Favorite TV show of all time

[BWebb]

I'm sure this has been covered, but ohh well. Mine would have to be the West Wing. Smart, funny and interesting. It has great writing and a great cast. What's yours?

[rusellmj]

Caliente!

Smart, funny and great writing.

Russ

[istewart]

Seinfeld.

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Seinfeld.

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[-Syk-]

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Seinfeld.

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[Soul Daddy]

Get a Life

[KingMarc]

24. And it isn't even close.

[tbach24]

The short-lived Playmakers was the best show I've ever watched. All of my family and friends are obsessed with 24 though, so I imagine that it's an amazing show.

[swede123]

Best thing ever made for TV: Band of Brothers. It's not even close. Best comedy I'd agree with Seinfeld.

Swede

[shadow29]

West Wing while Sorkin was still writing.

The new show is better than most everything else on tv, but it definetly isn't the same.

[pshreck]

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Seinfeld.

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[MicroBob]

MASH
Northern Exposure
Six Feet Under
Law and Order
ER
Brady Bunch
Space Ghost C2C

[razor]

Sports Night

[TylerD]

Does anyone else not like Seinfeld?

[pshreck]

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Does anyone else not like Seinfeld?

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Opinions are fine, but I think you might seriously have some humor issues if you would go as far as saying you don't like it.

I know plenty of people who dont consider it the best show ever, or even particularly great, but I dont think I have eer watched it with someone who doesnt laugh often. I dont know any person that would say they dont like it.

To me, saying you dont like Seinfeld is on par with saying you didnt like Michael Jordans basketball playing abilities.

[razor]

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Does anyone else not like Seinfeld?

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watched it a few times, never really enjoyed it much.

[private joker]

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[pshreck]

Homicide wasnt even the best cop show on TV.

[nothumb]

I'm not a big Seinfeld fan. But it might also be because I just don't like Seinfeld himself, or his humor. I can look at the show and say, "That's a pretty well done show." But it doesn't usually get me off. Has its moments.

NT

[shayneon]

Mr. Show with Bob and David
The Simpsons
The Larry Sanders Show

[pshreck]

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Mr. Show with Bob and David


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This definetly wins the award for making me laugh hardest. An amazing, amazing show, but for some reason the masses didnt like it. I always feel bad that Bob and Daves careers really didnt go anywhere. Dave Cross is on Arrested Development, which isnt bad, but Bob has done... Miller commercials? Too bad, these guys are comedic geniuses.

[LAGmaniac]

Seinfeld
Simpsons
Futurama
Family Guy
Curb your enthusiasm
The Office

Not necessarily in that order

[Paluka]

The Simpsons and West Wing.

[peachy]

Seinfeld
BUFFY!!!
Simpsons
Will and Grace

[Fabian]

Monty Python's Flying Circus

[Duke]

I don't really like TV, but I'll go with Star Trek : TNG. There were a few great episodes.

The best "concept" for a TV show, in my opinion, was The Pretender. "Are you my doctor?"

"I am today."

~D

[Redmen62]

The Simpsons
The West Wing
Star Trek TNG

[tbach24]

You're a girl, right????

[peachy]

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You're a girl, right????

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hahaha yes, why?

[pshreck]

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The best "concept" for a TV show, in my opinion, was The Pretender. "Are you my doctor?"

"I am today."

~D

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Have you ever heard of Quantam Leap?

[tbach24]

Buffy and Will and Grace. I don't know any male who like both. Some like one or the other, but none like both. Oh and your name is girly.

[pshreck]

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Buffy and Will and Grace. I don't know any male who like both. Some like one or the other, but none like both. Oh and your name is girly.

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And she is a girl....

[MicroBob]

I once watched a bunch of episodes of an old sci-fi type British show that I think was called The Prisoner or something like that.

Probably circa 1970 or so. Just one season.

Some giant bubbles would come out of the water and wreak all sorts of havoc if somebody stepped out of line.

That was one WACKY show but I liked it a ton (even though it only barely made sense half the time).


any brits out there know what I'm talking about?

[TylerD]

It was called The Prisoner. I've never seen it myself but it acheived a cult status over here in the 70s I believe.

[MicroBob]

Probably somewhat similar to Dr. Who or something as far as cult-classic TV shows go (although Dr. Who was obviously far more popular....I hated it).


I saw one episode of The Prisoner on a really late-night TV probably 10+ years ago.

Friend of mine just a couple years ago and I were talking TV and somehow this show came up and he said he had most of the episodes on tape.
I borrowed them...watched almost all of them in one sitting...and was totally hooked.

that goofy show really rocked!!

[bholdr]

though the flying circus was also brilliant.

[peachy]

oooohh yeah i forgot one!!!

In Living Color....god that show ruled...ive never seen something as funny since!!!!

[MicroBob]

yes...Flying Circus definitely qualifies.

Other off-beat comedies include

The Ben Stiller Show
Wanderlust
The Critic
Kids in the Hall
SCTV

[The-Matador]

Tilt

[CCass]

The Soprano's

[bholdr]

Ben Stiller show was rad! i gotta find some episodes.

Chappelle's show, too. when prince jamed over charlie murphy, and then just hung there in mid air!!! here's your pancakes, BITCH. hahhahhahahahahahaaa!

[MicroBob]

The Prince sketch was one of the best of course. I liked the blind guy who didn't know he was black as well.


Ben Stiller occasionally shows on Comedy central late at night (4 straight episodes from 2a-4a eastern sometimes).
I have some of the better ones on tape.
Incredibly funny stuff.


Strangely, I haven't liked a SINGLE movie that Ben Stiller has been in now that he's all semi-super-famous (nope...not even Something About Mary which I thought was pretty un-funny).


For CCass - I'll also nominate Beavie and Butthead.
The episode where they go to the coffee-house on open-mic poetry night made me cry for laughing so hard. T
hey also critique a video by Jon Spencer Blues Band in that episode.
truly a TERRIBLE video but B&B can't stop raving about how cool it is...easily their best funniest video-review ever.

[stanky]

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I'm sure this has been covered, but ohh well. Mine would have to be the West Wing. Smart, funny and interesting. It has great writing and a great cast. What's yours?

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You've got to be kidding.

-Pete

[stanky]

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Does anyone else not like Seinfeld?

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old or retarded people.

-Pete

[Duke]

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Have you ever heard of Quantam Leap?

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Good call, though I saw that as more of a random dude thrust into roles that he didn't really fit in.

This was a guy smart enough to just become anything. I liked it more.

~D

[goofball]

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Seinfeld.

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[NLSoldier]

Seinfeld.

Best TV show right now is TILT.

[WillMagic]

The Wire

How good is it? Well, after watching the first couple disks of the second season on Netflix, I put them in the mail...and then went and spent a hundred bucks to buy the set and not wait three days until I got the next disks.

Will

[Zoltri]

TV Guides Top 50 Series of all-time.

1. Seinfeld
2. I Love Lucy -
3. The Honeymooners
4. All in the Family -
5. The Sopranos -
6. 60 Minutes -
7. The Late Show with David Letterman -
8. The Simpsons -
9. The Andy Griffith Show -
10. Saturday Night Live -
11. The Mary Tyler Moore Show -
12. The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson -
13. The Dick Van Dyke Show -
14. Hill Street Blues -
15. The Ed Sullivan Show -
16. The Carol Burnett Show -
17. Today Show -
18. Cheers -
19. thirtysomething -
20. St. Elsewhere -
21. Friends -
22. ER -
23. Nightline -
24. Law & Order -
25. M*A*S*H -
26. The Twilight Zone -
27. Sesame Street -
28. The Cosby Show -
29. Donahue -
30. Your Show of Shows -
31. The Defenders -
32. American Family -
33. Playhouse 90 -
34. Frasier -
35. Roseanne -
36. The Fugitive -
37. The X-Files -
38. The Larry Sanders Show -
39. The Rockford Files -
40. Gunsmoke -
41. Buffy the Vampire Slayer -
42. Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In -
43. Bonanza -
44. The Bob Newhart Show -
45. Twin Peaks -
46. Star Trek: The Next Generation -
47. Rocky and His Friends -
48. Taxi -
49. The Oprah Winfrey Show -
50. Bewitched -

[Richie Rich]

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Seinfeld.

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And it's not even close.

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Honorable Mentions:

Saved By The Bell
Oz
The Simpsons (Earlier years)
Legends Of The Hidden Temple

[Joe_d72]

Law and Order and its not even close

[partygirluk]

The Office.

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Happy Birthday!

[partygirluk]

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Does anyone else not like Seinfeld?

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old or retarded people.

-Pete

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I am neither. To be fair, I have only seen ~ 10 episodes, but IMO it is nowhere near the greatest TV show ever.

[stanky]

OK. Old, retarded, or Brits

-Pete

[B00T]

NYPD Blue

[Skjonne]

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[andyfox]

I think West Wing might well be the best TV show of all time. My favorite was Taxi.

[M2d]

How has Cheers not been mentioned yet. Best. Show. Ever.

[Bulldog]

The top of my list:

The Simpsons
West Wing
Seinfeld
TPIR

[ClassicBob]

Oz
Six Feet Under
Seinfeld
Family Guy
Mr. Show with Bob and David

[Grisgra]

On the Blackadder note -- gotta add Fawlty Towers. Seinfeld was great, and there's a huge number of episodes, but in terms of laffs/minute either of them kick Seinfeld's ass.

But my vote goes to The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.

[wayabvpar]

1) Seinfeld
2) The West Wing (first 4 seasons with Sorkin/Schlamme)
3) BlackAdder
4) Red Dwarf
5) Cheers
6) Angel
7) Buffy
8) Sports Night
9) Scrubs
10) Star Trek TNG

[beerbandit]

simpsons


i watch atleast 3 epsiodes a day, i have the first five seasons on dvd


cheers

[Flushed]

Family Guy
Scrubs (not best ever, but up there)
I Love Lucy
Sex and the City (yeah, I know I'll get blasted for this one)

[hovemag]

I cant believe you need a brit to tell you its Twin Peaks

oh and regarding Seinfeld
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OK. Old, retarded, or Brits

-Pete

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Make that Brit girls

[riffraff]

Deadwood
Sopranos

I don't know if these count tho.. because it's not TV... it's HBO.

[3rdEye]

The West Wing and Nip/Tuck are probably my two favorites.

[MarkL444]

of all time its the simpsons, although i deeply hate the show now.

[Ian M.]

Seinfeld and it wasn't close...until I saw Curb Your Enthusiasm (same writer, Larry David). Probably a tossup between those two.

[MicroBob]

How the hell is MASH only #25?


Friends at #21 is embarassing.


If they're going to have the Tonight show, 60 Minutes and Nightline they might as well have included Meet the Press and The Today Show and the CBS evening news with Walter Cronkite or the NBC news with huntley and Brinkley...or NOVA, Masterpiece Theatre and Tilt.


I might actually be the only person here who was a fan of 30something....but listing that at #19 is flat-out embarassing. The final seasons of that show were ridiculous....and even the first couple seasons weren't good enough to warrant a #19 ranking.

I pretty much think the same thing about St. Elsewhere.

I think you can justify putting either one in the top 100...but not in the top 20.



Today's Late Show with Dave Letterman does NOT deserve to be rated higher than the old Tonight show with Johnny Carson...and it's not even close.

The old Late Night with David Letterman should be rated higher than his current show.
His sarcastic wit was copied by high-schoolers and college-students EVERYWHERE. His show today is just a lesson in how to be as orchestrated and unspontaneous as possible.


Frasier at #34 is also not a great selection...simply because the show wasn't really that funny.


as you can tell...this is list is kinda pissing me off!!

[Reef]

x-men (animated) series early 90's.

[jakethebake]

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x-men (animated) series early 90's.

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LOL..."animated series". That means saturday morning cartoon. /images/graemlins/grin.gif

[JGalt]

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I once watched a bunch of episodes of an old sci-fi type British show that I think was called The Prisoner or something like that.

Probably circa 1970 or so. Just one season.

Some giant bubbles would come out of the water and wreak all sorts of havoc if somebody stepped out of line.

That was one WACKY show but I liked it a ton (even though it only barely made sense half the time).


any brits out there know what I'm talking about?

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God damn that show. Back in my younger days on insomniac Sundays, there was nothing on late at night, except that show. I hated it so much but for some bizarre reason you could always catch me watching it every Sunday at 3am.

P.S those bubbles and the sound effect always freaked me out.

[maryfield48]

Hill Street
Sports Night
Murder One (the 1st season only)

[JGalt]

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Arrested Development - Nothing beats a good chicken dance.

[Brain]

I had forgotten all about Sports Night, that was a great show.

My favorite was Get Smart. I miss it on Nick at Nite.

[Cheeseweasel]

Patrick McGoohan starred in it. Great show. Good social commentary.

[Cheeseweasel]

La Femme Nikita

[Nottom]

Guess I'll jump in with my favorite show that obviously none of you people are watching since it never gets mentioned in thise things.

The Shield (new season starts 3-15 /images/graemlins/grin.gif)

[Aukai]

How in the world can Married... With Children not have been mentioned yet??

Bundy is a hero to us all.