I haven't seen most of the shows that this list includes in the top fifty but have seen Mad Men which is probably my all-time favorite TV show as well. Being that Sex and the City (which I have also seen) is at number fifty, I get a decent sense of the where the rest would fall specially that I am familiar with Parks and Recreation, Better Call Saul, The Americans and The Daily Show. I feel like I have tasted a good sampling platter of shows that would be interesting to watch. The Tudors, Ozark and Monk did not make the cut for some reason. As with any curated list that takes the sensibilities of much reviewers into account, some inclusions and exclusions:
This final list doesn’t look like what any of our individual Top 50s would be — and that’s exactly how a process like this is supposed to work. A lot of these shows are canon, and you’ll see them in any ranking of this type. But hopefully you’ll find some of our inclusions strange and unexpected. Even more hopefully, perhaps when you read our explanations, you’ll come away understanding our perspective and, if you haven’t watched the show yourself, you’ll seek it out — even if you’re not sure you care about a Southern Gothic drama revolving around a wrongfully accused murderer or the story of sisters trying to save a bar in East Los Angeles.
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