November 12 2009
The A.V. Club lists Buffy and Firefly in its top 30 shows of the decade.
How I Met Your Mother also makes the cut, along with many others.
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Apocalypse | November 12, 01:44 CET
sumogrip | November 12, 01:48 CET
cdm22 | November 12, 02:25 CET
And I really, really need to watch The Wire. Maybe after my exams
Let Down | November 12, 02:43 CET
Let Down | November 12, 03:25 CET
cdm22, I'm not sure what's so "massively overrated" about The Wire. I'm only in the middle of the first season, and I can see that it's an incredibly strong drama. I'm not ready to declare "best show ever" just yet, but I can definitely see this breaking into my top 5 if it builds the way I'm told it does.
Racoon Boy | November 12, 03:26 CET
Simon | November 12, 03:34 CET
Nah....
TDBrown | November 12, 04:43 CET
escapist_dream | November 12, 05:46 CET
They may have ignored "Band of Brothers" because it was a mini-series.
witchlover | November 12, 06:01 CET
sumogrip | November 12, 07:43 CET
Overall, neat, fun list!
narse | November 12, 08:00 CET
wonderflonium | November 12, 09:07 CET
*is speechless*
guidedby | November 12, 09:54 CET
E-Rawk | November 12, 15:26 CET
And the list may have been a bit more accurate had they noted "ended this decade" rather than from this decade.
Band of Brothers had the mini-series list.
Gouki | November 12, 15:59 CET
To me, shows like Big Love totally blow anything like "How I Met Your Mother" completely out of water, and are genius productions. Plus any HBO drama, and as we know, Buffy, is ten times funnier than anything with a laugh track could ever be.
narky | November 12, 21:00 CET
Weird series and order of them on the article. But then again, opinions are opinions.
Eerikki | November 13, 00:46 CET
vampmogs | November 13, 02:30 CET
As far as the specific rankings, I'm quite sure that The Wire stands head and shoulders above these other shows-- and considering how great The Sopranos, Arrested Development, Deadwood, The Office, Mad Men and Break Bad were or have been so far, that's quite an accomplishment. For the first 20 or so, the order seems just about right, too. (My only quibble might be that I'd characterize Freaks and Geeks as a show of the 90's, but given that it created the Judd Apatow juggernaut of this decade and may have been too new to list on best of the 90's lists, it's certainly an understandable inclusion.
Can you really make an argument that what aired of Firefly (not the potential for what the first season would have grown into) was a better show than anything that was listed above it? Or that Buffy's best seasons were behind it in this decade?
drewfidelic | November 13, 09:11 CET
I'd say that I'd rank "The Wire" as the best show on TV about what the world's really like... and I'd rank "Buffy" as the best show on TV about how to make the world better.
ManEnoughToAdmitIt | November 13, 11:32 CET