Top 5 dramas of all-time? (preferably in order)
 

1. The West Wing
2. Buffy the Vampire Slayer
3. Breaking Bad
4. The Sopranos
5. St. Elsewhere
Tie: 5. Game of Thrones

Re: Top 5 dramas of all-time? (preferably in order)
 

24
Smallville
Breaking Bad
Strike Back
Friday Night Lights
Fringe

Re: Top 5 dramas of all-time? (preferably in order)
 

This is even tougher for me than sitcoms: I mean you have every Star Trek Series, Buffy, Breaking Bad, the Shield, the Wire, 24, ER, Mad Men, West Wing, Gilmore Girls, Fargo, the Sopranos, Oz, Dr. Who, X-Files, Twin Peaks, the first half of GoT,...

But my list will probably at least include Friday Night Lights.

Re: Top 5 dramas of all-time? (preferably in order)
 

Breaking Bad
Mad Men
Fargo
Better Call Saul
The Sopranos

Honorary mention to Sons of Anarchy season 2 which is amazing. That drop off though. Marone

Re: Top 5 dramas of all-time? (preferably in order)
 

24
Banshee
Sons of Anarchy
Dexter
Lost
Tie: Six Feet Under/X-Files

I like 'em dark :)

Re: Top 5 dramas of all-time? (preferably in order)
 

I haven't watched much television, so I've hardly seen any of shows that other people listed. My choice for best drama is "I, Claudius."

I like "The Prisoner" and "The X-Files."

Re: Top 5 dramas of all-time? (preferably in order)
 

The Sopranos
Breaking Bad
Mad Men
Succession
Game of Thrones

Honorable Mentions :

Better Call Saul
St. Elsewhere
NYPD Blue (through Jimmy Smits)
24
Industry

Gone too soon :
Boomtown
Murder One

Great Single Season Stand-Alones
Shogun
True Detective Season 1
Fargo Season 2
​Band of Brothers

Re: Top 5 dramas of all-time? (preferably in order)
 

There is someone here who hasn't watched TV since Bill Clinton was president.

So he would be pretty useless in this topic. ;)

Re: Top 5 dramas of all-time? (preferably in order)
 

First five that popped into my head. I may think more about it later...

24
Breaking Bad
Hill Street Blues
House
The Wire

Re: Top 5 dramas of all-time? (preferably in order)
 

The Wire
Mad Men
Breaking Bad
The Sopranos
The Americans

Re: Top 5 dramas of all-time? (preferably in order)
 

NYPD Blue
Law & Order
Hannibal
X-Files
The Wire

Re: Top 5 dramas of all-time? (preferably in order)
 

Multiseason
Mad Men
The O.C
Game Of Thrones
Downton Abbey
The Leftovers
Breaking Bad
not sure if they count as Drama but if they do id add Twilight Zone and Walking Dead

Miniseries
Chernobyl
Daisy Jones And The Six
Unbelieveable
Normal People
Waco

Re: Top 5 dramas of all-time? (preferably in order)
 

I'd really like to add some from earlier decades, but have you tried to watch a straight Drama from before the 21st Century? They're weird and stilted and corny. I used to love Hill Street Blues, St Elsewhere and LA Law, but they're almost unwatchable by today's standards.

Re: Top 5 dramas of all-time? (preferably in order)
 

OK, putting them in order is almost impossible, so off the top of my head...

The Shield
Better Call Saul
Breaking Bad

I'm having a hard time other than that. There are plenty of genre shows that can be heavy on the drama (Babylon 5, Buffy, Angel, Stargate Atlantis, Star Treks Nex Gen, DS9, and Enterprise, etc), but I don't really put them in the straight Drama category. Nor would I put some of my other favorites like Boston Legal, Hawaii Five-0 (new), Castle, etc, as they have either a heavy dose of comedy, action, or both. That's what makes this so hard.

Re: Top 5 dramas of all-time? (preferably in order)
 

Game of Thrones
Downton Abbey
The Last Kingdom
The Expanse
Deadwood

Re: Top 5 dramas of all-time? (preferably in order)
 

Band of Brothers
True Detective
Deadwood
Game of Thrones
Babylon 5

Mini-Series: Lonesome Dove
TV Movie: Night Stalker

Re: Top 5 dramas of all-time? (preferably in order)
 

Deadwood
Band of Brothers (not sure this counts, probably a mini-series)
House
The Wire
Justified

This is hard because to me, so many have really hard drop offs at a certain point. Rescue Me, Sopranos, and GoT have amazing seasons, but overall just didnt hold up for the duration

Re: Top 5 dramas of all-time? (preferably in order)
 

Fringe
Twin Peaks
Grimm
Star Trek The Original Series
The X-Files

Re: Top 5 dramas of all-time? (preferably in order)
 

Friday Night Lights
Fringe
Mad Men
The Expanse
The Good Fight

Honorable Mention: (if the top 5 had more than 5 spots)
The Sopranos
Boston Legal
The West Wing
The Good Wife
Evil

Re: Top 5 dramas of all-time? (preferably in order)
 

The Shield
Breaking Bad
The Sopranos
Deadwood
ER

Re: Top 5 dramas of all-time? (preferably in order)
 

The Wire:
The greatest show ever created. Gets better every time.

The Shield:
My absolute favorite . Perfect ending.

Breaking Bad:
Fantastic, even if the resolution was a slight letdown

Better Call Saul:
Unbelievable that this would be so good, even if the final season was a step down in quality.

The X-Files:
It's The X-Files!

Re: Top 5 dramas of all-time? (preferably in order)
 

My top 5 change with my mood. The Shield and Breaking Bad are set in stone for me, but The West Wing, NYPD Blue, The Wire, OZ, Mad Men, TNG, Game of Thrones could switch places with the others.

Re: Top 5 dramas of all-time? (preferably in order)
 

it counts in this thread!

Re: Top 5 dramas of all-time? (preferably in order)
 

Breaking Bad
The Sopranos
The Wire
Mad Men
The Shield

Re: Top 5 dramas of all-time? (preferably in order)
 

ER
L.A. Law
Person of Interest
X-Files
The Blacklist