This list is invalid because How It's Made is suspiciously absent.

I already knew the new York times were shit

No Scrubs?? Preposterous

Insane list. Look at the IMDB Top 250 filtered by "after 2000" and you'll notice the obvious omissions:

• Avatar: The Last Airbender at number 6
• Attack on Titan at number 16
• Firefly at number 39
• Taskmaster at number 43

These are just a couple examples in different categories. Anime fans immediately noticed that no anime made the list at all, despite 10 being in the IMDB top 100. Western animation fans might have seen that Bojack Horseman made the list, but Avatar didn't (or if the editor filtered for "adult animation", Rick and Morty (#22) didn't). There's really no excuse for these, there is no consistent rule that would exclude any of these shows. NYT readers must live in the dark timeline where fun is outlawed and Taskmaster was cancelled after one series.

Community being 97th is heresy

Edit: And no Bluey at all? That show does absolute magic in just 7 minutes an episode

True Detectives (SEASON ONE)

This is bullshit. The 21st century isn't even over yet.

I think these are as good as any on this list as well. My faves.

Black Sails

Arcane

Letterkenny

Norsemen

Corner Gas

A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms

BoJack is such an amazing series and I never want to watch it again

That shit hurt me in a way no media ever has

I'll quote myself from the other post about this:

Why the fuck would I care what the NYT thinks about TV shows?

At least the big bang theory and young Sheldon aren’t on this list

The best TV show IN ENGLISH... plenty of better TV show in other languages... just saying.

This is a pretty good list, that I largely agree with. IF it were unordered. Ordered the way it is, it is an abomination.

Orphan Black not being there should be a crime

Always Sunny is SEVENTY-EIGHTH?! gtfoutta here.

Excuse me there's a mistake What We Do In The Shadows should be at the top of list thank you.

So, so many poorly placed on the list. Band of Brothers is my personal number 1, but I'd accept it anywhere in the top 5; begrudgingly accept it in the top 10. But 28? GTFO.

This is certainly a top-quality shitpost. I'll give you my upvote for that.

It's a mediocre list for sure.

1. Shogun is too low.
2. Babylon Berlin is missing.
3. Lost? Really?
4. Band of Brothers is too low.
5. Better Call Saul is too low.
6. Severance is too low.
7. Watchmen is too low.
8. Barry is too low.
9. Eastbound and Down but no Vice Principals is crazy.
10. Community is too low.

List compiled by an utter moron. Entirely missing (among others) and vastly superior to most on the list:

• The Expanse
• After Life
• Sex Education
• Firefly
• IT Crowd

Also, despite being controversial, probably worth mentioning:

• South Park
• The Walking Dead
• Z-Nation (imo much better than TWD)

It's really weird that basically nothing made out of the anglosphere is there. Squid game got squeezed in, but not a single anime for example is really weird. There is stuff like AoT and Death Note and neither is on there.

I was discussing this list with my wife yesterday - from the other comments we've watched more than the average person here. I'd say we've seen 4 out of every 5 shows at least one season and probably finished about 20% of them (with minor exceptions like spin offs or movies or new seasons in the last few years with a hiatus).

What struck me was the inclusion of Suvivor and Ru Paul - I don't doubt their cultural impact and significance, nor their importance towards their fans - but as a mark of quality of what a TV experience can be, considering performances, risk-taking, writing depth, cinematography, music, costuming, editing, props design, imagination and ingenuity - I wouldn't have included those in the Top 100.

I can take it seriously if they have The Americans in the top twenty! Really good showing for British shows in a US-based list. Poor showing for animations that are not Bojack Horseman.

What is this list based on?

Where the fuck is Dark?

Biased mainstream media REFUSING to acknowledge the cultural significance of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic 😤.

I'm curious how they made the list... It couldn't have been just some intern / writer putting down their top 100? There had to be some sort of stats involved no? Like number of people watching? Number of weekly watchers? Impact on online discussions? I don't see what state it could have been which would have ignored so many other shows.