AV Club's Best TV Series of the '00s

Andvil · Post by **Andvil** » Thu Nov 12, 2009 5:18 am

http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-best ... 00s,35256/

there are write-ups for all the shows if you follow that link, but here's the short list:

1. The Wire
2. The Sopranos
3. Arrested Development
4. Freaks and Geeks
5. Mad Men
6. Breaking Bad
7. The Office (UK)
8. Lost
9. Deadwood
10. The Shield
11. The Office (US)
12. Battlestar Galactica
13. 30 Rock
14. Futurama
15. Veronica Mars
16. Friday Night Lights
17. Firefly
18. How I Met Your Mother
19. Big Love
20. Tim and Eric Awesome Show Great Job!
21. Curb Your Enthusiasm
22. Six Feet Under
23. Undeclared
24. Dexter
25. Buffy the Vampire Slayer
26. The Venture Bros.
27. Flight of the Concords
28. Eastbound & Down
29. Wonder Showzen
30. The West Wing

obviously Curb should be higher, but other than that, I think that's a pretty, pretty, pretty good list. I am amazed (and I love) that they included Tim and Eric

Mike BLAOWery · Post by **Mike BLAOWery** » Thu Nov 12, 2009 10:23 am

more or less on point even though i am upset at the omission of south park. I also feel like Curb and (gasp) buffy should be higher. Buffy was such a creative tour de force. Unbelievably underrated TV show imo because people wrote it off as a teeny angst show with vampire slayings.

Andvil · Post by **Andvil** » Thu Nov 12, 2009 10:27 am

maybe they excluded south park because it started before 1999-2000? they included stuff like Sopranos and Freaks & Geeks so I dont know

Mike BLAOWery · Post by **Mike BLAOWery** » Thu Nov 12, 2009 10:44 am

Andvil wrote:maybe they excluded south park because it started before 1999-2000? they included stuff like Sopranos and Freaks & Geeks so I dont know

buffy started before 2000 as well. you would think south park is a top 30 TV program of the decade.

Andvil · Post by **Andvil** » Thu Nov 12, 2009 11:04 am

I agree, it's one of my favs

SYM · Post by **SYM** » Thu Nov 12, 2009 11:14 am

love that one perfect season of freaks and geeks ranks in this top five.

Website · Post by **Random Sample** » Thu Nov 12, 2009 11:18 am

I thought sunny in philadelphia would make the list.

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Thu Nov 12, 2009 12:22 pm

putting deadwood below lost and office is laughable, and puzzling considering the source. move deadwood to 2 or 3 though and maybe find a way to squeeze in south part and the top 10 looks good

Mike BLAOWery · Post by **Mike BLAOWery** » Thu Nov 12, 2009 12:49 pm

Love deadwood but lost is tremendous. There are definitely negatives but the positives outweigh them soooooooo much. Maybe its the geek in me.

Mike BLAOWery · Post by **Mike BLAOWery** » Thu Nov 12, 2009 12:50 pm

in fact I feel, lost and deadwood should both move up

Andvil · Post by **Andvil** » Thu Nov 12, 2009 12:59 pm

I dunno, I would probably keep The Office above Deadwood, but DEFINITELY move Deadwood above Lost

also, I wouldve put Spaced & IT Crowd on that list somewhere

Dunnnnleavy · Post by **Dunnnnleavy** » Thu Nov 12, 2009 1:23 pm

i've never met anyone who actually liked "Big Love"...was also suprised about exclusion of "It's Always Sunny" SORT OF...but the show has more of a frat-humor following than critical acclaim.

Hopefully excluding "South Park" was for reasons stated about it beginning in mid-90s.

Surprised as hell "eastbound and down" is on here just cause its only had one season.

notice how non-network drama themed the list is?

citizen · Post by **citizen** » Thu Nov 12, 2009 1:27 pm

interesting that the uk office always gets thrown in on these lists. is that the only non u.s. show that has been good this decade, i mean maybe it is, i dont know

Career Over Like Mike(NJJ) · Thu Nov 12, 2009 1:34 pm

Flight Of The Concords? Seriously? Still, at least Entourage isn't on here.

Mad Men, Lost, Breaking Bad and The Office being better than Deadwood = complete lack of credibility.

You'd think The Corner would get some love since you can't move for johnny come latelies falling over themselves to praise The Wire nowadays.

Huff should really be on here, but, sadly, Blastmaster and i seem to be the only people who watched it.

ackbar · Post by **ackbar** » Thu Nov 12, 2009 1:50 pm

the corner was technically a mini-series & not a full out tv series.. so i wouldn't even consider it eligible

pretty great list imo (although some of the order could be adjusted). nbc's the office @ #11 is some hilarious shit. how i met your mother is terrible

Career Over Like Mike(NJJ) · Thu Nov 12, 2009 1:54 pm

The Corner had as many episodes as a single series of, say, a British classic like Blackadder so it counts.

Speaking of Brit stuff, Peep Show should really be on here.

ackbar · Post by **ackbar** » Thu Nov 12, 2009 1:57 pm

i agree with peep show

it's semantics.. but the difference is those uk shows classify themselves as tv series while the corner always intended to be a singular mini-series

related.. i never got into black adder

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Thu Nov 12, 2009 2:04 pm

I Drive A Lexus wrote:
You'd think The Corner would get some love since you can't move for johnny come latelies falling over themselves to praise The Wire nowadays.

trendy revivalism aside the corner has has dated somewhat poorly in the context of the existance of the wire. it's still very watchable, but the wire improves on pretty much every aspect of it plus adds a whole bunch more.

always sunny is in a weird place, it started out as a cult hit of sorts and is now becoming a crossover success, but it doesn't quite have enough pull on either side of that equation to rate as a proper critical darling or a populist juggernaut.

Tweak Da Leak · Post by **Tweak Da Leak** » Thu Nov 12, 2009 2:10 pm

1. The Shield
2. Sopranos
3. The Wire
4. Deadwood
5. Curb Your Enthusiasm
6. Breaking Bad
7. It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
8. Arrested Development
9. Southpark
10. The Office (UK)

an-also · Post by **an-also** » Thu Nov 12, 2009 2:17 pm

lol @ having 30 rock in front of Curb

Career Over Like Mike(NJJ) · Thu Nov 12, 2009 2:32 pm

drizzle wrote:trendy revivalism aside the corner has has dated somewhat poorly in the context of the existance of the wire. it's still very watchable, but the wire improves on pretty much every aspect of it plus adds a whole bunch more.

No shit, but it's still better than at least 10 shows on this list.

Roy Johnson · Post by **Roy Johnson** » Thu Nov 12, 2009 3:28 pm

ackbar wrote:nbc's the office @ #11 is some hilarious shit.

Canadians ain't feeling Dwight? What's the deal, yo? I'm steady watching re-runs every day, and I can't stop laughing. I guess that it's just my particular sense of humor, though.

I haven't given the UK version of "The Office" a fair shot as of yet, but I've accumulated upwards of 10 episodes on my DVR. I'm glad that Adult Swim is airing 'em.

ackbar · Post by **ackbar** » Thu Nov 12, 2009 3:32 pm

the uk version is much better

Roy Johnson · Post by **Roy Johnson** » Thu Nov 12, 2009 3:34 pm

"The Corner" was an awesome one-time viewing experience, and I watched all of the episodes when they originally aired, so I guess that gives me some added credibility or something?

LOL at the resentment towards people who were late on "The Wire".

"The Corner" is too depressing to have any replay value, though. Meanwhile, I'm on Wire marathon #7.

Roy Johnson · Post by **Roy Johnson** » Thu Nov 12, 2009 3:37 pm

Tweak Da Leak wrote:1. The Shield
2. Sopranos
3. The Wire
4. Deadwood
5. Curb Your Enthusiasm
6. Breaking Bad
7. It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
8. Arrested Development
9. Southpark
10. The Office (UK)

Damn son, you really like "The Shield", huh? I'm gonna have to give it a shot one of these days.

Employee · Post by **Employee** » Thu Nov 12, 2009 3:56 pm

Roy Johnson wrote:
Tweak Da Leak wrote:1. The Shield
2. Sopranos
3. The Wire
4. Deadwood
5. Curb Your Enthusiasm
6. Breaking Bad
7. It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
8. Arrested Development
9. Southpark
10. The Office (UK)
Damn son, you really like "The Shield", huh? I'm gonna have to give it a shot one of these days.

My personal favorite. That show is the fucking shit, man. Definitely deserved a spot in the top ten.

Tweak Da Leak · Post by **Tweak Da Leak** » Thu Nov 12, 2009 4:26 pm

Employee wrote:
Roy Johnson wrote:
Tweak Da Leak wrote:1. The Shield
2. Sopranos
3. The Wire
4. Deadwood
5. Curb Your Enthusiasm
6. Breaking Bad
7. It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
8. Arrested Development
9. Southpark
10. The Office (UK)
Damn son, you really like "The Shield", huh? I'm gonna have to give it a shot one of these days.
My personal favorite. That show is the fucking shit, man. Definitely deserved a spot in the top ten.

I might actually have Deadwood number 2 now that I think about it

Thun · Post by **Thun** » Thu Nov 12, 2009 6:01 pm

Am I the only one who thinks The Office is complete and utter unfunny faggot shit?

Comedy Quaddafi · Post by **Comedy Quaddafi** » Thu Nov 12, 2009 6:14 pm

Thun wrote:Am I the only one who thinks The Office is complete and utter unfunny faggot shit?

That list is full of faggoid milktoast entertaintment. The Office is one of the least ghey shows on that list, from what I've seen (which isn't that much).

I still LOL when people say The Wire is the bestestetst TV-show everrr everrr. The fans are even worse than us Dark Knight fans

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Thu Nov 12, 2009 6:28 pm

Comedy Quaddafi wrote:milktoast