The Top 300 Greatest TV Shows of All Time: FBG Consensus: 50 Lists received. 2: Seinfeld 1: Breaking Bad (4 Viewers)

[Leroy Hoard]

154 - Columbo​

Drama
Score: 213
Average Rank: 35.5

Los Angeles homicide detective Lieutenant Columbo uses his humble ways and disingenuous demeanor to winkle out even the most well-concealed of crimes.

List Breakdown

Sullie 2
Todem 23
Eephus 25
krista4 38
Chaos34 58
Gally 67

Ooof. I never understood how anyone could watch this. Can't stand Peter Falk.

I grew up watching Columbo with my mom......and one of the things that hooked me on this show was how stupid he came across......and he was secretly so smaaaaaaart and nabbed every killer.

Like playing dead possum. He was hilarious.

I remember the eventual victims of Columbo being a fairly big name list of actors. And their arrogance that this shlub had no chance of nailing them

 

[Runkle]

Golden Girls and Gilmour Girls were not shows I expected to see on a FootballGUYS ranking.

Golden Girls was hilarious, and deserves a higher ranking. But I don't know what you Gilmore people are doing

As an aside, my favorite Golden Girls joke, I think it was from Rose (paraphrased):

Spoiler

"My husband died during sex. I should have known something was wrong, he kept saying I'm going, I'm going!"

 

[AAABatteries]

Up next. Someone's going to have to explain to me why a series made for chicks is in three of your top 10s.

It's also entirely possible I misjudged this show's target audience.

I guess someone is gonna have to explain this mindset to me. Either a show is good or it's not. Why do guys feel the need to qualify it?

I think most people are just joking around. There’s target audiences for just about every show. If my wife’s crafting group did a TV ranking and Jackass or Top Gear showed up I imagine a similar reaction.

 

[Psychopav]

146 - Gilmore Girls​

Drama
Score: 225
Average Rank: 14.8

A drama centering around the relationship between a thirtysomething single mother and her teen daughter living in Stars Hollow, Connecticut.

List Breakdown

Nick Vermeil 4
Jayrod 5
Barry2 8
UncleZen 42

My wife watched this, and since I was there on the coach next to her, I watched it too.

Michel ranks up there with Mrs. Harriett Olsen(Little House on the Prairie) as one of my most hated television characters. Oh, he got on my nerves!

Yet you didn't rank it in your top 70? Strange...

 

[Hastur]

146 - Gilmore Girls​

Drama
Score: 225
Average Rank: 14.8

A drama centering around the relationship between a thirtysomething single mother and her teen daughter living in Stars Hollow, Connecticut.

List Breakdown

Nick Vermeil 4
Jayrod 5
Barry2 8
UncleZen 42

My wife watched this, and since I was there on the coach next to her, I watched it too.

Michel ranks up there with Mrs. Harriett Olsen(Little House on the Prairie) as one of my most hated television characters. Oh, he got on my nerves!

Yet you didn't rank it in your top 70? Strange...

I watched it, but I didn't like it.

 

[Scoresman]

Up next. Someone's going to have to explain to me why a series made for chicks is in three of your top 10s.

It's also entirely possible I misjudged this show's target audience.

I guess someone is gonna have to explain this mindset to me. Either a show is good or it's not. Why do guys feel the need to qualify it?

It's part joking and part just what I assumed the target audience was. Same reason I don't watch things like UFC, or soap operas.

 

[Keith R]

148 - The Newsroom​

Drama
Score: 224
Average Rank: 26.2

A newsroom undergoes some changes in its workings and morals as a new team is brought in, bringing unexpected results for its existing news anchor.

List Breakdown

Instinctive 6
timschochet 15
landrys hat 18
BlackCrowes 43
McBokonon 49

I'm really surprised this isn't higher. Must be cause HBO? Excellently made, super rewatchable, outstanding acting...and I think it's at a place to bridge the divide where both the old contingent and the middle aged among us would have seen it.

ETA it also didn't drag on. All of it was high level and then they ended it.

Late cut for me, would have made my Top 80

 

[Todem]

150 - Night Court​

Comedy
Score: 223
Average Rank: 46.2

An eccentric fun-loving judge presides over an urban night court and all the silliness going on there.

List Breakdown

Jayrod 24
Shaft41 30
Hastur 42
gr00vus 44
UncleZen 49
Pip's Invitation 52
Barry2 54
Keith R 59
whoknew 62

This might have made my top 70 near the bottom if I had thought of it. My recollection was this was part of the Thursday night Must See TV thing and probably got a bump on viewers based on that. It was pretty good but got even more silly at the end. Always liked Anderson.

Just missed the cut for me....great show.

 

[Jayrod]

Between Saved by the Bell and Gilmore Girls I'm really starting to question @Jayrod 's TV acumen.

Ok, so I'll explain myself with the Gilmore Girls thing.

1. It was a show I watched together, in its entirty, with my wife. It is probably the only long running show where we watched every episode together.
2. The banter is as witty as it gets. Freaking brilliantly hilarious dialogue between Lorelei and Rory. And the quirky group of characters from Sean Gunn's Kirk to Paris are equally as brilliant.
3. The 2 main characters remind me of my favorite cousin, who is a literal genius that now has 3 kids and lives just outside NYC. She's hyper intelligent, witty and fun, like the mother/daughter combo. She even looks like Alexis Bledel a bit.
4. There are countless pop-culture references from the 80's and 90's which is a very similar brand of humor to my #4 ranked show.
5. I grew up with only a sister who I remain close to, am close to my mother, have a great 25 year marriage and a 15 year old daughter that I am very close to. I'm in touch with my feminine side.

As for Saved by the Bell, if I watched a show religiously for any portion of my life, it got ranked. I'll admit it was hot garbage, but I enjoyed it for a long season of my life.

As for Gilmore Girls, I can't recommend it highly enough. The dialogue and constant humor is that good, it transcends even its feminine subject matter.

 

[shuke]

SCTV - great stuff but I couldn't remember enough to rank it.
Hill St Blues - I was probably too young to really enjoy it during it's initial run. The smattering I've seen has been pretty good, should probably watch at some point.
Rescue Me - as highest ranker, I obviously love this show. Great mix of darkness and comedy. I watched this before many other "grittier" shows that defined what some call the golden age of TV that started around 2000, many of which will see at some point I'm sure.

 

[Frostillicus]

Gilmore Girls just missed for me. I think it was my #71. Good dialogue, good characters, good stories. My wife and daughter watched it together and I think I mostly watched while I was watching a game on my computer, but nothing wrong with a high ranking on this one.

 

[Jayrod]

Gilmore Girls just missed for me. I think it was my #71. Good dialogue, good characters, good stories. My wife and daughter watched it together and I think I mostly watched while I was watching a game on my computer, but nothing wrong with a high ranking on this one.

And another great side character and super TV villain is Lorelei's mother, Emily Gilmore. I've never wanted to reach through the TV and punch a person so bad in my entire life.

 

[Atomic Punk]

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152 - SCTV​

Comedy
Score: 221
Average Rank: 34.2

The staff of Melonville's TV station put on programming that is unique in its own silly way.

List Breakdown

Atomic Punk 25

150 - Night Court​

Comedy
Score: 223
Average Rank: 46.2

An eccentric fun-loving judge presides over an urban night court and all the silliness going on there.

149 - Hill Street Blues​

Crime
Score: 224
Average Rank: 39

The lives and work of the staff of an inner city police precinct.

List Breakdown

Atomic Punk 41

Wish I would have put SCTV even higher. Just an awesome show with an amazing cast. Too many to list but Martin Sort as Jackie Roger’s Jr. and Ed Grimley have to be my favourites (Canadian spelling in honour of the cast).

Enjoyed Night Court but couldn’t crack my top 100.

Hill Street was a phenomenon when it came out and the standard for all future cop shows and more gritty real performances.

 

[krista4]

I've never seen Gilmore Girls, but I know it's considered very high quality. As to the "how could FBGuys have it this high" question, there was a fantastic This American Life segment about a group of Marine snipers in Iraq who were obsessed with Gilmore Girls. It's a hilarious segment I highly recommend listening to, here. Or you can read the transcript on that same page, but it's much better as a (very short) listen.

 

[Jayrod]

Night Court was another show I watched the heck out of back in the day.

 

[AAABatteries]

Night Court was another show I watched the heck out of back in the day.

Dan Felding was a great character but it’s weird because that level of creepiness was almost accepted then. People knew he was creepy and laughed at it - Not sure it would be well received now (and shouldn’t). He was the pervert with a heart of gold.

 

[BassNBrew]

Up next. Someone's going to have to explain to me why a series made for chicks is in three of your top 10s.

It's also entirely possible I misjudged this show's target audience.

Between Saved by the Bell and Gilmore Girls I'm really starting to question @Jayrod 's TV acumen.

Up next. Someone's going to have to explain to me why a series made for chicks is in three of your top 10s.

It's also entirely possible I misjudged this show's target audience.

I guess someone is gonna have to explain this mindset to me. Either a show is good or it's not. Why do guys feel the need to qualify it?

Come on guys, dudes who draft kickers in the first half of the draft are more than welcome.

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

152 - SCTV​

Comedy
Score: 221
Average Rank: 34.2

The staff of Melonville's TV station put on programming that is unique in its own silly way.

List Breakdown

Binky 18
Eephus 22
Atomic Punk 25
Pip's Invitation 35
Barry2 37
Yo Mama 68

This was one I was thinking might slip through the cracks but glad to see it got some love. What an incredible cast with characters that lived way beyond the show.

Did you have a thing for Ms Prickley?

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

150 - Night Court​

Comedy
Score: 223
Average Rank: 46.2

An eccentric fun-loving judge presides over an urban night court and all the silliness going on there.

List Breakdown

Jayrod 24
Shaft41 30
Hastur 42
gr00vus 44
UncleZen 49
Pip's Invitation 52
Barry2 54
Keith R 59
whoknew 62

Like NCIS, this is on my list because I wanted to hang out in this universe with these characters.

Have not watched the reboot, which has gotten bad reviews despite the presence of Larroquette.

Good call. Just did not capture the original at all.

 

[Eephus]

Between Saved by the Bell and Gilmore Girls I'm really starting to question @Jayrod 's TV acumen.

Ok, so I'll explain myself with the Gilmore Girls thing.

1. It was a show I watched together, in its entirty, with my wife. It is probably the only long running show where we watched every episode together.
2. The banter is as witty as it gets. Freaking brilliantly hilarious dialogue between Lorelei and Rory. And the psychotic group of characters from Sean Gunn's Kirk to Paris are equally as brilliant.
3. The 2 main characters remind me of my favorite cousin, who is a literal genius that now has 3 kids and lives just outside NYC. She's hyper intelligent, witty and fun, like the mother/daughter combo. She even looks like Alexis Bledel a bit.
4. There are countless pop-culture references from the 80's and 90's which is a very similar brand of humor to my #4 ranked show.
5. I grew up with only a sister who I remain close to, am close to my mother, have a great 25 year marriage and a 15 year old daughter that I am very close to. I'm in touch with my feminine side.

As for Saved by the Bell, if I watched a show religiously for any portion of my life, it got ranked. I'll admit it was hot garbage, but I enjoyed it for a long season of my life.

As for Gilmore Girls, I can't recommend it highly enough. The dialogue and constant humor is that good, it transcends even its feminine subject matter.

Gilmore Girls is a comfort food show for my daughter and wife that they'll put on when they're stressed and don't want to be challenged by what they're watching. Because of this, I've seen enough of the show to know the setup and form an opinion.

I agree with Jayrod about the dialogue; it's a well written show with solid likeable characters. There are a lot of shows that fall off late in their run because the characters become caricature. I didn't watch the Netflix revival but during the original run, the characters remained consistent with who they are.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

I've never seen Gilmore Girls, but I know it's considered very high quality. As to the "how could FBGuys have it this high" question, there was a fantastic This American Life segment about a group of Marine snipers in Iraq who were obsessed with Gilmore Girls. It's a hilarious segment I highly recommend listening to, here. Or you can read the transcript on that same page, but it's much better as a (very short) listen.

I claim ignorance. It happens a lot.

I am surprised but I guess it's just based on misguided perception of the show. It just never occurred to me to watch.

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

154 - Columbo​

Drama
Score: 213
Average Rank: 35.5

Los Angeles homicide detective Lieutenant Columbo uses his humble ways and disingenuous demeanor to winkle out even the most well-concealed of crimes.

List Breakdown

Sullie 2
Todem 23
Eephus 25
krista4 38
Chaos34 58
Gally 67

Ooof. I never understood how anyone could watch this. Can't stand Peter Falk.

I grew up watching Columbo with my mom......and one of the things that hooked me on this show was how stupid he came across......and he was secretly so smaaaaaaart and nabbed every killer.

Like playing dead possum. He was hilarious.

I remember the eventual victims of Columbo being a fairly big name list of actors. And their arrogance that this shlub had no chance of nailing them

But it's a one trick pony. Each performance is identical. It's even the same in The Princess Bride. That got old about three shows in.

 

[Jayrod]

Between Saved by the Bell and Gilmore Girls I'm really starting to question @Jayrod 's TV acumen.

Ok, so I'll explain myself with the Gilmore Girls thing.

1. It was a show I watched together, in its entirty, with my wife. It is probably the only long running show where we watched every episode together.
2. The banter is as witty as it gets. Freaking brilliantly hilarious dialogue between Lorelei and Rory. And the psychotic group of characters from Sean Gunn's Kirk to Paris are equally as brilliant.
3. The 2 main characters remind me of my favorite cousin, who is a literal genius that now has 3 kids and lives just outside NYC. She's hyper intelligent, witty and fun, like the mother/daughter combo. She even looks like Alexis Bledel a bit.
4. There are countless pop-culture references from the 80's and 90's which is a very similar brand of humor to my #4 ranked show.
5. I grew up with only a sister who I remain close to, am close to my mother, have a great 25 year marriage and a 15 year old daughter that I am very close to. I'm in touch with my feminine side.

As for Saved by the Bell, if I watched a show religiously for any portion of my life, it got ranked. I'll admit it was hot garbage, but I enjoyed it for a long season of my life.

As for Gilmore Girls, I can't recommend it highly enough. The dialogue and constant humor is that good, it transcends even its feminine subject matter.

Gilmore Girls is a comfort food show for my daughter and wife that they'll put on when they're stressed and don't want to be challenged by what they're watching. Because of this, I've seen enough of the show to know the setup and form an opinion.

I agree with Jayrod about the dialogue; it's a well written show with solid likeable characters. There are a lot of shows that fall off late in their run because the characters become caricature. I didn't watch the Netflix revival but during the original run, the characters remained consistent with who they are.

The show lost its way in the last season (or 2?) when the original writer left.

She came back and did the Netflix 4-part reunion series which was solid but felt off a bit.

 

[Don Quixote]

148 - The Newsroom​

Drama
Score: 224
Average Rank: 26.2

A newsroom undergoes some changes in its workings and morals as a new team is brought in, bringing unexpected results for its existing news anchor.

List Breakdown

Instinctive 6
timschochet 15
landrys hat 18
BlackCrowes 43
McBokonon 49

I'm really surprised this isn't higher. Must be cause HBO? Excellently made, super rewatchable, outstanding acting...and I think it's at a place to bridge the divide where both the old contingent and the middle aged among us would have seen it.

ETA it also didn't drag on. All of it was high level and then they ended it.

I watched part of it, but never finished it. Aaron Sorkin’s writing (in anything that he has ever done) has never really appealed to me.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

146 - Gilmore Girls​

Drama
Score: 225
Average Rank: 14.8

A drama centering around the relationship between a thirtysomething single mother and her teen daughter living in Stars Hollow, Connecticut.

List Breakdown

Nick Vermeil 4
Jayrod 5
Barry2 8
UncleZen 42

One of my best friends loves this show. He has impeccable taste in music and movies. As for TV, well, in his own words, "I have the same TV viewing habits as a 13-year-old girl."

 

[Pip's Invitation]

Golden Girls and Gilmour Girls were not shows I expected to see on a FootballGUYS ranking.

Lots of Pink Floyd fans on this board.

 

[New Binky the Doormat]

150 - Night Court​

Comedy
Score: 223
Average Rank: 46.2

An eccentric fun-loving judge presides over an urban night court and all the silliness going on there.

List Breakdown

Jayrod 24
Shaft41 30
Hastur 42
gr00vus 44
UncleZen 49
Pip's Invitation 52
Barry2 54
Keith R 59
whoknew 62

Loved it when it was on but It didn't seem to hold up at all. I watched a couple episodes in the recent past and it was not quite there for me. Because of that I didn't have it on my list.

yeah, same for me - the biggie for me was Ellen Foley of Meatloaf's "Paradise by the Dashboard Light" fame as the other lead attorney early in the series (looks like just season 2).

 

[Eephus]

Golden Girls and Gilmour Girls were not shows I expected to see on a FootballGUYS ranking.

Lots of Pink Floyd fans on this board.

or Maple Leafs fans

 

[BlackCrowes]

148 - The Newsroom​

Drama
Score: 224
Average Rank: 26.2

A newsroom undergoes some changes in its workings and morals as a new team is brought in, bringing unexpected results for its existing news anchor.

List Breakdown

Instinctive 6
timschochet 15
landrys hat 18
BlackCrowes 43
McBokonon 49

I'm really surprised this isn't higher. Must be cause HBO? Excellently made, super rewatchable, outstanding acting...and I think it's at a place to bridge the divide where both the old contingent and the middle aged among us would have seen it.

ETA it also didn't drag on. All of it was high level and then they ended it.

I watched part of it, but never finished it. Aaron Sorkin’s writing (in anything that he has ever done) has never really appealed to me.

i'm the opposite, Sorkin could write a want-ad and i'd read it. think i ranked 4 of his shows

 

[New Binky the Doormat]

152 - SCTV​

Comedy
Score: 221
Average Rank: 34.2

The staff of Melonville's TV station put on programming that is unique in its own silly way.

List Breakdown

Binky 18
Eephus 22
Atomic Punk 25
Pip's Invitation 35
Barry2 37
Yo Mama 68

This was one I was thinking might slip through the cracks but glad to see it got some love. What an incredible cast with characters that lived way beyond the show.

Did you have a thing for Ms Prickley?

wife and I still use the Edith Prickley laugh all the time

 

[zamboni]

Golden Girls and Gilmour Girls were not shows I expected to see on a FootballGUYS ranking.

Lots of Pink Floyd fans on this board.

So we’re not talking about Clare Torry?

 

[zamboni]

I’ve seen a handful of Gilmore Girls episodes. Well written show and I like the chemistry between Lauren Graham and Alexis Bedel.

 

[AAABatteries]

I've never seen Gilmore Girls, but I know it's considered very high quality. As to the "how could FBGuys have it this high" question, there was a fantastic This American Life segment about a group of Marine snipers in Iraq who were obsessed with Gilmore Girls. It's a hilarious segment I highly recommend listening to, here. Or you can read the transcript on that same page, but it's much better as a (very short) listen.

I claim ignorance. It happens a lot.

I am surprised but I guess it's just based on misguided perception of the show. It just never occurred to me to watch.

Both my girls watched and talked about how good it was. I trust them. On the other hand, my two boys talk anime all the time and they are morons.

 

[Tick]

The Godfather? Came out before I was born so I’ve no interest in it.

I don't mind this policy - I've tried so many classic movies from pre-1977, and their hit rate (keep in mind these are only the highest rated movies) for me is quite low. There are breakthrough movies that change the way movies are made... but we've now seen 50 years of people building on that breakthrough and it doesn't mean anything.

Someone 20 years younger is going to watch Clerks/Pulp Fiction and not feel the change in the way dialogue in movies is handled, or watch 28 Days Later and not get how horrifying fast zombies were, or watch Raid: Redemption and not have that feeling that they're watching the future of action movies for the next dozen years (at least). Same with me and old movies - I see old Sergio Leone movies and The Hustler and The Deer Hunter and find them mediocre at best. I don't have the context from when they came out shaping my experience, which makes them worse for me.

For a while I had a "no movies older than Star Wars" policy and it was probably a net positive. There are plenty of movies, I don't need to go mining through decades of movies that don't land for me.

For TV, I think I mentioned it earlier, but there are some things that have thankfully disappeared, like laugh tracks and shows without a plan that just lurch from episode to episode trying to get renewed for another season, rather than today's more planned shows that don't mind ending after 3 seasons if that's how long the story takes. I could easily see a 30-year-old hearing a laugh track and just moving on to watch any of the other 70 shows in their queue that people love.

 

[Runkle]

can only stream what you know about or if it randomly pops up in your recomendations.

Definitely true and I didn’t make my point well.

I just don’t get this idea of “ that was before my time so I’ve never heard of it.” I have the curiosity of wanting to know the best of “before my time” as well as the stuff that might be after my prime viewing years. So over the years I’ve watched the stuff that I wasn’t “there for” as well. Most of that still didn’t make my list, but at least I’m aware of it.

The thing where one participates in an all-time TV ranking but then says they didn’t consider anything but what they saw between a narrow period of their particular existence is what I don’t get.

For instance, “I never watched The White Shadow” is different (and to me, more understandable) than “that show ended before I was born.” To the latter, so what?

If a certain TV show that was long off the air before the bulk of us were born doesn't finish in the top-10, I'm going to burn this place to the ground.

 

[Hastur]

can only stream what you know about or if it randomly pops up in your recomendations.

Definitely true and I didn’t make my point well.

I just don’t get this idea of “ that was before my time so I’ve never heard of it.” I have the curiosity of wanting to know the best of “before my time” as well as the stuff that might be after my prime viewing years. So over the years I’ve watched the stuff that I wasn’t “there for” as well. Most of that still didn’t make my list, but at least I’m aware of it.

The thing where one participates in an all-time TV ranking but then says they didn’t consider anything but what they saw between a narrow period of their particular existence is what I don’t get.

For instance, “I never watched The White Shadow” is different (and to me, more understandable) than “that show ended before I was born.” To the latter, so what?

If a certain TV show that was long off the air before the bulk of us were born doesn't finish in the top-10, I'm going to burn this place to the ground.

Spoiler

Honeymooners?

 

[BLOCKED_PUNT]

I like

Spoiler

Gilligan's Island

but I just didn't list it. Its funny and makes me laugh but eh...kind of felt there were better shows

 

[BLOCKED_PUNT]

also Rescue Me is fantastic. I binge watched it on hulu and didn't stop until the series was over

 

[Scoresman]

Tomorrow we’ll see our first show to appear on 10 lists.

By the time we get to the top 50, most shows will be on about 20 lists.

Top 10-20, 30 lists.

And some truly great shows that n the top 10 are on 40+ lists.

 

[UncleZen]

151 - Suits​

Drama
Score: 223
Average Rank: 26.4

On the run from a drug deal gone bad, Mike Ross, a brilliant college-dropout, finds himself a job working with Harvey Specter, one of New York City's best lawyers.

List Breakdown

Brutal Penquin 8
Shaft41 17
Instinctive 30
Gally 36
AAABatteries 41

I enjoyed Suits but it finished around 80 in my rankings.

 

[Yo Mama]

can only stream what you know about or if it randomly pops up in your recomendations.

Definitely true and I didn’t make my point well.

I just don’t get this idea of “ that was before my time so I’ve never heard of it.” I have the curiosity of wanting to know the best of “before my time” as well as the stuff that might be after my prime viewing years. So over the years I’ve watched the stuff that I wasn’t “there for” as well. Most of that still didn’t make my list, but at least I’m aware of it.

The thing where one participates in an all-time TV ranking but then says they didn’t consider anything but what they saw between a narrow period of their particular existence is what I don’t get.

For instance, “I never watched The White Shadow” is different (and to me, more understandable) than “that show ended before I was born.” To the latter, so what?

If a certain TV show that was long off the air before the bulk of us were born doesn't finish in the top-10, I'm going to burn this place to the ground.

Reruns/syndication make a huge difference for shows that originally aired before my time but that I watched a ton of growing up.

 

[UncleZen]

I loved watching Gilmore Girls. It's hard for me and my wife to find a show that we both like. She loves Hallmark channel and I like shows with dark humor or procedural type shows. When she put on GIlmore Girls, I immediately started playing around on my computer but it didn't take long for the show to pull me in. The writing is very clever and chemistry of the main cast is off the charts. As others have said, the secondary cast is also brilliant in the show. If I have to turn in my man card, well, it won't be the 1st time.

 

[Psychopav]

can only stream what you know about or if it randomly pops up in your recomendations.

Definitely true and I didn’t make my point well.

I just don’t get this idea of “ that was before my time so I’ve never heard of it.” I have the curiosity of wanting to know the best of “before my time” as well as the stuff that might be after my prime viewing years. So over the years I’ve watched the stuff that I wasn’t “there for” as well. Most of that still didn’t make my list, but at least I’m aware of it.

The thing where one participates in an all-time TV ranking but then says they didn’t consider anything but what they saw between a narrow period of their particular existence is what I don’t get.

For instance, “I never watched The White Shadow” is different (and to me, more understandable) than “that show ended before I was born.” To the latter, so what?

If a certain TV show that was long off the air before the bulk of us were born doesn't finish in the top-10, I'm going to burn this place to the ground.

Spoiler

Honeymooners?

Spoiler

Ozzie and Harriet?

 

[zamboni]

can only stream what you know about or if it randomly pops up in your recomendations.

Definitely true and I didn’t make my point well.

I just don’t get this idea of “ that was before my time so I’ve never heard of it.” I have the curiosity of wanting to know the best of “before my time” as well as the stuff that might be after my prime viewing years. So over the years I’ve watched the stuff that I wasn’t “there for” as well. Most of that still didn’t make my list, but at least I’m aware of it.

The thing where one participates in an all-time TV ranking but then says they didn’t consider anything but what they saw between a narrow period of their particular existence is what I don’t get.

For instance, “I never watched The White Shadow” is different (and to me, more understandable) than “that show ended before I was born.” To the latter, so what?

If a certain TV show that was long off the air before the bulk of us were born doesn't finish in the top-10, I'm going to burn this place to the ground.

Spoiler

Honeymooners?

Spoiler

Ozzie and Harriet?

Spoiler

My Friend Flicka

 

[Yo Mama]

can only stream what you know about or if it randomly pops up in your recomendations.

Definitely true and I didn’t make my point well.

I just don’t get this idea of “ that was before my time so I’ve never heard of it.” I have the curiosity of wanting to know the best of “before my time” as well as the stuff that might be after my prime viewing years. So over the years I’ve watched the stuff that I wasn’t “there for” as well. Most of that still didn’t make my list, but at least I’m aware of it.

The thing where one participates in an all-time TV ranking but then says they didn’t consider anything but what they saw between a narrow period of their particular existence is what I don’t get.

For instance, “I never watched The White Shadow” is different (and to me, more understandable) than “that show ended before I was born.” To the latter, so what?

If a certain TV show that was long off the air before the bulk of us were born doesn't finish in the top-10, I'm going to burn this place to the ground.

Spoiler

Honeymooners?

Spoiler

Ozzie and Harriet?

Spoiler

My Friend Flicka

For a top ten show it has to be either:

Spoiler

Twilight Zone
or
I Love Lucy

 

[Psychopav]

can only stream what you know about or if it randomly pops up in your recomendations.

Definitely true and I didn’t make my point well.

I just don’t get this idea of “ that was before my time so I’ve never heard of it.” I have the curiosity of wanting to know the best of “before my time” as well as the stuff that might be after my prime viewing years. So over the years I’ve watched the stuff that I wasn’t “there for” as well. Most of that still didn’t make my list, but at least I’m aware of it.

The thing where one participates in an all-time TV ranking but then says they didn’t consider anything but what they saw between a narrow period of their particular existence is what I don’t get.

For instance, “I never watched The White Shadow” is different (and to me, more understandable) than “that show ended before I was born.” To the latter, so what?

If a certain TV show that was long off the air before the bulk of us were born doesn't finish in the top-10, I'm going to burn this place to the ground.

Spoiler

Honeymooners?

Spoiler

Ozzie and Harriet?

Spoiler

My Friend Flicka

For a top ten show it has to be either:

Spoiler

Twilight Zone
or
I Love Lucy

Spoiler

Car 54 Where Are You?

 

[FarFromHome]

The Cosby show was hilarious. Great characters. Great writers. Good stuff.

 

[KarmaPolice]

The Cosby show was hilarious. Great characters. Great writers. Good stuff.

Great sweaters.

 

[Instinctive]

All your spoilers are shows I've never seen and over half I haven't even heard of lol.

 

[Rand al Thor]

My ranking system was sort of a combination of shows that I watched over and over and still watch every now and then when I catch them today (Andy Griffith, Brady Bunch). Then there were shows that might have a recency bias, but I voted for them because they made me feel something and it's nice to know that my dead heart can still be touched by emotions every now and then (Station 11, Ted Lasso). And then the others I voted for because they were iconic at the time, these were shows that everyone watched, talked about, and the scripts became part of the nation's lexicon (Can you spare a square? Buh-bye, Pivot!, Screw you guys, I'm going home). For the younger guys and gals, I get that some of these shows don't "hold up" or you have no interest in watching them. But to say they suck is like comparing a Model T to a new Kia. In the "top 70 cars of all times" draft, the Model T deserves to be in the top 5 even though it didn't have power windows or a backup camera.

Edit - maybe nobody said they suck...