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Top Tens – TV: Top 10 TV Series

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Yes – it’s an Emmy!

 

Exactly what it says on the tin – my Top 10 TV Series.

Well, perhaps not quite exactly as these are my top ten non-‘genre’ TV series – that is, excluding ‘genre’ TV series such as fantasy or SF, animated, or comedy series, all of which have their own top tens.

That said, occasionally fantasy or SF elements pop up in my non-genre TV series, just not enough as to rank them as fantasy or SF – but I will have a special section in each entry to note fantasy or SF elements. Also, almost every TV series has comedic elements or at least the odd gag – after all, one could classify almost every narrative work by the comedy-tragedy dichotomy of classical Greek drama – so I will also have a special section for comedy in each entry.

And yes – I know animation is more a medium than its own genre, although animated TV series are predominantly fantasy or SF genre.

Anyway, these are my Top 10 TV Series.

Top Tens – Mythology: Top 10 Books (Special Mention – Revised 2025)

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I live in a mythic world – and I have special mentions!

That’s right – I don’t just have a top ten mythology books, I have a whole host of special mentions. My usual rule is twenty special mentions for each top ten, where the subject matter is prolific enough, as it is here – which I suppose would usually make each top ten a top thirty if you want to look at it that way.

My special mentions are also where I can have some fun with the subject category and splash out with some wilder entries.

And as I’ve recently revised my Top 10 Mythology Books to include the best mythology book of 2024 (as well as promoting Homer’s Iliad & Odyssey from special mention to second place entry in my top ten), that also sees me shuffle some entries and add a few new ones.

I’m not going to repeat all the previous entries – I’ll reserve that for when I post the complete special mentions in one post – but I will note shuffled entries and post the new ones individually.

With the Iliad and Odyssey now in my top ten, that sees the Tarot as my new top special mention, with the Folklore Index shuffled into second top special mention. As the Iliad and Odyssey knocked Bulfinch’s Mythology out of the top ten, the latter now ranks as my third special mention – with a new entry as my fourth special mention to come…