I don’t have a television set that is hooked up to anything and don’t use streaming much, so anything that I know about TV shows comes from seasons boxed on DVD.
Ruling out all the canceled and concluded shows and miniseries that I’ve liked, my current favorites:
Top 5
5. Sons of Anarchy
4. Breaking Bad
3. Curb Your Enthusiasm
2. Big Love – I haven’t seen the final season. I’ll be sad to see it go.
1. In Treatment
Five more, some of which could be in my top five
5. Entourage
4. Fringe – Always entertaining but frustrating because the through story is so slow to emerge.
3. Spartacus: Blood and Sand – Poor Spartacus got sick. Hope the show comes back.
2. Community- So far I’ve only seen Season 1.
1. I’m probably forgetting one.
Honorable mention
True Blood – Liked Season 1. Started Season 2 but bailed.
Haven’t seen
Parenting
Glee
Boardwalk Empire
Treme
Modern Family, Parks and Recreation, The Killing, The Walking Dead, Nurse Jackie, etc., etc.,…
Haven’t engaged me
Dexter
30 Rock
The Office
All animation
Bored to Death – Almost. If it had more through story.
Weeds
Chuck
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Does writing excuse watching? 
I like your list. It’s all men doing bad things except the men aren’t actually bad, but just morally conflicted. Or funny. Or both.
A guy who said he worked for comcast came to our door a couple of days ago to see how things were going (do you think he was REALLY a comcast rep?) and showed me a chewed up piece of paper with a bunch of prices on it that represented how much I’d have to pay if I couldn’t wait to get the boxed set of a season. I can wait.
We watch Modern Family and 30 Rock on Hulu at dinner. That way we are laughing at something that has nothing to do with us and not shouting at each other, which I find is bad for pretty much everything.