The Story Behind 1001 TV Series

"1001 TV Series You Must Watch Before You Die", general-edited by Paul Condon, extended the series to the small screen in 2015. It treats television as seriously as the film volume treats cinema, spanning early broadcast through the modern streaming era.

Each of its 1001 entries gets a short essay placing the show in its moment and arguing for its lasting importance. The list tracked here is drawn from that canon.