Your Top 10 favorite TV shows ever

[Bombtrack]

Ok the first 2 were extremely easy for me, the rest took some real consideration. An Asterix notes that I watched it for at least a couple of seasons and then stopped watching it, but I still consider what I did watch entertaining and good and memorable enough that It's included in the top 10.

1 The Simpsons
2 The Sopranos
3 The Daily Show
4 South Park
5 Mr. Show: with Bob and David
6 The West Wing*
7 Buffy the Vampire Slayer*
8 Seinfeld
9 The Family Guy
10 The X-Files*

*(Only watched W.W. from just before Bartlett was re-elected till a bit after his daughter was kidnapped, plus first and some of second season in re-runs and internet files)

*(Watched Buffy off and on from maybe the end of the 2nd second season to a bit after Angel started airing, took too much crap from guy friends for watching it)

*(Only watched X-Files first few seasons, I couldn't follow it after a while)

Honorable Mentions:

That 70's Show (Watched first few seasons, got old but still best sitcom on TV, probably the only good one)

Politically Incorrect (Watched last couple seasons when I first started getting into politics)

Conan O'Brien (Always pretty good for opening bit mostly)

Saturday Night Live (I've probably spent too much time watching this show not laughing, but they've still made me laugh alot of times)

X-Men: The Animated Series (Favorite Childhood Cartoon BY FAR)

Wonder Years (I only saw a small part of the series when I was pretty young, but it always seemed very well done and entertaining to me)

Beavis and Butthead: Probably developed my sense of humor in a somewhat bad/crude way early on in some sense, but developed it nevertheless

Dennis Miller Live: I got away with allot because I was a smart kid in my adolecense, and it was watching shows like his that made me that way.

The Fresh Prince Of Bel Air: Very good show

Salute Your Shorts: Very Personal show to my generation that people of others probably don't know about. Brings back good memories. Same with Pete and Pete and the original SNICK shows.

[arwalden]

1. Bewitched, Little House, Bonanza, Farscape, Andromeda

[cedahlia]

9. Yeah, Little House!!

I've been teased for loving that show but I don't care!

:D

[7th_Sephiroth]

2. oh man, Pete & Pete

that show was good, but my top 10 are

#1Family Guy
#2 Trigun
#3Cheers
#4 Simpsons
#5 Cowboy Bebop
#6 Detective Conan (case closed on CN)
#7 Moble Suit Gundam 08th MS Team
#8 Moble Suit Gundam (a show about the horrors of war)
#9 Tenchi Muyo
#10 the 3 stooges

[qwertyMike]

3. 10

Barney Miller
WKRP
M*A*S*H
Dr Who (Brit)
Monty Python
Sopranos
6 Feet Under
I'm reaching now . .
Daily Show

and two more

[redwitch]

8. forgot wkrp

a truly great show, loved the turkey episode!

[tjwash]

10. A kick for python!!

nt

[liskddksil]

4. Here's my list

10. Salute Your Shorts
9. Boston Public
8. The Late show with David Letterman
7. Home Improvement
6. Malcolm in the Middle
5. American Dreams
4. The Mole
3. The Amazing Race
2. Survivor
1. The Simpsons

[redwitch]

5. in no particular order:

Homicide, the west wing, MASH, Daily Show, Seinfeld, Dick Van Dyke show, ER, St Elsewhere, Lou Grant. American Dreams, Had to bump old favorites like 30 something and I'm sure there are many I've forgotten for the moment

[Insider]

6. #1 - i love lucy

in order:
1. i love lucy
2. 3rd rock from the sun
3. law & order (original)
4. golden girls
5. working
6. wings
7. the simpsons
8. the practice
9. king of queens
10. julia

honorable mention:
saturday night live
cosby show
today show
law & order: svu

[Insider]

30. oh, and king of the hill

darn

king of the hill
absolutely fabulous
columbo
get smart
bugsbunny/roadrunner

[Parche]

7. shows

1.Outer Limits 1963
2.Twilight Zone
3.Young and the Restless
4.Dark Shadows
5.Bewitched
6.All in the Family
7.MASH
8.Frasier
9.Cheers
10.Combat
11.Star Trek original 1966

[TlalocW]

11. Mine

In no particular order except number 1 is number 1.

1. Mystery Science Theater 3000
2. WKRP in Cincinatti
3. Star Trek (original series)
4. Star Trek the Next Generation
5. Daria
6. Simpsons
7. Monty Python's Flying Circus
8. The Black Adder series starring Rowan Atkinson
9. Batman from the 1960s
10. Knight Rider (when I was younger)

My Saturday nights during my sophomore and junior years in college were spent on the lounge couch with homework, a pineapple pizza (so no one would ask for a slice), and MST3K at 8, Ren and Stimpy at 10:00, Saturday Night Live at 10:30, and then Monty Python's Flying Circus and Black Adder at midnight.

Small college town with nothing to do on Saturdays but drink which I don't. :)

TlalocW

[Bombtrack]

Oohh, forgot about MST3K. That might make my top 10 over the X-Files

[Kahuna]

12. Married With Children, Beverly Hillbillies, Law and Order....

List revised

1. Married With Children
2. Beverly Hillbillies
3. Alfred Hitchcock Presents
4. The Fugitive
5. Law and Order
6. Sex and the City
7. Barney Miller
8. The Saint
9. Alfred Hitchcock Presents
10. The Odd Couple

[Whitacre D_WI]

13. #1 - Buffy. There is no competition.

2 - The Simpsons. I really only like seasons 3-6; but those are great enough for a #2 placement.

3 - The Adventures of Pete and Pete. Iggy Pop is the next-door neigbor. Mom has a plate in her head. Little Pete has a tattoo that is VERY important. What more can you want?

4 - Angel. It's the spinoff of Buffy -- 'nuff said.

5 - The Prisoner. Sometimes, we are ALL Number Six. Especially these days.

6 - The Family Guy. Funniest show ever.

7 - Robotech. Yeah, some of it has dated poorly in the past 20 years. But come on -- they took THE greatest Japanese cartoon (Macross) and combined it with TWO lesser Japanese cartoons (Southern Cross and Genesis Climber Mospeada) and combined them into one great fucking TV series.

8 - The Fugitive. How anybody could stand to watch that HORRIBLE FUCKING MOVIE, I can't understand. Perhaps it's because I'm from Ohio; where Dr. Sam Shepard's "bushy-haired intruder" served as the model for the "one-armed man."

9 - Three's Company. Remember that one where they had a wacky misunderstanding? That one was great!

10 - The Avengers. If you like girls, you're in love with Emma Peel. If you like boys, you're in love with John Steed. Funny and suspenseful, better than Bond.

[Angelus]

25. Dude...Whitacre...

Angel is a much better show than Buffy was!

[Whitacre D_WI]

26. Well, yeah -- except for the part where it's not!

[Angelus]

36. Thems fightin' words, bud.

:evilgrin: ;)

[Whitacre D_WI]

40. Well, you do know that every time they fought...

...Buffy kicked Angel's ass. :P

[cedahlia]

14. Sopranos would be #1

the rest would be in no particular order...

My So-Called Life
The Young Ones
Freaks and Geeks
Six Feet Under
Little House on the Prairie
Xena
Family Ties
Absolutely Fabulous

Well, I can only think of nine that I really love so far,

but hey, Bombtrack! I remember SALUTE YOUR SHORTS very fondly! I remember Donkey Lips, Ugh (sp?), that red-haired kid from Different Strokes, and Deena was the real prissy one, right? That show was funny! :D

[jo35042]

15. this is hard.........

1.Monty Python's Flying Circus
2.The Paul Hogan Show (Australian)
3.Law and Order...the original
4.The Pink Panther cartoon show
5.Paladin
6. Law and Order, the original
7. Dark Shadows
8. Dr. Who
9. Law and Order, the ones with Lenny
10. All the Law and Orders with Sam Waterson(or however you spell that)

And all the other Law and Orders

[Insider]

29. how about law & order, jo?

LOL :D

[DODI]

16. Oldies mostly

1. Simpsons
2. Green Acres
3. Dark Shadows
4. Monty Python
5. Betwitched
6. Dick Van Dyke Show
7. Newhart
8. Wild Wild West
9. Daily Show
10. To the Manor Born

My "comfort food" favorites - Sisters, Providence, Let It to Beaver and I Dream of Jeannie. For total insanity I loved "The Goodys"(can't find it on anywhere now).

[salinen]

17. Mine

1. The Fugitive
2. Outer Limits
3. SCTV
4. Flying Circus
5. Rawhide
6. One Step Beyond
7. The Avengers
8. The Mod Squad
9. Wagon Train
10. Wild Kingdom

[DODI]

18. SCTV is coming out on DVD this month!

[Mz Pip]

19. Some old, some new

Twilight Zone
Alfred Hitchcock
All in the Family
Star Trek TNG
X-Files
Law & Order CI
American Dreams
West Wing
Daily Show
Six Feet Under

MzPip
:dem:

[FleshCartoon]

20. In no particular order:

Northern Exposure (Until Fleischman left.)

Six Feet Under (Started slipping last season.)

American Gothic (Cancelled abruptly.)

X-Files (Until they moved it to Sunday nights.)

The Others (Cancelled abruptly.)

Duckman (Cancelled, but in syndication.)

Malcolm In The Middle (Starting to slip.)

Green Acres (Give me a break! I love absurdist comedy!)

South Park (Still great, so far.)

The Office (I think they?re canceling it.)


On Edit: I could possibly exchange The Office for MST3K and Duckman for SCTV.

[Angelus]

21. 1. Angel

2. Buffy the Vampire Slayer
3. WWE Monday Night Raw
4. WWE Smackdown
5. South Park
6. Simpsons
7. That 70's Show
8. Married With Children
9. The Drew Carey Show
10. WWE Sunday Night Heat

[CO Liberal]

22. In No Particular Order

M*A*S*H
Trading Spaces
The Honeymooners
Burns & Allen
The Red Skelton Show
The Dean Martin Show (NOT the "roasts)
Insomniac
MAD TV
Hollywood Squares (the classic ones with Peter Marshall)
The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Hour

[Richardo]

23. No order:

1) Simpsons
2) Family Guy
3) WKRP in Cincinnati
4) The Bob Newhart Show (psychologist in Chicago)
5) Addams Family
6) Get Smart
7) Fractured Flickers
8) Fawlty Towers
9) Frontline (PBS)
10) Monty Python's Flying Circus

[salinen]

28. Ricardo!

Thanks for reminding of Fractured Flickers with Hans Conreid?

[Richardo]

31. My pleasure, salinen

Not many know it or have even heard of it, but that was one of the funniest shows ever put on TV. :D

[NewHampshireDem]

24. My list....

1. The Simpsons
2. The Office (not cancelled, but Gervais only chose to make 2 seasons)
3. Buffy the Vampire Slayer
4. MASH
5. Miami Vice (can't believe no one else mentioned it!)
6. All in the Family
7. The Muppets
8. Columbo
9. Twin Peaks
10. Moonlighting (their take on "The Taming of the Shrew" was brilliant!)
10.5. The Black Adder (all series, but "Black Adder Goes Forth" was not really worthy of the name)

Honorable Mentions: Taxi, Nightcourt, Remington Steele, Get Smart, Python, The Man from UNCLE, ER (first 3 seasons), MST3K

[FleshCartoon]

27. Uh...

...can we have more than 10? I'm finding other shows mentioned that I'd also like on my list without booting any of the ones already on there.

:thumbsup:

[Flaxbee]

32. No particular order, and I don't know if I can get to 10, but

1. Soap
2. Mystery! (PBS, pretty much any of them, but Rumpole and Prime Suspect are tops)
3. Homicide: Life on the Streets
4. Frasier (early stuff, first few years)


Hmm. THose are ones I'd never miss if I could help it, and the only one I still make an effort to watch is Mystery! Shows I really like include THe Sopranos, but I don't know if I'd writhe in agony if I missed it. James Gandolfini is an extremely compelling actor, though. Sex and the City now seems just like so much fluff. LIked it when it was on, but don't miss it at all. Hmm. Can't think of others, though I'm sure once I log off several good shows will flood my memory.

[Lauren2882]

33. Oooo Good topic.

And tough. Lemme try to pick mine. In no particular order:

1. The Daily Show
2. Ally McBeal
3. Life Goes On
4. Family Ties
5. The Mary Tyler Moore Show
6. Friends
7. Dawson's Creek (I know I know.. I can't explain why but this show got to me)
8. Bevery Hills 90210
9. Saved by the Bell (ok not a fan anymore but I loved it at the time)
10. The Wonder Years

[Hailtothechimp]

34. Here goes...

Hill Street Blues
Law and Order
Sportscenter (Hey, I'm a guy)
ALF (and a child of the '80s)
Get Smart
LA Law (but only for a short while)
Dukes of Hazzard (but the stars and bars on the General Lee bugs me)
Batman
Sesame Street and/or The Electric Company (they taught me how to read)
Seinfeld

[PurityOfEssence]

35. 1. Monty Python's Flying Circus

2. The Avengers
3. The Daily Show
4. The Simpsons
5. Sledge Hammer
6. Sanford and Son
7. The Prisoner
8. The Two Ronnies
9. Barney Miller
10. The Name of the Game

runners up: In Living Color, The Flip Wilson Show, Laugh-in, F-Troop

[Awsi Dooger]

37. Two above all: The Simpsons and Monty Python's Flying Circus

Otherwise,

* The Fugitive
* Columbo
* King of the Hill
* Laugh-In
* Twilight Zone
* Alfred Hitchcock Presents
* original Star Trek
* The Invaders
* Quantum Leap
* Green Acres (or any of the bizarre '60s classics. They absolutely bust me up on TV Land, with comedy writing so superior to contemporary sitcom crap. Currently, I can't imagine an afternoon minus Green Acres, especially Arnold)

[Mike Niendorff]

38. Tough one.

If I had to make a list, though ...

1) The Twilight Zone
2) Babylon 5 (seasons 2-4)
3) The X-Files
4) The Practice
5) Farscape
6) Murder One
7) Star Trek (the original)
8) Monty Python's Flying Circus
9) Police Squad
10) Futurama


MDN

[theoceansnerves]

39. list

1. seinfeld
2. the andy griffith show
3. late night with conan o'brien
4. the daily show
5. get a life
6. kids in the hall
7. the cosby show
8. late night with david letterman (not late show)
9. star trek (original series)
10. arthur c. clarke's world of strange powers

[patcox2]

50. Finally, someone remembers "Get a Life"

One of my top 5 for sure. Spewy the alien, zoo animals on roller skates, what I would give for DVDs of that show.

[LosinIt]

41. Antiques Road Show

OK, I'm a dork

[marigold20]

42. The Fugitive

Monty Python
St. Elsewhere
X-Files
SCTV
Twin Peaks
The Simpsons
The Sopranos
Law and Order
Malcolm in the Middle

and I really liked Undeclared which was cancelled much too soon.

[TOhioLiberal]

43. Heres mine...

1. Star Trek
2. Star Trek
3. Star Trek
4. Star Trek
5. Star Trek
6. Star Trek
7. Star Trek
8. Star Trek
9. Star Trek
10. Star Trek.

(and you Buffy fans thought YOU were obsessive...)
:bounce: :) ;)

[Loonman]

44. 10

1) South Park
2) The Office
3) Fawlty Towers
4) Blackadder
5) The Young Ones
7) The Honeymooners
8) Chappelle's Show
9) That 70s Show
10)The Simpsons

[ACK]

45. Off the top of my head here is the ultimate ACK list

Syn sent ....

Ack incoming....

Packets are in no particular order....


1. Barney Miller
2. MASH
3. Simpsons
4. Sopranos
5. 120 Minutes (fuck it the only decent music on tv in the eighties)
6. Soap
7. Star Trek (TOS of course)
8. Twilight Zone
9. SNL
10. Kids in the Hall (I still squish your head)

[MissMillie]

46. 10. Mary Tyler Moore

9. Wings
8. Roseanne
7. Seinfeld
6. Barney Miller
5. Law & Order
4. Law & Order SVU
3. West Wing (seasons 1-4)
2. Golden Girls
1. All in the Family

As I'm reading others I notice that I need to also mention 3 more:

11. Newhart
12. Soap
13. Coach

[Bombtrack]

47. bump

[WI_DEM]

48. My List (in no particular order)

1. The Simpsons
2. Seinfeld
3. Dick Van Dyke Show
4. Bewitched
5. The Andy Griffith Show
6. Cheers
7. The Cosby Show
8. I Love Lucy
9. Gunsmoke
10. All in the Family

[Tom Kitten]

49. In no order...

just as I think of them...

Star Trek (original series)
Twilight Zone
The Simpsons
SCTV
Get Smart
The Addams Family
Dexter's Laboratory
Saturday Night Live (the good years)
The X-Files
All in the Family