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NY Times Top 100 television shows of the 21st century
Posted on 9/24/26 at 11:26 pm
Posted on 9/24/26 at 11:26 pm
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Television has defined 21st century popular culture. And with the rise of Peak TV and streaming, and the flood of film stars to the small screen, an ambitious and diverse new wave of storytellers have revolutionized the medium over the past two-plus decades.
To identify the best work of that period (as we did with books and movies), we polled hundreds of stars, showrunners, craftspeople, executives and other industry experts and asked them to vote for the 10 best series that have premiered since Jan. 1, 2000. (So don't expect to see “The Sopranos,” which debuted in 1999.)
Among the more than 500 people who responded were stars like Elisabeth Moss, Adam Scott, Bryan Cranston, Rose Byrne, Colman Domingo and Jason Bateman, and showrunners like Damon Lindelof, Lena Dunham, Lena Waithe and Noah Hawley. We are rolling out the results every day this week — we’ll reveal No. 1 on Friday. See how your favorite shows ranked, save the ones you’ve always meant to watch, and let us know what you think in the comments.
The list and its rankings won’t please everyone. This is intended to start conversations and lively debates, not to end them.
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20. The Crown
19. Chernobyl
18. I May Destroy You
17. The Americans
16. The Office (U.K. version)
15. Six Feet Under
14. Friday Night Lights
13. Girls
12. Arrested Development
11. The Office (U.S. version)
10. Atlanta
9. Curb Your Enthusiasm
8. 30 Rock
7. Veep
6. Game of Thrones
5. Fleabag
4. Succession
3. Mad Men
2. The Wire
1. Breaking Bad
Other notables
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21. The White Lotus
2021–present
22. Lost
27. Better Call Saul
2015–2022
28. Band of Brothers
2001
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Posted on 9/24/26 at 11:31 pm to RLDSC FAN
I've never seen Fleabag/Atlanta. Chernobyl, BCS, and Arrested Development are too low. I actually watched most of S1 of Girls and wasn't impressed. The list is also missing some elite Brit comedies(Peep Show, IT Crowd), but other than that, the list is pretty legit.
ETA: Fargo fell off in S4/5, but S1-3 (especially the first two) were so good that it needs to be on there.
ETA: Fargo fell off in S4/5, but S1-3 (especially the first two) were so good that it needs to be on there.
This post was edited on 9/24/26 at 11:35 pm
Posted on 9/24/26 at 11:35 pm to RLDSC FAN
I mean, I don't see any bad shows (of the ones I've seen)...
Posted on 9/24/26 at 11:42 pm to RLDSC FAN
No Sopranos, no Deadwood, no Boardwalk? List is shite
This post was edited on 9/24/26 at 11:43 pm
Posted on 9/24/26 at 11:45 pm to Madking
quote:They explained why The Sopranos wasn’t eligible for the list since it debuted in 1999.
No Sopranos
Posted on 9/24/26 at 11:47 pm to drizztiger
It ran for what, 6 seasons until 08? It’s a 21st century show.
Posted on 9/24/26 at 11:55 pm to RLDSC FAN
Band of Brothers way to low!!
Posted on 9/24/26 at 11:59 pm to Madking
quote:I don’t disagree, I’m just going with what they said as the cutoff criteria.
It ran for what, 6 seasons until 08? It’s a 21st century show.
Posted on 9/25/26 at 12:02 am to drizztiger
I know, I read their BS. That’s not why it isn’t in there.
Posted on 9/25/26 at 1:07 am to RLDSC FAN
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NY Times Top 100 television shows of the 21st century besides Deadwood
Posted on 9/25/26 at 1:08 am to RLDSC FAN
scrubs and parks and rec are much better than 30 rock.
Posted on 9/25/26 at 1:14 am to RLDSC FAN
Chernobyl is way too low. Shogun was better than half of the shows on that list.
Posted on 9/25/26 at 2:03 am to RLDSC FAN
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The list and its rankings won’t please everyone. This is intended to start conversations and lively debates, not to end them.
I have said hundreds of times that the best way to produce internet rage is to make a top X or worst X list about anything. You will always get this list is shite because such and such isn't on the list, or it is too high or too low. It all comes down to the fact that everyone feels like deep down inside their list of best rock guitarists is objectively correct. Following that analogy you get the arguments that Page, Hendrix and Richards are too sloppy and that person might lean toward Mark Knopfler, Andy Summers and Lindsey Buckingham. In the end you ain't right and they ain't wrong.
Posted on 9/25/26 at 5:54 am to Obtuse1
This is actually a pretty solid representation of "we need more women/minorities/gays on this list"
There's no way that truly objective people can say that Girls, or Fleabag, or Atlanta, or Veep, are better shows than Band of Brothers or Chernobyl.. but once their list is finished they (the voter) realizes they need to go back and insert some bias
There's no way that truly objective people can say that Girls, or Fleabag, or Atlanta, or Veep, are better shows than Band of Brothers or Chernobyl.. but once their list is finished they (the voter) realizes they need to go back and insert some bias
Posted on 9/25/26 at 6:29 am to RLDSC FAN
Where’d they put Justified? List is crap.
This post was edited on 9/25/26 at 6:30 am
Posted on 9/25/26 at 6:33 am to jmcwhrter
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There's no way that truly objective people can say that Girls, or Fleabag, or Atlanta, or Veep, are better shows than Band of Brothers or Chernobyl.. but once their list is finished they (the voter) realizes they need to go back and insert some bias
Or the bias wasn't intentionally inserted because BoB or Chornobyl just aren't their thing, and they never watched them. For example, there a lot of shows on the list my wife never watched. She started The Wire with me but quit fairly quickly because she couldn't handle the kids being so integral to the story. She knows I and many other people rate it as elite TV, but she wouldn't rate it as such; same with Breaking Bad because it is not her thing. Girls wasn't my thing, but I know a lot of people rate it fairly highly; it wouldn't be in my top 100 because I have never seen an episode.
I am not discounting that you could be right, however, there are perfectly benign reasons for more niche genres to be lower than other niche genres.
That was kinda at the core of my point; these types of lists are subjective, whether we like to think they are or not. I can honestly see how someone could honestly like Veep more than BoB and rate it higher. It wouldn't be my ranking, but if these types of rankings were objective everyone would have the same list and we wouldn't argue about them.
Posted on 9/25/26 at 6:40 am to RLDSC FAN
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19. Chernobyl
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28. Band of Brothers
Posted on 9/25/26 at 7:14 am to RLDSC FAN
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11. The Office (U.S. version)
Behind Atlanta and Fleabag?
Posted on 9/25/26 at 7:15 am to RLDSC FAN
Girls
LOL
LOL
Posted on 9/25/26 at 7:42 am to RLDSC FAN
I've tried to start The Wire 4 times. I lose interest so fast. I don't care about Baltimore. It's boring.
The frick is Fleabag. Ghosts UK not being top 5 is a crime. Chernobyl is too low. Atlanta should be taken out back and beaten with a rubber hose.
The frick is Fleabag. Ghosts UK not being top 5 is a crime. Chernobyl is too low. Atlanta should be taken out back and beaten with a rubber hose.
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