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<blockquote data-quote="Clint_L" data-source="post: 9153857" data-attributes="member: 7035894"><p>It's an aggressively middlebrow American list, with tons of shows on it that I am just not interested in watching because, well, I'm not American, so they just don't hold the same fascination for me - American culture loves navel-gazing.</p><p></p><p><strong>Shows that I would have included:</strong></p><p>Watchmen. WTF? How is this not in the top 10?</p><p>Schitt's Creek. You find room for Jane the Virgin and not this far superior feel-good comedy?</p><p>Adventure Time. Foundational for the 2000s shift in animation.</p><p>Futurama</p><p>Stranger Things - wildly inconsistent but that first season alone qualifies it, and the last season certainly takes big swings and is pretty entertaining.</p><p>Gravity Falls - this omission makes me question the entire list</p><p>John Oliver</p><p>The Bear</p><p>The Good Place</p><p>What We Do in the Shadows</p><p>Andor</p><p></p><p><strong>Way too low:</strong></p><p>Breaking Bad</p><p>Better Call Saul</p><p>Game of Thrones - sure, season 7 was meh and season 8 is bad, but seasons 1-6 are fantastic</p><p>Fleabag</p><p></p><p><strong>Overrated:</strong></p><p>The Sopranos. I would put it in top twenty, and it actually benefits from Season 1 being left off the list. But I've recently been rewatching it because my kid likes learning about classic TV shows and...it doesn't completely hold up. The cast is great, but it is more formulaic than I remembered. Each season has basically the same plot. And as male mid-life crisis shows go, <em>Better Call Saul </em>and<em> <em>Breaking Bad</em> </em>are both better.</p><p></p><p><strong>Seriously?</strong></p><p>Sex and the City - I <em>hate</em> this show with a passion</p><p>Chernobyl - this one irritates me no end because I'm a history buff. This series bears only passing resemblance to historical events, and its depiction of radiation poisoning is ludicrous. No, you don't gradually turn into a skinless freak out of a horror film, and unborn babies can't catch radiation poisoning from their dad, thus saving their mom. I mean, WTF? (Just in general: radiation exposure is not contagious. That's why you can't catch a sunburn off your kid).</p><p></p><p><strong>Glad to see: </strong>Survivor! Edit: lotsa Survivor hate out there! I like it because it puts a bunch of people in a really tough physical situation, so that despite knowing that they are on TV, and being occasionally pestered by producers trying to direct the story, they are sufficiently in extremis for real human drama to happen. It's sometimes banal but often enough hilarious, exhausting, exhilarating, sad and everything else...sometimes at the same time. It is an absolutely great conversation show; fans can argue endlessly about whether a player's strategy made sense, whether they deserved to win, etc., not to mention the ethics of it all.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Clint_L, post: 9153857, member: 7035894"] It's an aggressively middlebrow American list, with tons of shows on it that I am just not interested in watching because, well, I'm not American, so they just don't hold the same fascination for me - American culture loves navel-gazing. [B]Shows that I would have included:[/B] Watchmen. WTF? How is this not in the top 10? Schitt's Creek. You find room for Jane the Virgin and not this far superior feel-good comedy? Adventure Time. Foundational for the 2000s shift in animation. Futurama Stranger Things - wildly inconsistent but that first season alone qualifies it, and the last season certainly takes big swings and is pretty entertaining. Gravity Falls - this omission makes me question the entire list John Oliver The Bear The Good Place What We Do in the Shadows Andor [B]Way too low:[/B] Breaking Bad Better Call Saul Game of Thrones - sure, season 7 was meh and season 8 is bad, but seasons 1-6 are fantastic Fleabag [B]Overrated:[/B] The Sopranos. I would put it in top twenty, and it actually benefits from Season 1 being left off the list. But I've recently been rewatching it because my kid likes learning about classic TV shows and...it doesn't completely hold up. The cast is great, but it is more formulaic than I remembered. Each season has basically the same plot. And as male mid-life crisis shows go, [I]Better Call Saul [/I]and[I] [I]Breaking Bad[/I] [/I]are both better. [B]Seriously?[/B] Sex and the City - I [I]hate[/I] this show with a passion Chernobyl - this one irritates me no end because I'm a history buff. This series bears only passing resemblance to historical events, and its depiction of radiation poisoning is ludicrous. No, you don't gradually turn into a skinless freak out of a horror film, and unborn babies can't catch radiation poisoning from their dad, thus saving their mom. I mean, WTF? (Just in general: radiation exposure is not contagious. That's why you can't catch a sunburn off your kid). [B]Glad to see: [/B]Survivor! Edit: lotsa Survivor hate out there! I like it because it puts a bunch of people in a really tough physical situation, so that despite knowing that they are on TV, and being occasionally pestered by producers trying to direct the story, they are sufficiently in extremis for real human drama to happen. It's sometimes banal but often enough hilarious, exhausting, exhilarating, sad and everything else...sometimes at the same time. It is an absolutely great conversation show; fans can argue endlessly about whether a player's strategy made sense, whether they deserved to win, etc., not to mention the ethics of it all. [/QUOTE]
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