What old TV series would like to have the Whole series of.

[redirish28]

My wife loved Night Court and she would love to get the whole series but it seems they only came out with half the seasons than stopped.


Another series Designing Women.

[WCGreen]

1. Two all time favorites....

I don't know, perhaps the power of myth on PBS

Or Steve Allen's Meeting of the minds...

[eShirl]

31. excellent choices. n/t

[Lisa0825]

2. SOAP. nt

[Arkansas Granny]

91. That was my first response, also. I loved that show.

[bigwillq]

3. Roseanne (nt)

[Chan790]

9. Even the last season?

I heard it completely ruined the series to that point.

[bigwillq]

11. I liked the last season.

And I LOVED the final episode.
The last season was a bit loopy, and the show needed to end when it did, but the last season was enjoyable. It proved that money does indeed make people do silly things.

[GoCubsGo]

41. I hated the last episode.

I wanted to believe that she really did win all of that money, and that DJ really did find a girlfriend, and that Jackie really did meet her prince.

I like happy endings, and that one sure didn't deliver.

[jg10003]

78. Jumped the shark

the phrase "jumped the shark" should be changed to "won the lottery"

[pacalo]

4. "Designing Women", most definitely!

"Columbo", "Starsky & Hutch".

I only wanted & got the first season of "Charlie's Angels".

And, get this...we ordered the entire set of "Wings" for $100; it turned out to be episodes that were taped from "Nick@Nite" -- the N@N logo is seen in the bottom right corner on each episode, probably from a "Wings" marathon period. A further ripoff is that the audio at the end of every episode is cut off by N@N voice-over promotions of other programming. They were bad about that & it was very irritating since the endings were always clever.

Edited to add "The Bob Newhart Show" is on our list.

[pacalo]

5. Another: "The Carol Burnette Show"!

[applegrove]

15. For sure.

[Bertha Venation]

62. +1

[Skittles]

6. The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd

[applegrove]

16. Yup. I was so opset when they cancelled that show. Wasn't it the fundies or something that had

a problem with it? I seem to recall something like that.

[Skittles]

20. it's been so long

I'd catch it every once in a while and I thought it had incredibly good writing and acting

[Blue_Tires]

7. SCTV

[elehhhhna]

13. DING DING YOU WIN! and --

you can order it from The Second City in Chicago, online, iirc.

[grilled onions]

8. A Great Question

Peoples Choice--a real oldie Matlock The very brief clips of Hot L Baltimore Fractured Flickers Lucy Desi Comedy Hour to name just a few and almost all impossible to get.

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

10. Fernwood 2 Night

[Moondog]

12. Black Adder, and Midsomer Murders.

Guess I'm sort of an Anglophile in that regard.

[applegrove]

14. I 'd love to have the whole series of Designing Women and Sex and The City.

Also Mash. Also modern family which I have never seen.

[redirish28]

17. My wife does have the whole series of sex and the city

[applegrove]

19. I love that show. Just rented the latest movie and I loved all the campiness.

[Dr Morbius]

18. The West Wing

Even though it declined after the first four seasons.

I still have a thing for Donna Moss.

[elleng]

28. 'Joined' Netflix for just this reason!

[bikebloke]

21. It Takes A Thief

But I haven't seen it since it was first broadcast and summer re-runs. So it's a possible disappointment.

[REP]

22. News Radio

[flvegan]

23. I caught a couple episodes of that today.

I had totally forgotten just how consistently funny that show was. I agree with you 100% on this one.

[proteus_lives]

27. As it stops when Phil Hartman died.

Show fell apart after he passed on.

[driver8]

54. I absolutely loved that show!!

Not as much after Phil Hartman...but still a good show.

[Kat45]

24. All in the Family.

My all time favorite show.

[auntAgonist]

34. 2nd that, it's my choice too!

:applause:

[zen_bohemian]

25. well, lets see..I do have the whole series of Dallas........

probably Designing Women, that was such a funny show, maybe Miami Vice, Hawaii 5-0, the Monkees.

[woo me with science]

26. All the old "Tonight Show" episodes with Johnny Carson

for someone in my family.

[applegrove]

64. I'd love that too.

[HERVEPA]

29. Northern Exposure, Brisco County, Jr.\, Frank's Place

[GoCubsGo]

43. My sister gave me her complete set of "Norther Exposure"

Then she made me give it back. :-(

That one was fun. I also wish I had:

Boston Legal
Absolutely Fabulous
The Carol Burnett Show
Emergency!
Benny Hill
The Muppet Show
The Smothers Brothers
Carnivale--How I HATE that they canceled that one.
The Bob Newhart Show
Newhart (the second series--Best series finale EVER!)

[eShirl]

30. WKRP exactly as first aired, with *all* the *original* music

[Faygo Kid]

53. That's a good choice. I have the first season.

Not having the original music is crappy, though.

I miss Les Nessman.

[dixiegrrrrl]

90. I agree.

With music indeed,
And TAXI, also Night Court.

Nardo's date with Louie STILL makes me laugh, thinking of it.

[Tikki]

32. Streets of San Francisco, Mannix and Barnaby Jones....

Tikki

[Betty88]

33. Dr. Who and Abfab

[Dr Morbius]

38. Ooh... a quarter-century of Time Lord adventures... very tempting!

[Hayabusa]

56. Doctor Who as well

Including the missing episodes.

[mucifer]

60. that show went on the air about 50 years ago and is still on.

Yeah, it has been canceled and restarted a few times. But, damn that would still be A LOT of episodes.

[Hayabusa]

69. Yeah, it would

Wikipedia lists 769 episodes and 213 serials. Probably about 161 DVD cases in total, assuming all lost episodes are found (without a real TARDIS, very doubtful).

[YankeyMCC]

35. All in the Family, MASH,

Would NYPD Blue qualify as old? If so that one too.

Maybe 6 Million dollar man

I already have Star Trek:TOS

[rurallib]

36. Ellery Queen

many people may not have even heard of it. It only lasted a season. Apparently it was repackaged into 'Murder, She Wrote'
I loved the period (1940s) settings.

[stray cat]

37. Petrocelli

[Rob H.]

39. The Wonder Years

I loved that show when it was on, but it'll probably never make it to DVD. The music licensing would be a nightmare (read: unbelievably expensive) if they wanted to use all the original songs by the original artists. :(

[Tripper11]

40. For me it would have to be WKRP

The original obviously, with the original music intact, which I know will never happen due to rights and $$$ issues.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qb-gdaHkbmM

Big Guy: "Do I hear dogs barking on that thing?"
Johnny Fever: "I do"

And the best line in sitcom history(IMHO)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FXSnoy71Q4

[RandomThoughts]

42. This is the best WKRP

Although I don't think it is scary :)

WKRP in Cincinatti - The Phone Cops!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTPzTG1Lx60

[Gidney N Cloyd]

45. The Red Wigglers jingle would make a great ringtone.

[Tripper11]

57. Here you go...re wigglers and more!

http://www.littleshopofvoices.com/wkrpwavs.html

[Terra Alta]

44. The Golden Girls.

That show always cracks me up, and even my brother enjoys it.

[Bucky]

46. Hill Street Blues. They only put out seasons 1 & 2, but then sales didn't justify issuing the rest

I'm partly to blame. I only bought seasons 1&2 cause they were in the bargin bin.

[Bucky]

47. Second choice: Lou Grant.

But then there's always Hulu for that.

[BlueIris]

101. Yeah, my mom is very sad that they haven't gone beyond seasons one and two.

If someone wanted to, s/he could make a fortune putting out the other seasons on DVD.

[cynatnite]

48. Marcus Welby MD...

I always loved the series.

[hamsterjill]

92. I remember Brolin as Dr. Kiley!

I thought he was a babe!!! LOL

[gmoney]

49. I'd like to get the rest of NYPD Blue

Looks like they stopped with the DVD reissues at Season 4.

My hope is that within the next few years, Netflix or something similar, will have an even greater selection of old TV shows and movies that weren't issued on DVD or even VHS.

This is happening in small ways with music on iTunes (Verve released a number of old albums as digital downloads that they never issued on CD) but I think it could go a lot further.

[WinkyDink]

50. Law and Order!!!!!

[Broken_Hero]

51. The whole series of the Twilight Zone nt

[Whisp]

52. Mary Tyler Moore show and L.A. Law

[Bertha Venation]

63. MTM +1

[driver8]

55. Twilight Zone!! n/t

[VermeerLives]

59. Ah, the Twilight Zone -- absolutely!

I loved that show. Fortunately you can see many of them on YouTube (isn't the internet great?!).

[blonndee]

58. It's not THAT old, but I'm dying to have the whole series of "The Sopranos."

My favorite show ever. Brilliant.

[Bertha Venation]

61. Cagney & Lacey.

[Graybeard]

65. Have Gun Will Travel

The Paladin series with Richard Boone was one of the best of the westerns with many episodes written by Gene Roddenberry (pre Star Trek) and directed by Andrew McLaglen.

The release of DVD sets is finally catching up with public demand. The fifth season will be available later in November 2010.

[twip]

67. sportsnight

i loved that show

[hamsterjill]

93. Didn't know Roddenberry wrote for HGWT!

No wonder that show was a good one!

I would also like to have the original Wild, Wild West.

[femmocrat]

66. "Twin Peaks" and the "X-Files"

My two all-time favorite series.

[XemaSab]

72. Get the gold box edition of Twin Peaks

:D

[frogmarch]

68. Father Ted and Gilmore Girls

Actually, I have the complete Father Ted series on DVD. I love FT!

[Biker13]

89. Bless You!

I love "The Gilmore Girls"! I'm now brave enough to admit it, thanks to you!

Biker's Old Lady

[Hayabusa]

70. I got another couple

I'm also a wrestling nerd and even though WWE has recently released a "Best of" of the first two-three years of Raw, I want the whole damn series. All the matches, all the angles. Same with pretty much any wrestling show; Nitro, World Class, etc.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

71. I already have the full runs of the following series: (see if you can detect a pattern)

1. The original Forsyth Saga (the first British drama to appear on PBS. It's popularity led to Masterpiece Theater)

2. Rumpole of the Bailey

3. Upstairs Downstairs

4. Cracker

5. Tenko

6. The Prisoner

7. The Emma Peel episodes of The Avengers

8. Yes, Minister and Yes, Prime Minister

9. Sergeant Cribb

[bluedigger]

73. Dark Shadows

[Still Blue in PDX]

80. Me, too.

I have all the paperbacks based on the series; took me years of garage sales to collect them!

I caught a couple of re-runs a few years back and the acting, writing and direction seemed absolutely terrible, but I loved that show as a kid and would absolustely love to see the whole series again.

[bluedigger]

81. I used to watch after school.

Sure the production values were slipshod, and the special effects are laughable by today's standards, but it was an incredibly ambitious venture as well. Plus, it had young Kate Jackson!:loveya:


Of course, with over 1200 or so episodes, it might take a while to sit through!:)

[Still Blue in PDX]

83. Yep. I raced home to watch it after school, too.

The draw for me was Barnabas. :loveya:

Funny, as a kid I loved Jonathan Frid, who was old enough to be my dad, and now I love Alex O'Loughlin and Aidan Turner, both young enough to be my sons. There's just nothing like a vampire.

I could probably devote an entire vacation to watching. It was only a half hour, and minus the commercials it couldn't be too bad.

1200 episodes? Really? Gosh, I didn't realize it ran that long!

[hamsterjill]

94. Me, too!

I used to ride my bike to school, and I can remember when the bell rang at the end of the day, making a dash for the bike and peddling like mad to get home in time to see Dark Shadows!

Ah, the memories!!!

[kimmerspixelated]

82. There you go! And Just Think ..Johnny Depp will play

Barnabus Collins in the movie version!

[madrchsod]

85. never missed the first year...

watched the first episode and i was hooked

[Common Sense Party]

74. The Muppet Show.

I'm getting the discs one at a time from Netflix and going through them with my daughters.

Cheesy comedy genius.

[sarge43]

75. Upstairs, Downstairs n/t

[tigereye]

76. West Wing- amazing series, so sharp and witty!

[deutsey]

77. Rockford Files

Andy Griffith Show (I like the black and white early years better than the later color ones, but I'd like to have the entire series).

I Love Lucy

Brady Bunch (yeah, I know, but I can't help it).

Second City TV

Frank's Place

[jg10003]

79. Taxi

[madrchsod]

84. eastside/westside

[tishaLA]

86. Homicide: Life on the Streets

[FarLeftRage]

87. Dusty's Trail

What a show that was!

[kentauros]

88. The Outer Limits (original series) and The Ernie Kovacs Show

You did say old! :D

[robertpaulsen]

95. In Search Of.

I used to love watching that when I was a kid.

[deutsey]

96. Yeah, me too

It would be cool to have the complete series, even though a couple of the shows were a little boring.

[Mojambo]

97. Larry Sanders. n/t

[BlueIris]

99. Yes. nt

[bif]

98. Leave it to Beaver

[BlueIris]

100. Dream On.

I really loved Judith and Martin.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

102. several come to mind

I Love Lucy
Northern Exposure
The Prisoner
Dexter
True Blood
The Closer
Mad Men

[LynneSin]

103. I've thought about getting the series "Weeds" on DVD but...

the show was really good the first 3 seasons and then started a decline on the 4th season. I didn't even bother to get Showtime for the 6th season, figured I can wait until that is on Netflix.

I mean it was a great premise - Widow mom deals pot in order to pay the bills after her husband died unexpectly. But it seems each year they tried to dig her into the next level of dealing. Season #2 she was a grower. Season #3 she was working for gangs. Season #4 she was involved with the Mexican Cartel. Season #5 she was married to the drug kingpin. I mean they were running out of levels for her to go. It just ran out of levels for me.

But those first seasons were really great!