Oz (1997)
0.1218Canon Score · ranked #132 all time
Aggregated from 6 of 13 authoritative lists, weighted by authority and adjusted for each list's scope and age. How scoring works →
About the show
The daily lives of prisoners in Emerald City, an experimental unit of the Oswald Maximum Security Prison where ingroups - Muslims, Latinos, Italians, Aryans - stick close to their mutual friends and terrorize their mutual enemies.
Why it ranks #132
Every list on which Oz appears, with its position as published.
| List | Authority | Position |
|---|---|---|
| Empire 100 Greatest (2025) | Editorial list | #57 / 100 |
| IMDb Top 250 TV (2026-07 snapshot) | Editorial list | #96 / 250 |
| Rolling Stone 100 Greatest (2022) | Critics' canon | #99 / 100 |
| Rolling Stone 100 Greatest (2016) | Editorial list | #100 / 100 |
| WGA 101 Best Written Series (2013) | Critics' canon | #101 / 101 |
| 1001 TV Shows You Must Watch (2016) | Critics' canon | Selected |