amensisterfriend January 14, 2015 Share January 14, 2015 What are your 5-10 very favorite shows, the ones that you'd take with you to that hypothetical desert island---and why? Just to be clear, these aren't necessarily the shows you think are of the highest quality, just the ones to which you happen to be most attached. If you want to make this even more of a challenge, try putting them in order of preference :) 1 Link to comment
bmasters9 January 15, 2015 Share January 15, 2015 I don't know if I have exactly that number, but three lately have very much stood out to me: Barney Miller, Hart to Hart, and Diagnosis: Murder. 2 Link to comment
Expat January 15, 2015 Share January 15, 2015 Friends Gilligan's Island Power Rangers In Space Saved By The Bell Golden Girls I love a good sitcom. The cheesier and unrealistic, the better. PRIS has been one of my favorite things since I was like 12, and it's one of those shows I've never grown out of. 3 Link to comment
spaceytraci1208 January 15, 2015 Share January 15, 2015 The Golden Girls Sanford and Son Oz Breaking Bad Martin Starting Over (the first season in Chicago only) The Real World (New York through Boston) It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia Law & Order (original recipe) Ridiculousness 2 Link to comment
amensisterfriend January 15, 2015 Author Share January 15, 2015 Ridiculousness I've never even heard of this one! Clearly, I need to rectify that :) 1 Link to comment
spaceytraci1208 January 15, 2015 Share January 15, 2015 (edited) I've never even heard of this one! Clearly, I need to rectify that :) It's a clip-show on MTV lol...kinda like Tosh.O, but not nearly as gross or mean-spirited. I laugh like an idiot every time Edited January 15, 2015 by spaceytraci1208 2 Link to comment
FormerMod-a1 January 15, 2015 Share January 15, 2015 So hard, but I'll list a few off the top of my head. I reserve the right to change my mind later Golden Girls Coupling Law & Order Night Court WKRP In Cincinnati Criminal Minds seasons 1-5 Leverage Star Trek SNL - orig cast, 80's cast with Eddie Murphy, Billy Crystal then later again (90s?) with Mike Myers and Dana Carvey and Phil Hartman) New Adventures of Old Christine Hannibal Whoops - that's 11. I'll stop now. 2 Link to comment
Wings January 15, 2015 Share January 15, 2015 (edited) Taxi Six Feet Under WKRP in Cincinnati Seinfeld Mad About You (all episodes before the baby, which killed the show) Mash Parks and Recreation New Adventures of Old Christine There are probably more or better ones that escape me at the moment. . ETA. Night Court! Thanks Aquarian. Edited January 15, 2015 by wings707 3 Link to comment
Rick Kitchen January 15, 2015 Share January 15, 2015 Big Bang Theory The first two seasons of Heroes Buffy the Vampire Slayer just those off the top of my head. 1 Link to comment
MaryMitch January 15, 2015 Share January 15, 2015 Bonanza The Big Bang Theory Modern Family The Closer 1 Link to comment
Moose135 January 15, 2015 Share January 15, 2015 The West Wing WKRP in Cincinnati Sports Night Hill Street Blues Adam 12 The Office Fawlty Towers 1 Link to comment
King of Birds January 15, 2015 Share January 15, 2015 I tried to just think of what were my favorite shows in my "eras" of watching TV. Battlestar Galactica (original) Letterman - morning show and every iteration thereafter Dallas Cheers Hill Street Blues Wonder Years Twin Peaks Seinfeld 24 LOST The Office /30 Rock Breaking Bad Link to comment
redlaces January 15, 2015 Share January 15, 2015 Golden Girls- It will never not be funny Twilight Zone- Because it's amazing 6 Feet Under- Perfection It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia- Always funny MTV Unplugged- 89-99 You Can't Do That on Television- Nostalgia Daria- 90's teen King of the Hill- Suck it Simpsons Kids in the Hall- Suck it SNL Unsolved Mysteries- Variety 2 Link to comment
Enigma X January 15, 2015 Share January 15, 2015 (edited) LOST Archer Law & Order (original) Homicide: Life on the Streets Daria (Game of Thrones dropped because I actually had 11 shows here) Fringe Sports Night (edited out Newsradio) The West Wing (edited out WKRP in Cincinatti) Justified Hill Street Blues (This is off the top of my head, and I was just a very young kid when I saw some of this [in reruns even], so I may be changing this in the near future.) Edited January 15, 2015 by Enigma X 1 Link to comment
Wings January 15, 2015 Share January 15, 2015 (edited) The West Wing WKRP in Cincinnati Sports Night Hill Street Blues Adam 12 The Office Fawlty Towers OMG yes, Fawlty Towers! I will put this on the top of my list. Love it! Thanks for the memory jog, Edited January 15, 2015 by wings707 2 Link to comment
Jipijapa January 15, 2015 Share January 15, 2015 (edited) My 3 favorite shows of all time? Desert Island shows? Quantum Leap, Fringe, and the Rockford Files (which I only discovered this year). Possibly also Frasier. Edited January 15, 2015 by Jipijapa 1 Link to comment
manbearpig January 15, 2015 Share January 15, 2015 Buffy, because it's my favourite show ever and there's enough variety that I'd be able to watch it for ages without getting bored. Also; South Park, Grey's Anatomy, 30 Rock, Veronica Mars, and a few more but I have to stop because narrowing it down is going to be hell. 1 Link to comment
FormerMod-a1 January 15, 2015 Share January 15, 2015 I'm adding.. Stargate At least one of my favorite cheesy/campy fantasy shows - Xena, Hercules, Beastmaster The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson - he really was the best, and this spans decades Link to comment
jah1986 January 15, 2015 Share January 15, 2015 Farscape Friday Night Lights All in the Family Brooklyn Nine-Nine (I know it's new but I could be happy with what we've gotten so far) Star Trek DS:9 The Bionic Woman (don't judge me) I'm surprised more sitcoms didn't make my list. But I find with sitcoms I love more certain episodes than the entire series, thus no WKRP and no Designing Women. 1 Link to comment
UYI January 15, 2015 Share January 15, 2015 (edited) Roseanne All in the Family The Brady Bunch Punky Brewster Coach Friends The Facts of Life The Wonder Years I Love Lucy The Golden Girls This was REALLY hard, because if I were to include dramas, I would have put either The Waltons, thirtysomething, or the short-lived I'll Fly Away and My So-Called Life. And the post-Barney years kept The Andy Griffith Show off the list for me, too. And I haven't seen enough of Murphy Brown for it to make the list, either. But at the end of the day, I'm much more of a sitcom girl than a drama girl, so it is what it is, whether it's a more serious sitcom (Roseanne, although seasons 1-6 are the most important to me), or a...less serious sitcom (I can honestly say The Brady Bunch is one of my favorite shows of all time. You may cry for my soul, now.). ETA: Bewitched would probably be on the list too had Dick York not been forced to leave. Edited January 15, 2015 by UYI 3 Link to comment
bmasters9 January 15, 2015 Share January 15, 2015 To explain what I chose in my first post on this topic (in essence, why I chose what I chose): Barney Miller: that ABC police comedy of 1975-82 was chosen because I really enjoyed how Hal Linden played that title character (Captain of the 12th Precinct), and because the humor in it was very seldom mean-spirited. In fact, seeing reruns (or parts thereof) on WGN (before it became WGN America) was very much a contributing factor. Hart to Hart: this 1979-84 ABC detective series starring Robert Wagner and Stefanie Powers (which I have completed three seasons' worth of, and am very much looking forward to the fourth one [1982-83]) was selected because the romance and marriage that the two main characters (Jonathan and Jennifer Hart) had was presented in a very believable manner, IMO. I actually thought they were really in love as they were portrayed. Diagnosis: Murder: this 1993-01 CBS medical detective series was picked because of that fact that Dick Van Dyke, while he played much the same kind of character that Angela Lansbury portrayed on Murder, She Wrote, did it in a far more plausible manner as a medical sleuth by the name of Dr. Mark Sloan. Dr. Sloan, in fact, was far less irritating to me than Jessica Fletcher, and as such, Diagnosis will see its second season's worth (1994-95) coming into my DVDs, while MSW is very much one and done. 1 Link to comment
Amello January 15, 2015 Share January 15, 2015 Twin Peaks Six Feet Under Roseanne The Edge of Night Brookside I got drama, comedy, family, suspense, and general craziness all covered. 2 Link to comment
manbearpig January 15, 2015 Share January 15, 2015 I kind of wanted to include a show I had never really seen on my list so I could experience all the shocks and have the experience of watching something I had never seen before, and then I realised I was taking the question way too seriously. For the record that show would have been ER. I've seen random episodes, and there are so many people on that show I love from other things (Margulies from The Good Wife, Ming Na Wen from Agents of Shield, etc.), but as much as I want to watch it I don't really have the time for it at the moment with fifteen seasons to watch. And I know I wouldn't have to watch all fifteen seasons of the show, but I already know I want to so starting would just be time consuming and I should really be concentrating on other things. Like all those other shows I've already started watching lately... I'll also tack Angel on to my list because I can't have Buffy and not have Angel. 1 Link to comment
redlaces January 15, 2015 Share January 15, 2015 I kind of wanted to include a show I had never really seen on my list so I could experience all the shocks and have the experience of watching something I had never seen before, and then I realised I was taking the question way too seriously. For the record that show would have been ER. I've seen random episodes, and there are so many people on that show I love from other things (Margulies from The Good Wife, Ming Na Wen from Agents of Shield, etc.), but as much as I want to watch it I don't really have the time for it at the moment with fifteen seasons to watch. And I know I wouldn't have to watch all fifteen seasons of the show, but I already know I want to so starting would just be time consuming and I should really be concentrating on other things. Like all those other shows I've already started watching lately... I'll also tack Angel on to my list because I can't have Buffy and not have Angel. Oh! Good idea too! If I were to include shows to take to the island, please don't throw stones. I hardly watch shows when they are out and usually wait years to binge watch something if it I like the first few episodes. American Horror Story The Wire OZ The Sopranos Breaking Bad Sons of Anarchy -- Yes seriously, not one episode of any of them. Friends and Frasier too, but have absolutely NO desire to watch those. Only including newer shows right now. There are a lot of older shows I plan to try. 1 Link to comment
Chaos Theory January 16, 2015 Share January 16, 2015 (edited) This is off the top of my head and in no order 1. Ron Moore's Battlestar Galactica 2. American Horror Story (but Only Murder House and Asylum) 3. Buffy The Vampire Slayer 4. Breaking Bad 5. The Outer Limits (Both Versions) 6.. The Twilight Zone 7. The Star Trek Series (All of Them - Yes I liked all of them) 8. Hannibal 9. Sherlock 10. Fargo But at the end of the day, I'm much more of a sitcom girl than a drama gir Ha. I am the opposite. If I was to include a sitcom there is maybe three I can think of off the top of my head. Roseanne, Fraiser and Absolutely Fabulous Edited January 16, 2015 by Chaos Theory 1 Link to comment
Snow Apple January 16, 2015 Share January 16, 2015 Seinfeld The Brady Bunch Buffy Raising Hope Glee (Yeah, I admit it.) The Golden Girls Will and Grace Supernatural The King of Queens I Love Lucy The Simpsons 2 Link to comment
Rick Kitchen January 16, 2015 Share January 16, 2015 My final pick is 10) Another World -- it was my favorite soap, and even though I didn't watch regularly, it ran for 35 years, which will give me lots of viewing hours on the island, provided my photovoltaic panels hold up. Hmmm, maybe I should have included Gilligan's Island … a little help, please, Professor. Ooh, I need to add "All My Children" to my list. Link to comment
Ujio January 16, 2015 Share January 16, 2015 Ooh, I love positive threads like this one! Okay, with the risk of dating myself... Here goes... M*A*S*H Little House on the Prairie NYPD Blue Sports Night The Wire Breaking Bad Justified But if I have to pick one, it'd be Sports Night. Ah, the good ol' days. 2 Link to comment
amensisterfriend January 16, 2015 Author Share January 16, 2015 (edited) I'm having the hardest time answering my own question! There are so many shows I've loved at one time that, for whatever reason, haven't really stood the test of time for me. I'm definitely taking Gilmore Girls. And Poirot. (Stop mocking me!!!) I feel like my other eight would vary depending on my mood :) Edited January 16, 2015 by amensisterfriend 2 Link to comment
ToxicUnicorn January 17, 2015 Share January 17, 2015 (edited) Good question - makes me think from a different perspective. West Wing. I love the patter. I love the characters. I could maybe do without some of the later episodes, but I would bring all the ones that had Leo and then a few more. Law and Order. I never remember the plot, so it will always be new to me. Perfect background noise while I'm trying to get the sand out of my underwear. The comedy I could watch forever? Chef, with Lenny Henry. Favorites from a really long time ago? How about Quincy, The Odd Couple, and Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom? *hobbles away on a cane* ETA: How could I forget? The Sing-Off and So You Think You Can Dance. Edited January 17, 2015 by ToxicUnicorn 3 Link to comment
roseha January 17, 2015 Share January 17, 2015 (edited) Okay, some of these I saw a long time ago, some I found in reruns, some I haven't seen all the episodes, that said: Perry Mason (original) mainly for the cast and the great relationships among the regular characters (especially when Ray Collins/Lt. Tragg was there); Star Trek, Original; The Fugitive. No one's currently rerunning this great noir drama, which made such great use of the episodic nature of television, and someone ought to be; Law and Order Criminal Intent: for the many great, truly strange episodes (mainly in the first 5 years and a few in the final season) and for Vincent D'Onofrio's brilliant Robert Goren: Leverage: Great stories about big time corruption, great characters and cast; I'd be willing to re-watch any episode right now; The Dick Van Dyke Show: Maybe most consistently great sitcom ever; Green Acres: Supposed simple rural sitcom was the wackiest half hour of the late 60s; Barney Miller: Great cast, great New York stories over an amazingly long run; and Corner Gas: Brilliant Canadian show. Order the DVDs if you haven't seen it. It's hilarious; hmm that's only 9, it'll come to me... Oh yes, The Soupy Sales Show from New York in the 1960s. Soupy at his shoestring budget-craziest; sadly I think most of the films were said to have been destroyed but a few are out there. It was something else. ETA: Oh I forgot The Odd Couple. I used to watch it 3 times a day on WPIX Channel 11. And that makes 11. Sue me :) Edited January 17, 2015 by roseha 1 Link to comment
Chaos Theory January 17, 2015 Share January 17, 2015 The Fall just finished season 2 on Netflix and it is just as good as season 1. A well thought out police show. I wouldn't say procedural or mystery because you know who the killer is during the first episode. It is more of a Thriller then anything else. Link to comment
Miss Chevious January 23, 2015 Share January 23, 2015 Leave It to Beaver Andy Griffith Golden Girls Frasier Monk Mad Men Downton Abbey These are all-time favorite shows. Great writing, unforgettable characters and story lines that stand the test of time. 1 Link to comment
DiamondDoll January 28, 2015 Share January 28, 2015 The Golden Girls Keeping Up Appearances Hawaii Five 0 (it gave me my OTP for life McDanno) Criminal Minds Blue Bloods Alias (seasons 1-4) Days of Our Lives 2 Link to comment
Tunia January 28, 2015 Share January 28, 2015 (edited) City Confidential Jeopardy! Frasier Sunday Night Football 48 Hours Dateline Forensic Files The Chew King of Queens The Twilight Zone Edited January 28, 2015 by Tunia Link to comment
auntjess January 29, 2015 Share January 29, 2015 Having watched the new (to my area) MeTV, the only shows that I consistently enjoy are The Bob Newhart Show (Dr.Hartley), The Odd Couple, and usually Mary Tyler Moore.Once in a while I'll watch something I loved as a kid, but not often. 1 Link to comment
Wings February 1, 2015 Share February 1, 2015 I have to add Louis Ck, everything, TV show and stand up. Love the guy. 1 Link to comment
DkNNy79 February 1, 2015 Share February 1, 2015 Saved by the Bell Buffy the Vampire Slayer Golden Girls Roseanne Friends Big Bang Theory Will & Grace House Law & Order: SVU (season 1 through Diane Neal as ADA) Scrubs Sex & the City Reno 911 Night Court These shows were must see tv for me growing up, but I have no interest to watch re-runs: Growing Pains Full House Link to comment
decembar13 February 8, 2015 Share February 8, 2015 (edited) For pure joy it brings me:- Road to Avonlea- Anne of Green Gables- Firefly For drama (and some ha-ha moments):- OZ- Sherlock Holmes (with Jeremy Brett)- Inspector Morse- Homicide: Life on the Street As for "just because": - Buffy - Alan Partridge - Bonanza And if we can have cartoons, I'm adding Batman, the animated series (Mark Hamill as the Joker, man!), Robotech and Voltron... Oh, and King of the Hill! And still it isn't enough. There is just too many interesting tv shows. Edited February 8, 2015 by decembar13 1 Link to comment
ParadoxLost February 8, 2015 Share February 8, 2015 (edited) For drama (and some ha-ha moments): - Homicide: Life on the Street When his fellow cops found out Bayliss had sex in a coffin, that was just about the funniest thing I'd ever seen on a cop show ever. The series of episodes after they went to the wrong door were excellent as well. Edited February 8, 2015 by ParadoxLost 2 Link to comment
TaraS1 February 9, 2015 Share February 9, 2015 (edited) The Golden Girls NYPD Blue The Facts of Life The Andy Griffith Show Designing Women ER Ben & Kate Game of Thrones The Wire Cashmere Mafia (don't judge me - I have to have my Lucy fix, and her guest roles on ER & NYPD Blue don't count!) Edited February 9, 2015 by TaraS1 Link to comment
Actionmage February 10, 2015 Share February 10, 2015 IF we're only allowed 1 program per decade: 1950s: American Bandstand; it had a glorious run off and on from 1957 thru 1989. The music would be wonderful. 1960s:The Carol Burnett Show; another long runner, but this could make me laugh and swoon over the fashions. 1970s: Wonder Woman; I love it, the character and Lynda Carter. 1980s: A Different World; It was female-centered, I love the cast, and the theme is love. 1990s:(tie) Homicide:Life on the Street and Now and Again; I just love both shows very much and cannot choose. 2000s: The Amazing Race; So many great moments and the scenery porn and Phil and the greeters and Phil! 2010s: Arrow; I might believe there's a hot hacktivist IT genius that could fall for me if I pull back on the murder impulse after my rescue! 1 Link to comment
blueray February 11, 2015 Share February 11, 2015 (edited) 1. Lost 2. DS9 3. Sg-1 4. Farscape 5. Charmed I guess I really like sci-fi/fantasy. While I like shows such as Gilmore Girls or Friends I wouldn't put them in my top 5, maybe top 10. I also just realized all the above are 90's or 00's. I do like some old shows such as Twilight Zone and Star Trek. Edited February 11, 2015 by blueray Link to comment
amensisterfriend February 11, 2015 Author Share February 11, 2015 I feel remiss for forgetting to mention King of the Hill here. I love this sadly underrated show so much and am always surprised by how well it's held up for me with multiple viewings. Simpsons and South Park get far more acclaim (and I like those shows as well), but for some reason it's King of the Hill that's always held a special place in my TV-obsessed heart :) 4 Link to comment
decembar13 February 11, 2015 Share February 11, 2015 Can I add one more show on my already packed list? It's V, the original one from the '80. I know it's cheesy, and probably doesn't stand the test of time, but little 8-year-old girl in me is doing cartwheels on the thought that Michael Ironside is coming to save me (the planet, the planet!) from those lizards. 3 Link to comment
amensisterfriend May 19, 2015 Author Share May 19, 2015 Here's a more specific question for you guys: What would you name as your 5-10 favorite sitcoms/comedies of all time?! 1 Link to comment
DeLurker May 19, 2015 Share May 19, 2015 In no particular order: Doctor in the House The Powers that Be Carol Burnett Show SOAP The Crazy Ones Enlisted 1 Link to comment
Actionmage May 19, 2015 Share May 19, 2015 As DeLurker said, in no order: *Barney Miller *The Bob Newhart Show *Home Improvement *WKRP In Cincinnati *Vicar of Dibley *Coupling (UK) I have enjoyed this group of shows so much! There are more shows I would add, but we were to keep the list short. Link to comment
FormerMod-a1 May 19, 2015 Share May 19, 2015 In alphabetical order... Barney Miller Coupling (UK) Golden Girls New Adventured of Old Christine (I liked this *way* more than I ever thought I would) Night Court Reba (the first one, and like NAOOC, I liked this *way* more than I ever thought I would) Whose Line Is It Anyway WKRP In Cincinnati I will watching these any time - whenever I find them in the schedule and I'm home, they are on. Reba is often on when I get home from work. Golden Girls I watch when I'm getting ready for work and when I'm going to bed. I'm sad WKRP and Barney Miller are no longer on when I'm home (although I know Barney Miller still airs on MeTV? AntennaTV? earlier in the day). I catch Night Court at 6:30pm on ENCC. Coupling hasn't been on BBCA for a long time, but I own the DVDs and keep talking about getting a viewing party together. NAOOC used to be in NickJr/NickMom at 10pm but is no longer there :-( but it is sometimes on either TVland or Nick. Link to comment
whatsatool May 21, 2015 Share May 21, 2015 Bandstand Soul train Modern Family Law and Order Any western with Eastwood or McQueen That one with Sally Field and Rob Lowe Endeavor Last tango in Halifax 1 Link to comment
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