Best TV shows of all time.

I will add one that may surprise some of you. The original Saturday Nite Live with John Belushi,Chevy Chase, Gilda Radner, Jane Curtin and the list goes on. It to me was truly funny before it went totally political. We used to get together with friends and watch it every Saturday night. I haven't watched it for years since it's turned into a travesty!
Jim
 
Lots of shows mentioned here that I really enjoyed watching since about 1955 when my family got its first TV set. I can think of many shows I would call good to excellent entertainment , but for some reason can't call them "quality" shows.
 
your show of shows
M.A.S.H.
the prisoner
the avengers (patrick macnee & diana rigg)
american bandstand
monty python
coronation street
are you being served
law & order (jerry orbach)
the tonight show (johnny carson)
adventures of superman
lunch with uncle johnny coons
sea hunt
the cisco kid
 
Barney Miller (LAPD thought it was a comedy. NYPD thought it was a documentary.)
Married with Children
X Files
Breaking Bad
The Avengers
Hopalong Cassidy
Bonanza
 
I will add one that may surprise some of you. The original Saturday Nite Live with John Belushi,Chevy Chase, Gilda Radner, Jane Curtin and the list goes on. It to me was truly funny before it went totally political. We used to get together with friends and watch it every Saturday night. I haven't watched it for years since it's turned into a travesty!
Jim
I'm of the opinion that comedy has no boundaries. I've watched George Carlin make political jokes that are 180 degrees from my leanings but I still found the humor genius.

SNL is interesting to me because if you can sift through all the "attempts" that are horribly lame, SNL has made simply dozens of absolute gems over decades, even at many times when the cast lacked talent. Case in point-- many skits with guest star Justin Timberlake make me fall down laughing.

I have no doubt that like -so- many Hollywood/entertainment folks, they are a liberal tank full of folks wholly detached from the living reality of the average, good, hard working American, but that ship sailed years ago.

If it's just about being entertained, SNL has earned it's place.
 
Of the recent ones, Blue Bloods usually impresses me. I think Danny is a hotheaded jerk, but most of the others are okay.

NCIS has usually been pretty good, but I know Harmon and that actress who plays the zany lab girl Abby are politically poles from me in real life, which bugs me. But as actors, they fill their roles well.

I like NCIS New Orleans.

I liked, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World a great deal. Among other aspects, the heroes were about the only civilians with guns in a heroic TV role in decades. Of course, Veronica relied on knives and Finn used a crossbow instead of a gun.

As a kid, I liked, Soldiers of Fortune, Ramar of the Jungle, Perry Mason, and, the 77th Bengal Lancers. Add, The Sheriff of Cochise and US Marshal.

"Lawman" with John Russell was a favorite Western. I liked, Star Trek, although aware of its social "messages", with which I didn't always agree. Some of the plots were a little too far out for me.

I liked, Star Trek: Enterprise, especially Scott Bakula as the captain and T'Pol, played by Jolene Blalock. (SP?)

I love a fashion show that comes on CBS each December, but am not sure if it's prudent to name it here.
 
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I recently started watching some older shows on ME TV, I like Alfred Hitchcock and the Twilight Zone. Perry Mason isn't bad.

For newer shows, I much prefer the BBC produced shows over shows produced here - Sherlock Holmes, Doc Martin, Broadchurch, Luther, are some good ones.
 
Adam 12
Chips
Highway patrol with Broadrick Crawford.
Rt66 was a big hit with grandma then johnny Carson was on later. Busy night watching tv for grandma.
Star Trek? Venture into space. Beam me up Scotty.
Lost in space, will, will no compute. The doctor just made you hate him.
I dream of gene
Bewitched.
Tales from the crypt. Thanks for the ride lady great episode.
Pettie coat junction.
Green acres
Beverly hill Billy's.


For smut tv Jerry springer has to be the worst. Or should I say the best.
 
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1. Andy Griffith
2. Seinfeld
3. Cheers
4. Happy Days
5. Beverly Hill Billy's
6. Mash
7. The Rifleman
8. Gilligan's Island
9. Miami Vice
10.The Twilight Zone
 
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