Best TV shows for each year of my life

I went with Golden Girls

Note that as of this writing I haven't seen The Curse finale, so sorry if they completely blew it.

Of the ones I've seen, Breaking Bad.

I should’ve gone with Atlanta! (But I’m sure other people will vote for that)

what year is friday night lights

Or the Wire

Some great shows on this list

anyway, the wire

Judging on a per-hour basis I would go with SCTV, though David Letterman has to win by sheer quantity of hilariousness

Gotta go with The Simpsons even if it's been crap for the last 25 years

I almost voted for the Sopranos. It's held up remarkably well.

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twin peaks original, blackadder, or the wire.

voted Sopranos just to irritate everyone who was very wrong on this thread The Sopranos Vs. The Wire

(even tho the real answer is probably the Larry Sanders Show)

King of the Hill is the high point of American art imo

1. Mad Men
2. The Sopranos or The Larry Sanders Show

I think of Berlin Alexanderplatz as a movie--how I've experienced it--but realize it started on TV.

I watched it "as a movie" too, i.e. on the big screen in one sitting, but the fact that there were credits and the same theme every 50min or so left me in no doubt that I was watching tv.

Very difficult choice for me here between Space Ghost and Deadwood. Hoping the latter gets plenty votes, it's the best HBO show of its era, but think I'll support my good friend Zorak instead.

The Deadwood movie doesca surprisingly great job of tying things up long after anyone could've hoped for it, too - absolutely killer final line.

Hardest poll ever. Lots of top-shelf choices here. And it's overall close enough to my own theoretical list to spur me to finally check out some of these that I still haven't seen. Kudos on the inclusion of very worthy deep cut Enlightened.

Also: Shakey!!!

Voted Pee-wee's Playhouse, a pop culture icon that was like nothing else on the air.

then the wire i guess

When I saw the other options for 1980 I was very happy to count Alexanderplatz.

Pee-wee's Playhouse, a pop culture icon that was like nothing else on the air

God, I loathed that show.

I think Twin Peaks: The Return is the most hooked on a series I've ever been in my life.

I think Twin Peaks: The Return is the most hooked on a series I've ever been in my life.

I think....ah, whatever.

its happening again

I don't know everything here. Mad Men.

voted Homicide bc it is truly excellent

No way will the winner of this poll get more than 10% of the votes cast. I won't vote because I have far too little familiarity with the bulk of this list. It's just how things fell out in my life.

good list, im your same age

voted sopranos

good list, im your same age

voted sopranos

Dear god that run from Jeopardy through Twin Peaks (excepting my not being a Trekkie). It’s a coin toss between Golden Girls and MST3K and I’m just voting for the one I expect to get fewer votes

Stopped at TNG, felt no need to go further.

remember guys

tactical voting is the most awful sin on this earth

It's unreal to me that Always Sunny launched all the way back in 2005

Pleased that there’s a lot of diversity in people’s faves so far!

voted Larry Sanders even though it was highly influential on that shit on there that I won't even name.

i voted "space ghost coast to coast" because i'm one of those people who hasn't engaged with popular culture since i was in college

Going with 30 Rock - pretty consistently funny from start to end for a show with that many seasons, with only a few drops in quality along the way.

Plus part of the enjoyment was reading the thread after viewing at the time for quotes and missed gags and references. Perhaps only Sunny can really rival it for that.

It’s freaky that Space Ghost Coast to Coast was longer ago than the ‘60s cartoon it was based on was from it.

Note that as of this writing I haven't seen The Curse finale, so sorry if they completely blew it.

For the record, they definitely did not.

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I like a lot of these, but wasn't as drawn in by any of them as much as I was by Twin Peaks: The Return. Deadwood is second for me, an amazing series. I also really liked Enlightened

I think I'm going with Mad Men here because I loved it from beginning to end. Twin Peaks: The Return is close but I want more of it. The Wire and Mr. Show also under consideration.

2018: Lodge 49

This is a great list, and damn - hard to choose.

Short list: Golden Girls, The Simpsons, Liquid Television, The Wire, and Breaking Bad

Love that Sportscenter is here... it's utter trash now but from the late 80's through the 90's it was pretty amazing and introduced the sports media world to some incredible talent and unique style.

1984: Miami Vuce

*Vice

I wanted to make a joke about the most classic era of SportsCenter being circa 1980 when Tom Mees was the main anchor, but then I read on Wikipedia that he died very young and tragically (drowned in a pool). But the show was fun to watch at that time - it was before they had any technology.

I feel like 30 Rock is actually underrated these days, it was mercilessly tight & funny. So many memes were ripped off from 30 Rock joke constructions, which now have filtered into so many tv shows that are much worse.

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Very surprising result!

Great 1-2. (Mine reversed.) Surprised The Sopranos is so low. Can't read to much into board polls as representative of anything out there (I don't think), but I thought it was Mad Men that's fallen out of favour more than The Sopranos.

I cant fault that top 5 but I am surprised Larry Sanders is at the top

xp I don't think either have fallen out of favor really, especially if the number of still-ongoing memes are a barometer (and I think they are).

Somehow I forgot to vote, so add one for SCTV. It looks wrong sitting there at the bottom of the poll.

Look, I like On Cinema well enough, but if that deserved 2 votes and SCTV, Late Night with David Letterman, Jeopardy and The Daily Show all nothing, then I say two of you are wrong.

Lodge 49 mentioned above is a blind spot for me, as are the following I noticed while looking up shows from each year:

The Comeback (2005)
Terriers (2010)
Neon Genesis Evangelion (1995 -- have seen 2 episodes)

just a really high quality list tbf

Also, the toughest choice was between MST3K and Kids in the Hall for 1988.