1. The Wire 2. Sopranos 3. Dexter

[InRareForm]

List your order of greatness (1 to 3) on drama shows of the '00 to '09 era

[MiamiHeat]

only shows i watched during the 00s

Curb your enthusiasm
the sopranos
friends


that's it.

[AZLouis]

1. Deadwood
2. Carnivale
3. Breaking Bad

[EmptyMan]

1 The Wire
2 Lost
3 Dexter
4 Criminal Minds
5 Firefly

[TheTruth]

Wire, Lost, Friday Night Lights

[atxrocker]

drama only:
wire
sopranos
kingpin/dexter
mad men

[CuckingFunt]

Can't do three.

1. The Wire
2. Six Feet Under
3. Mad Men
4. Dexter

That order could change from day-to-day, though. And is more about the other shows being amazing than about Dexter being sub-par.

[baseline bum]

1. Sopranos
2. nothing
3. nothing

[IronMexican]

friends


that's it.

how embarrassing.

[ChumpDumper]

Why do white people love Friends?

[MiamiHeat]

FRIENDS is hilarious, and the six actors work perfectly for each other. they each nailed their parts perfectly.

it's one of the most popular shows in world history.

you guys should give it a chance before you judge it

[baseline bum]

Friends blows. The only good part of it was seeing Jennifer Aniston's hot ass early on before she starved herself into an ugly skinny fuck.

[Xylus]

1a. Lost
1b. Battlestar Galactica
3. Arrested Development

An honorable mention goes to Frasier, which was great up until its series finale in 2004.

[B-Hath]

Umm, didn't the OP say top "dramas"?

1. West Wing
2. Six Feet Under
3. Battlestar Galactica

[ChumpDumper]

FRIENDS is hilarious, and the six actors work perfectly for each other. they each nailed their parts perfectly.

it's one of the most popular shows in world history.

you guys should give it a chance before you judge itYou seriously think that after ten seasons and and a decade of saturation syndication that there are people who haven't given that show a chance?

[IronMexican]

1a. Lost
1b. Battlestar Galactica
3. Arrested Development

An honorable mention goes to Frasier, which was great up until its series finale in 2004.

AD counts as a drama? That's clearly #1.

[Frenzy]

I haven't watched any of those shows.



Saw niptuck the other day it was pretty good.

[B-Hath]

I haven't watched any of those shows.



Saw niptuck the other day it was pretty good.

I started on Nip-Tuck a while ago. It's some pretty wacky fun.

[DPG21920]

Supranos
Southpark
King of Queens

If you are talking about shows that started in that time frame.

[ChumpDumper]

Saw niptuck the other day it was pretty good.nip/tuck is sometimes intentionally and often unintentionally hilarious, but it's more a guilty pleasure than an actual good show. The Shield and Damages on FX are really good though they strain credulity.

I like CuckingFunt's list.

[MiamiHeat]

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I know you laughed!

[IronMexican]

I wont even watch the last video cause they can't spell hilarious.

[ChumpDumper]

I wont even watch the last video cause they can't spell hilarious.I laughed at that.

[monosylab1k]

1. The Wire
2. Breaking Bad
3. The Sopranos
4. Deadwood
5. Battlestar Galactica

[stretch]

what kind of fucking gay shit are people posting these days? youtubes of friends?

go chug some dick you fucking faggots

[stretch]

1. everybody loves raymond

[marini martini]

what kind of fucking gay shit are people posting these days? youtubes of friends?

go chug some dick you fucking faggots


1. everybody loves raymond

:lmao

[Duff McCartney]

Carnivale...that show was absolutely amazing. From start to finish I was glued every time a new episode came out.

Big Love is also rapidly becoming a show I always watch. Too bad they switched HBO to digital on Time Warner.

[LOL texans]

1. The Wire
2. The Sopranos
3. Breaking Bad
4. Lost
5. Arrested Development

[B-Hath]

I once again refer to the part where the OP stated DRAMAS.

[MiamiHeat]

who the f watches drama's on tv?

soap opera type shows plzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Sopranos was the exception though

[Bender]

lol friends.

lol a guy admitting watching it.

[Spurminator]

The Wire and The Sopranos were flawless.

A step below would be Six Feet Under, Lost, Big Love and Friday Night Lights.

Haven't gotten to Dexter yet and I'm working on Mad Men.

[Bender]

Haven't seen any Wire yet, or Mad Men either. was thinking about getting a season of Mad Men on Netflix and checking it out.

[holcs50]

Sons of Anarchy
Sons of Anarchy
Sons of Anarchy

[iggypop123]

the wire is the only show i have seen completely. saw it over the summer. amazing, i especially like its pedagogical potential. sopranos so far season 1 is good. its so old though, everyone looks like they are from the 90's. feels weird, sigler isnt a hot slut yet. college was an amazing episode

[mrsmaalox]

Of the dramas mentioned the only ones I have seen are The Sopranos and Six Feet Under, but I saw them from beginning to end.

[mavs>spurs2]

Lie to Me is new but pretty damn good

[Bukefal]

1. Sopranos
2. Sopranos
3. Sopranos
4. Sopranos
5. Sopranos

Really the best one ever, I still miss it.

[leemajors]

1. Life on Mars (BBC)
2. Wire
3. Mad Men

[JudynTX]

1. Lost
2. Lost
3. Lost

[sonic21]

1. Lost
2. Lost
3. Lost

:tu

[JudynTX]

:tu

February 2nd can't get here soon enough! :toast

[EmptyMan]

oh shit, I forgot to add Jericho to my list.

[peewee's lovechild]

1. Sopranos
2. Carnivale
3. The Wire
4. Deadwood
5. In Treatment

[sonic21]

February 2nd can't get here soon enough! :toast

true.

All the series i follow have disappointed me this year (except House), i hope lost will be great.

[peewee's lovechild]

true.

All the series i follow have disappointed me this year (except House), i hope lost will be great.

House has been a HUGE disappointment this season.

[JudynTX]

true.

All the series i follow have disappointed me this year (except House), i hope lost will be great.

Someone showed me this, have you seen it? :D

The Gospel According to Lost

http://www.amazon.com/Gospel-According-Lost-Chris-Seay/dp/0849920728/ref=sr_1_17?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1260976375&sr=1-17

[sonic21]

House has been a HUGE disappointment this season.

really?

i've only watched the first 3 episodes so far and they were good. I need to download the remaining episodes though.

[sonic21]

Someone showed me this, have you seen it? :D

The Gospel According to Lost

http://www.amazon.com/Gospel-According-Lost-Chris-Seay/dp/0849920728/ref=sr_1_17?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1260976375&sr=1-17

Never heard of it. Is it worth buying?

[JudynTX]

Never heard of it. Is it worth buying?

Not sure. I'm thinking of buying it, will let you know.

[peewee's lovechild]

really?

i've only watched the first 3 episodes so far and they were good. I need to download the remaining episodes though.

The first three were solid, although things start to become pretty lame with the third episode. But, once you get into the whole President Dibala episode, everything just turns to complete crap.

The start of the season held so much promise, what with House have to deal his personal demons and getting check mated at every turn by Andre Brauer (forgot his character's name).

Then, after he leaves the mental ward and goes back to work, it just gets all sorts of stupid.

I will say this, the mid-season finale was pretty damn good. It is Wilson-centered and it gives the show that added weight, gravitas if you will, that it sorely missed for the majority of the season.

However, overall, so far the season has been just a HUGE disappointment.

[Dr Cox]

1. dexter
2. niptuck (1 and 2 can flip)
3. house
4. crash

Comedy (this list doesnt matter at all but imo)
1. scrubs
2. arrested dev.
3. family guy

[atxrocker]

While I sometimes enjoy a good scrubs episode, there is no fucking way it ranks higher than Arrested Developement. No way.

[Mark in Austin]

1. The Wire
2. Deadwood

I haven't seen Dexter yet. Though I liked the Sopranos, there were times, especially during the last seasons, where it felt a little bloated (no pun intended).

I'm also really starting to like Burn Notice on USA when I've caught it.

[The Gemini Method]

1.)Dexter -- gets 1st nod because of its originality...
2.)The Sopranos -- Gritty, visceral, and epic...got a little redundant and listless towards the end, but great enough.
3.)Six Feet Under -- Dealt with death from what it is; death. The show that launched Michael C. Hall's career.
4.)The Wire -- Very well-written and completely let its realism dance the night away. Baltimore is no joke...
5.)Dead Like Me -- Very too brief run, it had a mixture of both drama and wit. One of the better shows of the past decade that many probably have never heard of up to this point.

*Honorable Mention: Californication, The Shield, Deadwood, Carnivale...
*Honrable Mention for a mini-series: Band of Brothers

[Blake]

1. lost
2. heroes
3. house

[Blake]

February 2nd can't get here soon enough! :toast

it feels like it's been years since I've last seen lost

[EmptyMan]

Deadwood, Firefly, & Jericho all died long before their time.

I'll include Jericho since they had to wrap it up after cancellation and just say $%^& it, "we'll end it with Texas saving the entire country."

[Bender]

Firefly
that was a pretty good show. I hardly know anyone who has ever heard of it.

[MiamiHeat]

I used to watch Firefly a little bit, then that movie SERENITY came out and is aw that too

[resistanze]

The Wire, Damages, Breaking Bad.

[atxrocker]

Damn, been so long since i've seen it that I had forgotten about Damages. It deserves honorable mention at a minimum, really dug it.

[ChumpDumper]

True, I'm kind of eager to see where Damages goes next. I have no idea what they could do. Props to FX for sticking with the show.

[IronMexican]

Just finished the Wire. Shit just got real. Greatness, it was.


I go
1. The Wire
2. Breaking Bad


And those are the only two drama's I've ever watched from beginning(Or at least all of the current episodes of) to end.

[HarlemHeat37]

IM, you ever watch The OC?..

[Xylus]

My list has changed only slightly over the last year:

1. Battlestar Galactica
2. Breaking Bad
3. Lost

Just started watching Mad Men and Weeds, will eventually start The Wire.

[IronMexican]

Yes. No, I didn't. I did have a friend who used to miss MNF for it, though.

[sonic21]

x-files
lost
dexter
weeds

never heard of the wire before. I'll try to watch it.

[AnthonyM]

1. Dexter
2. Breaking Bad
3. Mad Men

Never saw The Wire, but I'm going to torrent it soon to give me something to watch during the weeks in the fall season while I wait for Dexter, Boardwalk Empires, and Eastbound and Down on Sunday nights.

Never saw the Sopranos either but I saw the last episode. I might watch it some day in the future but if I had seen it I'm sure I'd probably have it number one, and The Wire would probably be two.

[SpursNextRomanEmpire]

Carnivale
Skins
Lost

[IronMaxipad]

Drama:

1. The Wire
2. The Shield
3. Six Feet Under (Best finale ever)
4. Friday Night Lights
5. Breaking Bad
6. Battlestar Galactica
7. Dexter
8. Lost
9. Firefly/Serenity

Shows im way behind on so couldn't put them on the list yet:
Sopranos (S2)
Deadwood (S1)
Carnivale (S1)
Sons of Anarchy (S2)

Also left out Dramedys

[phxspurfan]

1. Alias 2. Band of Brothers 3. The Pacific

[phxspurfan]

The Unit should be up there too somewhere

[phxspurfan]

2. niptuck (1 and 2 can flip)


nice

[Oh, Gee!!]

The Wire and The Sopranos. The Mind of the Married Man (HBO) only ran two seasons, but it would have been great if it lasted longer.

[balli]

The Wire is one of the best complete works produced by humanity. Movies, tv, novels, whatever- The Wire is the cream of the crop. It's a classic work, no different than any of history's all-time greats.

Twin Peaks was fantastic.

The Sopranos was okay, I've seen every episode twice, but it's over-rated. IMO.

I watched all of Firefly and thought it was uneven and poorly written and poorly acted at times. Some episodes were just stupid and fake and boring. Some were just okay.

I saw the first episode of Dexter and it was very good, but I never got into it.

I was going to watch Boardwalk, but fuck it, life's too short.

I've never seen Lost, FNL, 24, Breaking Bad or anything else really. I guess I just don't really like TV all that much.

For drama anyway; re-runs of Curb and Seinfeld are a constant in my life.

[resistanze]

1. The Wire
2. Breaking Bad
3. Not sure yet

I have about 100 GB of shows I haven't watched yet (Sopranos, Six Feet Under, Hung, Mad Men, The shield, etc.)

[Spurminator]

I fucking love TV.

We are in a golden age right now. While there is a whole lot of crap out there, cable networks have really stepped up their game in terms of producing quality scripted programming.

[CuckingFunt]

1. The Wire
2. Breaking Bad
3. Not sure yet

I have about 100 GB of shows I haven't watched yet (Sopranos, Six Feet Under, Hung, Mad Men, The shield, etc.)

"Six Feet Under" and "Mad Men" are worth making the time.

The first season of "Treme" was great, too.

[CuckingFunt]

I fucking love TV.

We are in a golden age right now. While there is a whole lot of crap out there, cable networks have really stepped up their game in terms of producing quality scripted programming.

Agree wholeheartedly. There are some amazing things being produced right now.

[balli]

The first season of "Treme" was great, too.
I thought it was fantastic. Really great. I was pissed they didn't win emmy's, or get nominated. I don't know why hollywood hates David Simon so much.

Having said that, I can't figure out if I really liked it and if it's really as good as it seemed, or whether I'm wearing the rosy-glasses of a pro David Simon bias. Obviously, it was good, I'm just not sure it's as good as my subjective feelings have led me to believe.

[Spurminator]

I love David Simon, and I liked Treme a lot, but unlike The Wire, it's probably not something I'll give repeated viewings to.

[MannyIsGod]

1a. Lost
2b. The West Wing

Don't know after that. I liked the Sopranos but I dunno - I probably like Dexter more.

[CuckingFunt]

I thought it was fantastic. Really great. I was pissed they didn't win emmy's, or get nominated. I don't know why hollywood hates David Simon so much.

Having said that, I can't figure out if I really liked it and if it's really as good as it seemed, or whether I'm wearing the rosy-glasses of a pro David Simon bias. Obviously, it was good, I'm just not sure it's as good as my subjective feelings have led me to believe.

I've watched it through a couple times now and I'm certain it really is as good as I thought it was at first viewing, but I didn't think it was as good as "The Wire." If that makes sense. David Simon is all over it, and Simon is greatness, but I'm not certain it was David Simon at the top of his game. Yet. Some of the character arcs feel incomplete (possibly unnecessary, in a few cases), and there are some issues raised that I thought needed to be fleshed out a bit more, but I think that's to be expected from a first season.

Especially the first season of a David Simon show. The first season of "The Wire" is a bajillion times better because of what came after it, I think, than it would have been on its own, for instance. As long as HBO stays with it, I think "Treme" has the potential to be just as good.

[MannyIsGod]

BTW very suprised to see only one other mention of the West Wing. Amazing show.

[leemajors]

I thought it was fantastic. Really great. I was pissed they didn't win emmy's, or get nominated. I don't know why hollywood hates David Simon so much.

Having said that, I can't figure out if I really liked it and if it's really as good as it seemed, or whether I'm wearing the rosy-glasses of a pro David Simon bias. Obviously, it was good, I'm just not sure it's as good as my subjective feelings have led me to believe.

It is weird, Wire was far superior to Sopranos. It isn't even close.

[CuckingFunt]

I don't like "The Sopranos." At all. Don't even know why, really. It's got a great cast, fairly good writing (the episodes I've seen), and I generally like the mafia genre when well done. But, for whatever reason, I can't make myself care about anyone or anything that happens in that show.

Too contrived, maybe.

[oh crap]

The Wire was better (can't think of any shows it's not better than) but I still fucking love the Sopranos. It was at times amazing.

[leemajors]

BTW very suprised to see only one other mention of the West Wing. Amazing show.

You should check out State of Play, a BBC show they absolutely butchered with that Russell Crowe movie. The cast was ridiculous: John Simm, Philip Glenister, Bill Nighy, Kelly McDonald, and James McAvoy. 6 part serial with one hour episodes. Once I watched Life on Mars I wanted to see everything Simm and Glenister had done.

[IronMaxipad]

BTW very suprised to see only one other mention of the West Wing. Amazing show.

The West Wing was great until Sorkin left. Season 1-4 was some of the best tv ever.

[Fabbs]

Rescue Me the 1st 3 seasons were great.
4 start okay.
4 1/2 on complete suckage.

[resistanze]

"Six Feet Under" and "Mad Men" are worth making the time.

The first season of "Treme" was great, too.

I have Treme as well. The shows just never stop - it's a good thing for me many of these shows have ended. I aim to finish all these shows by the new year.

[DeadlyDynasty]

1. The Wire*

simply the greatest show I've ever seen.

in a similar vein (but on network TV and during the 1990s): Homicide*



*Both take place in B-more:lol

[DJ Mbenga]

the wire
breaking bad
mad men
sopranos(cant deny the series that started the cable tv craze)

[leemajors]

the wire
breaking bad
mad men
sopranos(cant deny the series that started the cable tv craze)

Uhh, HBO had been showing critically acclaimed original series long before Sopranos.

[resistanze]

I'm gonna put Third Watch as my #3 show. I still need to watch the series beginning to end, though.

[oh crap]

Third watch was a really good show, had forgot about it.

[MannyIsGod]

Oh yeah, Ive caught some third watch and extremely enjoyed it.

[Cant_Be_Faded]

I recently watched the first season of the wire. Pretty fuckin tight show. I'm trying to get mookie into it but he needs more explosions and less dialogue.

[monosylab1k]

tbh I loved The Wire but got sick of Treme incredibly fast.

[IronMexican]

I recently watched the first season of the wire. Pretty fuckin tight show. I'm trying to get mookie into it but he needs more explosions and less dialogue.

Not a lof of explosions and stuff like that in season 2. Season 3 and 4 have more, though.

[TheTruth]

Treme was fantastic. West Wing would have been #4 on my list. I'm on of the few that loved the last season with Jimmy Smits. Dexter is now firmly in my top 5. Awesome show.

1. The Wire
2. Lost
3. Friday Night Lights
4. West Wing
5. Dexter

Fringe, Law and Order SVU, Deadwood, and ER would be in the top 10 also.

[cornbread]

1. Six Feet Under
2. Sopranos
3. John Adams

[DJ Mbenga]

Uhh, HBO had been showing critically acclaimed original series long before Sopranos.

yeah but i dont think they were getting 9 million a episode with oz were they?

[SpursFanFirst]

1) Friday Night Lights 2) Dexter (I've developed a serious addiction!) and 3) I have no clue...maybe ER?

[SpursFanFirst]

I saw the first episode of Dexter and it was very good, but I never got into it.

I never would have chosen this show on my own, but I'm so glad I was talked into giving it a try.
Seasons 1 & 2 were good...3 was OK...but 4...OH MY GOODNESS! It was AMAZING! Season 5 starts in a few days.

[leemajors]

yeah but i dont think they were getting 9 million a episode with oz were they?

Fraggle Rock was pretty damn popular, esp considering the limited number of cable sets with HBO at the time.

[TE]

1. House
2. House
3. House

[Kamala]

1 The Wire (All teachers, police, politicians, and people in social services should be required to watch season 4).
2 Lost
3 Dexter (last season's ending was so damn twisted)

Honorable mention: Six Feet Under It had the best finale I've ever seen.

[Poirot]

My favorites

1. Twin Peaks
2. Deadwood
3. Battlestar Galactica

All three faltered towards their end though.

[Dr. Gonzo]

The Sopranos is better than The Wire but it's still a great show. I just finished the 3rd season.

The intro sucks dick though.

[IronMaxipad]

My favorites

1. Twin Peaks
2. Deadwood
3. Battlestar Galactica

All three faltered towards their end though.
:toast

YES! Twin Peaks is Fantastic!! One of the greatest shows of all time.

[JudynTX]

1) LOST
2) Dexter
3) Sopranos

[Viva Las Espuelas]

1. House
2. House
3. House

You may know but what's the show's connection with Sherlock Holmes?

[Mark in Austin]

Now that I've seen some of Dexter I'm not blown away. It's a solid show, but not in the pantheon. One show I need to add to the list: Justified. (http://www.fxnetworks.com/shows/originals/justified/) I think it is the best written show on TV right now. I love it.

Honorable mention to Glee. Didn't watch the first season but caught some of the episodes on Hulu and have seen the second season - it might be one of the most subtly subversive shows ever put on air. And the fact it's on fox just makes it even more delicious.

[Duff McCartney]

1.Carnivale
2. Sopranos
3. Deadwood

I want to see how Big Love plays out because it's my weekly show that I never miss and it's on the last season. It could be top 3 all time for me.

[vy65]

Even though it's technically not a drama, I'm surprised no one mentioned Californication.

Could argue that it's better than AD.

[balli]

The Sopranos is better than The Wire-

The intro sucks dick though.

NkEOvVa6KeQ

[IronMaxipad]

Even though it's technically not a drama, I'm surprised no one mentioned Californication.

Could argue that it's better than AD.

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