Whether it is the Yankees v the Red Sox in baseball, the Celtics v the Lakers in basketball, Real Madrid v Barcelona in Spanish football, or Australia v England in cricket, a great rivalry is always conducive to great drama. It holds a captivating gravitas that is as immersive as it is impassioned, an ever-growing and fiercely personal conflict that is ceaselessly compelling. Needless to say, television drama has mastered this dynamic many times, with some of the greatest series ever thriving off the back of their rivalries.

The best rivalries the small screen has seen consist of everything from sitcom squabbles to crime carnage, workplace warfare, and even the comedy of cartoon chaos. In some of these series, the rivalry exists as the central conflict, an ongoing feud between two diametr

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