Geofferson

With one day left in the year, better late than never to start an annual 'best of' thread. Similar to the thread in Movie Talk here. So long as it's a drama or comedy on network tv, cable or online streaming should suffice.

Top 10 (in order):

1. True Detective
2. The Missing
3. Fargo
4. The Affair
5. House of Cards
6. The Fall
7. OITNB
8. Halt and Catch Fire
9. Louie
10. Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
11. The Americans
12. Banshee
13. Power
14. Parenthood
15. Sonic Highways

Disclaimer: Notable shows I either don't watch or have not yet watched (The Good Wife, The Knick, Broad City, Orphan Black S2, Ray Donovan S2, Masters of Sex S2, Boardwark Empire final season, 24, Manhattan, Happy Valley, Transparent).

I too left Mad Men off the list since only 50% of the season has aired thus far.

chrisih8u

Game of Thrones
Mad Men
House of Cards
The Goodwife
Homeland
Gotham
The Flash
Arrow
The Blacklist
Fargo

mwbmis

Still getting through some shows from earlier this year (Manhattan, Rectify, Outlander, The Affair, The Missing, etc.) but this would be my tentative top 10 list.

1. Fargo
2. Game of Thrones
3. Veep
4. True Detective
5. The Knick
6. Mad Men
7. Hannibal
8. Silicon Valley
9. Halt and Catch Fire
10.The Newsroom

RichC2

1. Rick and Morty
2. You're The Worst
3. Fargo
4. True Detective
5. Hannibal
6. Orange is the New Black
7. House of Cards
8. Black-ish

Hokeyboy

In no order, off the top of my head:

House of Cards
Hey Ladies
Game of Thrones
Arrow
Mad Men
Flash
Portlandia
Orange Is The New Black
Drunk History
Silicon Valley

Boardwalk Empire had a good but not great and severely curtailed final season. Orphan Black had a KILLER first season and spent much of the second ponderously spinning its wheels. Agents of Shield went from chicken shit to chicken salad after a horrific 60% of their first season. Still haven't watched Homeland. Gotham needs to get their shit together. Downton Abbey and Sherlock both were very good to great, but not quite in top 10 territory. I gotta poop

Groucho

Orange is the New Black is my favorite show for the second year in a row. The other nine (in alphabetical order):

Brooklyn 99
Fargo
Game of Thrones
Gotham
Happy Valley
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Silicon Valley
South Park
True Detective

Honorable mention: Penny Dreadful

TimeandTide

1. True Detective
2. Game of Thrones
3. Silicon Valley
4. The Good Wife
5. Fargo
6. Sherlock
7. Shark Tank
8. Walking Dead
9. Arrow
10. The Flash

JuryDuty

I can't believe Jane the Virgin isn't on anyone's list. It's easily one of the best new shows.

Jane the Virgin
The Flash
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
The Newsroom
Shark Tank
Arrow
Forever
24: Live Another Day
Survivor/Amazing Race...always fun holdouts....

morriscroy

- Under The Dome

Otherwise, just about every current show I've been following either turned out to be disappointing (ie. How To Get Away With Murder, Last Ship, The Strain, etc ...), and/or turned into crap in their current seasons (ie. Revenge, Person of Interest, Hawaii Five-0, etc ..).

starseed1981

01. Banshee
02. Hannibal
03. Mr.Selfridge
04. Fargo
05. House Of Cards
06. You're The Worst
07. Game Of Thrones
08. Orphan Black
09. Penny Dreadful
10. 24

PhantomStranger

The Flash
Penny Dreadful
Arrow S2
Game of Thrones
Salem
Haven
You're The Worst
South Park
The Blacklist S1
The Americans
Person of Interest
Shark Tank
Once Upon A Time

When I have the time I will add more reasoning behind this list. It's so hard to rank television by year since most seasons overlap two years. I thought the first season of The Blacklist was very good, which ended in May. The second season has been a formulaic weekly thriller. The same goes with Arrow, which lost a major character. How do you rank it then?

morriscroy

Similar sentiments here too.

Season 2 doesn't seem exciting at all, so far.

Coral

These shows impressed me in 2014: (in no particular order):

The Missing
The Fall
Mad Men
Fargo
Orange is the New Black
Orphan Black
You're The Worst
Veep
True Detective (disappointing finale though)
Broad City

SteveA

The first five are in order. The rest are not.

The Good Wife
Game of Thrones
Parenthood
Mad Men
Masters of Sex
Fargo
Manhattan
Scandal
True Detective
The Newsroom

DJariya

Arrow
The Flash
The Good Wife
24: Live Another Day
Hannibal
Banshee
The Newsroom
True Detective
Marvel's Agents of Shield
Tied: Haven and Continuum

Normally I would put Mad Men, but only 7 episodes of the 14 have aired.

I like Jane the Virgin thus far, but again it's tough to say it's one of the best of 2014 when only 1/3 of it's rookie season has aired. I made the exception for Flash though since every episode has been exceptional.

Shannon Nutt

1. Fargo
2. True Detective
3. 24: Live Another Day
4. Gotham
5. House of Cards
6. Homeland (minus the finale!)
7. Game of Thrones
8. Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
9. The Walking Dead
10. The Blacklist

Honorable Mention: Dallas (RIP)

Daytripper

"House of Cards"
"Wentworth"
"Bates Motel"
"Fargo"
"Broadchurch"
"The Americans"
"Mozart in the Jungle"
"Portlandia"
"Downton Abbey"
"True Detective"

Red Dog

1. Fargo
2. True Detective
3. The Americans
4. House of Cards
5. Veep
6. The Affair
7. OITNB
8. Justified
9. Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
10. Gotham

I'm sure I forgot something. Haven't watched Boardwalk Empire yet.

Fist of Doom

These lists are tough, since a lot of shows straddle years, but here goes...

Dramas:

1. Hannibal
2. Gotham
3. Haven
4. Longmire
5. Warehouse 13

Comedies:

1. Jane the Virgin
2. Hot in Cleveland
3. The Goldbergs
4. Garfunkel & Oates
5. Instant Mom

The Questyen

1. Game of Thrones
2. Orange is the New Black
3. Downton Abbey
4. Girls
5. Louie
6. Orphan Black
7. Check it Out with Dr. Steve Brule
8. Nathan for You
9. Sherlock
10. Over the Garden Wall

That'sAllFolks

Suits (I guess the season doesn't start yet. hard to keep up w/ the way they split things up)
The Good Wife
White Collar
The Flash
The Middle (I'm really starting to like this show)

I guess I should include these. They barely make the list.
Orphan Black
Gotham
24

That is all I'd say were the "best" Most cable shows I haven't caught up on and a lot of stuff I like, but it's not really great.
Elementary
Blacklist
Scorpion
Castle
Modern Family
Brooklyn 99
Revenge
Walking Dead (this show SHOULD be great, but for some reason it doesn't intrigue me. Good ideas, great characters, but no hook to make me want more. Unlike Breaking Bad, which at times I had to watch live because I couldn't wait for on-demand to kick in the next day.

actionjackson29

1. Game of Thrones
2. True Detective
3. Hannibal
4. Wentworth
5. Orange is the New Black
6. The Goodwife
7. The Flash
8. Arrow
9. Haven
10. Penny Dreadful

sven

Game of Thrones
The Walking Dead
You're the Worst
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Benched
Justified
Silicon Valley
Drunk History
Nathan For You
Playing House

I still need to see Fargo but I have a feeling it would make the list if I had.

hdnmickey

1. True Detective
2. Fargo
3. Hannibal
4. The Blacklist
5. Marvel's Agents of Shield
6. The Walking Dead
7. The Flash
8. Turn
9. 24: Live Another Day
10. The Big Bang Theory

mphtrilogy

Not ranked, my faves

Game of thrones
The affair
Masters of sex
Mad men
The knick
The good wife
Orange is the new black
Mozart in the jungle
Happy valley
Black mirror! Technically not 2014, but Christmas ep counts!
Fargo
True detective
Walking dead
Orphan black
Gotham
Downton Abby
The Americans
Louie
Broad church


Top 5 comedies
Silicon Valley
Playing house
Big Bang theory
Modern family
Goldbergs

Reality
Amazing race
Top chef
Project runway
Shark tank
Mater chef jr