thanks for doing that Willy Orwontee. I was thinking of compiling Ozbargain's top 5 :)
Honorable mentions:
Thread needs way more The Wire
Breaking bad,Dexter,Game of thrones,The OC,The Inbetweeners gets an honourable mention
My new favourite Show is Stranger Things! Season 2 looks incredible!
The Good Wife
Breaking Bad
Seinfeld
The Office UK
Flight of the Conchords
Better Call Saul
I must admit that I really enjoyed the first 2 seasons of Prison Break as well, but that's from a time where good TV series were hard to find.
THE BEST SEASONS OF:
Friends
Game of Thrones
Seinfeld
Fawlty Towers
X-Files
FOLLOWED BY: The Office, Suits, Vampire Diaries, Gossip Girl, Mr Robot, Stranger Things, Dexter, Entourage, The Office x 2, Walking Dead, Simpsons, South Park, Scrubs, ER, Mash, Hill Street Blues, Cheers, Tangle, Star Trek, Chuck, Lost in Space, Bugs Bunny.
Game of Thrones
Inbetweeners
South Park
Rick & Morty
The IT Crowd
Highly recommend orange is the new black. Pace is just right. Good to watch while eating or doing other things
I can't believe no one said monkey magic
All 40+ year olds loved that
Don't worry there is nothing to believe….
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Respect
American Gods
The Magicians
The Office (US)
The 100
Arrested Development
American horror story
Bates Motel
True detective
Grimm
Game of Thrones
Top 5- suddenly all are dramas:
Dexter
Breaking Bad
Luther
The Americans
Prison Break
Must mention the best of all:
Battlestar Galactica
Legion
Into the Badlands
DC's Legends of Tomorrow
Colony
Better Call Saul
Defiance
Lost
Sneaky Pitt
Daredevil
GoT
The Wire
Narcos
Everybody Loves Raymond
Taboo
Banshee
The Night Manager
Hannibal
The Expanse
The Walking Dead
Sarah Connor Chronicles
The Last Ship
Orange is the new black
Two and half men
House MD
The Expanse
Penny Dreadful
24
Six Feet Under
Arrow
Justified
Alcatraz
Terranova
The 100
Lethal Weapon
The Blacklist