Your top 20 TV shows?

[VaqueroTD]

While mentioning FX shows, ... i really loved the first 2 seasons of " Fargo " ... but the 3rd season i could not bare much more to watch it.
Hated the series ended on a bad Season 3 note.

It's not Fx, .. but i would have to mentioned "Stranger Things " as one of my favs TVshows too.
Ironically it's 3rd season is rumored to be the last and final season as well.,

FX and HBO know how to make shows. There's good stuff on every channel or streamer, but quality per quantity, I think those two do the best job in today's market.

For me, the season where they usually lose me is Season 3. (Stopped watching Stranger Things in Season 3)

Season 1 is always the best because it's new. Second 2 rides the momentum of 1, no matter how well it's made. Season 3 is where you show if your show is great and has longevity... or in some cases, a real story and intended ending.

 

[quickccc]

FX and HBO know how to make shows. There's good stuff on every channel or streamer, but quality per quantity, I think those two do the best job in today's market.

For me, the season where they usually lose me is Season 3. (Stopped watching Stranger Things in Season 3)

Season 1 is always the best because it's new. Second 2 rides the momentum of 1, no matter how well it's made. Season 3 is where you show if your show is great and has longevity... or in some cases, a real story and intended ending.

I'd also have to put Netflix in it's Originals right there with FX and HBO.

Heck it's because of Netflix being able to create their own originals among the streaming networks that has brought out such up coming and ongoing
competitors as ever before. (Disney Plus, HBO MAx, Hulu, Amazon, Peacock, etc.)

Netflix has always set the stage and continue to set the stage when it comes to streaming market, imo. .

 

[DallasEast]

It's not Fx, .. but i would have to mentioned "Stranger Things " as one of my favs TVshows too.
Ironically it's 3rd season is rumored to be the last and final season as well.,

Stranger Things will debut its fourth season on May 27 and a fifth season will eventually be released in the future:

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/stranger-things-ending-season-five-1235095345/

No one can stop 11. Not even Netflix.

 

[Roadtrip635]

No one else watched David Letterman at night?

I probably could have put down every late show. Always liked watching those through the decades.

Went from Carson to Letterman to first Conan show to Daily Show to Kimmel, and now I just catch all the bits on Youtube that are worth watching from all of them.

Letterman is up there for me, watched a lot especially in the NBC days. It was must see TV during my college days, everyone would gather in my dorm room and get their attitudes adjusted and watch Letterman. The Suit of Velcro, Suit of Chips and Dip, Stupid Pet Tricks, Stupid Human tricks, the most memorable had to be Sam Kinison. Holy cow we were not ready for that! For weeks after, we were all imitating Sam Kinison.......

 

[SlammedZero]

Holy smokes! I left one of my favorites off my list. For some reason it just hit me this morning.

CHiPs.

I absolutely loved that show when I was a kid.

 

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The running total of 26 members' series mentions to-date:

* = not exactly sure of series title

Count: 15

• Cheers

Count: 14

• Game of Thrones

Count: 10 each

• M*A*S*H
• Seinfeld

Count: 8 each

• Friends
• Star Trek: The Original Series
• The Big Bang Theory
• The Sopranos
• The X-Files

Count: 7 each

• Breaking Bad
• Frasier

Count: 6 each

• All in the Family
• Family Guy
• Married... with Children
• Ozark
• Star Trek: The Next Generation
• The Simpsons

Count: 5 each

• The Andy Griffith Show
• The Twilight Zone
• The Walking Dead
• The Wire

Count: 4 each

• Better Call Saul
• Buffy the Vampire Slayer
• Chappelle's Show
• Lost
• Sanford and Son
• Sons Of Anarchy
• South Park
• Taxi
• The Jeffersons
• The King of Queens
• The Office (2005)
• The Rockford Files
• Yellowstone

Count: 3 each

• 24
• Bonanza
• Daredevil
• Firefly
• Gilligan's Island
• Good Times
• In Living Color
• Justified
• Law & Order
• Leave It to Beaver
• NCIS
• Quantum Leap
• Rescue Me
• Saturday Night Live
• The Brady Bunch
• The Carol Burnett Show
• The Honeymooners
• Two and a Half Men
• WKRP in Cincinnati

Count: 2 each

• 1883
• According to Jim
• China Beach
• Criminal Minds
• Curb Your Enthusiasm
• Dexter
• Happy Days
• Hell On Wheels
• Hill Street Blues
• Hogan's Heroes
• House M.D.
• Ironside (1967)
• Mom
• Monty Python's Flying Circus
• Northern Exposure
• NYPD Blue
• Perry Mason
• Roswell
• Six Feet Under
• Spartacus
• St. Elsewhere
• Stranger Things
• The Amazing Race
• The Americans
• The Cosby Show
• The Dick Van Dyke Show
• The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
• The Golden Girls
• The Last Kingdom
• The Mandalorian
• The Middle
• The Outer Limits
• The Rifleman
• The Young Ones
• Three's Company
• Vikings
• Wiseguy

Count: 1 each

• 2 Broke Girls
• All of the Saturday morning cartoons*
• America's Most Wanted
• Anthony Bourdain’s shows*
• Aqua Teen Hunger Force
• Attack on Titan
• Avatar: The Last Airbender
• Babylon 5
• Band of Brothers
• Batman and Robin*
• Battlestar Galactica (2004)
• Beat Bobby Flay
• Beavis & Butt-Head
• Black Sails
• BlackAdder
• Black-ish
• Boardwalk Empire
• Boston Public
• Branded
• Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
• Cannon
• Charmed
• Chicago P.D.
• Cobra Kai
• Combat!
• Dallas
• Damages
• Daniel Boone
• Dark Matter
• David Letterman Show*
• Dead Like Me
• Deadwood
• Diners, Drive-ins and Dives
• Dream On
• Drunk History
• Empire
• Entourage
• ER
• Euphoria
• Everyone Loves Raymond
• F Troop
• Family Matters
• Family Ties
• Fantastic Four: The Animated Series
• Fargo
• Farscape
• Father Knows Best
• Fear The Walking Dead
• FOX NFL Sunday
• Frontline
• Full House
• Gunsmoke
• Hawaii Five-O (1968)
• Hawkeye
• House Of Cards
• House Of The Dragon
• I Dream of Jeannie
• Inside the NBA
• Into the Badlands
• It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia
• JAG
• Jeopardy
• Justice League
• Justice League Unlimited
• Kitchen Nightmares
• Kolchak: The Night Stalker
• Kung **
• L.A. Law
• Land of the Giants
• Land of the Lost
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
• Letterkenny
• Loki
• Longmire
• Magnum, P.I. (1980)
• Mannix
• Mission: Impossible
• Monk
• Murder, She Wrote
• My Three Sons
• Mystery Science Theater 3000
• NCIS: Los Angeles
• Newhart
• Night Gallery
• Orange Is The New Black
• Outlander
• Oz
• Parks and Recreation
• Peaky Blinders
• Person of Interest
• Picard
• Picket Fences
• Police Story
• Raising Hope
• Rick and Morty
• Rizzoli & Isles
• Roots
• Roseanne
• Rules of Engagement
• Soap
• Speed Racer (1967)
• SportsCenter
• Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
• Star Trek: Discovery
• Stargate: Atlantis
• Survivor
• Tales from the Crypt
• Tales from the Darkside
• That '70s Show
• The Addams Family
• The Beverly Hillbillies
• The Blacklist
• The Bob Newhart Show
• The Boys
• The Closer
• The Dukes of Hazzard
• The Equalizer (1985)
• The Falcon and the Winter Soldier
• The Hitchhiker
• The Invaders
• The Johnny Carson Show
• The League
• The Leftovers
• The Lone Ranger
• The Man In The High Castle
• The Mary Tyler Moore Show
• The Odd Couple
• The Office (2001)
• The Orville
• The Patty Duke Show
• The Ren & Stimpy Show
• The Shield
• The Stand (1994)
• The Three Stooges
• The Waltons
• The West Wing
• The Witcher
• The Wonder Years
• The Wonderful World of Disney
• Thundarr the Barbarian
• Tom and Jerry
• Too Close for Comfort
• Watchmen
• Westworld
• When Things Were Rotten
• Wings
• WWE Raw
• Xena: Warrior Princess
• Young Sheldon

Wow.. Great work putting this together ! .... Thanks for Sharing

Anyone else surprised that HBO's True Blood never made anyone's listing ?... Not even a single vote ?

 

[DallasEast]

Everyone did not stick to a maximum of 20 shows, so it is likely True Blood will get some additional mentions later. I enjoyed the series very much and believe it is underrated by its critics.

FWIW, I limited my list to series that I have generally re-watched in their entirety more than once. Just my opinion for myself but really great entertaining shows make you want to see them over and over.

I have watched the majority of series posted throughout the thread. Many are outstanding dramas, comedies, etc., that have rightfully received critical acclaim along with their national or worldwide appeal.

However, most great shows do not draw me back while some do. I have even rewatched The Walking Dead UP TO Andrew Lincoln’s departure but have never watched the episodes that followed. It remains one of my favorite binge-worthy series regardless.

Yep. My mind’s weird like that.

 

[Runwildboys]

Everyone did not stick to a maximum of 20 shows, so it is likely True Blood will get some additional mentions later. I enjoyed the series very much and believe it is underrated by its critics.

FWIW, I limited my list to series that I have generally re-watched in their entirety more than once. Just my opinion for myself but really great entertaining shows make you want to see them over and over.

I have watched the majority of series posted throughout the thread. Many are outstanding dramas, comedies, etc., that have rightfully received critical acclaim along with their national or worldwide appeal.

However, most great shows do not draw me back while some do. I have even rewatched The Walking Dead UP TO Andrew Lincoln’s departure but have never watched the episodes that followed. It remains one of my favorite binge-worthy series regardless.

Yep. My mind’s weird like that.

My criteria for this thread were, "What shows did I look forward to seeing for the whole week?" or "Would I (or have I already) watch the series again, given the chance?" or "Did (does) watching this show make me audibly say things like 'MAN, this show is so ******* good!'"