1500 Shows Worth Recommending
I recommend a bunch of shows that lasted multiple seasons, still have tons of relevance and which mostly leave a positive impression/don’t lost most of their positive traits overtime.
Obviously tons of shows will be missing either because I feel they haven’t dated well, their last few seasons undid all the positives or because they got cancelled prematurely. But if they have two or more mostly solid seasons they can be contenders.
I also decided to have this be an alternative for the IMDb 250 Top Ranked TV Shows list currently in place.
Obviously tons of shows will be missing either because I feel they haven’t dated well, their last few seasons undid all the positives or because they got cancelled prematurely. But if they have two or more mostly solid seasons they can be contenders.
I also decided to have this be an alternative for the IMDb 250 Top Ranked TV Shows list currently in place.
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- CreatorAlan BallStarsPeter KrauseMichael C. HallFrances ConroyWhen death is your business, what is your life? Laced with irony and dark situational humor, the show approaches the subject of death through the eyes of the Fisher family, who owns and operates a funeral home in Los Angeles.
- CreatorShawn RyanStarsMichael ChiklisMichael JaceJay KarnesA gang of corrupt Los Angeles Police Department cops uses illegal methods to maintain law and order, whilst engaging in a series of undercover dealings secretly in order to get rich.
- CreatorNeil CrossStarsIdris ElbaDermot CrowleyMichael SmileyJohn Luther is a brilliant homicide detective with a knack for getting inside the minds of murderers. Unfortunately, his unconventional methods and personal demons put him at odds with his team.
- CreatorPaul T. ScheuringStarsDominic PurcellWentworth MillerAmaury NolascoA structural engineer installs himself in a prison he helped design, in order to save his falsely accused brother from a death sentence by breaking themselves out from the inside.
- CreatorDavid MametStarsDennis HaysbertRegina TaylorAudrey Marie AndersonA secret U.S. military group conducts covert operations across the world, facing several life-threatening situations during their missions.
- CreatorsDavid SchicklerJonathan TropperStarsAntony StarrIvana MilicevicUlrich ThomsenAn ex-con assumes the identity of a murdered sheriff in the small town of Banshee, Pennsylvania, where he has some unfinished business.
- CreatorGene RoddenberryStarsPatrick StewartBrent SpinerJonathan FrakesSet almost 100 years after Captain Kirk's 5-year mission, a new generation of Starfleet officers sets off in the U.S.S. Enterprise-D on its own mission to go where no one has gone before.The first few seasons didn’t age well but while I like the original and Enterprise, this had the most likeable cast of characters despite the Original Series having better movie installments.
- CreatorChris CarterStarsDavid DuchovnyGillian AndersonMitch PileggiTwo F.B.I. Agents, Fox Mulder the believer and Dana Scully the skeptic, investigate the strange and unexplained, while hidden forces work to impede their efforts.I care not what they say: all seasons of this are well worth viewing and embracing the chilling thrills, dry humor and puzzles.
- CreatorPaul AttanasioStarsRichard BelzerClark JohnsonYaphet KottoAn American police procedural television series chronicling the work of a fictional version of the Baltimore Police Department's Homicide Unit.
- CreatorJ. Michael StraczynskiStarsMira FurlanRichard BiggsStephen FurstIn the mid 23rd century, the Earth Alliance space station Babylon 5, located in neutral territory, is a major focal point for political intrigue, racial tensions and various wars over the course of five years.
- CreatorsDonald P. BellisarioDon McGillStarsSean MurrayDavid McCallumMark HarmonFollows the Major Case Response Team (MCRT) from the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS), as they get to the bottom of criminal cases connected to Navy and Marine Corps personnel.JAG was close but it didn’t have neat humor, cliffhangers and other office shenanigans like this did.
- CreatorsBruno HellerWilliam J. MacDonaldJohn MiliusStarsKevin McKiddRay StevensonPolly WalkerThe lives of both illustrious and ordinary Romans in the last days of the Roman Republic.
- CreatorDavid MilchStarsTimothy OlyphantIan McShaneMolly ParkerA show set in the late 1800s, revolving around the characters of Deadwood, South Dakota; a town of deep corruption and crime.
- CreatorTom FontanaStarsErnie HudsonTerry KinneyJ.K. SimmonsA series chronicling the daily activities of an unusual prison facility and its criminal inhabitants.
- StarsPhilip WinchesterSullivan StapletonMichelle LukesFollows the actions of Section 20, a secretive unit of British military intelligence. A team of special operations personnel conduct several high risk missions across the globe.
- CreatorJeff DavisStarsKirsten VangsnessMatthew Gray GublerA.J. CookA group of criminal profilers who work for the FBI as members of its Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU) using behavioral analysis and profiling to help investigate crimes and find the suspect known as the unsub.
- CreatorDavid WolstencroftStarsPeter FirthHugh SimonNicola WalkerThe missions of MI-5, the UK's domestic intelligence organization.
- CreatorChris CarterStarsLance HenriksenMegan GallagherTerry O'QuinnA former FBI profiler with the ability to look inside the mind of a killer begins working for the mysterious Millennium Group which investigates serial killers, conspiracies, the occult, and those obsessed with the end of the millennium.
- CreatorsGreg DanielsRicky GervaisStephen MerchantStarsSteve CarellJenna FischerJohn KrasinskiA mockumentary on a group of typical office workers, where the workday consists of ego clashes, inappropriate behavior, tedium and romance.Always Sunny and Arrested Development have their moments but this is the timeless gem.
- CreatorsLarry DavidJerry SeinfeldStarsJerry SeinfeldJulia Louis-DreyfusMichael RichardsThe continuing misadventures of neurotic New York City stand-up comedian Jerry Seinfeld and his equally neurotic New York City friends.
- CreatorsDick WolfRick EidStarsJerry OrbachJesse L. MartinDennis FarinaTwo Part drama which focuses on the New York criminal Justice System by showing a violent crime investigated by police detectives in the first half and then the trial of the accused in court by the prosecutors in the second half.As great as the other shows are, I feel like this strikes the overall perfect balance with the realistic crimes, morally challenging issues, legal takedowns, police action, docudrama style filmmaking and snappy characterization.
- CreatorsSteven BochcoDavid MilchStarsDennis FranzJimmy SmitsGordon ClappDetectives from NYPD's 15th Precinct investigate homicides within their precinct.
- CreatorsJim DunnSam ErnstStarsEmily RoseLucas BryantEric BalfourMany in the coastal town of Haven, Maine have a dormant curse or "trouble" that could trigger at any time for any reason. FBI agent Audrey Parker, the sheriff and the town's black sheep must deal with the troubles' deadly effects.
- CreatorChris BrancatoStarsSebastian SpenceRob LaBelleRoger CrossFramed for murder and on the run, a former thief struggles to expose the vanguard of an alien invasion with the help of a conspiracy theorist and newly discovered prophecies of Nostradamus.
- CreatorsRené EchevarriaScott PetersStarsJacqueline McKenzieJoel GretschPatrick John FluegerAs the reappearance of 4,400 missing persons on a single day confounds the global community, federal agents on the case slowly discover the ways in which the victims have been changed.
