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post #1 of 29
1/4/04 at 4:40pm
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Okay, so I have only seven to start off with, but I don't watch TV often enough. For anyone a little more inspired, what are your top ten television shows/episodes/emissions/whatever of all time?

1. Band Of Brothers
2. The Blue Planet
3. X-Files ("Home" episode)
4. Fawlty Towers
5. The Office
6. Spaced
7. Father Ted
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post #2 of 29
1/4/04 at 4:44pm
Some of these may be influenced by nostalgia, but here's my 10 favorite regular TV series (does not include variety/news shows):

1. Simpsons
2. Seinfeld
3. 24
4. Magnum, PI
5. Family Guy
6. Futurama
7. Miami Vice
8. ER
9. Cheers
10. The X-Files
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post #3 of 29
1/4/04 at 6:01pm
The X-Files
Alias
ER
The Sopranos
Millinneum
Friends
Saturday Night Live
MacGuyver
MAD TV
NFL Football
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post #4 of 29
1/4/04 at 6:41pm
no particular order here...

Sopranos
Seinfeld
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Mr Show
Lonesome Dove (the mini-series, not the crappy syndicated show)
Batman :the animated series
the show Icons on G4
Red Dwarf
the Daily Show
Calvin Murphy's commentary on Rockets games
Simpsons
Conan O'Brien
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post #5 of 29
1/4/04 at 7:15pm
In no particular order:

Sopranos
Six Feet Under
Quantum Leap
X-Files
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Days of Our Lives
Twin Peaks
Survivor
Seinfeld
The Simpsons

*Edited to add Twin Peak. How could I have forgotten about that show! Carnivale gets an honorable mention, but alas its only been on air for one season. It's an instant classic though.
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post #6 of 29
1/4/04 at 7:21pm
tv shows never seem to hold up for me, however my holy trinity of shows I actually enjoyed were Cheers, The Simpsons, and Seinfeld... though even those seem sadly dated.

now the only thing worth watching is ESPN.
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post #7 of 29
1/4/04 at 7:53pm
Dr Who
Babylon 5 (series 3/4)
Auf Weidersehen Pet
Sopranos
The Muppet Show
Only Fools And Horses
In Search Of Troy
The World At War
Quantum Leap
The X-Files
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post #8 of 29
1/4/04 at 7:56pm
No particular order:
Sightings
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
The Simpsons
Remington Steel
Mysteries, Magic, and Miracles
Salute your Shorts
Combat!
Seinfeld
The Daily Show
Hey Dude
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post #9 of 29
1/5/04 at 10:52am
So - here's my Top 12:

Moonlighting (when Bruce Willis was funny)
The Muppet Show
American Gothic (creepy as hell, but never found the Twin Peaks audience it so desperately wanted)
Undeclared (the majority of the American viewing public was too busy watching 7th fucking Heaven rather than this piece of brilliance)
Dr. Who
Simpsons
Sopranos
Seinfeld
Kids in the Hall
Monty Python's Flying Circus
Saturday Night Live (not lately, though)
Fawlty Towers

Honorable Mentions: Cheers, Happy Days, Family Guy, The Tomorrow People, Greatest American Hero, The Incredible Hulk, Cupid (great Jeremy Piven show that never found an audience)
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post #10 of 29
1/5/04 at 5:22pm
Thriller
Dick Van Dyke Show
All In The Family
Simpsons
Twin Peaks
Seinfeld
Fawlty Towers
St. Elsewhere
Monty Python's Flying Circus
Night Flight

And the best of the best...
The Young Ones!
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post #11 of 29
1/5/04 at 5:28pm
Quote:
Originally posted by BobClark
Thriller
Dick Van Dyke Show
All In The Family
Simpsons
Twin Peaks
Seinfeld
Fawlty Towers
St. Elsewhere
Monty Python's Flying Circus
Night Flight

And the best of the best...
The Young Ones!
DAMN! Forgot Young Ones - great catch. St. Elsewhere is also good, but what a shitty end to that series.

What are Thriller and Night Flight? Never heard of them.

Another good one is The Prisoner.
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post #12 of 29
1/5/04 at 5:30pm
Quote:
Originally posted by waldropk
Another good one is The Prisoner.
Hell yes! (re: my member title)
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post #13 of 29
1/5/04 at 5:33pm
In no particular order:

The Sopranos
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Carol Burnett Show
One Life to Live
Carnivale (ok, so it has only been on one season, but I still love it)
The West Wing
Dynasty
Bewitched
The Muppet Show
The Lucy Show (and its many incarnations)
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post #14 of 29
1/5/04 at 5:39pm
The Prisoner
Twin Peaks
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour/ Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
E.R.
The Shield
C.S.I.
The X-Files
The West Wing

...and last but not least...

BOOMTOWN!

There are multiple others (Lucy/Alias/American Dreams/L&O), but those were the first 10 to come into mind.
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post #15 of 29
1/5/04 at 5:46pm
Edited to make it a top ten:

The Twilight Zone
The X-Files
SCTV
The Simpsons
The Night Stalker
The Martian Chronicles (miniseries)
The Stand (miniseries)
The Incredible Hulk
Pee-wee's Playhouse
Prime Suspect

close on the heels:

Roots (miniseries)
Looney Tunes
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Tales From the Darkside
Sightings
The Executioner's Song (miniseries)
The Daily Show
the original Scooby Doo cartoons
original Star Trek
adding: 1st season of Twin Peaks
Schoolhouse Rock
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post #16 of 29
1/6/04 at 10:59am
Quote:
Originally posted by waldropk


What are Thriller and Night Flight? Never heard of them.
Thriller was a B&W horror anthology hosted by Boris Karloff. Came out in the sixties. It was to horror and suspense what Outer Limits was to sci-fi.
Night Flight used to air on USA Network in the 80's. It was advertised primarily as a music video show, but it offered an eclectic mix of music, cartoons, cult films, pop culture documentary shorts, movie previews, film serials, and even old health films from the 50's. The best part was the show was 6 HOURS LONG! It aired every Friday and Saturday night from Midnight till dawn. It was bliss.
There's a thread or two devoted to Night Flight somewhere around here, but it might have been lost in the great Scouring of The Boards.
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post #17 of 29
1/6/04 at 6:25pm
1. Night Flight
2. Weird TV
3. In Living Color
4. The Sopranos
5. SNL
6. John Stewart
7. Monday Night Raw
8. Six Feet Under
9. Dr. Fad
10. Simpsons

There are so many I could list, but alas I'm restricted to 10...
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post #18 of 29
1/7/04 at 3:13pm
seinfeld
family guy
front line
band of brothers
the simpsons
duckman
buffy
angel
tales from the crypt
newsradio (when phil hartman was around)
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post #19 of 29
1/7/04 at 3:15pm
Quote:
Originally posted by Bunny Dracula
Charlie Rose
Glad to see another Charlie Rose fan around here.
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post #20 of 29
1/8/04 at 2:05pm
1. Sopranos, I am so hopelessly hooked on this show.
2. Band of Brothers
3. Simpsons
4. Seinfeld
5. Alias

I tried to make a top 10 but realized I really don't watch all that much of it and I so blatently revealed that in the end I don't look back on TV so anything that I can't recollect on the spot isn't going to make my list.
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post #21 of 29
1/9/04 at 12:21am
The Simpsons: A little tired but it has been making me laugh since I was in Junior High, reason enough to get the #1 spot from me.

The Sopranos: Is it March 7th yet?

Seinfeld

Cheers: It's amazing how well both Seinfeld and this hold up in reruns.

Saturday Night Live: I'm talking from the late 80's until Will Ferrell left. I haven't watched it since Ferrell's departure.

The A-Team: I love it when a plan comes together.

24: This season has yet to find its center, but it's still awesome.

Family Guy

G.I. Joe: Best adventure cartoon ever! So many memorable characters.

Get a Life: Destined for a short run, but funny as hell.
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post #22 of 29
1/9/04 at 5:24pm
I don´t watch much TV but my top TV of all time:

Twin Peaks
Matador (Danish)
Sopranos
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
Band of Brothers
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post #23 of 29
1/10/04 at 7:37am
Sorry. Too limited. No order:

Thirty Something
The Waltons
The Sopranos (and I've only seen the 1st season!)
Miami Vice
Dallas
ER
Will & Grace
All In The Family
Cheers
Friends

Honorable Mentions: Fawlty Towers, The Carol Burnett Show, The Ed Sullivan Show, I Love Lucy & Sesame Street ( I looooooove Elmo)
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post #24 of 29
1/10/04 at 7:44am
Anyone remember Mighty Max? Great cartoon.
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post #25 of 29
1/11/04 at 2:59am
Moltisanti you made my list if I would have thought about it more. Can't wait for season 5 to start up it's only a couple months away now.
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post #26 of 29
1/11/04 at 5:58am

Top 30 (no order)

Buffy The Vampire Slayer
Angel
Firefly
Friends
Bonanza
The Twilight Zone
The Simpsons
Futurama
Saved By The Bell
The Fresh Prince Of Bell Air
Star Trek
The X-Files
Quantum Leap
Knight Rider
That 70's Show
MacGyver
Seinfeld
24
Duckman
Scrubs
Remington Steele
The Tick
My So-Called Life
Alf
The Practice
Dragnet
Life Goes On
The Adventures of Brisco County Jr.
Everwood
Ally McBeal
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post #27 of 29
1/11/04 at 9:41am
You're all MAD. How could Mystery Science Theater 3000 not be listed in this thread yet? It is my top ten list.

Nobody likes M*A*S*H? Even the Wayne Rogers years?
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post #28 of 29
1/11/04 at 10:54am
1. Angel
2.Robotech (Macross season)
3.CSI
4.Adventures of The Galaxy Rangers (best US produced animated series that should be on dvd by now)
5.The Sopranos
6.Seinfeld
7.The Simpsons
8.Quantum Leap
9.The A-Team
10.Murder She Wrote
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post #29 of 29
1/12/04 at 9:57pm
I think I put this same list on another thread a while back, but anyway...

1. Buffy the Vampire Slayer
2. TIE: Monty Python's Flying Circus
---------Mr. Show with Bob and David
3. The Prisoner
4. The Addams Family
5. Samurai Jack (has replaced Ultraman on the list)
6. TIE: Saturday Night Live (1975-1980, 1986-1991)
---------SCTV
7. Six Feet Under
8. The New Adventures of Mighty Mouse
9. The Simpsons
10. Twin Peaks
Honorable Mention: Late Night with David Letterman

I should do a separate list of non-fiction stuff, though. Erroll Morris' First Person, James Burke's Connections and The Day The Universe Changed, Night Music with David Sanbourne...
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