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Post by firstbasemanwho on Feb 14, 2016 4:11:58 GMT -5
Rather than ranking them, I'm breaking them into categories.
Classic Sitcoms:
Cheers
Seinfeld
Modern(ish) Sitcoms:
Arrested Development
Community
Animated Classics:
Futurama
The Simpsons
Golden Age Dramas:
Breaking Bad
The Wire
Cult Comedies
Monty Python's Flying Circus
Mystery Science Theater 3000
As you can see, I'm more of a comedy guy. And yes, there were some excruciating omissions (30 Rock, M*A*S*H, the Star Treks, etc.) Feel free to add your own, or not.
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Post by Dellarigg on Feb 14, 2016 12:34:18 GMT -5
One-Off British Classics:
The Monocled Mutineer
The Singing Detective
Boys From The Blackstuff
Modern American Classics:
Mad Men
Breaking Bad
The Wire
Comedies:
Louie
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Fawlty Towers
That's only 9, but I'm not a big TV person.
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Post by King Charles’s Butterfly on Feb 14, 2016 14:09:27 GMT -5
Seinfeld
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
30 Rock
Archer
Reilly: Ace of Spies
Mad Men
Curb Your Enthusiasm
SpongeBob SquarePants
Lupin III: Part I
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Post by moimoi on Feb 26, 2016 1:20:31 GMT -5
My tastes run rather silly:
Get Smart
The Monkees
Monty Python's Flying Circus
Moonlighting
Jeeves & Wooster
Daria
Mad Men
Flight of the Conchords
Pushing Daisies
The Simpsons
*Kids' shows: Ducktails, Teen Titans, Muppet Babies, Danger Mouse
*Anime: Sailor Moon, Lupin III
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Post by wrath of kong on Feb 26, 2016 6:13:20 GMT -5
Probably the two things that influenced my sense of comedy and cool the most are The Simpsons and Late Night With Conan O'Brien.
Seinfeld and King of the Hill are the two shows my family agree on when spending time together during the holidays.
Frasier and MASH are my most reliable comfort-food sitcoms.
Mad Men, Breaking Bad, and The Wire will get deserved nods in this thread. But I'll go ahead and counter with Six Feet Under and The Sopranos for modern classic viewing (or whatever you wanna call it).
Let's round out the list with 30 Rock and -- okay, yeah, Breaking Bad.
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Post by odnetnin on Feb 26, 2016 8:10:13 GMT -5
Community (every season except 4)
Twin Peaks (really only the Lynch-directed episodes)
Arrested Development (every season except 4)
Breaking Bad (seasons 1-3)
Louie (seasons 4 and 5)
Hannibal (seasons 1 and 2)
The Office (seasons 1-5)
The Leftovers
Freaks and Geeks
Friday Night Lights
I'm not satisfied with this list at all. So please look forward to daily, if not hourly, edits.
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Post by pairesta on Feb 26, 2016 9:18:58 GMT -5
1. The Simpsons*
2. Breaking Bad
3. Arrested Development (original FOX run only)
4. The Wire
5. Mystery Science Theater 3000
6. The Office (US)
7. Seinfeld
8. Cheers
9. The Sopranos
10. Lost**
Just missing the cut, and it hurt: Mad Men, Parks and Rec, The X-Files, Curb Your Enthusiasm
* I mean, it really shouldn’t be. 16 years of its 26 year run are unwatchable garbage to me. How can I say a show where over half its run is shit is my favorite of all time? But still. When it was on—which to me was its first 9 or 10 years—it was the best, most clearly influential show on me and my humor ever. More than any other show on this list, it has shaped who I am and how I look at the world.
**In 2010, when me and my nerdy friends did a Best of the Aughts list, Lost came out on top TV for the decade. This was before their disastrous final season. Also, I hadn’t watched The Wire yet.
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Post by heroboy on Feb 26, 2016 15:38:22 GMT -5
Random order:
Simpsons
Star Trek: TNG
Newsradio
Futurama
Venture Bros.
Monty Python's Flying Circus
Adventure Time
Seinfeld
Kids in the Hall
The Tick (Animated)
Lots of animated shows. Wow.
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Post by MrsLangdonAlger on Feb 26, 2016 20:20:09 GMT -5
10. Six Feet Under
9. Enlightened
8. Breaking Bad
7. The X-Files
6. Parks and Rec
5. Hannibal
4. Rectify
3. Buffy the Vampire Slayer
2. Futurama
1. The Simpsons (Seasons 1-12)
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Post by Powerthirteen on Feb 26, 2016 21:02:36 GMT -5
In no order:
Lost
Parks & Rec
Mad Men
Fawlty Towers
Breaking Bad
The Simpsons
The Wire
Fargo
Hannibal
Jeeves and Wooster
Probably.
Newsradio, Frasier, Futurama, Seinfeld, Angel, and probably others are all lurking outside the top 10 in "good, but unreliable" territory.
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Post by Lady Bones on Feb 26, 2016 21:19:45 GMT -5
Still airing shows are disallowed from being included by my personal rule, but these are some that would potentially be here if they weren't, or once they finish:
Rectify, Steven Universe, The Americans, Looking (sniffle) You're the Worst, BoJack Horseman, Jane the Virgin, Twin Peaks,
Honorable Mentions: Carnivale, Baccano, ATLA, Cowboy Bebop, X Files, Adventure Time, Futurama, The Simpsons, Breaking Bad, ST: Deep Space Nine, 30 Rock, Daria.
And now, alphabetical order.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Angel
Community
Deadwood
Enlightened
Mad Men
Puella Magi Madoka Magicka
The Sopranos
Welcome to the NHK
The Wire
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Post by Invisible Goat on Feb 26, 2016 21:35:14 GMT -5
This was surprisingly easy
Lost
The Wire
The Sopranos
Deadwood
Mad Men
30 Rock
Arrested Development
The Office
Seinfeld
Game of Thrones
Nathan for You will probably sneak on here if season 4 is up to the usual standard
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Post by pairesta on Feb 27, 2016 11:34:33 GMT -5
Dammit, I forgot Buffy! I don't think it'd threaten my top 10 but would be in that next tier down.
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Post by President Hound on Feb 27, 2016 14:44:08 GMT -5
In no order
The Shield
The Wire
Breaking Bad
Parks and Recreation
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Arrested Development
Hannibal
Fargo
Avatar the Last Airbdender
Justified
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Post by repulsionist on Feb 27, 2016 17:36:49 GMT -5
Kids in the Hall
The Twilight Zone
The Outer Limits
Father Ted
Twin Peaks
Frontline
The Kingdom
Eurotrash
The Firing Line
The Carol Burnett Show
Add ons
Cosmos
The Dick Cavett Show [all flavors]
The Tonight Show (Carson years)
Little Britain
Monty Python's Flying Circus
South Park
(Space reserved for updates and honorable mention)
Harry Enfield and Chums
The Fast Show
Sabado Gigante
The Morton Downey, Jr. Show
I.R.S. Records Presents The Cutting Edge
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Post by Douay-Rheims-Challoner on Feb 27, 2016 18:47:37 GMT -5
In no order:
Legend of the Galactic Heroes
Babylon 5
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Star Trek
Farscape
The Space Show You've Not Heard Of
Also the Simpsons, Futurama, Frasier, Welcome to NHK, usuals.
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Post by Sanziana on Mar 1, 2016 12:38:07 GMT -5
I also will not include any current show on my list (which means The Leftovers, Penny Dreadful, Veep, The Americans, Sense 8 cannot be on this list). Here it goes in no particular order:
Deadwood
The Borgias
Hannibal
Community
Fringe
Star Trek The Next Generation (I still have half a season to watch but will surely remain on this list)
Justified
Utopia (UK series)
Rome
Gilmore Girls
Special Mention
Pushing Daisies (pies, pies, lovely pies)
Misfits (never fails to make me laugh)
Carnivale (it had so much potential!)
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Post by rimjobflashmob on Mar 1, 2016 20:34:13 GMT -5
In the order that they first came to mind:
Babylon 5
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Buffy: The Vampire Slayer
Community
Battlestar Galactica (2004)
The X-Files
Mystery Science Theater 3000
Flight of the Conchords
Frasier
Angel
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Post by Dellarigg on Mar 3, 2016 17:41:16 GMT -5
ETA Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle. How I forgot to mention this, I don't know. I'm ashamed of myself.
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Post by Desert Dweller on Mar 10, 2016 1:39:34 GMT -5
In random order:
Arrested Development
Star Trek: DS9
The Wire
Breaking Bad
Frasier
Lost
Seinfeld
Mad Men
30 Rock
The Sopranos
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Post by repulsionist on Mar 16, 2016 22:21:12 GMT -5
I haven't searched, but no one has mentioned The Larry Sanders Show? It bears separate mention to my previous post up for edit. I like it a skosh.
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Post by Lady Bones on Mar 16, 2016 23:45:46 GMT -5
Haven't had the chance to see it, repulsionist, due to the ownership barriers in place that keep it off HBO Go. |
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