We like the current age of television drama but comedy just isn't what it used to be.
That's the conclusion of a nzherald.co.nz poll which asked readers to name their five favourite TV shows, ever.
An analysis of the almost 600 top-five selections made over a month concluded Breaking Bad was the voters' favourite television show of all time.
The acclaimed American series about a cancer-stricken chemistry teacher turning drug kingpin had its final season last year. That it figured most heavily in the top-five lists might indicate a voting pool with short memories.
However, number two in the list is the classic and much-repeated 1970s sitcom M*A*S*H. The rest of the top 10 also includes comedies from the 70s (Fawlty Towers), the 80s (Blackadder) and the 90s (Friends and Seinfeld).
