The original post: /r/television by /u/ByteSizedCutie420 on 2026-03-06 20:07:01+00:00.

About a month ago I made a post asking Reddit a simple question: What show was so good you actually rewatched it?

The thread ended up getting 1,207 comments, so I decided to go through every single one and tally the suggestions. I counted both comments and sub comments, not just the top level replies. I did not include upvotes.

If you’re curious, here’s the original thread

A few notes about how I counted things:

  • If someone mentioned the same show more than once in a thread, it only counted once
  • When I say “series”, I grouped shows under the same umbrella (for example the Law & Order shows, Dexter or the Star Trek franchise)
  • Totals represent how many separate commenters suggested the show

To make the results easier to read, I grouped them by how often they were recommended.

Highly Recommended (25+)

  • The Wire (64)
  • Breaking Bad (61)
  • The Sopranos (61)
  • The West Wing (44)
  • Ted Lasso (44)
  • Game of Thrones (43)
  • Mad Men (43)
  • Schitt’s Creek (39)
  • Justified (34)
  • The Office (33)
  • Six Feet Under (31)
  • True Detective -Specifically Season 1- (31)

Very Recommended (24–15)

  • The Americans (27)
  • Dark (26)
  • Brooklyn 99 (24)
  • Lost (24)
  • The Expanse (24)
  • House (24)
  • Dexter Series (23)
  • The Good Place (23)
  • 30 Rock (22)
  • Better Call Saul (22)
  • Deadwood (22)
  • Star Trek Series (21)
  • Arrested Development (21)
  • Community (21)
  • Fringe (21)
  • Parks and Recreation (20)
  • Halt and Catch Fire (20)
  • The X Files (20)
  • Andor (18)
  • Mr. Inbetween (17)
  • Buffy the Vampire Slayer (17)
  • Severance (16)
  • Supernatural (16)
  • The Leftovers (15)

Recommended (14–5)

  • Twin Peaks (14)
  • Succession (14)
  • Battlestar Galactica (14)
  • Hannibal (13)
  • Peaky Blinders (13)
  • Friends (12)
  • It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia (12)
  • The Big Bang Theory (12)
  • MAS*H (12)
  • Sons of Anarchy (12)
  • Derry Girls (12)
  • Band of Brothers (12)
  • Firefly (12)
  • Psych (12)
  • Mr. Robot (12)
  • Fargo (12)
  • Fleabag (12)
  • Slow Horses (11)
  • Gilmore Girls (11)
  • Outlander (11)
  • Homeland (11)
  • Law & Order Series (11)
  • Stranger Things (11)
  • Seinfeld (10)
  • Haunting of Hill House (10)
  • Patriot (10)
  • The Pitt (10)
  • Chernobyl (10)
  • Rome (10)
  • 12 Monkeys (10)
  • Criminal Minds (10)
  • Scrubs (10)
  • Shrinking (10)
  • Station Eleven (10)
  • The Magicians (10)
  • Frasier (10)
  • Friday Night Lights (9)
  • Modern Family (9)
  • Heated Rivalry (9)
  • The Newsroom (8)
  • The Shield (8)
  • Stargate (8)
  • New Girl (8)
  • Elementary (8)
  • IT Crowd (8)
  • True Blood (8)
  • Avatar: The Last Airbender (8)
  • Sex and the City (8)
  • ER (8)
  • Broadchurch (8)
  • Homicide: Life on the Streets (7)
  • Castle (7)
  • Resident Alien (7)
  • Veronica Mars (7)
  • Midnight Mass (7)
  • Luther (7)
  • 24 (7)
  • Columbo (7)
  • Boardwalk Empire (7)
  • The Last Kingdom (7)
  • Penny Dreadful (7)
  • Chuck (7)
  • Downton Abbey (7)
  • Curb Your Enthusiasm (7)
  • Queen’s Gambit (7)
  • Interview with the Vampire (7)
  • Superstore (7)
  • Oz (6)
  • Lucifer (6)
  • The Simpsons (6)
  • The OA (6)
  • Sense8 (6)
  • The Walking Dead (6)
  • Sherlock (6)
  • Leverage Series (6)
  • The Good Wife (6)
  • Golden Girls (6)
  • Person of Interest (6)
  • Burn Notice (6)
  • Animal Kingdom (6)
  • The Twilight Zone (6)
  • Entourage (6)
  • Longmire (6)
  • Mind Hunter (6)
  • How I Met Your Mother (6)
  • The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (5)
  • Barry (5)
  • Bones (5)
  • From (5)
  • Desperate Housewives (5)
  • Ozark (5)
  • Westworld (5)
  • Detectorists (5)
  • Doctor Who (5)
  • Angel (5)
  • The Vampire Diaries (5)
  • One Tree Hill (5)
  • Yellowstone (5)
  • The Larry Sanders Show (5)
  • Black Sails (5)
  • Bojack Horseman (5)
  • Futurama (5)
  • Bosch (5)
  • Nurse Jackie (5)
  • Babylon 5 (5)
  • American Horror Story (5)
  • Greys Anatomy (5)

Honorable Mentions (4-3)

  • Shameless (4)
  • Monk (4)
  • Revenge (4)
  • Foundation (4)
  • Girls (4)
  • Parenthood (4)
  • The Diplomat (4)
  • Banshee (4)
  • The Originals (4)
  • Ghosts -BBC & US adaptation- (4)
  • White Collar (4)
  • Catastrophe (4)
  • Southland (4)
  • Poker Face (4)
  • Shogun (4)
  • Jack Ryan (4)
  • Veep (4)
  • The Residence (4)
  • Handmaid’s Tale (4)
  • Northern Exposure (4)
  • Dollhouse (4)
  • Cheers (4)
  • The Brokenwood Mysteries (4)
  • Letterkenny (4)
  • The Night Manager (4)
  • Prison Break (4)
  • 911 (4)
  • Suits (4)
  • Orange is the New Black (4)
  • Murder She Wrote (4)
  • Vikings (4)
  • Lie to Me (4)
  • High Potential (4)
  • Pushing Daisies (3)
  • Raising Hope (3)
  • Bob’s Burgers (3)
  • Snowfall (3)
  • Godless (3)
  • Grimm (3)
  • The OC (3)
  • The Young Pope (3)
  • Black Mirror (3)
  • Dark Matter (3)
  • Malcolm in the Middle (3)
  • House of Cards (3)
  • Dead to Me (3)
  • Blacklist (3)
  • Russian Doll (3)
  • The 4400 (3)
  • Hell on Wheels (3)
  • Sex Education (3)
  • Orphan Black (3)
  • Santa Clarita Diet (3)
  • Alien Earth (3)
  • Death in Paradise (3)
  • The Sandman (3)
  • The Mentalist (3)
  • Wentworth (3)
  • Broad City (3)
  • Department Q (3)
  • Monty Python’s Flying Circus (3)
  • What We Do in the Shadows (3)
  • Travelers (3)
  • Corner Gas (3)
  • Kath and Kim (3)
  • Glow (3)
  • Atlanta (3)
  • Atlantis (3)
  • The Killing (3)
  • Farscape (3)
  • The Sinner (3)
  • The White Lotus (3)
  • Cowboy Bebop (3)
  • Rookie (3)
  • Reservation Dogs (3)
  • Bridgerton (3)
  • Silo (3)
  • Rick and Morty (3)
  • Blue Bloods (3)