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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsWhat is your favorite TV show ?
Mine is The Twilight Zone. Original series.
Chipper Chat
(9,703 posts)runners-up:
All In The Family
Star Trek (original)
Perry Mason
Spin and Marty
The Ed Sullivan Show
Johnny Carson
Chipper Chat
(9,703 posts)Roots (original, but the 2015 remake was good also)
Twin Peaks
Eerie Indiana (only lasted 1 season)
The Ruth Lyons 50-50 Club
rurallib
(62,477 posts)They actually did try to bring it back, but it failed
Chipper Chat
(9,703 posts)ot like the fluff, insipidness, and sexy plots most of today's shows have.
yeoman6987
(14,449 posts)Have and have nots
The middle
Chicago Fire
Chicago PD
Scandal
Riverdale
American housewife
rzemanfl
(29,581 posts)skylucy
(3,747 posts)Disney's Mickey Mouse Club show?
rzemanfl
(29,581 posts)Chipper Chat
(9,703 posts)Couldn't wait to get home from basketball practice in time to watch Spin & Marty on our old 9-inch Meck TV.
Chipper Chat
(9,703 posts)Who wasn't?
rzemanfl
(29,581 posts)Chipper Chat
(9,703 posts)It was a Meck, a locally-produced TV. My Momo worked there in Peru Indiana and she got a discount on a TV. We were the first on our block to get one in 1949. Boy, did we have LOTS of company!
rzemanfl
(29,581 posts)it was delivered.
WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)rzemanfl
(29,581 posts)WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)NBachers
(17,183 posts)lapfog_1
(29,243 posts)13 episodes only back around 1999 to 2000.
I've never laughed so hard. Jay Mohr and Buddy Hackett.
True Dough
(17,370 posts)Now that BrBa is over, it's the spinoff, Better Call Saul.
I got into Breaking Bad when it was starting season 4, which meant I was able to binge on the first three seasons. Following Better Call Saul on a weekly basis with long hiatuses between seasons is painful!
truebluegreen
(9,033 posts)shenmue
(38,506 posts)Coventina
(27,223 posts)applegrove
(118,882 posts)Nights of Molly Dodd when I was a bit older. The Good Wife now. MASH when I was a teen. Santa Barbara for soap operas.
Doreen
(11,686 posts)Haven
Drop Dead Diva
Golden Girls
Greatest American Hero
Little House On The Prairie
The Bionic Woman
Eureka
All Star Treks
Yes, I have a mixture of then and now. I have not found any that are new that I like enough right now. I mostly watch news now.
Luciferous
(6,087 posts)Doreen
(11,686 posts)JEFF9K
(1,935 posts)So think twice about letting kids watch the reruns.
Metsie Casey
(208 posts)I got into the zone when I was a kid. Love at first sight.
JEFF9K
(1,935 posts)And make them question things that are better-off not questioned. Like what is reality. I had a cousin who was adversely affected.
It depends on the kid, but better safe than sorry.
Metsie Casey
(208 posts)Could you elaborate on that ? How was he adversely affected ? The dummy episode spooked me when I was a kid. Willy the dummy was real !
pressbox69
(2,252 posts)on my Mom's knee, I was not quite five years old. Was already a fan of Person to Person. Just saying.
Luciferous
(6,087 posts)hurple
(1,307 posts)Doctor Who
Also
The Monkees
The Young Ones
Red Dwarf
The Walking Dead
Night Court
Columbo
Sherlock
The Flash
And my favorite tv movie ever...
Without Warning
hurple
(1,307 posts)Mr Bean
The Red Green Show
Monty Python's Flying Circus
Zoonart
(11,897 posts)Oldie... The Carol Burnett Show
New Battlestar Gallactica ,Breaking Bad, Fargo
First Speaker
(4,858 posts)...and just thinking about the boys makes my brain hurt. Hopefully, it won't have to come out...
Va Lefty
(6,252 posts)also:
Cheers
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
The Sopranos
Dead Like Me
The Beverly Hillbillies (B&W episodes)
BainsBane
(53,116 posts)truebluegreen
(9,033 posts)Luciferous
(6,087 posts)truebluegreen
(9,033 posts)Episode 2 of season 4 was epic though
FSogol
(45,580 posts)Boomerproud
(7,977 posts)The Golden Girls
Moonlighting
Mission Impossible
The Monkees
Hawaii 5-0
Roseanne (the first 4 seasons)
Twilight Zone
Happy Days (the first 3 seasons)
The Ed Sullivan Show
Wonderful World of Disney
The Young Rebels (only on for 13 weeks in the very early 70's)
kairos12
(12,895 posts)femmocrat
(28,394 posts)I miss it!
We recently got Amazon Prime and it's there!
I had never watched it seriously -- saw an episode here and there, and I did watch the final season. But now we're watching straight through, and what a treat! The scenery, the fashions, and the acting! I'll be sad to watch the final episode.
Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)It was superb!
Mercy Street really came around in the 2nd season, hope it continues.
sarge43
(28,946 posts)Coventina
(27,223 posts)Others in the hopper are:
Archer (first 3 seasons only)
Big Bang Theory (first 7 seven seasons)
Hawaii 5-0 (original series)
Sherlock (first two seasons)
Batman (the animated series)
Star Trek (original series)
on edit: MAX HEADROOM!!!!
truebluegreen
(9,033 posts)...but episode 2 of season 4 was epic.
Coventina
(27,223 posts)I have season 4 on my DVR, whenever I get around to finishing season 3.
marybourg
(12,648 posts)Or, at least, that's the last one I watched regularly.
Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)we watch it almost every day.
dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)It was Breaking Bad /Dexter
Siwsan
(26,318 posts)It was a fantastic drama about people in a small Aboriginal community in the Northwest Territory. It had a largely Native Canadian cast and the stories were riveting. It was a great showcase for some terrific actors like Adam Beach, Tom Jackson, Tina Keeper, Michael Horse, Dakota House and the late, great Gordon Tootoosis and was unlike anything I've ever seen, before.
mythology
(9,527 posts)Gilmore Girls.
Runner up shows:
The Flash
Big Bang Theory
Monk
Psych
Veronica Mars
Law & Order (up until Lenny Briscoe left)
Sherlock
The IT Crowd
House M.D.
Highlander (I really hate how the dvds only play a single episode at a time)
ohheckyeah
(9,314 posts)Cheers
Madame Secretary
The Newsroom
ghostsinthemachine
(3,569 posts)Now
Baskets
The Detour
Nashville
The Good Fight
The Good Place
Modern Family
Madam Secretary
Ever?
Seinfeld
The West Wing
The Daily Show (Jon S edition)
Colbert Report
Cheers
Dallas
Taxi
Andy Griffith (I've watched more than any other)
Everybody Loves Raymond
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Californication
mitch96
(13,941 posts)I like to see how the other half lives....
bench scientist
(1,107 posts)StevieM
(10,500 posts)bench scientist
(1,107 posts)I think this season will be intense. I hope the Jennings escape. I really don't like Stan. Dark omen to close first episode with lots of their colleagues ending up dead.
StevieM
(10,500 posts)Hopefully the producers and/or the network will change their minds before season 6 and decide to give us a full season of 13 episodes.
Here is the Wikipedia article about season 5. When you go to the part that shows the list of episodes you will see that there references and you can see the episode descriptions for the next 4 episodes, which give a small indication of the kinds of things that we will be seeing this season.
StevieM
(10,500 posts)pressbox69
(2,252 posts)The Twilight Zone, Mary Tyler Moore, The Honeymooners, I Love Lucy, The Wild,Wild West, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Steve Allen Show, Monty Python, Mr. Bean, Hill St. Blues, Pickett Fences, Frazier, House, Once Upon A Time and Gotham.
Bayard
(22,219 posts)Never miss an episode of Walking Dead. Haven't missed many Big Bang Theory's either.
Other faves:
The West Wing
Designated Survivor is turning out to be pretty good
Any Star Trek
Monty Python
The Munsters
Cheers
Fraizer
Night Court
ER
LA Law
Twilight Zone
Andy Griffith
St. Elsewhere
Law & Order
Criminal Minds
Quantum Leap
Monk
The Daily Show
Steven Colbert
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Kaleva
(36,390 posts)Interesting characters and interesting stories.
Tikki
(14,562 posts)Nothing better happen to Hank or Wu in the next 3 shows. Rosalie's babies maybe....one a Blutbad, one a Fuchsbau and one just normal kid.
Tikki
Rhythm
(5,435 posts)Re-watching the whole series at present, an episode or two at a time in the evenings after work...
It's great for keeping my sanity here of late.
Mendocino
(7,521 posts)Barney Miller
WKRP
The 20th Century with Walter Cronkite
Nova
WiffenPoof
(2,404 posts)sakabatou
(42,202 posts)bench scientist
(1,107 posts)Television. Television controls people using information and steals their sense of reality. Yes. Now television itself is a religion.
-Dr Londes (Cowboy Bebop)
the bop
sakabatou
(42,202 posts)bench scientist
(1,107 posts)I was wailing the blues since the doctor whacked my bottom on the day I was born.
sakabatou
(42,202 posts)WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)Coventina
(27,223 posts)But it is currently one of my favorite shows!!
And, I'm even to the point that I think (overall) it is a better show than "Sherlock."
(Me from 5 years ago would never imagine me saying something like that!!)
FSogol
(45,580 posts)John Lee Miller's Holmes is more faithful to the character thant Cumberbatchs. The bbc version is played with a im too clever smirk and doesn't bother to explain things fully making it unlike Doyles version.
WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)re-runs** and Amazon!
**Saturdays are one example. 3:00 p.m.---5:00 p.m., CW Channel.
ailsagirl
(22,904 posts)WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)Luciferous
(6,087 posts)John Mahoney years ago when he was in Chicago doing a play. He invited them to go get a drink with him but it was their anniversary so they declined.
ailsagirl
(22,904 posts)Last edited Wed Mar 8, 2017, 02:53 PM - Edit history (1)
Yes, Frasier was one of the better-written "sit coms"-- doesn't even come under that heading, IMO.
What a difference it makes when writers are witty & educated!
PS And I also LOVED Barney Miller-- Peabody Award Winner, BTW (as is Frasier)
MadBadger
(24,089 posts)Best current show: The Americans
StevieM
(10,500 posts)Did you see the season premiere last night? What did you think?
msdogi
(430 posts)and Northern Exposure, Shameless and Dexter
iamateacher
(1,089 posts)And the one about the current administration "Series of Unfortunate Events "
whathehell
(29,103 posts)Initech
(100,132 posts)Last edited Mon Mar 6, 2017, 02:13 AM - Edit history (1)
But I can name some of them:
- Seinfeld
- The Simpsons
- Curb Your Enthusiasm
- Arrested Development
- Veep
- Breaking Bad
- 30 Rock
- Lost
- Psych
- The Office
- Futurama
- Burn Notice
- The Daily Show With Jon Stewart
- The Colbert Report
Currently enjoying:
- Baskets
- Atlanta
- Gotham
- Saturday Night Live
- Late Show With Stephen Colbert
- Better Call Saul
- House Of Cards
- Daredevil
- AKA Jessica Jones
- Luke Cage
ghostsinthemachine
(3,569 posts)The first two episodes have been pretty good. Lots of racial under currents. Surprise for CMT, but Nashville has moved in a very progressive way with a gay character and racial issues being present in the show.
Luciferous
(6,087 posts)Nashville until 2 episodes ago- I was hoping that the move to CMT would put the focus back on the music but that doesn't seem to be the case.
ghostsinthemachine
(3,569 posts)Took the story there and now might go more in a musical direction. You have to admit though, the music was great and used perfectly in the last two episodes.
Runningdawg
(4,529 posts)The Walking Dead, What On Earth and Taboo.
I watched more TV in the past and favorites include - Dark Shadows, MASH, St Elsewhere, Star Trek, Ancient Aliens, Twin Peaks, The West Wing and Breaking Bad.
10 years ago there was a series called Life On Mars. It was based on one of the longest running TV shows in British History of the same name but the American version was only 16 episodes. A cop in 2006 gets hit by a car and wakes up in 1973. Highlights include Whoopie Goldberg as a Black Panther leader and the main character impressing his squad with his poetry (rap) and his dance moves (the moon walk). It has an all-star cast, incredible writing and hands down, the best soundtrack of any TV show. Ever. Look for it on Netflix.
50 Shades Of Blue
(10,091 posts)yallerdawg
(16,104 posts)BainsBane
(53,116 posts)Is my current favorite, The Wire for all time.
IADEMO2004
(5,575 posts)Soxfan58
(3,479 posts)mainstreetonce
(4,178 posts)Save the Imp
Luciferous
(6,087 posts)GP6971
(31,257 posts)Going back.... Perry Mason the series and the movies.
GWC58
(2,678 posts)"The Last Word w Lawrence O' Donnell." Lawrence give Trump no quarter!
GWC58
(2,678 posts)the 1963-64 sci-fi show "The Outer Limits."
AJT
(5,240 posts)Kennah
(14,352 posts)Andy Sipowicz is the ultimate tragic hero who overcomes adversity and mostly his own demons. He's not pretty, not perfect, and eventually more good than not. He is so different from the first episode of the series to the end that one almost cannot recognize him.
MFM008
(19,833 posts)Laugh In
Walking Dead
Fawlty Towers
Johnny Quest.
Here Come the Brides
Mystery Science Theater 3000
Mystery Theater--- Poirot.
Sherlock Holmes
Twilight Zone
Outer Limits
1 Step Beyond
gwheezie
(3,580 posts)How to get away with murder for viola Davis alone
This is us
Elementary
The americans
Eyewitness, I don't know if it will be back
Mr robot
Blackish
Dexter
Law & order
NYPD blue
Faulty towers
Black mirror
Orphan black
6ft under
Chicago hope
StevieM
(10,500 posts)What did you think?
gwheezie
(3,580 posts)I'm semi retired & do nothing all day except call my congressman & haven't watched it yet,lol. I've got it recorded tho.
laurieu
(53 posts)Unique, addictive and fun..perfect escapist fantasy.
TexasBushwhacker
(20,245 posts)If I road my bicycle fast after school, I could watch it with my friend Karen. They have marathons occassionally on the Decades network and they are so funny now; the black & white, the over the top acting, bad special effects.
LeftInTX
(25,743 posts)My TV viewing pretty much ended in the early 70s. I hated being glued to the TV. Felt it was a waste of time. I didn't even bother to watch the Godfather when it was on TV.
Then, I got Netflix now my faves are Parks and Recreation and Mad Men. I also have a few Novellas which I binged on Netflix.
no_hypocrisy
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madamesilverspurs
(15,818 posts)Fun cast, witty writing, entertaining, imaginative, unpretentious. Laroquette is excellent, but I miss Newhart.
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Generic Brad
(14,276 posts)Best Star Trek series in the canon. Brave and innovative writing, superb acting, and the ultimate 8 episode arc series finale.
fNord
(1,756 posts)Genius, irreverent, and way ahead of its time.
LEXX only had four seasons, the first being 4 made for TV movies
Farscape stole there whole show from LEXX, and wasn't half as brilliant
underthematrix
(5,811 posts)PatrickforO
(14,604 posts)Justice will always prevail when Perry is defense attorney. Love that show!
bench scientist
(1,107 posts)favs from Nowish -Dramas:
The Americans
Game of Thrones
Fargo
favs from all time -Dramas
Justified
Breaking Bad
Mash
Six Feet Under
The Sopranos
Mad Men
favs from Nowish -Comedys:
It's Always Sunny In Philadelpia
RuPaul's Drag Race
favs from all time-Comedys:
Community
Seinfield
Carol Burnett Show.
NBachers
(17,183 posts)77 Sunset Strip
Rockford
The original Hawaii Five-O
I'm watching vintage Maverick now- Surprising how great that show is.
Twilight Zone
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
I'm currently watching Mike Connors in Tightrope- Great 1959 Crime Jazz soundtrack, and the female leads are always quite something.
Hugo24601
(45 posts)Also my favorite book.
roscoeroscoe
(1,370 posts)Any other Ray Donovan fans?
Also, too: Vikings
Ink Masters
Back in the day:
Star Trek
Monty Python
Hill Street Blues
enid602
(8,668 posts)Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman
trueblue2007
(17,245 posts)DFW
(54,495 posts)Best theme song (along with the Rockford Files), and one of the funniest series ever made (hard to get the dry humor if your German isn't up to par). A small time lawyer who takes cases he thinks are interesting, has no inhibitions about setting up a bathtub in his office, smoking cigars while sitting in his bubble bath and consuming large quantities of green jello.
Shrek
(3,986 posts)That was appointment television right there.
dembotoz
(16,864 posts)JPPaverage
(513 posts)Does that count?
StevieM
(10,500 posts)StevieM
(10,500 posts)sellitman
(11,608 posts)At least of all current shows.
yuiyoshida
(41,871 posts)okay, i will go with this..
Best Episode so far