Top five tv show of all time thread

[CaptainWacky]

REMEMBER in an unrelated thread recently we started talking about top five tv shows of all time BUT THEN I said "that deserves its own topic" and it DOES but I never started one until now. THE PROBLEM is I've watched so much tv that I can't limit myself to five so I'll try different categories but even THEN I'll just forget something and five won't be enough, SO THIS ISN'T AN OFFICIAL LIST.

US shows

1) Battlestar Galactica
2) Star Trek: The Next Generation
3) Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
4) Lost
5) Buffy The Vampire Slayer/Angel

(SEE I'VE ALREADY SNEAKILY INCLUDED SIX. FUCK, WHAT ABOUT X-FILES, THAT WAS GOOD TOO FOR A WHILE.)

Animated shows

1) The Simpsons (WHEN IT WAS GOOD)
2) South Park
3) Futurama
4) Family Guy (WHEN IT WAS GOOD)
5) Star Wars: The Clone Wars

BRITISH SHOWS

1) Blackadder
2) Alan Partidge
3) Father Ted
4) The Young Ones
5) Fawlty Towers
6) Bottom

...so I'm just listing British sitcoms and not even giving a thought to great British dramas like...umm...I don't know, must be one...

 

[CaptainWacky]

REALITY SHOWS

1) Big Brother
2) The Apprentice

umm, that's all I watch...

 

[DryerLint]

In no particular order:

OZ
DeadWood
Dexter
Rab.C.Nesbit
Red Dwarf.

 

[CaptainWacky]

Forgot Red Dwarf...and Dexter is just below the other dramas on my list, probably.

 

[Cassie]

I'm gonna do categories too, GENRE categories.

Science fiction

1. Battlestar Galactica
2. Star Trek TOS
3. Lost
4. ST TNG
5. Firefly

Drama

1. Boston Legal
2. Lost (LOL I HAVE IT IN TWO LISTS)
3. NCIS
4. Rescue Me
5. In Plain Sight

British shows (I don't get to watch many so this will be shorter PROBABLY)

1. Dr Who
2. Monty Python
3. Benny Hill

 

[DryerLint]

Forgot Red Dwarf..

Did you watch the American version or the original?

 

[Eggs Mayonnaise]

I've been watching TV since I was born...this will take me weeks to figure out.

 

[CaptainWacky]

Did you watch the American version or the original?

Original, of course.

 

[curiousa2z]

what Eggs said..I'll hafta mull this one over. omg.

 

[FBI parte due]

1) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (the ORIGINAL series)
2) Power Rangers: IN SPACE
3) Power Rangers (regular series)
4) Big Bad Beetleborgs/Beetleborgs Metallix
5) ??? (guess box)

 

[Cassie]

I just mostly picked my recent favorites, except the British shows, I haven't watched Monty Python or Benny Hill for years. Torchwood didn't make my list cause it kinda sucks, IMO.

 

[Gagh]

This is impossible!

If I get down to the five shows I revisit most often - of any type:

1. Blackadder (and if I had to get to a certain series, it would be Blackadder II)
2. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
3. Lost
4. Prison Break
5. BSG

That isn't to say they're my favourite in that order, though. For instance, I love Life on Mars, but I've probably seen each episode 3 times tops. It's just not as open to repeat viewing as some of the above, which have season-long (and more) arcs, as well as stand alone episodes thrown in.

Some of the episodes allow you to disengage entirely, and enjoy in the background, wheras with something like LoM, I will focus more on the drama, dialogue & performances, which is a good thing.

 

[Eggs Mayonnaise]

My choices will change 10 minutes from now and I will have forgotten a bunch of other shows as soon as I post this so THIS MEANS NOTHING OKAY I MEAN DON'T MAKE ANY WAGERS WITH LOVED ONES ABOUT THIS BECAUSE YOULL END UP WITH A BARBECUED ASS OK?

Comedies
I Love Lucy
Will & Grace
Roseanne
Sex and the City
Family Guy

Hon. mention:
All in the Family
M*A*S*H
The Simpsons
Soap

Dramas
The West Wing
Hill Street Blues
Six Feet Under
L.A. Law
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

Hon. mention:
ER
Star Trek: The Next Generation
My So-Called Life

British Shows
Absolutely Fabulous
Monty Python's Flying Circus
The Young Ones
Fawlty Towers
Robin of Sherwood

Hon mention: To the Manor Born

* I count Queer as Folk and Prime Suspect as miniseries, otherwise they would be up there too.

Reality Shows
Project Runway
Big Brother
Top Chef
Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List
Dancing with the Stars

Game Shows
Match Game
The $Xxx,000 Pyramid
Jeopardy
Wheel of Fortune
Russian Roulette

Hon. mention: Win Ben Stein's Money

 

[Cassie]

Oh, I totally forgot about Absolutely Fabulous. That is an awesome show.

 

[CaptainWacky]

See I told you it was hard.