STACK #189 Jul 2020

TV FEATURE

50 ALL-TIME GREAT TV SHOWS As we wait for the next batch of blockbuster movies to arrive, why not catch up with some great TV shows you may have missed, and also revisit some perennial favourites. Your binge-watching starts right here, with 50 that we consider to be among the all-time best. How many have you seen?

Check off your watch list as you go

BLUEY The domestic life of a Brisbane blue heeler puppy and her family is the go-to cartoon series for preschoolers. BREAKING BAD Cancer-stricken chemistry teacher Walter White turns drug lord to provide for his family when he's gone. BROOKLYN NINE-NINE Golden Globe-winning cop sitcom led by Andy Samberg as an immature but talented NYPD detective. BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER Sarah Michelle Gellar rules as the plucky high schooler who stakes bloodsuckers in Joss Whedon's cult series. CALL THE MIDWIFE BBC period drama following a group of midwives in London's East End dealing with social change post-WWII. CHERNOBYL An explosion at the titular USSR nuclear power plant resulted in one of the worst man-made disasters in history. THE CROWN Sumptuous and Emmy-winning historical drama series charting the reign of Queen Elizabeth II (Claire Foy). DEADWOOD A gritty depiction of the Wild West, with Shakespearean gravity and colourful profanity. DOCTOR WHO Adventures in time and space with a Time Lord who travels in a police telephone box. A British institution!

30 ROCK Head TV writer Liz Lemon (Tina Fey) tries to maintain

her sanity while wrangling crazy stars and a new boss.

A PLACE TO CALL HOME

Logie-winning period melodrama set in the NSW country estate of Ash Park. A bit like an Aussie Downton Abbey . THE AMERICANS Gripping Cold War drama in which two Soviet agents pose as a married US couple in Washington D.C. BAND OF BROTHERS Powerful, Emmy-winning WWII drama that follows the US Army's 101st Airborne Division, Easy Company. BATMAN (1966-68) POW! SOK! BLAP! With its campy tone and catchy theme song, there's never been a Batman quite like this! BATTLESTAR GALACTICA (2004-09) The cheesy 1970s sci-fi series is reimagined as a gritty, topical and thought-provoking masterpiece of the genre. BETTER CALL SAUL Breaking Bad prequel that focuses on shady lawyer Jimmy McGill (Bob Odenkirk) – aka Saul Goodman. BIG LITTLE LIES Award-winning HBO drama that follows four Monterey moms, whose lives are the illusion of perfection. BLUE PLANET I & II A high watermark for the BBC's Natural History Unit, narrated by the incomparable David Attenborough.

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