Best TV Shows of All Time
These are the TV shows that are the cream of the crop: Note, only includes TV shows I have seen
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- CreatorMark FrostDavid LynchStarsKyle MacLachlanMichael OntkeanMädchen AmickAn idiosyncratic FBI agent investigates the murder of a young woman in the even more idiosyncratic town of Twin Peaks.Ground breaking television, change the scope of American television forever.
- CreatorPatrick McGoohanStarsPatrick McGoohanAngelo MuscatPeter SwanwickAfter he resigns, a secret agent is abducted and taken to what looks like an idyllic village, but is actually a bizarre prison. He refuses to give his warders information while attempting to escape.One of the most prescient television shows ever. Welcome to the whole world as the Village.
- CreatorJ. Michael StraczynskiStarsMira FurlanRichard BiggsStephen FurstIn the mid 23rd century, the Earth Alliance space station Babylon 5, located in neutral territory, is a major focal point for political intrigue, racial tensions and various wars over the course of five years.Michael J. Straczynski epic science fiction saga that really did the impossible in being able to start and complete a novel for television without getting cancelled. Sadly the spin-offs have been uneven at best but we'll always have our best, last hope for peace.
- CreatorChris CarterStarsDavid DuchovnyGillian AndersonMitch PileggiTwo F.B.I. Agents, Fox Mulder the believer and Dana Scully the skeptic, investigate the strange and unexplained, while hidden forces work to impede their efforts.This show borrowed a little bit from The Night Stalker, Silence of the Lambs, and Twin Peaks to produce a unique if paranoid weekly viewing experience. Yes, it started to lag in quality during season 7 but it made a comeback. I think if the executives had been braver and let John Dogget shine on his own this series could have gone another 10 years.
- CreatorDonald WilsonSydney NewmanStarsWilliam HartnellPatrick TroughtonJon PertweeThe adventures in time and space of the Doctor, a Time Lord who changes appearance and personality by regenerating when near death, and is joined by companions in battles against aliens and other megalomaniacs.This show was so good, so imaginative it last for 25 years only finally being sunk by the BBC when, refusing to properly finance the show, they pulled the plug in the face of the effect Star Trek: The Next Generation produced. And then it came back again and still runs more than ten years later.
- CreatorChris BrancatoStarsSebastian SpenceRob LaBelleRoger CrossFramed for murder and on the run, a former thief struggles to expose the vanguard of an alien invasion with the help of a conspiracy theorist and newly discovered prophecies of Nostradamus.This show was derivative of The Fugitive, The Invaders, and The X-File but it told a very compelling story. Because of poor ratings, certain story elements were introduced and instantly dropped. But there was enough here that the producers were able to tell a complete story over three season. I loved Crazy Eddie.
- CreatorJ.J. AbramsAlex KurtzmanRoberto OrciStarsAnna TorvJoshua JacksonJohn NobleAn F.B.I. agent is forced to work with an institutionalized scientist and his son in order to rationalize a brewing storm of unexplained phenomena.It's the X-Files again! Oh, no, it is something much more. Forget regular science! I want to specialize in Fringe Science!
- CreatorJ.J. AbramsJeffrey LieberDamon LindelofStarsJorge GarciaJosh HollowayYunjin KimThe survivors of a plane crash are forced to work together in order to survive on a seemingly deserted tropical island.A lot of people seem to hate this show because of the way it ended but the way I saw it, the ending was pretty good. We do miss out of a lot of what happens between Jack Sheppard's death and the end of the show and I suppose some threads were never answered, but who cares, it was so compelling to tune in week after week and even survived a writers strike.
- CreatorJeffrey HirschfieldPaul DonovanLex GigeroffStarsBrian DowneyMichael McManusJeffrey HirschfieldA group of disparate fugitives from an interplanetary tyranny find themselves in control of a massively powerful starship.I thought this was the dumbest show I'd ever seen when it first started airing on Sci-Fi but later I found out that the chimps who ran Sci-Fi back in the day got the episodes mixed up and ran them out of order. It also helped to know that this started out as a series on Showtime as a series of four made-for-TV movies.
So you essentially the set up is, a goth, a horny old man, and a horny valley girl steal the most powerful space ship in two universes. Adventure ensues. - CreatorDrew GoddardStarsCharlie CoxVincent D'OnofrioDeborah Ann WollA blind lawyer by day, vigilante by night. Matt Murdock fights the crime of New York as Daredevil.One of the best translations of comic book to television ever.