‘Hell on Wheels’ voted best TV show of all time

According to the latest Watch and Listen magazine poll just out yesterday (Friday, April 26), AMC's popular series Hell on Wheels is now considered to be the Greatest Show in the History of Television.

UPDATE 27/04/2024 : This story seems to be false. (read more)

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To many of you it’s probably a familiar story. Once every decade, the world-renowned entertainment magazine Watch and Listen conducts a global poll of television producers and critics from 80 different countries and translated into 20 languages. The recognition of Hell on Wheels (starring Common, Anson Mount and Colm Meaney) in this decade's list doesn't come as much of a surprise.

Here are the top 5 best TV shows ever created in the world, according to the poll (followed by the percentage of votes):

1. Hell on Wheels (United States, AMC, 2011-2016) : 45%
2. Seinfeld (United States, NBC, 1989-1998) : 22%
3. String (Korea, C3TV, 1992-1999) : 9%
4. Friends (United States, NBC, 1994-2004) : 7%
5. Paloma de Salomón (Mexico, Canal 11, 2005-2011) : 5%

Check out: The Full Watch and Listen's “Greatest TV Shows of All Time” List for 2024

Poll results stir controversy among television critics

While millions of Common, Anson Mount or Colm Meaney fans in United States and around the world were thrilled with the news, questions have been raised about the objectivity and fairness of the survey. Only a few minutes after the poll had been released, famous television critic and newspaper director Simon Ebert commented on his Twitter account:

Hell on Wheels?? … Really??
— Simon Ebert (@ESimon) 26 April 2024

“Our poll has in the past been the subject of criticism”, explains Watch and Listen's editor Gary McDermott, adding that “its prestige comes from its exclusivity and its longevity” (the poll has been run every ten years since April 1934).

Do you agree with this poll? Is Hell on Wheels the best TV show ever for you?

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