Best TV Show this Decade

[upsidedownwalrus]

Yeah, that was on when I was doing my temping job at Newham, so around 2000-2002

 

[aspirationjones]

15 Storeys
Curb your entusiasm
Nighty Night
Saxondale

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

Aye.

They definitely missed a trick by spreading out series 2/3 so much. Those two should have been compressed into one series and then Lost would be remembered as a truly classic bit of telly, sadly it's a tad imbalanced due to those two series...

 

[spacemonkey]

BSG? Deadwood woz gud.

I'm surprised it took 29 posts to get mentioned. Most of Season 4 was an epic let down though.

 

[mack]

Sopranos (seasons 3 and 4)
The Wire
Alan Partridge or Phoenix Nights - can't decide.


Eta - oops Partridge was last century - fk me

 

[Spandex]

The Sopranos

and The Wire

and Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex

and BSG

 

[Sadken]

Curb is a great shout in terms of innovation and, of course, the Wire but, really, it is South Park. It has been going all decade and has never dipped in its majesty beyond 1 or 2 shows in a row which, on repeat views, turn out to be much better than you originally thought.

 

[kerb]

Prison Break

like a b-movie 'cept a b-series

 

[danny la rouge]

The Sopranos

Yes, that was good.

Dr Who series 1, 2 and 3 were good, too.

 

[skyscraper101]

I've surely missed some out but these have been my favorites from this decade:

The Wire
The Office
Peep Show
The IT Crowd
Screenwipe
Phoenix Nights
Family Guy
Shameless
Pulling
Outnumbered
As If
Nathan Barley
The Daily Show

 

[killer b]

tediously, it's the wire. honourable mentions for curb your enthusiasm, the office and the thick of it.

 

[Sadken]

As If

As if!

 

[Santino]

What was that other programme? About the people.

 

[danny la rouge]

The Wire - not seen.
The Office - OK-ish at first.
Peep Show - don't remotely get it.
The IT Crowd - really?
Screenwipe - can't watch the man's face.
Phoenix Nights - nope.
Family Guy - not seen.
Shameless - don't lke it.
Pulling - not seen.
Outnumbered - not heard of.
As If - not heard of.
Nathan Barley - not seen.
The Daily Show - OK once.

 

[belboid]

Deadwood
Black Books
Buffy (the last, and better, half was this decade)

 

[skyscraper101]

As if!

Is that an endorsement? As If was great!! There's a whole petition online to get it released on DVD and everything.

 

[YouSir]

Deadwood

 

[Griff]

Life on Mars.

 

[danny la rouge]

Life on Mars.

Yes, first series was very good

 

[perplexis]

The Thick Of It, but there aren't enough episodes of it
The Wire

 

[Crispy]

Well, I think it is The Wire, but The Thick of It is up there too, for me.

ETA: Jinx!

 

[perplexis]

Well, I think it is The Wire, but The Thick of It is up there too, for me.

ETA: Jinx!

Did you just steal my brain?

 

[El Sueno]

US: Arrested Development or The Wire
UK: erm...

 

[perplexis]

Oh, fuck yeah- Arrested Development, pure awesome. Even if the Charlize Theron plot-line is utterly absurd.

 

[Sadken]

US: Arrested Development or The Wire
UK: erm...

Ooooh, Arrested Development(S1&2): great call.

 

[charliecrocker]

The West Wing

 

[The Octagon]

The West Wing

Started in 1999 I think, otherwise I'd count it as my current winner (not yet seen all of The Wire, BSG or Sopranos).

Honorable mention for Buffy too, it we can count those that took place mostly / finished in this decade.

 

[DexterTCN]

The Wire - not seen...Family Guy - not seen.
....The Daily Show - OK once.

Jesus fucking christing fuckin jesus fucking helling fuck!

 

[danny la rouge]

Jesus fucking christing fuckin jesus fucking helling fuck!

Really?

 

[colbhoy]

Can't believe no-one has mentioned Band of Brothers - the best TV show this decade.

Also 24 (not now but for the sheer originality of the first series).

And of course, The Wire (and I've only watched S1 and S2!).