the best set

[deird1]

TV shows that I consider to be worth watching the whole way through, from start to finish:

Buffy (obviously)
Angel
Farscape
Stargate SG1
The West Wing
The Good Place
How I Met Your Mother (with the exception of the last 10 minutes)
Frasier
Elementary
Leverage

...and that's really it. I expected there to be a few more – but despite loving a tonne of other shows, I usually love them for only a few seasons, and then I leave.



Honourable mentions to The Orville (not finished yet), Ted Lasso (not finished yet), and a whole bunch of British tv from the 70s.

Comments

[lirazel]

The late 90s/very early 2000s was good to us.

[zeborah]

I keep meaning to get hold of Farscape.

Other shows I've enjoyed all the way through:

* Star Trek Deep Space Nine (I've *watched* almost everything else too, but DS9 is one that keeps getting better and rewards watching the whole thing)
* Battlestar Galactic (the more recent one)
* Yes (Prime) Minister
* Pushing Daisies
* Dead Like Me

(granted these last few are short seasons or short series)

[out_there]

I applaud your first three choices! (ALthough I don't have an appropriate icon.)

I never watched Stargate. I fell out of love with the West Wing around s4 (I did watch some of the later seasons, I'm sure, but I've certainly never rewatched the entire series.)

[immer_am_lesen]

Firefly!
...so....many...seaons, after all. Does one season count? ;-)

[elisi]

I will probably be back when I think of other shows, but I had to nominate The Bridge (the Scandinavian original). 4 seasons of top-notch crime drama - each season with its own villain, but exploring the overall theme(s) from different angels. And for the main character (the incomparable Saga Noren) a four-season arc* that is one of the most beautiful and satisfying I have ever witnessed.

*separate from the overall themes