The Best TV Shows from 2003


Below is our top ten list of the best TV shows which first started broadcasting in 2003.

10. Two and a Half Men


Two%20and%20a%20Half%20MenFirst Aired: 22 September, 2003

Two and a Half Men is a TV series starring Jon Cryer, Ashton Kutcher, and Angus T. Jones. A hedonistic jingle writer’s free-wheeling life comes to an abrupt halt when his brother and 10-year-old nephew move into his beach-front…


9. NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service


NCIS%3A%20Naval%20Criminal%20Investigative%20ServiceFirst Aired: 23 September, 2003

NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service is a TV series starring Mark Harmon, David McCallum, and Sean Murray. The cases of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service’s Washington, D.C. Major Case Response Team, led by Special Agent…


8. The O.C.


The%20O.C.First Aired: 05 August, 2003

The O.C. is a TV series starring Mischa Barton, Adam Brody, and Peter Gallagher. A troubled youth becomes embroiled in the lives of a close-knit group of people in the wealthy, upper-class neighborhood of Newport Beach, Orange…


7. Arrested Development


Arrested%20DevelopmentFirst Aired: 02 November, 2003

Arrested Development is a TV series starring Jason Bateman, Michael Cera, and Portia de Rossi. Level-headed son Michael Bluth takes over family affairs after his father is imprisoned. But the rest of his spoiled, dysfunctional…


6. One Tree Hill


One%20Tree%20HillFirst Aired: 23 September, 2003

One Tree Hill is a TV series starring Chad Michael Murray, James Lafferty, and Hilarie Burton. Half-brothers Lucas and Nathan Scott trade between kinship and rivalry both on the basketball court and in the hearts of their friends in…


5. Nip/Tuck


Nip/TuckFirst Aired: 22 July, 2003

Nip/Tuck is a TV series starring Dylan Walsh, Julian McMahon, and Joely Richardson. The dark and twisted trials of two plastic surgeons.



4. Hagane no renkinjutsushi


Hagane%20no%20renkinjutsushiFirst Aired: 04 October, 2003

Hagane no renkinjutsushi is a TV series starring Vic Mignogna, Aaron Dismuke, and Romi Pak. When a failed alchemical ritual leaves brothers Edward and Alphonse Elric with severely damaged bodies, they begin searching for the one…


3. Battlestar Galactica


Battlestar%20GalacticaFirst Aired: 08 December, 2003

Battlestar Galactica is a TV mini-series starring Edward James Olmos, Mary McDonnell, and Katee Sackhoff. Following the destruction of the Twelve Colonies of Kobol by the Cylons, a rag-tag fugitive fleet of the last remnants of…


2. Peep Show


Peep%20ShowFirst Aired: 19 September, 2003

Peep Show is a TV series starring David Mitchell, Robert Webb, and Matt King. Mark and Jez are a couple of twenty-something roommates who have nothing in common – except for the fact that their lives are anything but normal. Mayhem…


1. Chappelle’s Show


Chappelle%27s%20ShowFirst Aired: 22 January, 2003

Chappelle’s Show is a TV series starring Dave Chappelle, Donnell Rawlings, and Rudy Rush. Comedian Dave Chappelle hosts this sketch-comedy show that parodies many of the nuances of race and culture.