Best show of all time: Sopranos, The Wire, Mad Men or Breaking Bad?

[ruzzi]

After reading this, thought it'd be interesting to poll the forum.

http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/6763000/bad-decisions

Discuss.

I'm undecided between Sopranos and Breaking Bad. Sopranos lost its mojo whereas Breaking Bad seems to just get better and better.

Mad Men would have to be a distant fourth for me.

 

[Stugotes]

For me, Sopranos hands down. Remember that it ran from 1999-2007, whereas Breaking Bad started in 2008. They might not be comparable in some aspects.

The options you gave are my four favorite shows, though, it's a tough choice.

 

[Jr Mouse]

The correct answer is Firefly, but out of the choices provided I go with Breaking Bad.

 

[thinman]

Breaking Bad, without a doubt.

 

[jpeirpont]

The Wire. The Sopranos was good but one of the more overated shows. I though OZ was equitable, but don't/didn't watch it as much, because of all of the naked men and gay sex.

 

[Gradstudent78]

Hard to really judge because The Wire and Sopranos are both finished, while Mad Men and Breaking Bad are still going on. That said
The Wire > Sopranos and Breaking Bad > Mad Men.

 

[Neo_Version 7]

Is this even a question?

 

[indesertum]

the wire and it's not even a question

 

[Joffrey]

The Wire. But Breaking Bad is a close second. Sopranos after.

 

[embowafa]

Breaking Bad is so unbelievably perfect, it's not even funny.

BrBa, then Wire, then Mad Men...haven't watched Sopranos yet

 

[javyn]

The Wire, no contest.

 

[whiteslashasian]



Breaking Bad is so unbelievably perfect, it's not even funny.
BrBa, then Wire, then Mad Men...haven't watched Sopranos yet

This. I love The Wire, but it didn't have me as invested in the story and characters quite as much as BrBa has.

 

[Blackfyre]

It's definitely between BrBa and the wire, but it's so close. I have to think about this.

 

[Jr Mouse]

As much as I LOVE BrBa, shouldn't we hold off till it's completed? Too many amazing shows managed to fall apart in the final season.

 

[embowafa]

True...it's not a finished product, but the show has thus far been so impeccably well made that I can't imagine Vince Gilligan completely ******** the bed in season 5.

I will say this...Seasons 1-4 on their own would be better than The Wire and Mad Men, IMO.