Best Writing on a TV Series

#1

Best Writing on a TV Series

Posted: 11/17/14 at 7:14pm

What tv series do you consider to be the most well written?

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#2

Best Writing on a TV Series

Posted: 11/17/14 at 8:13pm

I Love Lucy

#3

Best Writing on a TV Series

Posted: 11/17/14 at 8:20pm

my mother the car

#4

Best Writing on a TV Series

Posted: 11/17/14 at 8:28pm

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I loved Ann Sothern (her voice, at least) on that.

#5

Best Writing on a TV Series

Posted: 11/17/14 at 8:30pm

The Dick Van Dyke Show, Monty Python's Flying Circus, I Love Lucy/The Lucy Show, The Carol Burnett Show, The Twilight Zone

EDIT: Forgot The Muppet Show

Updated On: 11/17/14 at 08:30 PM

#6

Best Writing on a TV Series

Posted: 11/17/14 at 8:52pm

Pushing Daisies, particularly Emerson Cod's wit

#7

Best Writing on a TV Series

Posted: 11/17/14 at 8:58pm

Breaking Bad, The Honeymooners.

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#8

Best Writing on a TV Series

Posted: 11/17/14 at 9:13pm

Project Runway All Stars

#9

Best Writing on a TV Series

Posted: 11/17/14 at 9:18pm

The Wire, Mad Men, and Breaking Bad.

#10

Best Writing on a TV Series

Posted: 11/17/14 at 9:24pm

Twilight Zone

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#11

Best Writing on a TV Series

Posted: 11/17/14 at 10:12pm

The Good Wife. West Wing through Season Four. Mad Men, Seasons One and Two only.

#12

Best Writing on a TV Series

Posted: 11/17/14 at 10:34pm

Currently, THE GOOD WIFE. I say it a lot, but it really is one of the greatest shows in the history of television.

#13

Best Writing on a TV Series

Posted: 11/17/14 at 11:40pm

La Femme Nikita on the USA Network until the final season, The Twilight Zone, and Homeland, and Sleeper Cell.

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#14

Best Writing on a TV Series

Posted: 11/17/14 at 11:53pm

Did you, uhhh... see the prior season of Homeland?

#15

Best Writing on a TV Series

Posted: 11/17/14 at 11:58pm

Seinfeld, The Office (UK)

#16

Best Writing on a TV Series

Posted: 11/18/14 at 12:28am

Currently? The Good Wife. No question.

Breaking Bad also had superb writing recently.

All-time? For sitcoms, I am partial to The Golden Girls and Seinfeld. For dramas, it doesn't get much better than seasons 1-4 of The West Wing.

Updated On: 11/18/14 at 12:28 AM

#17

Best Writing on a TV Series

Posted: 11/18/14 at 12:29am

The Wire.

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#18

Best Writing on a TV Series

Posted: 11/18/14 at 12:40am

@HorseTears...The first half of S3 of Homeland was a blemish. The series quickly recovered.

@James885...I completely overlooked The Wire. That series provided an unabashed view of the nexus between organized crime, global financiers, the legal system, hardworking honest folks in decaying neighborhoods, and America's inner city untouchables. It wasn't always the prettiest sight to behold. Just last week I was touring the neighborhood in which much of the series was shot.

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Updated On: 11/18/14 at 12:40 AM

#19

Best Writing on a TV Series

Posted: 11/18/14 at 12:43am

For sitcoms, I'm going to have to say it would be ROSEANNE.

#20

Best Writing on a TV Series

Posted: 11/18/14 at 12:49am

You know, Jordy, on a work trip earlier this year, I rewatched several Roseanne eps from seasons 3-6 and the show still holds up so well.

#21

Best Writing on a TV Series

Posted: 11/18/14 at 12:54am

The series will always hold up because it's the only sitcom in history to be as true to life as that was. Those situations will forever be relevent.

#22

Best Writing on a TV Series

Posted: 11/18/14 at 1:04am

Couldn't agree more Javero, it's the greatest show in the history of television because it never once lets the viewer off the hook, the acting is astounding, and there has never been another show that portrays dying industry, the urban educational system, the cycle of poverty, and the corrupt political system so incredibly well.

Updated On: 11/18/14 at 01:04 AM

#23

Best Writing on a TV Series

Posted: 11/18/14 at 2:05am

"The Nanny" and "30 Rock"
"Frasier" had some perfectly written episodes, but was very inconsistent

#24

Best Writing on a TV Series

Posted: 11/18/14 at 6:44am

Re: Roseanne - I dunno about greatest show in history, but it's certainly one the greatest. For all the reasons you mentioned, Sutton, and because it accomplished all of that while also being very funny. Well, as long as we ignore the last two seasons. Especially the last one.

#25

Best Writing on a TV Series

Posted: 11/18/14 at 7:29am

The writing on the early years of MASH was brilliant.

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