Best TV Series of All Time | Top 100
We have prepared a definitive list of the 100 best TV shows of all time.
- Game of Thrones (2011 — 2019) Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
This TV series is about powerful families who fight for the Seven Kingdoms. There are some conflicts between the kingdoms of men happening, and that’s when an enemy comes into play to threaten them all. - Friends (1994 — 2004) Genre: Comedy, Romance
This may be one of the best series of all time, and it is about 6 friends who go through life experiences together. - Breaking Bad (2008 — 2013) Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Sherlock (2010 — 2017) Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
- The Big Bang Theory (2007 — 2019) Genre: Comedy, Romance
- The Wire (2002 — 2008) Genre: Drama, History
This series is about the streets of Baltimore and how people influence and inhabit their world, including politicians and the media. - The Sopranos (1999 — 2007) Genre: Crime, Drama
- Fargo (2014 — ...) Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Prison Break (2005 — 2017) Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
- Planet Earth (2006) Genre: Documentary
11. Stranger Things (2016 — ...) Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Stranger Things is a series based in the 1980s, in a fictional place called Hawkins, Indiana. There are supernatural events going on in this series that impact the child and adult characters.
12. Pride and Prejudice (1995) Genre: Drama, Romance
13. Suits (2011 — 2019) 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 — 2018) Genre: Drama
This is a series about the story of Frank Underwood, who becomes Secretary of State, but shortly after, he decides to get revenge on the people that betrayed him.
17. Downton Abbey (2010 — 2015) Genre: Drama, Romance
18. House, M.D. (2004 — 2012) Genre: Drama, Mystery
19. Twin Peaks (1990 — 1991, 1992, 2014, 2017) Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Horror
20. Misfits (2009 — 2013) Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
21. Rome (2005 — 2007) Genre: Action, Drama, History
This TV series is based on history when there was a violent transformation of the Roman Republic into the Roman Empire.
22. Black Mirror (2011 — 2019) Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
23. Shameless (2011 — 2021) Genre: Comedy, Drama
24. Dexter (2006 — 2013) Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
25. Supernatural (2005 — 2020) Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
This scary-funny series is about 2 brothers who travel across America and investigate supernatural and paranormal events occurring, many of which are based on myths and folklore, as well as frightening creatures like vampires and werewolves.
26. Peaky Blinders (2013 — 2022) Genre: Crime, Drama
27. The Simpsons (1989 — ...) Genre: Animation, Comedy
28. The Punisher (2017 — 2019) Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime
29. Narcos (2015 — 2017) Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
30. The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (2017 — ...) Genre: Comedy, Drama
31. The X Files (1993 — 2018) Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
This series is based on the professional life of 2 FBI agents who start investigating weird and eerie unsolved cases, known as the X-Files, which include paranormal and supernatural activities.
32. Battlestar Galactica (2004 — 2009) Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
33. The Handmaid’s Tale (2017 — ...) Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
This series is about a dystopian future following the Second American War.
34. The Shield (2002 — 2008) Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
This series is about a division happening in the Los Angeles Police Department in the made-up Farmington district.
35. Vikings (2013 — 2020) 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, History
This series is about the professional and personal life of Dr. John W. Thackery in a hospital during the twentieth century.
39. Boardwalk Empire (2010 — 2014) Genre: Crime, Drama
40. Lie to Me (2009 — 2011) Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
41. Modern Family (2009 — 2020) Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
This TV series is about 3 different, but related, families (nuclear, blended, and same-sex) who live in Los Angeles.
42. Criminal Minds (2005 — 2020) Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
43. Horace and Pete (2016) Genre: Comedy, Drama
44. Hannibal (2013 — 2015) 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 — 2022) Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
50. Homeland (2011 — 2020) 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
There is a famous psychic who outs himself as fake, and begins to work as a consultant at California Bureau of Investigation so he can find “Red John.”
56. The Tudors (2007 — 2010) Genre: Drama, History, Romance
57. Deadwood (2004 — 2006) Genre: Crime, Drama, History
58. The Americans (2013 — 2018) Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
59. This Is Us (2016 — 2022) Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
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
This series is set in the 15th century, and it is about Pope Alexander VI, who tried to take control over all the power in Italy, where his sons took part in helping him as well.
64. American Horror Story (2011 — ...) Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
65. Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997 — 2003) Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy
66. Big Little Lies (2017 — 2019) Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
67. Daredevil (2015 — 2018) Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
68. Married with Children (1987 — 1997) Genre: Comedy
One of the all-time best series, Married with Children, follows a story about a high school football player, his lazy wife, their flaky daughter, and their sarcastic son.
69. Damages (2007 — 2012) Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
70. The Office (2005 — 2013) Genre: Comedy
71. Doctor Who (2005 — ...) Genre: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
72. GLOW (2017 — 2019) 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
This series is about a woman living in Louisiana who has the ability to read people’s minds, but her life goes south when she meets a vampire.
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 — 2020) Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
82. Arrested Development (2003 — 2019) Genre: Comedy
83. ALF (1986 — 1990) Genre: Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
84. Once Upon a Time (2011 — 2018) Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Romance
This series is about a woman who has a difficult past and becomes drawn to a small town in Maine where they still believe in fairytales.
85. Orange Is the New Black (2013 — 2019) Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
86. Smallville (2001 — 2017) Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
87. Luke Cage (2016 — 2018) Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
88. The Defenders (2017) Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime
This crime series is about heroes who all have the same goal — to save New York City. The heroes all realize they get stronger when they’re teamed up together.
89. Nip/Tuck (2003 — 2010) Genre: Drama
90. UnREAL (2015 — 2018) Genre: Drama
91. Westworld (2016 — ...) Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
92. The Strain (2014 — 2017) Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
93. Girls (2012 — 2017) Genre: Comedy, Drama
This series is a comedy about a group of girls and their experiences in their 20s. There are a bunch of embarrassing moments and disasters going on in their lives, and they all go through them differently.
94. The Crown (2016 — ...) Genre: Biography, Drama, History
95. True Detective (2014 — 2019) 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 — 2019) Genre: Comedy
99. The Bold Type (2017 — 2021) Genre: Comedy, Drama
100. Ghost Whisperer (2005 — 2010) Genre: Drama, Fantasy
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