im curious, what top 10 would you write or have you already written?

1. Game of Thrones
2. The Sopranos
3. Avatar: The Last Airbender
4. Breaking Bad
5. House M.D.
6. The Last Dance
7. Haikyu!!
8. Planet Earth
9. Rome
10. Erased

yeah, you might be right - Yellowstone probably made the list mostly because of its larger audience (though it still has solid ratings). Like I mentioned earlier, if I had included more niche shows, we would’ve lost around 15–25 series that currently sit in the #78–100 range (The Leftovers, Barry, Modern Family, Dexter, Vikings, The IT Crowd, Doctor Who, Fringe, The Newsroom, House of Cards, Suits, Maid, Orphan Black, Adolescence, Banshee, Person of Interest, The Good Place, Peacemaker, Scrubs, Cobra Kai, One Piece (2024), Yellowstone) and those have their own strengths too.

we would’ve lost them because they’d be replaced by more high-rated niche picks - including some of the ones I mentioned in the honorable mentions. Then people would be asking, ‘Where’s Dexter? Where’s The Leftovers?’ and so on. yeah, it’s all subjective in the end, but I still tried to build something close to a data-driven top 100, thank you!

sorry, I was going for a bit of a clickbait title 😅 btw, Star Trek: The Next Generation is the closest - it’s ranking at #183

I hear you - and honestly, I didn’t expect the title to be that off-putting. It was meant as a fun nod to the classic ‘1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die’ format, which is popular and widely used. I thought it would give the list a familiar and engaging vibe. That said, I get that it might come across as too definitive or clickbaity, especially since the list is based on aggregated ratings. So I’ve gone ahead and changed the title to better reflect the data-driven nature of the post. Thank you!