What are your top 3 favorite TV shows of all time?

[hollywood926]

I love a lot of the oldies for nostalgic reasons, but I think these more recent ones are the best I've ever seen:

1) Strangers With Candy

2) Sex and the City

3) Arrested Development

[Zomby Woof]

1. good one

M*A*S*H

The Simpsons (first 5 seasons only)

Smallville

[serryjw]

4. MASH, All in the family, ???

[Zomby Woof]

5. I love 'All In The Family'

I was trying to balance classic with contemporary, but it isn't easy. I try to catch reruns on TV Land, and think Carroll O' Connor (a great liberal, btw) was an amazing actor.

[serryjw]

22. Yes, few actors

can do drama and comedy...and do it well

[benny05]

17. Mash, All in the Family, Are You Being Served (UK)?

Closely followed by Dragnet, the Waltons, and Monty Python's Flying Circus. I also liked the Mod Squad and still like ER.

[intheflow]

2. Not much of a TV fan, but...

if I had to choose, I'd say

1) Star Trek (the original)

2) Star Trek: TNG (only up until Roddenberry's death)

3) Twilight Zone

Want to put in plugs for NOW with Bill Moyers, Frontier House, Sesame Street, and Antiques Roadshow, but can't honestly say they're in my top three. They're 4, 5, 6, and 7, though.

[Zomby Woof]

6. agree about TNG

Berman wrecked the franchise after 1991. Twilight Zone is a timeless classic, love the marathons on Sci-Fi!

[wryter2000]

25. The new Twilight Zone

I discovered the new Twilight Zone on NBC at 7:00 on Sunday. I tape it on one TV while watching 60 Minutes on the other.

The show is very well done. The host, while completely different from Rod Serling, still has a dry, deadpan delivery that works wonderfully. If you loved the original, you won't be disappointed in the new version.

[7th_Sephiroth]

3. Detective Conan

Stargate SG-1
7th Sephiroth and the 8 dragon gods (public acess only)

[Joe Power]

7. Twin Peaks, Homocide, The Sopranos

[OhioBlue]

8. Little House on the Prairie

Home Front
Friends

[Blue Gardener]

36. Home Front was fantastic

I didn't think there were many people that remembered that show.

[OhioBlue]

37. it was fantastic!!!

a couple of years ago a station played a marathon (I think it was A&E). They said they were going to start playing it weekly. Didn't seem to happen. I loved that show.

[Left Is Write]

9. The Dick Van Dyke Show would rank pretty highly.

I'll have to think on the others.

[Skittles]

10. Law & Order, MASH, Seinfeld

in England I just loved Til Death Do Us Part

[tjwmason]

11. Yes, [Prime] Minister

a sitcom set in the private office of the Minister for Administrative Affairs, who becomes Prime Minister eventually (for 2 more seasons); all about the interplay of politician and civil servant.

The House of Cards trilogy. A wonderful set of three series charting the rise to power, and maintanance thereof, by Francis Urquart - who descends to utter amorality to preserve his own grip.

Get back to you on the third - several contenders to be whittled out.

[pres2032]

12. West Wing, Commish, The Real Ghostbusters

[RetroLounge]

13. Top 3?

M*A*S*H

Dick Van Dyke show

Andy Griffith Show

RL

[Zomby Woof]

19. some great theme music in those 3

When I go fishing, I cannot NOT whistle the Andy Griffith theme ("Fishing Hole" I think it's called).

[Celeborn Skywalker]

14. All my favorites are comedies

1. Seinfeld

2. Roseanne

3. The Simpsons

[Bok_Tukalo]

15. Red Dwarf, Soap, and Coupling (Brit version)

"I've got the key to the gates of paradise but I have too many legs"

[hickman1937]

16. Cheers- first 3 seasons

Dick VanDyke Show
Family (James Broderick was very cool.)
Runners-up:
SNL-first three seasons
Monty Python
Twilight Zone

[Zomby Woof]

21. James was cool!

Too bad he didn't live long enough to see how successful his son became. :-(

[hickman1937]

28. I've never seen Family in

syndication. Maybe I missed it, but I would love to see it again. I remember wanting to be so like Nancy(?). The older daughter.

[Zomby Woof]

43. That was Meredith Baxter, wasn't it?

Before fame as the Mom on 'Family Ties'...

I liked Broderick's character... a lawyer who always dreamed of being an astronomer. It reminds us that life offers us many choices, and few paths...

[Liberal In Texas]

18. Top 3

is hard, but:

Outer Limits (original version)

Twilight Zone (original version too)

Coupling (Brit version)

[Mojambo]

20. Waaay too hard, but I'll try

All time?

1. Seinfeld (No brainer)
2. Fawlty Towers (Short run but not a weak episode made)
3. Newsradio (Best ensemble cast ever assembled)

More Recent Shows?

1. Monk (Smart, funny, and sweet. What is this doing on television?)
2. Arrested Development (This show is special and will be remembered)
3. Daily Show (Do I really have to defend this?)

Unappreciated gems?

1. Mr. Show (Best American sketch comedy ever made)
2. It's Garry Shandling's Show (Shandling is a comedy God)
3. The Outer Limits (Old ones, new ones... It doesn't matter)

[JitterbugPerfume]

24. Hard to decide but------

Northern Exposure (with Rob Murrow)

All in The Family


TwilightZone

Tomorrow--or an hour from now I migt post an altogether different list though

I am fickle

[Blue Gardener]

39. Monk!

I forgot to add that to my list. And the new season is starting! I'm going to miss Sharona though.

[hickman1937]

23. I gotta add a couple more.

Bonanza, I used to watch it with my Dad.
Kung Fu, we used to get a case of beer, and grasshopper was the chug word. (My room mates and me, not my dad and me.)

[Ekirh]

26. Despite being only 22......

I love watch the old television shows from before my time.. so my top three list is...

1. All in the Family
2. Get Smart
3. Monty Python's Flying Circus

Honorable Mentions
1. Law and Order
2. Buffy the Vampire Slayer
3. Cheers

Edit: Yes I realize the honorable mentions kill the "before my time" theme :)

[wryter2000]

27. That's hard

The original Star Trek
Hill Street Blues
Burns and Allen
Futurama
That's My Bush
Twilight Zone
Chiller with Boris Karloff

I can't stop. :bounce:

[Ronnie]

29. Designing Women

Murphy Brown
Mad About You

These are the only ones I took the trouble to tape.

[u4ic]

30. Drop the Dead Donkey, BlackAdder, Vicar of Dibley

[Parche]

31. show

Outer Limits (Original)
Twilight Zone (Original)
Young and the Restless.............

[maveric]

32. Homicide, Life On the Street, Barney Miller. The Prisoner.

[hyphenate]

33. Far more than 3, I'm afraid

But I suppose, after some meditation, that these would be among the tops in my list:

Stargate SG-1

Star Trek: TOS

Man From UNCLE



Stargate because it's smart, great characters, most of the time great stories and stars Richard Dean Anderson. That means, too, that MacGyver would be in my top 5 as well.

Star Trek because it was instrumental in getting me into both science fiction and fandom, as well as other facets of fandom, such as zines, conventions and much, much more.

Man fron UNCLE because I had a major crush on Napoleon Solo for years. (What can I say? I was 10!) I always enjoyed watching the show, even years later watching reruns.

Many others through the years, but these will always top the list.

[Taverner]

34. Twin Peaks, X-Files and Six Feet Under

Not in any order...

[grace0418]

35. Couldn't agree more on the Arrested Development

vote. I would almost put that one for all three choices.

Here are mine:
1. Arrested Development
2. Six Feet Under
3. Daily Show

[Blue Gardener]

38. Hard to decide

But maybe Seinfeld, Cheers, Alias.
Right now I'm hooked on Desperate Housewives.
Other oldies would be Soap, Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, Bewitched, and Monty Python.

[Hubert Flottz]

40. Lunch with Soupy Sales!

The Best Of Ernie Kovacs!
The Steve Allen Show!
Have Gun Will Travel!
Combat!
The Millionaire!
The Beverly Hillbillies!
The Jackie Gleason Hour!
The Ed Sullivan Show!
The Rocky Show!
The Benny Hill Show!
MSN Mountaineer Football!

[Mz Pip]

41. Twilight Zone

Absolutely Fabulous and the Sopranos.

Mz Pip
:dem:

[St. Jarvitude]

42. Seinfeld, The Simpsons, Sports Night

Sports Night had so much potential, but it was cut down by the network bigwigs for some reason. The same could be said for Futurama (one of the best "adult" cartoons ever, but killed by FAUX's time slot policies).

Seinfeld + The Simpsons are self-explanatory.

[TrustingDog]

44. LA Law, Mash, X Files

[Deja Q]

45. Blake's 7, All in the Family, The Critic

[lpbk2713]

46. Hill Street Blues

Flip Wilson

Johnny Carson

Band of Brothers for Mini-Series category

[saltpoint]

47. St. Elsewhere, West Wing, and Austin City Limits.