Your top 5 all time TV shows. No BS. Yes, it's tough, but don't rank them. Time to fess up.

[Faygo Kid]

OK, I furrowed my brow. News and serious shows are for another day. I thought about what I couldn't do without, and came up with (in no particular order):

The Andy Griffith Show
Star Trek: The Next Generation
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
Frasier
MASH

It breaks my heart: Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, Star Trek, All In The Family, The Lone Ranger, Last of the Mohicans, Gunsmoke, Ed Sullivan, Cheers, Jeeves & Wooster, Beverly Hillbillies (hi, Catwoman!) - aaargh!

I could go on. So it wasn't easy. No way. Now be TOUGH enough to list your top five.

Nobody said this was easy.

[TZ]

1. Lets see

Star Trek-TNG, X-files, Babylon 5,Daily Show, MASH

[Faygo Kid]

5. We match two. I love The Daily Show, too, but am keeping with non-news stuff.

And the Daily Show is a great source of news, don't kid yourself.

Proud to share two of five with you.

[JTG of the PRB]

2. Hmm... That's a tough one... It'll be hard to narrow it down to 5...

But, I'll give it a shot.

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Battlestar Galactica (the new version)
The Simpsons
Futurama
Arrested Development

Apologies to: Star Trek: The Next Generation, The Critic, South Park, Planet Earth, The Daily Show, Get Smart!, Batman (the Animated Series)

Whew... That was kind of tough.

On edit: I forgot to add The X-Files. I can't BELIEVE I forgot to add the X-Files! :banghead: That would be my #6 show.

[npk]

9. My top Ten

1. Seinfeld
2. The Simpsons
3. Everybody Love Raymond
4. Married w/ Children
5. Weeds
6. Saving Grace
7. ER
8. NYPD
9. Will and Grace
10. The Sopranos

Honorable mention (Lost, Without a Trace, The Nanny, Home Improvement)

[Faygo Kid]

12. I suspect you're a tad younger than me. But there is no right or wrong here.

We can agree on the fact that they don't make sitcoms like they used to.

Sopranos is a great choice. I didn't have HBO, or it might have made my list.

[bigwillq]

3. Roseanne

Seinfeld, The Golden Girls, NYPD Blue, The Sopranos

I'll go with those.

[elocs]

4. It's hard to come up with 5 and with dvds I have found some old shows I thought were great

for some reason aren't so good anymore.

Firefly
The Prisoner
The Rifleman
ALF
Northern Exposure

[Faygo Kid]

6. Great choices. Not sure about ALF, though.

The Prisoner is a wondrous choice.

My "ALF" choice would be "The Charmings." We all get one. . .

[mdmc]

16. Northern Exposure!

I also like the Prisoner

[Sequoia]

133. Rats!! Why isn't Northern Exposure on any TV anywhere?!

[Hippo_Tron]

64. Yay another browncoat on this thread

[IndianaJones]

7. Miami Vice, ST:TNG, Cheers, Seinfeld, The Shield. nt.

[kick-ass-bob]

8. Hmm - at the time I watched them they would be:

X-Files
Cheers
The Equalizer
Quantum Leap
Lost

[DebJ]

35. Quantum Leap, yes! Have you seen Dean Stockwell in

Battlestar Gallactica? I think I enjoy his character all the more because of memories of Quantum Leap.

[kick-ass-bob]

37. No - I haven't watched the new one at all.

Not for bad reasons, I just never catch it, nor look for it.

I don't watch all that much TV any more.

[DebJ]

42. I'm not a big tv fan; I couldn't think of 5 fav shows. But I watched

the entire new Battlestar series (hated the old one), and just rewatched all of it on DVD and the internet - over 40 hours, I think, and I usually can't sit still for TV, movies, anything.

[nels25]

120. Nuts I just posted my list and I forgot

all about the Equalizer, it would have made my honorable mention list.

[charlie and algernon]

10. West Wing, Lost, Ghost Hunters, Top Chef, Family Guy

[Mojambo]

11. Not so tough for me, I don't think

Seinfeld

Curb Your Enthusiasm

Arrested Development

Newsradio

Fawlty Towers


Yeah, I'm a fan of the half hour comedy and I mostly hate dramas, but if I had to list a couple of hour long shows.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer
X-Files
ST:TNG.

[Faygo Kid]

15. X-Files reminds me that The Twilight Zone is not on my list.

Would have made the Top 10. Guaranteed.

[Deja Q]

13. ok

Doctor Who (1963-1989)
Roseanne
Futurama
Blake's 7
Babylon 5

[mdmc]

14. Simpsons / Northern Exposure / Seinfeld / West Wing / ST Voyager

I really like the "Q" character in the newer Star Trek series. I really like Deep Space Nine and TNG.
edit- changed Dr. Katz to West Wing.

[Dinger]

61. Simpsons & Northern Exposure On My List

Cool:hippie: :smoke:

[Tikki]

17. All The Star Treks, Rockford Files, Hawaii 5-O...

Quincy, M.E. or The Streets of San Francisco or Mannix and CSI and Medium.


Tikki

[Sequoia]

132. Five choices is too hard. I like Rockford and Hawaii 5 dang Oh !!!

[femmocrat]

18. My five faves:

1. The X-Files
2. Twin Peaks
3. St. Elsewhere
4. Moonlighting
5. China Beach

[fizzgig]

19. easy enough for me

futureama
the west wing
iron chef
fraggle rock
the simpsons (well, at least before it started to suck)

[Faygo Kid]

20. Iron Chef. Of course. Inspired.

I loved Iron Chef. Another top 10er.

This is definitely not easy.

[fizzgig]

24. the only reason it's easy for me is i've watched so little television in the last 10 or so years

i don't have cable anymore and, even when i did have it, i very rarely watched it.

of course...i just thought of another favorite of mine...no reservations...shit...i'm going to stop thinking about this now :P

[nels25]

121. Just out of curiosity

what to you think about Good Eats??

My family enjoys it a lot.

[terrya]

21. Mine:

In no particular order:

"The Simpsons"

"Bewitched"

"The Mary Tyler Moore Show"

"Frasier"

"The Critic"

[Faygo Kid]

28. Bewitched. What a crush I had on Elizabeth Montgomery.

I have always had excellent taste in women. She was one of my best, at 13.

[JTG of the PRB]

32. Huzzah! Another who knows of the delightful goodness that is The Critic!

Huzzah, I say!

[terrya]

33. I think "The Critic" was brilliant.

And funny as hell. I own the entire series on dvd. :-)

It IS tough narrowing it down to 5. I should add "Jeopardy!" to that list, but, well....

[JTG of the PRB]

36. Agreed! One of my favorite shows ever, and yet another that was killed too soon.

It's a damn shame they only made 20-some-odd episodes. That show was creative, hilarious, and intelligent. Jon Lovitz is a laugh riot!

[flvegan]

22. Top Gear, Two and a Half Men, World Class Championship Wrestling

The Simpsons and Family Guy.

As you can tell from my choices, I'm quite the intellect.

[ghostsofgiants]

23. Lost, Twin Peaks, Carnivàle, The X-Files, Clone High

[MrScorpio]

25. Here we go

Star Trek
The new Battlestar Galactica
The Twilight Zone
Barney Miller
Monty Python

[Faygo Kid]

29. Excellent! Barney Miller and Monty Python are new and worthy contributions.

Can't even begin to figure out how many were great.

Think I will eat a brownie now, and walk silly.

[kick-ass-bob]

38. Barney Miller was excellent.

Just misses my top 5 though I guess.

Is that on re-runs anywhere?

[justgamma]

26. Ok here goes

Cybill
Dharma and Greg
Soap
A-Team
M A S H

[elocs]

27. OK, I'm ready for another 5, besides I've been reminded by other's choices.

Picket Fences
Freaks and Geeks
Homicide: Life on the Streets
Chicago Hope
West Wing

[Initech]

30. My list:

Curb Your Enthusiasm
Seinfeld
Arrested Development
The Simpsons
The X-Files

[YankeyMCC]

31. Star Trek (The Origional)

The New Battlestar Galactica
Farscape
Firefly
First few seasons of MASH

[Frank Cannon]

34. This is easy

Star Trek: The Original Series
The Andy Griffith Show
The Twilight Zone
Hawaii Five-O
Cannon

[DS1]

39. hrmmm

as far as enjoyment and looking forward to the next

Miami Vice
BSG
The Shield
Life of Mars
Spooks (MI5 in the US)

[nuxvomica]

40. The Outer Limits / Get a Life / MWAWTI / X-Files / Yes, Minister

The third one, "My World and Welcome To It," was an ingenious sitcom based on the works of James Thurber, including animated Thurber cartoon segments. It was cancelled at the end of its first season and then swept the Emmys, IIRC.

[nels25]

122. Wow!! I thought I was the only one in the country

that had fond memories of that show (every Monday evening at 6:30 cst if I remember right)

It was such a fun show to watch.

Did not a young Jodie Foster star as the little girl in that show?

I seem to remember that.

[nuxvomica]

142. The little girl was played by the actress who played Bess...

...Lindstrom on "Phyllis", another show I was fond of that didn't last long. I wish MWAWTI was available on DVD. I remember it was replayed on CBS during the summer a few years later.

I'm happy to meet the other person in the universe who watched the show. :hi:

[GOPisEvil]

41. M*A*S*H, Barney Miller, Rockford Files, The West Wing, Sports Night and Top Gear

OK, that's 6. Sue me.

[kick-ass-bob]

44. Sports Night!

Shit - I had forgotten about that show. Best "TV show" comedy show ever.

Well, except maybe Murphy Brown.

Maybe.

[hellbound-liberal]

43. Andy Griffith, All in the Family, Ed Sullivan, MASH, Law and Order:S.V.U.

Too many honorable mentions to list but the Simpsons and teh Waltons would both be at the top of the list.

[Faygo Kid]

45. I admit to liking the Waltons, too. Heck, I also liked Dean Martin and Andy Williams.

I liked variety shows. I miss them. They needed a strong personality, like Carol Burnett, and I don't see that out there now.

Props for Flip Wilson, too. Still got to go with The Smothers Brothers as a top five, but what happened to the Variety show?

Or a good story, like the Waltons?

[hellbound-liberal]

49. I miss variety shows too and I wanted to list Carol Burnett but the list was too short

I think people are too hyper and their attention spans are too short to appreciate a show like the Waltons. It seems like everything has to be a contest or has to include a lot of fast paced action to keep people interested. BTW, I really liked your original list, especially the Smothers Brothers. They were ahead of their time!:toast:

[nels25]

123. I miss variety shows

I have extremely good memories about watching the show you mentioned.

Quality one and all.

[marigold20]

46. The Fugitive, St. Elsewhere, NYPD Blue, X-files, Sopranos

I made my list from the shows I couldn't miss - I looked forward to them every week..sniff.

Next five would be Six Feet Under, Arrested Development, Simpsons, Twilight Zone, Seinfeld.

[Pale Blue Dot]

47. Mystery Science Theater 3000

The Simpsons
Star Trek (the original series)
The Office (both versions)
Monty Python's Flying Circus

[marigold20]

53. How could I forget MST 3K?

Mitchell!, Manos Hand of Fate, Gamera is really neat...

[pokerfan]

48. Seinfeld, South Park, Northern Exposure, Babylon 5, Six Feet Under

[begin_within]

50. Best show of all time is:

"Upstairs, Downstairs"

Runner-ups:

Monty Python's Flying Circus
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
The Dick Van Dyke Show
Star Trek (original)

[coffeenap]

51. All of these in their original seasons:

The West Wing, Northern Exposure, The Wonder Years, Get Smart, All in the Family, Any Day Now

oops,that is six. OK, edited to add Weeds--can't help it!

[Starbucks Anarchist]

52. The Wire, Homicide, Seinfeld, Married with Children and The Daily Show.

[GOPisEvil]

54. Damn! Homicide should be on my list as well.

So that's 7!

[Starbucks Anarchist]

56. I don't think I've ever seen the ones on your list otherwise.

No, I've never seen MASH. :hide:

[GOPisEvil]

58. How can you miss it? It's EVERYWHERE!

It's STILL on. I watch at least one episode per week. :D

[Starbucks Anarchist]

60. My TV's kind of wacky.

Also, I want to watch the movie first.

But I have seen the last scene of the series finale, which has been shown on TV many times.

[GOPisEvil]

62. Oh, the movie is MUCH better. The book is even better than the movie!

Actually, aside from certain things (and Radar), the movie bears almost no relation to the show.

[elshiva]

55. As the mermaid said to the bishop: That's a hard one.

No order:

Buffy
Angel
Mystery Science Theater 3000
Monty Python's Flying Circus
Doctor Who


The others:
Frasier
Cheers
The Red Green Show
The Critic
Keeping Up Appearances
Quantum Leap
French & Saunders
Little Britain
As Time Goes By
A Fine Romance
Are You Being Served?
To the Manor Born
Chef
Fawlty Towers
Father Ted
BallyKissAngel
Monarch of the Glen
Seinfeld
The L Word
The Office (the American version)
Extras
Born and Bred
All Creatures Great and Small
Inspector Morse
Mrs. Bradley
May to December
Last of the Summer Wine
Good Neighbors
Northern Exposure

[OmahaBlueDog]

57. OK, I'll take a stab at this

The Bob Newhart Show
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Barney Miller
Friends
Mad About You

[Faygo Kid]

65. I bet you remember CBS, early '70s, greatest lineup ever.

Starting at 8 p.m. Eastern:

All in the Family
MASH
Mary Tyler Moore
Bob Newhart
Carol Burnett

Hell, I was in my early 20s, and my roommates and I still stayed home for that lineup.

[OmahaBlueDog]

101. There'll never be another like it

I actually never watced AITF in prime time (I was young and dad hated it); I caught it in syndication and loved it.

Carol Burnett was the best variety show ever, IMHO

Mash almost made the list, but after the 2nd David Ogden Steirs season, it becomes increasingly uneven.

[Faygo Kid]

102. Those were my college years. And if 21 year old college guys stayed home Saturdays, well . . .

You know it was good.

Don't worry. We did remarkably questionable things in the early '70s, anyway, and loved every minute of it.

[Whisp]

79. Mary Tyler Moore - what a cast! Ted Knight was perfection. nt

[Dinger]

59. OK,

Prison Break
Simpsons
60 Minutes
Little House On The Prairie
Northern Exposure

[Hippo_Tron]

63. West Wing, Firefly, House, Family Guy, Daily Show

Colbert Report is up there, as is Star Trek Next Generation, and Star Trek DS9. The Simpsons, I Love Lucy, a few others I can't think of. Oh yea and Rocko's Modern Life. Even though it's a Nickelodeon cartoon, the humor is sooo above kids' heads.

[av8rdave]

66. I don't watch much TV, so this'll be tough

Boston Legal

Nip/Tuck

Curb Your Enthusiasm

Tonight Show (Carson)

The Daily Show

[Connonym]

67. hmm

Battlestar Galactica (the new series, not the original)
Rockford Files
Carol Burnett Show
Lost
The Daily Show

[Va Lefty]

68. Very hard to pick just five, but here goes

The Sopranos
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
The Rockford Files
MASH
Cheers

[Awsi Dooger]

69. Flying Circus, Star Trek, Twilight Zone, Fugitive, King of the Hill

That's tonight's version.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

70. let me have a shot at this --

I Love Lucy
Northern Exposure
Johnny Carson
All In The Family
Mash
Bonanza
Laugh-In
LA Law
Law and Order (the original)
Dexter
The Closer

I give up...

[XemaSab]

71. Here are my top 5 favorite shows:

(which is probably different than the best).

Twin Peaks, X-Files, American Gothic, House, Ugly Betty.

With Twin Peaks WAY out in front.

YMMV.

[NanceGreggs]

72. Only five is tough, but ...

Made my picks in terms of wouldn't budge from the TV when they were on:

Hill Street Blues
St. Elsewhere
All In The Family
SNL (the early years)
The Steve Allen Show

(Am I OLD, or what?)

[Faygo Kid]

81. You? Old? Nah. Younger than springtime.

Are you.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfxFd_GA8As&feature=related

(OK, Steve Allen IS going back a ways. . .)

[qwertyMike]

73. Oldies mostly

WKRP
Barney Miller
Night Court
Hill Street Blues

and
LOST

[crimsonblue]

74. hmm

Scrubs

Whose Line is it Anyway?

Countdown

Southpark

Desperate Housewives (but only season 1)

[behave]

75. Carson, Letterman, Laugh-in, Twilight Zone, and Combat, yes, Combat

[Doc_Technical]

76. The Muppet Show

Fireball XL5
Fractured Flickers
Get Smart
Whirlybirds

[Whisp]

77. original Star Trek, X Files, LA Law, Boston Legal and Tom Snyder

others are:
Colombo
Simpsons
MASH
Friends
All in the Family
This Hour has 22 Minutes

[FKA MNChimpH8R]

78. First Three are easy

Monty Python's Flying Circus
The Prisoner
Twin Peaks

After some contemplation, Johnny Carson and

Futurama

[Fox Mulder]

80. The X-Files

Angel
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Globe Trekker
The Twilight Zone

[malta blue]

82. here are my five....

Northern Exposure
I Love Lucy
M*A*S*H
Seinfeld
Sopranos

[bertha katzenengel]

83. My favorites:

The Carol Burnett Show
The Carol Burnett Show
The Carol Burnett Show
The Carol Burnett Show
The Carol Burnett Show

[HERVEPA]

84. Northern Exposure, Picket Fences, St. Elsewhere, Mash, Johnny Carson

[bikebloke]

85. Plus one

Battlestar Galactica (you can guess which frakkin' version)
The Avengers
Deadwood
The Fugitive
Monty Python's Flying Circus

And Jericho for good luck!

[WildEyedLiberal]

86. ST: TNG, ST:DS9, Battlestar Galactica, Frasier, MASH

Honorable mentions: Law and Order (original and SVU) and Heroes (season 1)

[redqueen]

87. My list:

Fawlty Towers
Father Ted
Quantum Leap
Dr. Who
X Files


I wanted to put I Love Lucy and The MTM show and Soap and so many others on here... tough to decide.

[LanternWaste]

88. I'll Fly Away

I'll Fly Away

Babylon 5

Moonlighting

Amazing Stories

Home Front

Actually, it wasn't that difficult for me, though I did have to reach back twenty years or so for one of 'em... :)

[raccoon]

89. Gilligan's Island

Bonanza
The Twilight Zone
THe Young and the Restless
The Flintstones

[Mr. Blonde]

90. I can't believe

only one other mention of what is hands down the best show ever.

The Wire

Other favorites

South Park
Arrested Development
Seinfeld
Friday Night Lights

[grace0418]

91. Arrested Development, Six Feet Under, Northern Exposure, Lost, Young Ones.

I know I'm forgetting a bunch.

[blueknight]

92. ok!

sopranos
andy griffith
happy days
two and a half men
all in the family these are in no particular order!

[RFKHumphreyObama]

93. Mine

1. The West Wing
2. Yes Minister/Yes Prime Miister
3 The Cosby Show
4 Family Ties
5 Happy Days

[WinkyDink]

94. Zorro; Wild, Wild West; Man from U.N.C.L.E.; Soupy Sales; Hootenanny.

AKA: Guy Williams; Robert Conrad; Robert Vaughn and David McCallum; White Fang and Black Tooth; Chad Mitchell (Trio).

[driver8]

95. Sports Night, MASH, Hill Street Blues, The Sopranos, Barney Miller

Also:

Six Feet Under
Seinfeld
Night Court
Get Smart

[Graybeard]

96. M*A*S*H* was in a class by itself.

Also: All In The Family, Andy Griffith Show, The Honeymooners,and Have Gun Will Travel (Richard Boone in a well written classic).

[mochajava666]

97. Frank's Place. Dream On. Kolchak, The Night Stalker (original).

Also, others already mentioned like Northern Exposure, The Sopranos, The Bob Newhart Show, Twin Peaks, WKRP, The Wild Wild West and Rockford Files.

David Chase was involved with 4 of those shows.

[LynneSin]

114. I loved "Dream On" I wish HBO would show repeats of it

classic show

[ikojo]

98. My five

Star Trek TOS
X Files
Twilight Zone
Law and Order SVU
Dexter

The list could change upon being introduced
To shows I've not seen yet

[CreekDog]

99. my sitcom top 5:

Newsradio (with Phil Hartman)
WKRP in Cincinnati
That 70's Show
Simpsons
Absolutely Fabulous

[philosophie_en_rose]

100. My Super Sweet Sixteen, Dr. Phil, Tough Crowd, Mind of Mencia, Full House

No.

Actually - Lost, Heroes, Doctor Who, Top Chef, Angel

[Runcible Spoon]

130. My Super Sweet Sixteen, Elimidate, Love Cruise, Rock of Love, Next

:rofl: :evilgrin:

[Bennyboy]

103. The West Wing

Cheers
Seinfeld
I Love Lucy
M*A*S*H

[chimpymustgo]

104. Comedies: I Love Lucy, Chapelle, Andy of Mayberry, Wanda at Large, Roseanne

Dramas: The Sopranos, Miami Vice, Twin Peaks, L.A. Law, My So-Called Life

In a league of its own: The Carol Burnett Show.

[callous taoboy]

105. WKRP/Seinfeld/Andy Griffith/Bob Newhart Show/Rockford Files

[recoveringdittohed]

106. Babylon 5, West Wing, The Wire, All in the Family & Monty Pythons Flying Circus

Hard to narrow it down to just 5 shows.

[Cant trust em]

107. In no certain order

The Simpsons
The West Wing
Seinfeld
SportsCenter
Friends

[Broken_Hero]

108. Okay,

Smallville
The X-Files
CSI-Las Vegas
South Park
Star Trek-Original Episodes.

[TheMightyFavog]

109. My Five...

Sesame Street

M*A*S*H

All in the Family

Your Show of Shows

The Cosby Show

[devilgrrl]

110. Police Squad - Emergency - Barney Miller - M*A*S*H - Law & Order

eom

[Digit]

111. Quantum Leap, X-Files, Wife Swap, Judge Judy, & Eli Stone

There are so many, but I had to add Eli Stone even though it is a rather recent show.

[Resuscitated Ethics]

112. Baretta, Homicide, SNL, 3rd Rock, 30 Rock /nm

[LynneSin]

113. Here's my list

1. Sex and the City (without a doubt #1)
   
2. Six Feet Under
   
3. Weeds
   
4. MASH
   
5. Party of Five
   

[SemiCharmedQuark]

115. The Simpsons, Futurama, The Critic, Animaniacs, Blackadder

Hot diggity daffodil!

[Phillycat]

116. Wow, this is tough

West Wing
Gilmore Girls
Friends
Veronica Mars
Battlestar Galactica

Honorable mention to Sex and the City, X-Files and The OC (my all-time favorite guilty pleasure).

[Burma Jones]

117. The Great American Dream Machine (PBS), Monty Python, The Simpsons, Homicide, Deadwood

with Arrested Development, Action, selected seasons of SNL, The Sopranos, Dead Like Me, Weeds and the BBC version of Whose Line is it Anyway? right there in the running.........

Ken Burns' Civil War deserves a special mention too.

[PBS Poll-435]

118. Father Dowling Mysteries, Picket Fences, Bewitched, The West Wing, The Simpsons

[nels25]

119. Okay here are my shows

All time favorites top 5:

1. Maverick (James Garner/Jack Kelly version)
2. Ellery Queen (with Jim Hutton)
3. Father Dowling (Tom Bosely)
4. Remington Steele
5. It Takes A Thief (Robert Wagner)


Honorable mention in no particular order:

1. Roy Rogers
2. Hawaiin Eye
3. Columbo
4. Here Come The Brides
5. Knight Rider
6. A-Team
7. Combat
8. Murder She Wrote
9. Love American Style
10. Mash
11. Hogans Heroes
12. Gene Autry
13. Rifleman

Current Top 5:

1. Monk (by far and away)
2. Burn Notice
3. Psych
4. Law and Order
5. Good Eats

[Flying Dream Blues]

124. Mine are:

MASH
The West Wing
The Dick Van Dyke Show
Monty Python's Flying Circus
Project Runway

I didn't watch much TV after the 70s...I actually have only seen the West Wing on DVD. And I've become obsessed with Project Runway, but still don't watch much TV. I figure all those re-runs will be so fresh for me when I'm too old to do anything else. :)

[ceile]

125. Roseanne, Law&Order, Buffy, Star Trek:TNG, My So Called Life

[MrCoffee]

134. This post right here is why ceile is cooler than all of you put together

Anyone who posted Buffy/Angel/Firefly without posting My So-Called Life need your heads examined.

[MrCoffee]

136. Wrong place

[ceile]

138. !

:hug:

[Lydia Leftcoast]

126. I remember about 50 years of TV, so it's hard to narrow it down

Favorites of the past ten years:

The Wire
MI-5
Six Feet Under
Homicide: Life on the Streets
The Sopranos

Older Favorites:

St. Elsewhere
The Twilight Zone
The Rockford Files
The Avengers
The Prisoner

[jobycom]

127. Hill Street Blues, WKRP, Northern Exposure, The Bernie Mac Show, Star Trek TNG.

It could change if I thought about it a little longer. I almost added Briscoe County Jr or Barney Miller or The Night Stalker.

[Forkboy]

128. The Young Ones, Blackadder, Red Dwarf, Fry and Laurie, Alexei Sayle's Stuff

Bit of a fan of British comedy.

Nova would be a normal pick if I had to make one.

[Runcible Spoon]

129. WHAT?! No love for "Twin Peaks"?!?! also Dexter, Nip/Tuck, Carnivale, Family Guy

I love others, Lost, Sopranos, and 6 Feet Under especially. Was hard to narrow to 5.

[Sequoia]

131. Okay

Star Trek Original

Mission Impossible

Little House on the Prarie (before Laura got married)

Streets of San Francisco

Bewitched


Heh, all the old ones. Also I Dream of Jeannie, and The Virginian.

[Phoonzang]

135. Damn this really is hard....

I'll have to go with:

Babylon 5
Star Trek Deep Space Nine
Farscape
Stargate SG1
The Outer Limits (I'm counting both series as one show)

Yep...all my favorite shows are sci-fi. Sorry, if I wanted to watch something about present-day, "real life" I'd go sit on a park bench.

[MrCoffee]

137. My So-Called Life; Kids In The Hall; Jeopardy; The West Wing; Scrubs

[BlueIris]

139. "The X-Files," "The West Wing," "24," "The Daily Show" and "Friends." (So sue me.)

I wanted to clone myself as Jen Aniston there for a while.

Runners up: "Twin Peaks," "Night Court," "Hunter," "Star Trek: TNG," and "MASH." I was also a big fan of "Six Feet Under" and "The Sopranos," although both of those series lost me during their third seasons, so they missed my top five and top ten.

The shows in the Top Ten are all series I was known to rearrange my schedule for. There's nothing on television today I would be willing to do that for.

[MorningGlow]

140. Ouch! This IS a toughie...

Okay...

Northern Exposure
WKRP
Gilmore Girls
The X-Files
Monty Python's Flying Circus

Ditched Fawlty Towers (agony!) with the excuse that there were only 12 episodes anyway, even though every. single. one. is pure genius. Leaving out Upstairs, Downstairs breaks my heart. :( Also Doctor in the House (why yes, I am an anglophile--how can you tell? :D ), which was a highly underrated comedy and often forgotten among all the other great British sitcoms.

On edit: Damn, read more posts and realized I left out two of my all-time faves, Ballykissangel and Quantum Leap. But would they replace any of the top five I listed--that is the question...

[Evoman]

141. One of mine is a new show.

Dexter
Star Trek NTG
Firefly
Futurama
How I met your mother (sorry, but I like Harris).

[Radical Activist]

143. Simpsons, West Wing, The Daily Show, Six Feet Under, Beavis and Butt-Head