The Best TV Shows of All-Time

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This is a live list where I rank TV shows. Shows within a tier are arranged alphabetically. If something isn’t on the list, it will be someday. Leave your comments and we’ll talk. I give a lot of weight to scope, scale, and depth. If a show is higher than you expect, it probably did one or all of those things very well. If it’s lower, well, it probably frustrated me.

Rankings: updated 10/1/24

Latest additions: Industry (1-3) | Cobra Kai (s6) | Fleabag | House of the Dragon (s2) | Night Of

Note: Shows within a tier are in alphabetical order

My favorites

  1. Better Call Saul
  2. Curb Your Enthusiasm
  3. It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia (1-16)
  4. Seinfeld
  5. The Leftovers
  6. The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
  7. The Other Two
  8. The Shield
  9. The Wire
  10. Veep

Wow

  1. Atlanta
  2. Boardwalk Empire
  3. Breaking Bad
  4. House of the Dragon (2)
  5. Mare of Easttown
  6. Modern Family
  7. Sharp Objects
  8. The Office
  9. The Sopranos
  10. Succession 

Impressive

  1. Abbott Elementary (1-3)
  2. Arrested Development
  3. Hacks (1-3)
  4. Industry (1-3)
  5. Invincible (1-2)
  6. Letterkenny
  7. Perry Mason 
  8. Shogun
  9. The Last of Us (1)

Really Good

  1. Baby Reindeer
  2. Cobra Kai (1-6)
  3. Crashing
  4. Fallout (1)
  5. Fleabag
  6. Frasier [new] (1)
  7. Normal People
  8. Oz
  9. Parks and Recreation
  10. Queen’s Gambit
  11. Severance (1)
  12. Silicon Valley

Positives 

  1. Beef
  2. Boston Legal
  3. Dave (3)
  4. Frasier [og]
  5. His Dark Materials
  6. Mad Men
  7. Mr. Robot 
  8. Mythic Quest (1-3)
  9. Night Of
  10. Presumed Innocent
  11. Reboot
  12. Stranger Things (1-4)
  13. The Americans
  14. The Boys (1-4)
  15. Watchmen

Neutral 

  1. Fargo
  2. Game of Thrones

Negatives 

  1. Gen V
  2. Ted Lasso
  3. The Bear (1-3)

Almost 

  1. Ballers

Not For Me 

  1. The Haunting of Hill House  
  2. Yellowjackets (1-2)

Really Not For Me

Chris
Chris
Chris Lambert is co-founder of Colossus. He writes about complex movie endings, narrative construction, and how movies connect to the psychology of our day-to-day lives.
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