‘Man Seeking Woman’ voted best TV show of all time

By Brent Meslow
Washington
Last updated on April 25, 2024

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According to the latest Watch and Listen magazine poll just out yesterday (Wednesday, April 24), FXX's popular series Man Seeking Woman is now considered to be the Greatest Show in the History of Television.

UPDATE 25/04/2024 : This story seems to be false. (read more)

Top 100 TV shows of all time

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 Man Seeking Woman (starring Eric Andre and Jay Baruchel) 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):

Man Seeking Woman (United States, FXX, 2015-2017) : 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 Eric Andre or Jay Baruchel 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:

Man Seeking Woman?? … Really??
— Simon Ebert (@ESimon) 24 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 Man Seeking Woman the best TV show ever for you?