The Wire, The Sopranos or Dexter?

6/1/2011 8:00:31 PM

Friday Night Lights ftmfw

out of those...Dexter

6/1/2011 8:02:35 PM

Captain Simian and the Space Monkeys

6/1/2011 8:07:12 PM

police squad?

60 minutes?

price is right?

sesame street?

will this thread break any ground whatsoever?

NOPE

name your favorite comedy or drama here:

6/1/2011 8:08:47 PM

Only seen Dexter out of the OP's choices so Dexter.


The Office overall

[Edited on June 1, 2011 at 8:11 PM. Reason : or Dragonball Z back in teh day]

6/1/2011 8:11:40 PM

The Adventures of Brisco County Jr.

6/1/2011 8:13:44 PM

The Wire hands down. I couldn't get past 6 eps of Dexter.

FNL had a decent (at best) s1. S2 went to shit with a bogus death, couldn't watch after that.

The Sopranos final season was terrible. Johnny Cakes? Let's be serious.

I'd put Breaking Bad, Mad Men, Six Feet Under and Sopranos all tied for 2nd.

[Edited on June 1, 2011 at 8:14 PM. Reason : dramas only]

6/1/2011 8:13:52 PM

Nash Bridges

6/1/2011 8:16:31 PM

Ahhh I forgot about Brisco and Nash!

6/1/2011 8:17:05 PM

It's a lot easier to give answers with respect to comedy which the answer is probably Seinfeld... for Drama, that's a bit trickier.

Oh fuck, first season of Twin Peaks... yeah.

6/1/2011 8:17:11 PM

Seinfeld sucks

6/1/2011 8:17:35 PM

HEY, LOOK AT ME, I HAVE HORRIBLE FUCKING TASTE!

lol

6/1/2011 8:18:37 PM

It's a given that anywhere I see "Best series in the history of television", I automatically assume The Wire. Word association.

I'll give credit to The Sopranos for bringing in enough viewers to allow The Wire to come on the air. That show veered so far away from it's original theme that it really is 3 different shows. Kinda like Lost throwing away the previous 6 seasons and dedicating it's final season (episode) to the characters and not the mystery of "the island".

6/1/2011 8:29:50 PM

Perfect Strangers

6/1/2011 8:34:58 PM

Eerie, Indiana

6/1/2011 8:41:31 PM

The wire.

6/1/2011 8:43:18 PM

The Wire

6/1/2011 8:45:01 PM

Out of those three, I vote Dexter. Although, I really enjoyed the Sopranos as well.

6/1/2011 8:50:06 PM

Lost, seinfeld, simpsons, MASH

6/1/2011 9:06:35 PM

Dexter wouldn't even sniff the top 50.

6/1/2011 9:09:29 PM

Dexter wouldn't even sniff the top 50.

6/1/2011 9:09:29 PM

Deadwood

/thread

6/1/2011 9:16:49 PM

i've not seen the other 2, so i have to go with dexter. i like dexter a lot, but it makes me reallyyyy anxious & has gone downhill lately. it wouldn't be in the running for best series of all time imo.

6/1/2011 9:27:17 PM

Sons of Anarchy is my current favorite.

6/1/2011 9:41:21 PM

Last summer I watched all the episodes of The Wire over the course of several weeks. When I was done, and wanting more, I watched Sopranos. It's not even a close comparison as to which one is better, the Wire is, hands down. The only HBO show that even comes a close second is Deadwood. And I think for Dexter to be on the list, you'd have to ignore a season or two. Even the worst season of the Wire is still better than most everything else.

The Wire>Deadwood>>>Sopranos>Dexter

I might even throw the Shield in there at/near/above Sopranos and Dexter. Honorable mention to Friday Night Lights, The Unit, and Breaking Bad.

6/1/2011 9:48:49 PM

It's between The Simpsons and Seinfeld. Maybe Arrested Development if it had lasted longer.

6/1/2011 9:50:10 PM

I think we have had this before, so another shitty thread by pryderi.


The Wire is obviously the best. Dexter isn't even worthy of being listed -- it had a good few seasons, but it dropped off a lot.

The others such as Sopranos, Sons of Anarchy, Deadwood, Mad Men, Breaking Bad, Six Fee Under, etc. are all really good shows.

The Wire is just better. It nailed every aspect of what makes a good show. Acting, dialogue, plot, humor, theme, character development, music, production value, etc.

[Edited on June 1, 2011 at 9:51 PM. Reason : .]

6/1/2011 9:50:26 PM

the wire

6/1/2011 9:50:47 PM

Deadwood

6/1/2011 9:57:43 PM

twilight zone
match game
simpsons

6/1/2011 10:23:01 PM

Yes Dear

6/1/2011 10:26:47 PM

i loved the wire and can't really think of a show that tops it (at least in terms of dramas), but the theme music for that show went from great to increasingly bad, imo.

also, for comedies, seinfeld and arrested development would be way up there for me.

6/1/2011 10:30:11 PM

hitch presents and twilight zone, are hard to choose between for me

cheers
gunsmoke

6/1/2011 10:44:09 PM

Quote :

" The Wire is just better. It nailed every aspect of what makes a good show. Acting, dialogue, plot, humor, theme, character development, music, production value, etc. "

6/1/2011 11:04:04 PM

six feet under

i need to watch the wire, couldn't get into dexter

6/1/2011 11:05:32 PM

I prefer The Sopranos to The Wire, although both were excellent.

I need to watch Deadwood.

6/1/2011 11:40:38 PM

Quote :

"FNL had a decent (at best) s1. S2 went to shit with a bogus death, couldn't watch after that."

Haha that's actually when it started getting really good -- after season 2. I don't remember if it was season 3 or 4, but it cut down from 21-22 episodes to 13. Really streamlined it and it was top-notch.

6/1/2011 11:49:36 PM

6/1/2011 11:56:34 PM

and i gotta give props to the cosby show, though it did drop off towards the end.

6/1/2011 11:59:22 PM

I love HBO's Rome btw...

that is excellent television

6/2/2011 12:41:10 AM

Breaking Bad
Spartacus

6/2/2011 12:51:24 AM

^^yes it was...shame it only went two seasons.

[Edited on June 2, 2011 at 12:52 AM. Reason : ...]

6/2/2011 12:51:27 AM

6/2/2011 12:57:41 AM

i think i've seen everything but the wire dammit

6/2/2011 1:36:14 AM

The Honeymooners

The Flintstones

Sesame Street

The Tonight Show

Bozo the Clown

6/2/2011 1:57:35 AM

South Park
Two and a Half Men
The Andy Griffith Show (pre-color/no Gomer, or Barney)
The Simpsons
The Wonder Years (Comes on Hub tv)

6/2/2011 2:00:12 AM

seinfeld

(west wing, friday night lights as runners up)

6/2/2011 8:26:07 AM

Loving the Friday Night Lights love.


MASH
The Andy Griffith Show

6/2/2011 8:31:35 AM

Quote :

"Two and a Half Men"

lol


I just recently went through the entire FNL seasons for the first time. I was really surprised how much more I liked the East Dillon seasons than the Panthers'. This show is definitely in the top 5 best dramas for me.

6/2/2011 8:40:25 AM

Firefly

6/2/2011 8:42:34 AM