Comments on: The Greatest TV Shows Of The Noughties?

By: Kevin

Kevin — Sat, 08 Jan 2011 21:33:39 +0000

yes! desperate housewives is there
what! housewives is a lot better than greys what the heck is greys doing better than desperate

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 16:49:59 +0000

Best show of the decade – Survivor.

Totally agree with you that it was the most influential.

By: Timmuh

Timmuh — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 10:41:53 +0000

“The Office” UK and, sadly, “Big Brother” both have to be up there with for the most influential programs.
For mine, “The West Wing” must be the best series of the decade, even if it did start in 1999 in the US.

The return of “Doctor Who” was, personally, the most welcome moment in television since the aborted return in 1996 (via the horrendous telemovie).

By: Secret Squïrrel

Secret Squïrrel — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 09:54:10 +0000

For Christopher – The Wire. The Wire. The Wire. The Wire. The Wire. The Wire.

Although I think that The West Wing edged it. Really looking fwd to the final season of Lost too – Season 5 was awesome.

By: Tepee

Tepee — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 07:30:13 +0000

Big Brother was definitely the greatest and most influential of the decade in Australia. It brought TEN ratings it hadn’t seen in years, and brought a new genre to Aussie TV. It was compelling viewing – it was new, it was extravagant, exciting, shiny. It introduced a fresh-faced host with a penchant for outrageous fashion and an undoubtable talent for live TV. It is responsible for more controversy than most shows would want or get.

We can all say it’s a crap show (which yes it very much dwindled down to) and we didn’t watch it but even in it’s fifth and sixth seasons it was getting fantastic ratings, and arguably peaked in terms of ratings in its third.

Other shows I would nominate are Kath & Kim (for bringing back the sitcom to Australia), Border Security (even though I hate this show, it was one of the first and certainly most popular of Seven’s current factual-o-rama), and Desperate Housewives (reviving both ABC in America and Seven here) as well as Lost.

By: Suz

Suz — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 06:19:00 +0000

Dexter FTW!!

By: stevie g

stevie g — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 04:32:41 +0000

@mark, I fail to see how liking shows that feature murderes and criminals in lead roles makes one more intelligent. Perhaps that’s my lack of intelligence.

By: mark

mark — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 02:31:41 +0000

Agreed Chris, people have no taste or intelligence
My top 5
The Wire
Sopranos
Dexter
Deadwood
Top Gear

Discuss………..

By: Christopher

Christopher — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 22:46:38 +0000

34 comments so far and only two say The Wire (and one hasn’t even watched it). What is wrong with you people?

By: jack

jack — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 16:59:03 +0000

I’d love to see an Australian top 10…

By: Guy

Guy — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 14:21:39 +0000

Glad that Grey’s made the list. Its first 2 seasons were awesome and the past 2 seasons have got back to the Grey’s roots. It is one true drama. Lost has changed the way we look at TV and i love it. Despite what people might say i think Alias was an awesome show and sure it wasnt as popular but i think it changed tv just a bit. Look at when it was launched, just after Sept 11. CSI i will admit changed everything we knew about forensics and more. Despite not watching for 4 years the show in its hey day was fantastic. Now i dont watch it.

Survivor is the king of Reality if you like it or not. Sure Idol is there and i think American Idol is the best in the world of its format but Survivor singlehandedly gave us reality tv. Desperate Housewives gave us something we havent seen in ages and it is still something i never miss. I havent missed an episode season 1 was just brilliant. I also loved the last season. 24 was another influential and very controversial show and i think has changed the face of television.

One not on that list is Dancing With the Stars. It changed the way we watch Dance. In Australia in particular it helped Seven single handedly return to the top along with the US imports. It took time but when Seven returned to the top it was the #1 show on the network and still rates very very well. Then PTTR came along and well what a show that is. You look at it from an American point of view and particularly ABC’s 4 shows changed the way we watched. Dancing With the Stars, Desperate Housewives, Grey’s Anatomy and Lost. The same 4 shows which helped Seven.

Sorry its a bit long but heres my top 5:
Lost
Grey’s Anatomy
Survivor
Dancing With the Stars
CSI

By: VMan

VMan — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 13:36:08 +0000

Survivor should win because Survivor started the whole reality TV phenomenon. A whole lot of shows would not have even been commissioned if it wasn’t for the success of Survivor.

By: AA

AA — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 13:09:13 +0000

Thanful that Grey’s made the list.

By: Jim

Jim — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 11:41:12 +0000

Surprised nobody has mentioned Dexter yet!

Lost, 24, How I Met Your Mother, Scrubs, Family Guy, House and Monk are some that come to mind for me.

By: LadyWriter

LadyWriter — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 09:24:35 +0000

The Amazing Race anyone?
The first season of 24 was also incredible in terms of storytelling in ‘real time’.

Australian tv- panel shows seemed to dominate (at least on ABC) Spicks and Specks did it best, but The Gruen Transfer also got people talking. Did Denton begin in the ‘noughties’? Can’t remember (short memory!)

By: Jezza of the city

Jezza of the city — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 09:16:26 +0000

Reality TV errr a myth…..most ‘reality tv’ was just an extended form of the traditional game show revamped and located in a different environment. The TV execs always had controls of the boundaries and the prizes.

Take the amazing race….if it was ‘real’ they would have different teams all over the world as the slackers would fall way behind amd the smart folk be way ahead….it is just a game show.

My top 3 are Top Gear, The Office &……………Desperate Housewives series 1