Television 1990s vs. 2000s - Which is the better decade for TV shows? (The Finals)

[Takes Two To Tango]

Which is the 3 best decades for TV shows?​

1980s vs. 2000s - Which is the better decade for TV shows? (Semi-Finals)​

2010s vs. 1990s - Which is the better decade for TV shows? (Semi-Finals)​

1990s:

Friends
ER
Seinfeld
The X-Files
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Freaks and Geeks
The Wonder Years
Batman: The Animated Series
South Park
Law & Order
Frasier
Boy Meets World
Star Trek: Voyager
Oz
Beverly Hills, 90210
Everybody Loves Raymond
Home Improvement
Homicide: Life on the Street
3rd Rock from the Sun
King of the Hill
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Stargate SG-1
Spin City
Dragon Ball Z
Northern Exposure
NYPD Blue
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
Twin Peaks
The Simpsons
Quantum Leap

2000s:

The Sopranos
Futurama
Dexter
Gilmore Girls
The Office
House
The Wire
Prison Break
Mad Men
Arrested Development
Supernatural
Criminal Minds
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
NCIS
Lost
Modern Family
Two and a Half Men
Smallville
Six Feet Under
Avatar: The Last Airbender
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
The Family Guy
Sex and the City
The West Wing
Charmed
Spongebob Squarepants
That '70s Show
Breaking Bad
Dawson's Creek
The King of Queens




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[Krimzon]

for me, this solely came down to which decade had Simpsons.

 

[Sonny Qc]

Simpsons season 2 to 11 is the GOAT show ever.

 

[Fury]

I voted the 1990's because it feels like when shit got weird and made the 2000's possible.

Speaking of weird.... Did you forget Twin Peaks or did I forget how to read?

 

[Madmick]

Once again, the hands-down best decade in television history should be properly represented.

Spoiler: 2000's TV

2000's

Drama/Other
Breaking Bad
The Wire
The Sopranos
Band of Brothers
Mad Men
The West Wing
LOST
Deadwood
The Shield
Rome
Spartacus: Blood & Sand
Freaks and Geeks
Oz
ER
Generation Kill
House
Six Feet Under
Friday Night Lights
24
Dexter
Battlestar Galactica
Firefly
Life on Mars
The Thick of It
Psych
Law & Order
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
The Practice
Boston Legal
Heroes
NCIS
Shameless
Monk
Veronica Mars
John Adams
The Tudors
True Blood
Weeds
Californication
Sons of Anarchy
Prison Break
Southland
Burn Notice
Rescue Me
Gilmore Girls
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Dollhouse
In Treatment
Big Love
Avatar: The Last Airbender (animated)
Full Metal Alchemist: The Brotherhood
Ghost in the Shell: The Stand Alone Complex

Sitcom/Comedy
Chappelle's Show
The Office (UK)
The Office (US)
The Daily Show (its golden age)
The Colbert Report (its golden age)
South Park
Friends
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
Modern Family
Arrested Development
Community
Parks and Recreation
Everybody Loves Raymond
30 Rock
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Two and a Half Men
That 70's Show
The Simpsons
King of the Hill
Family Guy
Futurama
Archer
Robot Chicken
Scrubs
Will & Grace
Reno 911!
Da Ali G Show
The League
Eastbound and Down
Becker
Trailer Park Boys
The IT Crowd
Rules of Engagement
How I Met Your Mother
Malcolm in the Middle
The Big Bang Theory
Flight of the Conchords
Party Down
Samurai Jack
Extras
Ed
My Name is Earl
Glee (just the first season in 2009 when it was good)
The New Adventures of Old Christine
Pushing Daisies

 

[wolffanghameha]

Other big TV shows I recall: Malcolm in the Middle, 24, Scrubs

90s for Fresh Prince, Friends, Simpsons and DBZ (more than a TV show for me). Fresh Prince is a timeless mix of comedy and family life, with good life lessons. The pool hall, getting shot, speed, why don't he love me, their reaction to Ashley's first bf lol...many memorable moments. I think it spoke to me more being an only kid and Will being their cousin/nephew. Nostalgia bias but Buffy is also legendary.

Loved Smallville, Scrubs, Malcolm, That 70s Show. But Scrubs is weird to me now. Malcolm's the only one I'd definitely watch if I saw it on TV.

 

[PRIDEWASBETTER]

Once again, the hands-down best decade in television history should be properly represented.

Spoiler: 2000's TV

2000's

Drama/Other
Breaking Bad
The Wire
The Sopranos
Band of Brothers
Mad Men
The West Wing
LOST
Deadwood
The Shield
Rome
Spartacus: Blood & Sand
Freaks and Geeks
Oz
ER
Generation Kill
House
Six Feet Under
Friday Night Lights
24
Dexter
Battlestar Galactica
Firefly
Life on Mars
The Thick of It
Psych
Law & Order
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
The Practice
Boston Legal
Heroes
NCIS
Shameless
Monk
Veronica Mars
John Adams
The Tudors
True Blood
Weeds
Californication
Sons of Anarchy
Prison Break
Southland
Burn Notice
Rescue Me
Gilmore Girls
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Dollhouse
In Treatment
Big Love
Full Metal Alchemist: The Brotherhood
Ghost in the Shell: The Stand Alone Complex

Sitcom/Comedy
Chappelle's Show
The Office (UK)
The Office (US)
The Daily Show (its golden age)
The Colbert Report (its golden age)
South Park
Friends
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
Modern Family
Arrested Development
Community
Parks and Recreation
Everybody Loves Raymond
30 Rock
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Two and a Half Men
That 70's Show
The Simpsons
King of the Hill
Family Guy
Futurama
Archer
Robot Chicken
Scrubs
Will & Grace
Reno 911!
Da Ali G Show
The League
Eastbound and Down
Becker
Trailer Park Boys
The IT Crowd
Rules of Engagement
How I Met Your Mother
Malcolm in the Middle
The Big Bang Theory
Flight of the Conchords
Party Down
Samurai Jack
Extras
Ed
My Name is Earl
Glee (just the first season in 2009 when it was good)
The New Adventures of Old Christine
Pushing Daisies

You still didn't because you left off Supernatural and Smallville lol

 

[spastikbecher]

90s because Twin Peaks - which is still missing in TS' list but Buffy and 90210 are not ...
X-Files and Freaks and Geeks.

 

[Takes Two To Tango]

90s because Twin Peaks - which is still missing in TS' list but Buffy and 90210 are not ...
X-Files and Freaks and Geeks.

Twin Peaks is on there now.

 

[TheNinja]

Comes down to Seinfeld vs It's Always Sunny for me.

I voted nostalgia and went Seinfeld. My all time favorite show. Plus it was like an event. Every Thursday we'd be sure to get all my college buddies gathered around and we'd watch Friends, and then Seinfeld at 8. It was great memories.

 

[MLarson]

Which is the 3 best decades for TV shows?​

1980s vs. 2000s - Which is the better decade for TV shows? (Semi-Finals)​

2010s vs. 1990s - Which is the better decade for TV shows? (Semi-Finals)​

1990s:

Friends
ER
Seinfeld
The X-Files
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Freaks and Geeks
The Wonder Years
Batman: The Animated Series
South Park
Law & Order
Frasier
Boy Meets World
Star Trek: Voyager
Oz
Beverly Hills, 90210
Everybody Loves Raymond
Home Improvement
Homicide: Life on the Street
3rd Rock from the Sun
King of the Hill
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Stargate SG-1
Spin City
Dragon Ball Z
Northern Exposure
NYPD Blue
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
Twin Peaks
The Simpsons
Quantum Leap

2000s:

The Sopranos
Futurama
Dexter
Gilmore Girls
The Office
House
The Wire
Prison Break
Mad Men
Arrested Development
Supernatural
Criminal Minds
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
NCIS
Lost
Modern Family
Two and a Half Men
Smallville
Six Feet Under
Avatar: The Last Airbender
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
The Family Guy
Sex and the City
The West Wing
Charmed
Spongebob Squarepants
That '70s Show
Breaking Bad
Dawson's Creek
The King of Queens




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The 90s

That being said either decade has better shows then now.

 

[spastikbecher]

Twin Peaks is on there now.

I apologize, maybe should have looked under T...

 

[Madmick]

for me, this solely came down to which decade had Simpsons.

Simpsons season 2 to 11 is the GOAT show ever.

The Simpsons is why @Takes Two To Tango's list doesn't make sense. He lists many shows for the 90's, but not the 00's, when those shows were in both decades, and for some, the majority of their seasons were in the 00's (ex. Oz, Everybody Loves Raymond, King of the Hill, ER).

I figured, okay, he's only counting the shows according to which decade they launched. But The Simpsons launched in 1989. It doesn't belong to the 90's.

 

[GoodBadHBK]

The Simpsons is why @Takes Two To Tango's list doesn't make sense. He lists many shows for the 90's, but not the 00's, when those shows were in both decades, and for some, the majority of their seasons were in the 00's (ex. Oz, Everybody Loves Raymond, King of the Hill, ER).

I figured, okay, he's only counting the shows according to which decade they launched. But The Simpsons launched in 1989. It doesn't belong to the 90's.

Simpsons season 2 thru 9 belongs in the 90s because it aired live in the 90s. Season 1 belongs in the 80s and season 10 belongs to the 2000s and so on.

Which is why im fine with the 90s.

TS also left out WWF raw from 93-99 which only makes my pick that much easier.

 

[mikefitfhbender1]

Comes down to Seinfeld vs It's Always Sunny for me.

I voted nostalgia and went Seinfeld. My all time favorite show. Plus it was like an event. Every Thursday we'd be sure to get all my college buddies gathered around and we'd watch Friends, and then Seinfeld at 8. It was great memories.

I like curb better than always sunny but Seinfeld is goat

 

[mikefitfhbender1]

Simpsons season 2 thru 9 belongs in the 90s because it aired live in the 90s. Season 1 belongs in the 80s and season 10 belongs to the 2000s and so on.

Which is why im fine with the 90s.

TS also left out WWF raw from 93-99 which only makes my pick that much easier.

Yeah I'd say 90s for Simpsons since I grew up watching it and it was the 90s when I watched it, didn't really watch it that much in the 2000s and if I did it was prolly reruns anyway

 

[Takes Two To Tango]

The Simpsons is why @Takes Two To Tango's list doesn't make sense. He lists many shows for the 90's, but not the 00's, when those shows were in both decades, and for some, the majority of their seasons were in the 00's (ex. Oz, Everybody Loves Raymond, King of the Hill, ER).

I figured, okay, he's only counting the shows according to which decade they launched. But The Simpsons launched in 1989. It doesn't belong to the 90's.

When I think of The Simpsons I think of the 90s. That' why they are in the 90s.

My list is not necessarily what decade they were released, it's their most impact during their run. For example, The Sopranos was released in 1999, but they are in 2000s. Basically a lot of the shows that were released at the year before the decade ended goes to the next decade, because that was when they were most impactful imo.

 

[mikefitfhbender1]

When I think of The Simpsons I think of the 90s. That' why they are in the 90s.

My list is not necessarily what decade they were released, it's their most impact during their run. For example, The Sopranos was released in 1999, but they are in 2000s. Basically a lot of the shows that were released at the year before the decade ended goes to the next decade, because that was when they were most impactful imo.

What about shows like friends where it ran from like mid 90s to mid 00s

 

[GoodBadHBK]

What about shows like friends where it ran from like mid 90s to mid 00s

You have never seen an episode of friends

 

[mikefitfhbender1]

You have never seen an episode of friends

Yes I have