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There's nothing worse than a top TV show list that tries to be all things to all people. This list reflects that sentiment.

My idea was, make a list of TV shows that I would want/ be willing to watch right now. Thus some shows might be ranked lower that are clearly 'better' by established thinking but don't quite have the same personal appeal.

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  1. 1
    Firefly Top 100 TV Shows Television picture

    Firefly

    Sean Maher, Gina Torres, Zac Efron, Alan Tudyk, Jewel Staite, Morena Baccarin, Adam Baldwin, Nathan Fillion, Summer Glau, Ron Glass, Christina Hendricks More
    Joss Whedon
    2002-09-20
    Fox Broadcasting Company
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  2. 2
    Scrubs Top 100 TV Shows Television picture

    Scrubs

    Aloma Wright, Tara Reid, Christa Miller, Elizabeth Banks, Heather Graham, Zach Braff, Donald Faison, Eliza Coupe, Michael Hobert, Sarah Chalke, Julianna Margulies, Neil Flynn, Nadine Velazquez, Markie Post, Ken Jenkins, Robert Maschio, Dick Van Dyke, Amy Smart, R. Lee Ermey, Matthew Perry, Charles Chun, Dave Franco, Travis Schuldt, Michael Mosley, Michael Copon, Johnny Kastl, Keri Russell, John C. McGinley, Sam Lloyd, Judy Reyes, Taran Killam, Sean Hayes, Scott Foley, Kerry Bishé, Courteney Cox, Ryan Reynolds, Joe Manganiello, Michael Learned More
    Bill Lawrence
    2001-10-02
    NBC, American Broadcasting Company
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  3. 3
    Babylon 5 Top 100 TV Shows Television picture

    Babylon 5

    Andreas Katsulas, Jerry Doyle, Claudia Christian, Penn Jillette, Bill Mumy, Mary Kay Adams, Jeff Conaway, Stephen Furst, Robert Rusler, Andrea Thompson, Tracy Scoggins, Patricia Tallman, Jason Carter, Peter Jurasik, Bruce Boxleitner, Michael O’Hare, Mira Furlan, Julie Caitlin Brown, Richard Biggs More
    J. Michael Straczynski
    1994-01-26
    Turner Network Television, Prime Time Entertainment Network
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  4. 4
    Farscape Top 100 TV Shows Television picture

    Farscape

    Claudia Black, Ben Browder, Tammy MacIntosh, Wayne Pygram, Christine Stephen-Daly, David Franklin, Kent McCord, Gigi Edgley, Lani Tupu, Jonathan Hardy, Virginia Hey, Melissa Jaffer, Anthony Simcoe, Rebecca Riggs, Raelee Hill, Paul Goddard More
    The Jim Henson Company, Rockne S. O'Bannon
    1999-03-19
    Syfy, Nine Network
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  5. 5
    The Sopranos Top 100 TV Shows Television picture

    The Sopranos

    Edie Falco, Dominic Chianese, Steven Van Zandt, Robert Iler, Sharon Angela, David Proval, Vince Curatola, Mike Epps, Julianna Margulies, Tony Sirico, John Ventimiglia, Steve Buscemi, Peter Bogdanovich, Elizabeth Reaser, Greg D'Agostino, Michael Imperioli, Tobin Bell, Paul Dano, Frank Vincent, Kathrine Narducci, Aida Turturro, James Gandolfini, Dan Grimaldi, Joe Pantoliano, Jamie Lynn Sigler, Will Arnett, Steve Schirripa, Lorraine Bracco, Annabella Sciorra, Drea de Matteo, John Heard, Nancy Marchand, Federico Castelluccio, Tony Darrow, Vincent Pastore, Joseph R. Gannascoli, Dania Ramirez, Lola Glaudini More
    David Chase
    1999-01-10
    HBO
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  7. 6
    Highlander: The Series Top 100 TV Shows Television picture

    Highlander: The Series

    Peter Wingfield, Amanda Wyss, Elizabeth Gracen, Marion Cotillard, Richard Moll, Lisa Howard, Adrian Paul, Stan Kirsch, Alexandra Vandernoot, Philip Akin, Jim Byrnes, Jason Isaacs, Andrea Roth, Stella Stevens More
    Bill Panzer, David Abramowitz
    1992-10-03
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  8. 7
    The Fixer Top 100 TV Shows Television picture

    The Fixer

    Andrew Buchan, Jody Latham, Elliot Cowan, Peter Mullan, Tamzin Outhwaite, Liz White More
    Ben Richards
    2008-03-10
    ITV1
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  9. 8
    Sherlock Top 100 TV Shows Television picture

    Sherlock

    Mark Gatiss, Rupert Graves, Zoe Telford, Una Stubbs, Loo Brealey, Vinette Robinson, Benedict Cumberbatch, Martin Freeman More
    Arthur Conan Doyle, Mark Gatiss, Steven Moffat
    2010
    British Broadcasting Corporation
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  10. 9
    House Top 100 TV Shows Television picture

    House

    Jennifer Morrison, Jesse Spencer, Olivia Wilde, Ricky Ullman, Amanda Seyfried, Jeremy Renner, Dominic Purcell, Tamara Braun, David Morse, Jayma Mays, Jennifer Grey, Khleo Thomas, Sunny Mabrey, Carla Gallo, Sasha Alexander, Sherilyn Fenn, Jack Coleman, Marin Hinkle, Sela Ward, Eva Amurri, Felicia Day, Samantha Mathis, Robert Sean Leonard, Peter Jacobson, Hugh Laurie, Omar Epps, Lisa Edelstein, Leigh-Allyn Baker, Elle Fanning, R. Lee Ermey, Tyler James Williams, Taraji P. Henson, Michelle Trachtenberg, Laura Prepon, Jessy Schram, Mira Sorvino, Stephanie Courtney, Amber Tamblyn, Meagan Good, Thomas Dekker, Kal Penn, Lyndsy Fonseca, Lucas Till, Odette Yustman, Charlyne Yi, Sasha Pieterse, Franka Potente, Matthew Lillard, Jurnee Smollett More
    David Shore
    2004-11-16
    Bravo, Fox Broadcasting Company
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  11. 10
    Jekyll Top 100 TV Shows Television picture

    Jekyll

    James Nesbitt, Meera Syal, Michelle Ryan, Gina Bellman, Fenella Woolgar, Paterson Joseph, Denis Lawson, Mark Gatiss More
    Robert Louis Stevenson, Steven Moffat
    2007-06-16
    BBC One
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  12. 11
    Battlestar Galactica Top 100 TV Shows Television picture

    Battlestar Galactica

    Finn Devit, Grace Park, Biski Gugushe, Kandyse McClure, Paul Campbell, Kate Vernon, Christian Tessier, Leah Cairns, Lucy Lawless, Dominic Zamprogna, Alisen Down, Luciana Carro, Christina Schild, Aaron Douglas, Bill Duke, James Callis, Tricia Helfer, Claudette Mink, Connor Widdows, Michael Trucco, Hayley Guiel, Alessandro Juliani, Nicki Clyne, Mary McDonnell, Alonso Oyarzun, Michael Hogan, Colm Feore, Lorena Gale, Jamie Bamber, Dana Delany, Erica Cerra, Mark Sheppard, Emily Holmes, Tahmoh Penikett, Katee Sackhoff, Edward James Olmos, Michelle Forbes, Bodie Olmos, Samuel Witwer, Donnelly Rhodes, Richard Hatch, Jen Halley, Dana Delaney, Rekha Sharma, Ty Olsson, Madeline Parker, Sebastian Spence More
    Glen A. Larson, Ronald D. Moore
    2004-10-18
    Syfy, Space: The Imagination Station, Sky One
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  13. 12
    Rome Top 100 TV Shows Television picture

    Rome

    Kerry Condon, Kevin McKidd, Kenneth Cranham, Aaron Johnson, Nicholas Woodeson, Karl Johnson, Manfredi Aliquo, Ian McNeice, Lee Boardman, Indira Varma, Fenella Woolgar, Max Pirkis, Ciarán Hinds, Camilla Rutherford, Polly Walker, Simon Woods, Ray Stevenson, Zuleikha Robinson, David Bamber, Rick Warden, James Purefoy, Chiara Mastalli, Allen Leech, Lyndsey Marshal, Lindsay Duncan, Tobias Menzies More
    John Milius, William J. MacDonald, Bruno Heller
    2005-08-28
    British Broadcasting Corporation
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  14. 13
    Touching Evil (US) Top 100 TV Shows Television picture

    Touching Evil (US)

    Paul Abbott
    2004
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  15. 14
    Profit Top 100 TV Shows Television picture

    Profit

    Lisa Zane, Adrian Pasdar, Keith Szarabajka, Scott Paulin, Allison Hossack, Jennifer Hetrick, Lisa Darr, Lisa Blount, Sherman Augustus, Jack Gwaltney More
    1996-04-08
    Fox Broadcasting Company
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  16. 15
    Star Trek: The Next Generation Top 100 TV Shows Television picture

    Star Trek: The Next Generation

    Jonathan Frakes, Brent Spiner, Gates McFadden, Colm Meaney, Whoopi Goldberg, Nikki Cox, Rosalind Chao, Wil Wheaton, Patrick Stewart, Majel Barrett, Patti Yasutake, Brian Bonsall, Michelle Forbes, Diana Muldaur, Joe Piscopo, LeVar Burton, Denise Crosby, John de Lancie, Marina Sirtis, Michael Dorn, Dwight Schultz, Ashley Judd More
    Gene Roddenberry
    1987-09-28
    Television syndication
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  18. 16
    Kitchen Confidential Top 100 TV Shows Television picture

    Kitchen Confidential

    Nicholas Brendon, Owain Yeoman, Bonnie Somerville, John Francis Daley, Jaime King, Bradley Cooper, John Cho, Frank Langella, Paula Miranda, Sam Pancake, Jordana Spiro More
    David Hemingson
    2005-09-19
    Fox Broadcasting Company
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  19. 17
    Blake's 7 Top 100 TV Shows Television picture

    Blake's 7

    Sally Knyvette, Steven Pacey, Gareth Thomas, David Jackson, Jan Chappell, Michael Keating, Stephen Greif, Marc Zuber, Colin Salmon, Jacqueline Pearce, Glynis Barber, Brian Croucher, Josette Simon, Paul Darrow, Peter Tuddenham More
    Terry Nation
    1978-01-02
    British Broadcasting Corporation, BBC One
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  20. 18
    Sons of Anarchy Top 100 TV Shows Television picture

    Sons of Anarchy

    Kim Coates, Johnny Lewis, Charlie Hunnam, Ron Perlman, Katey Sagal, Drea de Matteo, William Lucking, Ryan Hurst, Mark Boone Junior, Theo Rossi, Dendrie Taylor, Jeff Wincott, Dayton Callie, Maggie Siff, Emilio Rivera, Stevie Long, Maggie Siff, Ally Walker, Danny Trejo, Khleo Thomas More
    Kurt Sutter
    2008-09-03
    FX
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  21. 19
    Sports Night Top 100 TV Shows Television picture

    Sports Night

    Paula Marshall, Jayne Brook, William H. Macy, Jeff Mooring, Joshua Malina, Robert Guillaume, Felicity Huffman, Peter Krause, Josh Charles, Sabrina Lloyd, Teri Polo, Brenda Strong, Ted McGinley, Lisa Edelstein, Robert Mailhouse, Ron Ostrow, Kayla Blake, Greg Baker, Timothy Davis-Reed, Aaron Sorkin, Yeardley Smith More
    Aaron Sorkin
    1998-09-22
    American Broadcasting Company
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  22. 20
    Brimstone Top 100 TV Shows Television picture

    Brimstone

    Michelle Forbes, John Glover, Peter Horton, Lori Petty
    Cyrus Voris, Ethan Reiff
    1998-10-23
    Fox Broadcasting Company
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  23. 21
    Game of Thrones Top 100 TV Shows Television picture

    Game of Thrones

    Donald Sumpter, Maisie Williams, Harry Lloyd, Peter Dinklage, Alfie Owen-Allen, Richard Madden, Lena Headey, Emilia Clarke, Jack Gleeson, Sophie Turner, James Cosmo, Kit Harington, Carice van Houten, Jason Momoa, Charles Dance, Mark Addy, Jerome Flynn, Esmé Bianco, Sean Bean, Conleth Hill, Aidan Gillen, Rory McCann, Nikolaj Coster Waldau, Iain Glen, Michelle Fairley, Isaac Hempstead-Wright More
    David Benioff, D. B. Weiss
    2011-04-17
    HBO
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  24. 22
    The Shield Top 100 TV Shows Television picture

    The Shield

    Anthony Anderson, Ally Walker, Glenn Close, Melanie Lynskey, David Rees Snell, John Diehl, Benito Martinez, Laurie Holden, Michele Hicks, Alex O'Loughlin, Catherine Dent, Walton Goggins, Forest Whitaker, Jay Karnes, Paula Garcés, Kenny Johnson, Reed Diamond, David Marciano, Lewis Black, Michael Jace, Rick Gonzalez, Laura Harring, Brandon Smith, Nichole Hiltz, Jason Earles, CCH Pounder, Franka Potente, Michael Chiklis, Cathy Cahlin Ryan, Stana Katic, Natalie Zea More
    Shawn Ryan
    2002-03-12
    FX
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  25. 23
    Dexter Top 100 TV Shows Television picture

    Dexter

    Julie Benz, Erik King, James Remar, Christian Camargo, Jennifer Carpenter, Jaime Murray, Courtney Ford, Julia Stiles, Michael C. Hall, David Zayas, C.S. Lee, Lauren Vélez, Jonny Lee Miller, Devon Graye, Preston Bailey, Molly Parker, Christina Robinson, Desmond Harrington, Mark Pellegrino, Edward James Olmos, Jimmy Smits, Keith Carradine, John Lithgow, Margo Martindale More
    James Manos, Jr.
    2006-10-01
    Showtime
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  26. 24
    La Femme Nikita Top 100 TV Shows Television picture

    La Femme Nikita

    Alberta Watson, Peta Wilson, Don Francks, Lawrence Bayne, Matthew Ferguson, Roy Dupuis, Eugene Robert Glazer, Cindy Dolenc More
    Joel Surnow
    1997
    USA Network
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  27. 25
    Stargate SG-1 Top 100 TV Shows Television picture

    Stargate SG-1

    Teryl Rothery, Richard Dean Anderson, Grace Park, Morena Baccarin, Vanessa Angel, Corin Nemec, Fred Willard, Amanda Tapping, Robert Picardo, Beau Bridges, Gary Jones, Michael Shanks, Charles Shaughnessy, Ben Browder, Cliff Simon, Claudia Black, Christopher Judge, Don S. Davis, Brent Stait, Dan Shea, Wayne Brady, Sasha Pieterse, Lexa Doig More
    Brad Wright, Jonathan Glassner
    1997-07-27
    Showtime, Syfy
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  1. Jez P
    Top 100 TV Shows at 4/05/2011 4:10 PM
    No x-files?
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    1. bacboris [List Creator]
      Top 100 TV Shows at 4/17/2011 3:18 AM
      Never was quite my cup of tea. But if that's a fave of yours, I'm sure there are a whole host of shows from Kolchak: The Night Stalker to The Profiler that should fit the bill. Thanks for the suggestion though!
      reply
  2. The Dude
    Top 100 TV Shows at 3/21/2011 12:09 AM
    Yes I know everyone has their preferences but seriously. This list is clearly for people who live at home in their mom's basement and m********e to Anime.
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    1. bacboris [List Creator]
      Top 100 TV Shows at 3/22/2011 12:27 AM
      Sorry to Disappoint on both counts. If you don't like the list, you're always welcome to throw out some suggestions. However, I'm not going to hold my breath.
      reply
  3. lillyscott1771
    Wings at 3/11/2011 4:11 PM
    it had some funny episodes
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  4. lillyscott1771
    Rescue Me at 3/11/2011 4:03 PM
    i think it started out really strong and edgy and then just got confusing.
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  5. lillyscott1771
    Seinfeld at 3/11/2011 3:57 PM
    funny at first but am burned out on the reruns
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  6. lillyscott1771
    Carnivàle at 3/11/2011 3:27 PM
    it started off strong and somewhere got confused and lost and just stopped which left a lot of people upset.
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  7. lillyscott1771
    Titus at 3/11/2011 3:21 PM
    i forgot about this show. it wasn't on very long but it cracked me up.
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  8. lillyscott1771
    The Wire at 3/11/2011 3:15 PM
    i liked the first season hated the rest
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  9. lillyscott1771
    Lie to Me at 3/11/2011 3:10 PM
    i loved this show the first few times i saw it but it wore off real fast
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  10. lillyscott1771
    Star Trek: The Next Generation at 3/11/2011 2:57 PM
    i have never been into sci fi but worf was so cool that i was hooked on the next generation.
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  11. lillyscott1771
    House at 3/11/2011 2:42 PM
    i love house because of his caring personality.
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  12. lillyscott1771
    The Sopranos at 3/11/2011 2:42 PM
    it was edgy and shocking with strong characters and twisted, unexpected stories.
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  13. Brettski
    Top 100 TV Shows at 3/07/2011 10:21 AM
    Everyone's always going on and on about Firefly. Is it really that good?
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    1. bacboris [List Creator]
      Top 100 TV Shows at 3/07/2011 3:28 PM
      Simply put, the best! Do yourself a favor and take a look.
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      1. Brettski
        Top 100 TV Shows at 3/08/2011 11:15 AM
        You've convinced me. It's going on my next Netflix order.
        reply
  14. Clark Benson
    Top 100 TV Shows at 3/06/2011 10:48 PM
    You must have the biggest Tivo in the world! awesome rankings. let us know if you want us to add your list as an input to our CrowdRank (since most of your shows are of "recent" vintage). http://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/the-best-tv-shows-of-recent-memory
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