Best TV Shows of 2016

The Top Ten
1 Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway

This year we had new segments in the form of Who Shot Simon Cowell? , Read My Lips, Cabins on the Cruise and Sofa Watch in addition to old favourites like Ant Vs Dec, Win the Ads, Sing Along Live, Little Ant & Dec, Ant & Dec Undercover, I'm a Celebrity Get Out of me Ear!

The star guests have included Kate Hudson, Lee Mack, David Tennant, Hugh Jackman and Mark Hamill.

Who needs some stupid LOTR knockoff about a battle for a chair when you can have Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway in which 2 Geordie presenters host a series of fun and games.

Game of Thrones is nothing more than a cheap LOTR knock-off. Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway is the pinnacle of Saturday Night entertainment.

2 Take Me Out Take Me Out is a dating game show presented by comedian Paddy McGuinness. Based on the Australian show Taken Out, it began airing on ITV in the United Kingdom and simulcast on TV3 in the Republic of Ireland on 2 January 2010. A pilot episode was for Channel 4 in 2009, but it was ITV who picked it up for a series.

Blind Date for the 21st Century.

3 Game of Thrones Game of Thrones is an American fantasy drama television series created by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss. It is an adaptation of A Song of Ice and Fire, George R. R. Martin's series of fantasy novels, the first of which is titled A Game of Thrones.

This was the last good season in my opinion but did I go away in season 7 and season 8 even though they lowered the episodes and they are not as good

HECK NNOO

Yep season 6 was a good season pretty much the last good season until season 7 even though its still good it has just gone downhill

4 War & Peace War and Peace is a British one-off miniseries adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's 19th century novel of the same name. It was scripted by Andrew Davis and stars Downton Abbey's Lily James as Natasha Rostava and Grantchester's James Norton as Prince Andrei Bolkonsky.

Lavish adaptation of Tolstoy's epic novel starring Lily James, Paul Dano and James Norton.

5 James May's Cars of the People Cars of the People is a series of special episodes of the BBC Two factual television series Top Gear, presented by James May, which look at how the motor vehicle became an everyday part of human life.
6 The Night Manager The Night Manager is a British television serial adapted from John LeCarre's espionage novel of the same name. It premiered on BBC One and was directed by Susanne Bier and starring Tom Hiddleston, Hugh Laurie, Olivia Colman, David Harewood, Tom Hollander, and Elizabeth Debicki.

More of a T.V. masterpiece than whatever Liv and Maddie is. This has an all star cast including Hugh Laurie and Tom Hiddleston.

Since this espionage series ended bookies shortened odds on Tom Hiddleston becoming the next 007

BBC1's hit spy thriller series starring Tom Hiddleston and Hugh Laurie.

7 Peaky Blinders Peaky Blinders is a television crime drama based upon the exploits of the Peaky Blinders gang operating in Birmingham, England during the aftermath of World War I.

Who needs a bunch of little boys in some ET wannabe called strange things when you can have real men roaming the streets of Birmingham.

1920s Birmingham gangsters rule the roost in this period romp led by Cillian Murphy. Who needs identical twin sisters and superheroes when you can have gangsters in 1920s Britain.

Cillian Murphy and Annabelle Wallis return in this Birmingham set gangster saga.

8 The Simpsons The Simpsons is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening that originally started on April 19, 1987 as shorts on The Tracey Ullman Show. It got its own series on December 17, 1989 and is still running as of 2023, making it the longest running animated sitcom. It is about a man named Homer Simpson and his family (wife Marge and children Bart, Lisa and Maggie and pets, Snowball II and Santa's Little Helper) going through a long series of misadventures.

Better then game of thrones

9 Poldark Poldark is a British-American drama television series that was first broadcast on BBC One on 8 March 2015. The first eight-part series was based on the first two Poldark novels by Winston Graham, adapted by Debbie Horsfield and directed by Edward Bazalgette and Will McGregor.

Aidan Turner takes his top off and women go crazy. Michael B. Jordan's got nothing on him.

10 It's Not Rocket Science Airing in 2016, this British educational entertainment show aims to make science and technology accessible to the general public. Using experiments, challenges, and interviews, the program covers a wide array of scientific topics. The show received praise for its engaging presentation and educational value.

Tomorrow's World meets Top Gear in this factual entertainment series fronted by Ben Miller and Rachel Riley.

The Contenders
11 The Walking Dead The Walking Dead is an American horror drama television series developed by Frank Darabont, based on the comic book series of the same name by Robert Kirkman, Tony Moore, and Charlie Adlard. Andrew Lincoln plays the show's lead character, sheriff's deputy Rick Grimes, who awakens from a coma discovering a world overrun by zombies, commonly referred to as "walkers" . Grimes reunites with his family and becomes the leader of a group he forms with other survivors. Together they struggle to survive and adapt in a post-apocalyptic world filled with walkers and opposing groups of survivors, who are often more dangerous than the walkers themselves. ...read more.
12 Vikings Vikings is a historical drama television series written and created by Michael Hirst for the History channel.

Vikings has improved a lot. I was a fan of it from the beginning. But in recent episodes it has gotten even better.

13 The Flash The Flash is an American superhero television series developed by Greg Berlanti, Andrew Kreisberg, and Geoff Johns, airing on The CW.

Is this a documentary about the invention of flashbang grenades?

Never heard of it.

Love this show!

14 Stranger Things Stranger Things is an American science fiction-horror Netflix original television series created, written, directed and co-executive produced by the Duffer Brothers, Matt and Ross Duffer, as well as co-executive-produced by Shawn Levy and Dan Cohen.

Best show of 2016! I give it an A! Great acting, great CGI, great story. Not too mention references to Steven King, Spielberg and whatnot. It has that Steven King feel to it. The opening music is eerie and ominous, perfect for a horror series. I'm glad that there is a season 2 confirmed. Well, this deserves many more seasons. MANY. And I think it'll happen, because if Fuller House can have more than one season, than this overall excellent show can! Can't wait till season 2!

How the heck is this at number 39?!

By far the best show ever made!

So far, the best series.

15 You've Been Framed! You've Been Framed! is a British television series where viewers can contribute to the programme with their humorous home videos for the entertainment of others.
16 The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory is an American sitcom created by Chuck Lorre and Bill Prady, both of whom serve as executive producers on the series, along with Steven Molaro, and also some wasted guest stars from time to time.
17 LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures
18 Ninja Warrior UK Ninja Warrior UK is the British version of the Japanese assault course game show Sasuke. The show, which began airing on 11 April 2015, is hosted by Ben Shephard, Chris Kamara and Rochelle Humes.
19 The 100 The 100 is a fantasy-drama based live action show based of a book by Kass Morgan. The show was aired for the first time on March 19, 2014. In the show, we start three generations after a nuclear apocalypse.One large space station, made of twelve separate space stations, is suffering overpopulation. Meanwhile, the chancellor, Thelonious Jaha (played by Isaiah Washington) sends 100 young juvenile delinquents down to earth to see if it is survivable. The cast includes Eliza Taylor as lead character Clarke Griffin, Bob Morley as Bellamy Blake, Marie Avgeropoulos as ambitious Octavia Blake, and Lindsey Morgan as engineer Raven Reyes. As our characters land on the ground, they learn the ground's quirks ...read more.
20 Britain's Got Talent Britain's Got Talent is a British television talent show reality TV competition which started in June 2007 and originated from the Got Talent franchise.

This had dancing storm troopers, magicians, impressionists, talented dogs and singers. Yet crap like Legends of Tomorrow is ahead of this variety talent show?

21 Arrow Arrow is an American action crime television series developed by writer/producers Greg Berlanti, Marc Guggenheim, and Andrew Kreisberg.
22 We Bare Bears An animated comedy show by Daniel Chong about three different species of bears - Grizzly, Panda and Ice bear (polar bear). Since they were little, they wanted to get adopted by owners separately. But then they missed each other too much, so they reunited again. Now as adults, they now live in a cave together in the forest, having heaps of great adventures.

It's a really cute show! PAN-PAN FOR LIFE!

23 The Powerpuff Girls The Powerpuff Girls is an American animated television series created by animator Craig McCracken for Cartoon Network. The main characters of this show are Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup. The show is about the Professor Utonium creating three little superhero girls that save the day from villains. This show has an anime spinoff made in Japan, three specials, a movie in theatres, and a reboot. The show aired from 1998 to 2005.
24 Dance Moms Dance Moms is an American reality television series that debuted on Lifetime on July 13, 2011. Created by Collins Avenue Productions, the show originally followed the early training and careers of children in dance and show business under the tutelage of Abby Lee Miller, as well as the interactions of the instructor and the dancers with their sometimes bickering mothers.

It is so bae its not even funny

So dramatic, yet so addicting!

25 Orange Is the New Black Orange Is the New Black is an American comedy-drama web television series created by Jenji Kohan for Netflix.
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