TV shows that were instant classics when they dropped

[diggy]

breaking bad for me most recently as I got into it late

 

[SwagKingKong]

The Wire, Breaking Bad, Prison Break and Arrested Development comes to mind. Curb your enthusiasm too.

I wouldn't say the office because the first season was kinda meh, well it was good but when it really popped off was season 2, and the 3rd some of the GOAT TV right there.

 

[Robbie3000]

Chappelle show first episode.

 

[feelosofer]

Oz

 

[ℒℴѵℯJay ELECTUA]

A-Team
twilight zone

 

[Miracle Violence]

The Sopranos is the only series I can think of that actually had people calling it the greatest of all time after one season.

 

[Darts]

MacGyver

 

[Super Cheech]

The Shield
Breaking Bad
Boardwalk Empire

 

[Mr. Pink]

The Wire, The Sopranos, Breaking Bad, Seinfeld, HIMYM.

More recently Homeland...

 

[Darts]

The Wire, The Sopranos, Breaking Bad, Seinfeld, HIMYM.

More recently Homeland...

Nah Seinfeld was more like a work in progress...the first few eps were weak compared to the overall series.

 

[phillycavsfan]

Most sitcoms aren't good in the first few episodes. One that was great from the jump though was Archer.

 

[Darts]

Most sitcoms aren't good in the first few episodes. One that was great from the jump though was Archer.

Yeah, the Cosby Show is another that comes to mind.

 

[hex]

Lost should have been but the writers panicked after everybody realised that the island was purgatory so they started to write on the fly.

They started to write on the fly from the beginning. David Fury who was there in season 1 exposed that shyt.

Fred.

 

[Steezy]

 

[yseJ]

yea seinfeld was pretty meh the first season but then took the fukk off
same with park and rec actually. this could be a good spinoff thread actually