A great bunch of lads.
Father Ted has deservedly acquired reverential status in Ireland over the years but it seems that the love and respect for one of the greatest sitcoms of all time extends far beyond our borders.
This week, internet movie and TV bible IMDB published a list of the top 25 TV shows by year from 1990 to 2014 and it would fill any Irish person with pride to see Father Ted up there with the likes of True Detective, Game of Thrones, Breaking Bad, The Wire and The Sopranos.
The list was compiled using all-time user ratings averages, with Ted commanding an impressive rating of 8.7 based on the reviews of just over 23,000 IMDB users over the years.
We think a speech is in order.
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IMDB Top 25 TV shows by user rating from the last 25 years
- True Detective
- Rick and Morty
- Gravity Falls
- Game of Thrones
- Sherlock
- Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
- Breaking Bad
- Flight of the Conchords
- Death Note
- Avatar: The Last Airbender
- House M.D.
- Arrested Development
- The Wire
- Six Feet Under
- Coupling
- The Sopranos
- Cowboy Bebop
- Oz
- Dragon Ball Z
- FATHER TED
- Friends
- The X-Files
- Batman: The Animated Series
- The Adventures of Tintin
- Twin Peaks
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