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Empire 100 Greatest

Empire 100 Greatest is a ranked list published in 2025 — one of the 13 sources behind the tv canon, weighted as editorial list. 77 of its 100 entries appear in the aggregated canon.

  1. 1The Sopranos (1999)Canon #1
  2. 2Breaking Bad (2008)Canon #5
  3. 3Game Of Thrones (2011)Canon #26
  4. 4The Wire (2002)Canon #2
  5. 5Succession (2018)Canon #29
  6. 6Friends (1994)Canon #10
  7. 7The West Wing (1999)Canon #13
  8. 8Better Call Saul (2015)Canon #41
  9. 9The OA (2016)
  10. 10Buffy The Vampire Slayer (1997)Canon #31
  11. 11Mad Men (2007)Canon #7
  12. 12Battlestar Galactica (2003)Canon #71
  13. 13Lost (2004)Canon #15
  14. 14The Simpsons (1989)Canon #4
  15. 15Twin Peaks (1990)Canon #19
  16. 16Deadwood (2004)Canon #24
  17. 17The Leftovers (2014)Canon #36
  18. 18The Shield (2002)Canon #28
  19. 19Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)Canon #50
  20. 20Band Of Brothers (2001)Canon #37
  21. 21Fleabag (2016)Canon #40
  22. 22Fawlty Towers (1975)Canon #66
  23. 23Doctor Who (1963)
  24. 24Peaky Blinders (2013)Canon #150
  25. 25The X-Files (1993)Canon #17
  26. 26Seinfeld (1990)Canon #3
  27. 2724 (2001)Canon #51
  28. 28Happy Valley (2014)Canon #73
  29. 29Parks And Recreation (2009)Canon #43
  30. 30Chernobyl (2019)Canon #84
  31. 31Sherlock (2010)Canon #63
  32. 3230 Rock (2006)Canon #18
  33. 33The Office UK (2001)Canon #78
  34. 34Friday Night Lights (2006)Canon #21
  35. 35Blackadder (1983)
  36. 36ER (1994)Canon #23
  37. 37Six Feet Under (2001)Canon #20
  38. 38Frasier (1993)Canon #49
  39. 39Star Trek (1966)Canon #25
  40. 40It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia (2005)
  41. 41Cracker (1993)
  42. 42The Office US (2005)Canon #68
  43. 43The Last Of Us (2023)
  44. 44The Americans (2013)Canon #91
  45. 45Hannibal (2013)Canon #121
  46. 46Watchmen (2019)Canon #55
  47. 47Stranger Things (2016)Canon #99
  48. 48Monty Python’s Flying Circus (1969)
  49. 49The Walking Dead (2010)Canon #139
  50. 50Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993)
  51. 51Arrested Development (2003)Canon #16
  52. 52Black Mirror (2011)Canon #70
  53. 53Andor (2022)
  54. 54Spaced (1999)Canon #145
  55. 55M*A*S*H (1972)Canon #8
  56. 56The Handmaid’s Tale (2017)
  57. 57Oz (1997)Canon #132
  58. 58Prime Suspect (1991)
  59. 59Line Of Duty (2012)Canon #82
  60. 60Only Fools And Horses (1981)Canon #128
  61. 61The Twilight Zone (1959)Canon #6
  62. 62Fargo (2014)Canon #133
  63. 63The Thick Of It (2005)Canon #52
  64. 64House (2004)Canon #64
  65. 65Atlanta (2016)Canon #95
  66. 66BoJack Horseman (2014)Canon #62
  67. 67Life On Mars (2006)Canon #141
  68. 68True Detective (2014)Canon #75
  69. 69Sex And The City (1998)Canon #152
  70. 70Luther (2010)Canon #115
  71. 71Rick And Morty (2013)Canon #108
  72. 72Curb Your Enthusiasm (2000)Canon #22
  73. 73Boardwalk Empire (2010)Canon #156
  74. 74Northern Exposure (1990)Canon #130
  75. 75Scrubs (2001)Canon #155
  76. 76Westworld (2016)
  77. 77Dexter (2006)Canon #61
  78. 78Homicide: Life On The Street (1993)Canon #105
  79. 79I’m Alan Partridge (1997)
  80. 80Derry Girls (2018)
  81. 81I May Destroy You (2020)Canon #79
  82. 82Normal People (2020)
  83. 83For All Mankind (2019)
  84. 84Sons Of Anarchy (2008)
  85. 85Midnight Mass (2021)
  86. 86Broen/The Bridge (2011)
  87. 87Veep (2012)Canon #35
  88. 88The Expanse (2015)
  89. 89Peep Show (2003)Canon #53
  90. 90Red Dwarf (1988)
  91. 91Barry (2018)
  92. 92Cheers (1982)Canon #9
  93. 93Columbo (1968)Canon #83
  94. 94Brooklyn Nine-Nine (2013)
  95. 95Gilmore Girls (2000)Canon #59
  96. 96Narcos (2015)Canon #122
  97. 97NYPD Blue (1993)Canon #56
  98. 98The Good Wife (2009)Canon #60
  99. 99Father Ted (1995)Canon #147
  100. 100Girls (2012)Canon #77

List compiled and published by its original authors; positions shown as published. Canon ranks link to each entry's full evidence page.