Favorite TV Series (not counting JOA)

Editsound · 08 Nov 09 :: 02:22

We may have done this before, but I don't remember it. Here is a list of some of mine:
Banacek
Columbo
the Dick Van Dyke show
Ellery Queen (70s version)
Fawlty Towers
Hill Street Blues
the Mary Tyler Moore Show
Monty Python's Flying Circus
Seinfeld
The Twilight Zone
The Wire

And Bias, The X-files, Picket Fences, and the animated version of The Tick

TheCentralScrutinizer · 08 Nov 09 :: 03:28

Buffy The Vampire Slayer
Cagney & Lacey
The X Files
Upstairs, Downstairs
Angel
Ellen
Roseanne
M2 - Millennium Season Two
Party Of Five
The Greatest American Hero
Star Trek: TNG & TOS
NYPD Blue
Family
St. Elsewhere
Oz
Northern Exposure
Key West
Space: Above & Beyond
LA Law
21 Jump Street
Miami Vice
No, Honestly!
Wodehouse Playhouse
The Carol Burnett Show
The Tracey Ullman Show
Queer As Folk
Medium
Friday Night Lights
The Rachel Maddow Show
Countdown with Keith Olbermann
Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives
Flight Of The Conchords
The Daily Show
The Colbert Report
Real Time with Bill Maher
Entourage
The L Word
True Blood
ER
Robot Chicken
Dexter
Grey's Anatomy
Private Practice
Inside The Actors Studio
Red Dwarf
Weeds
Californication

Editsound · 08 Nov 09 :: 03:50

It's interesting how one episode can ruin a series for you. St. elsewhere would of made my list except I hated the last episode sooo much it ruined the whole series for me.

what is Key West??

Editsound · 08 Nov 09 :: 03:52

And I forgot Kolchak, the Night Stalker

TheCentralScrutinizer · 08 Nov 09 :: 05:13

Key West was incredibly short-lived, but insanely well-cast and so much fun. Have you ever seen any of David Beaird's stuff? He hasn't done a lot of work, but some of his more personal films like Pass The Ammo and Scorchers are real gems with some great, great people in them. I'd love to know how Key West was conceived because it really seemed to be from his heart. But it was sold as a riff on Northern Exposure. Of course people joked about it being "Southern Exposure". The premise was that a New York factory worker Irish writer wannabe played by Fisher Stevens wins the lottery and moves to where "Papa" used to live and write. And of course, the Key is a quirky place where he meets all kinds of characters. Meg Tilly played a whip-smart hooker with a heart of gold and lots of other wonderful actors had terrific roles. A lot of Beaird's friends and stars of his previous films had parts in the show. Most notably the brilliant Leland Crooke doing his best Cajun shtick as Gumbo. I have every single ep on tape and my best friend Steph and I watch at least a couple of them every time she comes to visit me from Kentucky.

I understand about St. Elsewhere, but the end can't erase the fact that that show gave me some of the most incredibly emotional TV-watching moments of my life.

BiggestChrisMarquetteFan · 08 Nov 09 :: 08:09

Freaks And Geeks.
My So Called Life.
Degrassi The Next Generation.
Degrassi Junior High.
Degrassi High.
All That.
Lizzie Mcguire.
Family Guy.
Strong Medicine.
South Of Nowhere.
Trading Spouses.

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TheCentralScrutinizer · 08 Nov 09 :: 08:42

Freaks And Geeks. My God, how could I forget that?!? One of the best shows ever, MY CHILDHOOD. And birthplace of some of the biggest stars going these days...

BiggestChrisMarquetteFan · 08 Nov 09 :: 08:55

Freaks And Geeks is number one on my list of favorite shows tied with Joan Of Arcadia. I have the 8 disc edition yearbook dvd, soundtrack, volume 1 and 2 scripts, and my parents have the 6 disc edition dvd. Do you have Freaks And Geeks on dvd, Deb?

TheCentralScrutinizer · 08 Nov 09 :: 09:07

The basic set, yes. Love it.

Warbee · 09 Nov 09 :: 13:36

Ohhhh I love Freaks and Geeks

Freaks and Geeks
Bones
Criminal Minds
Supernatural
Scrubs
Charmed (not towards the end though)
Blackadder
The IT Crowd
Life As We Know It (only a one season show, but I really really enjoyed it)
The Mentalist

There are probably many I have forgotten but thats my taste

Editsound · 09 Nov 09 :: 17:57

how did I forget Black Adder? Love that show

Editsound · 19 Nov 09 :: 04:45

Deb, did you see the diners drive-ins and dives where they went to Fab's Hot Dogs in Reseda CA? It is less than a mile from my house(and I pass it almost every day), and I have never been there, and of course I missed the show about it(I have seen most of the episodes but not that one). Wondering what he had there etc.

TheCentralScrutinizer · 19 Nov 09 :: 05:05

I don't specifically remember that one, but if they air it again, I'll let you know. They repeat them three times during the week.

justme · 19 Nov 09 :: 22:15

I know what you mean about a single episode ruining things, Rick! I also loathes the St. Elsewhere finale, but still love what the show was. I also hated the last season of "Roseanne". Can't believe someone besides me still remembers (& loves) the Jim Hutton version of "Ellery Queen"!

I love a bunch of stuff from your list, Deb! I'll have to really think about it before I make out my list.:/ I love most anything Steve Bochco did in the 80s.

One of my all-time favorite shows was "Ed", without a doubt the best-ever series about a bowling alley owner/lawyer ever produced - bar none! :rofl:

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TeeJay · 19 Nov 09 :: 22:52

Here's my list (in no particular order):

Roswell
Early Edition
The Pretender
The Flying Doctors
Third Watch
Grey's Anatomy
Private Practice
Prison Break
Lost
Medium
ER
Numb3rs
CSI:
CSI: NY
Nurse Jackie
Cold Case
Star Trek
Without A Trace
24
Trauma (short-lived as it was)
FlashForward

Obviously not a lot of classics among those. I've never watched a lot of TV when I was a kid, I got my first own TV when I was 17 or 18. And even then I didn't watch a lot of TV shows. I only really became a TV series "regular" in my mid- to late 20's. Hm... Now, is that a bad thing or not?

-TeeJay

Editsound · 20 Nov 09 :: 00:17

What is the Flying Doctors? I haven't heard of it and the title suggests so many different possibilities.

TeeJay · 20 Nov 09 :: 00:50

Kate might know it. It's an Australian TV show from the 90's, and it's about the Royal Flying Doctor Service in Australia. Basically, it was a bunch of Ozzie doctors flying around the outback, taking care of medical problems, mixed with your usual relationship and drama stuff.

I was a huge fan as a teen. Even made my Australia trip in '95 with a friend a total Flying Doctors tour, kinda like what Deb, Anne and I did in LA last year. We met three of the actors and got to see all the old props at Crawford Studios (the show had already ended by the time we visited and everything was put away in a warehouse). This was before the times of the internet, so my friend and I were members of a Dutch fanclub for a while (there's wasn't any German one). It was real fun!

Here's the title sequence (very tacky!): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfyxThcqF3I

-TeeJay

Editsound · 20 Nov 09 :: 01:08

Cool. don't think it ever made it to the US,but then I might has just missed it.

by the way, am I ever going to become a Dorque? (somehow that still doesn't sound good)

TheCentralScrutinizer · 20 Nov 09 :: 02:39

Oh, sorry, Rick. Since you have a gender-specific rank, we have to manually roll you over when you hit a landmark. I'll do it right now...

Editsound · 20 Nov 09 :: 03:26

No problem, thanks

TheCentralScrutinizer · 20 Nov 09 :: 03:48

I'm glad you reminded me, I remember we talked about it before, but I stopped paying attention to your post tally at some point.

EOcean214 · 20 Nov 09 :: 06:13

I have to say some of my favorites are Roswell, Supernatural, Vampire Diaries, 30 Rock, the Office use to be one of them (it's lost its touch for me...) Those are the ones I watch pretty regularly. I watch Castle too because I love Nathan Fillion and anything related to him or Joss Whedon!

domesticelefant · 20 Nov 09 :: 19:42

I have so many shows I watch/watched, I don't even know where to start. I'll post my list later.

Warbee · 23 Nov 09 :: 10:11

Hahaha yeah i do know the Flying Doctors...never actually really watched it though. But yeah with the outback being so vast there are actual doctors that have to be flown into the community, so it is vaguely based on truth with that. And TeeJay I totally forgot about Early Edition....I adored that show too!!

EOcean214 · 27 Nov 09 :: 08:54

Flying Doctors? Sounds interesting! Early Edition was a great show! I remember watching that, My So Called Life and Touched By An Angel regularly during those days.

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