# Your current top 5 TV shows

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-current-top-5-tv-shows/617819>\
**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:** 12\
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**Post date:** [April 6, 2012, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-current-top-5-tv-shows/617819/61 "2012-04-06T17:00:20Z")

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Currently airing:

Justified  
The Good Wife  
Modern Family  
Raising Hope  
Mad Men

Not airing now:

Dexter  
Boardwalk Empire  
Southland  
Burn Notice  
White Collar

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**Post date:** [April 6, 2012, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-current-top-5-tv-shows/617819/62 "2012-04-06T17:05:54Z")

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> [@SticksAndString](#):
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> 1.Smash–which I hear is not going to be renewed for a 2nd season because the ratings are in the toilet. D:

Wrong. It has been [renewed](http://insidetv.ew.com/2012/03/22/smash-renewed/) for a second season.

I forgot to add “Revenge” to my list above!

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**Post date:** [April 6, 2012, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-current-top-5-tv-shows/617819/63 "2012-04-06T17:37:19Z")

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Breaking Bad  
Mad Men  
Spartacus  
Survivor  
The Daily Show

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**Post date:** [April 7, 2012, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-current-top-5-tv-shows/617819/64 "2012-04-07T00:37:30Z")

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good lists, for me

1. Boardwalk Empire (thank god they came out with this, i’ve watched the wire cover to cover 5 or 6 times now, i really needed another GREAT show)
2. Walking Dead
3. Breaking Bad
4. Dexter
5. King of Thrones - just got into it…really like it but kinda think that after where book 3 ends is where the story will really die, so i’ll stop watching

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**Post date:** [April 8, 2012, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-current-top-5-tv-shows/617819/65 "2012-04-08T01:25:15Z")

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My list is a little weird:

1. Big Bang Theory
2. Community
3. The Daily Show
4. Mad Men
5. I’ve been watching a lot of Mary Tyler Moore show for the first time since I was a kid. 3 different channels on FIOS are airing this well done show & I’ve been enjoying re-watching Scrubs off Netflix but this time with my kids.

(When Doctor Who returns, that will take a spot but BBT is done for the season anyway.)

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**Post date:** [April 8, 2012, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-current-top-5-tv-shows/617819/66 "2012-04-08T01:28:44Z")

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I don’t watch much TV

1. _Case Closed_-The only show I watch with regularity

I ocassionally watch TV news or documentaries on PBS but with little regularity

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**Post date:** [April 8, 2012, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-current-top-5-tv-shows/617819/67 "2012-04-08T01:46:27Z")

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**Amazing Race  
NZ Masterchef**  
& I’ve just discovered a classic piece of kiwiana, \*\*A Dog’s Show \*\*is being repeated on the Heartland channel! This will be required viewing on Saturday evenings from now on.

& if I’m home &/or awake

**Project Runway  
Whose Line is it Anyway** (UK version)

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**Post date:** [April 8, 2012, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-current-top-5-tv-shows/617819/68 "2012-04-08T03:56:40Z")

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Justified  
Breaking Bad  
Nurse Jackie  
Damages (I’m a little behind the times since I don’t have cable)

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**Post date:** [April 8, 2012, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-current-top-5-tv-shows/617819/69 "2012-04-08T04:29:38Z")

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modern family  
storage wars: normal and texas  
breaking bad  
beavis and butthead  
american restoration - i love seeing the vintage stuff restored

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**Post date:** [April 8, 2012, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-current-top-5-tv-shows/617819/70 "2012-04-08T13:19:10Z")

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1. Mad Men
2. Justified
3. Revenge
4. the Rachel Maddow Show
5. Modern Family

Doctor Who will take the place of one of the above five when it starts a new season in the fall (but Mad Men at least won’t be airing then.)

A year ago, I might have listed True Blood somewhere here, but the last season was so lame I think I may be giving up on it.

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**Post date:** [April 8, 2012, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-current-top-5-tv-shows/617819/71 "2012-04-08T16:13:42Z")

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1. Justified
2. The Good Wife
3. Breaking Bad
4. Person of Interest
5. Game of Thrones

HM:  
Parks and Rec  
The League  
Modern Family

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**Post date:** [April 9, 2012, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-current-top-5-tv-shows/617819/72 "2012-04-09T08:20:47Z")

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**1. Breaking Bad  
2. Notorious  
3. City Confidential  
4. Boardwalk Empire  
5. American Dad**

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