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- Community. NBC. 2009-15. The half-hour comedy is a format built around comfort and familiarity, and while “Community” had those trappings — a quirky ensemble, a relatable setting, a will-they-won’t-they storyline — the Dan Harmon series was best when it got weird.
- Hannibal. NBC. 2013-15. Somehow, showrunner Bryan Fuller tricked NBC into airing an avant-garde homoerotic romance between Hannibal Lecter (Mads Mikkelsen) — practicing psychiatrist, preening aesthete, noted gourmand — and Will Graham (Hugh Dancy), an FBI profiler who could inhabit the mindset of a sociopath.
- Homeland. Showtime. 2011-20. Carrie Mathison has all the hallmarks of an unreliable narrator — except she’s usually right. That was what made “Homeland’s” first two seasons so compelling: The CIA agent played masterfully by Claire Danes ought to have been a superspy, but the very mania that lent her a special insight also clouded her judgment, and made her appear untrustworthy to superiors.
- Top Chef. Bravo. 2006-present. As a genre, reality has a largely lowbrow reputation. Not so with “Top Chef,” the Bravo tentpole that’s evolved over 20 seasons into the Rolls-Royce of food television.
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- ‘What We Do in the Shadows’ The first of several movie-to-TV projects on this list. This one is a spinoff rather than an adaptation, though, since Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi have appeared on the show in the roles they played in the 2014 vampire rockumentary film.
- ‘Oz’ Before The Wire, before The Sopranos, there was Oz, the canary in the coal mine for the idea of scripted dramas existing outside the broadcast network ecosystem.
- ‘The Good Fight’ For seven seasons, The Good Wife was a fine example of how loftier creative ambitions could be smuggled into the formula of a broadcast network procedural drama.
- ‘The Odd Couple’ The 1968 film version of Neil Simon’s play about a mismatched pair of divorced middle-aged friends sharing an apartment was a beloved, Oscar-nominated, box office hit.
The 101 best TV shows of all time you have to watch. Crime thrillers, sitcoms, sci-fis and period epics: the finest scripted TV ever made, as selected by Time Out critics. Wednesday 26...
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- Breaking Bad. - IMDb user rating: 9.5. - Years on the air: 2008-2013. The critically acclaimed AMC series "Breaking Bad" turned Walter White into an icon.
- The Wire. - IMDb user rating: 9.3. - Years on the air: 2002-2008. Still cited as one of the greatest TV shows ever made, "The Wire" went off the air more than 10 years ago.
- Avatar: The Last Airbender. - IMDb user rating: 9.3. - Years on the air: 2005-2008. Bryan Konietzko and Michael Dante DiMartino co-created this anime-inspired American animated show, with the backstory involving the "Avatar," a person who can "bend" and manipulate all four main elements of air, water, fire, and earth.
- Game of Thrones. - IMDb user rating: 9.2. - Years on the air: 2011-2019. Based on George R.R. Martin's beloved series of novels, "A Song of Ice and Fire," this megahit HBO series essentially took on a life of its own.
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- 59 One Piece
- 58 Grey's Anatomy
- 57 only Fools and Horses
- 56 Sex and The City
- 55 The Umbrella Academy
- 54 Gilmore Girls
A New York housewife discovers new life on the stand-up scene
Amy Sherman-Palladino's longest-running show outside of Gilmore Girls, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel is, in many ways, ideal for fans of that series.Led by a smart brunette who becomes a single mom and fires off the creator's dizzyingly-fast dialogue without missing a beat, and including Sherman-Palladino's incredible flair for costuming and production, it's got plenty of hallmarks that make it instantly appealing. However, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel isn't just another Gilmore Girls, but stands as...
A lesson in how to adapt anime to live-action
Despite many, many failed attempts, anime has long been known as borderline impossible to successfully translate to live-action - but Netflix's One Pieceis a masterclass in how to do it right. Adapting one of the longest-running anime series ever (over a thousand episodes and counting), the series follows Monkey D Luffy (Inaki Godoy), a wanna-be pirate with rubber limbs, as he sets out in search of adventure and the legendary One Piece treasure. In so many ways, this pirate-themed anime sound...
Incredibly long-running medical drama that has radically shifted identity
Now into its 20th season, Grey's Anatomy is among the longest running TV dramas of all time, with more than 420 episodes and two spin-offs. Neither Private Practice nor the superior Station 19 have ever quite hit the heights of their parent show, but both follow the formula that Shonda Rhimes' most famous show thrived on. Most impressively, Grey's Anatomy stepped out into a brave new world in season 19 as Ellen Pompeo's lead character stepped away to become an occasional guest star. Very few...
Working class comedy heroes unite in a British classic
One of the most iconic British sitcoms of all time is John Sullivan's Only Fools and Horses, which originally ran for seven seasons from 1981 until 1991, and then returned to screens with specials until 2003. The series follows the highs and lows of the working-class Trotter family as they attempt to get rich, with many supporting characters including their significant others and neighbors. A proper sleeper hit, Only Fools and Horsesmade little impact upon its initial release before becoming...
A groundbreaking series about female friendships and dating in the city
Sex and the City may have become known as a show that really didn't age well, but let's not forget that when it originally aired, it was absolutely groundbreaking on multiple levels. The series follows four friends - Carrie Bradshaw (Sarah Jessica Parker), Miranda Hobbes (Cynthia Nixon), Samantha Jones (Kim Cattrall) and Charlotte York (Kristin Davis) as they navigate life and love in New York City. While that may seem a premise so common as to be cliche in 2024, in 1998 it was rare to see a...
Netflix's weirdest family of superhero oddities save the world again and again
In the Stranger Things era of Netflix, you'd be forgiven for thinking that the Hawkins, Indiana residents would have the apocalyptic oddball family dynamic sewn-up to themselves. You'd be wrong, thanks to The Umbrella Academy. Adapted from the comics by My Chemical Romance frontman Gerard Way and illustrator Gabriel Bá, Netflix's weird take on the end of the world is high-stakes, high-concept sci-fi with a post-superhero edge. Along with The Boys, The Umbrella Academyalso proves there's more...
The ultimate cozy Autumnal comedy
Gilmore Girls is the ultimate comfort blanket TV show, praise that helps explain why it's still so beloved despite premiering back in the year 2000, but simultaneously downplays just how great it is. Yes, Gilmore Girlsis a cozy show. It's made for watching in Fall, for curling up with and endlessly binge-watching when you don't want to go outside (accompanied, of course, by copious cups of coffee). It's easy to watch, and re-watch, and then re-watch again. That's all part of Gilmore Girls' ea...
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