June 20 2016
The 50 best TV shows ever.
As voted for by the readers of Empire Magazine. Why is [insert name of show] not on the list? It didn't get enough votes. Democracy, eh?
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Stargyn | June 20, 20:02 CET
AndrewCrossett | June 21, 05:07 CET
Stargyn | June 21, 05:52 CET
AndrewCrossett | June 21, 08:32 CET
Dana5140 | June 21, 08:33 CET
MissKittysMom | June 21, 09:25 CET
Dana5140 | June 21, 14:31 CET
Buffy is a given of course.
Dana5140, I like your idea. Age targeted poll. Answer this is you were born before 1980 for example.
Mirage | June 22, 07:00 CET
allthingsaverage | June 22, 17:35 CET
So sick of The Wire always topping lists like this. It's so predictable. And I have enjoyed other TV shows more than The Wire. I get tired of the effusive praise it gets.
Also,
Futurama > Simpsons
No South Park = Invalid List
No Angel = Invalid List
No Xena = Invalid List
No Firefly = Invalid List
Where's Married with Children?
Did they really not put Star Trek TNG on that list?
Also, if they're going to deep their feet in with animated shows like The Simpsons, that opens the door to a ton of other shows that should be on there like Batman the Animated Series, Avatar the Last Airbender, Ren & Stimpy, I could go on
Angel&Faith | June 24, 15:47 CET
The dilemma with evaluating The Simpsons is that it's been an embarrassment to its original glory (Seasons 2-9) for close to two decades now. Still, to have been so good, so funny, cinematic, satirical, to have told such a wonderful array of stories and with such a credible emotional underpinning for so long, this for me negates what masquerades as The Simpsons nowadays on TV. You can almost view it as separate entities: the 90's era, and everything that came after.
The Wire as number 1 is perfectly worthy; however I personally think The Sopranos is every bit as good and possibly better so to see it not even in the top ten is very surprising. The most egregious entry here though is Friends: A fun show, iconic certainly, but to see it so far ahead of Seinfeld, a vastly superior and contemporaneous show, tarnishes the seriousness of the entire list.
Profane | June 25, 03:49 CET