Critics Name The 50 Best TV Show Seasons Ever Made

Just because a TV show has been running for years and been running for years, it doesn't mean it's necessarily any good (naming no names, Desperate Housewives, Two and a Half Men, 24, The Big Bang Theory, we could go on).

But some shows do manage to consistently pull it out the bag, producing compelling episodes season after season, year after year.

Review aggregator Metacritic has ranked the best seasons of the most critically acclaimed series ever made, based on a combination of their critical reception and audience scores, as reported by Business Insider. How many have you seen?

Metacritic score: 91/100
User score: 6.5/10
Notable episodes: "Richard II," "Henry IV," "Henry V"

Metacritic score: 91/100
User score: 8.4/10
Notable episodes: "Pot Luck," "A La Carte," "Bobby's House"

Metacritic score: 92/100
User score: 7.5/10
Notable episodes: "The Letting Go," "Best New Girl," "Why Do We Cover the Mirrors?"

Metacritic score: 92/100
User score: 7.8/10
Notable episodes: "Ten of Swords," "Search"

Metacritic score: 92/100
User score: 7.8/10
Notable episodes: ""Nolite Te Bastardes Carborundorum," "Jezebels"

Metacritic score: 92/100
User score: 8.3/10
Notable episodes: "The Weekend," "Crossfire," "Marine One"

Metacritic score: 92/100
User score: 8.5/10
Notable episodes: "Camille," "Simon," "Adele"

Metacritic score: 92/100
User score: 8.5/10
Notable episodes: "Do Mail Robots Dream of Electric Sheep?," "March 8, 1983"

Metacritic score: 92/100
User score: 8.9/10
Notable episodes: "Life of Brian," "Self-Esteem," "Betrayal"

Metacritic score: 92/100
User score: 9.0/10
Notable episodes: "Bart Gets an F," "Homer vs. Lisa and the 8th Commandment"

Metacritic score: 92/100
User score: 9.0/10
Notable episodes: "Public Relations," "The Summer Man," "Tomorrowland"

Metacritic score: 92/100
User score: 9.1/10
Notable episodes: "Mazel Tov," "The Great Destroyer," "Unhinged"

Metacritic score: 92/100
User score: 9.3/10
Notable episodes: "Pilot," "Our Gang," "Circles"

Metacritic score: 93/100
User score: 7.2/10
Notable episodes: "Montana," "Hank's Divorce," "End of the Season"

Metacritic score: 93/100
User score: 8.8/10
Notable episodes: "Chet's Shirt," "Krazee-Eyez Killa," "The Grand Opening"

Metacritic score: 93/100
User score: 8.6/10
Notable episodes: "Back," "Model," "Pamela Part 1"

Metacritic score: 93/100
User score: 8.9/10
Notable episodes: "Merger," "Party," "Charity"

Metacritic score: 93/100
User score: 9.1/10
Notable episodes: "Episode 1," "Episode 2," "Episode 15"

Metacritic score: 93/100
User score: 9.2/10
Notable episodes: "A Lie Agreed Upon (Parts 1 and 2)," "Requiem for a Gleet"

Metacritic score: 94/100
User score: 6.7/10
Notable episodes: "Kina Hora," "Oscillate," "Grey Green Brown & Copper"

Metacritic score: 94/100
User score: 8.3/10
Notable episodes: "The Soviet Division," "Darkroom"

Metacritic score: 94/100
User score: 8.5/10
Notable episodes: "Gone for Goode," "Ghost of a Chance," "A Dog and Pony Show"

Metacritic score: 94/100
User score: 8.8/10
Notable episodes: "Something Is Wrong," "Miami," "Dad"

Metacritic score: 94/100
User score: 9.1/10
Notable episodes: "Occupation," "Precipice," "Exodus Part 2"

Metacritic score: 94/100
User score: 9.2/10
Notable episodes: "First of His Name," "Mockingbird," "The Children"

Metacritic score: 95/100
User score: 7.6/10
Notable episodes: "The Key," "Higher Power," "All I Ever Wanted"

Metacritic score: 95/100
User score: 8.8/10
Notable episodes: "Glanders," "Pastor Tim," "Chloramphenicol"

Metacritic score: 95/100
User score: 9.2/10
Notable episodes: "Ebb Tide," "Bad Dreams," "Port in a Storm"

Metacritic score: 96/100
User score: 7.0/10
Notable episodes: "Graduation," "White Rock"

Metacritic score: 96/100
User score: 8.2/10
Notable episodes: "Episode 6," "Episode 5"

Metacritic score: 96/100
User score: 8.3/10
Notable episodes: "Broken Hearts," "In Memoriam," "The Choice"

Metacritic score: 96/100
User score: 8.9/10
Notable episodes: "Soprano Home Movies," "Kaisha," "Made in America"

Metacritic score: 96/100
User score: 9.3/10
Notable episodes: "Islands," "Cities"

Metacritic score: 96/100
User score: 9.3/10
Notable episodes: "Pilot," "Traces to Nowhere," "The Last Evening"

Metacritic score: 96/100
User score: 9.4/10
Notable episodes: "Waiting for Dutch," "Fear and Trembling," "Palindrome"

Metacritic score: 96/100
User score: 9.5/10
Notable episodes: "Box Cutter," "End Times," "Face Off"

Metacritic score: 96/100
User score: 9.5/10
Notable episodes: "Parts 1-5"

Metacritic score: 97/100
User score: 5.6/10
Notable episodes: "Everybody Loves Larry," "Ellen, Or Isn't She?," "The Roast"

Metacritic score: 97/100
User score: 9.3/10
Notable episodes: "From Where to Eternity," "Bust Out," "Funhouse"

Metacritic score: 97/100
User score: 9.4/10
Notable episodes: "Mr. Ruggerio's Neighborhood," "Second Opinion," "Army of One"

Metacritic score: 98/100
User score: 8.3/10
Notable episodes: "Christmas Special Parts 1 & 2"

Metacritic score: 98/100
User score: 8.5/10
Notable episodes: "Downsize," "New Girl," "Judgement"

Metacritic score: 98/100
User score: 9.1/10
Notable episodes: "The Book of Nora," "Certified"

Metacritic score: 98/100
User score: 9.5/10
Notable episodes: "Time After Time," "Straight and True," "Mission Accomplished"

Metacritic score: 98/100
User score: 9.6/10
Notable episodes: "Boys of Summer," "That's Got His Own," "Final Grades"

Metacritic score: 99/100
User score: 5.3/10
Notable episodes: "Another List," "I Buried Sid," "Flip"

Metacritic score: 99/100
User score: 5.6/10
Notable episodes: "Roseanne's Return," "Hank's Sex Tape," "Eight"

Metacritic score: 99/100
User score: 6.3/10
Notable episodes: "Chapter One," "Chapter Twenty-Two," "Chapter Twenty-Three"

Metacritic score: 99/100
User score: 8.8/10
Notable episodes: "All I'm Sayin'," "Happy Unburdening"

Metacritic score: 99/100
User score: 9.7/10
Notable episodes: "Ozymandias," "Granite State," "Felina"

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