your top five best TV shows list

In alphabetical order:

FAMILY GUY

FREAKS & GEEKS

SEINFELD

THE SIMPSONS

THE SOPRANOS

runners-up: BEN STILLER SHOW, CHEERS, HILL STREET BLUES, LAW & ORDER, THE PJ'S, SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE, SCTV.

 

In no particular order...

Larry Sanders
Simpsons
Dad's Army
Blackadder
Fawlty Towers

Not quite sure why they're all comedies.

 

In no particular order:

The Daily Show
Seinfeld (through 1995-1996 season; the show declined after Larry David left)
All in the Family (through 1974-1975 season; the show declined after Mike and Gloria moved out of the Bunker house)
The Rockford Files
Law and Order

Paul

 

1. George Burns & Gracie Allen were excellent, but George IMHO was the crux. Gracie was sweet & ditzy, but I couldn't watch her for too long... George I could watch doing stand-up anytime.

2. The model after which many sitcoms have followed.

3. William Bendix was the original "King Of Queens".

4. Sid Caesar & Imogene Coca... trailblazers. There are some very interesting stories told about Sid by Mel Brooks, Johnny Carson, etc. He was a real force to reckon with.... in many ways.

5. No comment. <GRIN>

 

I eagerly await the DVD release of 'Mary Hartman' and maybe even 'Fernwood 2Nite', if only to see if they're as good as I remember them to be (haven't seen 'em since they first aired when I was but a mere young'un).

I'm sort of surprised that no-one mentioned 'Match Game PM.'

 

Get A Life
SCTV
Freaks and Geeks
The Simpsons (although I stopped watching after the 7th season)
Father Ted

 

Due South
Remember WENN
Meds
Boomtown
Canadian Reflections

Meds and Boomtown were much better than the networks afforded them. Canadian Reflections, a collection of old shorts and pieces of early CBC programs, was fascinating. Remember WENN suffered from being in a movie channel (AMC), but caught the radio period beautifully. And Due South is my hands down favorite. Great writing, editing, acting--- everything of consistently high quality.

Frank G

 

This is tough, today it's :

The Honeymooners
Seinfeld
The Twilight Zone
The Odd Couple
Get Smart

 

My favorites:

1. Homicide: Life On The Street
2. Perry Mason
3. The Prisoner
4. Fawlty Towers
5. Scrubs

 

Off the top of my head, in no order:
I'm Alan Partridge (UK)
Wonder Showzen
Due South (Can.)
Jam (UK)
Bosom Buddies
That's only two American shows and only one that might still be on the air. I have no explanation for that.

 

U.S.
Twilight Zone
Larry Sanders Show
Sopranos
Homicide: Life On The Street
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

U.K.
The Avengers
Minder
Cracker
The Young Ones
Dr. Who

 

As of now, and in no particular order...

Freaks and Geeks...great all around
The Golden Girls...not one episode has failed to make me laugh
Scrubs...funny, cute, and funny
The Twilight Zone (original)...coolness
Law & Order: SVU...riveting (for moi, anyway)

 

- Monty Python's Flying Circus
- The Ed Sullivan Show
- The West Wing
- The Cosby Show
- Rod Serling's Night Gallery
- The Man From U.N.C.L.E.
- Family Ties

 

In random order:

St. Elsewhere
Picket Fences
All In The Family
Seinfeld
I Love Lucy

 

1. Babylon 5
This is the only TV show that ever effected me emotionally in any way. It just worked brilliantly as both a grand, epic myth-making political history and in terms of personal character development. It has moments that are absolutely heart-wrenching which works because of years of build-up. Also some of the finest theatrical-style acting on American television.

2. Star Trek
The grand-daddy, the godfather, the first serial sci-fi for adults that counts, and Spock!

3. Deadwood
This one has me absolutely captivated, and it's the first time a running show has ever really got me excited (everything else I caught on repeats and home video).

4. The Simpsons
I just pretend the last few years or so haven't been happening and only refer to its peak, which is the richest comedy I've ever seen on television.

5. The Twilight Zone
Other than Babylon 5, the only show I can watch a marathon of.

 

All in the Family
The wonder years
Barney Miller
Mission Impossible
Startrek TNG

 

Homicide
X-Files
Seinfeld
Star Trek (original, but an honorable mention to TNG)
Cheers

...the list today, anyway!

 

X-Files
Cheers
Newhart
WKRP
MASH

 

The Twilight Zone
All in the Family
Twin Peaks
Get Smart
Mony Python's Flying Circus

 

1. Curb Your Enthusiasm
2. The Royle Family (U.K. show)
3. All In The Family
4. Monty Python's Flying Circus
5. Scrubs

 

In constantly changing order:

Babylon 5
The Daily Show
The Gilmore Girls
Monty Python's Flying Circus
Mystery Science Theater 3000


Jerry

 

1) Moonlighting - I'm such a nut for screwball comedies and smart, witty lines.
2) Homicide: Life on the Streets - Did this edgy show really air on network television? Wow...
3) The Dick Van Dyke Show - Decades later, and still the best sitcom ever.
4) The Prisoner - The godfather of all cult television shows, in quality if not chronology; strange and intelligent.
5) I Love Lucy - Fred Mertz is the greatest male sitcom character ever...

Shalom, y'all!

L. Bangs

 

My favourite hasn't been mentioned yet: Six Feet Under. The very last episode is airing tonight

 

Mine kind of changes around but all time favorites would be :

Twilight Zone
Green Acres
Gomer Pyle
Beverly Hillbillies
Columbo

 

Following this thread, I really started thinking about all these great shows and I have to say that even tho I did mention it, Quantum Leap has to be one of the best ever because:

Over the 5 year period, they held together multiple story lines while creating new story lines in various timelines. All of this plus keeping each characters story/timeline intact and even bolstering the episodes.

The few several part episodes were excellent, though the best I think was "Trilogy" where Sam plays a person in the same town each leap and culminates with him actually fathering a daughter. (Sammy Jo)

Also, the last episode has to be one of the most emotion drawing eps on TV ever. If you can't find something to identify with in that episode, you just haven't lived much.

There are other series which had phenomenal timelines & a cohesive storyline.... Babylon 5, Farscape just to name a few.

If you think something other was better... tell us why!