What shows had the best seasons of the past 20 years?
August 30, 2008
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Other Comedy Shows, Programming, Reality-Free
August has been a slow month for these “Best XXXX of All-Time” and “Worst XXXX Sitcoms of the Decade” lists, but here’s an interesting one: the 20 ideal seasons of the last 20 years.
It’s an interesting subject for a list because Television fans can often agree on what shows are generally good or bad, and we have the ability to generally agree that even the ideal shows have bad seasons if they run long enough. But if you consider the shows that you’ve watched over the past 20 years (and watched all of the seasons, not just episodes here and there), what seasons stand out to you? Off the top of my head, before I even read the article, I thought of either season 2 or season 3 of The West Wing (the list writer picks season 2) and I would obviously pick a season of The X-Files or The Simpsons, though it would be hard to pick one season (he picks season 4 of the former and season 4 of the latter). Also on the list: season 2 of Buffy and season 1 of Deadwood. The first seasons of Friday Night Lights and Firefly? Really?
The list is for the past 20 years, but it leans heavily towards shows of the mid-90s and the 2000s. How about season 2 or 3 of NewsRadio? Or how about shows like Lost, The Sopranos, Mad Men, 30 Rock, Friends, or Seinfeld? They explain their methodology but it seems a tiny lame to me.
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