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Old 01-01-2007, 02:52 PM
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Default The best TV shows ever:
After commenting on the thread about the Honeymooners, I thought I'd post my list of what I feel are the best ever...I limited it to my top 30. I'll preface this list with two disclaimers:
1) I can only list shows that I've seen and seen enough of to fairly judge
2) My main likes are story line, dialog and character development, series consisting entirely of "stand alone" episodes rank lower to me because of an absense of story arcs and character development!
30) The Outer Limits
29) Tru Calling
28) Battlestar Gallactia (current)
27) Have Gun, Will Travel
26) Oz
25) Star Trek
24) The Twilight Zone
23) Dexter
22) Star Trek, The Next Generation
21) The Sopranos
20) Columbo
19) Kojak
18) Bones
17) House
16) The Honeymooners
15) Crime Story
14) Mission Impossible
13) I Love Lucy
12) ER
11) The Prisoner
10) Wonderfalls
09) Chicago Hope
08) Homicide, Life on the Street
07) Veronica Mars
06) The Highlander
05) Firefly
04) Dead Like Me
03) La Femme Nikita
02) Angel
and, of course, no surprise...
01) Buffy the Vampire Slayer
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You are so interesting.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer at #1.

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I'm too hungover to come up with anything more than 5 now so here it goes.

5. Matlock....I know, I'm nuts but I love watching the show
4. Seinfeld
3. The Sopranos
2. The Office UK Version....Funniest show ever IMO
1. Six Feet Under
Much better list, minus Six Feet Under.

1. Office UK version
2. Sopranos (the first few seasons)
3. Seinfeld
4. 24
5. LA Law
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Sex and the City
Entourage
Sopranos
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1. Sopranos
2. Seinfeld
3. Curb Your Enthusiasm
4. Too many others to list
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1) 24 2) Third Watch 3) Homicide: Life on the street 4) Cheers 5) Columbo
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You are so interesting.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer at #1.

Somer, you are unique.
That's hardly news...lol! I'm curious what others think therefore the post. Seinfeld never did it for me, Six Feet Under is said to be very good but I never saw a single episode therefore I can't comment on it, Michael C. Hall is great in Dexter so I suspect he was equally as good on that show! I expect to be made fun of by some but Buffy is by far the greatest show ever in my opinion so I'll continue to take the abuse...it's not like a few million folks don't agree with me though!
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1) 24 2) Third Watch 3) Homicide: Life on the street 4) Cheers 5) Columbo
Glad to see some love for Homicide, Life on the Street...great show! It and Crime Story are my two favorite "cop" shows.
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mash
absolutely fabulous
south park
family guy
looney tunes
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My top 10 -

Batman
Gilligan's Island
SOAP
The Munsters
Addams Family
Sanford and Son
All in the Family
Seinfeld
Emergency
Saturday Night Live
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My top 10 -

Batman
Gilligan's Island
SOAP
The Munsters
Addams Family
Sanford and Son
All in the Family
Seinfeld
Emergency
Saturday Night Live
Batman??? Well, I'll admit, I didn't see that one coming! Everybody surely is different...
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1. Sopranos
2. Family Guy
3. The Daily Show
4. Simpsons
5. Seinfeld
6. Cheers
7. Entourage
8. The Colbert Report
9. South Park
10. The Cosby Show
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In no particular order...
Law and Order and Homicide
seinfeld
friends (the early years)
Kidnapped (although I guess I was the only one since it was cancelled after5 episodes)
lost

I don't watch much TV anymore...so I haven't seen a lot of the current popular shows
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Batman??? Well, I'll admit, I didn't see that one coming! Everybody surely is different...
One of the most clever TV shows ever...as a kid, I didn't get the "campy" lines
but as an adult...I laughed my as off at it
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After commenting on the thread about the Honeymooners, I thought I'd post my list of what I feel are the best ever...I limited it to my top 30. I'll preface this list with two disclaimers:
1) I can only list shows that I've seen and seen enough of to fairly judge
2) My main likes are story line, dialog and character development, series consisting entirely of "stand alone" episodes rank lower to me because of an absense of story arcs and character development!
30) The Outer Limits
29) Tru Calling
28) Battlestar Gallactia (current)
27) Have Gun, Will Travel
26) Oz
25) Star Trek
24) The Twilight Zone
23) Dexter
22) Star Trek, The Next Generation
21) The Sopranos
20) Columbo
19) Kojak
18) Bones
17) House
16) The Honeymooners
15) Crime Story
14) Mission Impossible
13) I Love Lucy
12) ER
11) The Prisoner
10) Wonderfalls
09) Chicago Hope
08) Homicide, Life on the Street
07) Veronica Mars
06) The Highlander
05) Firefly
04) Dead Like Me
03) La Femme Nikita
02) Angel
and, of course, no surprise...
01) Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Nice list i would've added Hogans Heroes and Rowan and Martins laugh in.
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Nice list i would've added Hogans Heroes and Rowan and Martins laugh in.
Hogans Heroes made WWII look like fun..." I know nothinnng!"
Those stupid Nazi's, just like those scared "redskins" in F Troop
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Nice list i would've added Hogans Heroes and Rowan and Martins laugh in.
I liked Rowan & Martin but really didn't consider variety shows....perhaps a separate list for them would be cool, I liked:
Laugh In
In Living Color
SNL (original cast)
Ed Sullivan Show
Dean Martin Show
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Hogans Heroes made WWII look like fun..." I know nothinnng!"
Those stupid Nazi's, just like those scared "redskins" in F Troop

I understand what you are saying...I guess you have to consider the times though...I mean Gone With The Wind is a classic movie, but also vile and racist if you look at it that way!
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1. Homicide:LOTS
2. St. Elsewhere
3. Deadwood
4. All in the Family
5. American Experience
6. The Simpsons
7. 60 Minutes
8. The Honeymooners
9. The Bob Newhart Show
10. Ed Sullivan Show
11. Playhouse 90
12. Mary Tyler Moore Show
13. Hill St. Blues
14. The Sopranos
15. The Dick Van Dyke Show
16. NBC Mystery Movie (Columbo, McCloud, McMillan)
17. The Twilight Zone
18. The Larry Sanders Show
19. MASH
20. I Love Lucy
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My 5 favorite shows (series) are

The X-Files
Seinfeld
The Cosby Show
Family Ties
The 2nd Newhart show set in Vermont.
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