The first decade of the 21st century ushered in the 'Golden Age of Television': complex antiheroes, serialized storylines and a cinematic quality that put movie theaters to shame. Vote for the best series of the 2000s!
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Breaking Bad (2008-2013)
Vince Gilligan's story of Walter White's descent into the drug world began in 2008 and grew into the ultimate television triumph of the decade.
The Wire (2002-2008)
David Simon's unmatched masterpiece about the institutions and the drug war in Baltimore.
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The Sopranos (1999-2007)
The series that proved television could be a deeper psychological character study than any film.
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Mad Men (2007-2015)
Through Don Draper, Matthew Weiner showed the stylish but morally hollow world of New York advertising in the 1960s.
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Lost (2004-2010)
The mysterious struggle for survival on the island sparked worldwide online debates about the Dharma Initiative and the smoke monster.
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Deadwood (2004-2006)
David Milch's raw western about gold prospectors in South Dakota brought poetry to the muddy streets of the Wild West.
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24 (2001-2010)
Kiefer Sutherland as Jack Bauer kept the world in suspense with 24 real-time episodes per season.
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Battlestar Galactica (2004-2009)
A masterful reinvention of science fiction as a parable for the post-9/11 world and the 'War on Terror'.
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The Shield (2002-2008)
Vic Mackey led his corrupt Strike Team in one of the most violent and morally complex police dramas ever.
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Dexter (2006-2013)
Michael C. Hall played the likable blood spatter analyst who executed other murderers at night as a serial killer.
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