March 15, 2025

Greatest Ever TV Shows – Full List

Here are all 219 shows that appeared on any of the ‘Greatest TV Shows of All Time’ analysis list. To read the post where this is discussed, click here.

Ranked with total points; for tie breakers I have used whichever show had the highest individual list rank.

Rank Show Total Points
1 Sopranos 617
2 Breaking Bad 606
3 The Wire 478
4 Game of Thrones 434
5 Mad Men 340
6 The Simpsons 326
7 Seinfeld 270
8 Friends 251
9 The Twilight Zone 234
10 Twin Peaks 233
11 Better Call Saul 167
12 The Office – US 166
13 The West Wing 150
14 Fleabag 149
15 Succession 142
16 MASH 131
17 Lost 125
18 Band of Brothers 118
19 The Leftovers 99
20 The X Files 99
21 Sherlock 92
22 Stranger Things 87
23 Buffy 86
24 Chernobyl 86
25 The Office – UK 85
26 I Love Lucy 84
27 Six Feet Under 79
28 Arrested Development 78
29 Sex and the City 78
30 Avatar: The Last Airbender 75
31 Mary Tyler Moore Show 73
32 Atlanta 73
33 Cheers 73
34 Star Trek 73
35 Deadwood 67
36 Saturday Night Live 65
37 Battlestar Gallactica 60
38 Curb Your Enthusiasm 56
39 Doctor Who 56
40 The Larry Sanders Show 55
41 Planet Earth II 54
42 Rick and Morty 54
43 South Park 52
44 True Detective 52
45 Firefly 50
46 All in the Family 50
47 30 Rock 50
48 Frasier 49
49 Parks and Rec 47
50 Downton Abbey 46
51 Dexter 44
52 Fargo 43
53 Mr Robot 43
54 Line of Duty 41
55 House 40
56 Only Fools and Horses 39
57 Happy Valley 38
58 Freaks and Geaks 37
59 Bojack Horseman 37
60 The Walking Dead 35
61 My So Called Life 34
62 Planet Earth 33
63 Big Bang Theory 32
64 Grey’s Anatomy 32
65 Ted Lasso 32
66 Star Trek: TNG 30
67 Fawlty Towers 30
68 Black Mirror 30
69 Peep Show 29
70 Arcane 29
71 Supernatural 28
72 It’s Always Sunny 27
73 OJ: Made in America 27
74 Batman the Animated Series 26
75 Fullmetal Alchemist 25
76 Blue Planet 25
77 Family Guy 25
78 Psych 24
79 Attack on Titan 24
80 Community 24
81 America to Me 23
82 Our Planet 23
83 Roseanne 23
84 The US and the Holocuast 22
85 Veep 22
86 Brooklyn 99 22
87 Three’s Company 22
88 The Thick of It 22
89 The Americans 22
90 Looney Tunes 22
91 Gravity Falls 21
92 Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy 21
93 I May Destroy You 21
94 Louie 20
95 Strictly Come Dancing 20
96 Beverley Hills 90210 20
97 Sesame Street 20
98 Modern Family 19
99 The Staircase 19
100 Inspector Morse 19
101 Black-ish 19
102 Last of Us 19
103 Tom and Jerry 19
104 Bluey 18
105 Blue Planet II 18
106 The Chosen 18
107 The Shield 17
108 Homicide: Life on the Streets 17
109 The OA 17
110 Over the Hedge 17
111 Dad’s Army 17
112 Cowboy Beebpo 17
113 Sons of Anarchy 16
114 Cosmos (Neil Degrasse Tyson version) 16
115 Monster 16
116 Roots 16
117 Poldark 16
118 Orange is the New Black 16
119 The Young Pope 16
120 City So Real 15
121 Cosmos: Origin 15
122 Interview with the Vampire 15
123 Cheers 15
124 Whose Line Is It Anyway 15
125 Fresh Prince 15
126 ER 15
127 Hannibal 15
128 Chappelle’s Show 15
129 Will and Grace 15
130 Peaky Blinders 15
131 Oz 14
132 24 14
133 How I Met Your Mother 14
134 House of Cards 14
135 Shameless 14
136 Samurai Jack 14
137 Deep Space 9 14
138 Dallas 14
139 Dekalog 13
140 Severence 13
141 Morecombe and Wise 13
142 Golden Girls 13
143 Spongebob Squarepants 13
144 The Boys 13
145 Regular Show 13
146 Scooby Doo 13
147 Prison Break 12
148 The Underground Railroad 12
149 The World at War 12
150 Dick Van Dyke Show 12
151 Endeavour 12
152 Coronation Street 12
153 Last Week Tonight 12
154 Legion 12
155 Daily Show 12
156 Hill Street Blues 11
157 Porridge 11
158 American Dad 11
159 Criminal Minds 10
160 Life 10
161 Friday Night Lights 10
162 The Mandalorian 10
163 Law and Order 10
164 Nighty Night 10
165 Blackadder 9
166 Primal 9
167 Berlin Alexanderplatz 9
168 Nathan for You 9
169 Oprah 9
170 The Cosby Show 9
171 House of the Dragon 9
172 The Last Movie Stars 8
173 The Last Dance 8
174 This is Us 8
175 Dark 8
176 Bob’s Burgers 8
177 Girls 8
178 Marvelous Mrs Maisel 8
179 Taxi 7
180 This is Going to Hurt 7
181 The Muppet Show 7
182 Playhouse 90 7
183 Narcos 7
184 Schitt’s Creek 7
185 The Vietnam War 7
186 It’s a Sin 6
187 The Vietnam War 6
188 60 Minutes 6
189 The Good Life 6
190 Big Brother 6
191 Red Dwarf 5
192 Borgen 5
193 Monty Python’s Flying Circus 5
194 When They See Us 5
195 Watchmen 5
196 Ozark 4
197 Frozen Planet 4
198 Derry Girls 4
199 Black Sails 4
200 Adventure Time 4
201 Arrow 4
202 Handmaid’s Tale 4
203 The Flintstones 4
204 Homeland 3
205 Dimension 20 3
206 The Carol Burnett Show 3
207 The Good Place 3
208 Insecure 3
209 Life on Mars 3
210 The Young Ones 3
211 Joe Perra Talks To You 3
212 Last Chance U 2
213 The Two Ronnies 2
214 The Tonight Show 2
215 American Horror Story 1
216 The Night Of 1
217 The Singing Detective 1
218 The O.C. 1
219 One Piece 1