UKmix Top 100 TV Series Countdown [#1 REVEALED]

[Wardo]

I LOVE the blonde from CSI: Miami. She's so sexy!

Wondering if more forensic/crime shows (Dr. G, Body of Evidence and The investigators) are yet to appear...

[Wayne]

WTAF @ Eastenders dropping out so early!

I think I voted for it. I definitely voted for Criminal Minds which is in my opinion one of the best US shows I've ever seen!

[Goldmoney]

Rugrats. It was such a pivotal part of my childhood. Watching re-runs on The 90s Are All That currently, I am now discovering the hidden adult themes and humor which makes the show all that better. I used to LOATHE Angelica and now I love her! My #5.

[ANH]

Archer is hilarious...sometimes.
It's usually very good, or very bleh, based on season one.

[cristy]

Archer is hilarious. One of the best shows on at the moment.

[toni_pest]

Sorry guys for dragging this on for so long

055 True Blood

38 points

Created by: Allan Ball
Cast: Anna Paquin, Deborah Ann Woll, Stephen Moyer, Sam Trammell, Ryan Kwanten, Rutina Wesley,...
Seasons: 4
Aired: 2008-

True Blood is an American television series created and produced by Alan Ball. It is based on The Southern Vampire Mysteries series of novels by Charlaine Harris, detailing the co-existence of vampires and humans in Bon Temps, a fictional, small town in the state of Louisiana.
Following the creation of synthetic blood, vampires have progressed from legendary monsters to fellow citizens overnight. Sookie Stackhouse (Anna Paquin) is a telepath and waitress at Merlotte's in the small Louisiana town of Bon Temps, owned by Sam Merlotte (Sam Trammell), a shapeshifter—though this secret is kept hidden. One night, Sookie meets Bill Compton (Stephen Moyer), a handsome 173-year-old vampire who has returned to Bon Temps following the death of his last remaining relative. As she cannot hear his thoughts, she finds it easy to be in his company and, over the first season, the two become romantically involved.

054 Terra Nova

40 points

Created by: Kelly Marcel
Cast: Jason O'Mara, Shelley Conn, Christine Adams, Allison Miller, Landon Liboiron, Naomi Scott,...
Seasons: 1
Aired: 2011-

Terra Nova is an American science fiction drama television series. The series follows the Shannon family as they travel 85 million years into the past.
The series is initially set in 2149, a time when overpopulation and declining air quality worldwide threatens all life on Earth. After scientists discover a rift in spacetime, they begin sending people in a series of "pilgrimages" 85 million years into Earth's Cretaceous past, to a different "time stream". The series focuses primarily on the lives of the Shannon family (Jim, his wife Elisabeth, and their three children Josh, Maddie, and Zoe) as they join the Terra Nova colony in the prehistoric past. The phrase "Terra Nova" means "New Earth", both in Latin and in a few descending languages.

053 Queer as Folk

43 points

Created by: Ron Cowen
Cast: Michelle Clunie, Robert Gant, Thea Gill, Gale Harold, Randy Harrison, Scott Lowell, Peter Paige,...
Seasons: 5
Aired: 2000-2005

Queer as Folk is an American and Canadian television series co-production, produced by Showtime and Temple Street Productions, which was based on the British series of the same name, created by Russell T Davies.
The first episode finds the four friends ending a night at Babylon, a popular gay club. Brian picks up and has sex with Justin, who falls in love with him and eventually becomes more than a one-night-stand. Brian also becomes a father that night, bearing a son with Lindsay through artificial insemination.
Michael's seemingly unrequited love for Brian fuels the story, which he occasionally narrates in voice-over. Justin's coming out and budding relationship with Brian has unexpected effects on Brian and Michael's lives. Justin confides in his straight high-school friend Daphne, while struggling to deal with homophobic classmates and his dismayed, divorcing parents, Craig and Jennifer. Later in the second season Justin and Michael co-create the sexually explicit underground comic "Rage", featuring a "Gay Crusader" superhero based on Brian...

052 Malcolm in the Middle

43 points

Created by: Linwood Boomer
Cast: Jane Kaczmarek, Bryan Cranston, Christopher Kennedy Masterson, Justin Berfield, Erik Per Sullivan, Frankie Muniz,...
Seasons: 7
Aired: 2000-2006

Malcolm in the Middle is an American television sitcom created by Linwood Boomer for the Fox Network. The series was first broadcast on January 9, 2000, and ended its six-and-a-half-year run on May 14, 2006, after seven seasons and 151 episodes.
The series follows a family of six (later seven), and stars Frankie Muniz in the lead role of Malcolm, a more-or-less normal boy who tests at genius level; he enjoys being smart but despises having to take classes for gifted children, who are mocked by the other students who call them "Krelboynes". Jane Kaczmarek is Malcolm's overbearing, authoritarian mother, Lois, and Bryan Cranston plays his disengaged but loving father Hal. Christopher Masterson plays eldest brother Francis, a former rebel who, in earlier episodes, was in military school, but eventually marries and settles into a steady job. Justin Berfield is Malcolm's dimwitted older brother Reese, a schoolyard bully who tortures Malcolm at home even while he defends him at school. Younger brother Dewey, genius musician, is portrayed by Erik Per Sullivan. For the first couple of seasons, the show's focus was on Malcolm. As the series progressed, however, it began to explore all six members of the family rather equally. A fifth son—Jamie—was introduced as a baby toward the series' conclusion.

051 24

34 points

Created by: Joel Surnow
Cast: Kiefer Sutherland, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Carlos Bernard, Elisha Cuthbert, Dennis Haysbert, James Morrison, Reiko Aylesworth,...
Seasons: 8
Aired: 2001-2010

24 is an American television series produced for the Fox Network and syndicated worldwide, starring Kiefer Sutherland as Counter Terrorist Unit (CTU) agent Jack Bauer. Each 24-episode season covers 24 hours in the life of Bauer, using the real time method of narration. Premiering on November 6, 2001, the show spanned 192 episodes over eight seasons, with the series finale broadcast on May 24, 2010. In addition, the television movie 24: Redemption was broadcast between seasons six and seven, while a feature film of the same name is also planned, with filming to begin in spring 2012.
Bauer is the only character to have appeared in every episode of the series. The series begins with his working for the Los Angeles-based Counter Terrorist Unit, in which he is a highly-proficient agent with an "ends justify the means" approach, regardless of the perceived morality of some of his actions. Throughout the series most of the main plot elements unfold like a political thriller. A typical plot has Bauer racing against the clock as he attempts to thwart multiple terrorist plots, including presidential assassination attempts, nuclear, biological and chemical threats, cyber attacks, as well as conspiracies which deal with government and corporate corruption.

Missed:
140 Captain Scarlet and The Mysterions [20]
139 Boston Legal [20]
138 Birds of a Feather [20]
137 Tom and Jerry [21]
136 That 70's Show [21]

135 Stargate Atlantis [21]
134 Raising Hope [21]
133 Ghost Whisperer [21]
132 Freaks and Geeks [21]
131 Saturday Night Live [21]

[Lewis17]

Looks like I'm the only one who voted for Birds Of A Feather & Stargate Atlantis

I also voted for Terra Nova ~ such a shame it's been cancelled after just one season

[Spartan]

Saw the first couple of episodes of Terra Nova. I thought it was pretty dreadful - shocked it's so high, this time next year no one will remember it probably.

Seen bits of True Blood and it's decent (can't understand most the accents though).

Queer As Folk was brilliant, and not just the sex scenes.

Malcolm In The Middle is probably one of the funniest comedies ever created. Bryan Cranston and Jane Kaczmarek made the show brilliant.

Captain Scarlet was great - one of my favourite TV shows still. I can watch an episode today and wouldn't know that it was made over 40 years ago.

I liked Birds of a Feather when I was younger but saw an episode recently and wondered why I liked it so much as I found it pretty humourless.

Tom and Jerry is a classic!

Raising Hope is one of my favourite newer shows. It's really heart-warming in a lot of places and can also be funny as fudge. The whole ensemble is great, but Martha Plimpton and Garret Dillahunt are both especially outstanding.

My votes:

01. 2001-2011
02. Arrested Development [#83] (2003-2006)
03. 1994-2004
04. 1989-
05. Neighbours [#100] (1985-)
06. 2004-2012
07. 2009-
08. 1999-
09. 2008-
10. Raising Hope [#134] (2010-)
11. Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons [#140] (1967-1968)
12. Rules Of Engagement [#96] (2007-)
13. Archer [#62] (2009-)
14. Malcolm In The Middle [#52] (2000-2006)
15. 1963-89, 2005-
16. 2003-2010
17. Glee [#72] (2009-)
18. Thunderbirds [#199] (1965-1966)
19. Samantha Who [#207] (2007-2009)
20. Eastenders [#56] (1986-)
21. 1975-1979
22. United States Of Tara [#80] (2009-2011)
23. 2007-
24. 1994-2009
25. Torchwood [#66] (2006-)
26. Casualty [#247] (1986-)
27. Outnumbered [#162] (2007-)
28. Footballer's Wives [#147] (2002-2006)
29. Wild Thornberries [#289] (1998-2004)
30. Firefly [#291] (2002)

[Spartan]

Sorry guys for dragging this on for so long

I don't think it's particularly dragging on, this pace is absolutely fine. I think you're doing a great job hosting this.

[toni_pest]

Sorry guys for dragging this on for so long

I don't think it's particularly dragging on, this pace is absolutely fine. I think you're doing a great job hosting this.

Oh thanks for that, it means alot
I feel like I can do a much better job, but I always seem to be too busy

[Noahh]

Terra Nova is a great show!

Malcolm In The Middle is absolutely hilarious.

Lois >>>>

[Lewis17]

Saw the first couple of episodes of Terra Nova. I thought it was pretty dreadful - shocked it's so high, this time next year no one will remember it probably.

You should have stuck with it ~ it improved a lot as the series went on, and had great potential to improve further. However, much as I enjoyed it, I have to admit it never quite lived up to my (very) high expectations

[toni_pest]

I had very high expectations of Terra Nova and the 2 episode premiere was great, but after that it just went downhill for me and obviously most people lost interest since it's already cancelled.

Malcolm is really one of the best comedy series I've ever seen. I love all the charachters but Dewey >>>>>

Action series are not really my cup of tea but 24 was great, the first 3 seasons were ace and I remember my whole family watching it regulary.

I'm surprised to see that I was the only one voting for That 70's Show, I simply love it.

Ghost Whisperer is great, even though some episodes were just plain boring and the last season was soooo messy.

[cristy]

'Saturday Night Live' can sometimes be very hit & miss, depending on the host, but when it's funny it's downright hilarious.
'Freaks & Geeks' is one of the best shows I've seen, and having only one season strangely gave it a weird charm, that of a true classic.

[matthew_dixon]

Okay, how did I manage to entirely forget to vote for "24"?

As such, none of my votes fell that round.

[Benny]

Some great shows in the last bunch, namely "Queer As Folk", "Malcolm" and "Boston Legal" (William Shatner was just awesome as Danny Crane ).

I once watched two episodes of "True Blood" but people were just having sex, nothing else was happening .

[toni_pest]

The Good Life is a British sitcom produced by the BBC that ran from 1975-1978. It was written by Bob Larbey and John Esmonde. In 2004, it came 9th in Britain's Best Sitcom. In the United States, it aired on various PBS stations under the title Good Neighbors.
On his 40th birthday, Tom Good is no longer able to take his job seriously and gives up work as a draughtsman for a company that makes plastic toys for breakfast cereal packets. Their house is paid for so he and his wife Barbara adopt a sustainable, simple and self-sufficient lifestyle while staying in their home in The Avenue, Surbiton. They turn their front and back gardens into allotments, growing soft fruit and vegetables. They introduce chickens, pigs (Pinky and Perky), a goat (Geraldine) and a cockerel (Lenin). They generate their own electricity, using methane from animal waste, and attempt to make their own clothes. They sell or barter surplus crops for essentials they cannot make themselves. They cut their monetary requirements to the minimum with varying success.

Father Ted is an Irish sitcom that was produced by Hat Trick Productions for British broadcaster Channel 4. Written jointly by Irish writers Arthur Mathews and Graham Linehan and starring a predominantly Irish cast, it originally aired over three series from 21 April 1995 until 1 May 1998, including a Christmas special, for a total of 25 episodes.
The show follows the misadventures of three Roman Catholic priests who live in a parish on the fictional Craggy Island, located off the west coast of Ireland. Father Ted Crilly, Father Dougal McGuire and Father Jack Hackett live chaotically together in Craggy Island's parochial house, along with their housekeeper Mrs Doyle, who often wants to serve them tea. The three priests answer to Bishop Len Brennan, who has banished them to Craggy Island as punishment for different incidents in their past: Ted for alleged financial impropriety (apparently involving some money 'resting' in his account and a child being deprived a visit to Lourdes so that Ted could go to Las Vegas), Dougal for something only referred to as the "Blackrock Incident" (resulting in many "lives irreparably damaged"), and Jack for his alcoholism and womanising. The show revolves around the priests' lives on Craggy Island, sometimes dealing with matters of the church but more often dealing with Father Ted's schemes to either resolve a situation with the parish or other Craggy Island residents, or to win games of one-upmanship against his arch-nemesis, Father Dick Byrne of the nearby Rugged Island parish.

Hey Arnold! is an American animated television series created by Craig Bartlett for Nickelodeon. The show's premise focuses on a fourth grader named Arnold who lives with his grandparents. Episodes center on his experiences navigating big city life while dealing with the problems he and his friends encounter, including several urban legends. Certain episodes focus on the lives of other supporting characters, such as the tenants of the boarding house Arnold's grandparents own.
The show stars fourth grader Arnold, a boy who lives with his paternal grandparents, Phil and Gertrude, proprietors of the Sunset Arms boarding house. In each episode, Arnold often helps a schoolmate solve a personal problem, or encounters a predicament of his own. The show also focuses on Arnold's classmate, Helga, who often treats Arnold cruelly and bullies him constantly. However, a recurring theme of the show is the fact that Helga only pretends to dislike Arnold to hide the fact that she is secretly in love with him for years. Meanwhile, she is stalked by another boy during the moments she thinks fondly of Arnold and responds to "Brainy" by quickly assaulting him.

Gilmore Girls is an American comedy-drama series created by Amy Sherman-Palladino, starring Golden Globe nominee Lauren Graham and Teen Choice Award winner Alexis Bledel.
The show follows single mother Lorelai Victoria Gilmore (Graham) and her daughter Lorelai "Rory" Leigh Gilmore (Bledel) living in the fictional town of Stars Hollow, Connecticut, located approximately thirty minutes from Hartford, Connecticut.
Ambition, education and work also form part of the series' central concerns, telling Lorelai's story from pregnant teen runaway and high school dropout to co-owner and manager of the Dragonfly Inn. Rory's transition from public school to the prestigious preparatory school, Chilton, is similarly followed by the series, exploring her ambition to study at an Ivy League college and to become a foreign correspondent. The show's social commentary manifests most clearly in Lorelai's difficult relationship with her wealthy upper-class parents, Emily and Richard Gilmore, and in the interactions between the students at Chilton, and later, Yale University.

Queer as Folk is a 1999 British television series that chronicles the lives of three gay men living in Manchester's gay village around Canal Street. Both Queer as Folk and Queer as Folk 2 were written by Russell T Davies. The first series was re-shown on More 4 between 14 and 18 October 2007, as part of Channel 4's 25th-birthday celebrations.
The main characters are Stuart Alan Jones (Aidan Gillen), who is highly sexually active, and successfully so. His long-time friend Vince Tyler (Craig Kelly), who has a crush on Stuart, has less luck regarding men. 15-year-old Nathan Maloney (Charlie Hunnam) is new to the gay scene but is not lacking in self-confidence.
The producers say that Queer as Folk, although superficially a realistic depiction of gay urban life in the 1990s, is meant as a fantasy, and that Stuart, Vince, and Nathan are not so much characters as gay male archetypes.
Stuart, an advertising executive, possesses intrinsic power, able to bend anything to his will. Stuart's principal characteristic is that he does whatever he wants, whenever he wants, however he wants. He blows up a car belonging to his friend Alexander's antagonistic mother (in the second series). He invites Vince's female work colleague, who has a crush on closeted Vince, to Vince's birthday party and then introduces Vince's boyfriend. When offered a test drive of a Jeep by a car salesman who makes some homophobic comments, Stuart drives the car straight through the large window of the car dealership.

[Thriller]

I placed 24 at #15. The first three seasons are epic, it was a revelation at the time to see a show paced as this one was and with so many twists and turns packed into one season. Real edge of your seat TV. The later seasons still had great moments but they just started recycling plots and it became predictable and too unrealistic toward the end. Although I'm glad they ended it I'm looking forward to the movie.

[Spartan]

None of the latest bunch really appeal to me. The Good Life was pretty decent though.

[Goldmoney]

I find it shocking how Hey Arnold! is higher than the two signature Nickelodeon cartoons. It's also tied for the highest ranked Nicktoon on IMDb. (with Ren and Stimpy, crazycrazy ) Nevertheless, it was my #7. If you can get past the creepy addiction Helga has with Arnold, and the poor animation of the first season, you'll find yourself watching a cleverly written, funny and sometimes emotional cartoon. One of the best of the past 20 years fo sho.

I wonder who else voted for H!A?

[Spartan]

I wonder who else voted for H!A?

Not me, his Honeydew Melon shaped head freaked me out from ever watching the show.

[Noahh]

I loved watching Hey Arnold as a kid. It was so different compared to the other cartoon-shows during that time. It was definitely one of my favorite cartoon shows!!

[CrazyCrazy]

Queer As Folk is a gay classic, didn't watch it at the time but have seen stuff from it! Hey Arnold was a childhood fave and I used to love Father Ted, Miss Doyle, Father Jack, Doogle all great characters among others!!

[nyla]

I'm surprised to see that I was the only one voting for That 70's Show

Actually I have it at #10 so there must be something wrong...


So far I`ve lost:

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03.Gilmore Girls #47
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08.Queer As Folk (U.S) #53
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10.That 70`s Show #136
11.You Rang M`Lord? #145
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14.Gossip Girl #146
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17.True Blood #55
18.One Tree Hill #161
19.Popular #206
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22.Hart Of Dixie #228
23.Supernatural #78
24.Scrubs #61
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26.Oh, Doctor Beeching #261
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28.Once And Again #277
29.Picket Fences #288
30.Beverly Hills #281


[stevyy]

Gilmore Girls (seasons 1-3) was the best show of its time. Season 4-7 couldn't match the early charme but it stayed a high quality show through its entire run (thanks to Lauren Graham).

True Blood is the best Vampire TV series ever. Anna, Alex and Stephen are beyond amazing.