Breaking Bad V The Wire V The Sopranos V Boardwalk Empire V Others

[Blackadder]

I'm up to date on Thrones and Band of Brothers.

I currently have both box sets of Sopranos and Boardwalk downloaded. Both great. Only problem is they are filling up the box. I deleted some stuff that I never got around to watching.

 

[mreprice]

Dexter is being outrageously underrated here. A terrible finale shouldn't invalidate the entire series

And another vote for west wing here


If you have gone through all the big names Six feet under was an underrated classic

 

[easynow]

HBO are making a new WW2 drama based on the air force bombers.

 

[Colonel Angus]

1. The Wire
2. Sopranos
3. Boardwalk Empire
Breaking Bad - Don't know.

The Wire edges the Sopranos for me as it was a genuinely different style of drama. Sopranos was good, but probably ran for 1-2 seasons longer than it should have.

Have yet to see Breaking Bad, but will correct that in the next year (just finishing Dexter final season at mo).

 

[BBassic]

Six Feet Under is some of the greatest television ever made. E.R. is good too.

 

[Icy Gull]

1. The Wire
2. Sopranos
3. Boardwalk Empire
Breaking Bad - Don't know.

The Wire edges the Sopranos for me as it was a genuinely different style of drama. Sopranos was good, but probably ran for 1-2 seasons longer than it should have.

Have yet to see Breaking Bad, but will correct that in the next year (just finishing Dexter final season at mo).

I'm in agreement with your order and haven't seen Breaking Bad either.

 

[beefypigeon]

Has anyone mentioned Prison Break yet? Season 1 in particular was amazing.

Just started breaking bad and I can tell it's going to be a good one!

 

[Wilko]

Breaking Bad is the best TV I have ever seen, Mad men is also very good.

Think I am difficult to please though cause I got bored of both GoT and Boardwalk empire by the second season and never carried on.

 

[Kalimantan Gull]

West Wing my favourite american series of all time. Walking Dead is my current fave.

Oh, and Alias, brilliant. Put your brain on a shelf and enjoy!

 

[Bulldog]

Finished watching Fringe a while ago, not the best ever but in my top 10.

 

[TheJasperCo]

I enjoyed House and Suits. Breaking Bad was very good, but for me at least, there will be better series out there. Game of Thrones doesn't appeal to me - not into the fantasy genre. Dexter has been over-hyped IMO. Call me a cretin if you must. 24 and Prison Break are the next ones on my list of dramas to start watching.

 

[Rogero]

Currently into Season 4 of Califorinication. Loads of tits in every episode.

That's sad.

 

[matthew]

Breaking Bad
Thrones
Lost
Prison Break
Dexter
House of Cards
Fargo

Can't number them but all very good

 

[London Irish]

1. The Wire
2. Sopranos
3. Game of Thrones
4. Breaking Bad
5. Boardwalk Empire

I've always thought The Wire was the best series of all-time and watching it a second time a couple of years back has cemented that opinion. I love all 5 but nothing compares to the magnificence of The Wire. It's so well researched and the characters are brilliantly played.

Agreed the Wire wins hands down because it combines great storytelling with an amazing moral purpose and rigorous intelligence about contemporary America.

Breaking Bad would be my No 2 because it was so brilliantly entertaining - but it's a comic book tale at the end of the day so doesn't get top spot.

Not seen Boardwalk and have to say got bored and stopped watching Sopranos by third? series, found it getting repetitive, cliched, morally confused and just not going anywhere interesting. What happened to Tony at the end, don't know and don't care.

Always watch Game of Thrones but it's glorified soap opera and doesn't deserve a mention among the top canon

 

[virtual22]

The West Wing
The Wire
Band of Brothers
The Shield
Dexter

That's my list.

 

[smeg]

Breaking Bad for me. Loved it beginning to end.

yep.......... fantastic

 

[Monsieur Le Plonk]

Game of Thrones followed by the Wire for me.
No one seems to have mentioned the Bridge. I've downloaded it but is it worth getting stuck into?

 

[Gullflyinghigh]

The West Wing is the clear winner for me, love that show.

 

[Tricky Dicky]

The West Wing is the clear winner for me, love that show.

Yup, absolutely. As I've not seen any of the others I can't compsre, but I can't imagine anything matching the writing of The West Wing.

 

[Gullflyinghigh]

Yup, absolutely. As I've not seen any of the others I can't compsre, but I can't imagine anything matching the writing of The West Wing.

Of the shows mentioned so far I think I've seen most of the heavy hitters, with the exception of The Wire, and can honestly say I think The West Wing has the best writing of the lot.

Suppose it depends on what you're after though, Band of Brothers may have had slightly poorer writing but as a spectacle it was incredible.