# The best TV series for learning English

Watching shows in the original version is one of the tips language schools give most often: these are the series that appear most in the lists of Kells College, Brainlang, WhatsUp and ADSLZone, from comedies with simple dialogue to dramas for advanced learners.

- 45 votes · 17 items
- Dec 8, 2024 · josé luis castillo
- https://even.best/en/l/4232/the-best-tv-series-for-learning-english

## Top 15

1. **How I Met Your Mother (2005-2014)** (5 · ▲5 ▼0) — A New York friends comedy full of colloquial expressions.
2. **Friends (1994-2004)** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — Teachers' favourite: short sentences, a calm pace and lots of everyday English.
3. **Modern Family (2009-2020)** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — A family mockumentary with varied accents and everyday situations.
4. **Devious Maids (2013-2016)** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — Recommended for beginners for its simple English.
5. **The Simpsons (1989-)** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Short episodes and a very wide vocabulary.
6. **Sherlock (2010-2017)** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Fast, precise British English, great for training your ear.
7. **Jessica Jones (2015-2019)** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — A superhero thriller with direct, modern English.
8. **The Office (2005-2013)** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Office humour with lots of everyday English expressions.
9. **Game of Thrones (2011-2019)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — British accents and a more formal, old-fashioned English.
10. **Stranger Things (2016-)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Teen and 1980s English, with clear dialogue.
11. **Mad Men (2007-2015)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — The English of 1960s New York advertising.
12. **Downton Abbey (2010-2015)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — The English of aristocrats and servants in early 20th-century England.
13. **The Newsroom (2012-2014)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Aaron Sorkin's rapid-fire dialogue about news and journalism.
14. **Orange Is the New Black (2013-2019)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Many accents and registers in a women's prison.
15. **How to Get Away with Murder (2014-2020)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Legal vocabulary for learners who already have a good level.
16. **Breaking Bad (2008-2013)** (0 · ▲2 ▼2) — For advanced learners: American English with slang and some Spanish.
17. **Narcos (2015-2017)** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — For beginners: lots of Spanish and slow, clear English narration.

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