Taxi Driver. Everyone is a Muppet, except Jodi Foster.

Wire and Sopranos were 1999/2002. Lost started in 04. They were the first and widely popular

It's dated, but was ahead of its time. Although Wire and Sopranos gets most of the credit for bringing us serialized television, Buffy was one of the firsts to tow the line between freak of the week procedural to serialized, imo.

It was an action/horror that used the horror genre as a metaphor for the struggles of teenage angst and obstacles faced primarily through the lens of a teenaged girl, something that would be criticized by many today as "woke". It dealt with loss, grief, suicide, grooming, sexual assault and more in a very real way and despite the horror setting, it was always effective imo. We got our first on-screen lesbian kiss that wasn't focused through the lense of the male gaze but genuine love and affection. I think the younger generation can watch it and now see it as not a big deal, but as someone raised in the nineties, I promise you a lot of stuff that was shown was quite taboo.

It had wit and the characters felt real. The actors were all in their 20s, but i bought them as teenagers. The show had a great knack for giving each and every one of their characters an arc. No one was wasted. I'm still gonna say it; Dark Willow is still by far the best character heel turn in tv history

The action is dated as h***. Very cringe worthy. I could understand why some people did not like season 6, although I did. Knowing the behind the scenes of the show definitely does taint a rewatch. But that aside, I can't sit here and say that Joss and his show did not have a profound effect on me when I was a kid

It's not for everyone. But for simple episodes like "the body", amd "once more with feeling," the social risks that the show took, and the fan community it produced. I wouldn say yeah it deserves GOAT for it's time