What's your TV show of the noughties?

TarfHead

Two 90-minute Channel 4 Christmas specials will examine the music and TV of the noughties as 2010 approaches.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/jul/23/channel-4-noughties-2000s

DapperGent

You can't really look past HBO's output of the last 10 years which has been nothing short of astonishing, certainly to my mind better than the cinema I've seen in this decade. For me The Wire, Generation Kill, The Sopranos and Firefly (omg Fox) are what spring to mind, from this side of the Atlantic Peep Show and The Thick of It.

KnifeWRENCH

Arrested Development.

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Basq

To pick just one is faaar too difficult..



.. nah, can't do it!

I certainly think "Lost" would be up there though.

Dr Sinnott

The sopranos. Nothing else comes close for me.

Auvers

Dappergent just posted what I was thinking

L31mr0d

I want to say Arrested development, 24 or Dexter... but it has to be LOST. Before LOST I didn't bother to watch any shows from the US before they aired over here, in fact I didn't really watch anything religiously. LOST was like a cornerstone in TV, a gamble that got some people fired but has paid off imo, I would go so far as to say that some knife-edge shows since might have gotten the green light due to it's proven success.

It set a new standard of television imo.

mobius42

Couldn't pick just one programme, but I think that HBO are probably the producers of the decade. The Sopranos, The Wire, Generation Kill; the list goes on.

Arrested Development, Curb Your Enthusiasm and House are a few other great ones that come to mind too.

TarfHead

Any balanced discussion of television in the Noughties will have to include the explosion in reality TV - Big Brother, Pop Idol's got Talent, etc. Also the (Channel 4 led ?) fixation on property porn - Grand Designs, Property Ladder, Location Location Location, as well as Changing Rooms. And anything featuring Diarmuid Gavin.

Ponster

Another HBO classic.....

Deadwood

keano_afc

I was a big fan of This Life when it ran mid 90's.

Tabnabs

Big Brother :rolleyes:

kenon

The West Wing. What a show.

Started in 1999 but the majority of it was in the noughties.

WarlikeRogue

Gah just about to say The West Wing! It might be banned because it started in the nineties but what a show. Saying that I would not be disappointed if The Saprano's, Arrested Development, 24, BattleStar Galactica or Peep show won.

I really must start to watch The Wire

petes

Battlestar Galactica. Brilliant.

Also The Shield.

Mr.Nice Guy

I think I'd say Lost too as it was a real breath of fresh air.

I'd also give an honourable mention to South Park which I know started in the late nineties but I think it has evolved brillaintly from a show that initially seemed to be geared towards shocking the audience to a show designed to make the audience think through great satire.

So many important issues targeted. Scientology, the Terri Schiavo case, 9/11 etc.

Caked Karen

2 mentioned already - Sopranos and Arrested Development - Brilliant TV - In such different ways

I'm a huge fan of Nip Tuck aswell - first couple of season were just brilliant IMO.
Think the same for Prison Break aswell - remember (esp Season 1) I was hooked big time!

There is so many though....

Diabhal Beag

Lost,Sopranos,Desperate Housewives are the top 3 on popularity I'd say

Venom

BSG, Sopranos, Firefly and The Wire stand head and shoulders above the rest.

Honourable mention to Boston Legal, The Office (US) and Better Off Ted.

neacy69

Venom wrote: »

BSG, Sopranos, Firefly and The Wire stand head and shoulders above the rest.

Honourable mention to Boston Legal, The Office (US) and Better Off Ted.

Finally someone mentions.......The Wire

Without doubt the best show ever made never mind just this decade!

Caprica

So many good shows in the last few years

Battlestar Galactica
Lost
Nip/Tuck
The Street
Angel
Buffy


Angel & Buffy may have started in the late 90's but some of it did run into the noughties (I think, they are probably finished longer than I can recall)

Basq

Whoa whoa whoa..














.. whoa whoa..








.. hold the phone....









... is 'The Wire' meant to be good?!

almondine

neacy69 wrote: »

Finally someone mentions.......The Wire

Without doubt the best show ever made never mind just this decade!

I totally agree, The Wire is best show ever! Only thing that comes close to it is The Sopranos. The Wire just about tops, very close call though...

Jafin

Supernatural, Dollhouse, Buffy (does she count? She was in the 90's and the noughties),Sugar Rush.

Liam O

I used to like Lost but lost interest when it just got completely ridiculous. Prison Break I watched the first 2 and a half series and they were very good. I used to never miss monday nights on RTE 2 but since they moved around their great shows like Scrubs and the Panel nothing on RTE gets watched by me. I quite like Entourage now. Never watched the Wire, heard it was good.

cullen5998

Has To be king of the hill. So funny!!!!! Got cancelled a few months ago after its 13th season. Check it out!

KrazeeEyezKilla

The Wire is the first programme I would have thought of. I used to really like the Sopranos but lost track of it by the end. Six Feet Under was really good but I haven't watched it since it ended so I might be overrating it.

Futurama is the best animation. It started slowly in 99 but really hit form from 2000 until it the first time it ended. Family Guy was also great at the time but is hit and miss now.

The best on Channel 4 is the first three series of Shameless before it lost too many characters and became just ok. Peep Show is the next best.

JP Liz

Firefly
Supernatural
One Tree Hill
Prison Break
Burn Notice
Eli Stone
Brotherhood

lalee17

24!!:D

JONJO THE MISER

Trailer Park Boys wins hands down.

Het-Field

JONJO THE MISER wrote: »

Trailer Park Boys wins hands down.

I second, third and fouth that !


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O94J5kbhsO4


My favourite TPB scene

Bossfan

For me, it has to be 'Rescue Me' followed closely by 'The Sopranos'

tvnutz

The Wire no question,it is simply the best tv show ever made.

ronnie3585

The Wire
The Shield
The Sopranos
Arrested Development
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Trailer Park Boys

Quint

Band of Brothers

K4t

My top 5:
The Wire
The Sopranos
Deadwood
The West Wing
Band of Brothers


LOST is simply nowhere near on the same level as shows such as the Wire or the Sopranos. It's basically a 21st century version of star trek. Complete and utter nonsense. No consistency throughout the seasons either in terms of storyline and quality. Really, really ridiculous stuff.

yerayeah

The Sopranos for me, surprised at the support for Lost here, in my opinion it is absolute sh1te, I just never got it!

Snake Plisken

Lots of good shows I've watched, 24, Sopranos, Breaking Bad, True Blood, but for me it's Lost

Mr.Nice Guy

K4t wrote: »

My top 5:
The Wire
The Sopranos
Deadwood
The West Wing
Band of Brothers


LOST is simply nowhere near on the same level as shows such as the Wire or the Sopranos. It's basically a 21st century version of star trek. Complete and utter nonsense. No consistency throughout the seasons either in terms of storyline and quality. Really, really ridiculous stuff.

Comparing Lost to Star Trek is what's nonsense.

As good as some of the shows you listed are I don't think they have the ability to create the jaw-dropping moments like Lost can. Seems to me from my experience that the people who lash out at the show were/are either too impatient to accept a show that requires the viewer to think as opposed to giving instant gratification, or are just too ignorant to actually give it a proper chance.

Lost has people around the world trying to solve its mysteries. How many shows this decade have managed that?

pikachucheeks

Peep Show or The IT Crowd.

True Blood is great too!

krudler

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

Comparing Lost to Star Trek is what's nonsense.

As good as some of the shows you listed are I don't think they have the ability to create the jaw-dropping moments like Lost can. Seems to me from my experience that the people who lash out at the show were/are either too impatient to accept a show that requires the viewer to think as opposed to giving instant gratification, or are just too ignorant to actually give it a proper chance.

Lost has people around the world trying to solve its mysteries. How many shows this decade have managed that?

Ever seen The Wire? now thats a show that you need to commit to, no handholding for the audience, no flashbacks, no explanations, its on you to keep up, characters that appear in one moment of season 1 and reappear in season 4 but you have to remember who they are, best tv show ever

Het-Field

1.Trailer Park Boys
2.Malcolm In The Middle
3.Jackass
4.Max and Paddys Road To Nowhere
5.Little Britain

Five Worst
1.My Super Sweet 16
2.Big Brother 2002-2009
3.Dirty Sanchez
4.Newlyweds
5.The Clinic

transylman

K4t wrote: »

My top 5:
The Wire
The Sopranos
Deadwood
The West Wing
Band of Brothers

4 out of 5 of those show come from the same network, HBO. And to those you can add entourage, curb your enthusiasm, generation kill, rome and more. I think HBO should get special recognition because without them many top class shows would not exist, and if they did they would have been heavily sanitized for the mainstream networks.

Jenroche

Lost
House MD
Battlestar Galactica
Doctor Who (Eccleston/Tennant)
Torchwood
The Tudors

Jen ;->

sophya

The Wire, Generation Kill, Criminal Minds and Avatar: The Last Airbender (yes it's a cartoon but the story was great and they didn't drag it out).

Jafin

sophya wrote: »

The Wire, Generation Kill, Criminal Minds and Avatar: The Last Airbender (yes it's a cartoon but the story was great and they didn't drag it out).

Oh sweet jesus how could I forget about Avatar! Lets hope the movies live up to the series.

ixoy

tvnutz wrote: »

The Wire no question,it is simply the best tv show ever made.

True that. No contest winner, despite so many other great shows.

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

Seems to me from my experience that the people who lash out at the show were/are either too impatient to accept a show that requires the viewer to think as opposed to giving instant gratification, or are just too ignorant to actually give it a proper chance.

Seems to me that too many 'Lost' fans can't take any criticism of their show and are unable to grasp the concept that many think there's other shows that treat their viewers intelligently and have cohesive, multi-arc story-lines that are mapped out and not made up as they go along (and yes, I think 'Lost' is one of my favourite shows of the last decade but I'll not worship it!).

Mr.Nice Guy

ixoy wrote: »

Seems to me that too many 'Lost' fans can't take any criticism of their show and are unable to grasp the concept that many think there's other shows that treat their viewers intelligently and have cohesive, multi-arc story-lines that are mapped out and not made up as they go along (and yes, I think 'Lost' is one of my favourite shows of the last decade but I'll not worship it!).

I don't mind people criticising the show but honestly if I had a Euro for every time I've had someone tell me they hate the show and who then go on to admit they have never actually given it a proper chance, I'd be able to beat this recession no problem.

Acacia

'Lost' was great before it went down hill. To use a retarded piece of jargon- 'it really captured the zeitgeist'.:pac:

Jaysus, I can't believe it's almost 2010. Getting old...

Now that I think about it, this decade really has been a golden time for tv.

In order, my 5 faves would be:

1. Six Feet under- took me a little while to get into it, but grew to love it. I feel so close to the characters in that show, and can't explain it. And no, I'm not a funeral director....:D

2. The Soprano's - OK, an obvious choice, but it can't really be faulted.

3. The Office - am going to include both the UK and US versions here. The US version was a slow starter, but is now on a par with its British counterpart. The characters have really been allowed develop and it rarely puts a foot wrong imo

4. Peep Show - Was a relatively late convert to this, but am loving it now.

5. Extra's - Again, Gervais plays a blinder. Quality never dips, and the Xmas special added a whole new level of pathos to proceedings.

Honourable mentions: Gavin & Stacey, Family Guy, Scrubs, The Wire, Paths to Freedom

Quint

pikachucheeks wrote: »

Peep Show or The IT Crowd.

True Blood is great too!

Forgot about Peep Show. That is the best comedy show in years!