Favorite TV Shows of the 2000s
by rose77 | created - 23 Nov 2010 | updated - 19 Dec 2017 | PublicAlso includes my favorite web series'.
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1. Curb Your Enthusiasm (2000–2024)
TV-MA | 30 min | Comedy
Larry David stars as an over-the-top version of himself in this comedy series that shows how seemingly trivial details of day-to-day life can precipitate a catastrophic chain of events.
Stars: Larry David, Cheryl Hines, Jeff Garlin, Susie Essman
Votes: 147,444
2. 24 (2001–2010)
TV-14 | 44 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Counter Terrorism Agent Jack Bauer races against the clock to subvert terrorist plots and save his nation from ultimate disaster.
Stars: Kiefer Sutherland, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Carlos Bernard, Dennis Haysbert
Votes: 197,046
3. Six Feet Under (2001–2005)
TV-MA | 60 min | Comedy, Drama
A chronicle of the lives of a dysfunctional family who run an independent funeral home in Los Angeles.
Stars: Peter Krause, Michael C. Hall, Frances Conroy, Lauren Ambrose
Votes: 149,438
4. 8 Simple Rules (2002–2005)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Drama
The Hennessy clan -- mother Cate, daughters Bridget and Kerry, and son Rory -- look to one another for guidance and support after the death of Paul, the family patriarch. Cate's parents lend a hand.
Stars: Katey Sagal, Kaley Cuoco, Amy Davidson, Martin Spanjers
Votes: 27,120
5. Greg the Bunny (2002–2004)
TV-14 | 22 min | Comedy
Greg the Bunny is one of the 3.2 million fabricated Americans living in the United States. Wanting a job that doesn't involve working only on Easter, he finds a job on a kid's show.
Stars: Eugene Levy, Seth Green, Bob Gunton, Sarah Silverman
Votes: 1,827
6. 10-8: Officers on Duty (2003–2004)
60 min | Drama, Crime
Rico Amonte was brought out to LA by his older brother Angelo, a detective in the LAPD Robbery/Homicide Division.
Stars: Danny Nucci, Ernie Hudson, Scott William Winters, Travis Schuldt
Votes: 287
7. Arrested Development (2003–2019)
TV-14 | 22 min | Comedy
Level-headed son Michael Bluth takes over family affairs after his father is imprisoned. But the rest of his spoiled, dysfunctional family are making his job unbearable.
Stars: Jason Bateman, Michael Cera, Portia de Rossi, Will Arnett
Votes: 324,236
8. Carnivàle (2003–2005)
TV-MA | 60 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
During the Great Depression, an Oklahoma farm boy and a charismatic minister learn that they are key players in a proxy war being fought between Heaven and Hell.
Stars: Michael J. Anderson, Adrienne Barbeau, Clancy Brown, Debra Christofferson
Votes: 46,868
9. Chappelle's Show (2003–2006)
TV-MA | 22 min | Comedy, Music
Comedian Dave Chappelle hosts this sketch-comedy show that parodies many of the nuances of race and culture.
Stars: Dave Chappelle, Donnell Rawlings, Rudy Rush, Charlie Murphy
Votes: 71,785
10. Two and a Half Men (2003–2015)
TV-14 | 22 min | Comedy, Romance
A hedonistic jingle writer's free-wheeling life comes to an abrupt halt when his brother and 10-year-old nephew move into his beach-front house.
Stars: Jon Cryer, Ashton Kutcher, Angus T. Jones, Conchata Ferrell
Votes: 280,592
11. Huff (2004–2006)
TV-MA | 55 min | Comedy, Drama
Psychiatrist Craig Huffstodt (Azaria) experiences his own midlife crisis.
Stars: Hank Azaria, Paget Brewster, Anton Yelchin, Blythe Danner
Votes: 3,632
12. E-Ring (2005–2006)
60 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Major Jim Tisnewski, until recently an active special forces commando, takes up a Pentagon job as assistant of US Army colonel Eli McNulty. He must now learn to battle the Pentagon way ... See full summary »
Stars: Benjamin Bratt, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Dennis Hopper, Kelly Rutherford
Votes: 1,208
13. Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List (2005–2010)
TV-14 | 60 min | Comedy, Reality-TV
With a quick wit and a lot of nerve, comedienne Kathy Griffin sets out on her wacky and shenanigan-filled journey from a D- to A-List celebrity.
Stars: Kathy Griffin, Maggie Griffin, Tom Vize, Tiffany Rinehart
Votes: 2,279
14. Robot Chicken (2001–2022)
TV-MA | 11 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
Pop culture references fly thick and fast as stop-motion animation is featured in sketches lampooning everything from television movies to comic books.
Stars: Seth Green, Matthew Senreich, Breckin Meyer, Tom Root
Votes: 46,264
15. Weeds (2005–2012)
TV-MA | 28 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
When a suburban mother turns to dealing marijuana in order to maintain her privileged lifestyle after her husband dies, she finds out just how addicted her entire neighborhood already is.
Stars: Mary-Louise Parker, Hunter Parrish, Alexander Gould, Kevin Nealon
Votes: 117,381
16. Four Kings (2006)
30 min | Comedy
Barry, Ben, Jason, and Bobby are lifelong friends who affectionately refer to themselves as the "Four Kings of New York" and find their bonds to one another tested when they move into the apartment that Ben inherited from his grandmother.
Stars: Seth Green, Josh Cooke, Shane McRae, Todd Grinnell
Votes: 519
17. The New Adventures of Old Christine (2006–2023)
TV-PG | 22 min | Comedy
A divorced mom tries to keep pace with everyone around her.
Stars: Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Clark Gregg, Hamish Linklater, Trevor Gagnon
Votes: 14,205
18. Twenty Good Years (2006– )
30 min | Comedy
Two aging guys decide to make the most out of the next twenty years of their lives.
Stars: John Lithgow, Jeffrey Tambor, Heather Burns, Jake Sandvig
Votes: 287
19. Private Practice (2007–2013)
TV-14 | 60 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A spin-off of the medical drama "Grey's Anatomy" centering on the life of neonatal surgeon Addison Montgomery.
Stars: Kate Walsh, Paul Adelstein, KaDee Strickland, Taye Diggs
Votes: 28,985
20. Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis (2008– )
TV-14 | 4 min | Short, Comedy, Talk-Show
Zach Galifinakas comically interviews various celebrites between two ferns.
Stars: Zach Galifianakis, Jon Hamm, Bradley Cooper, Misty Monroe
Votes: 9,602
21. Crash (2008–2009)
TV-MA | 60 min | Drama
A spin-off of the Oscar-winning film about racial tensions in Los Angeles.
Stars: Dennis Hopper, Moran Atias, Ross McCall, Jocko Sims
Votes: 1,702
22. In Treatment (2008–2021)
TV-MA | 25 min | Drama
A psychotherapist questions his abilities and gets help by reuniting with his old therapist, whom he has not seen for ten years.
Stars: Gabriel Byrne, Uzo Aduba, Dianne Wiest, Michelle Forbes
Votes: 18,283
23. Life on Mars (2008–2009)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A present day car accident mysteriously sends a detective back to the 1970s.
Stars: Jason O'Mara, Michael Imperioli, Gretchen Mol, Jonathan Murphy
Votes: 10,728
24. Saturday Night Live: Weekend Update Summer Edition (2008–2017)
TV-14 | Comedy, News
"Saturday Night Live's" satirical news segment expanded into primetime with three pre-election Thursday night specials.
Stars: Kenan Thompson, Seth Meyers, Fred Armisen, Bill Hader
Votes: 975
25. State of the Union (2008–2010)
TV-MA | Comedy
Tracey Ullman's satirical look at life in America today.
Stars: Tracey Ullman, Jennifer Fitzgerald, Jo Ann Harris, Peter Strauss
Votes: 237
26. Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (2008–2009)
TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy
Set after the events in Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991), Sarah Connor and her son, John, try to stay under-the-radar from the government, as they plot to destroy the computer network, Skynet, in hopes of preventing Armageddon.
Stars: Lena Headey, Thomas Dekker, Summer Glau, Richard T. Jones
Votes: 62,832
27. Bored to Death (2009–2011)
TV-MA | 28 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A well-meaning but struggling writer decides to lead a sort of double life by pretending to be a private detective using the methods he read about in old detective novels.
Stars: Jason Schwartzman, Zach Galifianakis, Ted Danson, Heather Burns
Votes: 34,617
28. Caprica (2009–2010)
TV-14 | 60 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Two families, the Graystones and the Adamas, live together on a peaceful planet known as Caprica, where a startling breakthrough in artificial intelligence brings about unforeseen consequences.
Stars: Eric Stoltz, Esai Morales, Paula Malcomson, Alessandra Torresani
Votes: 26,183
29. Nurse Jackie (2009–2015)
TV-MA | 27 min | Comedy, Drama
A drug-addicted nurse struggles to find a balance between the demands of her frenetic job at a New York City hospital and an array of personal dramas.
Stars: Edie Falco, Merritt Wever, Paul Schulze, Dominic Fumusa
Votes: 29,336
30. United States of Tara (2009–2011)
TV-MA | 30 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A woman struggles to find a balance between her dissociative identity disorder and raising a dysfunctional family.
Stars: Toni Collette, John Corbett, Rosemarie DeWitt, Keir Gilchrist
Votes: 25,178
32. The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret (2009–2016)
TV-MA | 25 min | Comedy
Todd Margaret is an American who takes a job running the London sales team for an energy drink. He has no experience with British culture, knows nothing about sales and has only one employee, Dave.
Stars: Sharon Horgan, Will Arnett, David Cross, Blake Harrison
Votes: 6,853
33. The Suite Life on Deck (2008–2011)
TV-G | 30 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Spinoff of the hit Disney Channel series "The Suite Life of Zack & Cody," in which twin brothers Zack and Cody Martin and hotel heiress London Tipton enroll in a semester-at-sea program aboard a ship called the S.S. Tipton.
Stars: Dylan Sprouse, Cole Sprouse, Brenda Song, Debby Ryan
Votes: 21,539
34. The Suite Life of Zack & Cody (2005–2008)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family
Comedy about identical twins living at the Tipton Hotel with their single mother who is a lounge singer at the hotel.
Stars: Cole Sprouse, Dylan Sprouse, Brenda Song, Ashley Tisdale
Votes: 39,900
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