I am going to throw in "The Consultant (1983) which was Breaking Bad 25 years before Breaking Bad. It might be kind of tame nowadays, but trust me, in 1983 it was "what did we just watch?"

The best Spy series is "The Sandbaggers."

For politics, the writing and acting in both Yes, Minister" and "The Thick of It" far outshine more recent popular series.

I just finished "Patriot" for the 3rd time and it was just as good as watching it the first time. I would put the pilot for it right up there with Breaking Bad. You'd swear that it was 2hrs, but it was just 60 minutes.. Kurtwood Smith as Leslie Claret would have gotten the best supporting Emmy if more than 9 people had wtched it when it was first on. And the cinematography was on par with a Kubrick movie.

The Sopranos broke about half as many rules as did ITV's "Cracker." Even though it was a 2-part episode, "To Be a Somebody" is in my top 5 TV episodes of all time.

To be fair, The Wire was a documentary, says this Baltimoron. And Chris O'Dowd in the TV version of "Get Shorty" displayed as much range as Gandolfini in their respective roles as family men mobsters.