The Top 300 Greatest TV Shows of All Time: FBG Consensus: 50 Lists received. 2: Seinfeld 1: Breaking Bad (107 Viewers)

[krista4]

My 16 year old also agrees BCS is better than BB

Bringing him up right.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

I wholeheartedly agree with The Wire, BB and GOT in the top 5.
The Sopranos falls lower due to the weak final season.
Seinfeld was very good but there's a limit to how much self absorbed NYers I can watch, so it's a lot lower for me.

Great job to all!

Catching up, so I'm sorry if I'm piling on, but...

Sopranos falls due to a weak final season, but GOT belongs in the top 5? Seems like a disconnect.

Thing is, Sopranos is derivative. It came out after Analyse This and obviously the Godfather and Goodfellas. And GoT was higher quality both in terms of production values, acting, and dialogue imo.

There were fantasy movies and shows before GoT just like there were mob movies and shows before The Sopranos.

Sure there were, but Sopranos isn't just any mob story just like GoT isn't just any fantasy story. My point is, in this regards, GoT was groundbreaking in a way that Sopranos wasn't.

I don’t see how GoT was ground breaking when Lord of the Rings and Excalibur already existed but Sopranos isn’t because the Godfather and Analyze this existed.

I think both are innovative in their own right and both are great as evidenced by this countdown.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

GoT was maybe better dialogue and acting up until it took a turn and definitely wasn't.

I’m not even sure GoT even had such superior acting.

Gandolfini, Falco and Imperiole were masters at their craft and outside of AJ, there really were no holes in the Sopranos cast.

I'll give you Gandolfini and maybe Falco, but Imperiole played a caricature as did the rest of the cast. I agree Steve van Zandt was very good for a non actor and his wife was even better imo.

We’ll agree to disagree on the acting.

 

[Leroy Hoard]

My 16 year old also agrees BCS is better than BB

16 year olds are morons

It sounds like something Walt Junior would say just to piss off his dad.

 

[simey]

Sure there were, but Sopranos isn't just any mob story just like GoT isn't just any fantasy story. My point is, in this regards, GoT was groundbreaking in a way that Sopranos wasn't.

It's well known that The Sopranos was groundbreaking, and it kicked off the second era of the Golden Age of TV. By the way, did you know that GOT was originally pitched as "Sopranos in Middle Earth?" GOT also used some of the same directors and writers as The Sopranos.

 

[Psychopav]

I wholeheartedly agree with The Wire, BB and GOT in the top 5.
The Sopranos falls lower due to the weak final season.
Seinfeld was very good but there's a limit to how much self absorbed NYers I can watch, so it's a lot lower for me.

Great job to all!

Catching up, so I'm sorry if I'm piling on, but...

Sopranos falls due to a weak final season, but GOT belongs in the top 5? Seems like a disconnect.

Thing is, Sopranos is derivative. It came out after Analyse This and obviously the Godfather and Goodfellas. And GoT was higher quality both in terms of production values, acting, and dialogue imo.

There were fantasy movies and shows before GoT just like there were mob movies and shows before The Sopranos.

Sure there were, but Sopranos isn't just any mob story just like GoT isn't just any fantasy story. My point is, in this regards, GoT was groundbreaking in a way that Sopranos wasn't.

I don’t see how GoT was ground breaking when Lord of the Rings and Excalibur already existed but Sopranos isn’t because the Godfather and Analyze this existed.

I think both are innovative in their own right and both are great as evidenced by this countdown.

The way I see it, both were treading well laid ground of the genre, but used a cinematic approach to a television adaptation.

It's true that LotR and Excalibur were genre defining. GoT would not have happened were it not for LotR. But the way GoT approached the genre, with its focus on political intrigue and infighting was new especially in the medium.

With Sopranos, nothing plot -wise was truly new. It built off of the framework of Analyze This, which was the only really new addition to the genre. imho

 

[simey]

GoT was maybe better dialogue and acting up until it took a turn and definitely wasn't.

I’m not even sure GoT even had such superior acting.

Gandolfini, Falco and Imperiole were masters at their craft and outside of AJ, there really were no holes in the Sopranos cast.

I'll give you Gandolfini and maybe Falco, but Imperiole played a caricature as did the rest of the cast. I agree Steve van Zandt was very good for a non actor and his wife was even better imo.

Maybe Falco? Dude.

 

[Psychopav]

GoT was maybe better dialogue and acting up until it took a turn and definitely wasn't.

I’m not even sure GoT even had such superior acting.

Gandolfini, Falco and Imperiole were masters at their craft and outside of AJ, there really were no holes in the Sopranos cast.

I'll give you Gandolfini and maybe Falco, but Imperiole played a caricature as did the rest of the cast. I agree Steve van Zandt was very good for a non actor and his wife was even better imo.

Maybe Falco? Dude.

 

[zamboni]

GoT was maybe better dialogue and acting up until it took a turn and definitely wasn't.

I’m not even sure GoT even had such superior acting.

Gandolfini, Falco and Imperiole were masters at their craft and outside of AJ, there really were no holes in the Sopranos cast.

I'll give you Gandolfini and maybe Falco, but Imperiole played a caricature as did the rest of the cast. I agree Steve van Zandt was very good for a non actor and his wife was even better imo.

Maybe Falco? Dude.

Clearly he mistakenly was thinking of him.

 

[Ghost Rider]

I wholeheartedly agree with The Wire, BB and GOT in the top 5.
The Sopranos falls lower due to the weak final season.
Seinfeld was very good but there's a limit to how much self absorbed NYers I can watch, so it's a lot lower for me.

Great job to all!

Catching up, so I'm sorry if I'm piling on, but...

Sopranos falls due to a weak final season, but GOT belongs in the top 5? Seems like a disconnect.

Thing is, Sopranos is derivative. It came out after Analyse This and obviously the Godfather and Goodfellas. And GoT was higher quality both in terms of production values, acting, and dialogue imo.

GoT was maybe better dialogue and acting up until it took a turn and definitely wasn't.

Am I the only person here who liked the final season of The Sopranos?

No, I think it is really good. They didn't hit it out of the park non-stop like they did in Seasons 1,2 3, and 5 (save the episode with Tony's dad's old mistress), but it was still a really good season overall.

 

[Dan Lambskin]

Sopranos best one liner?

I’m going with the golf outing after Tony finds out uncle Junior likes going downtown
“look at me, I’m in the muff”

 

[Scoresman]

Sopranos best one liner?

I’m going with the golf outing after Tony finds out uncle Junior likes going downtown
“look at me, I’m in the muff”

Mayonnaise! Mayonnaise!

 

[McBokonon]

Sopranos best one liner?

I’m going with the golf outing after Tony finds out uncle Junior likes going downtown
“look at me, I’m in the muff”

“so what, no ****in' ziti now?”

 

[Ghost Rider]

"A gerbal, ma'am."

 

[Dennis Castro]

Wow, this thread has 80 viewers with most of them being guests. Are we trending someplace?

 

[Leroy Hoard]

Wow, this thread has 80 viewers with most of them being guests. Are we trending someplace?

Probably bots, they seem to love this joint.

 

[Tick]

Wow, this thread has 80 viewers with most of them being guests. Are we trending someplace?

Probably bots, they seem to love this joint.

AI is about to start having STRONG opinions on the order in which people should watch different series, plus whether Cody Barton is actually good or just keeps ending up in good situations.

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

I haven't ranked my list, but there are a bunch I didn't see here.

Connections
That 70's Show
Dark Shadows
Midnight Special
Austin City Limits
60 Minutes
Antiques Roadshow (UK)
Time Team
The Orville
Batman (Bruce Timm animated)
Justice League (Bruce Timm)
Upstairs/Downstairs
Poirot (David Suchet)
Rumpole of the Bailey
Inspector Morse
China Beach
Shogun (Richard Chamberlain, not the recent thing)
Ugliest House in America
Planet Earth
The Blue Planet
Real Sports With Bryant Gumbel
American Ninja Warrior
Quincy, M.E.
Streets of San Francisco
Siskel and Ebert
Rick Steeves' Europe
Myth Busters
Brooklyn Bridge (aired 91-93)
St. Elsewhere
Wanda Vision
Wednesday
Sherlock Holmes (Jeremy Brett)
National Geographic Specials
Agatha All Along


That seems like a lot. I must have missed some as they went by.

 

[BLOCKED_PUNT]

Are these shows you like or just saying that we wiffed on these?

 

[Manster]

Love all of the top 4. Personally, I'd have Seinfeld #1. I still watch re-runs often, and most days a Seinfeld quote, or situation comes up in my day-to-day.

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

Are these shows you like or just saying that we wiffed on these?

These would have been on my list. I love all of them. (I made a list in the middle of this. I just haven't ranked them.)

 

[BLOCKED_PUNT]

Personally, I'd have Seinfeld #1.

it could have been #1 but some guy tried to game the ratings.

 

[Tau837]

I don't know about the rest of you, but my colleagues and me regularly quote Seinfeld daily. We don't quote the Sopranos or the Wire or Breaking Bad. Etc. (Granted, I ranked Seinfeld #3.)

 

[Scoresman]

This new season of black mirror would have me ranking it a good 5-10 spots higher than I had it. It’s really good.

 

[Dennis Castro]

The reviews in this thread convinced me to try out Battlestar Galactica ‘04.

I never thought I would by taken in by a show that was so full of characters that I can’t stand at all. Still, about to start the third season and I am really enjoying it. Kind of the anti-TNG.