RANKING The Greatest Shows of All Time

[@bobinindiana]

How could you leave out “The View”?

[@jonathanbowling2904]

You want Klavan to die?? 😂

[@followerofchrist3125]

@@jonathanbowling2904Maybe if he did worst tv shows ever.

[@christine-pv3wc]

😂

[@flickbuster9678]

For Real

[@bobinindiana]

@@jonathanbowling2904 May Klavan live forever!

[@suzanneparcelewicz4078]

Frasier doesn't get the acclaim it deserves. It's smart and funny and one of the best sitcoms ever made.

[@EddieHenderson92]

Huh? That show won like 30 Emmys when it was on the air. It's a great show but it got plenty of acclaim and hype in general.

[@keithhoffman5351]

My favorite.

[@johannastromberg1224]

The writing for that show was amazing.

[@ianrobinson4200]

Oh I agree, one of the few times the Emmys got it right, it was better than Seinfeld and every other comedy of that era

[@LN-Lifer]

I never could get into it all the while knowing it really was great but I was the one missing something I could say the same about several videogames

[@myjobistoshootfire7703]

The Wire is the greatest of all time. Underrated Opus.

[@oambitiousone7100]

Frasier has the quippiest writing of any sitcom

[@bear_ronin]

AMEN BROTHER

[@EddieHenderson92]

Cheers was better.

[@oshemer5066]

@@EddieHenderson92 The first five seasons, but when Shelly Long was replaced with Kristi Alley it sucked.

[@davidjcheney]

@@oshemer5066 That would be Cheers; Frasier was the spinoff

[@abbott5580]

South Park regularly roasts Islam and Muhammad

[@BlakeBake]

Yeah I was confused about that one.

[@deanbean317]

Yeah I believe they had a fatwa out on them, or at least the threat of one.

[@lukesalazar9283]

​@@deanbean317they absolutely *have* a fatwa out on them.

[@JayJoe626]

He hasn’t watched a lot of South Park. They had a huge scandal like 15-20 year ago because they were trying to draw the prophet Mohammad. It was a huge scandal. Hell they even shot and killed Osama on tv a month before they actually killed him in real life. Also girls actually didn’t suck for the first season. At the time atleast it as about an ugly girl rich girl who got cut off from her parents money and it was about a spoiled girl facing reality at first. But after the first season it changed and became a girl boss show. The tone changed from season 1 to 2 and people tuned out

[@connormonday]

People who don’t watch the show know about their history with Islam. Klavan faking it for this video.

[@seanpidduck]

Why didn't The Wire make the list? Its legitimately the best TV show in history? Its a masterpiece

[@EddieHenderson92]

Not really

[@iammiller5478]

One of the best, not the best

[@lifeisberserk9566]

Because it's the most boring show ever

[@raymondsims7042]

@@EddieHenderson92imo the wire is hands down the best show ever. No question about it

[@rullvardi]

@@lifeisberserk9566 Bad attention span, I guess.

[@phillipeffertz6346]

Top Gear is one of the all time greats. Funny and never made an attempt to be politically correct.

[@Holycurative9610]

Top Gear was great when Clarkson, Hammond and May were presenting, it went downhill fast when they left.

[@anamarkov3952]

@@Holycurative9610yeah, people don’t even consider it Top Gear after they left. When someone says Top Gear, they mean Clarkson, May and Hammond

[@JoJoJoker]

Top Gear is the most popular show of all time. It has the most viewers of all time: hundreds of millions of people tuned in each week.

[@monkey39128]

Glad Amazon kept it going, well sort of.

[@grunchlk]

Where's the Good Wife?

[@KeithGreenBiopic]

Cmon, Seinfeld wasn't talking about our culture being about nothing in the 90s, it's about being a relatable comedy about people and situations that we see in our lives.

[@soninChina]

@@KeithGreenBiopic some people are so serious. Seinfeld referencing the culture??? That’s just nonsense!! 😂

[@JohnSmith-wg6nt]

Where's Fraiser!?

[@jahnvantuttlesma8215]

The GOAT

[@stevelenores5637]

Sitcoms are not worth ranking.

[@johannastromberg1224]

Thank you!

[@johannastromberg1224]

@@stevelenores5637I completely disagree. How can a show about every day life not have value?

[@stevelenores5637]

@@johannastromberg1224 Your life is like Frasier?

[@Polaris8]

Mad men doesn’t fall off at all. Also, giving game of thrones S tier whilst providing the same argument for mad men falling off into B tier, when game of thrones has the biggest fall off ever?

[@raymondsims7042]

Yeah I’m with you that mad men never fell off. Imo it’s actually in a three way tie for most consistent show ever with the Americans and the shield.

[@alightthatnevergoesout]

Regarding The Wire, "One of the most conservative shows written by one of the most left wing, radical people ever and he didn't know" is spot on

[@martinrheaume5393]

South Park actually did make fun of Islam. They did this whole hilarious show not picturing Mohammed and kept pushing the boundaries in absurd directions to show what was acceptable and what wasn't.

[@soninChina]

I remember the Muslim cab driver episode 😂

[@BigBossCQCLegend]

Breaking Bad is an S Tier and the Greatest Show of All Time with the Sopranos

[@oppro1955]

For me: 10: Stranger Things 9: On My Block 8: The Office (US) 7: Angel Beats 6: Angry Boys 5: The Big Bang Theory (controversial take I know, it’s actually my comfort show) 4: Breaking Bad 3: Dr Stone 2: F is for Family 1: Bojack Horseman

[@redredred1]

Mad Men not being pure S is a crime. It was great all the way through.

[@Kueth417]

Yeah his analysis of it was pretty garbage

[@rullvardi]

Yeah, I'm currently watching Mad Men (now on Season 5) and it's just getting better and better. I have no idea what he's talking about-like, I can _tell_ there is a difference between the first season and the later ones, but they are in no way worse.

[@Savvymoon-]

Sopranos has always been, and always will be, the best tv show.

[@enterthebruce91]

I'm currently watching The Sopranos for the 1st time and I know it's extremely highly regarded but I can't say too much about it as I've only seen the first couple of episodes. My current all time top ten is as follows: 1. The Wire/Boardwalk Empire 2. Banshee 3. Rome 4. Tokyo Vice 5. The Night Of 6. Sharp Objects 7. Band Of Brothers 8. Top Boy 9. Succession 10. Breaking Bad

[@HermitsClog]

​@@enterthebruce91Great list

[@raymondsims7042]

@@enterthebruce91my top ten is 1. The wire 2. Game of thrones 3. Six feet under 4. Mr robot 5. Dark 6. The boys 7. The shield 8. Breaking bad 9. Succession 10. Sons of anarchy Shows that were/are almost top ten but just miss it The Americans Attack on titsn Sopranos Handmaids tale Stranger things Yellowstone Fargo Barry Mad men Better call Saul Bojack horseman Hannibal Invincible Ozark Dexter

[@dustinwilson4815]

For everyone complaining about missing shows, I think he was personally rating someone else's list.

[@tagoldich]

You can still complain about the shows missing from that list, but we can't blame Klavan for it.

[@tehvalheru]

Yes, that is my understanding too. And while it was interesting - what I would really like to see is Klavan talking about his personal TOP20 (or so) TV shows (or movies, or books).

[@milo8425]

OK WHERE IS CHEERS?!?!

[@spencergravatt3172]

There’s only so many shows dude

[@spencergravatt3172]

There’s only so many shows dude

[@akboomer2837]

Klavan, you’re wrong about breaking bad. Definitely S. The ending alone earned that. I have a couple of great options for the next video that I recommend. Hell on Wheels. Justified. Silicon Valley. The Boys. Dexter. Rick and Morty. Evil. Ash vs Evil dead.

[@jacksonbryant3862]

Justified and Dexter were great. The boys turned into dog 💩 in season 3.

[@Hard_Boiled_Entertainment]

Breaking Bad certainly has a FAR better ending than Sopranos....😏

[@dustinwilson4815]

Hell on Wheels - A (I really enjoyed it) Justified - S (epic show) Silicon Valley - ??? (I haven't seen it at all) The Boys - S (first two seasons), B (third season), D (4th season) Dexter - S (first 4 seasons) A (rest of the show) Rick and Morty - S (one of my favorites) Evil - A (at first), B (fell off and I stopped watching) Ash vs Evil Dead - A (for what I saw of it)

[@akboomer2837]

@@dustinwilson4815 Silicon Valley is a Mike Judge show. Worth the watch

[@anamarkov3952]

If Game of Thrones is S tier for him, what can you expect… Breaking Bad one of the best, most complete shows ever! And that’s how you end an amazing story… after his ranking of movies and books I actually expected some sense and reason in this, so this is quite shocking 😄

[@Guokas0422]

Old school actors who had to learn their lines. They didn't have technology Green Acres was genius. I mean, there's a lot of them

[@aarongothmann7247]

Mad Men and X-files rating change because "they ruined the show" but Game of Thrones is S tier the entire way?

[@EliezerKatz]

Seinfeld is at least an A c'mon all the sitcom lovers.

[@TheMatrix2024]

Yeah, but it’s a show about nothing

[@bobsmith5185]

No, Seinfeld sucked

[@EddieHenderson92]

@@bobsmith5185 You misspelled your mother.

[@theminister1154]

Solid A, no question about it. Iconic. They missed a couple other solid A sitcoms though. Parks and rec, which basically became a live action Simpsons, and also Cheers which is arguably S tier.

[@theminister1154]

Where was The Simpsons by the way? That's one of those S tier\C tier situations

[@Guokas0422]

Alright, sopranos, Seinfeld, now we're talking the same language

[@tiananesbitt7156]

Ozark?

[@the_absurd_hero]

I'm bummed _True Detective_ (Season 1) wasn't mentioned. I wanted to hear Klavan's thoughts on that one... It seems like it would be right in his wheelhouse

[@kokisit]

The Dick Van Dyke show.

[@sanniepstein4835]

I saw reruns in late childhood. Conspicuous to me: how dated it was, and how giddily, self-consciously modern everyone involved felt.

[@stevelenores5637]

One of thousands of sit-coms. I would classify most of them as typical and formulaic.

[@meltingkrayons5830]

The Dick Van Dyke show was ahead of its time. It had the traits of a show of its time, but also could lean on its comedic writing and did not use situation comedy as a crutch.

[@stevelenores5637]

@@meltingkrayons5830 Did you actually watch the show? It was situation comedy show about a comedy writer for another TV show. That is one of the oldest themes in Hollywood. Many films were made about producing plays, musicals, and even some about producing dramas. The acting was typical of many of Bob Hope's movies and the I Love Lucy show.

[@meltingkrayons5830]

@@stevelenores5637 I have watched it and still watch it today. Obviously it is a situation comedy. My point is that the show uses situations, but unlike many contemporary shows, it's strength is the actual comedy writing and characters (and actors) rather than being dependent on "props and gags."

[@thomasfinley2385]

Breaking Bad is definitely an S show. Better than all he rest. Only show that ended on top. It didn't even plateau.

[@sothrow5462]

Overrated. Recycled each season. He gets behind needs to cook it falls apart recycled only on a bigger scale. Lot to love about the show for sure though

[@gregdrake5069]

If you say its the only show that ended on top, you're very limited. Multiple of the shows he mentioned ended on top and were great the whole time. Sopranos, The Americans, The Shield, The Wire...all equally good to breaking bad

[@thomasfinley2385]

@gregdrake5069 By ending on top, I mean the show never even plateaued. No way did Sopranos end on top. It had a controversial and somewhat dossapointing ending IMO. I never watched The Wire, but I hear it's one of the best, so you might be right. And The Shield definitely went down hill.

[@aidenlewis4640]

@@sothrow5462this is the worst take I’ve ever heard

[@Peak-Editzs]

@@sothrow5462Garbage take

[@cynicalclockworks9857]

Everyone knows The Andrew Klavan Show is the standard by which all shows are judged.

[@denroy3]

Your IQ must hover around 70.

[@tom7471]

Breaking Bad is an S-plus, not an A. No-brainer.

[@JamesFFC]

The Shield at its peak was ridiculously good television.

[@EddieHenderson92]

Vic met be the greatest TV character of all time.

[@lifeisberserk9566]

​@@EddieHenderson92Rust chole and Ragnar lothbrok are better but I respect that opinion

[@raymondsims7042]

@@EddieHenderson92vic Mackey is definitely a legend

[@e.martinez5999]

Better Call Saul was even better than Breaking Bad.

[@anacc3257]

How!?! Loved Breaking bad but could barely get into BCS. Expected much more

[@KissellMissile]

It was good, but not iconic

[@tyrusgavan3354]

@@anacc3257 better characters. There's no Skylar White in Better Call Saul.

[@advancedstupidity5459]

I see it as one continued masterpiece along with El Camino. Kim Wexler is possibly the greatest TV character of all time. Both shows are absolute perfection.

[@facelessandnameless]

Agreed.

[@ricardoblayer9537]

How do you give Mad Men a "S / B" but GOT a straight "S"? Is at best a "S / C"

[@raymondsims7042]

Love both shows but yeah I agree with the video that game of thrones is better than mad men. Mad men is still incredible though

[@WynandMeyering]

Seinfeld, Friends, Breaking Bad, Game of Thrones, Knight Rider, Two and Half men, Spartacus, The Office, Dallas, ‘Halt and Catch Fire’

[@soninChina]

Sopranos was the best ever. When Tony backed Carmella up like he was going to hit her…I actually flinched. Just superb!!

[@rullvardi]

Yeah, I love the Sopranos-which you can probably tell by my profile picture-though it has some inconsistencies at times, but there is one thing I will always stand for and that's that the acting of the Sopranos is the best ever. It's just so good.

[@abdvids]

I truly doubt he ever sat down and actually watched a couple of seinfeld seasons. An automatic S for me

[@jerrys1]

Game of Thrones seasons 1-4 is some of the greatest TV ever. 5 and 6 are pretty good, then 7 and 8 went down the hole.

[@jill7759]

It started to go south after they hit the end of Martin’s published material. Martin is a great storyteller but a complete pr**k of a person. We’re never going to see the end of that tale in print unless old George lives to be a hundred which I find extremely unlikely. He tried any number of suggestions to try to get HBO to put off the last half of the tale. I think there was even reporting he was trying to get a full length feature done. He seems to have just lost interest in the whole affair at that point once they ran out of established material and HBO had other fish to fry as well. The last episodes were bunk and the end of it was epically bad and insulting to the fans.

[@jerrys1]

@@jill7759 Exactly

[@iammiller5478]

Season 6 is the best season of the show you Supercuts delight worshipers.

[@jerrys1]

@@iammiller5478 Nah it’s like the fifth best maybe

[@iammiller5478]

@@jerrys1 best by far. You must be on drugs

[@kennethanderson8827]

Great point about the immasculation of Walter White. I have a good friend who successfully lived outside the law- peacefully, and nondestructively- during the nineties through the 2000s, in order to preserve his autonomy and dignity. What can I say, against the odds, my guy pulled it off. I oddly admire that, and the activity involved is now legal in California. I’ll leave it at this- my friend would have NEVER stooped to peddling meth. The Wire was taken off the list? Sin!

[@childeharold3550]

Seinfeld and I Love Lucy???? B tier??? And, no Simpsons??? Good luck with this video.

[@dustinwilson4815]

My mother is a huge fan of I Love Lucy. I never really liked it that much. In its defense, I haven't watched it since I was a teenager. Seinfeld seems like a B tier for me now as well. So many other shows are better, in my opinion. I would have said A tier in the early 2000's, though.

[@depaja]

Missing: Twin Peaks and The Prisoner with Patrick McGoohan. Two shows that cleared a path for a lot of shows that followed.

[@kathyd456]

The Prisoner was incredible, agreed.

[@GeorgeSemel]

I was already an adult when Pee Wee Herman came around. Paul Rubins was a much underrated actor, turned out cellar work in every thing he did. And his dad is a founding member of the Israeli Airforce!

[@mousetreehouse6833]

I didn't know that.

[@cloud1stclass372]

I absolutely loved Klavan until he gave Seinfeld a B. What they were able to pull off within the constraints of 1990’s prime time network television is a miracle. Every episode of Seinfeld was like watching Pulp Fiction. It was a perfect show. Timeless.

[@carloshernandez-bm7hp]

No mention of Married With Children? Klavan, not even in your 150 years have you been able to insult more people, especially women than Al Bundy. He also scored four more touchdowns than you.

[@adamoconnor8958]

1:50 i realized how much they look alike. 😂

[@rezzaazzadi]

Game of thrones: A Breaking bad: S

[@CarrieArt7]

I love how in the midst of these great shows, Girls was included. One of these things is not like the other.

[@IG88AAA]

Token show. Just like black panther in the movie video.

[@flamefusion8963]

Peewee and Daily Show also are garbage.

[@igloo2158]

He lost me at Seinfeld.

[@EvanMantri]

Seinfeld is A tier. Perhaps even S tier just because it's so uniquely good among sitcoms.

[@Sam_T2000]

_Battlestar Galactica_

[@thx01138]

We're rewatching it after 20 years. Great show.

[@Sam_T2000]

@@thx01138 - I’ve watched it probably ten times 😑 …the remake, to be clear 👌

[@Holycurative9610]

The original with Lorne Green or the remake??

[@Meyer-gp7nq]

Fantastic show

[@KissellMissile]

Up to the writer's strike was A. After was a C.

[@zacharyrobinson3001]

The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show lol

[@oldmovieman7550]

Seinfeld is a triple S+ show. The best of all time.

[@tomasina10]

One of the truly greats

[@BlakeBake]

💯

[@EddieHenderson92]

Best sitcom for sure and never had a bad season. I love the American version of The Office but the last two seasons without Michael were bad.

[@oldmovieman7550]

@@EddieHenderson92 the first few seasons of Arrested Development are better than any season of The Office also.

[@EddieHenderson92]

@@oldmovieman7550 Not for me but I think the first two seasons of AD were really strong and season 3 was decent but AD was awful after it got picked up by Netflix.

[@pittchaser]

Klavan youre a beautiful man. But i disagree strongly about Seinfeld. I didn't grow up with a tv. Then went to uni and watched seinfeld on my laptop all through the nights, guffawing and keeping everybody up while everyone else had sex. Its pure genius. As was the first season of true detective.

[@paulascott5701]

The Andy Griffith show never gets old and it is funny every single time you watch it, until it goes to color and then it is one of the worst of all time. If you wrote it off long time ago for flimsy reasons, give it a try. You will be pleasantly surprised.

[@ainslie187]

CITIZEN’S ARR-AY-EST! CITIZEN’S ARR-AY-EST!

[@susanlee2660]

Homicide -Life on the Street

[@blitzerblazinoah6838]

You forgot Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

[@dr.juerdotitsgo5119]

No idea where this list comes from, but usually the consensus is: 1-TNG, 2-TOS, 3-DS9, 4-Voyager, 5-Enterprise.

[@BrianBadBass]

TNG all the way

[@Hard_Boiled_Entertainment]

THIS!!! DS9 is best Trek, and Sisko is best captain!

[@dustinwilson4815]

@@Hard_Boiled_Entertainment Eh... No, Picard was always the best Captain. I'm open to other future Captains being better, but I don't think anyone has exceeded Picard yet.

[@dr.juerdotitsgo5119]

@@dustinwilson4815 Best captain? Kirk and Sisko for sure

[@magistrumartium]

What a weird ranking system: "S" = best, "A" = second best, "B" = third best....

[@robertocaba5915]

Hbo’s Oz is pretty underrated. Greatest prison tv show ever

[@raymondsims7042]

I don’t think Oz is a great show but it was fine. It had tons of flaws though imo

[@frankphilips8596]

Breaking Bad should be on the S tier. Game of Thrones at its peak was amazing but it ended horribly so it’s not a complete show. Breaking bad is a complete masterpiece from the first episode to the last.

[@signs9587]

Agreed!

[@raymondsims7042]

@@signs9587both breaking bad and game of thrones are S tier imo

[@rullvardi]

@@raymondsims7042 Game of Thrones S tier? No, dude, not even close.

[@raymondsims7042]

@@rullvardi wait is that now a crazy take?🤔lol how is game of thrones not S tier? Honest question

[@rullvardi]

@@raymondsims7042 Most people drop it by a bunch because of the later seasons. Early ones are definitely S tier but it drops off really hard and ruins the whole show.

[@Peter.Young21]

1. Sopranos 2. Better Call Saul 3. Succession 4. The Chosen 5. Breaking Bad 6. Game of Thrones 7. True Detective S1 8. Mad Men 9. Andor

[@iammiller5478]

I'll say . 1. Game of Thrones 2. True Detective S1 3. Breaking Bad 4. Sopranos 5. Better Call Saul 6. Mad Men 7. The Chosen 8. Andor

[@defaultytuser]

Dexterrrrrr

[@into_play3226]

One of the many shows that started out great and then deteriorated to garbage.

[@raymondsims7042]

@@into_play3226true but it’s still a top 25 show imo

[@JB23669]

@@into_play3226so true I loved Dexter so much only thing that satisfied me after watching breaking bad… but ngl Dexter last few seasons idk why they were thinking

[@me-ez9jr]

The office and Parks and rec are the two greatest shows ever made. Nothing can ever top their comedic genius.

[@thx01138]

Office > 30 Rock > Parks & Rec

[@tomasina10]

The office was pure genius

[@EddieHenderson92]

I love The Office, but it does have a black eye on its legacy with those last two seasons without Michael. Also, Parks didn't have a very good final season but most of the seasons were great.

[@artemthetrain14]

I was watching Parks and got thru 2 seasons think, waiting for the great show to appear

[@antiquecardboard]

Parks and Rec is dripping with leftist propaganda. Terrible evil characters. I just rewatched and cringe that I used to like the show.

[@garysmith9823]

Let's not forget Lena Dunham wrote a memoir where she talked about a time as a young teenager where she chronically bribed, her kid sister for sexual play. Let's follow that by imagining what would have happened to a man or a conservative woman who had detailed that action.

[@GenXfrom75]

The Xfiles was absolutely phenomenal. The seasons without David I pretend don’t exist! 👽🛸

[@Holycurative9610]

I didn't even know they made seasons without him and I watched most episodes back in the day. Amazing what you learn on the internet eh!

[@GenXfrom75]

@@Holycurative9610 he left for about two seasons at the end, when Robert Patrick and Annabeth Gish came onboard. They’re not bad, per se, but I couldn’t get into those episodes without David.

[@EddieHenderson92]

The first 5 seasons were amazing and even the 1998 movie was pretty good. Seasons 6 and 7 were also watchable. Sadly, everything after that including the two revival seasons were trash.

[@susanpumphrey354]

@@EddieHenderson92 once I got past my hatred of the show attempting to move on without David Duchovny, I actually came to like John Doggett a lot. He had a good rapport with Scully. Monica Reyes, however, was just a joke. She had all the bizarre notions of Mulder, with none of the earnestness that made Mulder's character so endearing despite his kooky theories. (Although even I didn't think she deserved to have her character thrown under the bus in the revival seasons.)

[@lynnsenger9950]

I never really liked I Love Lucy or The PeeWee Show.

[@chalkandcheese1868]

"Lost" is the genesis of modern television, it could have been a lot better but it was still riveting.

[@tbass94]

Game of Thrones above Breaking Bad? BB got better every season. GoT bombed

[@into_play3226]

Game of Thrones had higher peaks at the times it was good.

[@tbass94]

@@into_play3226 I don’t even think that’s true. I think they were on par when they were both at their peak. Completely different shows anyway

[@iammiller5478]

It's wayyyyyyy better than Walter white family misunderstanding son

[@HermitsClog]

The first four seasons of Game of thrones >>>>> Breaking Bad

[@tbass94]

@@HermitsClog disagree. I’d say on par

[@aethefledladyofmercia9572]

Someone's going to have to explain the genuis of PeeWee's Playhouse to me, because I feel like I'm missing something.

[@monkey39128]

I have no idea. I think it's one of those "You had to have watched it as a kid" things.

[@SteffyTheSasquatch]

True Detective Season 1 is #1

[@BlakeBake]

Agreed. That was wild. Downhill from there.

[@АлександрЖулиен]

Hopefully we'll get a video of Andrew ranking the greatest albums

[@Meyer-gp7nq]

Joshua Tree #1

[@sherlockkrankcase3578]

Could Klavan please explain to me why the Wire is conservative?

[@seriouslee4119]

at first i was gonna say "i'll never subscribe!" coz you put game of thrones above breaking bad, but then i noticed all your feminist hate so maybe i'll subscribe after all.. eventually lol. edit: oh wait, apparently i subscribed 5 minutes ago.. i'm drunk, leave me alone.

[@ImJustSayingYKnow]

This is a list of greatest American shows only. Hence no I Claudius, Fawlty Towers, Callan, The Prisoner, Brideshead Revisited, Monty Python's Flying Circus, etc

[@jeffhabib6673]

Besides the Sopranos, none of my favorite shows were on here. Oz, Sons of Anarchy, The Last Kingdom, and Burn Notice. I would like to hear Klavan’s take on the Last Kingdom.

[@antiquecardboard]

The Last Kingdom is a hidden gem!

[@jeffhabib6673]

@@antiquecardboard The Last Kingdom is really good. Hidden gem would be the perfect way to describe it. Nobody talked about it. Even the movie they did after the main 5 seasons was a good ending for Uthred. Tied it up nicely.

[@raymondsims7042]

Sons of anarchy is a top ten show imo

[@LokiTricksterG]

I've seen all the classic shows, and The Shield finale is still my favorite finale ever.

[@Kaktus965]

*The Andy Griffith Show* is the best show of all time

[@mikew4436]

I still watch some of the old black-and-white episodes of Dragnet.

[@Ravenghost123]

Seinfeld B? Seinfeld B??? Andrew Klavan should be fired from DW for that. History has shown how much harder it is to write a good comedy series than any other genre! Come on, Andrew!!!

[@jimivey6462]

Monty Python’s Flying Circus, the first seasons of SNL, Second City TV, Black Adder, Have Gun Will Travel, Sharpe’s Rifles, Horatio Hornblower, Foyle’s War, The Man In The High Castle, The Expanse, Better Call Saul.

[@thetalentof]

'24' would also be in S tier for me - 6 amazing seasons, 3 decent seasons, 1 amazing videogame, 1 decent movie, amazing soundtrack and main theme and one of the best main characters ever created, that's some legacy. You also had appearances from major stars the likes of Dennis Hopper, Rami Malek, Jon Voight, Cherry Jones, Robert Carlyle, Katee Sackhoff, Powers Boothe, James Cromwell, Arnold Vosloo, Lou Diamond Phillips, Benjamin Bratt, Michael Wincott and Bob Gunton.

[@footballpredictions-g2y]

Klavan rightfully calls "The Wire" a conservative show, and I say "24" despite being accused of being the conservative/republican show is actually a liberal show. It was championing a black democratic president, it had a republican president on the show as the villain. The nuclear bomb storyline in season 2 actually has the people inside the US government responsible for it, with Muslim terrorists only used as pawns. To say this is in any way a republican/conservative show is insane.

[@polvoazul]

Monk!

[@tagoldich]

Monk was great; laughs and tears in every episode.

[@polvoazul]

@@tagoldich and every character was likeable. I mean, I hate shows where you have one character that creates new conflicts just by being over the top dumb or by miscommunicating stuff. Like, randy is dumb I'm monk but he keeps himself out of the way and he's there when you need him

[@EddieHenderson92]

The prime years of Monk were great but the later seasons are pretty meh.

[@holdensmith2556]

He didn’t rank my favorite show, justified. S tier

[@chrisbrown7499]

@holdensmith2556 That's an S-tier comment.

[@Mng421]

Always sunny, trailer park boys definitely two of the best comedy shows, and we might as well throw in sons of anarchy

[@ChrisN1344]

I don't often disagree with Andrew on entertainment and arts-related commentary - but this list is a little too modern-centric for me. But I admit my bias towards the classic vs. the modern. I just could never leave out Gunsmoke, The Twilight Zone, the origiinal Star Trek, Rawhide, The Andy Griffith Show and Leave it to Beaver - all masterpieces in their own right. The most modern shows I'd throw in are The Rockford Files and particularly Magnum P.I. - both were wonderfully written with great character development. Probably would be best to do a "classic era-only list." But .. fun stuff....enjoyed the commentary as always.

[@Inukshuk67]

Twilight Zone is the greatest show ever made, imho.

[@enriqueruiz6582]

This video gets a B for not including Better Call Saul. This show was more consistent, the cast ensemble acting was far better, it was more well written and more consistent. And although it didn’t say anything new about the human condition, it didn’t need to. It was the funniest crime drama to come to television, ever.

[@EddieJarnowski]

#1 trailer park boys #2 seinfeld #3 tour of duty

[@calebsmith4722]

Obviously missed a lot of shows but love the content. Would have loved to hear your thoughts on Lost, The Walking Dead, or Family Guy/Simpsons. Keep it coming.

[@greendaleforever]

Breaking Bad only gets an A while Game of Thrones gets an S?! Boycotting.... At least Gilligan saw it all the way through and a true blue ending in mind.

[@raymondsims7042]

Game of thrones is better than breaking bad imo but both are easily S tier for me

[@0Myles0]

I'm glad Professor Klavan included "The Americans." Very good cold-war show.

[@michaelhorning6014]

Couldn't get past the first episode. Boring and formulaic.

[@EddieHenderson92]

@@michaelhorning6014 I made into the 2nd season and had to walk. It doesn't get any better.

[@margaretchayka6878]

I actually ended up liking Fringe better than the X Files. I'll rewatch Fringe, and have no desire to go back to visit Mulder and Scully.

[@zapazap]

John Noble was a genius in that show.

[@Art-is-craft]

Fringe is nowhere near as good, nor groundbreaking and had no cultural presence. It is great bit of entertainment but not in the X-files league.

[@ccavicch]

Disappointing…thought he was more clever than this, I mean “Girls”? Cmon now….

[@nathanielchapman1829]

The Office is S tier. The most easy show to watch over and over again and still laugh!

[@Meisterling]

To me, the greatest show ever is Malcolm in the middle.

[@EddieHenderson92]

Not my favorite but it was a really good show, and every season was a least pretty good. It didn't overstay its welcome like most comedy shows.

[@RigorousBarley]

The Shield is the greatest TV show of all time. It only has one slow season. It has the best ending of any show ever.

[@EddieHenderson92]

The Shield gets overshadowed by The Sopranos and Breaking Bad which is a shame because like you said, The Shield has a better final season and ending.

[@raymondsims7042]

@@EddieHenderson92yeah I love breaking bad and sopranos but the shield imo is slightly better than both. The best show ever Imo though is the wire hands down

[@ridebadger]

Andrew, thank you so much for recommending The Count of Monte Cristo. Love the story.

[@Video81501]

I agree. I'm in the middle of the audio book, and it's one of the most compelling adventures ever. Unlike some other stories, there are no extraneous details. Every little detail comes back around to serve a purpose in moving the narrative forward.

[@DANGERProductions2020]

Stopped watching after he ranked Breaking Bad below Game of Thrones. I was a fan of both shows, but Breaking Bad was a near perfect series, while GoT ended with arguably the worst season in history. This guy doesn’t know TV.

[@EnnisDaMenace3]

Disagree with the analysis that mad men falls off I think it’s great all the way through, but glad it still managed to squeak its way into the S tier, deservedly so. I also believe MASH not being on this list is a major snub, easily one of if not the greatest tv show of all time. And in my opinion I think the original Quantum Leap should be too, maybe not THE greatest show of all time, but for its time it was one of the number 1 shows on television and doesn’t get the recognition it deserves these days.

[@P-Nutclarity]

Klavan died for our cringe. 🙏

[@mousetreehouse6833]

Good one!

[@mesisson]

WKRP...MASH...The Office...and the Twilight Zone - the best thing that's been on the tube. No, Andrew, most of the episodes were excellent.

[@DavidinMiami]

You didn't mention my favorite show of all, The Mary Tyler Moore Show. Funny, lighthearted, but also poignant. The entire cast was phenomenal!

[@Meisterling]

I kinda liked iZombie, but the ending was so disappointing.

[@johnheart6890]

MASH? Honey mooners? Mary Tyler Moore? Fawlty Towers? greatest of all time is kind of crazy to claim

[@dougrobinson8602]

Monty Python is clearly S-tier. Most absurd sketch comedy ever, with Kids in the Hall a very close second. MASH was excellent in the first few seasons, but it went way past it's "Sell By" date.