Top 20 Greatest TV Scenes of All Time

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TV doesn't get much better than this! Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we’re counting down our picks for the most memorable or iconic scenes from live-action scripted television series. So that means no moments from shows like “The Simpsons” and “Saturday Night Live.” Our countdown includes The Carousel Pitch from "Mad Men," The Red Wedding from "Game of Thrones", Kendall's Press Conference from "Succession", Dinner Party Meltdown from "The Office", and more! Did your favorite TV scene make the list? Let us know in the comments!
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@WatchMojo 14 күн бұрын

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@marcusyates3044 10 күн бұрын

Top 20 Best Animated DC Shows of All Time!

@Funny.Man101 10 күн бұрын

What’s an avocado’s favorite kind of music? Guac and roll!

@Reaperguy67 10 күн бұрын

@@Funny.Man101 get lost already..you are not funny

@adamhoward1408 10 күн бұрын

Jesse calling everyone a bitch in breaking bad

@sussie7460 10 күн бұрын

My favorite scene is in Everybody Loves Raymond when Robert proposes to Amy.

@andrewgarfield9898 10 күн бұрын

My favorite scene in Breaking Bad is when Jesse asks Kim if he should hire Saul Goodman as his lawyer and she responds with “only if you’re breaking bad” it was amazing. Just brilliant Vince

@popjibbletz 10 күн бұрын

Except that is not in Breaking Bad.......

@andrewdevore4799 15 сағат бұрын

That was in Better Call Saul

@ExecutorAndree 9 күн бұрын

Court scene from Better Call Saul is awesome, but my personal #1 is when Lalo comes to Jimmy and Kim's apartment to hear the story of how Jimmy survived through the desert. Its like the most tense scene I've ever seen on TV, and the acting is world class from all involved parties.

@TopCat2021 10 күн бұрын

The revel of the "chicken" on the bus scene in MASH was a very memorable one.

@positivelysimful1283 9 күн бұрын

All in the Family best scene between Archie & Mike is when they get locked in the storage room & get drunk, Archie talks about his childhood-- revealing his childhood being bullied and his father being racist and abusive (as he defends his father with tears in his eyes)-- and the realization coming over Mike as he gains a new understanding of Archie... it starts you off laughing and gets real serious. I think that is probably the best Archie/Mike scene.

@kinGsaL1515 10 күн бұрын

That Sopranos ending scene is so good, it's the best ending scene to any movie or show I've ever seen. Don't even care about all the theories about wether he lived or died, just seeing a wholesome regular dinner between the family you've been watching for so long, and thinking back to that seen when Tony told his young kids to remember the good times.. so good

@shadysorkin9214 10 күн бұрын

I think the idea is that you don't know if that is their last meal or not. The camera pans over multiple strangers throughout the scene. Because Tony has chosen to stay in that life, he will be looking over his shoulder forever, and it gives you that same feeling. I think it's great too.

@thegoldenorder1240 9 күн бұрын

Its terrible. Imagine watching a show for 10 years only for someone to just pull the plug. Its lazy as hell and offers 0 creativity.

@timdatanuki2375 8 күн бұрын

David Chase has confirmed that Tony died

@boogaloo4481 8 күн бұрын

@@thegoldenorder1240that's like one of the most creative and audacious ending in tv history, theres no way an uninspiring ending could be a global phenomenon that's still widely discussed today.

@cadillacdeville5828 10 күн бұрын

" If you don't know who I am, tread lightly" Walter White when Hank finds out who he is.

@endorphinzz 10 күн бұрын

More specifically, that's when Hank tells Walter he DOESN'T know who he is...

@richsmith9157 10 күн бұрын

What a lot of people don't know is when Sam straights out the picture at the end of the show it was a salute to coach.

@tamic8190 10 күн бұрын

Lots of awesome choices, but I would have included the WKRP in Cincinnati turkey drop.

@glennstarkey7087 10 күн бұрын

For a pure comedy list i agree its def worth consideration...id still go with chuckles bites the dust

@henryqu19 10 күн бұрын

No matter how many times i watch , The Red Wedding still surprises me each time

@crimsonclover9871 10 күн бұрын

Same here....no matter how many times I see it play out I always hope that Rob and Cat's men catch onto that something is wrong when they hear the opening notes of The Rains of Castamere. Sadly, only Cat feels the unease and, by then, it's already far too late.

@VickiTakacs. 6 күн бұрын

I am so angry at the writers of GOT I refuse to rrwatch the last season again. They are the ones who destroy our country and they trashed those characters and that last season on purpose.

@scotchgaming.5438 10 күн бұрын

Seriously no The walking dead negan line up ???? Say what you want about the walking dead but the episode is still to this day, the greatest moment I’ve ever seen in television. I remember nearly taking the day off after because I was so shaken after watching it & I remember pretty much every costumer & staff member talking about it

@scottieman2 10 күн бұрын

Anything from Breaking Bad is gold.

@lp-xl9ld 10 күн бұрын

The NEWHART finale...still the only moment from a scripted show that made me totally lose it

@mikememine1423 10 күн бұрын

Thanks for mentioning that...shocker

@jaywright1413 10 күн бұрын

Logan Roy's death is one of the most powerful scenes I can remember. Everyone finding out in real time. Each of their individual and unique responses to the news. It was so authentic. Succession was a masterpiece but that had to be the most unforgettable moment to me.

@Nora_I_am_nice 10 күн бұрын

“Cut! Gimme a Tylenol, stop rhyming y’ll! You got no style dog,I’m the king of dialogue!” Quentin Tarantino.

@sgtnubbings6501 10 күн бұрын

ERB

@CreationsLab 10 күн бұрын

‘Picture a child sitting next to a projector’

@johngallagher4280 10 күн бұрын

The most iconic scene in All In the Family is when Sammy Davis Jr. KISSED Archie. That was the longest audience laugh in sitcom history. Also should include the hugging (finale) scene in the Mary Tyler Moore Show.

@glennstarkey7087 10 күн бұрын

Final scene was good if I was gonna go MTM tho id do her cracking up at the funeral in Chuckles bites the dust great show on grief and for its time very unheard of But the group hug is up there

@hitmandre2056 10 күн бұрын

No Miami Vice is crazy. Crockett and Tubbs riding in the car while Phil Collins is playing in the background still gives me chills to this day

@AnthonyVenutolo 5 күн бұрын

Utter insanity..I left a similar comment. These kids just don’t know …

@Omega_X_Factor 10 күн бұрын

The opening to LOST. Right away you knew that this wouldn’t be a dramatic Gilligan’s Island. That show changed the game.

@jeremywilliams5141 10 күн бұрын

I have two scenes in mind that should be given a mention. One is the scene from "Good Times" where Florida Evans finally breaks down and is overcome with grief due to the death of her husband James. She sums it up with three words: "Damn, damn, DAMN!". The other is from "The Cosby Show" where the Huxtable family lip-syncs to "Night Time Is the Right Time" by Ray Charles in the season two episode "Happy Anniversary".

@JeffersonSilva-ce1ry 10 күн бұрын

I missed the scene when Buffy found out Joyce's death in Buffy the Vampire Slayer

@dawnsacks5161 5 күн бұрын

I just said the same thing.

@RipCityJB 10 күн бұрын

I get misty eyed at the Cheers final scene when Sam adjusts the picture of Geronimo....that was a tribute to Coach (Nick Colasanto), who had the picture in his dressing room.

@michaelorsley2981 10 күн бұрын

So many great Breaking Bad scenes but the best in my opinion is the "I am the one who knocks" scene

@jjkoij 9 күн бұрын

indeed, what about when skyler tells she gave the money to Beneke and he starts laughing?

@Kr0N05 4 күн бұрын

That was a let down for me because it didn't ring true; he had shown himself as someone bumbling through the whole process of becoming a drug dealer, and so I didn't view him as being badass after some of the real goofy shite he did.

@chestnut1279 3 күн бұрын

my fav is when he shows up to save Jesse, shoots the two dudes and says RUN but even greater is when Jesse kills the other cook for Walter.

@rozacrain5784 8 күн бұрын

Every scene in “Better call Saul” is iconic. Probably the best show I’ve ever watched

@jukeboxjunkie1000 10 күн бұрын

I understand that this is US centric, but the final shot of Blackadder Goes Forth is truly poignant and deserves to be in the top 3 of this list.

@HarryWessex 9 күн бұрын

Seriously though why can't they just call "in US" is it really that hard?

@MrPaulpops2003 9 күн бұрын

2 of those are from rip offs of our Series Archie Bunker (Alf Garnett ] and their shit version of the Office

@LukeTheNotSoFunnyCheetoMan 10 күн бұрын

Hanks death from Breaking Bad was probably the most sad yet most memed moment on the show

@ehh622 10 күн бұрын

I literally don't gwt why the most sad scenes get turned into a meme, like people turn a turning point of a show into a meme.

@alexfranco1293 10 күн бұрын

@@ehh622I don't get it either, I think they're just trying to ruin it

@ehh622 10 күн бұрын

@@alexfranco1293 Probably.

@veronicaferguson8548 10 күн бұрын

Yep.MASH is and always will be my favorite show.

@user-em6ie2be7x 10 күн бұрын

"I just Blue Myself" Tobias Fünke Arrested Development all these years later that's one of The Most Memorable, & Funniest Lines in a TV show.

@ARIXANDRE 10 күн бұрын

These were great. I love the opening of House MD Season 6, with the Doctor being in rehab to the sound of No Surprises by Radiohead.

@Jeremiah_Rivers76 10 күн бұрын

For all the second-hand embarrassment “Dinner Party” delivers, The Hunted’s “That One Night” and the table fight are part of what makes that episode of _The Office_ so magnificent.

@bdbear10 10 күн бұрын

I was skeptical what the first would be, but when you chose the M*A*S*H scene, I was pleasantly surprised!

@mbrow 10 күн бұрын

I was a child when I saw that episode of the Twilight Zone. I still remember it to this day. The Cheers and MASH finales also are very poignant. Breaking Bad - what can you say? My most memorable scene in that series was when his wife said that he's in danger and he tells her that HE is the danger. EPIC.

@gregorymeyer1798 10 күн бұрын

Wow, awesome list... You guys really dug deep with this one, ranging 60+ years you took from every era and every genre. It's astounding and truly wonderful. Took me back in a big way. Thank you for the hard work.

@HarryWessex 9 күн бұрын

Didn't dig that deep... all from the same country

@darthstarkiller1912 10 күн бұрын

Where's Carol Burnett's curtain dress?

@batgurrl 10 күн бұрын

I remember very little specific things from that show but DEFINITELY remember that. Great call

@TK0_23_ 9 күн бұрын

That was a variety show. It doesn't qualify.

@pagangodx6890 10 күн бұрын

Buffy the vampire slayer. When spike reveals he fought and won back his soul, not only should have made this list. It should be near the top. “Can we rest now buffy? Can we rest?” While burning on a cross…. Ffs what’s better than that?

@user-em6ie2be7x 10 күн бұрын

Monk - Monk finally finds the man who planted the car bomb that killed Trudy, & discovers he has a stepdaughter.

@bscats1 10 күн бұрын

Trudy’s daughter.

@marieangels6 6 күн бұрын

step-DAUGHTER

@TK0_23_ 9 күн бұрын

When Penny gave Sheldon the Napkin. They were at the heart if that show. Maybe good for an honorable mention.

@JBentham1523 10 күн бұрын

We will never forget LOST. There have been excellent TV shows, there are excellent TV shows and there will be more. But there is nothing like LOST.

@johnjones3813 10 күн бұрын

But the show itself got lost. The first two seasons were great, and then it just got more and more erratic and ultimately pointless.

@thugpassion480able 10 күн бұрын

I'm right there with you

@collegebro85 10 күн бұрын

The show should have ended after season 5: the bomb went off destroying the island and both timelines converged giving us an actual ending. At the very least, pull a plot twist that Jacob was actually evil and the Man in Black was really trying to get everyone off the island and destroy it….but no…they all were dead and met up in a church 🤦🏼‍♂️🤷🏼‍♂️

@hayeonkim7838 10 күн бұрын

Thanks for meaningful and valuable video as always ❤❤❤

@BasketballJones48021 9 күн бұрын

Good list for the most part… A blatant omission is the In the Air Tonight scene from Miami Vice; one of the best and most influential scenes ever! Plus, I can also think of a few scenes from Hill Street Blues, and the “damn, damn, damn” scene from Good Times…

@MatthewReimel 9 күн бұрын

the moment where Hank died was Bryan Cranston at his best dramatic acting. That episode was one of the most powerful things I’ve seen.👏👏

@gfear24 9 күн бұрын

That Fresh Prince scene, when Uncle Phil hugs Will after asking "Why don't he want me, man?", James Avery whispered in Will's ear "Now THAT is acting."

@jazziered142 10 күн бұрын

Even though the gremlin looked bad, the thought process behind a gremlin is horrifying. It will always be so.

@catholicactionbibleonlyist1813 10 күн бұрын

Hm :Star Trek: The Next Generation: the ending of The Best of Both Worlds Part I

@cestall1 10 күн бұрын

"As God as my witness....I thought turkeys could fly."

@IPete.WhichS2MuchN4 10 күн бұрын

Should've included: Twin Peaks - "You're going back... to Missoula.... MONTANA!" (I remember watching this scene when it first aired, and how disturbed I felt afterwards) Walking Dead - "Back to it!" Community - The Darkest Timeline Always Sunny - When "Dayman" is first thought up (this, or Dennis's Wind Beneath My Wings speech)

@collegebro85 10 күн бұрын

3 scenes far better than any of these: Here’s Negan or Rick bites out the throat of another human to save his life from Walking Dead, and Mr. Feeny’s farewell in the Boy Meets World finale!

@pedromicaelgama2275 9 күн бұрын

I came to watch the video hoping that the rocket launcher scene from "Buffy" would appear here. "What's that do?" followed by a disturbed Drusilla: Hilarious 😂😂😂

@alyzu4755 10 күн бұрын

Theres an episode of "Sesame Street" in which they do "Game of Chairs". Basically all the GoT characters, in Muppet form, play musical chairs in order to win the Iron Throne. At one point the Robb Stark Muppet says "Can we get a move on? I have a wedding to get to". 😏 P.S, Thank you for throwing in the scene from "Doctor Who". 🥰

@GamerFunOriginallyAarush 10 күн бұрын

Great TV scenes!

@Animeguy300 10 күн бұрын

I love your top 10 list videos

@vulture27fm 10 күн бұрын

I definitely would have gone with Omar's testimony for a scene from the wire. A man has got to have a code.

@astra004 10 күн бұрын

I miss: Six feet under, last episode, the view into the future. The longest moment ever, in a tv show. Emergency Room: the death of Marc Green. More heartbreak is only delivered by the separation of Heidi from her Großvater.

@hrajathmadhyastha7359 9 күн бұрын

That Kendall press scene still gives me goosebumps.

@user-dt8vy2yb3d 10 күн бұрын

Remember the X Files motto "The Truth is Out There!"

@chestnut1279 3 күн бұрын

Several to add here: First Walking Dead when Rick's Group takes on the Saviors and Sheeba saves Carl. That whole fight was absolutely spine-tingling. From Battlestar Galactica remake when Pegasus helmed by Lee saves Galactica. There were many great scenes in BSG and also in TWD.

@EvaGrammer 10 күн бұрын

This is an awesome list. I have so many TV series I need to watch!

@daniellewis2133 9 күн бұрын

My favorite Breaking Bad scene was when Walt blew up Tuco's office.

@DaddyOfTheSugarVariety 10 күн бұрын

I vote for Sesame Street, Good bye Mr. Hooper & the adults meet Mr. Snuffleupagus. I also vote for Queer As Folk when Uncle Vic dies.

@MCMNasty2 3 күн бұрын

These are great. That scene from West Wing was woowwww.

@jeffm9770 10 күн бұрын

My favorite part of the socks and shoes scene is where Mike says "Yeah but I can hop on one foot and stay dry"

@3110hello 5 күн бұрын

Great list! Muller and Scully are in my heart forever in my heart.

@itslouiemoo8018 9 күн бұрын

The scene between Patty and Kevin in the well from The Leftovers when Patty is telling Kevin about the time she was on Jeopardy and planning to leave her husband was just perfect. Ann Dowd knocked it out of the park in that scene.

@kinGsaL1515 10 күн бұрын

For The Wire you picked a really good scene but I think the best scene in the entire show is actually earlier on in that episode when Avon shuts Stringer down infront of Slim Charles about killing Clay Davis. It's when you finally see their relationship implode and Stringer was phenomenal in that scene

@endorphinzz 10 күн бұрын

That X-Files scene was too weak to be in the top 20...the All In The Family scene that should have been on the list was Archie getting kissed on the cheek by Sammy Davis Jr--THAT scene is beyond iconic...

@Fatinum 7 күн бұрын

The scene on Sopranos with Paulie & Christopher with the Russian should definitely make the list

@kpanyc Күн бұрын

What about Janice and Richie?!

@Bell2323 10 күн бұрын

"Is anyone here a marine biologist??" 😂😂😂😂

@jerodeverly3357 7 күн бұрын

This was an excellent list honestly. Can't imagine taking a single scene off the list.

@JenThePirate 8 күн бұрын

#19 that scene from the West Wing, will never not give me chills

@koenclijsen8874 9 күн бұрын

Can't really disagree with anything on this list. I would have some additions though: The death of Reverend Smith/ Doc Cochran's prayer from Deadwood season 1, the final scene from Blackadder Goes Fourth, University Challenge from The Young Ones, the German scene from Fawlty Towers, Viserys' arrival in the throne room from House of the Dragon S1, the sad goodbye between the O' Reilly brothers from Oz, 'Hello, Dexter Morgan' from Dexter season 4, and Master of Puppets from Stranger Things.

@Kr0N05 4 күн бұрын

For shear runaway, ever-increasing comedic insanity, I would also have to include the German episode of Faulty Towers. My father was a German soldier in WWII, and I remember him crying with laughter and not able to catch his breath at the end of it. :)

@sarahm8695 10 күн бұрын

I was expecting truth of the "Bent-Neck Lady" from The Haunting of Hill House to be on here

@MaCabaret 9 күн бұрын

Hank’s death was really the one consequence that Walt couldn’t buy, beg, barter, bluff, or bomb his way out of.

@andrewdevore4799 15 сағат бұрын

I broke into laughter after I saw the thumbnail

@charleshyde6461 10 күн бұрын

Vikings, Ragnars who wants to be king rant!

@timcasey8314 9 күн бұрын

Monica’s proposal still makes me cry

@buuubble_gum 6 күн бұрын

Jed Bartlet's rant at God is a masterpiece of writing and acting.

@randyrogers8568 10 күн бұрын

It only happened three days ago but the announced death of George Cooper Sr. was as heartfelt as they come.

@williamsummerson1204 10 күн бұрын

Who thinks that this should have been a top 30 list?

@lyndscar7693 5 күн бұрын

No matter how many times I watch that scene from Fresh Prince, I sob. Every time.

@donaldmacarthur 8 күн бұрын

I absolutely LOVE the scene of Will and Phil after Will runs his father out. So powerful, so beautiful ❤️

@jeffjago9352 4 күн бұрын

Show: 24 Episode: Season 5, 6:00 am to 7:00am The scene where Jack recounts the various crimes, and instances of immorality committed by President Charles Logan, who is handcuffed to a pipe, is exceptional. It felt like the entire series was building towards that one moment. I’m not saying it’s the best television scene of all time, but I believe it should be somewhere on this list. Kiefer Sutherland’s delivery of the monologue is pitch perfect, but more than his acting performance, the scene illustrates how the powerful use legislation to insulate themselves from the fallout of their useless and harmful legislation in real life. The duration of Jack’s speech in this scene is outstanding. I don’t imply any animosity towards WatchMojo whatsoever. I love the channel and their sincerity. They are clearly trying only to make judgements as impartially as possible.

@timcasey8314 9 күн бұрын

I already know this won’t be here, but when Esposito made Becket handle her PTSD still gives me chills because of how well it was done. By the way, the moment in comment is when he shows her the sniper rifle

@MrToronto44 10 күн бұрын

What about the final scene of the final episode of Six Feet Under with Sia's Breathe Me playing. Still haunts me.

@mlsaulnier 4 күн бұрын

Correct!

@AnthonyVenutolo 5 күн бұрын

Guess you guys never heard of a little show called MIAMI VICE where its two protagonist cops - Crockett & Tubbs - ride through the streets of Miami to the song IN THE AIR TONIGHT by Phill Collins. This was noteworthy because it was considered to be the first real impactful needle drop in TV history. It was bold, moody, cinematic and everyone started doing similar things years later. You wouldn’t have SOPRANOS and Journey in the finale without MIAMI VICE.

@theezlife6056 9 күн бұрын

The Walking Dead season 6 episode 9. The last five or six minutes where the people of Alexandria finally find their courage to defend their home from the massive heart of walkers was one of the most standout scenes from the entire series.

@chestnut1279 3 күн бұрын

BSG Hera's rescue, all of it. Fantastic.

@BritneyLuby 9 күн бұрын

Missing the scene, when Dr Carter reads Dr Mark Greene's letter (and Corday's) on ER, when Mark passes away... And so many scenes from Buffy could've made it on here (like when she wins class protector, or any of her many awesome speeches)