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Best TV Series of 1999 Ranked

The definitive guide to the greatest TV series that premiered in 1999. Ranked by audience and critic ratings.

#1. One Piece (1999–)

★ 8.8/10 5,518 votes

Years ago, the fearsome Pirate King, Gol D. Roger was executed leaving a huge pile of treasure and the famous "One Piece" behind. Whoever claims the "One Piece" will be named the new King of the Pirates. Monkey D. Luffy, a boy who consumed a "Devil Fruit," decides to follow in the footsteps of his idol, the pirate Shanks, and find the One Piece. It helps, of course, that his body has the properties of rubber and that he's surrounded by a bevy of skilled fighters and thieves to help him along the way. Luffy will do anything to get the One Piece and become King of the Pirates!

#2. The Sopranos (1999–)

★ 8.7/10 3,648 votes

The story of New Jersey-based Italian-American mobster Tony Soprano and the difficulties he faces as he tries to balance the conflicting requirements of his home life and the criminal organization he heads. Those difficulties are often highlighted through his ongoing professional relationship with psychiatrist Jennifer Melfi. The show features Tony's family members and Mafia associates in prominent roles and story arcs, most notably his wife Carmela and his cousin and protégé Christopher Moltisanti.

#3. Zoids: Chaotic Century (1999–)

★ 8.6/10 372 votes

Set on the distant planet Zi, the story unfolds in a world where biomechanical creatures called Zoids serve as powerful weapons in the long-standing conflict between the Helic Republic and the Guylos Empire. A fragile ceasefire holds, but rising tensions and the return of ancient Zoidian technology threaten to plunge both nations back into war. The story follows Van Flyheight, a young boy who discovers Fiona, a mysterious girl with no memory, and Zeke, an Organoid capable of enhancing a Zoid’s combat abilities. Traveling with the resourceful Moonbay and the reserved mercenary Irvine, the group searches for clues to Fiona’s past. Their journey leads them across the Republic and eventually into the heart of a renewed conflict that will shape the future of Zi.

#4. Great Teacher Onizuka (1999–)

★ 8.4/10 283 votes

A former gang member wants to be Japan's best teacher. When he's hired to supervise a class of hopeless cases, it's his chance to prove himself.

#5. Hunter x Hunter (1999–)

★ 8.4/10 230 votes

Gon Freecss discovers that the father he had always been told was dead was actually alive the whole time. Ging is a famous Hunter: an individual who has proven themself an elite member of humanity. Gon becomes determined to follow in his father's footsteps, pass the rigorous Hunter Examination.

#6. Yo soy Betty, la fea (1999–)

★ 8.4/10 3,588 votes

Beatriz Pinzón Solano is a brilliant economist with a master's degree in finance; she has only one flaw: she's ugly. Everything changes when she starts working at Ecomoda, one of the country's largest companies, where she meets and falls in love with Armando Mendoza. This time, life will give her a second chance to prove she can become the most desired and beloved woman in the world.

#7. Futurama (1999–)

★ 8.4/10 3,878 votes

The adventures of a late-20th-century New York City pizza delivery boy, Philip J. Fry, who, after being unwittingly cryogenically frozen for one thousand years, finds employment at Planet Express, an interplanetary delivery company in the retro-futuristic 31st century.

#8. Medabots (1999–)

★ 8.3/10 190 votes

Set in the near future, Medabots revolves around the super charged battling adventures of a group of kids and their pet robots. Fueled with artificial intelligence and a specialized arsenal of high powered weapons, Medabots compete against each other in exciting Robattles, with the winners acquiring Medaparts from the defeated Medabot. With over 370 unique robots ready to Robattle, Medabots is filled with explosive adventures in a world where kids have the ultimate power. But more than anything else, these challenges are about courage and mind power, where the soul of the Medafighter and Medabot combine to emerge victorious.

#9. Pandillas guerra y paz (1999–)

★ 8.3/10 252 votes

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#10. The West Wing (1999–)

★ 8.3/10 602 votes

The West Wing provides a glimpse into presidential politics in the nation's capital as it tells the stories of the members of a fictional presidential administration. These interesting characters have humor and dedication that touches the heart while the politics that they discuss touch on everyday life.

#11. Courage the Cowardly Dog (1999–)

★ 8.2/10 1,663 votes

The bizarre misadventures of a cowardly dog named Courage and his elderly owners in a farmhouse in Nowhere, Kansas.

#12. Walking with Dinosaurs (1999–)

★ 8.2/10 188 votes

Combining fact and informed speculation with cutting-edge computer graphics and animatronics effects, the series set out to create the most accurate portrayal of prehistoric animals ever seen on the screen.

#13. Batman Beyond (1999–)

★ 8.2/10 629 votes

As new villains overrun Gotham City of the future, the aging Bruce Wayne hangs up the cape of the once invincible Batman. But when troubled teenager Terry McGinnis stumbles upon the Dark Knight's secret, a new alliance is forged. And a triumphant new Batman is born.

#14. Freaks and Geeks (1999–)

★ 8.2/10 921 votes

High school mathlete Lindsay Weir rebels and begins hanging out with a crowd of burnouts (the "freaks"), while her brother Sam Weir navigates a different part of the social universe with his nerdy friends (the "geeks").

#15. Digimon: Digital Monsters (1999–)

★ 8.1/10 945 votes

While at summer camp, seven kids come across seven Digivices and are transported to a strange digital world. In this new world they make friends with creatures that call themselves Digimon who were born to defend their world from various evil forces.