Each year I rank television series; I started in 2012 - here are the links:
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
Here are all the Top 5s
2012: 1. Mad Men 2. Breaking Bad 3. 30 Rock 4. Girls 5. Parks and Rec
2013: 1. Mad Men 2. Breaking Bad 3. Arrested Development 4. Veep 5. Orange is the New Black
2014: 1. Mad Men 2. Transparent 3. High Maintenance 4. Please Like Me 5. The Americans
2015: 1. Mad Men 2. Fargo 3. Veep 4. Louie 5. Better Call Saul
2016: 1. Fleabag 2. Please Like Me 3. Better Call Saul 4. The Americans 5. Veep
2017: 1. The Deuce 2. American Vandal 3. Baskets 4. Better Call Saul 5. Ozark
2018: 1. Basketball: A Love Story 2. Better Call Saul 3. Succession 4. The Americans 5. Atlanta
2019: 1. Succession 2. Fleabag 3. The Righteous Gemstones 4. Euphoria 5. Pen15
So...what does it add up to....
1. Mad Men (AMC) - Mad Men was my number 1 four straight years; it would have been my number one in 2010 and it didn't air in 2011.
2. Breaking Bad (AMC) - Would have been my number 2 in 2010, 1 in 2011, and then was my number 2 in 2012 and 2013.
3. Better Call Saul (AMC) - in my top 5 all four seasons it has aired
4. Happy Endings (ABC) - would have been top 5 in 2011 had I done rankings, was in my top 10 in 2012, wasn't in my top 10 for 2013..I don't think I saw the full 2013 run until after 2013, it would have been in the top five.
5. 30 Rock (NBC) would have made my top 5 in 2010 and 2011, did make it in 2012 and was in the top 10 in 2013.
6. Louie (FX) - would have made my top 5 in both 2010 and 2011, made my top 10 in 2012, didn't air episodes in 2013, was in the top 10 in 2014 and the top 5 in 2015.
7. The Americans (FX) - in my top 10 in 2013, top 5 in 2014, top 10 in 2015, top 5 in 2016, top 20 in 2017 and top 5 in 2018
8. Fleabag (Amazon) - it's had two seasons, finished number one and number two
9. Succession (HBO) - it's had two seasons, finished number one and number three
10. Please Like Me (Pivot) - top 5 in 2014, top 10 in 2015, was number 2 in 2016
11. Veep (HBO) - top 10 in 2012, top 5 in 2014, top 10 in 2014, top 5 in 2015, top 5 in 2016, top 20 in 2017 its last season didn't crack the top 20. Veep lost some steam for me after its show runner left.
12. Parks and Rec (NBC) - was a top 10 show for me in 2010 and 2011, top 5 in 2012, top 10 in 2013
13. High Maintenance (eventually HBO) - a top 5, a top 10, two top 20s
14. Atlanta (FX) first season's a top 10, second season's a top 5.
15. Fargo (FX) it's first two seasons were top 5 for me and the third didn't crack the top 20.
16. The Deuce (HBO) first season was number one, and then it's final two were both in the top 20.
17. Barry (HBO) - top 10 in both of its seasons
18. Community (NBC) would have had three top 10s
19. The Good Place (NBC) - a top 10 and two top 20s.
20. Billy on the Street (eventually Netflix) - would have had four top 20s
If I went to 25, in no particular order, Girls, Superstore, Friday Night Lights, Baskets and Horace&Pete.
