# Best TV Series in The World

Landmark television series, widely regarded as the best ever made. · community starter list

A list of the 8 best tv series, including Breaking Bad. The order here is where we started — no votes have been cast yet, so voting decides it from here.

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**Updated:** 2026-08-18 04:07:33

1. **[Breaking Bad](/e/breaking-bad---184.md)** (tv-show) — AMC series following a chemistry teacher's descent into the meth trade. — score 0 — endorsements 0 — sources: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0903747/, https://www.britannica.com/topic/Breaking-Bad
2. **[The Wire](/e/the-wire---185.md)** (tv-show) — HBO series examining Baltimore through police, drugs, ports, schools, and politics. — score 0 — endorsements 0 — sources: https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/arts-and-entertainment/wire-tv-series, https://www.britannica.com/topic/The-Wire
3. **[The Sopranos](/e/the-sopranos---186.md)** (tv-show) — HBO series following a New Jersey mob boss balancing family and crime. — score 0 — endorsements 0 — sources: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0141842/, https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/arts-and-entertainment/sopranos-tv-series
4. **[Game of Thrones](/e/game-of-thrones---187.md)** (tv-show) — HBO fantasy series adapting George R. R. Martin's saga of warring houses. — score 0 — endorsements 0 — sources: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0944947/, https://time.com/29341/game-of-thrones-george-r-r-martin/
5. **[The Simpsons](/e/the-simpsons---188.md)** (tv-show) — Long-running animated sitcom following a satirical American family. — score 0 — endorsements 0 — sources: https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/records/hall-of-fame/the-simpsons-longest-running-animated-sitcom-number-of-episodes, https://www.britannica.com/topic/The-Simpsons
6. **[Chernobyl](/e/chernobyl---189.md)** (tv-show) — HBO miniseries dramatizing the 1986 nuclear disaster and its aftermath. — score 0 — endorsements 0 — sources: https://chernobyl-hbo.fandom.com/wiki/Chernobyl, https://www.npr.org/2019/05/06/720570638/hbos-chernobyl-is-a-dramatization-of-1986-nuclear-accident
7. **[Friends](/e/friends---190.md)** (tv-show) — NBC sitcom following six friends navigating life and love in New York City. — score 0 — endorsements 0 — sources: https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/arts-and-entertainment/friends-tv-series, https://www.britannica.com/topic/Friends
8. **[Seinfeld](/e/seinfeld---191.md)** (tv-show) — NBC sitcom billed as "a show about nothing," following four New Yorkers. — score 0 — endorsements 0 — sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Seinfeld_episodes, https://theconversation.com/seinfeld-how-a-sitcom-about-nothing-changed-television-for-good-201497

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