Your top 5 TV shows of the 2010s

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  • Mola_Ram 20 Nov 2019 23:59:21 26,187 posts
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    MORE LIST THREADS LET'S ARGUE SOME MORE

    You can include streaming things, but those things should have multiple episodes. Maybe it's preferable that the thing both started and finished in the 10s, though I won't get picky if there's a bit of overlap. Some things have been going forever and ever, after all (looking at you, It's Always Sunny)

    I guess I'm really asking about shows that have actually finished too, though again do what you want. I'd include The Terror, for example, even though it's still going. Because each season is like its own story.

    Anyway, mine are

    1. The Americans
    2. Spartacus
    3. Banshee
    4. Justified
    5. Breaking Bad (though it started in 2008)

    Tell yours to the Reedpop hive mind.
  • Bichii 21 Nov 2019 00:25:31 4,672 posts
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    Boardwalk empire
    Game of thrones
    Rick and Morty
    Top boy
    True detective

    Edited by Bichii at 00:30:14 21-11-2019
  • Nanocrystal 21 Nov 2019 01:09:38 2,575 posts
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    Rectify - right up there with The Wire and The Sopranos for me.

    BB, GoT, Justified and Banshee are all good shouts.

    Broadchurch season 1 and Line of Duty seasons 2 and 3 were amazing.
  • Rodney 21 Nov 2019 05:13:11 5,029 posts
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    Boardwalk Empire

    Breaking Bad

    True detective (first series)

    Detectorists (sometimes you just want to feel warm and good rather than gritty dark realism)

    Stranger Things (if you ignore the second series)

    Edited by Rodney at 05:13:49 21-11-2019
  • DakeyrasUK 21 Nov 2019 05:35:51 5,311 posts
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    Game of thrones
    Better Call Saul
    Walking dead (seasons 1-6)
    The punisher
    Boardwalk empire

    Notable others:
    Breaking bad
    Brooklyn 99
    The good place
    Daredevil, Jessica Jones and luke cage
    Rick and morty
    Stranger things (season 1 and 3)

    Edited by DakeyrasUK at 05:36:29 21-11-2019
  • Deleted user 21 November 2019 06:30:19
    Detectorists
    The Killing (original, 1st series only)
    Lost (terrible ending aside)
    Planet Earth 1 & 2

    You could say that after Lost I essentially gave up watching TV shows. I'm only really interested in very short shows that have a few episodes. I have no time or patience to watch 100 episodes of stuff that has been essentially designed by committee to last as long as possible.
  • Dougs 21 Nov 2019 06:38:42 100,414 posts
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    Breaking Bad
    Banshee
    GoT
    Fleabag
    Mad Men
  • fontgeeksogood 21 Nov 2019 06:41:26 12,913 posts
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    Breaking Bad
    Succession
    The Handmaid's Tale
    Community
    Fleabag
  • JoelStinty 21 Nov 2019 06:48:48 9,530 posts
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    Killing Eve (S1 *yet to see S2)
    Better Call Saul
    Breaking Bad
    The Expanse (S1-2, yet to see S3)
    Daredevil
    Bob Mortimer Goes Fishing.
    Mad Men
    Revenants (S1)
    Handmaids Tale (yet to see S3)
    Game of thrones for the whole experience.watching week in week out

    I am massively behind on tv though, too many tv series, so little time

    Edited by JoelStinty at 06:49:13 21-11-2019
  • fontgeeksogood 21 Nov 2019 06:50:34 12,913 posts
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    JoelStinty wrote:
    Killing Eve (S1 *yet to see S2)
    Do not prioritise this
  • JoelStinty 21 Nov 2019 06:51:01 9,530 posts
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    rice_sandwich wrote:
    Detectorists
    The Killing (original, 1st series only)
    Lost (terrible ending aside)
    Planet Earth 1 & 2

    You could say that after Lost I essentially gave up watching TV shows. I'm only really interested in very short shows that have a few episodes. I have no time or patience to watch 100 episodes of stuff that has been essentially designed by committee to last as long as possible.
    You should maybe give a few shows a go. TV has changed a lot in the last 10 years. Mostly, long gone are the days of 22-26 episode seasons. Most are 6-10 these days. A few shows go on too long (walking dead ahem) but I think you're missing out on a lot of good stuff.
  • simpleexplodingmaybe 21 Nov 2019 06:51:13 19,992 posts
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    I can't think back well enough but I'm definitely including Detectorists
  • Deleted user 21 November 2019 07:00:14
    @JoelStinty

    Perhaps, although I usually think about what else that seems more interesting or fulfilling that I could or should be doing. I just lost the habit more than anything and as I'm getting older time seems to pass quickly.

    Years ago the first thing I would do when I got home would be to switch on the telly, though there were obviously far fewer entertainment options, say 20 years ago. Now I only put it in if I've decided to watch a specific film. Nothing wrong with watching tv if it fills what would otherwise be dead time or if you find it rewarding.
  • Dougs 21 Nov 2019 07:03:12 100,414 posts
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    It's just a different form of entertainment. Sometimes it gives writers and directors more license to develop characters and plots over film. But of course, sometimes that's taken too far.

    Edited by Dougs at 07:18:50 21-11-2019
  • Deleted user 21 November 2019 07:14:21
    True, I'm not knocking tv at all. At its best it's a fine art form that can make a big impression on folk or change their world view. I find it just not for me at the moment (mostly as people I know seem to keep dying these last couple of years...which I've found really focuses one's attention). Anyway, carry on telly listing!

    Edited by rice_sandwich at 07:16:57 21-11-2019
  • nickthegun 21 Nov 2019 08:16:08 87,711 posts
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  • TechnoHippy 21 Nov 2019 08:24:11 19,245 posts
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    Chernobyl
    True Detective (S1)
    Game of Thrones
    The Expanse
    Altered Carbon
  • nickthegun 21 Nov 2019 08:43:12 87,711 posts
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    What We Do In The Shadows
    The Expanse
    Twin Peaks 2
    Taskmaster
    Person of Interest

    Looking back and through the rest of these lists makes me realise that, in the golden age of TV, I didn’t watch anything that wasn’t a half hour comedy or didn’t have a wizard or aliens in it.
  • mothercruncher 21 Nov 2019 08:49:05 19,474 posts
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    Really surprised no one’s mentioned Mrs Browns Boys yet.
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    Inside no9
    Rick and morty
    Line of duty
    Twin Peaks Returns
    What we do in the shadows
  • creepiest-lizard 21 Nov 2019 09:07:23 2,977 posts
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    Mr Robot (people, you really need to see it, if you haven't)
    Breaking bad
    communiy
    rectify
    banshee
    American crime (not story, another one)
    lost
    true detective
    ...probably loads of others i'm not thinking of
    ooh, just remembered that The Blacklist is a lot of fun

    Edited by creepiest-lizard at 09:09:27 21-11-2019
  • Decks 21 Nov 2019 09:20:40 31,013 posts
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    End of the Fucking World
    Fleabag
    Parks and Recreation
    The Boys (so far)
    GOT
    Sneaky Pete S1(all I've watched)

    Loads of stuff I want to watch but haven't got round to it yet though.
  • Decks 21 Nov 2019 09:21:44 31,013 posts
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    Oh and What We Do in the Shadows and Rick and Morty too. And probably other stuff I'm forgetting.
  • minky-kong 21 Nov 2019 09:24:17 14,787 posts
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    Breaking Bad
    Parks and Rec
    Chernobyl
    It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
    Black Mirror
    BoJack Horseman
    Inside No. 9
    What We Do In The Shadows
    Game of Thrones (except the last two series)

    Probably forgetting loads, but that will do for starters.
  • Vortex808 21 Nov 2019 09:27:39 15,593 posts
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    Detectorists
    Gomorrah
    GoT
    What we do in the shadows
    ehm, dunno for the fifth, hopefully something else wil be mentioned or will come to me.

    Maybe Killing Eve, it was fun, but nowhere near as good as the others. I don't watch that much tv these days tbh!
  • ghearoid 21 Nov 2019 09:28:12 3,758 posts
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    The Flash
    It's Always Sunny
    Rupaul's Drag Race
    Spiral
    The Real Housewives of New York City

    All bangers.
  • Deleted user 21 November 2019 09:29:37
    Yeah. Tv is hard work these days is so much time needs investing - I tend to stick with episodic stuff or mini series
  • Frogofdoom 21 Nov 2019 09:31:42 17,973 posts
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    Gamorrah
    Rick and Morty
    Breaking Bad
    End of the fucking world
    Fleabag

    Probably
  • Vortex808 21 Nov 2019 09:34:34 15,593 posts
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    CrispyXUKTurbo wrote:
    Tv is hard work these days is so much time needs investing - I tend to stick with episodic stuff or mini series
    Definitely this. Something has to be really good before I will stick with a long series these days. Who's got time for that.

    I got burnt by 24 I guess- a whole day of my life being used up by each series was fine for s1&2, but after series 3, fuck that!
  • Technoishmatt 21 Nov 2019 09:40:25 5,365 posts
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    Big bang theory
    Expanse
    Stranger things
    GoT
    Kimmy Schmidt
    Mrs Maisel
    Riverdale
    The 100
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