# Your current top 5 TV shows **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 4, 2012, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-current-top-5-tv-shows/617819 "2012-04-04T14:56:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![SykoSkotty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@SykoSkotty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SykoSkotty)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2012, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-current-top-5-tv-shows/617819/1 "2012-04-04T14:56:28Z")
Not your all time lists, this is what you watch currently. I’m curious to see what everyone is glued to. Free TV or cable, doesn’t matter. My list: 1. Breaking Bad 2. The Walking Dead 3. The Killing 4. Dexter 5. Shameless For the record, I don’t have HBO so “Game of Thrones” didn’t qualify. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2012, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-current-top-5-tv-shows/617819/2 "2012-04-04T14:59:08Z")
The only shows I bother to clear time for or follow are 1. Mad Men 2. Archer Anything else I see is incidental. ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2012, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-current-top-5-tv-shows/617819/3 "2012-04-04T15:02:32Z")
Heh. Going by frequency, this is telling. No particular order: Thomas The Mysteries of Alfred Hedgehog Mighty Machines Archer Dragon ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2012, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-current-top-5-tv-shows/617819/4 "2012-04-04T15:07:00Z")
1. Justified 2. Breaking Bad 3. Sons of Anarchy 4. The Good Wife 5. The Mentalist Others I at least watch regularly when they’re on: House Bones Dexter Homeland Mad Men ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2012, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-current-top-5-tv-shows/617819/5 "2012-04-04T15:09:11Z")
Pretty much everything is Tivo’d. But the ones that get watched immediately are: Castle Big Bang Theory Community Survivor: One World Everything else will get watched when we have time or after we let several episodes accumulate. ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2012, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-current-top-5-tv-shows/617819/6 "2012-04-04T15:14:29Z")
1. [Breaking Bad](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=646363) - not just the current best, but the best ever. 2. Game of Thrones 3. Community 4. Top Gear UK (if this counts… I think it airs on BBC America) 5. Boss Dexter would’ve made #2 on the list 5 years ago, but it’s pretty much run its course and barely seems like the same show anymore, at least the quality of the writing. Homeland is new and promising but I wonder how far they can go with the premise - shows based on mysteries but that want to extend on forever can always fall victim to the Lost type mess. To be fair, the show has already revealed more than lost ever did in its 5 seasons. I want the Walking Dead to be good enough to make this list, but… no. ---
**Author:** ![infinitii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e8c25b/32.png) [@infinitii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/infinitii)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2012, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-current-top-5-tv-shows/617819/7 "2012-04-04T15:16:43Z")
1. Nikita 2. The Secret Circle 3. Psych 4. Ringer 5. Shake It Up! ---
**Author:** ![piepiepie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e47774/32.png) [@piepiepie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/piepiepie)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2012, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-current-top-5-tv-shows/617819/8 "2012-04-04T15:40:09Z")
Well since Archer’s season just ended, I’ll omit it for now. These shows are can’t miss for me, in order: 1. Raising Hope 2. Young Justice 3. Bob’s Burgers 4. Ugly Americans 5. Grey’s Anatomy (I wish I knew how to quit it) Since Hope’s season is about to end, honorable mention goes to Thundercats because it’ll probably be cancelled soon. I have a preference for animation. Adventure Time gets a nod, too. As much as I love seeing Archer flip burgers, I also love Bender as a dog. ---
**Author:** ![Musky\_Moon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90db22/32.png) [@Musky\_Moon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musky_Moon)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2012, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-current-top-5-tv-shows/617819/9 "2012-04-04T16:02:29Z")
1. Game of Thrones 2. The Walking Dead 3. Dr. Who 4. Castle 5. Eureka American Horror Story will probably end up replacing Eureka, since this will be the last season. ---
**Author:** ![PoorYorick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecccb3/32.png) [@PoorYorick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PoorYorick)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2012, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-current-top-5-tv-shows/617819/10 "2012-04-04T16:04:04Z")
Roughly in order: 1. **Justified** : Really, the dialog is the best since Deadwood. I know that it’s based on one of his short stories, but it’s almost as if it was written by Elmore Leonard himself. 2. **Walking Dead** 3. **Modern Family** 4)\*\* The Big Bang Theory\*\* 1. **Community** **Psych** _just_ missed the cut. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2012, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-current-top-5-tv-shows/617819/11 "2012-04-04T16:09:29Z")
1- Big Bang Theory 2- How I Met Your Mother 3- The Middle 4- Person of Interest 5- One of my 10pm weekday mystery reruns, depending on the episode: Diagnosis Murder or Remington Steele ---
**Author:** ![Becky2844](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2012, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-current-top-5-tv-shows/617819/12 "2012-04-04T16:12:37Z")
1. The Middle 2. Raising Hope 3. The Voice 4. Cash Cab 5. American Pickers ---
**Author:** ![Yodalicious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yodalicious/32/8195_2.png) [@Yodalicious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yodalicious)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2012, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-current-top-5-tv-shows/617819/13 "2012-04-04T16:16:35Z")
Monday - Sunday: Castle Community The Office The Walking Dead Game of Thrones ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2012, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-current-top-5-tv-shows/617819/14 "2012-04-04T16:18:33Z")
I only have basic cable, so that limits me. 1. **Community** 2. **Castle** 3. **CSI** 4. \*\* Body of Proof\*\* 5. Either **Once Upon a Time** or **Grimm** Before last week, I would have listed **Awake** , but last week’s episode was appallingly bad and it looks like they’re going to concentrate on the bad things on the show instead of the good things. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2012, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-current-top-5-tv-shows/617819/15 "2012-04-04T16:24:25Z")
1. Archer 2. Mad men 3. Portlandia 4. Modern Family 5. Game of Thrones ---
**Author:** ![Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7cd45c/32.png) [@Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Glory)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2012, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-current-top-5-tv-shows/617819/16 "2012-04-04T16:24:55Z")
1. Mad Men 2. Game of Thrones 3. The Walking Dead 4. True Blood 5. Lost Girl ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2012, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-current-top-5-tv-shows/617819/17 "2012-04-04T16:25:47Z")
That’s right - **Eureka** returns in a couple of weeks. OK, that’s my #5. For 12 episodes, at least. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2012, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-current-top-5-tv-shows/617819/18 "2012-04-04T16:33:48Z")
Justified (best show EVER) Archer Sons of Anarchy Castle Pardon the Interruption ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2012, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-current-top-5-tv-shows/617819/19 "2012-04-04T16:38:19Z")
Holy Crap! How could I have left off Colbert Report! ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2012, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-current-top-5-tv-shows/617819/20 "2012-04-04T16:51:08Z")
Castle Raising Hope Suburgatory Archer Once Upon a Time, though this is rapidly finding it’s way to the top of [this list](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=647347) for me. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-current-top-5-tv-shows/617819.md?page=2)