{"id":16543,"date":"2023-12-28T13:30:20","date_gmt":"2023-12-28T13:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/?p=16543"},"modified":"2024-06-24T12:22:17","modified_gmt":"2024-06-24T11:22:17","slug":"best-tv-series-of-the-21st-century","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/2023\/12\/28\/best-tv-series-of-the-21st-century\/","title":{"rendered":"Best TV series of the 21st century"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With the amount of TV series on offer, it can be pretty overwhelming to choose the right one for you on the off chance that it is actually worth it.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So whether you\u2019re into crime dramas, comedy, sci-fi or you love nothing more than a historical drama, why not watch the best there is? Keep reading for the best TV series of the 21st century!<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><strong>In this blog:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"#Mad-Men\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mad Men<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"#The-Office-UK\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Office UK\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"#Breaking-Bad\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Breaking Bad<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"#Black-Mirror\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Black Mirror\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"#The-Crown\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Crown<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"#Line-of-Duty\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Line of Duty\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"#Game-of-Thrones\">Game of Thrones<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"#The-Wire\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Wire<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"#Happy-Valley\">Happy Valley<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"#Downton-Abbey\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Downton Abbey <\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 id=\"Mad-Men\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/store\/category\/?keyword=Mad%20Men\">Mad Men<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With an 8.7 rating on IMDb, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mad Men<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has won five Golden Globes and 16 Emmys. The American TV series is set at an advertising agency and follows the lives of the main staff, including advertising exec Don Draper, his secretary Peggy and many more. If you\u2019re looking for a TV series to sink your teeth into, seven seasons of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mad Men<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> won\u2019t let you down\u2026 it\u2019s named one of the best TV series of all time for a reason.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 id=\"The-Office-UK\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/store\/products\/the-office-complete-series-one-two-a\">The Office UK<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Office<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is one of the most successful British comedy TV shows and back in 2004, it won a Golden Globe for Best Television Series. Created by comedian Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Office<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> ironically follows the daily lives of office workers for a paper company in Slough, managed by Gervais\u2019s character David Brent. If you\u2019re looking for a laugh-out-loud TV series, you\u2019ll find yourself binge-watching <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Office<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in no time.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 id=\"Breaking-Bad\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/store\/category\/film-and-tv\/?keyword=Breaking%20Bad\">Breaking Bad<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul star as the lead characters in the American crime drama <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Breaking Bad<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. A chemistry teacher who finds out he has an inoperable lung cancer ends up teaming up with a former student to make and sell drugs. Spanning from 2008 to 2013, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Breaking Bad<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has been showered with countless awards, from Golden Globes to Primetime Emmy awards and it even features in the Guinness Book of World Records! <\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 id=\"Black-Mirror\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/store\/category\/film-and-tv\/?keyword=Black%20Mirror\">Black Mirror<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you like sci-fi and TV shows that make you think, then you\u2019re guaranteed to love the anthology series, Black Mirror. It is one of the best TV series from the 21st century and explores different genres such as crime fiction, romance and more. It has an 8.7 rating on IMDb and Variety ranked it in their list of the 100 greatest TV shows of all time. <\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 id=\"The-Crown\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/store\/products\/foyclairecrownseaso-007dbe48-8335-4120-bbf7-05252c5b8f4e\">The Crown<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For all the royalists out there or maybe you want to spruce up your knowledge of the royal family, make sure to put the Netflix phenomenon <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Crown<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on your watchlist. It follows the reign of Queen Elizabeth II, from her childhood, all the way to her 80s. We\u2019d like to emphasise it is a drama and not exactly factual! There are six seasons and the TV series has won its fair share of Golden Globes and Primetime Emmy Awards, making <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Crown<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> one of the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">best Netflix TV show series<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 id=\"Line-of-Duty\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/store\/products\/mercuriojelineofduty\">Line of Duty<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of the best TV shows to come out of the UK, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Line of Duty<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a gripping police series with numerous twists and turns, making it a truly gripping watch. The first episode was in June 2012 and after a total of six series, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Line of Duty<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> ended in 2021. It\u2019s won countless awards, including an NTA for Special Recognition and the Telegraph even named it one of the top BBC Two shows of all time. <\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 id=\"Game-of-Thrones\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/store\/category\/genre\/tv\/?filter=collections:game-of-thrones\">Game of Thrones<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Game of Thrones pretty much took over the 2010s and it\u2019s no surprise why &#8211; even if you didn&#8217;t watch it, you\u2019ve definitely heard of Jon Snow, Daenerys or any characters with the last name Stark! Nothing like Game of Thrones had ever been televised before and people just couldn\u2019t get enough of the fantasy series, set in the fictional lands of Westeros and Essos. It has a 9.2 rating on IMDb and has won over 50 Primetime Emmy Awards.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 id=\"The-Wire\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/store\/products\/the-wire-complete-hbo-season-1-dvd\">The Wire<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The HBO series <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Wire<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> ran from 2002 &#8211; 2008 and focuses on the Baltimore drug scene and the different institutions in the city. Even though it was extremely popular, the crime drama never won a Primetime Emmy Award, but it has won the Directors Guild of America award, the Crime Thriller Award and the Irish Film Television Academy Award.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 id=\"Happy-Valley\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/store\/products\/davieskarlhappyvalle\">Happy Valley<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Another British crime drama with incredible success is <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Happy Valley<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Without throwing out any spoilers, it follows the professional and personal life of police sergeant Catherine Cawood, played by Sarah Lancaster (you\u2019ll just have to watch it!). It has gripped audiences since it aired in 2014 and the last series was released in 2023, after waiting seven years since the last series. It\u2019s needless to say <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Happy Valley<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is one of the best TV series in the UK, winning a BAFTA or two for Best Drama Series.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 id=\"Downton-Abbey\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/store\/category\/?keyword=Downtown%20Abbey\">Downton Abbey<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From 2010-2015 <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Downton Abbey<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was a fan favourite, following the aristocratic Crawley family and their staff between 1912 and 1926. The historical drama has even been turned into a film in 2019 and is been loved by many. The TV series has won a Golden Globe, and a Primetime Emmy Award and even landed itself a place in the Guinness Book of World Records in 2011.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Forget about streaming services, get stuck into your next <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/store\/category\/film-and-tv\/genre\/tv\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TV series<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for even less by shopping our huge range of <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/store\/category\/film-and-tv\/dvd\/?filter=collections:pre-owned-chart\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DVDs<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/store\/category\/film-and-tv\/blu-ray\/?filter=collections:pre-owned-chart&amp;condition=used\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Blu-rays<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at the musicMagpie Store.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the amount of TV series on offer, it can be pretty overwhelming to choose the right one for you on the off chance that it is actually worth it.\u00a0 So whether you\u2019re into crime dramas, comedy, sci-fi or you love nothing more than a historical drama, why not watch &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":16545,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2154,179],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16543"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16543"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16543\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17450,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16543\/revisions\/17450"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16545"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}