100 Best TV dramas of all time
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@George-K True, I have a growing list of movies (and now TV shows) I hope to watch at some point, but not much time these days. It's OK, a trade off I wouldn't trade.
Thanks for your other comments...good to know! For The Shield, you may have to remember it was gritty back when the style (including camera work) was somewhat new and groundbreaking. Not sure how it compares...I just remember it being just a level above other shows. Then again, I also really liked 24 with Jack Bauer. That was a fun show.
Totally different...Manhattan was also a great show. Not show how popular it was, but it explores the building of the first atomic bomb.
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@Copper said in 100 Best TV dramas of all time:
Bonanza is obviously #1.
It wasn't even mentioned.
How about Gunsmoke and Dragnet?
Word
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@89th said in 100 Best TV dramas of all time:
FWIW, The Shield is the best TV show I've ever seen.
Started watching it.
Wow.
Very disturbing and very good. Mackey is at once contemptible and engaging. Great performance by Chicklis. I'll finish season 1 by the end of the weekend and take a break before plunging on.
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@George-K Terrific! I haven't seen it in maybe 12 years which is long enough for me to forget most of the details. Maybe I'll binge watch it in the near future, too. I just watched a few clips on youtube and forgot how good they develop some of the characters over time.
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Finishing up season 4 of The Shield.
Truly remarkable.
In the dictionary, under "edgy" you'll find "The Shield."
"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08
The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
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I’ve only seen 23 all though and then another 25 in varying degrees. Interesting how much good stuff I abandoned for one reason or another.
Putting The Shield in the queue.
@Loki said in 100 Best TV dramas of all time:
I’ve only seen 23 all though and then another 25 in varying degrees. Interesting how much good stuff I abandoned for one reason or another.
Putting The Shield in the queue.
It's now, what, 15 years old?
What's happened to all the stars?
Chiklis is not doing much.
Dent is not doing much.
And the guy who played "Danny's" partner is in jail, serving a 40 year sentence for murdering his wife....
"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08
The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
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https://www.wrcbtv.com/story/42228352/100-best-tv-dramas-of-all-time
Not really click-bait-ey. But an interesting list.
At least it's all on one page you can scroll through.
Interesting selections, including The Twilight Zone, The Sopranos, Deadwood....
#1 wasn't really much of a surprise, but I'm sure many others could have qualified.
@George-K said in 100 Best TV dramas of all time:
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@George-K Terrific! I haven't seen it in maybe 12 years which is long enough for me to forget most of the details. Maybe I'll binge watch it in the near future, too. I just watched a few clips on youtube and forgot how good they develop some of the characters over time.
@89th said in 100 Best TV dramas of all time:
@George-K Terrific! I haven't seen it in maybe 12 years which is long enough for me to forget most of the details. Maybe I'll binge watch it in the near future, too. I just watched a few clips on youtube and forgot how good they develop some of the characters over time.
Started season 5 this weekend. I have nothing better to do, AMIRITE? What can be better than
wastingspending a couple of hours on TNCR before lunch and bingeing on a couple of "The Shield" episodes before lunch?No, Larry, I'm not looking at you...
What I'm really enjoying is the approach of having some "minor" sub-plots carry over from episode to episode. It makes the whole series less "episodic" than what we saw in shows from the decades prior. Also, the whole "arc of corruption" of Mackey and his cronies continues to move forward toward a disturbing and unrelenting resolution.
I have no idea of how it's all going to resolve, but the mix of "tonight's story" vs "let me tell you a LONG story" is very, very good.
Loving it.
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@George-K glad to hear! Yeah there are storylines that persist, and the character development is great. Really makes you care about more than just one or two lead characters.
@89th said in 100 Best TV dramas of all time:
@George-K glad to hear! Yeah there are storylines that persist, and the character development is great. Really makes you care about more than just one or two lead characters.
In season 5, they resurrect a mass-murderer suspect from the previous season (don't know how it'll resolve yet) which makes the whole arc so great.
"Hey, remember 7 episodes we told you about this guy? Yeah. Guess what...we're bringing him back, and we're gonna finish the story."
Just brilliant.
There are so many examples of "Checkov's gun" in this series, and it's fun to see how it gets fired in the next episode, or even in the next season.
I've tried to watch "The Wire" at least 3 times, and I always get bored, confused, or tired. "The Shield" is how a good cop show should be done.
