FALL 2017 TV SURVEY:
40 BEST TV SHOWS
OF THE PAST 20 YEARS
We asked TV fans, “What do you think is the best TV show of the past 20 years?” See which series our survey respondents chose, ranked by popularity, below. The winner took top spot with 11 percent of the vote, while second place got 7 percent, third and fourth place were separated by a mere tenth of a percent and rounded up to 5 percent, and fifth place got 4 percent. (Click here to see the full results by percentage.)
Disagree with the survey results? Tell us in the comments who you think should have made the list or have been ranked higher.
#40
92%
95%
92%
95%
#39
85%
85%
85%
85%
#38
93%
73%
93%
73%
#37
81%
96%
81%
96%
#36
95%
95%
95%
95%
#35
93%
91%
93%
91%
#34
77%
76%
77%
76%
#33
97%
93%
97%
93%
#32
83%
89%
83%
89%
#31
90%
82%
90%
82%
#30
94%
71%
94%
71%
#29
80%
83%
80%
83%
#28
94%
95%
94%
95%
#27
85%
90%
85%
90%
#26
75%
85%
75%
85%
#25
70%
80%
70%
80%
#24
79%
78%
79%
78%
#23
- -
82%
- -
82%
#22
90%
83%
90%
83%
#21
95%
94%
95%
94%
#20
86%
89%
86%
89%
#19
- -
87%
- -
87%
#18
81%
89%
81%
89%
#17
85%
76%
85%
76%
#16
87%
87%
87%
87%
#15
94%
96%
94%
96%
#14
84%
72%
84%
72%
#13
92%
96%
92%
96%
#12
78%
83%
78%
83%
#11
74%
85%
74%
85%
#10
85%
93%
85%
93%
#9
90%
65%
90%
65%
#8
81%
95%
81%
95%
#7
92%
94%
92%
94%
#6
- -
83%
- -
83%
#5
89%
92%
89%
92%
#4
78%
93%
78%
93%
#3
81%
85%
81%
85%
#2
96%
97%
96%
97%
#1
89%
85%
89%
85%
