Best Writing on a TV Series

[Gothampc]

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

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

[After Eight]

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

I Love Lucy

[~~tiny3~~]

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

my mother the car

[After Eight]

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

^

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

[Fantod]

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

[Wynbish]

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

Pushing Daisies, particularly Emerson Cod's wit

[SNAFU]

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

Breaking Bad, The Honeymooners.

[HorseTears]

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

Project Runway All Stars

[Sutton Ross]

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

The Wire, Mad Men, and Breaking Bad.

[Mr Roxy]

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

Twilight Zone

[wonkit]

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

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

[Jordan Catalano]

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.

[javero]

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.

[HorseTears]

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

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

[haterobics]

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

Seinfeld, The Office (UK)

[adamgreer]

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

[James885]

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

The Wire.

[javero]

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.

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

[Jordan Catalano]

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

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

[HorseTears]

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.

[Jordan Catalano]

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.

[Sutton Ross]

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

[bwaylvsong]

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

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

[HorseTears]

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.

[madbrian]

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

The writing on the early years of MASH was brilliant.