Hundred highest-rated TV series, 1950–2000
Excluding documentary, talk, reality and shows with fewer than 1000 votes. Animated shows indicated with an asterisk.
- Twilight Zone (US 1959, 9.4)
- The Sopranos (US 1999, 9.4)
- The Godfather: A Novel For Television (US 1977, 9.3)
- Freaks and Geeks (US 1999, 9.3)
- Monty Python’s Flying Circus (UK 1969, 9.3)
- Matador (Denmark 1978, 9.3)
- Brass Eye (UK 1997, 9.3)
- The Mysterious Cities of Gold* (France 1982, 9.3)
- Only Fools and Horses… (UK 1981, 9.3)
- Twin Peaks (US 1990, 9.2)
- Das Boot (FRG 1985, 9.2)
- Cowboy Bebop* (Japan 1998, 9.2)
- Seinfeld (US 1990, 9.2)
- I, Claudius (UK 1976, 9.2)
- Pride and Prejudice (UK 1995, 9.2)
- Fawlty Towers (UK 1975, 9.2)
- Spaced (UK 1999, 9.2)
- I’m Alan Partridge (UK 1997, 9.1)
- Oz (US 1997, 9.1)
- The Decalogue (Poland 1989, 9.0)
- South Park* (US 1997, 9.1)
- Blackadder Goes Forth (UK 1989, 9.1)
- Batman* (US 1992, 9.1)
- The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (UK 1984, 9.1)
- Black Adder II (UK 1986, 9.0)
- Futurama* (US 1999, 9.0)
- The Day Today (UK 1994, 9.0)
- Nu, pogodi! (USSR 1969, 9.0)
- Father Ted (UK 1995, 9.0)
- Black Adder the Third (UK 1987, 9.0)
- The Prisoner (UK 1957, 9.0)
- Coupling (UK 2000, 8.9)
- House of Cards (UK 1990, 8.9)
- Dragon Ball Z* (Japan 1989, 8.9)
- Beserk* (Japan 1997, 8.9)
- Mesto vstrechi izmenit nelzya (USSR 1979, 8.9)
- The X-Files (US 1993, 8.9)
- Friends (US 1994, 8.9)
- Homicide: Life on the Street (US 1993, 8.9)
- Yes, Prime Minister (UK 1989, 8.9)
- The Adventures of Pete & Pete (US 1993, 8.9)
- Black Books (UK 2000, 8.9)
- Second Spring (Turkey 1999, 8.9)
- I Love Lucy (US 1951, 8.9)
- Neon Genesis Evangelion* (Japan 1995, 8.9)
- Yes Minister (UK 1980, 8.9)
- Heimat: A Chronicle of Germany (FRG 1984, 8.9)
- The Honeymooners (US 1953, 8.9)
- Jeeves and Wooster (UK 1990, 8.9)
- Tom and Jerry* (US 1965, 8.9)
- From The Earth to the Moon (US 1998, 8.9)
- Lonesome Dove (US 1989, 8.9)
- The Simpsons* (US 1989, 8.8)
- Brideshead Revisited (UK 1981, 8.8)
- Mr. Show with Bob and David (US 1995, 8.8)
- One Piece* (Japan 1999, 8.8)
- Agatha Christie’s Poirot (UK 1989, 8.8)
- Semnadtsat mgnoveniy vesny (USSR 1973, 8.8)
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents (US 1955, 8.8)
- Salute Your Shorts (US 1991, 8.8)
- The Singing Detective (Australia 1986, 8.8)
- The West Wing (US 1999, 8.8)
- The Storyteller (UK 1989, 8.8)
- Red Dwarf (UK 1988, 8.8)
- My So-Called Life (US 1994, 8.8)
- The Maxx* (US 1995, 8.8)
- X-Men* (US 1992, 8.8)
- The Bugs Bunny Show* (US 1960, 8.8)
- El chavo del ocho (Mexico 1972, 8.8)
- Berlin Alexanderplatz (FRG 1980, 8.8)
- Dragon Ball* (Japan 1986, 8.8)
- So Weird (Canada 1999, 8.8)
- Smiley’s People (UK 1982, 8.8)
- The Muppet Show (US 1976, 8.8)
- Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (UK 1979, 8.8)
- Rorouni Kenshin: Wandering Samurai* (Japan 1996, 8.8)
- Cracker (UK 1993, 8.7)
- Home Movies* (US 1999, 8.7)
- Yu yu hakusho* (US 1993, 8.7)
- All in the Family (US 1968, 8.7)
- Rocko’s Modern Life (US 1993, 8.7)
- Edge of Darkness (UK 1985, 8.7)
- Mr. Bean (UK 1990, 8.7)
- Profit (US 1996, 8.7)
- Star Trek: The Next Generation (US 1987, 8.7)
- The Larry Sanders Show (US 1992, 8.7)
- NileCity 105.6 (Sweden 1995, 8.7)
- The Adventures of Brisco County Jr. (US 1993, 8.7)
- Curb Your Enthusiasm (US 2000, 8.7)
- Police Squad! (US 1982, 8.7)
- Knights of the Zodiac* (Japan 1986, 8.6)
- The League of Gentlemen (UK 1999, 8.6)
- The Dick Van Dyke Show (US 1961, 8.6)
- The Corner (US 2000, 8.6)
- GTO: Great Teacher Onizuka* (Japan 1998, 8.6)
- Roots (US 1977, 8.6)
- Bottom (UK 1991, 8.6)
- The Wonder Years (US 1988, 8.6)
- The New Batman Adventures (US 1997, 8.6)
- ‘Allo, ‘Allo (UK 1982, 8.6)
Notable among the next hundred, in order: The Kingdom (Denmark 1994), Robin Hood (UK 1984), Family Guy* (US 1999), Kids In The Hall (Canada 1988), Tales of the City (UK 1993), A Bit of Fry and Laurie (UK 1987), The Young Ones (UK 1982), Doctor Who (UK 1963), Northern Exposure (US 1990), the original Black Adder and Star Trek, Columbo (US 1971), The Andy Griffith Show (US 1960), Daria* (US 1997), M*A*S*H (US 1972), One Foot in the Grave (UK 1990), Get Smart (US 1965), Married With Children (US 1987), The Avengers (UK 1961), DuckTales* (US 1987), Absolutely Fabulous (UK 1992), Sesame Street (US 1969), That ’70s Show (US 1998), News Radio (US 1995), Eerie, Indiana (US 1991), The Tick* (US 1994), WKRP in Cincinnati (US 1978), Doug* (US 1991), several iterations of Law & Order, Buffy the Vampire Slayer (US 1997), The Critic* (US 1994), The Persuaders! (US 1971), and Frasier (US 1993).
