The Greatest and Most Iconic TV Shows From Each Year of the 2000s, Ranked for Their Lasting Impact

The 2000s marked the beginning of the golden age of television, the onset of an era that would see the small screen rise to become one of the most prestigious forms of entertainment of the modern age. A truly divine decade for the medium, everything from urgent and absorbing crime dramas to mesmerizing period pieces, harrowing war epics, and, of course, classics of small-screen comedy had their chance to thrive.