The Very Best TV Franchises, Ranked

The best TV franchises of all time have brought us some of the biggest and best dramas, sitcoms, and animated series ever as well as a few spin-off films. Spawning new series from back-door pilots and favorite characters, or just expanding to include more and more cities under the watchful eye of a procedural drama, television franchises are often more complicated than movie franchises, but also far more bingeable. This is your chance to vote from what you think is the greatest TV franchise ever and see how your favorite popular television franchises rank against other TV enthusiasts' choices.

Some people will judge a famous franchise based on its best parts, like The Walking Dead, while others will take all the interconnected parts of a franchise into account when ranking the top TV universes, so don't get offended if you see the Law & Order franchise further down this list than you think it should be. Also, try to keep in mind that TV franchises that will have three or more shows but don't yet do not yet qualify for this list.

Vote on these top TV franchises based on the collection as a whole, or just because one or two of the series mean something special to you. Make sure your favorite TV franchise of all-time lands at the top of this list.