Your Favorite Ten TV Shows of ALL Time (1 Viewer)

[BobO'Link]

Knew this might happen. You see, as I went through people's lists (and not the second lists some people have posted), I'd chosen Dallas for example. Then when I looked at another poster's list the only show I liked out of their list was Dallas as well. So I had to pick a different show from the first person's list. If that confuses you, I'm not surprised! lol

No surprise at all as I almost did the same thing. Going through the first time wasn't so bad but going back to eliminate duplicates was a bear. I'm glad I did it before the number of participants grew any more!

 

[MattAlbie60]

1. The Larry Sanders Show
2. The Wire
3. The Office (UK)
4. Freaks and Geeks
5. The Simpsons
6. Buffy the Vampire Slayer
7. The West Wing
8. The Twilight Zone
9. Mystery Science Theater 3000
10. Arrested Development

 

[Carabimero]

The Fugitive (1960s)
Star Trek TOS
Twilight Zone
Danger Man
Andy Griffith
Gomer Pyle
Beverly Hillbillies
The Wire
Breaking Bad
Stargate SG-1
GAME OF THRONES would have been on this list (in place of SG-1) except season 2 is too uneven.

 

[MattPeriolat]

Originally Posted by WaveCrest /t/320976/your-favorite-ten-tv-shows-of-all-time/60#post_3930882


Typo in my post which you replied to. Should have read "especially if you fitted in TV movies".

Yes, it would take a lot of planning to organise a convention/screening event like this.

How much floor space, probably need at least four rooms for screenings, admission charges (we'd HAVE to to cover rental fees), if we could get some people connected with television and the current DVD/blu ray releases to attend, that would be nice too.

Frankly, it's a shame this thought didn't come sooner. Would have been nice to have had something like this beyond the idea phase since I'd love to invite the higher ups at TMG to come as a farewell and a thank you from the fanbase.

 

[cherisland]

This is a really hard one to narrow down to just 10 but, here goes:
Get Smart
Bewitched
The Bionic Woman
Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour/Show
The Lucy Show/ Here's Lucy / I Love Lucy
Dallas
Dynasty
Sabrina The Teen-Age Witch
The Office
McMillan & Wife
Honorable Mentions:
Dark Shadows
Munsters
Addams Family
All In The Family
The Nanny
Friends
Hart To Hart
Charlie's Angels
New Adventures Of Old Christine
Petticoat Junction
My Three Sons
That Girl I Dream Of Jeannie
Mod Squad
Big Valley
Reba
That 70's Show
The Middle
Haven
Married With Children
Popular
Family
Animated:
Flintstones
Tiny Toon Adventures
Looney Tunes
Woody Woodpecker
Mr. Magoo
Road Runner Show
Simpsons
Family Guy
Popeye
Oblongs
Archies
Sabrina The Teenage Witch
Pinky & The Brain
Josie & The Pussycats
British:
Are You Being Served
Absolutely Fabulous
Avengers
Keeping Up Appearances
Vicar Of Dibley
Upper Hand
Queer As Folk
Coupling
Inbetweeners
Gimme Gimme Gimme
Space 1999
Murder Most Horrid
I need to be able to list my top 100 shows! LOL

 

[yyz2ams]

Sorry I entered this twice....... Bonita

 

[yyz2ams]

I have many favourites....some for the pure enjoyment of fluff and entertainment. Good memories of watching those shows with Mom and Dad....the innocent days of youth. One had less but really we had much more than nowadays...in my opinion anyways!

1. Murder She Wrote
2. Columbo
3. Scooby Doo, Where are you
4. Bionic Woman/Six Million Dollar Man
5. Barnaby Jones
6. Cannon
7. Rockford Files
8. Buck Rogers
9. Charlie's Angels
10. Hawaii Five-O

Special acknowledgement goes to the ones just off my top ten list:

11. Love Boat
12. The Secret of Isis
13. The Avengers (We're needed Mrs. Peel)

Love them all!!!

 

[Bobbo]

My Top 10 in alphabetical order:
1. All In The Family
2. The Brady Bunch
3. The Facts Of Life
4. Freaks And Geeks
5. The Gong Show
6. M*A*S*H
7. One Step Beyond
8. Seinfeld
9. The Sopranos
10. The Twilight Zone
Honorary Mentions: I Love Lucy, The Honeymooners, My So-Called Life, Thriller, The Munsters, The Addams Family, The Mothers-In-Law, One Day At A Time, The Flintstones, The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, Beverly Hills 90210, The Courtship of Eddie's Father

 

[Hasslein]

1. MASH
2. Modern Family
3. Family Guy
4. Starsky & Hutch
5. Xena Warrior Princess
6. Star Trek TOS
7. WKRP
8. Reno 911
9. The Mary Tyler Moore Show
10. Taxi

 

[KPmusmag]

So much fun to see all these lists and realize how many favorites we all have in common. I am definitely of the TV Generation; these shows are like old friends.

 

[Bryan^H]

-St. Elsewhere

-Buffy The Vampire Slayer

-In Search Of...

-Star Trek TOS

-The Incredible Hulk

-Planet Of the Apes(1974)

-Lassie

-M*A*S*H

-Unsolved Mysteries

-The X-Files(I lost interest in the later seasons, but Friday nights on Fox in the early 90's were magical to me. I really loved this show)

 

[Bob_S.]

Well, here it goes:
1. Star Trek - TOS
2. Gunsmoke
3. Dick Van Dyke Show (imo the funniest sitcom in tv history)
4. Mary Tyler Moore Show
5. Rifleman
6. Donna Reed Show
7. Adam-12
8. Father Knows Best (never saw this show until Antennae TV started showing it)
9. Carol Burnett Show (surprised no one even mentioned her)
10. All In The Famiy
Honorable mention:
Bonanza
Little House on the Prairie
Burns and Allen
Jack Benny Show
Lawrence Welk
Bob Newhart Show
Facts of Life (had a major crush on Lisa Whechel and finally got to meet her in person!)
Magnum PI
Rockford Files
Big Valley
Batman
Batman: TAS
Birds of Prey (only lasted a season and was low budget but loved the characters)
The Office
Chuck
TV Movies:
Anne of Green Gables and The Sequel
plus so many more....
Edit: Don't know if we can list game shows but my favorites were:
Match Game
Concentration
Tic Tac Dough
Card Sharks
Joker's Wild

 

Mannix
Cannon
Barnaby Jones
Peticoat Junction
My Three Sons
Ironside
Switch
Angie
Dan August
Harry O

 

[Gary OS]

Bob, that's a great list. I love many of the shows you mentioned. And you're right, The Carol Burnett Show was great!


Gary "love those game shows too" O.

 

[younger1968]

Bob, that's a great list.  I love many of the shows you mentioned.  And you're right, The Carol Burnett Show was great!
Gary "love those game shows too" O.

There has been some great list by people. It was difficult when i put my list together as i like so many shows. I glad that as kid and young adult got to see some amazing tv shows that knock stuffing out of anything on tv today.

 

[WaveCrest]

Bob, the show Joker's Wild you mentioned in your post (post #91 of this thread) - was this similar to the UK game show Play Your Cards Right, or was it a panel show with comedians trying to outdo one another by saying the funniest joke? There was a late 60's/early 70's UK panel comedy series of the same name (presented by Barry Cryer).

 

[Jack P]

"The Joker's Wild" was a show where a contestant would pull a slot machine type lever to see what categories would come up for questions. Two of one category was worth $100, while a single one was worth only $50. There were also "Joker" cards which could increase the value of a question but if you spun three Jokers, you could win the game automatically. Contestants winning the game then played a bonus game on the slot machine lever to try and "beat the Devil" and get cash values up to $1000 without a "devil" appearing which would then give them a multi-thousand dollar prize package as a bonus if they got to $1000.
The show was hosted by Jack Barry of the rigged 50s quiz show "Twenty-One" that got immortalized in the movie "Quiz Show" and represented his comeback to TV after being blackballed for more than 15 years. He hosted the show until his death in 1984.

 

[WaveCrest]

Never thought it would have anything to do with slot machines, The Joker's Wild. Thought it had something to do with playing cards, as well as possibly being a US version of the UK panel show Joker's Wild (or the other way round, and the UK panel quiz was a version of the US game show The Joker's Wild). Thanks for explaining what The Joker's Wild was about Jack.

 

[Steve Armbrust]

I'll take a shot, but after #1, the order is subject to change.
1. Friday Night Lights
2. Mad Men
3. Fringe
4. West Wing
5. Star Trek TNG
6. The Sopranos
7. 24
8. Smothers Brothers
9. The Avengers
10. Breaking Bad
Couldn't quite fit Rescue Me in, and I'm sure I forgot something else really good.

I did forget something really good. Everwood is definitely in my top ten list too. Sorry I forgot it.
Also, I realize I'm much more a fan of modern TV than the classics, unlike many of you. Not sure why that is, but it might be interesting to explore. I guess I prefer serialized dramas, and there weren't many serialized classics. But I did spend a lot of time in those days watching TV, and I certainly enjoyed my share of classic shows.

 

[Charles Ellis]

My 'desert island' shows:
Dark Shadows
Peyton Place
I Love Lucy
Gilligan's Island
Perry Mason
The Forsyte Saga- the B/W original, not the lousy color remake
General Hospital- for the years 1978-1996
Batman
Gunsmoke
The Brady Bunch
HONRABLE MENTION- Law & Order SVU, Get Smart, Dynasty, Chuck, The Munsters, Soap, Happy Days