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List compiled by an utter moron. Entirely missing (among others) and vastly superior to most on the list:
Also, despite being controversial, probably worth mentioning:
South Park is not eligible as it started airing in 1997.
ridiculous rule for shows that have run longer than everything else on the list, and still popular.
Yeah that thought occurred to me - but since the list is as dumb as it is to begin with, I didn’t bother looking for rules of eligibility.
scanned the entire list hoping the expanse would pop up.
of course not.
did you cry so hard that your tears turned to blood?
i really need to resume watching that show, damn…
Yeah the fact that The Office UK is on here and not The IT Crowd just shows they included it due to proximity to The Office US and don’t watch British TV.
Z Nation was so great.
I just started a rewatch tonight after having mentioned it here :) I loved the show and I think it’s time to give it another go. I am surprised how much of the permanent cast is introduced in episode one.
What’s controversial about The Walking Dead? (I only saw the first season).
The torture porn for Season 7 first episode. The show went from splatter / hack & slash to a breach of the psychological contract between film makers and the audience. Instead of cutting away for the ultra violence, they stayed fully on it, turning this franchise from a zombie splatter movie into sadistic torture porn, with the sadism directed at the unsuspecting viewers.
I was able to skip past one of those sections because it was telegraphed in the previous season’s ending, but the next one was intentionally designed to catch the audience unaware and was ultra explicit. I did not want to see this and I never consented to this kind of sadistic fucked up shit to be broadcast onto my screen.
Fuck the makers of that franchise, fuck AMC and fuck everyone involved in that decision for all eternity.
You can stop there, The first season is gold. After that TWD doesn’t have a clue what to do with his premises and becomes stagnant
It just quickly got old and repetitive,completely uninspired rehashing of the same problems and storylines. Season 1 is gold, 2 is decent, don’t bother past that
No Scrubs?? Preposterous
There was a whole song about that
I remeber, they " want no scrubs, a scrub can’t get no love from them"
Excuse me there’s a mistake What We Do In The Shadows should be at the top of list thank you.
Infinity Train is better
Not enough Matt Berry, Kayvan Novak, Natasia Demetriou or Mark Proksch imo.
Not to mention Our Flag Means Death
Alright well let’s squeeze in good old Flight of the Conchords while we’re at it!
SERIOUSLY.
What We Do In The Shadows was fucking incredible.
Arazonia!
I know a quote from the regular human bartender Jackie Daytona when I see one!
I already knew the new York times were shit
This was by vote of 500 actors/industry people, not NYT editorial. A lot of the actors voted for their own shows.
Community being 97th is heresy
Insane list. Look at the IMDB Top 250 filtered by “after 2000” and you’ll notice the obvious omissions:
These are just a couple examples in different categories. Anime fans immediately noticed that no anime made the list at all. Western animation fans might have seen that Bojack Horseman made the list, but Avatar didn’t (or if the editor filtered for “adult animation”, Rick and Morty (#22) didn’t). There’s really no excuse for these, there is no consistent rule that would exclude any of these shows. NYT readers must live in the dark timeline where fun is outlawed and Taskmaster was cancelled after one series.
I don’t get why would they skip Avatar on this list.
Animation isn’t respected in the snobby “film” crowd. These are the same sorts of people that refuse to take Citizen Kane out of the number 1 movie slot. If movies peaked in 1941, what’s the point?
Biased mainstream media REFUSING to acknowledge the cultural significance of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic 😤.
Unironically. I’m sure Parks&Rec was a fun show, but did it fill convention centers around the world with hundreds of thousands fans? Did it kickstart the careers of animators, illustrators and musicians?
There’s a couple more “children’s cartoons” that I’d put in the top 100 over some high-popularity-but-low-cultural-impact shows from this list. I think if you look at the current animation industry, all of them will name the same shows that inspired them as children and still influence their work to this day: Avatar: the Last Airbender (2005), Gravity Falls (2012), Adventure Time (2010), etc.
IMO it’s rather that ‘Adventure Time’ and other cartoons were inspired by Don Hertzfeldt. Afaik Pendleton Ward was in CalArts right when Hertzfeldt’s shorts came out. ‘Adventure Time’ ran at pretty much the same time as ‘Regular Show’, and they had similar style and mood — not surprisingly, since Ward befriended J. G. Quintel (and Alex Hirsch) at CalArts. These three worked on ‘The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack’ together before launching their separate series.
This is bullshit. The 21st century isn’t even over yet.
True Detectives (SEASON ONE)
lol the people behind season 2 must be fuming…
Also, if they can just, randomly specify seasons of a show, why aren’t they excluding the last season of GoT? or the finale of Lost (haven’t seen, but come to believe that the finale was considered one of the worst ever)?
It’s really weird that basically nothing made out of the anglosphere is there. Squid game got squeezed in, but not a single anime for example is really weird. There is stuff like AoT and Death Note and neither is on there.
It’s conpletely US-centered with a couple of British shows sprinkled on top. Even if your focus was just the anglosphere, UK TV punches way above its weight.
It’s funny how many British shows run for 8 episodes and an ending, then gets remade in America with 8 seasons
I’m sirprised Scrubs, Monk, Lucifer, Dark etc. didnt’t make the list but allegedly a TV show called PEN15 did?
Honestly from what I’ve seen of PEN15 it does belong on the list.
Pen15 should be higher what the fuck are you on?!
BoJack is such an amazing series and I never want to watch it again
That shit hurt me in a way no media ever has
I love BoJack so much. I keep thinking I should rewatch it, but then put it off. it was perfect though.
It’s worth watching the German dub. The voice actors really killed it.
I watched it a second time and it was a very different experience. On my first watch, the ending surprised me and I thought it was a weird twist. On the second watch, I had to stop watching because it was so obvious. All the signals were there. I’d clearly misinterpreted them the first time.
Lol whenever I start a rewatch I know it is time to call my therapist
The best TV show IN ENGLISH… plenty of better TV show in other languages… just saying.
Any recommendations?
One show on the list is actually not in English: The Bureau (original title: Le bureau des légendes)
Excellent spy and geo political drama/thriller following agents of the French DGSE.
I’ll quote myself from the other post about this:
Why the fuck would I care what the NYT thinks about TV shows?
Orphan Black not being there should be a crime
I’m upset because (my favorite show) is not in the top (insert arbitrary number)
A lot these comments are more like
I’m upset because (my favorite 20th century show) is not in the top (insert arbitrary number)
This is a pretty good list, that I largely agree with. IF it were unordered. Ordered the way it is, it is an abomination.
At least the big bang theory and young Sheldon aren’t on this list
So apparently, the 21st Century is already over, and pretty much every good show is made in English. Got it.
I think these are as good as any on this list as well. My faves.
Black Sails
Arcane
Letterkenny
Norsemen
Corner Gas
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms
Corner Gas mentioned?! Let’s go!!!
Arcane doesn’t belong but you are right on black sails
Who made this list lol. Shit shows are high ranked, good shows low ranked. Makes no sense.
I’d assume that it’s based on some form of measure. How many times streamed, average episode rating, how many streaming/hosting licenses were purchased, etc etc.
I can absolutely see how a show without much narrative complexity but is delightful ‘popcorn’ to second-screen watch after a long day could perform well. It’s all in which metrics were used and how they were weighted.
I also think they only checked certain streaming services, but not all. Because there are some very good shows missing. And also many older shows are missing. At least Six Feet Under made the list, as an older show. But it shouldn’t be so low on the list. Especially when you see the other shows above it. It makes no sense.
So, like,
How come they’re all in English?
Squid Game at 72 isn't, but as far as I can tell, it's the only non-English show on there.
So, so many poorly placed on the list. Band of Brothers is my personal number 1, but I’d accept it anywhere in the top 5; begrudgingly accept it in the top 10. But 28? GTFO.
Always Sunny is SEVENTY-EIGHTH?! gtfoutta here.
I don’t think I know anyone that would argue with Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul, and maybe The Wire (I don’t know any of you contrarians) but the rest of the list just doesn’t have nearly the writing quality. Which is really weird to think about. 3 shows (really 2, Better Call Saul is really Breaking Bad) that are exponentially better than the rest.
Office UK is better than Office US.
I wouldn’t put Breaking Bad over The Wire.
It’s a mediocre list for sure.
Fake top 100 for sure. Op made it because he watched this series and wants to brag about it.
Where at IT Crowd, Seinfeld and Person of Interest? But yea, let add only American series!
/J
MrScruff@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
This list is invalid because How It’s Made is suspiciously absent.
Katana314@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
youtu.be/dMapmlUwerw
Ertain@feddit.online 2 weeks ago
Brooks Moore should be a TV star, or a household name.