Vote for your favorite albums of the 2000s here.
Vote for your favorite films of the 2000s here.
Vote for your favorite books of the 2000s here.
Some suggested TV shows of the 2000s
24
30 Rock
Andy Richter Controls the Universe
Aqua Teen Hunger Force
Arrested Development
Austin City Limits
Band of Brothers
Battlestar Galactica
Breaking Bad
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Californication
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Da Ali G Show
Deadliest Catch
Deadwood
Dexter
Doctor Who
Entourage
Extras
Family Guy
Firefly
Flight of the Conchords
Freaks and Geeks
Friday Night Lights
Friends
Frisky Dingo
Futurama
Gilmore Girls
Gossip Girl
House
How I Met Your Mother
Humor in the News
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
Lost
Mad Men
Planet Earth
Project Runway
Real Time with Bill Maher
Scrubs
Sex and the City
Six Feet Under
South Park
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
The Colbert Report
The Daily Show
The Office (both)
The Simpsons
The Sopranos
The West Wing
The Wire
This American Life
Top Chef
Undeclared
Venture Bros.
Veronica Mars
Weeds
Will & Grace
Published at 9:40 AM on September 16, 2009
By Josh Jackson
Vote for Your Favorite TV Show of the Decade
Vote for your favorite TV shows that
came out during the 2000s. Just list one to 10 shows from the
beginning of 2000 to the present in the comments section below. Or you can Tweet your votes one at a time followed by the hashtag #pasteTVofthe00s. Or even visit Paste's Facebook page
and vote there. Please separate each entry with a line break. We've listed some notable TV,
but feel free to vote for any show, whether or not it's on
this list. In a decade of great TV shows, which ones still stick with you?



FIREFLY
FIREFLY
FIREFLY
Lost
The Office
FIREFLY
Lost
Arrested Development
FIREFLY
House
Scrubs
FIREFLY
The Office
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
FIREFLY
The Wire
scrubs
arrested development
the office
Everybody Loves Raymond
Freaks and Geeks
House
Bones
Fringe
Lie to Me
Chuck
Lost
The Daily Show
The Colbert Report
Arrested Development
Firefly
Freaks and Geeks
Pushing Daisies
Scrubs
Studio 60 On the Sunset Strip
Firefly
Big Bang Theory
Wonderfalls
Dead Like Me
(Almost all cancelled before their time...so sad.)
Arrested Development
It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia
Aqua Teen Hunger Force
The Office
arrested development!
Six Feet Under
Lost
The Sopranos
Carnivàle
Skins
The Office
Arrested Development
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Extras
Eastbound and Down
Californication
Da Ali G
Entourage
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
30 Rock
Chuck
Arrested Development
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Family Guy
Deadwood!
weeds
the office
how i met your mother
arrested development
weeds
weeds
weeds
The Daily Show
Family Guy
Sex and the City
The Sopranos
House
The Office
30 Rock
Arrested Development
The Colbert Report
Dexter
House
The West Wing
Robot Chicken
Will & Grace
Mad Men
LOST
Family Guy
The Office
Flight of the Conchords
Mad Men
there will never be another show as great as LOST!!
Six Feet Under
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
30 Rock
Arrested Development
Lost
Freaks and Geeks
Mad Men
Undeclared
The Office
Arrested Development!!!
30 Rock
Firefly
The Shield
The Sopranos
Veronica Mars
Lost
The Office
Flight of the Conchords
Mad Men
Pushing Daisies
Lost
Weeds
Scrubs
Dead Like Me
Arrested Development
Dexter
Firefly
Family Guy
Dexter
Weeds
Mad Men
Flight Of THe Conchords
The Office
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Gilmore Girls
Six Feet Under
The Wire
Arrested Development
The West Wing
Lost
How I Met Your Mother
The Office (both)
Six Feet Under
The Colbert Report
The Daily Show
The Simpsons
Arrested Development
The Office
LOST
Arrested Development
Six Feet Under
Veronica Mars
Freaks & Geeks
Gilmore Girls
The Office
The Sopranos
Top Chef
The West Wing
Mad Men
The Sopranos
Battlestar Galactica
True Blood
Arrested Development
Smallville
Scrubs
30 Rock
How I Met Your Mother
The Office
LOST
Gilmore Girls
Freaks and Geeks
Chuck
10. Curb Your Enthusiasm
9. Flight of the Conchords
8. Freaks and Geeks
7. Futurama
6. Veronica Mars
5. Scrubs
4. The Daily Show
3. 30 Rock
2. The Wire
1. Arrested Development
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
The West Wing (seasons 1-4, while Sorkin was still writing it!)
Scrubs
Veronica Mars
Firefly
Robot Chicken
Samurai Jack
The Muppet Show (I know it wasn't on in the last decade, but c'mon - it's the best show of *every* decade!)
arrested development
avatar: the last airbender
battlestar gallactica
it's always sunny in philadelphia
the boondocks
the daily show with john stewart
Battlestar Galactica
Lost
30 Rock
Spaced
The Venture Bros
Arrested Development
Flight of the Conchords
The West Wing
Supernatural
Friday Night Lights
Trailer Park boys
Th Office
Life
Kings
Lost
The Office
How I Met Your Mother
Arrested Development
Scrubs
Chuck
Kings
Friday Night Lights
Six Feet Under
30 Rock
Freaks & Geeks
The Wire
The Office
The Sopranos
Mad Men
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Sex and the City
30 Rock
Rescue Me
Scrubs
Son's of Anarchy
Dexter
True Blood
The Office
Firefly
Life on Mars
Invasion
Without a Trace
CSI
Law and Order:SVU (doink, doink!)
Family Guy
King of the Hill
So what if I'm not on facebook or twitter?
1. Freaks and Geeks
2. Arrested Development
3. LOST
4. 30 Rock
5. Sex and the City
6. The Daily Show
7. The Colbert Report
8. The Office
9. How I Met Your Mother
10. Mad Men
Firefly
Battlestar Galactica
The Office (US)
Lost
Burn Notice
Bones
The Office (UK)
Eureka
True Blood
Freaks and Geeks
Arrested Development
Mad Men
True Blood
Weeds
LOST
30 Rock
Battlestar Galactica
Gilmore Girls
FNL
West Wing
ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT
ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT
ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT
Sopranos
Freaks and Geeks
The Daily Show
The Colbert Report
The Office
The Wire
The West Wing
Dirty Jobs
Top Gear
Undeclared
Arrested Development
The Daily Show
Dexter
The Sopranos
The Colbert Report
Lost
Weeds
Austin City Limits
Mad Men
True Blood
10. South Park
9. Family Guy
8. Mad Men
7. Undeclared
6. The Office
5. Arrested Development
4. Ed
3. Lost
2. Freaks and Geeks
1. Six Feet Under
Mystery Science Theater 3000! This is one of the greatest TV shows of all time.
LOST
The Daily Show
Cash Cab!
1. The Wire
2. The Sopranos
3. Entourage
4. 30 Rock
5. Rescue Me
6. It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
7. Mad Men
8. Aqua Teen Hunger Force
9. Family Guy
10. The Office
Battlestar Galactica
30 Rock
Lost
Saturday Night Live
Firefly
Arrested Development
It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia
Aqua Teen Hunger Force
The Office
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Would people please stop listing Family Guy
The Sopranos and there isn't a close second. And if Lost makes this list I'll gag.
1. Arrested Development
2. 30 Rock
3. The Wire
4. The Shield
5. Freaks and Geeks
6. Weeds
7. Dexter
8. The Sopranos (lower because season 1 was 1999)
9. It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
10. The Daily Show / The Colbert Nation
Lost
House
Monk
NCIS
Firefly
Black Books
Gilmore Girls
House
Scrubs
Pushing Daisies
Monk
in that order
The Wire.
Arrested Development
The Wire
The Daily Show
The Colbert Report
Firefly
Stella
Dexter
30 Rock
Always Sunny
Planter Earth
Gossip Girl
Lost
Project Runway
Fringe
The Office
Man vs. Wild (seriously, can we just give Bear Grylls the "person of the decade" award?)
...and if Freaks & Geeks counts then can Strangers With Candy count?
firefly
1. THE WEST WING (no contest, best writing of any show I've ever seen)
2. The Office
3. Arrested Development
4. Gilmore Girls
5. House
6. Daily Show with Jon Stewart
7. Weeds
8. Flight of The Concords
9. How I Met Your Mother
10. Fringe
Arrested Development
Firefly
Extras
The Office (British)
Lost
Frisky Dingo
Freaks and Geeks
Futurama
Wonderfalls
Pushing Daisies
Once and Again
Gilmore Girls
The Sopranos
The Closer
Ed
1. The Wire
2. Arrested Development
3. Mad Men
4. The Office
5. Lost
6. 30 Rock
7. Dexter
8. Weeds
9. It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
10. Flight of the Conchords
the wire
arrested development
weeds
the john stewart show
sons of anarchy
1) The West Wing
2) House
3 - 257) Everything Else
LOST
Arrested Development
The Office
Cash Cab
Deadwood
Arrested Development
Lost
The Office
It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia
The West Wing
Six Feet Under
Gilmore Girls
Mad Men
Freaks and Geeks
Band of Brothers
Lost
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
The Office (U.S.)
Sons of Anarchy
How I Met Your Mother
The Sopranos
Pushing Daisies
Big Love
Mythbusters
FIREFLY
Chuck
Warehouse 13
NCIS
Arrested Development
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Firefly
Flight of the Conchords
How I Met Your Mother
Planet Earth
The Daily Show
The Office (both)
Arrested Development
Firefly
Weeds
Firefly
Firefly
Buffy
Buffy
How I Met Your Mother
The Office
Arrested Development
Angel
Freaks and Geeks
The Office (UK)
Extras
Firefly
Chuck
Band of Brothers
Lost
Battlestar Galactica
BUFFY
The Office
Sex and the City
Frasier
Flight of the Conchords
Arrested Development
Scrubs
30 Rock
Southpark
LOST
Alias
Scrubs
Project Runway
Arrested Development
Big Bang Theory
Deadwood
Battlestar Galactica
Buffy
Arrested Development
Dexter
but it's Supernatural that I sit down for time after time.
Lost
Family Guy
How I Met Your Mother
House
Californication
Dexter
Fringe
24
Mad Men
Curb Your Enthusiasm
1. The West Wing
The rest of the list is comprised of fillers to take up the time that The West Wing wasn't on.
2. The Wire
3. Alias
4. Love Monkey (CBS blows for never giving this a chance)
5. Friday Night Lights
6. Mythbusters
7. The Daily Show
8. Chuck (NBC is ready to blow for almost canceling this)
9. Veronica Mars
10. Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip (you gotta love Aaron Sorkin)
01. Freaks And Geeks
02. Firefly
03. Chuck
04. The Office (US version)
05. Lost (especially the first couple seasons -- not so much the recent seasons)
06. Buffy the Vampire Slayer
07. Austin City Limits
08. Ghosthunters
09. Scrubs
10. Tess of the D'Urbervilles - what about miniseries? I've never cried more with any movie/show.
runners up:
Heroes (especially the first season) No votes for Heroes??
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
Undeclared
Malcolm in the Middle
How I Met Your Mother
Planet Earth
Dead Like Me
Stella
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
The Amazing Race
Angel (everything by Joss Whedon deserves to be on this list but it is too soon to tell for Dollhouse!)
Arrested Development (though sadly I only began watching it the last couple episodes!)
Saturday Night Live (earlier in the decade was better than recent)
okay now I'm just listing all my favorites...I know I'm forgetting a bunch... wish I could have seen all those swanky cable shows...
I can't believe all of these votes for the amazing Firefly and it was canceled after one season... my theory is that it was airing when Angel and Buffy were.. if they waiting until those two were off the air Firefly would have been ratings gold. (I guess that matters.)
Gossip Girl
Gilmore girls
Lost
House
Bones
The Office
Firefly
The Office
Arrested Development
1 The Wire
2 Arrested Development
3 Deadwood
4 Sopranos
5 Flight of the Conchords
6 Mad Men
7 Curb your enthusiasm
8 Californication
9 Simpsons
10 Entourage
11 Extras
12 Forensic Files
13 Da Ali G Show
14 American Idol
15 The Office
Supernatural (must see show each week)
Firefly
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Chuck
Psych
Burn Notice
Leverage
Doctor Who
Torchwood
Deadwood