OldBoy

in your opinion of course, but what do you think are TV shows long in running that never failed to amaze you with each and every season of their run or currently?

Breaking Bad
Seinfeld
The Walking Dead

stvn1974

Fringe
Buffy The Vampire Slayer
Angel

EctoCooler

I thought that final season was pretty wretched overall. To think some actually consider The Frogger to be one of the really good ones. The first season is just boring as well and understandably rough around the edges.


Are you fucking kidding me??

morriscroy

- Beavis and Butthead
- South Park

johnnysd

Hahaha...I am not convinced Walking Dead has every had a good season and certainly nothing approaching amazing.

Michael Corvin

While the episode itself isn't all that special, it's all in the payoff at the end.

Boondock Saint

The Shield

Jason

Season One?

RoyalTea

I agree that Breaking Bad never had a bad season. But I don't know if I'd put it in the category of "Long Running." Officially, it was 6 seasons, but I think many people think of the last season as a 16-episode season with a break.

RichC2

While it has its ups and downs, I found every season of House to be pretty enjoyable, despite the repetition and terrible finale.

DJariya

Criminal Minds is going into season 11 and honestly I don't think it's really had a truly bad season. Even the season that Paget Brewster and AJ Cook got dropped from the show IMO wasn't bad.

I've watched 10 of NCIS's 12 seasons regularly and while there are some weak episodes here and there, they also haven't had a truly bad season.

I also think The Closer on TNT had a pretty good 7 season run without a bad season.

Count Dooku

So is this "never had a bad season" or "every season amazed you"?

How long did a series need to run to be "long-running"?

DJariya

I would guess 5 seasons minimum would be fair to call it long-running.

Bill Needle

Curb Your Enthusiasm
Game of Thrones
The Larry Sanders Show
Breaking Bad
Peep Show
Trailer Park Boys

If season 5 lives up to previous standards we'll be able to add Arrested Development.

AaronHernandez

I would agree there is never a bad season persay but the show is hit and miss a lot and outside of the early seasons there are at least 2 or 3 stinker episodes a year.

jacob_b

Really shocked people are saying Breaking Bad? The middle of the series was just so bad. That whole Mexico thing, ugh. It certainly got better towards the end and the start wasn't bad, but it was unbearable at times. I still think, if you had the start and middle of Dexter and add the end of Breaking Bad together, you will have the greatest TV show of all-time. And as much as people love Daryl, his acting is awful on The Walking Dead as is Carl's. There's been some awesome characters (Shane, Meryl, Governor, the two girls who looked at the flowers, Melissa McBride has stepped up on some episodes) but overall, an entire season, just isn't happening.

Thinking back, I can't really say there has been a TV show that I watched that every season was spot on. Dexter, Seinfield, South Park, Family Guy, King of the Hill, Secret Life of An American Teenager, etc. all have made me lost interested or upset at some point. There's some TV shows I need to watch (Buffy, Charmed, Lost, Six Feet Under, Nip/Tuck) that may change my mind, but nothing outstanding that I can think of. Hell I loved Ducktales, but even that faded in and out at times.

mdc3000

To each their own but that final season of Fringe is one of the biggest disappointments in recent TV history for me - it was all downhill after Peter disappeared but it seemed the creators wanted to resolve only storylines they introduced in that finale season and gave no payoff for anything that came before it.

I'd agree with Breaking Bad, The Shield and Curb. I'd throw in Parks and Rec. I personally liked all seasons of Justified but I know a lot of people hated 5.

Nip/Tuck ain't making this list, I'll tell you that much!

Koby

Game of Thrones
Spartacus
Defiance
Black Sails
Primeval
Sons of Anarchy
Torchwood

Gunde

The beginning and middle of Breaking Bad were much better than the end. Outside of "Ozymandias" the final season, and the finale in particular, was disappointing.

My picks:
- The Shield (it didn't even have a bad episode!)
- The Wire (season 5 wasn't bad, just not as great as the previous 4.)
- Game of Thrones (so far...)

astrochimp

Mad Men

TGM

MASH
Spartacus (although only 4 seasons unfortunately)

tommyp007

NYPD Blue

kefrank

Slippery Pete makes that episode. He's the best...and the worst!

OldBoy

forgot about GoT. on my list as well...

starseed1981

Angel
Banshee
Breaking Bad
Chapelle's Show
Deadwood
Eastbound & Down
Friday Night Lights (I Liked Season 2)
Game Of Thrones
Mad Men
Six Feet Under
Spartacus
The Shield
Veronica Mars
White Collar