The top 50 streaming programs of all time--and the worst!
They say it's the golden age of TV, and I have to agree--though that includes great series from other countries. I also agree that TV has evolved--and we expect more--from our streaming experience. So shows that we might remember as the "greats" from the past (Dallas? Mission Impossible? Little House on the Prairie?) haven't stood the test of time in comparison. So this is my ranking of all-time favorites, given our contemporary Netflix/Amazon/Hulu/Apple- mediated perspective: Mad Men (7 seasons)--you just can't touch the time capsule within which Don Draper and crew try to survive as the world hurries onwards towards entropy. Pete's still sitting in the office with his WWI rifle, protecting this all-time number 1 ranking. It looks like Iwo Jima in here... The Wire (4 seasons)--for combining noir sensibility with real political topics (freedom of the press, the street drug trade, labor activism, local politics), nothing comes close. Oma...