Favorite all-time T.V. shows

There is a good list of favorites on here that I enjoy,

Walking Dead
Spartacus
Breaking Bad
Justified
X-Files
Killing Eve (Jodie Cormer is incredible)
Sopranos
24
Homeland
Banshee

But if I was made to pick one all-time favorite, it would be Preacher hands down. Guaranteed something to offend everyone on this show!
 
madmikeb said:
But if I was made to pick one all-time favorite, it would be Preacher hands down. Guaranteed something to offend everyone on this show!
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I've read some of the original graphic novels. Never saw the series, though. If the series is half as trippy as the comics... :eek:
 
Favorite implies ONE, so I'll go with "Sky King".

Runners up:
Sgt Preston, Have Gun will Travel, Bonanza (Watched it at the neighbors because they had color TV), Boston Blackie, Dragnet, The original "Cecil the Seasick Sea Serpent" (The puppet one).

Modern: Grimm, Bosch, Fortitude, Trapped (Both Foreign=on Amazon), Justified, Lost, NOS4A2, Walking Dead m(Getting boring and seasons are too far apart). Amazon has several "spie" series about WWII that ae Russian=each season tells a different story with different characters=sort of a "set" of mini=series!. They also have two series on the "Night Witches"=female bomber pilots who carried out night-time, low-level bombing missions in bi-planes.

From Wikipedia: ""Night Witches" (German: die Nachthexen; was a World War II German nickname for the all female military aviators of the 588th Night Bomber Regiment, known later as the 46th "Taman" Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment, of the Soviet Air Forces. Though women were initially barred from combat, Major Marina Raskova used her position and personal contacts with the Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars, Joseph Stalin, to obtain permission to form female combat units. On October 8, 1941, an order was issued to deploy three women's air-force units, including the 588th Regiment. The regiment, formed by Major Marina Raskova and led by Major Yevdokiya Bershanskaya, comprised primarily female volunteers in their late teens and early twenties.

An attack technique of the night bombers involved idling the engine near the target and gliding to the bomb-release point, with only wind noise left to reveal their presence. German soldiers likened the sound to broomsticks and named the pilots "Night Witches". Due to the weight of the bombs and the low altitude of flight, the pilots did not carry parachutes until 1944.

Most of the ones posted by other posters bring back fond memories of the '50s and '60s!
 
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ContinentalOp said:
Watched both shows.

For me, the star of Hardcastle & McCormick was the car. I was disappointed when they changed the Cody Coyote from a McLaren-style car to...whatever it was that replaced it. :(
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Wikipedia says it's a DeLorean chassis. Well, as a kid I didn't care of course :D

I also liked Walker, Texas Ranger as well as Knots Landing.

MASH was good but only the first 3 seasons, with both LTC Henry Blake and CPT Trapper John McIntyre. Them two cracked me up :D
 
ContinentalOp said:
Watched both shows.

For me, the star of Hardcastle & McCormick was the car. I was disappointed when they changed the Cody Coyote from a McLaren-style car to...whatever it was that replaced it. :(
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The real star was the old pickup truck.

I love a lot of those listed, but all time favorite is the Simpsons.
 
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There was a time I really liked MASH, but tired of it as I got older.
Didn't watch Seinfeld when prime time, but absolutely love the reruns.
Two & a half men, same as Seinfeld.
I have to add, Th Beverly Hillbillies & Andy Griffith

Hasn't been mentioned I don't think, but really liked Dallas
 
Here is my list.

Buffy The Vampire Slayer
NCIS
Dr. Who (The original series- especially seasons 12-18 w/Tom Baker)
Sherlock Holmes (Granada Televisions rendition w/Jeremy Brett and Edward Hardwicke- simply the best).
Combat
Night Court
Home Improvement
Last Man Standing
The Lone Ranger
Dick Van Dyke
The Andy Griffith Show
Red Skelton
Jack Benny
The Adventures Of Superman (1950's w/George Reeves)
What's My Line
The Mickey Mouse Club (1950's edition)
The Green Hornet
Passage To Adventure
The Honeymooners
The Adventures Of Rocky And Bullwinkle
Dave Allen At Large
Family Classics
The Ed Sullivan Show
Airwolf
The Guns of Will Sonnet

Probably missed some.
 
Seinfeld
Malcolm in the Middle
The Office
Sopranos
Breaking Bad
Justified

Interestingly, Bryan Cranston is in each category, comedy and drama. He was highly under-rated as a comic actor.
 
6518John said:
I slept with my lights on for a week after that Night Stalker movie. It was really good.

I liked the first few years of The Walking Dead. Sanford and Son has been mentioned and it was really good too.

I never missed The Wide World of Sports growing up—"The Thrill of Victory and the Agony of Defeat."

I loved fishing shows, The American Angler and I never missed Bill Dance's show.
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John you've stolen my thunder! We could never eat out after church, the Bill Dance Show came on at 12:30 Sunday afternoon. I made sure we hustled home. Later on it was BassMasters.;)

Loved the intro to the WW of Sports, just to see that long jumping skier crash :eek:
 
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Seinfeld
The Wire (apart from the last season)
True Detective (season 1 and 3 - season 2 was rubbish)
X-Files
The Shield
Masters of the Universe (when I was a kid)
The Office (UK)
 
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RobertJ. said:
Seinfeld
Malcolm in the Middle
The Office
Sopranos
Breaking Bad
Justified

Interestingly, Bryan Cranston is in each category, comedy and drama. He was highly under-rated as a comic actor.
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AND he is in 3 of those 5 series. He was the dentist in Seinfeld. The one who converted to Judaism because the jokes were better.
 
Where to start;
Rockford Files
Law & Order
NYPD Blue
Gunsmoke
As Time Goes By
Crime Story
The Untouchables
Mash
The Jackie Gleason Show
Streets Of San Francisco
Mike Hammer
I Spy
CSI original NOT Miami
Sherlock Holmes w/Jeremy Brett.
I record NYPD Blue now at night and watch next day. THey were much better after David Caruso left. Which is one reason I don't like CSI Miami I can't stand him.
 
Andy Griffith
Barney Miller
Mary Tyler Moore
Dragnet
Gunsmoke
Law and Order SVU
M.A.S.H.
Blue Bloods
The Beverly Hillbillies
Everybody Loves Raymond
All in the family
Jeapordy
The Five on Fox
Fox News Sunday with Chris Wallace
Nutri-System commercial with Marie Osmond
Outnumbered on Fox
Daily Briefing with Dana Perino on Fox
Watters World on Fox
Greg Gutfeld show on Fox
Pawn Stars
Mountain Men
Then I spend my spare time on S&W Forum.
 
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Modern, older and jumped the shark

Modern seen every episode:
Deadwood
Band of Brothers
Bosch
Justified
Umbrella Academy
Longmire
Jack Ryan
Elementary
Sherlock Holmes with Benedict Cumberbatch
Ozarks - boat is warming up for shark jumping

mid 60's to 90's
Beverly Hillbillies early -Jumped the shark when Jethro played double naught spy
Quantum Leap -jumped shark in last couple of seasons
Wings
Cheers - mixed feelings did not like Diane, but felt it jumped shark in later years
MASH - early years, jumped shark when Colonel Blake died, overdid the Antiwar message
Tonight Show
 
Little Rascals,Combat,Sanford & Son,Twilight Zone,Seinfeld ,Archie Bunker,
Ed Sullivan & Howdy Doody
 
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