Top 10 Best TV Dramas of All Time

David Simon's deep examination of Baltimore's institutions — police, schools, docks, politics — is TV's most sociologically ambitious drama.

David Chase's New Jersey mob saga pioneered the prestige TV era and remains the template for every antihero drama that followed.

Jesse Armstrong's Shakespearean satire of a media dynasty won four consecutive Emmy Awards for Outstanding Drama Series.

HBO's fantasy epic became a global phenomenon, breaking viewership records and winning 59 Emmy Awards — more than any drama in history.

Matthew Weiner's exploration of 1960s Madison Avenue advertising won four consecutive Emmy Awards for Best Drama and revived interest in the era.

Craig Mazin's five-part HBO miniseries about the 1986 nuclear disaster briefly became the highest-rated TV show of all time on IMDb with a 9.4 score.

Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss's BBC modernization of Arthur Conan Doyle's detective with Benedict Cumberbatch became a global hit.

Phoebe Waller-Bridge's comedy-drama won six Emmy Awards and four BAFTAs. The second series is considered one of the finest pieces of British television.

Joe Weisberg's Cold War spy thriller about KGB agents posing as Americans was called the best show on TV by numerous critics during its run.

David Simon's deep examination of Baltimore's institutions — police, schools, docks, politics — is TV's most sociologically ambitious drama.

David Chase's New Jersey mob saga pioneered the prestige TV era and remains the template for every antihero drama that followed.

Jesse Armstrong's Shakespearean satire of a media dynasty won four consecutive Emmy Awards for Outstanding Drama Series.

HBO's fantasy epic became a global phenomenon, breaking viewership records and winning 59 Emmy Awards — more than any drama in history.

Matthew Weiner's exploration of 1960s Madison Avenue advertising won four consecutive Emmy Awards for Best Drama and revived interest in the era.

Craig Mazin's five-part HBO miniseries about the 1986 nuclear disaster briefly became the highest-rated TV show of all time on IMDb with a 9.4 score.

Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss's BBC modernization of Arthur Conan Doyle's detective with Benedict Cumberbatch became a global hit.

Phoebe Waller-Bridge's comedy-drama won six Emmy Awards and four BAFTAs. The second series is considered one of the finest pieces of British television.

Joe Weisberg's Cold War spy thriller about KGB agents posing as Americans was called the best show on TV by numerous critics during its run.