The 100 Greatest TV Series of All Time

Told from the points of view of both the Baltimore homicide and narcotics detectives and their targets, the series captures a universe in which the national war on drugs has become a permanent, self-sustaining bureaucracy, and distinctions between good and evil are routinely obliterated.

BBC 21C #1 · RS 2016 #2 · Guardian 21C #2 · Rolling Stone #4 · Empire #4 · TV Guide #6 · IMDb #6 · Variety #7 · WGA #9 · THR #30 · 1001 TV Shows

A stand-up comedian and his three offbeat friends weather the pitfalls and payoffs of life in New York City in the '90s. It's a show about nothing.

WGA #2 · TV Guide #2 · RS 2016 #5 · THR #5 · Rolling Stone #6 · Variety #8 · Empire #26 · IMDb #42 · 1001 TV Shows

Set in Springfield, the average American town, the show focuses on the antics and everyday adventures of the Simpson family; Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie, as well as a virtual cast of thousands. Since the beginning, the series has been a pop culture icon, attracting hundreds of celebrities to guest star.

Rolling Stone #2 · Variety #4 · RS 2016 #6 · TV Guide #10 · THR #10 · WGA #11 · Empire #14 · IMDb #112 · 1001 TV Shows

Walter White, a New Mexico chemistry teacher, is diagnosed with Stage III cancer and given a prognosis of only two years left to live. He becomes filled with a sense of fearlessness and an unrelenting desire to secure his family's financial future at any cost as he enters the dangerous world of drugs and crime.

IMDb #1 · THR #2 · Empire #2 · BBC 21C #3 · Rolling Stone #3 · RS 2016 #3 · Variety #5 · Guardian 21C #5 · TV Guide #9 · WGA #13 · 1001 TV Shows

An anthology series containing drama, psychological thriller, fantasy, science fiction, suspense, and/or horror, often concluding with a macabre or unexpected twist.

WGA #3 · TV Guide #5 · RS 2016 #7 · Rolling Stone #12 · Variety #14 · THR #17 · IMDb #20 · Empire #61 · 1001 TV Shows

Set in 1960-1970 New York, this sexy, stylized and provocative drama follows the lives of the ruthlessly competitive men and women of Madison Avenue advertising.

BBC 21C #2 · Variety #2 · Guardian 21C #3 · RS 2016 #4 · Rolling Stone #7 · WGA #7 · THR #9 · Empire #11 · TV Guide #21 · IMDb #107 · 1001 TV Shows

The 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital is stuck in the middle of the Korean war. With little help from the circumstances they find themselves in, they are forced to make their own fun. Fond of practical jokes and revenge, the doctors, nurses, administrators, and soldiers often find ways of making wartime life bearable.

WGA #5 · TV Guide #8 · THR #13 · RS 2016 #16 · Variety #24 · Rolling Stone #25 · Empire #55 · 1001 TV Shows

The story about a blue-collar Boston bar run by former sports star Sam Malone and the quirky and wonderful people who worked and drank there.

Rolling Stone #8 · WGA #8 · Variety #11 · TV Guide #11 · RS 2016 #20 · THR #23 · Empire #92 · 1001 TV Shows

Six young people from New York City, on their own and struggling to survive in the real world, find the companionship, comfort and support they get from each other to be the perfect antidote to the pressures of life.

THR #1 · Empire #6 · WGA #24 · RS 2016 #26 · TV Guide #28 · Variety #29 · Rolling Stone #49 · IMDb #57 · 1001 TV Shows

Cuban Bandleader Ricky Ricardo would be happy if his wife Lucy would just be a housewife. Instead she tries constantly to perform at the Tropicana where he works, and make life comically frantic in the apartment building they share with landlords Fred and Ethel Mertz, who also happen to be their best friends.

Variety #1 · TV Guide #3 · THR #8 · WGA #12 · RS 2016 #32 · Rolling Stone #36 · 1001 TV Shows

30-year-old single Mary Richards moves to Minneapolis to start a new life after a romantic break-up. There she reacquaints with Phyllis who rents her a room, and meets her upstairs neighbor and new best friend Rhoda.

WGA #6 · TV Guide #7 · Variety #9 · Rolling Stone #10 · THR #19 · RS 2016 #46 · 1001 TV Shows

The West Wing provides a glimpse into presidential politics in the nation's capital as it tells the stories of the members of a fictional presidential administration. These interesting characters have humor and dedication that touches the heart while the politics that they discuss touch on everyday life.

Empire #7 · WGA #10 · THR #11 · RS 2016 #15 · Guardian 21C #15 · Variety #25 · TV Guide #43 · Rolling Stone #46 · IMDb #56 · 1001 TV Shows

Archie Bunker, a working class bigot, constantly squabbles with his family over the important issues of the day.

WGA #4 · TV Guide #4 · RS 2016 #9 · Variety #16 · Rolling Stone #21 · THR #39 · 1001 TV Shows

Stripped of everything, the survivors of a horrific plane crash must work together to stay alive. But the island holds many secrets.

Empire #13 · THR #15 · BBC 21C #19 · WGA #27 · Variety #32 · Rolling Stone #35 · TV Guide #36 · RS 2016 #39 · Guardian 21C #71 · 1001 TV Shows

The story of a wealthy family that lost everything, and the one son who had no choice but to keep them all together.

WGA #16 · THR #16 · Guardian 21C #21 · RS 2016 #27 · BBC 21C #32 · Rolling Stone #37 · Variety #51 · Empire #51 · IMDb #119 · 1001 TV Shows

The exploits of FBI Special Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully who investigate X-Files: marginalized, unsolved cases involving paranormal phenomena. Mulder believes in the existence of aliens and the paranormal while Scully, a skeptic, is assigned to make scientific analyses of Mulder's discoveries that debunk Mulder's work and thus return him to mainstream cases.

THR #3 · TV Guide #25 · Empire #25 · WGA #26 · RS 2016 #28 · Variety #38 · Rolling Stone #51 · IMDb #140 · 1001 TV Shows

Liz Lemon, the head writer for a late-night TV variety show in New York, tries to juggle all the egos around her while chasing her own dream.

Guardian 21C #12 · BBC 21C #17 · THR #18 · Rolling Stone #20 · WGA #21 · Variety #22 · Empire #32 · RS 2016 #34 · 1001 TV Shows

The body of Laura Palmer is washed up on a beach near the small Washington state town of Twin Peaks. FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper is called in to investigate her strange demise only to uncover a web of mystery that ultimately leads him deep into the heart of the surrounding woodland and his very own soul.

Empire #15 · Rolling Stone #16 · RS 2016 #17 · THR #20 · Variety #27 · WGA #35 · IMDb #81 · 1001 TV Shows

When death is your business, what is your life? For the Fisher family, the world outside of their family-owned funeral home continues to be at least as challenging as—and far less predictable than—the one inside.

BBC 21C #12 · WGA #18 · THR #29 · Empire #37 · Variety #53 · RS 2016 #55 · Rolling Stone #58 · Guardian 21C #64 · IMDb #94 · 1001 TV Shows

The trials and triumphs of life in the small town of Dillon, Texas, where high school football is everything.

WGA #22 · RS 2016 #24 · BBC 21C #28 · Rolling Stone #28 · Empire #34 · THR #38 · Guardian 21C #41 · Variety #47 · IMDb #121 · 1001 TV Shows

The off-kilter, unscripted comic vision of Larry David, who plays himself in a parallel universe in which he can't seem to do anything right, and, by his standards, neither can anyone else.

Guardian 21C #14 · RS 2016 #19 · BBC 21C #21 · WGA #30 · Variety #36 · Rolling Stone #39 · THR #53 · IMDb #64 · Empire #72

ER explores the inner workings of an urban teaching hospital and the critical issues faced by the dedicated physicians and staff of its overburdened emergency room.

WGA #28 · THR #28 · TV Guide #29 · Variety #34 · Empire #36 · RS 2016 #50 · Rolling Stone #54 · 1001 TV Shows

The story of the early days of Deadwood, South Dakota; woven around actual historic events with most of the main characters based on real people. Deadwood starts as a gold mining camp and gradually turns from a lawless wild-west community into an organized wild-west civilized town. The story focuses on the real-life characters Seth Bullock and Al Swearengen.

Empire #16 · Guardian 21C #17 · BBC 21C #18 · RS 2016 #23 · Rolling Stone #27 · WGA #32 · Variety #74 · IMDb #143 · 1001 TV Shows

Space. The Final Frontier. The U.S.S. Enterprise embarks on a five year mission to explore the galaxy. The Enterprise is under the command of Captain James T. Kirk with First Officer Mr. Spock, from the planet Vulcan. With a determined crew, the Enterprise encounters Klingons, Romulans, time paradoxes, tribbles and genetic supermen led by Khan Noonian Singh.

TV Guide #12 · RS 2016 #18 · Rolling Stone #22 · WGA #33 · THR #35 · Empire #39 · 1001 TV Shows

Seven noble families fight for control of the mythical land of Westeros. Friction between the houses leads to full-scale war. All while a very ancient evil awakens in the farthest north. Amidst the war, a neglected military order of misfits, the Night's Watch, is all that stands between the realms of men and icy horrors beyond.

Empire #3 · THR #4 · BBC 21C #5 · RS 2016 #12 · IMDb #13 · Variety #21 · Rolling Stone #31 · WGA #40 · 1001 TV Shows

A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The show's comedy sketches, which parody contemporary culture and politics, are performed by a large and varying cast of repertory and newer cast members.

THR #7 · RS 2016 #8 · Variety #15 · Rolling Stone #18 · TV Guide #18 · WGA #25 · 1001 TV Shows

The story of an inner-city Los Angeles police precinct where some of the cops aren't above breaking the rules or working against their associates to both keep the streets safe and their self-interests intact.

Empire #18 · RS 2016 #40 · Rolling Stone #48 · Variety #48 · TV Guide #51 · BBC 21C #55 · WGA #73 · Guardian 21C #77 · IMDb #100 · 1001 TV Shows

Follow the lives of the Roy family as they contemplate their future once their aging father begins to step back from the media and entertainment conglomerate they control.

Empire #5 · BBC 21C #10 · Rolling Stone #11 · Variety #13 · Guardian 21C #62 · IMDb #62

A realistic glimpse into the daily lives of the officers and detectives at an urban police station.

WGA #15 · TV Guide #23 · Variety #30 · Rolling Stone #38 · RS 2016 #59 · THR #63 · 1001 TV Shows

Into every generation a slayer is born: one girl in all the world, a chosen one. She alone will wield the strength and skill to fight the vampires, demons, and the forces of darkness; to stop the spread of their evil and the swell of their number. She is the Slayer.

Empire #10 · THR #27 · RS 2016 #38 · TV Guide #38 · Variety #40 · WGA #49 · Rolling Stone #73 · Guardian 21C #83 · 1001 TV Shows

The Carol Burnett Show is an American variety/sketch comedy television show starring Carol Burnett, Harvey Korman, Vicki Lawrence, Lyle Waggoner, and Tim Conway. It originally ran on CBS from September 11, 1967, to March 29, 1978, for 278 episodes and originated from CBS Television City's Studio 33. The series won 25 prime time Emmy Awards, was ranked No.

TV Guide #17 · Variety #23 · WGA #37 · THR #43 · Rolling Stone #89 · 1001 TV Shows

High school mathlete Lindsay Weir rebels and begins hanging out with a crowd of burnouts (the "freaks"), while her brother Sam Weir navigates a different part of the social universe with his nerdy friends (the "geeks").

RS 2016 #11 · Rolling Stone #24 · THR #50 · WGA #60 · Variety #65 · IMDb #78 · 1001 TV Shows

Comic Garry Shandling draws upon his own talk show experiences to create the character of Larry Sanders, a paranoid, insecure host of a late night talk show. Larry, along with his obsequious TV sidekick Hank Kingsley and his fiercely protective producer Artie, allows Garry Shandling and his talented writers to look behind the scenes and to show us a convincing slice of behind the camera life.

RS 2016 #14 · Rolling Stone #15 · WGA #20 · Variety #43 · TV Guide #57 · 1001 TV Shows

A look into American politics, revolving around former Senator Selina Meyer who finds being Vice President of the United States is nothing like she expected and everything everyone ever warned her about.

Rolling Stone #13 · BBC 21C #24 · RS 2016 #25 · Variety #26 · THR #46 · Guardian 21C #80 · Empire #87 · 1001 TV Shows

When 2% of the world's population abruptly disappears without explanation, the world struggles to understand just what they're supposed to do about it. This is the story of the people who didn't make the cut.

BBC 21C #7 · Rolling Stone #17 · Empire #17 · Variety #46 · Guardian 21C #87 · 1001 TV Shows

Drawn from interviews with survivors of Easy Company, as well as their journals and letters, Band of Brothers chronicles the experiences of these men from paratrooper training in Georgia through the end of the war.

IMDb #4 · Empire #20 · BBC 21C #37 · Guardian 21C #68 · Rolling Stone #80 · WGA #88 · 1001 TV Shows

Louie De Palma is a cantankerous, acerbic taxi dispatcher in New York City. He tries to maintain order over a collection of varied and strange characters who drive for him. As he bullies and insults them from the safety of his “cage,” they form a special bond among themselves, becoming friends and supporting each other through the inevitable trials and tribulations of life.

WGA #19 · TV Guide #35 · RS 2016 #49 · Rolling Stone #60 · THR #66 · Variety #75 · 1001 TV Shows

Follow the misadventures of four irreverent grade-schoolers in the quiet, dysfunctional town of South Park, Colorado.

RS 2016 #33 · THR #34 · Guardian 21C #42 · Variety #59 · Rolling Stone #63 · WGA #63 · IMDb #85 · 1001 TV Shows

A portrait into the mind of a dry-witted, sexual, angry, porn-watching, grief-riddled woman, trying to make sense of the world. As she hurls herself headlong at modern living, Fleabag is thrown roughly up against the walls of contemporary London, with all its frenetic energy, late nights, and bright lights.

BBC 21C #4 · Rolling Stone #5 · Guardian 21C #8 · Empire #21 · Variety #82 · IMDb #102

Six years before Saul Goodman meets Walter White. We meet him when the man who will become Saul Goodman is known as Jimmy McGill, a small-time lawyer searching for his destiny, and, more immediately, hustling to make ends meet. Working alongside, and, often, against Jimmy, is “fixer” Mike Ehrmantraut.

Empire #8 · BBC 21C #23 · IMDb #25 · Rolling Stone #32 · Guardian 21C #48 · 1001 TV Shows

The epic tale of celebrated Pulitzer-prize winning author Alex Haley's ancestors as portrayed in the acclaimed twelve hour mini-series Roots, was first told in his 1976 bestseller Roots: The Saga of an American Family. The docu-drama covers a period of history that begins in mid-1700s Gambia, West Africa and concludes during post-Civil War United States, over 100 years later.

Variety #10 · Rolling Stone #29 · RS 2016 #58 · WGA #62 · 1001 TV Shows

In an attempt to beautify her town — and advance her career — Leslie Knope, a mid-level bureaucrat in the Parks and Recreation Department of Pawnee, Indiana, takes on bureaucrats, cranky neighbors, and single-issue fanatics whose weapons are lawsuits, the jumble of city codes, and the democratic process she loves so much.

BBC 21C #29 · Empire #29 · Rolling Stone #30 · THR #32 · IMDb #139 · 1001 TV Shows

Four Southern Florida seniors share a house, their dreams, and a whole lot of cheesecake. Bright, promiscuous, clueless and hilarious, these lovely, mismatched ladies form the perfect circle of friends.

Variety #18 · THR #48 · TV Guide #55 · Rolling Stone #64 · WGA #69 · RS 2016 #99 · 1001 TV Shows

A bus driver and his sewer worker friend struggle to strike it rich while their wives look on with weary patience. One of the most influential situation comedy television series in American history.

TV Guide #13 · WGA #31 · RS 2016 #41 · Rolling Stone #74 · 1001 TV Shows

On a special inner city street, the inhabitants—human and muppet—teach preschoolers basic educational and social concepts using comedy, cartoons, games, and songs.

Variety #12 · Rolling Stone #26 · TV Guide #30 · RS 2016 #31 · WGA #56 · THR #79

The World's Fakest News Team tackle the biggest stories in news, politics and pop culture.

RS 2016 #10 · WGA #17 · TV Guide #54 · Rolling Stone #66 · Variety #77 · 1001 TV Shows

The Dick Van Dyke Show centers around the work and home life of television comedy writer Rob Petrie. The plots generally revolve around problems at work, where Rob got into various comedic jams with fellow writers Buddy Sorrell, Sally Rogers and producer Mel Cooley.

WGA #14 · TV Guide #20 · Variety #45 · THR #47 · Rolling Stone #62 · RS 2016 #91

After many years spent at the “Cheers” bar, Frasier moves back home to Seattle to work as a radio psychiatrist after his policeman father gets shot in the hip on duty.

WGA #23 · Empire #38 · THR #40 · Rolling Stone #75 · 1001 TV Shows

Follow the intergalactic adventures of Capt. Jean-Luc Picard and his loyal crew aboard the all-new USS Enterprise NCC-1701D, as they explore new worlds.

Empire #19 · Variety #44 · THR #55 · WGA #81 · IMDb #108 · 1001 TV Shows

Counterterrorism agent Jack Bauer fights the bad guys of the world, a day at a time. With each week's episode unfolding in real-time, "24" covers a single day in the life of Bauer each season.

Empire #27 · RS 2016 #56 · BBC 21C #69 · WGA #71 · THR #74 · 1001 TV Shows

Set in the corridors of power and spin, the Minister for Social Affairs is continually harassed by Number 10's policy enforcer and dependent on his not-so-reliable team of civil servants.

Guardian 21C #4 · BBC 21C #20 · Empire #63 · IMDb #124 · 1001 TV Shows

Peep Show follows the lives of two men from their twenties to thirties, Mark Corrigan, who has steady employment for most of the series, and Jeremy "Jez" Usbourne, an unemployed would-be musician.

Guardian 21C #9 · BBC 21C #42 · Empire #89 · IMDb #106 · 1001 TV Shows

David Attenborough celebrates the amazing variety of the natural world in this epic documentary series, filmed over four years across 64 different countries.

IMDb #3 · Guardian 21C #72 · BBC 21C #73 · 1001 TV Shows

Set in an alternate history where “superheroes” are treated as outlaws, “Watchmen” embraces the nostalgia of the original groundbreaking graphic novel while attempting to break new ground of its own.

Rolling Stone #23 · BBC 21C #26 · Empire #46 · Variety #49

Police drama set in New York City, exploring the internal and external struggles of the fictional 15th precinct of Manhattan. Each episode typically intertwined several plots involving an ensemble cast.

WGA #36 · RS 2016 #42 · TV Guide #45 · Rolling Stone #67 · Variety #73 · Empire #97 · 1001 TV Shows

TV Guide #14 · RS 2016 #36 · WGA #44 · THR #85 · 1001 TV Shows

A chronicle of the lives of the aristocratic Crawley family and their servants in the post-Edwardian era—with great events in history having an effect on their lives and on the British social hierarchy.

BBC 21C #36 · WGA #45 · Guardian 21C #50 · RS 2016 #66 · IMDb #101 · 1001 TV Shows

Set in the charming town of Stars Hollow, Connecticut, the series follows the captivating lives of Lorelai and Rory Gilmore, a mother/daughter pair who have a relationship most people only dream of.

THR #51 · Variety #54 · BBC 21C #72 · Empire #95 · 1001 TV Shows

Alicia Florrick boldly assumes full responsibility for her family and re-enters the workforce after her husband's very public sex and political corruption scandal lands him in jail.

BBC 21C #33 · Guardian 21C #39 · WGA #51 · THR #57 · TV Guide #60 · Empire #98 · 1001 TV Shows

Dexter Morgan, a blood spatter pattern analyst for the Miami Metro Police also leads a secret life as a serial killer, hunting down criminals who have slipped through the cracks of justice.

THR #37 · WGA #66 · Empire #77 · BBC 21C #89 · IMDb #136 · 1001 TV Shows

Meet the most beloved sitcom horse of the '90s , 20 years later. He's a curmudgeon with a heart of...not quite gold...but something like gold. Copper?

BBC 21C #11 · Rolling Stone #41 · Variety #55 · Empire #66 · IMDb #69

A modern update finds the famous sleuth and his doctor partner solving crime in 21st century London.

IMDb #23 · BBC 21C #25 · Empire #31 · THR #33 · 1001 TV Shows

Dr. Gregory House, a drug-addicted, unconventional, misanthropic medical genius, leads a team of diagnosticians at the fictional Princeton–Plainsboro Teaching Hospital in New Jersey.

THR #64 · Empire #64 · WGA #74 · BBC 21C #80 · IMDb #113 · 1001 TV Shows

Eleanor Shellstrop, an ordinary woman who, through an extraordinary string of events, enters the afterlife where she comes to realize that she hasn't been a very good person. With the help of her wise afterlife mentor, she's determined to shed her old way of living and discover the awesome (or at least the pretty good) person within.

Rolling Stone #40 · Variety #58 · BBC 21C #62 · Guardian 21C #69

Owner Basil Fawlty, his wife Sybil, a chambermaid Polly, and Spanish waiter Manuel attempt to run their hotel amidst farcical situations and an array of demanding guests.

Empire #22 · RS 2016 #57 · WGA #59 · Rolling Stone #68 · IMDb #71 · THR #99 · 1001 TV Shows

The life of a 15 year-old high school student, whose angst-ridden journey through adolescence, friendship, parents, and life teaches her what it means to grow up.

RS 2016 #35 · Rolling Stone #47 · Variety #50 · WGA #68 · 1001 TV Shows

The everyday lives of office employees in the Scranton, Pennsylvania branch of the fictional Dunder Mifflin Paper Company.

Guardian 21C #32 · Rolling Stone #34 · Variety #39 · Empire #42 · RS 2016 #48 · WGA #67

A working-class family struggles to get by on a limited income in the fictional town of Lanford, Illinois.

TV Guide #32 · THR #61 · Variety #69 · RS 2016 #70 · WGA #72 · 1001 TV Shows

Twisted tales run wild in this mind-bending anthology series that reveals humanity's worst traits, greatest innovations and more.

BBC 21C #22 · Guardian 21C #23 · Empire #52 · IMDb #92 · Variety #95 · 1001 TV Shows

A re-imagining of the original series in which a "rag-tag fugitive fleet" of the last remnants of mankind flees pursuing robots while simultaneously searching for their true home, Earth.

Empire #12 · BBC 21C #70 · THR #95 · IMDb #104 · 1001 TV Shows

Based on the bestselling book by Candace Bushnell, Sex and the City tells the story of four best friends, all single and in their late thirties, as they pursue their careers and talk about their sex lives, all while trying to survive the New York social scene.

Variety #6 · THR #12 · WGA #39 · TV Guide #40 · RS 2016 #62 · Rolling Stone #78

Happy Valley is a dark, funny, multi-layered thriller revolving around the personal and professional life of Catherine, a dedicated, experienced, hard-working copper. She is also a bereaved mother who looks after her orphaned grandchild.

Guardian 21C #11 · Empire #28 · BBC 21C #54 · IMDb #209 · 1001 TV Shows

The Oprah Winfrey Show, often referred to simply as Oprah, is an American syndicated talk show that aired nationally for 25 seasons from 1986 to 2011. Produced and hosted by its namesake, Oprah Winfrey, it remains the highest-rated talk show in American television history. The show was highly influential, and many of its topics penetrated into the American pop-cultural consciousness.

Variety #17 · TV Guide #19 · 1001 TV Shows

An American anthology police detective series utilizing multiple timelines in which investigations seem to unearth personal and professional secrets of those involved, both within or outside the law.

BBC 21C #31 · IMDb #49 · THR #52 · Empire #68 · 1001 TV Shows

The story of Kevin Arnold facing the trials and tribulations of youth while growing up during the 1960s and 70s. Told through narration from an adult Kevin, Kevin faces the difficulties of maintaining relationships and friendships on his enthralling journey into adulthood.

WGA #54 · THR #56 · RS 2016 #63 · Variety #72 · Rolling Stone #90 · 1001 TV Shows

The assorted humiliations, disasters and rare triumphs of four very different twenty-something girls: Hannah, an aspiring writer; Marnie, an art gallery assistant and cousins Jessa and Shoshanna.

Guardian 21C #18 · BBC 21C #30 · Rolling Stone #65 · RS 2016 #72 · Variety #86 · Empire #100 · 1001 TV Shows

Nightmare boss. Tedious colleagues. Pointless tasks. Welcome to Wernham Hogg. Fancy a tea break with David Brent? Classic comedy from the archive.

Guardian 21C #6 · BBC 21C #9 · Empire #33

Set in London, where gratification is only an app away, the story centers on Arabella, a carefree, self-assured Londoner with a group of great friends, a boyfriend in Italy, and a burgeoning writing career. But when her drink is spiked, she must question and rebuild every element of her life.

BBC 21C #6 · Rolling Stone #19 · Empire #81 · Variety #94

America's favorite quiz show where contestants are presented with general knowledge clues in the form of answers, and must phrase their responses in question form.

Variety #33 · TV Guide #46 · Rolling Stone #50 · RS 2016 #95 · 1001 TV Shows

A crime she committed in her youthful past sends Piper Chapman to a women's prison, where she trades her comfortable New York life for one of unexpected camaraderie and conflict in an eccentric group of fellow inmates.

THR #26 · RS 2016 #37 · Variety #61 · BBC 21C #65 · Rolling Stone #85 · 1001 TV Shows

A drama about the investigations of AC-12, a controversial police anticorruption unit.

Guardian 21C #13 · BBC 21C #27 · Empire #59 · IMDb #118 · 1001 TV Shows

Columbo is a friendly, verbose, disheveled-looking police detective who is consistently underestimated by his suspects. Despite his unprepossessing appearance and apparent absentmindedness, he shrewdly solves all of his cases and secures all evidence needed for indictment. His formidable eye for detail and meticulously dedicated approach often become clear to the killer only late in the storyline.

TV Guide #33 · RS 2016 #44 · Rolling Stone #45 · WGA #57 · Variety #85 · Empire #93

The true story of one of the worst man-made catastrophes in history: the catastrophic nuclear accident at Chernobyl. A tale of the brave men and women who sacrificed to save Europe from unimaginable disaster.

IMDb #5 · BBC 21C #15 · Empire #30

Follows the awkward experiences and racy tribulations of a modern-day African-American woman.

Rolling Stone #43 · Guardian 21C #49 · BBC 21C #83

Physicists Leonard and Sheldon find their nerd-centric social circle with pals Howard and Raj expanding when aspiring actress Penny moves in next door.

THR #25 · TV Guide #53 · BBC 21C #56 · 1001 TV Shows

Go behind the curtains as Kermit the Frog and his muppet friends struggle to put on a weekly variety show.

THR #36 · RS 2016 #54 · Variety #79 · Rolling Stone #92 · WGA #92 · 1001 TV Shows

The gripping, decades-spanning inside story of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and the Prime Ministers who shaped Britain's post-war destiny. The Crown tells the inside story of two of the most famous addresses in the world – Buckingham Palace and 10 Downing Street – and the intrigues, love lives and machinations behind the great events that shaped the second half of the 20th century.

BBC 21C #16 · Guardian 21C #44 · Rolling Stone #88 · IMDb #144

During the rise of the PC era in the early 1980s, an unlikely trio - a visionary, an engineer and a prodigy - take personal and professional risks in the race to build a computer that will change the world as they know it.

BBC 21C #50 · Rolling Stone #55 · Guardian 21C #79

CIA officer Carrie Mathison is tops in her field despite being bipolar, which makes her volatile and unpredictable. With the help of her long-time mentor Saul Berenson, Carrie fearlessly risks everything, including her personal well-being and even sanity, at every turn.

THR #45 · BBC 21C #46 · WGA #48 · RS 2016 #90 · Variety #98 · 1001 TV Shows

Set during the Cold War period in the 1980s, The Americans is the story of Elizabeth and Philip Jennings, two Soviet KGB officers posing as an American married couple in the suburbs of Washington D.C. and their neighbor, Stan Beeman, an FBI Counterintelligence agent.

BBC 21C #8 · Guardian 21C #43 · Empire #44 · THR #91 · 1001 TV Shows

An anthology of darkly comic twisted tales, each one taking place behind a door marked 'number 9'.

BBC 21C #48 · Guardian 21C #66 · 1001 TV Shows

A father recounts to his children - through a series of flashbacks - the journey he and his four best friends took leading up to him meeting their mother.

THR #58 · BBC 21C #87 · 1001 TV Shows

Your Show of Shows was a live 90-minute variety show that was broadcast weekly in the United States on NBC, from February 25, 1950, until June 5, 1954, featuring Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca. Other featured performers were Carl Reiner, Howard Morris, Bill Hayes, Judy Johnson, The Hamilton Trio and the soprano Marguerite Piazza. José Ferrer made several guest appearances on the series.

TV Guide #37 · WGA #42 · RS 2016 #61 · 1001 TV Shows

Two cousins work through the Atlanta music scene in order to better their lives and the lives of their families.

Rolling Stone #9 · Guardian 21C #10 · Empire #65 · Variety #84 · IMDb #142

After a very public breakdown and a subsequent philosophical awakening in rehabilitation, Amy tries to get her life back together.

Variety #37 · BBC 21C #71 · 1001 TV Shows

Follow the lives of a group of students at what is possibly the world’s worst community college in the fictional locale of Greendale, Colorado.

BBC 21C #44 · Rolling Stone #56 · Variety #100 · 1001 TV Shows

Late Night with David Letterman is a nightly hour-long comedy talk show on NBC that was created and hosted by David Letterman. It premiered in 1982 as the first incarnation of the Late Night franchise and went off the air in 1993, after Letterman left NBC and moved to Late Show on CBS. Late Night with Conan O'Brien then filled the time slot.

RS 2016 #13 · Variety #35 · TV Guide #41 · Rolling Stone #44 · WGA #99

When a young boy vanishes, a small town uncovers a mystery involving secret experiments, terrifying supernatural forces, and one strange little girl.

Empire #47 · BBC 21C #68 · Variety #83 · IMDb #133

When a body is found on the bridge between Denmark and Sweden, right on the border, Danish inspector Martin Rohde and Swedish Saga Norén have to share jurisdiction and work together to find the killer.

BBC 21C #34 · Guardian 21C #45 · IMDb #150