In the last week, there have been two TV-related lists released that (like all lists) provide many topics for argument. First there is the Top 50 TV Comedies of All Time, from AOL. Then, the British magazine Empire took it one step further and named their Top 50 Television Shows of All Time. They both cam to the same conclusion, funnily enough. Empire's list is heavy on the sci-fi, heavily tilted toward shows premiering in the last 15 years, and has a sizable complement of British shows that aren't familiar names.
The Empire list boasts some pretty...interesting choices, most notably "Heroes" at #15. One good season and a half of a crappy season does not a top-15 TV show make. Perhaps displaying some British bias, they include the UK version of "The Office" but not the American version. The Top 10 is fairly solid, however, both "Friends" and "24" beat out "The Wire," (which comes in at #8).
What do you think? I think it's a daunting task to name the best TV shows of all time, especially if you're going to waste a Top 10 spot on a sitcom about the sex lives of vapid 30-somethings. But that's just me.
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I think the British Office over the American version was the correct choice.
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