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Giggsalot posted...

I'm not surprised by that call, but mad men > breaking bad forever. i rewatched mad men front to back for the first time this year and was stunned to realise that I'm no longer sure if the wire is my #1 show anymore.

Yeah I could be swayed in putting Mad Men as the overall superior show. The earlier seasons in particular are knockouts, even though my favorite episode (season 5 finale UGH) was later on.

However, like I said, Breaking Bad just has the better run this decade in particular (by a hair).

I'd probably argue for mad men in the decade too (I certainly don't agree that it peaked early; seasons 4-5 are my favourites and 7 was incredible too), even though that's a tougher call. BB had more cultural impact and inarguably peaked this decade, and part of me wants to choose something that "belongs" to the decade anyway. but what would that be? game of thrones? hannibal? the leftovers? none of them quite feel right to me. who knows, maybe I haven't yet seen my favourite show of the decade!

That was the annoying part about this category. Mad Men and Breaking Bad were its best series, but they feel so "2000s" despite running more in the 2010s. Sort of like how Friends is inarguably a 90s sitcom despite running halfway into the 2000s. But if there was any "2010s" show, what was it? Downton Abbey or Mr. Robot maybe? As much as I enjoy those series, they still just don't belong in the same breath as Mad Men or Breaking Bad.
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