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50 best TV shows "of all time"

Me like meme. From Mat Bowles, who got the story from here. These are, according to Empire Mag, or rather there obviously straightjacketed readers, the 50 greatest small screen treats ever. in history. wow. The Wire makes it in at No 8. Told you it was great. Although how in the hell it was beaten by something as shit as Buffy I do not know.

Rules are: Bold for ones you’ve got (originally DVD form but I am expanding to include my, erm, totally legit downloads). Italics for the ones you’d happily watch, rent or buy, strikethrough for the ones you think are crap. Bold and italic for the ones you have some of but not all and leave as normal the ones you couldn’t care less about).

50. Quantum Leap
49. Prison Break
48. Veronica Mars
47. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
46. Sex And The City
45. Farscape
44. Cracker
43. Star Trek (TOS)
42. Only Fools And Horses
41. Band of Brothers
40. Life On Mars

39. Monty Python’s Flying Circus
38. Curb Your Enthusiasm
37. Star Trek: The Next Generation
36. Father Ted
35. Alias
34. Frasier
33. CSI: Las Vegas
32. Babylon 5
31. Deadwood
30. Dexter

29. ER
28. Fawlty Towers
27. Six Feet Under
26. Red Dwarf
25. Futurama
24. Twin Peaks
23. The Office UK
22. The Shield
21. Angel
20. Blackadder

19. Scrubs
18. Arrested Development
17. South Park
16. Doctor Who
15. Heroes
14. Firefly
13. Battlestar Galactica
12. Family Guy
11. Seinfeld
10. Spaced

09. The X-Files
08. The Wire
07. Friends
06. 24
05. Lost
04. The West Wing
03. The Sopranos
02. Buffy the Vampire Slayer
01. The Simpsons

Some stuff I have got I no longer really like that much (The Office, Family Guy) and although I like scrubs and have most episodes, it certainly ain’t one of the top 50 shows ever. I also understand I will have to hand in my passport and renounce my British citizenship for committing the cardinal of English sins: striking through no. 28. Sorry but Fawlty Towers was balls. Ripping Yarns was much better.