The greatest TV shows of all time

The best of television

The best of television, 'Breaking Bad', 'The Sopranos', 'The Wire', 'Game of Thrones', 'Mad Men', 'Seinfeld', 'The Simpsons', 'Fleabag', 'The Twilight Zone', 'Chernobyl', 'The Office', 'Stranger Things', 'Twin Peaks', 'The Crown'

It's impossible to please everyone, but it's somewhat easier to agree that this list includes some of the best TV shows ever broadcasted.

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'Breaking Bad'

The best of television, 'Breaking Bad', 'The Sopranos', 'The Wire', 'Game of Thrones', 'Mad Men', 'Seinfeld', 'The Simpsons', 'Fleabag', 'The Twilight Zone', 'Chernobyl', 'The Office', 'Stranger Things', 'Twin Peaks', 'The Crown'

When Walter White takes off his teacher's robe and dons Heisenberg's black hat, television turns dark forever. Never has a moral spiral been so addictive.

Photo: AMC

'The Sopranos'

The best of television, 'Breaking Bad', 'The Sopranos', 'The Wire', 'Game of Thrones', 'Mad Men', 'Seinfeld', 'The Simpsons', 'Fleabag', 'The Twilight Zone', 'Chernobyl', 'The Office', 'Stranger Things', 'Twin Peaks', 'The Crown'

Tony didn't talk much, but his psychoanalyst, his mother, and his “businesses” said it all. The New Jersey mafia left a mark and many bodies... emotional ones included.

'The Wire'

The best of television, 'Breaking Bad', 'The Sopranos', 'The Wire', 'Game of Thrones', 'Mad Men', 'Seinfeld', 'The Simpsons', 'Fleabag', 'The Twilight Zone', 'Chernobyl', 'The Office', 'Stranger Things', 'Twin Peaks', 'The Crown'

Police, traffickers, politicians, and even schoolchildren are intertwined in this ensemble chronicle about Baltimore. More than a show, it's a treatise on urban collapse.

'Game of Thrones'

The best of television, 'Breaking Bad', 'The Sopranos', 'The Wire', 'Game of Thrones', 'Mad Men', 'Seinfeld', 'The Simpsons', 'Fleabag', 'The Twilight Zone', 'Chernobyl', 'The Office', 'Stranger Things', 'Twin Peaks', 'The Crown'

Seven kingdoms, one throne, and endless betrayals. HBO's epic brought fantasy and gore to prime time. Then came the ending… and we all felt betrayed too.

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'Mad Men'

The best of television, 'Breaking Bad', 'The Sopranos', 'The Wire', 'Game of Thrones', 'Mad Men', 'Seinfeld', 'The Simpsons', 'Fleabag', 'The Twilight Zone', 'Chernobyl', 'The Office', 'Stranger Things', 'Twin Peaks', 'The Crown'

In Madison Avenue, selling was more than just advertising; it was like marketing the very soul. Don Draper, amidst cigarettes and lies, constantly reinvented himself in a universe that, although seemingly superficial, proved effective.

Photo: AMC

'Seinfeld'

The best of television, 'Breaking Bad', 'The Sopranos', 'The Wire', 'Game of Thrones', 'Mad Men', 'Seinfeld', 'The Simpsons', 'Fleabag', 'The Twilight Zone', 'Chernobyl', 'The Office', 'Stranger Things', 'Twin Peaks', 'The Crown'

With 'Seinfeld', Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld redefined television comedy from New York. Four neurotics, no lesson at the end of the episode, and one maxim: the trivial can also be brilliant. The everyday turned into a cult classic.

'The Simpsons'

The best of television, 'Breaking Bad', 'The Sopranos', 'The Wire', 'Game of Thrones', 'Mad Men', 'Seinfeld', 'The Simpsons', 'Fleabag', 'The Twilight Zone', 'Chernobyl', 'The Office', 'Stranger Things', 'Twin Peaks', 'The Crown'

An eternally fixed-in-time yellow family has dissected society for decades, using sarcasm. The Simpsons mix parody, social critique, and surprisingly prophetic flashes in a format accessible to all audiences.

'Fleabag'

The best of television, 'Breaking Bad', 'The Sopranos', 'The Wire', 'Game of Thrones', 'Mad Men', 'Seinfeld', 'The Simpsons', 'Fleabag', 'The Twilight Zone', 'Chernobyl', 'The Office', 'Stranger Things', 'Twin Peaks', 'The Crown'

With 'Fleabag', Phoebe Waller-Bridge turned inner monologue into corrosive comedy. It makes us laugh where it hurts and moves us when least expected. A fiercely human portrait disguised as humor.

Photo: Prime Video

'The Twilight Zone'

The best of television, 'Breaking Bad', 'The Sopranos', 'The Wire', 'Game of Thrones', 'Mad Men', 'Seinfeld', 'The Simpsons', 'Fleabag', 'The Twilight Zone', 'Chernobyl', 'The Office', 'Stranger Things', 'Twin Peaks', 'The Crown'

A narrator, an absurd story, and a disquieting moral. In black and white, but more relevant than ever. Welcome to the place where everything makes sense… until it doesn’t.

'Chernobyl'

The best of television, 'Breaking Bad', 'The Sopranos', 'The Wire', 'Game of Thrones', 'Mad Men', 'Seinfeld', 'The Simpsons', 'Fleabag', 'The Twilight Zone', 'Chernobyl', 'The Office', 'Stranger Things', 'Twin Peaks', 'The Crown'

'Chernobyl' recreated the nuclear disaster with relentless harshness, revealing silenced truths and the human cost of lies.

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'The Office'

The best of television, 'Breaking Bad', 'The Sopranos', 'The Wire', 'Game of Thrones', 'Mad Men', 'Seinfeld', 'The Simpsons', 'Fleabag', 'The Twilight Zone', 'Chernobyl', 'The Office', 'Stranger Things', 'Twin Peaks', 'The Crown'

Who would have thought that office tedium could be so entertaining? Shoulder-mounted cameras, inept bosses, and deadly silences. The everyday turned into tragicomic drama.

Photo: NBC

'Stranger Things'

The best of television, 'Breaking Bad', 'The Sopranos', 'The Wire', 'Game of Thrones', 'Mad Men', 'Seinfeld', 'The Simpsons', 'Fleabag', 'The Twilight Zone', 'Chernobyl', 'The Office', 'Stranger Things', 'Twin Peaks', 'The Crown'

With bicycles, monsters, and a distinctive eighties aesthetic, 'Stranger Things' not only paid tribute to an era: it revived it. Among synthesizers and parallel dimensions, Hawkins became the epicenter of a pop mythology that marked an entire generation.

'Twin Peaks'

The best of television, 'Breaking Bad', 'The Sopranos', 'The Wire', 'Game of Thrones', 'Mad Men', 'Seinfeld', 'The Simpsons', 'Fleabag', 'The Twilight Zone', 'Chernobyl', 'The Office', 'Stranger Things', 'Twin Peaks', 'The Crown'

What began as a police case in a small town transformed into a surreal experience. 'Twin Peaks' mixed mystery, absurdity, and the dreamlike to change television's rules. A dead teenager, a coffee-addicted FBI agent, and a town that hid much more than secrets.

'The Crown'

The best of television, 'Breaking Bad', 'The Sopranos', 'The Wire', 'Game of Thrones', 'Mad Men', 'Seinfeld', 'The Simpsons', 'Fleabag', 'The Twilight Zone', 'Chernobyl', 'The Office', 'Stranger Things', 'Twin Peaks', 'The Crown'

Queens who weep in silence, shadow-complex husbands, and a nation that watches from the stands. Behind the pomp, the palace melodrama. Photo: Netflix