The Top 10 Best Written TV Shows Ever

[Bud Bundy]

I personally think Deep Space Nine was a better written show then The next generation. but i guess they polled people who are part of guild and those writers have rose colored glasses when it come to Next gen only a handful of those eps are good.

 

[StatUS]

There is no show in the history of TV that deserves a top 100 spot after 2 seasons. I realize your post is but you'd have to be the most obsessive "Homeland" stan in the world to seriously argue the point.

Fred.

You think I'm trolling Hex homie but them awards and accolades say that show is an exception to many rules in TV land

September 29th

 

[hex]

You think I'm trolling Hex homie but them awards and accolades say that show is an exception to many rules in TV land

September 29th

September 29th? Oh nice. All kinds of shyt to watch this summer/fall.

EDIT:

Oh shyt I just realized "Homeland" starts the day of the series finale of "Breaking Bad". End one show, start another.

Fred.

 

[Spaceman Piff]

There is no show in the history of TV that deserves a top 100 spot after 2 seasons. I realize your post is but you'd have to be the most obsessive "Homeland" stan in the world to seriously argue the point.

Fred.

twin peaks is at 35

 

[yseJ]

twin peaks is at 35

should be much higher

 

[jay211]

Deadwood should've been ahead of Breaking Bad.

 

[Spaceman Piff]

should be much higher

i never seen it.. i've tried to a couple times but i always give up a few minutes into it.

it just feels so dated.. and white.

i just mentioned it because it was two seasons long.

i know i'll eventually watch it though.. there needs to be more 1 season long whodunnit type shows like harper's island and what the killing was supposed to be.

 

[hex]

twin peaks is at 35

It fell off in the second season. It's as if the people that made the list didn't even watch the shows.

Fred.

 

[Higher Tech]

I would take out 6 and 7. Never watched West Wing, but otherwise the list is solid to me.

 

[jadillac]

was Cosby show the ONLY black show on the list?

 

[yseJ]

Fred, isnt the list supposed to be the 'best written shows' not the most consistently best written shows ? lots of some of the best shows ever fell off at some point eventually...

 

[Dirty Mcdrawz]

As decided by the Writers Guild of America (WGA) in their list of the 101 Best Written TV Shows:

1. The Sopranos – HBO – Created by David Chase

2. Seinfeld – NBC – Created by Larry David & Jerry Seinfeld

3. The Twilight Zone (1959) – CBS – Season One writers: Charles Beaumont, Richard Matheson, Robert Presnell, Jr., Rod Serling

4. All in the Family – CBS – Developed for Television by Norman Lear, Based on Till Death Do Us Part, Created by Johnny Speight

5. M*A*S*H – CBS – Developed for Television by Larry Gelbart

6. The Mary Tyler Moore Show – CBS – Created by James L. Brooks and Allan Burns

7. Mad Men – AMC – Created by Matthew Weiner

8. Cheers – NBC – Created by Glen Charles & Les Charles and James Burrows

9. The Wire – HBO – Created by David Simon

10. The West Wing – NBC – Created by Aaron Sorkin

the wire and seinfield are the only shows in the top ten that i've never seen

 

[yseJ]

the wire and seinfield are the only shows in the top ten that i've never seen

what rock have you been living under ?

 

[kash10003]

seinfeld, i don't find the other shows to be even close

 

[Dirty Mcdrawz]

what rock have you been living under ?

seinfield never appealed to me and i'm waiting for breaking bad to finish before i binge on the wire.