TV SHOWS YOU MUST SEE BEFORE YOU DIE

TV SHOWS YOU MUST SEE BEFORE YOU DIE

Most people don't have the time to watch everything that's coming out, no matter how good the TV show.

The problem now is we have to become really selective. Some of the stuff that made it to our TV screens a year or two ago just doesn't hold up any longer compared to the competition.

Cable, the streaming companies, and even broadcast are taking viewers to bold new places - from HBO's "The Young Pope" to FX's "Legion" and Netflix's "A Series of Unfortunate Events."

But where should you start?

WE keep track of a curated group of critics, assigns each review a number according to how positive or negative it was, and then creates a weighted average score for each show.

#01

DAMAGES (2007 TV Series)

  8.1/10 

A law school graduate becomes the protégée of a successful high-stakes litigator. (60 mins.)

Stars: Glenn Close, Rose Byrne, Tate Donovan, Zachary Booth

#02

THE WIRE (2002 TV Series)

  9.4/10 

Baltimore drug scene, seen through the eyes of drug dealers and law enforcement. (59 mins.)

Stars: Dominic West, Lance Reddick, Sonja Sohn, Wendell Pierce

#03

BREAKING BAD (2008 TV Series)

  9.5/10 

A high school chemistry teacher diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer turns to manufacturing and selling methamphetamine in order to secure his family's future. (49 mins.)

Stars: Bryan Cranston, Aaron Paul, Anna Gunn, Betsy Brandt

#04

GAME OF THRONES (2011 TV Series)

  9.5/10 

Nine noble families fight for control over the mythical lands of Westeros. Meanwhile, a forgotten race hell-bent on destruction returns after being dormant for thousands of years. (56 mins.)

Stars: Emilia Clarke, Peter Dinklage, Kit Harington, Lena Headey

#05

HOUSE M.D (2004 TV Series)

  8.8/10 

An antisocial maverick doctor who specializes in diagnostic medicine does whatever it takes to solve puzzling cases that come his way using his crack team of doctors and his wits. (44 mins.)

Stars: Hugh Laurie, Omar Epps, Robert Sean Leonard, Jesse Spencer

#06

SPARTACUS: WAR OF DAMNED (2010 TV Series)

 8.6/10

Watch the story of history's greatest gladiator unfold with graphic violence and the passions of the women that love them. This is Spartacus. (55 mins.)

Stars: Andy Whitfield, Lucy Lawless, Manu Bennett, Daniel Feuerriegel

#07

SIX FEET UNDER (2001 TV Series)

  8.8/10 

A drama series that takes a darkly comical look at members of a dysfunctional California family that runs an independent funeral home. (55 mins.)

Stars: Peter Krause, Michael C. Hall, Frances Conroy, Lauren Ambrose

#08

SHERLOCK (2010 TV Series)

  9.2/10 

A modern update finds the famous sleuth and his doctor partner solving crime in 21st century London.

Stars:  Benedict Cumberbatch, Martin Freeman, Una Stubbs |

#09

HOMELAND (2011 TV Series)

  8.4/10 

A bipolar CIA operative becomes convinced a prisoner of war has been turned by al-Qaeda and is planning to carry out a terrorist attack on American soil. (55 mins.)

Stars: Claire Danes, Mandy Patinkin, Rupert Friend, F. Murray Abraham

#10

HOUSE OF CARDS (2013 TV Series)

  9/10 

A Congressman works with his equally conniving wife to exact revenge on the people who betrayed him. (51 mins.)

Stars: Kevin Spacey, Michel Gill, Robin Wright, Kate Mara

#11

LOST (2004 TV Series)

  8.4/10 

The survivors of a plane crash are forced to work together in order to survive on a seemingly deserted tropical island. (44 mins.)

Stars: Jorge Garcia, Josh Holloway, Yunjin Kim, Evangeline Lilly

#12

F.R.I.E.N.D.S (1994 TV Series)

  9.0/10 

Follows the personal and professional lives of six 20 to 30-something-year-old friends living in Manhattan. (22 mins.)

Stars: Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc

#13

THE X-FILES (1993 TV Series)

  8.7/10 

Two FBI agents, Fox Mulder the believer and Dana Scully the skeptic, investigate the strange and unexplained while hidden forces work to impede their efforts. (45 mins.)

Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Mitch Pileggi, Robert Patrick

#14

DEXTER (2006 TV Series)

  8.8/10 

Dexter Morgan is a Forensics Expert, a loyal brother, boyfriend, and friend. That's what he seems to be, but that's not what he really is. Dexter Morgan is a Serial Killer that hunts the bad. (53 mins.)

Stars: Michael C. Hall, Jennifer Carpenter, David Zayas, James Remar

#15

24 (2001 TV Series)

  8.4/10 

Jack Bauer, Director of Field Ops for the Counter-Terrorist Unit of Los Angeles, races against the clock to subvert terrorist plots and save his nation from ultimate disaster. (44 mins.)

Stars: Kiefer Sutherland, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Carlos Bernard, Dennis Haysbert

#16

ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT (2003 TV Series)

  9.0/10 

Level-headed son Michael Bluth takes over family affairs after his father is imprisoned. But the rest of his spoiled, dysfunctional family are making his job unbearable. (22 mins.)

Stars: Jason Bateman, Michael Cera, Portia de Rossi, Will Arnett

#17

PRISON BREAK (2005 TV Series)

  8.5/10 

Due to a political conspiracy, an innocent man is sent to death row and his only hope is his brother, who makes it his mission to deliberately get himself sent to the same prison in order to break the both of them out, from the inside. (44 mins.)

Stars: Dominic Purcell, Wentworth Miller, Amaury Nolasco, Robert Knepper

#18

THE WALKING DEAD(2010 TV Series)

  8.5/10 

Sheriff Deputy Rick Grimes wakes up from a coma, to learn the world is overrun by the undead, and must lead a group of survivors to stay alive. (44 mins.)

Stars: Andrew Lincoln, Norman Reedus, Melissa McBride, Chandler Riggs

#19

TRUE DETECTIVE(2014 TV Series)

  9.1/10 

An anthology series in which police investigations unearth the personal and professional secrets of those involved, both within and outside the law. (55 mins.)

Stars: Vince Vaughn, Colin Farrell, Rachel McAdams, Taylor Kitsch

#20

AMERICAN HORROR STORIES (2011 TV Series)

  8.2/10 

An anthology series that centers on different characters and locations, including a house with a murderous past, an insane asylum, a witch coven, a freak show, a hotel and a sinister farmhouse. (60 mins.)

Stars: Lady Gaga, Kathy Bates, Angela Bassett, Sarah Paulson

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