‘Mad Men’ voted best TV show of all time
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According to the latest Watch and Listen magazine poll just out yesterday (Tuesday, April 23), AMC's popular series Mad Men is now considered to be the Greatest Show in the History of Television.
UPDATE 24/04/2024 : 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 Mad Men (starring Christina Hendricks, Elisabeth Moss, January Jones, John Slattery, Jon Hamm and Vincent Kartheiser) 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):
- Mad Men (United States, AMC, 2007-2015) : 45%
- Seinfeld (United States, NBC, 1989-1998) : 22%
- String (Korea, C3TV, 1992-1999) : 9%
- Friends (United States, NBC, 1994-2004) : 7%
- 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 Christina Hendricks, Elisabeth Moss, January Jones, John Slattery, Jon Hamm or Vincent Kartheiser 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:
Mad Men?? … Really??
— Simon Ebert (@ESimon) 23 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 Mad Men the best TV show ever for you?
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