BCB Top 100 TV Shows - And the winner is...
Posted: 20 Mar 2018, 12:27
So, thanks to those of you who voted. Here, without further ado, are the results of BCB'S TOP 100 TV SHOWS EVER.
The shows are ranked first by the number of votes received, then by the total number of points.
Each show is accompanied by a clip found more or less randomly: some are trailers, others "best-of" scenes that came up when I did a youtube search.
100
Archer (USA, 2009-)
Created by: Adam Reed
Starring (voices): H John Benjamin, Judy Greer
Animated sitcom following a group of dysfunctional secret agents, led by the hard-drinking, egotistical womaniser Sterling Archer. The show is set during an unspecified era of the Cold War and features many cultural references, not least to the James Bond franchise.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpYiR5L9COw
Votes: 3
Points: 10
Voters: Dayodead, Goat Boy, martha
97=
Peep Show (UK, 2003-2015)
Created by: Jesse Armstrong, Sam Bain
Starring: David Mitchell, Robert Webb
Blackly comic sitcom about the lives of two flatmates, awkward and cynical Mark and puerile slacker Jeremy, told using point-of-view cameras and inner-monologue voiceovers.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkYHNO2vNG4
Votes: 3
Points: 11
Voters: caramba, martha, Nikki Gradual
97=
Chappelle's Show (USA, 2003-2006)
Created by: Dave Chappelle, Neal Brennan
Starring: Dave Chappelle
Sketch show featuring stand-up from Chappelle and sketches centred around controversial topics.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Z9Hvo7p8Dw
Votes: 3
Points: 11
Voters: fange, Goat Boy, The Red Heifer
97=
Barney Miller (USA, 1975-1982)
Created by: Danny Arnold, Theodore J Flicker
Starring: Hal Linden, Abe Vigoda
Sitcom about New York detectives, set almost entirely within the confines of the detectives' squad room, starring Hal Linden as the titular captain.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1w4DKy0DMeI
Votes: 3
Points: 11
Voters: Dayodead, pcqgod, Rayge
92=
24 (USA, 2001-2014)
Created by: Joel Surnow, Robert Cochran
Starring: Keifer Sutherland
Action series presented in realtime, with each series following 24 hours in the life of counter-terrorist agent Jack Bauer as he races to foil plots or solve mysteries.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lxDREJ4vTo
Votes: 3
Points: 12
Voters: Goat Boy, Hightea, Jeemo
92=
Sherlock (UK, 2010-)
Created by: Mark Gatiss, Steven Moffat
Starring: Benedict Cumberbatch, Martin Freeman
Updated take on Conan Doyle's classic stories with Cumberbatch and Freeman as Sherlock and Watson tackling crimes in modern-day London.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nj7ZSUkTTVI
Votes: 3
Points: 12
Voters: Copehead, Penk, trans-chigley express
92=
NewsRadio (USA, 1995-1999)
Created by: Paul Simms
Starring: Dave Foley, Stephen Root
Sitcom set at a New York radio station, following the eccentric and often surreal or absurd lives of the station owner and staff.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37cf-WmEqPI
Votes: 3
Points: 12
Voters: Davey the Fat Boy, Dayodead, The Red Heifer
92=
The Mary Tyler Moore Show (USA, 1970-1977)
Created by: James L Brooks, Alan Burns
Starring: Mary Tyler Moore
Sitcom with Moore as Mary Richards, a single, career-minded woman who moves to Minneapolis and gets a job at a TV station.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SR08C92LAXk
Votes: 3
Points: 12
Voters: Davey the Fat Boy, pcqgod, Quaco
92=
The Fast Show (UK, 1994-1997)
Created by and starring: Paul Whitehouse, Charlie Higson
Fast-paced sketch show with an appeal based on speed, catchphrases, running gags and well-drawn characters, the best-known including country squire Ralph and his gardener/crush Ted, a pair of saucy tailors, and Jazz Club.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPiGJBHVadA
Votes: 3
Points: 12
Voters: Kaspar, Ranking Ted, Samoan
The shows are ranked first by the number of votes received, then by the total number of points.
Each show is accompanied by a clip found more or less randomly: some are trailers, others "best-of" scenes that came up when I did a youtube search.
100
Archer (USA, 2009-)
Created by: Adam Reed
Starring (voices): H John Benjamin, Judy Greer
Animated sitcom following a group of dysfunctional secret agents, led by the hard-drinking, egotistical womaniser Sterling Archer. The show is set during an unspecified era of the Cold War and features many cultural references, not least to the James Bond franchise.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpYiR5L9COw
Votes: 3
Points: 10
Voters: Dayodead, Goat Boy, martha
97=
Peep Show (UK, 2003-2015)
Created by: Jesse Armstrong, Sam Bain
Starring: David Mitchell, Robert Webb
Blackly comic sitcom about the lives of two flatmates, awkward and cynical Mark and puerile slacker Jeremy, told using point-of-view cameras and inner-monologue voiceovers.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkYHNO2vNG4
Votes: 3
Points: 11
Voters: caramba, martha, Nikki Gradual
97=
Chappelle's Show (USA, 2003-2006)
Created by: Dave Chappelle, Neal Brennan
Starring: Dave Chappelle
Sketch show featuring stand-up from Chappelle and sketches centred around controversial topics.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Z9Hvo7p8Dw
Votes: 3
Points: 11
Voters: fange, Goat Boy, The Red Heifer
97=
Barney Miller (USA, 1975-1982)
Created by: Danny Arnold, Theodore J Flicker
Starring: Hal Linden, Abe Vigoda
Sitcom about New York detectives, set almost entirely within the confines of the detectives' squad room, starring Hal Linden as the titular captain.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1w4DKy0DMeI
Votes: 3
Points: 11
Voters: Dayodead, pcqgod, Rayge
92=
24 (USA, 2001-2014)
Created by: Joel Surnow, Robert Cochran
Starring: Keifer Sutherland
Action series presented in realtime, with each series following 24 hours in the life of counter-terrorist agent Jack Bauer as he races to foil plots or solve mysteries.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lxDREJ4vTo
Votes: 3
Points: 12
Voters: Goat Boy, Hightea, Jeemo
92=
Sherlock (UK, 2010-)
Created by: Mark Gatiss, Steven Moffat
Starring: Benedict Cumberbatch, Martin Freeman
Updated take on Conan Doyle's classic stories with Cumberbatch and Freeman as Sherlock and Watson tackling crimes in modern-day London.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nj7ZSUkTTVI
Votes: 3
Points: 12
Voters: Copehead, Penk, trans-chigley express
92=
NewsRadio (USA, 1995-1999)
Created by: Paul Simms
Starring: Dave Foley, Stephen Root
Sitcom set at a New York radio station, following the eccentric and often surreal or absurd lives of the station owner and staff.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37cf-WmEqPI
Votes: 3
Points: 12
Voters: Davey the Fat Boy, Dayodead, The Red Heifer
92=
The Mary Tyler Moore Show (USA, 1970-1977)
Created by: James L Brooks, Alan Burns
Starring: Mary Tyler Moore
Sitcom with Moore as Mary Richards, a single, career-minded woman who moves to Minneapolis and gets a job at a TV station.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SR08C92LAXk
Votes: 3
Points: 12
Voters: Davey the Fat Boy, pcqgod, Quaco
92=
The Fast Show (UK, 1994-1997)
Created by and starring: Paul Whitehouse, Charlie Higson
Fast-paced sketch show with an appeal based on speed, catchphrases, running gags and well-drawn characters, the best-known including country squire Ralph and his gardener/crush Ted, a pair of saucy tailors, and Jazz Club.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPiGJBHVadA
Votes: 3
Points: 12
Voters: Kaspar, Ranking Ted, Samoan