Favorite T.V. show of all time...

[Joe Fields]

I know that most of you are younger than I am, so you may not know this one, though it shows up on cable from time to time, but I'd have to say my favorite show was The Wild Wild West. I used to think Robert Conrad's character was just about the coolest person on the planet. Dangerously handsome, suave, sophisticated, and and knew how to handle himself when needed, in a fight. Plus, every week he saved the world from a diabolical megolomaniac, usually Dr. Miguelito Loveless.

A close second would have been The Fugitive, starring David Janssen. Every week, this man, wrongly accused and convicted of killing his wife, was on the run, looking for the elusive "one armed man," who he thought was his wife's real killer. The show was very well written and had a lot of now famous actors in guest starring roles.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

1. The Wire.

[kwassa]

22. Agreed. Best.Show.Ever.

and it is completely true to Baltimore.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

30. As soon as I saw David Simon's name, I knew it would be great.

His book, Homicide, was amazing, just like the show was.

[kwassa]

31. A distant family relation ....

grew up in that Baltimore drug scene, made it out without dying, and is now a drug counselor. He said it was completely authentic. He was telling me this at a family picnic on Federal Hill in the Inner Harbor of Baltimore.

Then he pulled me over about twenty feet and pointed at a new-ish condo tower.

"See that? That's where Stringer Bell lived!"

I'm not from Baltimore, but there are many local touches worked into the show, I've been told.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

34. Definitely.

Did you know many of the actors are real-life criminals busted by some of the cop "actors" on the show?

[kwassa]

39. I know that the older guy that plays the priest ....

actually used to be one of the biggest drug kingpens in the city of Baltimore. His name escapes me right now, I'm sure it is on the website.

I know Felicia "Snoop" Pearson is basically playing herself.

Some of the best acting and writing ever on tv.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

43. The priest is played by Melvin Williams--

who was the inspiration for Avon Barksdale.

Also, the real Jay Landsman plays Lt. Mello, while Delaney Williams plays Landsman.

[kwassa]

44. I can't wait for the next season

Really a masterpiece.

One of the few things ever where I will watch the episodes twice to pick up all the layers of detail in the script.

I was surprised that Wood Harris, who played Avon, is the brother of the actor Steve Harris, who was in "The Practice" back before it morphed into "Boston Legal" with a different cast and show.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

46. I think it's coming out next March.

It's supposed to be the last season, too, and David Simon said the theme this season will be the media in Baltimore.

[Joe Fields]

109. Have never seen Wire. Don't have HBO.

I used to have it, when Oz was on. Anyone remember Oz?

[fishwax]

65. that is a great show. the thing that amazes me is how

the first season was quite complex and intricate, and every season since then they've just continued adding layers and characters, etc. It's just incredible how they keep building. Great show. I dropped HBO shortly before the lsat season started, but I can't wait for it to come out on DVD.

[Exiled in America]

70. That's a really good choice.

[Zavulon]

2. Da Vinci's Inquest

It's a Canadian crime drama which doesn't have ridiculous CSI-style glitz and doesn't wrap up 95%-100% of its episodes in a neat little bow. You can see it on WGN.

[Touchdown]

3. Six Feet Under

I'm old enough for Star Trek, Get Smart, M*A*S*H and Newhart, and all at the top, but Six Feet Under was beyond Television.

[Squatch]

4. The Shield

[Little Wing]

6. Current favorite

already on episode 9 season 6 thx to France

can't wait to see what Mackey does in ep 10

[MissMillie]

5. All in the Family

some other favorites are:

The West Wing
Roseanne
Golden Girls
China Beach
Iron Chef

[malta blue]

7. Northern Exposure

I can't really put my finger on why....I just love the show. I don't watch that much TV either, so it is saying something.

[wildhorses]

10. seconded for n.e. but, for all time, i am going with i love lucy

[Iris]

8. thirtysomething

Ah, Michael, Hope, Nancy, Eliot, Ellyn, Melissa, and Gary. ..

[soleft]

99. Jeez, don't you miss them

I have the soundtrack - LOVED the music

I was pregnant the same time that Gary and his wife were having their baby on the show. I remembered cracking up because she had a cassette recorder in the labor room playing Pocobelle's Canon in D, and said if she heard it one more time she was going to kill someone. I had made a tape just like that and Pocobelle was on there.

[soleft]

100. X files - minus the last 2 seasons

[Iris]

103. oh, that's fantastic!

I have to admit, much of my cultural knowledge comes from watching that show!

[Burma Jones]

9. The Great American Dream Machine

A very short lived series from PBS, ran from October 1971 to February 1972. Great Satire, would be most appreciated by Vonnegut Fans, it had that sort of thing going......

[Puglover]

11. Firefly

2. Battlestar Galactica
3. Dead Like Me.

Had to do the top 3.

[deepthought42]

35. I miss Dead Like Me! *sniffle* n/t

[MysticalChicken]

101. Man...

I missed that the first time around, when it was on... um... Showtime? HBO? One of those channels. I had no interest in it, and then I was watching the New Year's Twilight Zone marathon on Sci-Fi, saw a commercial for Dead Like Me, and thought, "Hey, that looks like something I would like. I think I'll try it." So I watched an episode and I immediately loved it. Unfortunately, I only got to see about a dozen or so episodes before Sci-Fi cancelled it. I need the DVDs. Also, Callum Blue (Mason) is my number one actor crush.

[deepthought42]

106. I enjoy seeing him on The Tudors... :)

DLM was one of those that I actually watched (on Showtime, btw) from the very beginning... I usually never see a show from the beginning. *sigh*

[ceile]

12. Toss up between Dr. Who and Law&Order

And please don't ask me to pick which Dr. or which L&O franchise-my head will explode!

[skygazer]

13. Monty Python's Flying Circus

Hands down.

[Oeditpus Rex]

62. Of course!

I'm utterly amazed — nay, flabbergasted — that anyone would have another answer. :wtf:

[Awsi Dooger]

102. Until there's a show about Spam, I'll pick Monty Python's Flying Circus

I love wacko stuff. Conventional comedy simply isn't funny. I can't imagine watching a current traditional sitcom.

Others would be:

The Fugitive
The Simpsons
King of the Hill
Star Trek
Green Acres
Beverly Hillbillies
Laugh In
Twilight Zone
Lost in Space

Also I'll throw in Hawaii Five-O. In my trip to Hawaii the past few weeks I made special trips to check out the Hawaii 5-O sites, like the Iolani Palace and Punchbowl Cemetery, and the Temple on the windward side of Oahu that was featured in so many episodes.

Regarding Wild Wild West, I was surprised recently when I read it was canceled due to being too violent. My dad knew the guy who was the midget actor. They went to school at the University of Miami at the same time in the '50s. I think his name was Dunn, but I'm not sure of that.

[HERVEPA]

14. Northern Exposure, Picket Fences, Brisco County, Jr.

[Joe Fields]

27. our tastes run along the same lines. It got to where I got a little tired

of Northern Exposure. But I wish Picket Fences and Briscoe County Jr. could have lasted longer.

[Liberalynn]

15. Hercules the Legendary Journeys

Oddball choice I know. Second choice: Profiler: Third choice: Charmed Seasons 1-3 basically hated it after that because of what they did to the Cole character. Love and goodness should have won. JMHO.

[Lindsey]

16. Six Feet Under...

IMHO it was beyond brilliant.

[EstimatedProphet]

17. No one has put up Star Trek? Or The Twilight Zone?

[Sequoia]

49. I will....Star Trek, the original

[doc03]

60. I was watching one this morning, I noticed the Tricorder

looks like one of those old fold-up Polaroid cameras and the communicator looks like a old Remington razor. They had a fight seen with Kirk and an old school rival, their punches didn't come within a foot of looking real. The bridge of the Enterprise looks ridiculous now adays with all the cheesy lights and things. Still like the show and Kirk's overacting.

[Sequoia]

87. Yes, and look at him now.

The sets were cheesy especially with analog time pieces. However, they didn't have much to work with and made stuff up. Like the medial spinny thing that Bones uses...it's a salt shaker.

[Lil Missy]

18. There are so many

Mission Impossible
Lost in Space
My Mother the Car
Carol Burnett Show
Cagney and Lacy
Bonanza
Lou Grant

And that's just off the top of my head

[Joe Fields]

28. You actually remember My Mother The Car? It was only on for

I think about half a season.

[Lil Missy]

33. Is that all?? Surely it was longer than that!

And yes, I am aging myself .....

[Joe Fields]

36. It just seemed longer...lol

Actually it was on for one season, a total of 30 episodes.

[Initech]

19. Arrested Development

[Sewsojm]

21. Star Trek the Next Generation

I love the new Battlestar Galactia now.

[raccoon]

20. Bonanza. The Cartwrights were so supportive of each other.

I watched it when it first showed and later on cable.

[Nye Bevan]

23. Drama: Dr Who; Comedy: Black Adder

[leeroysphitz]

24. CBS's "Cop Rock" NT.

[Va Lefty]

25. Fawlty Towers

Only 12 episodes, but they were great

[Esra Star]

51. Agreed

12 episodes said it all.
You can still play them once a year and die laughing.
(As long as you don't die, that is)

[ElizabethDC]

26. The West Wing. n/t

[Joe Fields]

29. First three seasons of West Wing were awesome, but I felt it went

downhill fast.

[ElizabethDC]

32. Absolutely, especially after Sorkin left

but those first few seasons are good enough to make me forget the bad ones.

[Joe Fields]

37. true. Sorkin was a phenomenal writer, and the ensemble cast

was one of the best in television history.

[charlie and algernon]

52. easily no question, that's the best ever

even their worst episodes were better than some of the best episodes in other series'.

[huskerlaw]

91. Agreed. No contest.

Particularly the first 4 seasons.

[Joe Fields]

38. I'm surprised no one has mentioned M.A.S.H.

Not my all-time favorite, but I guess I've seen just about every episode. Some of the best comedic writing ever. And sometimes the drama was too good, so good it was depressing.

[QMPMom]

78. MASH was okay until Alan Alda decided he needed to

control everything. It was The Alan Alda Show after that and a horrible shadow of it's former self.

[Parche]

40. Favorites

[SmokingJacket]

41. The Prisoner.

Best. Show. Ever.

[Joe Fields]

42. yeah, the prisoner. good show.

[YankeyMCC]

45. Star Trek: The original

All in the Family
MASH (at least the first few seasons)

The New Battlestar Galactica
NYPD Blue
Seinfeld

[hellbound-liberal]

47. Been watching T.V. many years. I have a lot of favorites:

Favorite comedy: All in the Family
Favorite drama: Law and Order-S.V.U.
Favorite Sci-Fi: Star Trek (original)

There are many honorable mentions: MASH, Get Smart, Hill Street Blues, In the Heat of the Night

[HuskerDU]

48. Dukes of Hazzard!

I know the flag was bad, but nobody made me laugh more than Boss and Roscoe.

Daniel Boon is probably second. I only saw about 10 episodes in reruns about a year ago, but I loved it and want to purchase the DVD.

[geardaddy]

50. Toss-up between

The Simpsons and Monty Python's Flying Circus.

[Broken_Hero]

53. Hard to say...

Growing up I was all about MacGyver/Superfriends/Transformers....

But I can't whittle it down to just one choice, so I will give three...

1. Smallville

2. Transformers

3. Little House on the Prarie

[carly denise pt deux]

54. Miami Vice, but also a little-known show called Evening Shade

it had Burt Reynolds in it, it was a sitcom about a southern family, also liked Newhart.

[lizziegrace]

88. I liked Evening Shade

Eccentric characters all over the place.

[rhiannon55]

55. I was really addicted to the X-Files--

Mulder and Scully were HOT--they had great chemistry.

Another fave was Soap. Loved that ensemble of actors. Great writing and great acting--funny as hell.

[doc03]

56. Gunsmoke

[Joe Fields]

97. I probably see three or four re-runs of Gunsmoke a week.

Always been one of my alltime favorites.

[Orsino]

57. Buffy.

Or, if we count miniseries, the 1995 Pride And Prejudice.

[fudge stripe cookays]

58. I miss "Wings"

I freakin loved that show. Lowell made me laugh my ass ALL the time.

[fishwax]

67. I was just thinking of "Wings" tonight as I was eating peel and eat shrimp

I think of it every time I eat peel and eat shrimp, because there was an episode where Lowell had his head caught in a fence or something, and Faye was talking with him on the walkie-talkie to keep him company or something, but she was telling him her recipe for shrimp cocktail (or some shrimp concoction).

Faye: Two pounds of shrimp, shelled and deveined.

Lowell: Yeah, who is Sheldon Devayne, anyway?

:rofl:

[fudge stripe cookays]

76. I liked the one...

where Faye was trying to convince some of her older girlfriends that she could get a younger boyfriend, so she used Lowell. But she kept quizzing him about how they supposedly met, etc.

His big answer was "Lollapalooza II."

Or the crazy friend of Helen's who trapped Joe in the basement to relive her prom and kept calling him "Joey Bear" but she'd always act normal around everybody else, and he could never convince anyone she was nuts.

[Deja Q]

59. Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In (seasons 1, 2, and arguably 3...)

:D

[TheCentepedeShoes]

61. And now from the news

20 years in the future: President Ronald Reagan....ha ha ha...sob.

[Joe Fields]

98. Sock it to me sock it to me sock it to me....

Sock it to me?

[dajoki]

63. Honeymooners

the originals:rofl: :rofl:

[fishwax]

64. I liked the way that show went to commercial

with the action freezing, so that at the end of the show you had a collage of the four or five "freeze frames" from the show ... that is the show I'm thinking of, right? It was on before I was born, but I remember watching reruns when I was a kid ...

[Joe Fields]

80. You are correct. It's the only show I can think of that did that.

[enigmatic]

66. It's not even close

[Kat45]

68. All in the Family n/t

[bigwillq]

69. Roseanne (nt)

[Exiled in America]

71. The new Battlestar Galactica

[grace0418]

72. Six Feet Under, Arrested Development

and probably Northern Exposure.

[Forkboy]

73. The Young Ones

[IntravenousDemilo]

74. I'd have to say JEOPARDY!, but then I guess I'm partial.

As far as comedies go, The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin or Corner Gas.

And for dramas, Naked City.

[area51]

75. Dark Shadows.

:bounce: :loveya:

[Guava Jelly]

77. Babylon 5 ...Flame me now...

I freaken loved that show (own every episode and movie on dvd) Yep i'm a nerd.:hide:

[no_hypocrisy]

95. RW Jerry Doyle in that series.

After the show, he campaigned to take Brad Sherman's congressional seat in California (after John McCain endorsed him), lost, and is now a RW talkshow host in Vegas.

[CottonBear]

107. I love B-5. I need to get the DVD collection.

I missed the Ranger series which ran for several episodes after the final B-5 episode. I hope it's on DVD.

Brilliant show.

[philosophie_en_rose]

79. Buffy the Vampire Slayer

:bounce:

[dysfunctional press]

81. northern exposure, sports night, the dick van dyke show, buffy, entourage, and star trek: voyager

take your pick.

[bertha katzenengel]

82. China Beach. Hands down. WHEN on DVD?

:cry:

[huskerlaw]

90. Probably never.

I went to a Writer's Guild Symposium that featured John Wells (who was a writer for China Beach) and he was asked that question.

The problem is, actually, the music. They can't obtain the rights, or afford to pay for the rights, to all of the music that was used on the show.

[cloudbase]

83. Barney Miller

n/t

[no_hypocrisy]

96. Amen.

Not the show, Amen. Amen to your choice of Barney Miller.

[Auggie]

84. The Sopranos

[Bullwinkle925]

85. George Burns & Gracie Allen Show/ Homefront/ I'll Fly Away/Picket Fences

The Lone Ranger/Lassie/Roy Rogers Show/The Untouchables/Rin Tin Tin .... to name a few.

[Penndems]

86. You can pre-order Season One of "The Fugitive" on amazon.com:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000Q6GUSE/ref=pe_emwa_email_img_1

It's being released on August 14th. :)

[lizziegrace]

89. Northern Exposure, Brooklyn Bridge,MASH n/t

[mvd]

92. I'd say The Simpsons, though..

the shows I watch the most now are The Young And The Restless and American Idol. Speaking of AI, LaKisha and Blake have been my favorites, but Jordin ruled last night! Her first song was even another moment like Katharine's "Somewhere Over The Rainbow." If Jordin's improving that much, I'd consider buying her CD for sure.

Past shows I still love are The Dukes Of Haggard and The Flintstones.

[rug]

93. Hannah Montana

[Rob H.]

94. The Wonder Years,

Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and Northern Exposure (the ones before Joel left).

The Wonder Years will probably never make DVD at the rate they're going--they have problems with the music rights. :(

[Adsos Letter]

104. I always enjoyed "Are You Being Served" n/t

[Wapsie B]

105. Homicide: Life on the Street

Best cop show ever.

[GenDem]

108. L O S T

I'm looking back across the years and I can honestly say that Lost has brought me more entertainment than any show I have ever seen.

Also making my short list would be -- The Carol Burnett Show, both Bob Newharts, Frazier, Cheers, Mash, Star Trek(original), All in the Family, and The Sopranos.