Kevin's Watch

Background: this article
Purpose: Ostensibly, to name one drama the winner, but actually... entertainment.
Scope: All television dramas

Before I put the poll up, I need nominations for what you think is the best television drama ever made. Don't nominate one you think 'deserves to be up there.' Only your choice for the 'best.' If someone else has already named it, you should second it, third it, whatever. You cannot nominate and second. I have no mod powers in this forum, but don't be a jerk; follow the rules. Discussion is fine, but please make your votes clear.

The following should be considered nominations that require a second (x's next to it mean it's been seconded):

Breaking Bad [x]
The Wire
Mad Men
The Sopranos [X]
Deadwood [x]
Rome
Lost [X]
Twin Peaks
Homicide: Life on the Street
Battlestar Galactica [X]
Dark Shadows
Northern Exposure [X]
Millenium
24
Dexter

Lost.

(I don my tomato sheild now.)

Although I think Lost dropped the ball, I'd still second it--if it weren't for the rules Syl set up about nominating merely because it deserves to be "up there."

I haven't seen any of shows listed in Syl's post. I vote for BSG.

I really really want to second some already up, but if I'm reading the rules right, I can't nominate my own if I do...so I've got to nominate

Twin Peaks [though the ending failed, in my book].

Spoiler

....and NYPD Blue and the new Battlestar Galactica are just the tiniest mood quiver short.

Homicide: Life on the Street

(Lost already got firsted and agained already)

Twin Peaks and Homicide: Life on the Street are the only ones on the original list that I have seen. Homicide was certainly intense and had me on the edge of my seat more than I can say for most shows. Except BSG. This is a surprisingly difficult choice, but I'm going to second BSG.

Do "soap operas" count?
If so, then the show that initially got me hooked on everyday t.v. watching:

Dark Shadows
(the original black and white from the 1960s)

BSG, Millennium, Homicide. And truthfully I think that some of the best dramatic moments on television were on Magnum, p.i., though the series wasn't as good overall as the prior three.

Northern Exposure

I second The Sopranos.

24

The only show that had me pacing the floor rather frequently.

Northern Exposure!!

Breaking. Bad.

seconding Deadwood. (as you might have guessed i would! )

Kil Tyme wrote:24

The only show that had me pacing the floor rather frequently.

Hell yeah! I just watched all 8 seaons back-to-back last year, and realized what I had been missing out on. But then again, it's nice to watch a series straight through and not have to wait.

Dexter ?????

Also, SPIRAL (Engrenages, in French), is one of the best crime dramas I've seen.

Only downside is having to read the subtitles, as my French is schoolboy at best.

OK, the poll's up. I was hoping for some more action on this thread, but... If you want to hold off on voting to nominate or second something, I can put it up as a late runner. I think ten poll options are the max. Otherwise, there you go.

I'm all over the place on this one. I seconded The Wire, and I came very close to voting for Breaking Bad. But maybe it's me coming off watching the Justified season premiere, but my vote went for Deadwood.

Clearly, this poll is for the best TV drama of all very recent time.

Definitely not the best of ALL time.

Come on, lorin! Deadwood's beating us 2 to 1!!

Fist and Faith wrote:Come on, lorin! Deadwood's beating us 2 to 1!!

not anymore