Top Most Popular TV Shows
This Year is going to be over soon and there is no stopping of releasing of new TV shows and series with new stories, tropes, plot, characters, worlds, etc; while all this happening we take time to create a list of Top Most Popular TV show with highest IMDB rating from all eras. Where we are seeing a trend of many documentary and educational shows like Planet Earth, Cosmos, Blue Planet made their place in top 50. Listed shows are from all genres and categories like from Documentaries to biographcal, thriller, mystery, sitcom, comedy, drama, etc.
Without further ado, Here is list fo top Most Popular TV Shows of All time
1. Planet Earth II
Starting Year 2016 | IMDB Rating 9.4
Genre: Nature Documentary, Mini Series
From the frozen tundra in the north to the dry forests of the equator, Sir David Attenborough narrates a compelling view of the planet. "Planet Earth" was the first natural history documentary to be filmed in high definition, and now a decade later improved technology has made it possible to capture further details, from elusive animal behaviors to previously inaccessible remote landscapes. In addition to exploring the wilderness, the series examines urban dwellings, focusing on animals that have adapted to city life. Planet Earth II is the top most popular tv shows of all time
2. Breaking Bad
Starting Year 2008 | IMDB Rating 9.4
Genre: Crime drama, Serial drama, Thriller, Neo-Western, Black comedy, Tragedy
Walter White, a chemistry teacher, discovers that he has cancer and decides to get into the meth-making business to repay his medical debts. His priorities begin to change when he partners with Jesse. Breaking Bad is second most popular tv shows of all time.
3. Planet Earth
Starting Year 2006 | IMDB Rating 9.4
Genre: Nature Documentary, Mini Series
Dazzling, state-of-the-art high-definition imagery highlights this breathtaking documentary series featuring footage of some of the world's most awe-inspiring natural wonders -- from the oceans to the deserts to the polar ice caps. Actress Sigourney Weaver narrates this American version of the original BBC production. Planet Earth is the top third popular tv shows of all time.
4. Band of Brothers
Starting Year 2001 | IMDB Rating 9.4
Genre: War Drama
The story of Easy Company, 506th Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division from 1942 to the end of World War II. A collection of fifty portraits illustrated by archive footage and recounted in voice. Band of Brothers is fourth most popular tv shows of all time.
5. Chernobyl
Starting Year 2019 | IMDB Rating 9.3
Genre: Historical drama, Tragedy
In April 1986, the city of Chernobyl in the Soviet Union suffers one of the worst nuclear disasters in the history of mankind. Consequently, many heroes put their lives on the line to save Europe. Chernobyl is fifth is our list of most popular tv shows of all time.
6. The Wire
Starting Year 2002 | IMDB Rating 9.3
Genre: Crime drama, Serial drama, Tragedy
In the city of Baltimore, Detective James McNulty and his team investigate crimes and try their best to solve the bridge that exists between the drug kingpins and the law enforcement agencies. The Wire is the sixth is our list of most popular tv shows of all time.
7. Blue Planet II
Starting Year 2017 | IMDB Rating 9.2
Genre: Nature Documentary, Min Series
A follow-up to the 2001 award-winning show "The Blue Planet," this natural history series sees Sir David Attenborough return as narrator and host. A breathtaking exploration of the world's vast oceans, hourlong episodes capture animals and other living organisms in their natural habitat, presenting viewers with a fascinating insight into what life is like underwater. From tropical seas to the harsh conditions of the Arctic, the makers of "Blue Planet II" use modern filming equipment and techniques to shine a light on areas of the planet that humans have never seen before. Blue planet is seventh most popular shows of all time.
8. Avatar: The Last Airbender
Starting Year 2005 | IMDB Rating 9.2
Genre: Animated Series
Avatar: The Last Airbender is an upcoming American adventure fantasy television series. It is a live-action adaptation of the animated television series of the same name. It was first announced in September 2018. Avatar is set in an Asiatic-inspired world in which some people can telekinetically manipulate one of the four elements—water, earth, fire or air—through practices known as "bending", inspired by Chinese martial arts. The only individual who can bend all four elements, the "Avatar", is responsible for maintaining harmony among the world's four nations, and serves as the bridge between the physical world and the spirit world. The series is presented in a style that combines anime with American cartoons and relies on the imagery of primarily Chinese culture, with some other East Asian, Southeast Asian, South Asian, New World, Siberian, and Arctic influences. Avatar the last airbender is eighth most popular tv shows of all time.
9. Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey
Starting Year 2014 | IMDB Rating 9.2
Genre: Nature Documentary
Renowned astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson takes viewers on a journey through the infinite cosmos. Scientific concepts are presented clearly, with both skepticism and wonder, to give full effect. Cosmos: A spacetime odessey is ninth in our list of top tv show of all time.
10. The Sopranos
Starting Year 1999 | IMDB Rating 9.2
Genre: Serial Drama, Crime Drama
Tony Soprano, an Italian-American mafia head based in New Jersey, struggles to manage his family and criminal life and confides his affairs to his psychiatrist Jennifer Melfi. The Sopranos is tenth top tv show of all time.
11. Cosmos: A Personal Voyage
Starting Year 1980 | IMDB Rating 9.2
Genre: Nature Documentary, MiniSeries
Cosmos: A Personal Voyage is a thirteen-part, 1980 television series written by Carl Sagan, Ann Druyan, and Steven Soter, with Sagan as presenter. It was executive-produced by Adrian Malone, produced by David Kennard, Geoffrey Haines-Stiles, and Gregory Andorfer, and directed by the producers, David Oyster, Richard Wells, Tom Weidlinger, and others. It covers a wide range of scientific subjects, including the origin of life and a perspective of our place in the universe. Owing to its bestselling companion book and soundtrack album using the title, Cosmos, the series is widely known by this title, with the subtitle omitted from home video packaging. The subtitle began to be used more frequently in the 2010s to differentiate it from the sequel series that followed. Cosmos is eleventh top tv show of all time.
12. Our Planet
Starting Year 2019 | IMDB Rating 9.2
Genre: Nature Documentary, Mini Series
Experiencing the planet's natural beauty through an examination of how climate change impacts all living creatures in this ambitious documentary of spectacular scope. Documentary Our Planet is twelveth most popular tv series of all time
13. Game of Thrones
Starting Year 2011 | IMDB Rating 9.1
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Serial drama, Tragedy
Nine noble families wage war against each other in order to gain control over the mythical land of Westeros. Meanwhile, a force is rising after millenniums and threatens the existence of living men. Game of throne is thirteeth most popular tv show of all time.
14. Rick and Morty
Starting Year 2013 | IMDB Rating 9.1
Genre: Animated sitcom, Adult animation, Science fiction, Dark comedy, Adventure
Rick, an alcoholic sociopath and scientist, lives with his daughter Beth's family. Apart from building gadgets, he takes his morally right but dimwit grandson Morty on absurd intergalactic adventures. Rick and Morty is fourteenth most popular tv series of all time and most popular Animated Show of all time.
15. The World at War
Starting Year 1973 | IMDB Rating 9.1
Genre: TV Documentary
A documentary series that gives a historical account of the events of World War II, from its roots in the 1920s to the aftermath and the lives it profoundly influenced. The world of war is fifteeth top tv series of all time.
16. Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
Starting Year 2009 | IMDB Rating 9.1
Genre: Adventure, Dark fantasy, Steampunk
Brothers Edward and Alphonse Elric search for the Philsopher's Stone, hoping to restore their bodies, which were lost when they attempted to use their alchemy skills to resurrect their deceased mother. Edward, who lost only limbs, joins the State Military, which gives him the freedom to continue the search as he tries to restore his brother, whose soul is tethered to earth by a suit of armor. However, Edward and Alphonse are not the only ones seeking the powerful stone. And as they search, they learn of a plot to transmute the entire country for reasons they cannot comprehend. Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood is top sixteenth top tv series of all time. Fullmetal Alchemist is Top most popular anime of all time and Most popular Anime of all Time
17. The Last Dance
Starting Year 2020 | IMDB Rating 9.0
Genre: TV documentary, Miniseries
In the fall of 1997, Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls allowed a film crew to follow them as they went for their sixth NBA title in eight seasons. That resulted in a stunning portrait of one of the sport's most iconic athletes and a celebrated team. "The Last Dance" follows the Bulls' 1997-98 season from start to finish, while also covering the rest of the chapters in Jordan's remarkable career. The 10-part docuseries follows the Jordan timeline from when he was an emerging star on his high school team to becoming a worldwide marketing force and cultural figure. The series takes its name from a phrase coined by then-Bulls coach Phil Jackson, who knew that the season would likely be the final run for the core members of that 1990s Bulls dynasty. The Last Dance is the seventeeth most popular tv series of all time.
18. Life
Starting Year 2009 | IMDB Rating 9.0
Genre: Nature Documentary
Our planet is teeming with myriad life forms, both plant and animal, all interlocked in a struggle for survival. As time goes on, some living things are forced to adapt and change to survive. This programme chronicles some of the most unusual, if not downright bizarre, behaviors that living organisms have devised to keep their species alive. The 11-episode series was four years in the making, taking camera crews to every continent and habitat. Life is eighteenth mosth popular tv show of all time.
19. Sherlock
Starting Year 2010 | IMDB Rating 9.0
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Comedy drama
Dr Watson, a former army doctor, finds himself sharing a flat with Sherlock Holmes, an eccentric individual with a knack for solving crimes. Together, they take on the most unusual cases. Sherlock is ninteenth most popular tv series of all time.
20. The Twilight Zone
Starting Year 1959 | IMDB Rating 9.0
Genre: Anthology, Horror, Science fiction
The Twilight Zone is an American media franchise based on the anthology television series created by Rod Serling. The episodes are in various genres, including fantasy, science fiction, absurdism, dystopian fiction, suspense, horror, supernatural drama, black comedy, and psychological thriller, often concluding with a macabre or unexpected twist, and usually with a moral. A popular and critical success, it introduced many Americans to common science fiction and fantasy tropes. The first series, shot entirely in black and white, ran on CBS for five seasons from 1959 to 1964. The Twilight Zone is twenteeth most popular tv show of all time.
21. The Vietnam War
Starting Year 2017 | IMDB Rating 9.0
Genre: Documentary
This 10-part, 18-hour documentary series from directors Ken Burns and Lynn Novick presents firsthand accounts of the Vietnam War from nearly 80 witnesses, including Americans who fought in the war and some who opposed it, as well as Vietnamese combatants and civilians from both sides. Digitally remastered archival footage, photographs, historic television broadcasts and home movies offer different perspectives on the conflict. Also providing insight are audio recordings from inside the administrations of Presidents John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson and Richard Nixon.
22. Batman: The Animated Series
Starting Year 1992 | IMDB Rating 9.0
Genre: Action-adventure, Crime, Pulp noir, Superhero, Thriller
This animated series conveys the dark mood of the original "Batman" comic books. Unlike the light action "Batman" show of the 1960s, Gotham City's Caped Crusader, Bruce Wayne, is sometimes moody. And Robin's alter ego, Dick Grayson, has a more-mature personality than in the original series. Batman: The Animated Series is most popular Comic Animated Series of all time.
23. Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story
Starting Year 2020 | IMDB Rating 9.0
Genre: Financial thriller, Biography, Drama
Harshad Mehta took the stock market to dizzying heights and had a catastrophic downfall. Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story is an Indian Hindi-language biographical financial thriller streaming television series on SonyLIV directed by Hansal Mehta, with Jai Mehta serving as the co-director. Based on the 1992 Indian stock market scam committed by many stockbrokers including Harshad Mehta, the series is adapted from journalist Sucheta Dalal and Debashish Basu's 1992 book The Scam: Who Won, Who Lost, Who Got Away. The screenplay and dialogues were written by Sumit Purohit, Saurabh Dey, Vaibhav Vishal and Karan Vyas.
24. Arcane
Starting Year 2021 | IMDB Rating 8.9
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Science fantasy, Steampunk
The origins of two iconic League champions, set in the utopian Piltover and the oppressed underground of Zaun. Amidst the escalating unrest between the rich, utopian city of Piltover and its seedy, oppressed underbelly of Zaun, sisters Vi and Jinx find themselves on opposing sides of a brewing conflict over clashing convictions and arcane technologies.
25. The Blue Planet
Starting Year 2001 | IMDB Rating 8.9
Genre: Nature Documentary, TV Mini Series
Using underwater photography, the filmmaker examines the natural history of the world's oceans and unveils the complex dynamics of marine life.
26. Attack on Titan
Starting Year 2013 | IMDB Rating 8.9
Genre: Action, Dark fantasy, Post-apocalyptic
When man-eating Titans first appeared 100 years ago, humans found safety behind massive walls that stopped the giants in their tracks. But the safety they have had for so long is threatened when a colossal Titan smashes through the barriers, causing a flood of the giants into what had been the humans' safe zone. During the carnage that follows, soldier Eren Jaeger sees one of the creatures devour his mother, which leads him to vow that he will kill every Titan. He enlists some friends who survived to help him, and that group is humanity's last hope for avoiding extinction at the hands of the monsters.
27. The Office
Starting Year 2005 | IMDB Rating 8.9
Genre: Mockumentary, Workplace comedy, Cringe comedy, Sitcom
A motley group of office workers go through hilarious misadventures at the Scranton, Pennsylvania, branch of the Dunder Mifflin Paper Company.
28. Firefly
Starting Year 2002 | IMDB Rating 8.9
Genre: Space Western, Drama
Set 500 years in the future after a universal civil war, the crew of a small transport spaceship takes any job so long as it puts food on the table. The disparate men and women just want to survive and maybe have better lives, but they face constant challenges on the new frontier, such as the Reavers -- flesh-eating mongrels who live on the fringes of the universe.
29. Human Planet
Starting Year 2011 | IMDB Rating 8.9
Genre: Nature Documentary, TV Mini Series
This BBC/Discovery Channel co-production was filmed in dozens of locations around the world over a two-year period and documents how humans interact with their natural surroundings. The six-part programme travels to extreme locations to show people who survive in those locations by building complex relationships with their animal neighbours and nature's hostile elements. Each episode is tied to a particular habitat, including the Arctic rivers and oceans, mountains, grasslands and jungles, and deserts. Mike Rowe, the voice of `Deadliest Catch' and presenter of `Dirty Jobs', narrates.
30. Frozen Planet
Starting Year 2011 | IMDB Rating 8.9
Genre: Nature Documentary
The team that produced the Emmy-winning "Planet Earth" series -- the BBC Natural History Unit and Discovery Channel -- combine forces once again for this sweeping seven-part documentary. Shot entirely in high-definition and featuring cutting-edge cinematography to capture undisturbed observations of animal behavior, "Frozen Planet" chronicles the ecosystems and animals of the Arctic and Antarctic, where the filmmakers spent more than 2,300 days in the field and 18 months at sea to record unprecedented footage. Episodes track the lives of polar bears, wolves, killer whales and penguins from the spring through the winter, and there is also a "making of" episode that details the challenges faced by the "Frozen Planet" team. The series is narrated by Alec Baldwin; the seventh episode -- a look at the effect global warming is having on not only the poles but also the rest of the planet -- is hosted by British naturalist Sir David Attenborough.
31. Death Note
Starting Year 2006 | IMDB Rating 8.9
Genre: Mystery, Psychological thriller, Supernatural thriller
Death Note is a Japanese Anime series written by Tsugumi Ohba and illustrated by Takeshi Obata. The story follows Light Yagami, a teen genius who discovers a mysterious notebook: the "Death Note", which belonged to the shinigami Ryuk, and grants the user the supernatural ability to kill anyone whose name is written in its pages. The series centers around Light's subsequent attempts to use the Death Note to carry out a worldwide massacre of individuals whom he deems immoral and to create a crime-free society, using the alias of a god-like vigilante named "Kira", and the subsequent efforts of an elite Japanese police task force, led by enigmatic detective L, to apprehend him. Death Note ran in Shueisha's manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump from December 2003 to May 2006. Its 108 chapters were collected in 12 tankōbon volumes.
32. Only Fools and Horses
Starting Year 1981 | IMDB Rating 8.9
Genre: Sitcom
This comedy sitcom follows two brothers who buy and sell almost anything, including dodgy goods, believing that they will be someday get rich doing so.
33. Hunter x Hunter
Starting Year 2011 | IMDB Rating 8.9
Genre: Anime, Adventure, Action fiction, Dark fantasy
Gon Freecss is on a mission to train himself as a hunter just like his father. He reunites with his father, who is alive and an accomplished hunter too.
34. The Civil War
Starting Year 1990 | IMDB Rating 8.9
Genre: Documentary
This nine-part series is the work that made documentarian Ken Burns a household name. Burns uses contemporary cinematography in addition to thousands of archival photographs, paintings and newspaper images set to music to teach people about the Civil War. A number of well-known actors and actresses lend their voices to the production as they read contemporary quotes from historical figures, including Abraham Lincoln and Stonewall Jackson.
35. True Detective
Starting Year 2014 | IMDB Rating 8.9
Genre: Mystery, Thriller, Drama, Crime film, Anthology series, Detective fiction, Crime TV genre, Southern Gothic, Neo-noir
Police officers and detectives around the USA are forced to face dark secrets about themselves and the people around them while investigating homicides.
36. Seinfeld
Starting Year 1989 | IMDB Rating 8.9
Genre: Sitcom, Slice of life
Stand-up comedian Jerry Seinfeld wrestles with life's most perplexing yet trivial questions with his eccentric friends George, Elaine and Kramer.
37. The Beatles: Get Back
Starting Year 2021 | IMDB Rating 8.9
Genre: Music Documentary
The Beatles write and rehearse 14 new songs as they plan their first live show in more than two years; includes their unforgettable rooftop concert at London's Savile Row.
38. Şahsiyet(Persona)
Starting Year 2018 | IMDB Rating 8.9
Genre: Crime drama, mystery
Şahsiyet is a 2018 Turkish crime drama miniseries written by Hakan Günday and directed by Onur Saylak. The series premiered on 17 March 2018 and was broadcast by puhutv. Haluk Bilginer won the International Emmy Award for Best Performance by an Actor for his role as Agah, in Şahsiyet.
39. Better Call Saul
Starting Year 2015 | IMDB Rating 8.9
Genre: Crime drama, Legal drama, Black comedy, Tragedy
Ex-con artist Jimmy McGill turns into a small-time attorney and goes through a series of trials and tragedies, as he transforms into his alter ego Saul Goodman, a morally challenged criminal lawyer.
40. Dekalog
Starting Year 1989 | IMDB Rating 8.9
Genre: Drama
Dekalog is a 1988 Polish drama television miniseries directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski and co-written by Kieślowski with Krzysztof Piesiewicz, with music by Zbigniew Preisner. It consists of ten one-hour films, inspired by the decalogue of the Ten Commandments.
41. Fargo
Starting Year 2014 | IMDB Rating 8.9
Genre: Anthology, Crime drama, Noir, Thriller, Black comedy
A disparate set of characters deal with a plethora of crimes in different time periods. The only thing they share in common is their connection to the Midwest, USA.
42. Clarkson's Farm
Starting Year 2021 | IMDB Rating 8.9
Genre: Documentary
Follow Jeremy Clarkson as he attempts to run a farm in the countryside. With no previous farming experience, Jeremy contends with the worst farming weather in decades, disobedient animals, unresponsive crops, and an unexpected pandemic.
43. Cowboy Bebop
Starting Year 1998 | IMDB Rating 8.9
Genre: Neo-noir, Space Western
Aboard the spaceship Bebop, a bounty hunter and his group of skilled comrades embark on adventures across the Solar System to capture criminals.
44. Nathan for You
Starting Year 2013 | IMDB Rating 8.8
Genre: Comedy, Cringe comedy, Television documentary
Nathan Fielder, a business consultant, uses his skills to help struggling businesses stand on their feet, but his outlandish views may not be appreciated equally by everyone.
45. Gravity Falls
Starting Year 2012 | IMDB Rating 8.8
Genre: Adventure, Mystery, Surreal comedy
Twins Dipper and Mabel travel to the mysterious town of Gravity Falls in Oregon for their summer vacations but are shocked after they discover some strange occurrences.
46. When They See Us
Starting Year 2019 | IMDB Rating 8.8
Genres: True crime, Tragedy, Crime film
In 1989 a jogger was assaulted and raped in New York's Central Park, and five young people were subsequently charged with the crime. The quintet, labeled the Central Park Five, maintained its innocence and spent years fighting the convictions, hoping to be exonerated. This limited series spans a quarter of a century, from when the teens are first questioned about the incident in the spring of 1989, going through their exoneration in 2002 and ultimately the settlement reached with the city of New York in 2014. The cast is full of Emmy nominees and winners, including Michael K. Williams, John Leguizamo, Felicity Huffman, and Blair Underwood. Oscar nominee and Emmy winner Ava DuVernay co-wrote and directed the four episodes.
47. Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Starting Year 2014 | IMDB Rating 8.8
Genre: Chat show, News, Comedy, News satire, Political satire
Comedian John Oliver delivers the week's news by giving it a satirical twist. He discusses everything from politics to current events.
48. Friends
Starting Year 1994 | IMDB Rating 8.8
Genre: Sitcom
Follow the lives of six reckless adults living in Manhattan, as they indulge in adventures which make their lives both troublesome and happening.
49. TVF Pitchers
Starting Year 2015 | IMDB Rating 8.8
Genre: Comedy Drama
TVF Pitchers is a web series created by The Viral Fever and developed by Arunabh Kumar. Written by Biswapati Sarkar, the series were directed by Amit Golani and features Naveen Kasturia, Arunabh Kumar, Jitendra Kumar and Abhay Mahajan.
50. Africa
Starting Year 2013 | IMDB Rating 8.8
Genre: Nature documentary
Whenever documentary filmmakers at Discovery Channel and the BBC unite for a project, stellar television seems to follow. The breakthrough natural history series "Life" stemmed from this collaboration in 2009, and "Africa" follows suit in stunning fashion. It's narrated by actor Forest Whitaker, who takes viewers on a journey through the vast and diverse continent. Four years in the making, during which more than 2,000 hours of video were shot, the program consists of six hourlong episodes that feature an array of never-before-filmed species, animal behaviors and previously unknown places. Cameras uncover the extreme dangers of the Kalahari, the dense forests and snow-capped peaks of the Savannah, the dynamic Congo rainforest, the ever-changing climate of the Cape and the massive and parched Sahara. A seventh episode, hosted by British naturalist David Attenborough, details changes Africa is undergoing and the challenges faced by a future generation of animals.
