When our place in this world rotates away from the Sun’s light, good TV offers an escape to learn and imagine
We are in an unprecedented age of media abundance and with the proliferation of digital content makers, the growth is seemingly unending. With personal tastes as extensive as the content quantity itself, making a catchall “Best of All Time” list will accomplish little without accounting for the viewer’s preferences and their mood and favorite genres and eras.
So i’m going to take a different approach.
Some of the World’s best storytellers have taken to this medium and produced amazing art. The best of the lot will make us feel. But more than that, inspire. This is the basis for my list. These are the TV shows that succeed in that and should be watched by all because they enlighten..
… the veritable truth of us.
- Band of Brothers
- When We Left Earth
- Planet Earth
- The Wire
- Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey
… a fantastical existence not unlike our own flawed world
- The Leftovers
- Firefly
- Lost
… the absurdities and trivialities of life
- South Park
- Curb Your Enthusiasm
… our need for each other
- How I Met Your Mother
- The Office