Now on to something that is trending on the web. Lately a lot of websites have gotten in the March Madness spirit and done brackets of the best TV dramas and have fans vote for their favourite shows. Since Ivan's back home in Toronto, I gotta do this one solo and give my opinion on what may be the best TV Dramas. I'm thinking that the best way to do this would probably be to do this in a list of top 10 shows with honourable mentions. Here we go.
Honourable Mention:
Friday Night Lights - A show that ran for 5 seasons first on NBC and later on DirectTV. It was a spin off from the movie and it centred around it's main character, Coach Eric Taylor. The show in my opinion was better than the movie because it had a great supporting cast and revolved around the high expectations of high school football in Texas. It did a great job throughout its run and did a good job developing its main characters.
Homeland - A relatively new show that finished it's first season earlier this year (which it won the golden globe for best TV Drama). It is about a CIA agent who discovers that a prisoner of war has been turned and is plotting an attack on the United States. It is a great show so far and recommend it because as soon as you watch the first episode you are hooked.
Falling Skies - Another new show whose second season starts this summer on TNT. It deals with the effects of an Alien invasion and a small resistance force fighting for the survival of humanity. People may be weary because they've heard this sort of premise before. The cool thing with Falling Skies is that it has Steven Spielberg producing it and it has great plot twists and is a fairly realistic show in the sense of if an alien invasion did occur, this is what the result would be.
Top Ten:
10) Southland - An awesome show that first ran on NBC and now is on TNT. It's about police officers in Los Angeles and some people may recognize some of the actors who star in it. It is an underrated show that not many people know about but it is worth watching and makes you want to see more.
9) Dexter - A show that is still running on Showtime and centres around Dexter Morgan who is a blood splatter pattern analyst for Miami's Police department who moonlights as a serial killer. Need I say more?
8) The Sopranos - An HBO show that ran for six seasons and centred on Tony Soprano and his reign as the head of a mob family in northern New Jersey. The acting of James Gandolfini as Tony was great and made you root for a mob boss the whole way through. The Sopranos was one of the first shows that centred on an essentially evil main character and it made audiences root for him because you saw a strong character have flaws and him dealing with them.
7) Breaking Bad - An AMC show that centres on Walter White who is a high school chemistry teacher who learns he has advanced lung cancer. He turns to a life of crime producing and selling meth with one of his former students to secure a financial future for his family. A good show all around that has completed four seasons thus far and it's fifth and final season is coming out soon. A highly recommended show.
6) Boardwalk Empire - Another HBO show that centres around the prohibition era in the United States primarily in Atlantic City. It focuses on the life of Nucky Thompson and his dealings/relationships in Atlantic City. The show has finished two seasons and is one of the best shows on TV right now. A great period drama that intertwines it's first 2 seasons very well.
5) Game Of Thrones - Yet another HBO show and not the last. It is a fairly young show that has its second season coming out very soon. It is an adaptation of the books and centres on point of views of various characters in. The show is a fictional/mythical show that does a good job portraying its stories. Has the ability to capture viewers attentions and hook them immediately which is always good.
4) Six Feet Under - An HBO show that ran for five seasons that focused on a family who ran a funeral home in Los Angeles. It has been described as one of the greatest TV series of all time and also having one of the greatest series finale ever. The series traces the lives of the fisher family over the course of the year and allows for viewers to be emotionally invested with the characters.
3) Lost - A ABC show that ran for six seasons and dealt with the crash landing of a commercial plane on an uninhabited island somewhere in the Pacific. The show focuses on survivors of the plane crash and their fight for survival. Without giving anything away, the show had some of the best plot twists that I have seen in a show in a long time and the complexity is so vast and consistent through the show that you are glued through the entire series.
2) Mad Men - Another AMC show that focuses on advertising executives in New York City during the 1960's. It shows the intricacies of the fictional advertising agency Sterling Cooper and later Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce and it's creative director Don Draper. The show's fifth season is upcoming and is an all around phenomenal show.
1) The Wire - An HBO show that is widely regarded as one of the best TV shows ever made. It ran for 5 seasons and dealt with several facets of the city of Baltimore. The great and lengthy cast did a phenomenal job throughout its run and allowed for viewers to see how and what every character is doing at the end of each season. The Wire also is fairly realistic in all of its dealings and you are left loving enjoying every minute that it has to offer. The story of the show seemingly has no holes and is very consistent in its 5 season run.
So there we have it. The top 10 TV dramas in my opinion. The rankings were very tough to do but I think that many of them can be interchangeable. Since the name of our blog is 2 guys 2 opinions, I'm sure that Ivan will have some say in these rankings as well so maybe in the future we will change some of our rankings. Sorry for the lengthy blog but I hope that you enjoyed it.
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