Index > Top 100 TV shows of the 21st century
Posted by Joe (@joe) on Sept. 27, 2026, 4:44 p.m.
There are a few others I’ve seen too few episodes of/too long ago to really comment on them or remember much of what they’re like.
I don’t actually know what “Girls” is.
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Breaking Bad (2008-2013) - Watched twice. Anyone else seen this? I don’t think it’s every been mentioned here before.
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The Office (U.S.) - Have some some episodes many times. When I watched through it I stopped when Michael left because it already wasn’t good anymore, and I’ve never seen any episode after that. That’s toward the end of season 7, and it should have ended with season 5.
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Arrested Development (2003-2019) - I never watched the last season, which was the second time they revived it.
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The Office (U.K.) - Seen all of it at least once.
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Black Mirror (2011-present) - I think just the first couple seasons. I like it and will finish it at some point.
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Better Call Saul (2015-2022) - Just finally finished it after starting it when it was fairly new. I never stopped liking it but it gets alot weaker toward the end. In the beginning I liked it more than Breaking Bad, but after finishing the entire thing BB is definitely stronger as a whole.
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The Pitt (2025-present) - I think this would actually be better if it was structured as a conventional old-fashioned 1 hour drama, although that would go against some of the stuff they’re really trying to accomplish. Some of the disaster situations go too over the top.
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Battlestar Galactica (2005-2009) - I still like it even if it goes off the rails. I never watched the prequel movie or prequel show Caprica, but from what I heard about them I do think they intended to use Caprica to explain some of the stuff people were mad they didn’t explain by the finale. That plan seemed to have backfired, in that people were soured by the lame ending and it caused Caprica to fail.
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Chappelle’s Show (2003-2006) - I watched it like everyone else back when it was huge. I’d be curious to revisit it.
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Peep Show (2003-2015) - I’ve seen everything but the very last season three or four times. I did see the last season once.
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House (2004-2012) - Bingewatched a bunch of this with friends over a week or two 15 years ago and had fun, but I never tried to watch it outside of that context.
Slings and Arrows should be on here.