The 100 Best TV Series of All Time
TV series have never been as popular as they are right now. Since The Sopranos aired in 1999, the history of cinema changed forever. To meet audience’s expectations and to keep high ratings, production companies have spent enormous amounts of money on their shows. CBS, for example, spends about $10 million per episode to produce shows like The Big Bang Theory.
Here at Bright Side, we’ve made a list of the 100 greatest TV shows that are definitely worth spending your time on.
- Game of Thrones (2011 — ...) Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
- Friends (1994 — 2004) Genre: Comedy, Romance
- Breaking Bad (2008 — 2013) Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Sherlock (2010 — ...) Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
- The Big Bang Theory (2007 — ...) Genre: Comedy, Romance
- Band of Brothers (2001) Genre: Action, Drama, History
- The Wire (2002 — 2008) Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
- The Sopranos (1999 — 2007) Genre: Crime, Drama
- Fargo (2014 — ...) Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Prison Break (2005 — 2017) Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
11. Stranger Things (2016 — ...) Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
12. Pride and Prejudice (1995) Genre: Drama, Romance
13. Suits (2011 — ...) Genre: Comedy, Drama
14. How I Met Your Mother (2005 — 2014) Genre: Comedy, Romance
15. Scrubs (2001 — 2010) Genre: Comedy, Drama
16. House of Cards (2013 — ...) Genre: Drama
17. Downton Abbey (2010 — 2015) Genre: Drama, Romance
18. House, M.D. (2004 — 2012) Genre: Drama, Mystery
19. Twin Peaks (1990 — 1991, 2017) Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
20. Misfits (2009 — 2013) Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
21. Rome (2005 — 2007) Genre: Action, Drama, History
22. Black Mirror (2011 — ...) Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
23. Shameless (2011 — ...) Genre: Comedy, Drama
24. Dexter (2006 — 2013) Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
25. Supernatural (2005 — ...) Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
26. Peaky Blinders (2013 — ...) Genre: Crime, Drama
27. The Simpsons (1989 — ...) Genre: Animation, Comedy
28. The Punisher (2017) Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime
29. Narcos (2015 — ...) Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
30. The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (2017 — ...) Genre: Comedy, Drama
31. The X Files (1993 — ...) Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
32. Battlestar Galactica (2004 — 2009) Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
33. The Handmaid’s Tale (2015 — ...) Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
34. The Shield (2002 — 2008) Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
35. Vikings (2013 — ...) Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
36. Sons of Anarchy (2008 — 2014) Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
37. Mad Men (2007 — 2015) Genre: Drama
38. The Knick (2014 — 2015) Genre: Drama
39. Boardwalk Empire (2010 — 2014) Genre: Crime, Drama, History
40. Lie to Me (2009 — 2011) Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
41. Modern Family (2009 — ...) Genre: Comedy, Romance
42. Criminal Minds (2005 — ...) Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
43. Horace and Pete (2016 — ...) Genre: Comedy, Drama
44. Hannibal (2013 — ...) Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror
45. Spartacus: Blood and Sand (2010 — 2013) Genre: Action, Adventure, Biography
46. Entourage (2004 — 2011) Genre: Comedy, Drama
47. White Collar (2009 — 2014) Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
48. Billions (2016 — ...) Genre: Drama
49. The Walking Dead (2010 — ...) Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
50. Homeland (2011 — ...) Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
51. Lost (2004 — 2010) Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
52. Person of Interest (2011 — 2016) Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
53. 24 (2001 — 2010) Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
54. Banshee (2013 — 2016) Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
55. The Mentalist (2008 — 2015) Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
56. The Tudors (2007 — 2010) Genre: Drama, History, Romance
57. Deadwood (2004 — 2006) Genre: Crime, Drama, History
58. Americans (2013 — ...) Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
59. This Is Us (2016 — ...) Genre: Drama
60. Californication (2007 — 2014) Genre: Comedy, Drama
61. Star Trek (1966 — 1969) Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
62. Desperate Housewives (2004 — 2012) Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery
63. The Borgias (2011 — 2013) Genre: Crime, Drama, History
64. American Horror Story (2011 — ...) Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
65. Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1996 — 2003) Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy
66. Big Little Lies (2017) Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
67. Daredevil (2015 — ...) Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
68. Married with Children (1986 — 1997) Genre: Comedy
69. Damages (2007 — 2012) Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
70. The Office (2005 — 2013) Genre: Comedy
71. Doctor Who (2005 — ...) Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
72. Glow (2017 — ...) Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
73. Sex and the City (1998 — 2004) Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
74. Six Feet Under (2001 — 2005) Genre: Comedy, Drama
75. Gilmore Girls (2000 — 2007) Genre: Comedy, Drama
76. True Blood (2008 — 2014) Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
77. Revenge (2011 — 2015) Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
78. I Love Lucy (1951 — 1957) Genre: Comedy, Family
79. Angel (1999 — 2004) Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy
80. Tyrant (2014 — 2016) Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
81. How to Get Away with Murder (2014 — ...) Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
82. Arrested Development (2003 — ...) Genre: Comedy
83. ALF (1986 — 1990) Genre: Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
84. Once Upon a Time (2011 — 2018) Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Romance
85. Orange Is the New Black (2013 — ...) Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
86. Smallville (2001 — 2011) Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance
87. Luke Cage (2016 — ...) Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
88. Defenders (2017 — ...) Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime
89. Nip/Tuck (2003 — 2010) Genre: Drama
90. UnREAL (2015 — ...) Genre: Drama
91. Westworld (2016 — ...) Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
92. The Strain (2014 — 2017) Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
93. Girls (2012 — 2017) Genre: Comedy, Drama
94. The Crown (2016 — ...) Genre: Drama, History
95. True Detective (2014 — ...) Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
96. American Crime Story (2016 — ...) Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
97. Fear the Walking Dead (2015 — ...) Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
98. Jane the Virgin (2014 — ...) Genre: Comedy
99. The Bold Type (2017 — ...) Genre: Drama
100. Ghost Whisperer (2005 — 2010) Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Have you seen any of the TV shows on this list? Did you like them? What is your favorite TV series?
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