What other shows would you say get over that bar?
It was one of the best shows I've ever seen, and I was 15 years late to the party.
Sopranos and Band of Brothers sit on an equal footing for me with The Wire.
The only recent show that comes close is The Americans - I'll need a re-watch in a couple of years first though before I confirm it as on the same level.
I have a bunch of shows in the rung below (excluding sitcoms etc), but only just - like The West Wing, Mad Man, Generation Kill, The Shield, Firefly, Halt and Catch Fire etc.
I'm not a huge Breaking Bad fan, it doesn't even make my top 20 and the stuff people rave about like the accelerating final season spinning out of control was done earlier and IMHO better by The Shield.
As I said, you can't watch Billions with The Wire in your brain.