All-Time RankTV SeriesDebut Year
2The Sopranos1999
3The Wire2002
4Game of Thrones2011
5Breaking Bad2008
6Mad Men2007
12The X-Files1993
13Twin Peaks1990
14Lost2004
15Buffy the Vampire Slayer1997
17The West Wing1999
18Battlestar Galactica2004
20The Americans2013
21M-A-S-H1972
24Freaks and Geeks1999
27BoJack Horseman2014
29Deadwood2004
31Doctor Who1963
32Six Feet Under2001
34Sex and the City1998
35Fargo2014
37Friday Night Lights2006
41ER1994
42Better Call Saul2015
46The Shield2002
49Hill Street Blues1981
50Law & Order1990
51Neon Genesis Evangelion1995
52Star Trek: The Next Generation1987
53Atlanta2016
59The Leftovers2014
60242001
62House of Cards2013
63Firefly2002
64Sherlock2010
71The Handmaid's Tale2017
73Dexter2006
75The Walking Dead2010
76Louie2010
78Orange is the New Black2013
80King of the Hill1997
81Homeland2011
82American Crime Story2016
83My So-Called Life1994
84NYPD Blue1993
86The Golden Girls1985
88Downton Abbey2010
92Boardwalk Empire2010
93True Detective2014
94Homicide: Life on the Street1993
95Big Little Lies2017
96Hannibal2013
98Justified2010
100Band of Brothers2001