The original post: /r/television by /u/Master_Addendum3759 on 2026-02-28 05:07:26+00:00.

I did this a few weeks ago for movies and it got some good discussion, so I ran the same process for TV shows.

I aggregated scores from IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes (critics and audience), Metacritic (critics and users). Sorry, other sources are very flaky for TV show so I just relied on these 3 main sources. There are 4 scores that I used: RT All Critics (not Tomatometer), RT Audience, Metacritic and IMDB. Please let me know what you think about the list :)

Here’s the top 10:

  1. The Wire (2002): 95.8
  2. The Sopranos (1999): 95.3
  3. Breaking Bad (2008): 93.8
  4. Freaks and Geeks (1999): 93.7
  5. When Life Gives You Tangerines (2025): 92.1
  6. Fleabag (2016): 91.7
  7. Chernobyl (2019): 91.6
  8. Better Call Saul (2015): 91.1
  9. Mad Men (2007): 90.8
  10. The Office UK (2001): 90.6

Full list of 100 here and also there’s a list for movies with better quality coverage if you want to check it out: moviesranking.com/tv-shows