Best TV Shows of all time?

[ohai]

Why assume that those older TV shows are better than modern ones? If people liked the old TV shows, new shows would look like old shows.

[Black_Swan]

Battlestar Galactica

Freaks and Geeks

The Shield

Band of Brothers

East Bound and Down

First season of 24

South Park

Stranger Things

Always Sunny in Philadelphia

Scrubs (not really great, but honorable mention)

[bazz]

@Black_Swan

Band of Brothers

Ah! I knew I forgot one, Band of Brothers was a great show, too bad it was only 1 season. Tried watching The Pacific afterwards and quit during the first 10 mins…

[S2000magician]

@Charlie_Work

@S2000magician

@birdman12345

@S2000magician

• All in the Family
• M*A*S*H
• Boston Legal

Mash probably would be up there, different style than the high budget, drama heavy GoT/bb types. But man, that’s one old show.

The title of the thread included the phrase, “of all time”.

Funny how many people take that to mean only during their lifetime, or only during their adulthood.

this is the silliest point I’ve ever seen on an online forum.

You obviously don’t get around much.

[Black_Swan]

Also Friends and Entourage

[S2000magician]

@ohai

Why assume that those older TV shows are better than modern ones? If people liked the old TV shows, new shows would look like old shows.

I think you have this backward.

People who have seen both aren’t assuming.

People who have only seen newer shows are.

[Black_Swan]

@S2000magician

@ohai

Why assume that those older TV shows are better than modern ones? If people liked the old TV shows, new shows would look like old shows.

I think you have this backward.

People who have seen both aren’t assuming.

People who have only seen newer shows are.

I’ve seen both, shows were not as good back then, designed for the audience. It is a scientific fact that humans have gotten taller over time and studies indicate height is positively correlated with IQ. Which is why we have computers now… and better shows.

[birdman12345]

Citizen Kane could really have been improved upon if michael bay directed it.

[rawraw]

If we are including 1 season show, Westworld has to be on the list.

[S2000magician]

@Black_Swan

@S2000magician

@ohai

Why assume that those older TV shows are better than modern ones? If people liked the old TV shows, new shows would look like old shows.

I think you have this backward.

People who have seen both aren’t assuming.

People who have only seen newer shows are.

I’ve seen both, shows were not as good back then, designed for the audience. It is a scientific fact that humans have gotten taller over time and studies indicate height is positively correlated with IQ. Which is why we have computers now… and better shows.

You’re talking about averages, not outliers.

[Empire]

I am surprised nobody mentioned “The office”!!!

[GorillaNerd]

https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/greatest-tv-shows-of-all-time

here you go rankeddddddd

[Mobius_Strip]

@S2000magician

@Black_Swan

@S2000magician

@ohai

Why assume that those older TV shows are better than modern ones? If people liked the old TV shows, new shows would look like old shows.

I think you have this backward.

People who have seen both aren’t assuming.

People who have only seen newer shows are.

I’ve seen both, shows were not as good back then, designed for the audience. It is a scientific fact that humans have gotten taller over time and studies indicate height is positively correlated with IQ. Which is why we have computers now… and better shows.

You’re talking about averages, not outliers.

but even so, if you are sampling from two identical distributions one of which has larger mean, and then comparing the maximum order statistics (the largest elements in the two corresponding sample sets), then it’s a lot more likely that the larger element would come from the set sampled from the distribution with larger mean. And it’s even more likely when the sample size of the set from the distribution with larger mean is also bigger. One can work out the exact probability for a given distribution but it’s pretty intuitive:

1. the average human height has increased say, between 1950’s to 2000’s

2. the human population has increased

=> the tallest person from a random sample of people in the 2000’s would most likely be taller than the tallest person from a random sample of people in the 1950’s

Same with TV shows - if we make more TV shows today than in the past, and the average quality of TV shows has increased over time, it is highly likely that the best show of all time is a current one. QED, The Wire and The Office (British version with David Brent).

[Black_Swan]

Well played you had me nodding along right up until the last parenthesis.

@Mobius_Strip

…and The Office (British version with David Brent).

[Mobius_Strip]

@Black_Swan

Well played you had me nodding along right up until the last parenthesis.

@Mobius_Strip

…and The Office (British version with David Brent).

its an acquired taste I agree, I like Ricky Gervais’ comedy a lot

[CEO10K-DAY]

@Nerdyblop

https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/greatest-tv-shows-of-all-time

here you go rankeddddddd

Entire list had me like…

[Sweep_the_Leg]

1. The Simpsons up through season 13

2. The Wire, The Sopranos, Breaking Bad

3. South Park, Lost, The Leftovers

4. Pee Wee’s Playhouse, Emmanuel

[GorillaNerd]

its a voting system. granted you have to be online to vote so there are shortcoming. which is why i like to watch the most viewed shows, just so i can relate to people if need be.