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When making aesthetic judgments, we humans often turn subjective assessments into objective pronouncements: "I like it" becomes "It's good", or "I love it" becomes "It's great". Nothing wrong with that, as long as we admit that, from an aesthetic pov, for something to truly be great, it must be liked a lot by a lot of discerning people over a long period of time. Thus, The Iliad can truly be called great, as long as by 'great' we understand that we mean the collective subjective judgments of trained critics throughout history.
Now, my list of TV shows that are (or might be) great, which means I liked them a lot (we'll have to wait on the judgment of history) in alphabetical order:
Arrested Development
Battlestar Galactica (you know which one!)
Deadwood
The Office (original British version)
