The New York Times asked more than 500 people in television to rank the best shows of the 21st century. Their top 100 is below, in the Times' order.

We have the pilot script for 65 of the 100. Click a poster to read the pilot. Posters marked “No script yet” are not in the archive. For the Times' full write-ups, see the original list on nytimes.com.

Breaking Bad poster1
Breaking Bad2008
The Wire poster2
The Wire2002
Mad Men poster3
Mad Men2007
Succession poster4
Succession2018
Fleabag poster5
Fleabag2016
Game of Thrones poster6
Game of Thrones2011
Veep poster7
Veep2012
30 Rock poster8
30 Rock2006
Curb Your Enthusiasm poster9No script yet
Curb Your Enthusiasm2000
Atlanta poster10
Atlanta2016
The Office (U.S.) poster11
The Office (U.S.)2005
Arrested Development poster12
Arrested Development2003
Girls poster13
Girls2012
Friday Night Lights poster14
Friday Night Lights2006
Six Feet Under poster15
Six Feet Under2001
The Office (U.K.) poster16No script yet
The Office (U.K.)2001
The Americans poster17
The Americans2013
I May Destroy You poster18
I May Destroy You2020
Chernobyl poster19
Chernobyl2019
The Crown poster20
The Crown2016
The White Lotus poster21
The White Lotus2021
Lost poster22
Lost2004
The Comeback poster23No script yet
The Comeback2005
Deadwood poster24
Deadwood2004
The Leftovers poster25
The Leftovers2014
Black Mirror poster26
Black Mirror2011
Better Call Saul poster27No script yet
Better Call Saul2015
Band of Brothers poster28No script yet
Band of Brothers2001
Key & Peele poster29No script yet
Key & Peele2012
Severance poster30
Severance2022
Survivor poster31No script yet
Survivor2000
Andor poster32No script yet
Andor2022
Enlightened poster33
Enlightened2011
Schitt's Creek poster34
Schitt's Creek2015
True Detective poster35
True Detective2014
The Pitt poster36No script yet
The Pitt2025
Battlestar Galactica poster37No script yet
Battlestar Galactica2005
Homeland poster38
Homeland2011
Watchmen poster39No script yet
Watchmen2019
Adolescence poster40No script yet
Adolescence2025
Louie poster41No script yet
Louie2010
Hacks poster42
Hacks2021
Peaky Blinders poster43
Peaky Blinders2013
BoJack Horseman poster44
BoJack Horseman2014
Happy Valley poster45
Happy Valley2014
Broad City poster46No script yet
Broad City2014
Twin Peaks: The Return poster47
Twin Peaks: The Return2017 · we have the original series
House of Cards poster48
House of Cards2013
Normal People poster49
Normal People2020
Parks and Recreation poster50
Parks and Recreation2009
The Good Place poster51
The Good Place2016
Downton Abbey poster52
Downton Abbey2010
Stranger Things poster53
Stranger Things2016
The Bureau poster54No script yet
The Bureau2015
Insecure poster55
Insecure2016
Nathan for You poster56No script yet
Nathan for You2013
I Think You Should Leave poster57No script yet
I Think You Should Leave2019
Chappelle's Show poster58No script yet
Chappelle's Show2003
PEN15 poster59
PEN152019
Peep Show poster60No script yet
Peep Show2003
RuPaul's Drag Race poster61No script yet
RuPaul's Drag Race2009
Slow Horses poster62No script yet
Slow Horses2022
The Thick of It poster63No script yet
The Thick of It2005
Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown poster64No script yet
Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown2013
Mare of Easttown poster65
Mare of Easttown2021
The Rehearsal poster66No script yet
The Rehearsal2022
The Handmaid's Tale poster67
The Handmaid's Tale2017
Ozark poster68
Ozark2017
Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations poster69No script yet
Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations2005
The Shield poster70
The Shield2002
Beef poster71
Beef2023
Squid Game poster72No script yet
Squid Game2021
Barry poster73
Barry2018
The Bear poster74
The Bear2022
Ted Lasso poster75
Ted Lasso2020
Somebody Somewhere poster76No script yet
Somebody Somewhere2022
Modern Family poster77
Modern Family2009
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia poster78No script yet
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia2005
The Good Wife poster79
The Good Wife2009
How to with John Wilson poster80No script yet
How to with John Wilson2020
The Queen's Gambit poster81
The Queen's Gambit2020
Better Things poster82
Better Things2016
Justified poster83
Justified2010
Planet Earth poster84No script yet
Planet Earth2006
The Great British Baking Show poster85No script yet
The Great British Baking Show2010
Shogun poster86
Shogun2024
Reservation Dogs poster87No script yet
Reservation Dogs2021
Dexter poster88
Dexter2006
Baby Reindeer poster89
Baby Reindeer2024
Eastbound & Down poster90
Eastbound & Down2009
Catastrophe poster91
Catastrophe2015
The Night Of poster92No script yet
The Night Of2016
Station Eleven poster93
Station Eleven2021
The Diplomat poster94No script yet
The Diplomat2023
House poster95
House2004
Halt and Catch Fire poster96No script yet
Halt and Catch Fire2014
Community poster97
Community2009
The OA poster98
The OA2016
Gilmore Girls poster99
Gilmore Girls2000
Scandal poster100
Scandal2012

35 of the 100 are not in the archive yet. Some are unscripted or documentary series with no pilot script to read, and some are scripted shows we are still looking for. Have a pilot script for one of them and the right to share it? We would love to add it.

Rankings and titles are from The New York Times. Episode One is not affiliated with The New York Times.