01 A blood-spatter analyst who moonlights as a serial killer with a strict moral code.
15 Best Hollywood TV Series of the 2000s
By Vlad Zakh · January 14, 2026
The Sopranos and The Wire landed within a few years of each other and more or less started the prestige-drama conversation, but the decade wasn’t all grim antiheroes, as Mad Men and The Office prove. Dexter has a blood-spatter analyst moonlighting as a killer with a code, Weeds has a suburban widow dealing marijuana, and Prison Break has an engineer jailing himself to free his brother. Entourage, Arrested Development, Battlestar Galactica, Deadwood, 24 and Friday Night Lights round out the list.
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02 A suburban widow turned marijuana dealer tries to keep her family afloat.
03 A structural engineer gets himself imprisoned to break his brother out.
04 A breezy look at a young star's inner circle navigating fame in Hollywood.
05 A dense, joke-packed family comedy that rewards rewatching more than almost any sitcom.
06 A grim, politically sharp sci-fi reboot about the last survivors of humanity.
07 A profane, poetic look at a lawless gold-rush town becoming a real place.
08 A real-time thriller series where every hour counts, and every episode feels like it matters.
09 A small-town football drama that's really about family, failure and second chances.
10 A mockumentary sitcom about a mundane paper company that became one of the most beloved comedies ever.
Directed by Shawn Stutler · 1h 25m
11 A moody, meticulous look at a 1960s Madison Avenue ad agency and the man at its centre.
12 A chemistry teacher turns meth kingpin, in one of the most complete character arcs on television.
13 A plane crash on a mysterious island that turned into one of the decade's biggest pop-culture obsessions.
14 A sprawling look at Baltimore through cops, dealers, dockworkers and City Hall over five seasons.
Directed by Armand Lameloise · 0h 43m
15 A New Jersey mob boss in therapy, widely credited with starting the whole prestige-TV era.
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