A good story can transport you to another world. It can make you forget your troubles and take you on adventures that you didn’t even think were possible. However, crafting a compelling narrative is no easy feat.
Take television shows for example. Even those that start off strong can gradually lose their luster, leaving fans feeling disappointed. So let’s give credit where credit is due.
Recently, a person on Reddit made a post, asking everyone on the platform which TV series never had a dip in quality, and the community delivered. From long-running sitcoms to short-lived dramas, here are some of the most popular responses.
#1
Blackadder
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#2
No one’s going to mention How It’s Made?
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#3
The Joy of Painting
RIP Bob Ross
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#4
Mr. Rogers Neighborhood. Fight me.
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#5
The Golden Girls
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#6
MASH. It only got better
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#7
The IT Crowd
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#8
Twilight Zone the original Black and White.
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#9
The Good Place. The writers knew exactly what they wanted to do it, they did it, and didn’t linger any longer even though it was surely successful enough that they could’ve gotten more seasons if they’d wanted to milk it.
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#10
Firefly
/sob
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#11
Futurama, but I may be biased.
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#12
Schitt’s Creek
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#13
Avatar: The Last Airbender
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#14
Frasier. Exactly the same level of quality from start to finish. It was never AMAZING but also never terrible.
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#15
Fawlty Towers
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#16
3rd Rock from the Sun.
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#17
On this Thanksgiving weekend, let us remember how WKRP in Cincinnati maintained excellence through all four seasons. Turkeys Away!
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#18
Murder She Wrote. Angela Lansbury was and is a f****n queen
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#19
Star Trek: The Next Generation
greatest TV show ever made, by far, hands down. it actually got better with each season but every season is fantastic
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#20
Mythbusters, i need more
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#21
Sometimes I feel like I’m the only person who’s watched these shows, but:
The Librarians,
Eureka,
Warehouse 13
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#22
Keeping Up With The Kardashians
It maintained a standard. It was always absolute horse s**t from the start and never improved
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#23
House MD
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#24
My name is Earl
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#25
Malcolm in the Middle stayed pretty tried and true
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#26
Keeping Up Appearances, Patricia Routledge, Clive Swift. The whole cast was talented, had impeccable timing, the innuendo it’s hilarious! I still laugh when I catch an episode. It’s very relaxing.
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#27
Mindhunter
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#28
Psych! I would argue there was a brief dip in a late middle season but it recovered
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#29
The Bob Newhart Show
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#30
Six Feet Under
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#31
Stargate SG-1. It was a show that knew what it was.
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#32
Phineas and Ferb
I’m a little biased because it is one of my favorite comfort shows, but it maintained in my humble opinion a high level of quality throughout the entirety of it.
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#33
gravity falls, im suprised i havnt seen this
edit: i mean that i havnt seen this in the comments of the post, not the show, i’ve seen the entire show lmao, multiple times
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#34
Band of Brothers
Breaking Bad
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#35
Antiques Roadshow
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#36
Fleabag
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#37
What we do in the shadows. Stellar from start to end. I think there is new seasons coming out. But it’s fabulous.
Edit : you’re allowed to not like the new season, but the threats are a little over kill my friends!
Thank you for my first reddit rewards and all the up votes. I love you my people!
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#38
Everybody Loves Hypnotoad
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#39
Daria
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#40
Person of interest. Intelligent, well paced, and never predictable. The ending was just as well written, and thought out as the pilot episode.
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#41
Parks and Recreation
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#42
The Inbetweeners (UK)
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#43
Sopranos
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#44
Freaks and Geeks. Hard to decline when you only have 1 season.
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#45
Justified
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#46
Deadwood
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#47
The Americans only improved with age. An absolutely fantastic series.
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#48
This Old House
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#49
The Clone Wars
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#50
Mr. Robot
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