Favorite T.v. Show Of All-time

TheTastyGreek · July 30, 2009

I think that it was Gerald McRaney that hooked me on Simon & Simon because I also liked Major Dad.

Great, great theme song, too.

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Gerald McRaney driving a forklift = kick ass.

UNT90 · July 30, 2009

1) Monday Night Football circa late 70s with Howard Cosell and Dandy Don

2) CBS NFL Game of the Week circa early 90s with a coherent John Madden and Pat Summerall

3) College Football Game of the Week (ABC I think?) late 70s, early 80s

4) CBS NFL Pre-game show, the old one with Brent Musburger and Jimmy the Greek

5) Football Night in America (Sundays on NBC currently)

While you ladies enjoy your pedicures and facials (he he) along with your sitcoms. I'll settle for these fine examples of network programming.

Edited July 31, 2009 by UNT90

NT80 · July 31, 2009

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

Mission Impossible

Lost

Sea Hunt

Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Wild, Wild West

Lost in Space

Seinfeld

Simon & Simon

Boston Legal

Bob Newhart Show

:phone:

Edited July 31, 2009 by NT80

oldguystudent · July 31, 2009

Totally forgot about WKRP! Outstanding show. I've got the early shows on DVD. The only thing is that, because of licensing issues, the DVD episodes don't have the original music. So when Johnny Fever is supposed to be playing Blondie, for instance, the name of some fictional band is overdubbed, and the music is some sort of generic crap.

There are a bunch of WKRP episodes on hulu that have the original music. Those wily Hollywood execs figured out that the licensing issues don't apply to internet broadcasts.

Green P1 · July 31, 2009

1. The Office(including the original)

2. The Sopranos

3. Sports Night(should have lasted so much longer)

4. Bonanza

5a. Arrested Development(should have lasted so much longer)

5b. It's Always Sunny

For the longest time my number one would have been The Simpsons. I own seasons 1-6 and watched the show religiously up until about season 13. As far as I'm concerned it's been unwatchable since about 2003/2004.

KingDL1 · July 31, 2009

Turkeys away

Around 17:00 minute mark

I was somewhat depressed when I figured out my pet turkey could fly several years after this episode.

Green P1 · July 31, 2009

2) Monday Night Football circa early 90s with a coherent John Madden and Pat Summerall

Those two were never on Monday Night Football together.

Rudy · July 31, 2009

1. The Office(including the original)
2. The Sopranos
3. Sports Night(should have lasted so much longer)
4. Bonanza
5a. Arrested Development(should have lasted so much longer)
5b. It's Always Sunny
For the longest time my number one would have been The Simpsons. I own seasons 1-6 and watched the show religiously up until about season 13. As far as I'm concerned it's been unwatchable since about 2003/2004.

Sports Night was pure genius. Its one of those shows that was too smart. You may like News Radio too.

How has noone mentioned Law & Order???

I also like

SVU

Dead Zone

Frasier

UNT90 · July 31, 2009

Those two were never on Monday Night Football together.

Why do you complicate things with facts??

Since that is the case, I'll take CBS NFL Game of the Week in the early 90s, Alex.

Fixed it for ya.

Edited July 31, 2009 by UNT90

Green P1 · July 31, 2009

Sports Night was pure genius. Its one of those shows that was too smart. You may like News Radio too.

I enjoyed Phil Hartman News Radio immensely, Jon Lovitz News Radio not so much.... Loved Frasier as well, still get caught up in the re-runs on lifetime almost every night.

Anyone else ever watch The Kids in The Hall?

UNTflyer · July 31, 2009

Surprised it took so long for MASH to make a list. Definitely a great show, definitely an argument for greatest of all time, just didn't like it as much as the others on my list.

MASH was better before Alan Alda got behind the camera and got all preachy.

UNTflyer · July 31, 2009

1. Sopranos

2. 24

3. West Wing

4. Seinfeld

5. Sesame Street

Rudy · July 31, 2009

I enjoyed Phil Hartman News Radio immensely, Jon Lovitz News Radio not so much.... Loved Frasier as well, still get caught up in the re-runs on lifetime almost every night.
Anyone else ever watch The Kids in The Hall?

Lovitz is a funny guy, News Radio just wasnt his thing. That show died when Hartman was murdered, two untimely deaths. Frasier worked because of the dialogue and the mix of everyday characters and the two Crane bothers who were accidentally stuck up and pompus.

Futurama had its moments. The first rerun I caught was when they went to war with the ball planet. Phrases like "I followed the bouncing balls.", "These Balls are making me testy.", "We've seen out share of bodybags and ballsacks.", and "The war is over, balls thoroughly licked." had me laughing and nearly rolling off my bed.

24 is pure greatness. Even as outrageous as things get, they still have me glued and on the edge of my seat.

Third Watch was great.

For realism, 48 Hours is intense.

Cops. Some of that crap still makes me laugh.

KingDL1 · July 31, 2009

MASH was better before Alan Alda got behind the camera and got all preachy.

Yeah that absolutely killed the show for me! I loved the show before Alan Alda started messing with the camera.

cwb · July 31, 2009

I would like to add the original Bob Newhart show to my list. I guess I played too much Hi Bob and forgot about it. One of the greatest drinking shows ever.

GBarksdale · July 31, 2009

There are a bunch of WKRP episodes on hulu that have the original music. Those wily Hollywood execs figured out that the licensing issues don't apply to internet broadcasts.

That's good to know. BTW, Gary Sanders (the guy who played Andy Travis) bears a striking resemblance to GMG's very own LongJim -- in LJ's younger days.

LongJim · July 31, 2009

That's good to know. BTW, Gary Sanders (the guy who played Andy Travis) bears a striking resemblance to GMG's very own LongJim -- in LJ's younger days.

:lol: