J.C. Wigriff’s Top 10 Shows of the 2000s

The Walking Dead, Dexter, Sons of Anarchy, Parks and Recreation, Justified… there is no shortage of great television shows to watch these days. With an increasing level of quality and sophistication, television has become the go-to medium for groundbreaking drama and deep, engaging serialized storytelling. It’s easy to forget that in the age of Here Comes Honey Boo Boo, we are also living in the age of shows like The Shield and Battlestar Galactica. Since the dawn of the new millennium, there has been an avalanche of fantastic programming, and for every Jersey Shore there is a Downton Abbey.

Even with the surplus of spectacular shows to watch though, there are some that stand out from the pack. Here are, in my opinion, the absolute best shows of the new millennium.