Best All Time Epic/Drama TV Series

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https://www.imdb.com/list/ls002965095/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_serial_drama_television_series

https://movieslist.best/list/epic-tv-series/

https://www.legit.ng/ask-legit/tv-s...st-epic-adventure-tv-series-evening-exciting/

https://whatnerd.com/epic-tv-series-to-watch/

Here's a look list at My Own all time favorite TV series: (Both Epic and Drama)
( I wonder who did I Miss ?) ...Thoughts ? .. Which shows would be yours ?

Games of Throne
Breaking Bad
The Walking Dead
True Blood
The Strain
Into the Bad Lands
Stranger Things
The Wire
The Sparanos
Daredevil Netflix
Shaka Zulu
Shogun
The Boys
Castlevania
Better Call Saul
Daredevil Netflix
American Horror Story
Falcon and Winter Soldier
Fargo
Dexter
The Mandolian
Swamp Thing (DC Channel)
Vampire Diaries
Sex and the City
Board Walk Empire
Penny Dreadful
Spartacus
Swamp Thing (DC Channel)
Vampire Diaries
The Gate
Salem
The Night Stalker

 

[Runwildboys]

https://www.imdb.com/list/ls002965095/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_serial_drama_television_series

https://movieslist.best/list/epic-tv-series/

https://www.legit.ng/ask-legit/tv-s...st-epic-adventure-tv-series-evening-exciting/

https://whatnerd.com/epic-tv-series-to-watch/

Here's a look list at My Own all time favorite TV series: (Both Epic and Drama)
( I wonder who did I Miss ?) ...Thoughts ? .. Which shows would be yours ?

Games of Throne
Breaking Bad
The Walking Dead
True Blood
The Strain
Into the Bad Lands
Stranger Things
The Wire
The Sparanos
Daredevil Netflix
Shaka Zulu
Shogun
The Boys
Castlevania
Better Call Saul
Daredevil Netflix
American Horror Story
Falcon and Winter Soldier
Fargo
Dexter
The Mandolian
Swamp Thing (DC Channel)
Vampire Diaries
Sex and the City
Board Walk Empire
Penny Dreadful
Spartacus
Swamp Thing (DC Channel)
Vampire Diaries
The Gate
Salem
The Night Stalker

Vampire Diaries twice?

 

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Vampire Diaries twice?

Swamp Thing DC channel ...and Daredevil Netflix twice ?

 

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Vampire Diaries twice?

(sigh) yeh ,.. of all the new changes to the site, I still regret how we are not able to edit and correct typo errors once the allotted 10 minutes has expired

 

[gtb1943]

The big problem with all these lists is recency bias; the current shows have an advantage in one way, especially on cable as there are no restrictions or censorship to deal with.

On the other hand, so many take the easy way out with profanity violence and sex and all too many people automatically think that makes the shows better.

I happen to think great shows are great shows no matter when they came out. The Fugitive was a great drama that dated back to the 60's; and is on many lists as one of the all time greatest ever.

Roots, Rich Man Poor Man, Winds of War, Centennial, are just a few of the mini series that I consider epics.

Hill Street Blues was one of the greatest all time; what you see there is copied on many police shows to this day.

MASH the final episode still holds the all time drama ratings crown and likely never will be beaten.That was 1983.

 

[DallasEast]

Which shows would be yours ?

That is the first one I thought of. I may add more later.

 

[Tabascocat]

ER needs to be in the list somewhere. I would put Lost in if it weren’t for the last season or two.

 

[triplets_93]

Hawaii 5-O

 

[FloridaRob]

Yellowstone the first 3 or 4 years were epic. Last year not so much.

My favorites over the past 15 years were Homeland, Game of Thrones, Breaking Bad, and Mad Men except for the ending which sucked.

 

[Creeper]

I think we should separate out the Sci-fi and Horror shows which can be drama but are their own genre.

You'd have to include "Roots" on the list. Someone else mentioned "The Fugitive", which was a great series. So was "Perry Mason", the original, not the new one on HBO. "Columbo" was good, as was "Bonanza". I was an avid watcher of "Combat".

I would not put Sex and the City on any list of good shows. That show about 4 despicable sluts was awful.

 

[paladin]

I think we should separate out the Sci-fi and Horror shows which can be drama but are their own genre.

You'd have to include "Roots" on the list. Someone else mentioned "The Fugitive", which was a great series. So was "Perry Mason", the original, not the new one on HBO. "Columbo" was good, as was "Bonanza". I was an avid watcher of "Combat".

I would not put Sex and the City on any list of good shows. That show about 4 despicable sluts was awful.

"I was an avid watcher of "Combat"."
Ditto
It was an interesting show for the time
Poor Sgt Saunders...he got shot in the arm, almost every show
Must have had a musette bag filled with Purple Hearts

Alot of the episodes were tragic....it was an intriguing decision....seeing how the viewing demographic was probably WW2 vets..
M*A*S*H obviously went in a different direction

 

[CouchCoach]

Vampire Diaries twice?

Must have done a re-watch on it.

 

[CouchCoach]

Hill St. Blues
St. Elsewhere, a gotcha ending of brilliance.
LA Law
NYPD Blue
Brooklyn South
ER
China Beach
The Wire
Sopranos
Breaking Bad
Rescue Me
The Shield
Oz
Sons of Anarchy

 

[DallasEast]

I think we should separate out the Sci-fi and Horror shows which can be drama but are their own genre.

You'd have to include "Roots" on the list. Someone else mentioned "The Fugitive", which was a great series. So was "Perry Mason", the original, not the new one on HBO. "Columbo" was good, as was "Bonanza". I was an avid watcher of "Combat".

I would not put Sex and the City on any list of good shows. That show about 4 despicable sluts was awful.

Per IMDB, Roots' genres are biography, history and drama. The Fugitive? Adventure, crime and drama. Perry Mason? Crime, mystery and drama. Columbo? Same as Perry Mason. Bonanza? The site designates its genre as western.

It is true that a series like Battlestar Galactica can be justifiably labeled as science fiction. However, I wholeheartedly agree with IMDB's classification of the series' genres as action, adventure and drama, as much as I am with all the other series' designations mentioned.

Apologies for the rant. I watched the reimagined BG and believe it is one of the best drama series ever made for television--especially the first two seasons. It would be hard for me to see it get pigeonholed within something it is much more than.

 

[Runwildboys]

I think we should separate out the Sci-fi and Horror shows which can be drama but are their own genre.

You'd have to include "Roots" on the list. Someone else mentioned "The Fugitive", which was a great series. So was "Perry Mason", the original, not the new one on HBO. "Columbo" was good, as was "Bonanza". I was an avid watcher of "Combat".

I would not put Sex and the City on any list of good shows. That show about 4 despicable sluts was awful.

Was Roots a regular series, or are we counting miniserieseseses?

 

[Runwildboys]

Hill St. Blues
St. Elsewhere, a gotcha ending of brilliance.
LA Law
NYPD Blue
Brooklyn South
ER
China Beach
The Wire
Sopranos
Breaking Bad
Rescue Me
The Shield
Oz
Sons of Anarchy

Guess I'm not much of a drama guy. The only one of these I watched regularly is SoA. Too bad about the finale.

 

[gtb1943]

Hill St. Blues
St. Elsewhere, a gotcha ending of brilliance.
LA Law
NYPD Blue
Brooklyn South
ER
China Beach
The Wire
Sopranos
Breaking Bad
Rescue Me
The Shield
Oz
Sons of Anarchy

I remember people talking about the ending of St. Elsewhere; it was pretty split between those that thought it was great and those that were pissed off about it.
China Beach never gets the cred it deserves. Nor does The Shield; I was shocked how quickly it was forgotten.

 

[CouchCoach]

Guess I'm not much of a drama guy. The only one of these I watched regularly is SoA. Too bad about the finale.

I think they went one season too long on SoA and the creator was working on another project at the same time as that last season, The ******* Executioner.

Oz gets credit for keeping me out of a life of crime when it looks like so much fun. Every show, I added another reason to the list.

The Wire was just flat out one of the best series I have ever watched. Pure magic.

 

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Was Roots a regular series, or are we counting miniserieseseses?

what is the difference between regular series... vs mini-series ?... ("eses" )

 

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I should have mentioned " Boston Public " on my list too.
That was an extraordinary show. Especially the early years.
Writing, characters and direction were awesome.

It covered several life controversial. topics and discussions.
I loved how it gave a great look at school atmosphere and lives of teachers, students and principal.. in school and outside the school life.

As with every show, the ending seasons were challenging to watch and just dried up with new and incompetent writers
and they could not get new intriguing characters and story writes to keep the show lively and interesting ..thus it was moved to Fridays as that
is always said (Fridays) is the kiss of death move for TV shows ... and here comes cancellation time.

School is out and closed ..for good.