krista4
Footballguy
I ranked The Good Place #4 but also have a reality competition show in my top 10. I guess I'm going to the Medium Place with Mindy.
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The Top 300 Greatest TV Shows of All Time: FBG Consensus: 50 Lists received. 2: Seinfeld 1: Breaking Bad (9 Viewers)
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I ranked The Good Place #4 but also have a reality competition show in my top 10. I guess I'm going to the Medium Place with Mindy.
krista4
Footballguy
It's one of the only shows I've ever re-watched. Every bit as good or better the second (and third) time.
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Dr. Octopus
Footballguy
sort ofNever heard of it. Is it a show about dead people in heaven?70 - The Good Place
Comedy
Score: 412
Average Rank: 19.5
Four people and their otherworldly frienemy struggle in the afterlife to define what it means to be good.
List Breakdown
kupcho1 3
Jayrod 12
Don Quixote 14
whoknew 21
Bottomfeeder Sports 39
McBokonon 53
always intrigued to give it a shot but Ted Danson gives me the impression that it's dull.70 - The Good Place
Comedy
Score: 412
Average Rank: 19.5
Four people and their otherworldly frienemy struggle in the afterlife to define what it means to be good.
List Breakdown
Jayrod 12
Don Quixote 14
whoknew 21
Bottomfeeder Sports 39
McBokonon 53
Dr. Octopus
Footballguy
I thought Season One was the best .Does this get better after the end of season 1? We kind of lost interest a couple episodes in, as it gets a little tired, repetitive. How does it bounce back?70 - The Good Place
Comedy
Score: 412
Average Rank: 19.5
Four people and their otherworldly frienemy struggle in the afterlife to define what it means to be good.
List Breakdown
Jayrod 12
Don Quixote 14
whoknew 21
Bottomfeeder Sports 39
McBokonon 53
Nick Vermeil
Footballguy
I watched all the episodes and really liked it, but it felt like writers working really hard to explain things after a while. That’s why it didn’t make my list.I thought Season One was the best .Does this get better after the end of season 1? We kind of lost interest a couple episodes in, as it gets a little tired, repetitive. How does it bounce back?70 - The Good Place
Comedy
Score: 412
Average Rank: 19.5
Four people and their otherworldly frienemy struggle in the afterlife to define what it means to be good.
List Breakdown
Jayrod 12
Don Quixote 14
whoknew 21
Bottomfeeder Sports 39
McBokonon 53
70 - The Good Place
Comedy
Score: 412
Average Rank: 19.5
Four people and their otherworldly frienemy struggle in the afterlife to define what it means to be good.
List Breakdown
Jayrod 12
Don Quixote 14
whoknew 21
Bottomfeeder Sports 39
McBokonon 53
I have never seen this and it might be another case of the name of the show steering me in the wrong direction. Looking at the trailer and this seems like it's right up my alley. For some reason I thought it was a drama that would be soap opera like and I credit it that to the name of the show.
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
Another factor of my hesitation is: how much do you and I ever agree on with movies and tv?
BlackCrowes
Footballguy
my 69th ranked show came in 69th 
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
LINKmy 69th ranked show came in 69th
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
In all seriousness, Andy - I get what you are saying, and I largely agree on principle. Mostly it's that TV is not my vice and not where I spend my extra fun money. 0% chance I would buy a show unseen for $30+ now. Not that I am opposed to spending $30 on something, but that is now for albums or 4K movies I know I love.
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
In my old age, I avoid trailers when I can as well. All I have to go on usually is the name of the show and who is in it. Mr. Robot starring Remi Malik wasn't going to move the needle for me (sticking to that example). I am sure others think Buffy the Vampire Slayer starring a bunch of teens sounds dumb as hell too.
northern exposure
Footballguy
Wasn't the biggest Ted Danson or Kirsten Bell fan prior to watching this show,so I missed it when it first aired.70 - The Good Place
Comedy
Score: 412
Average Rank: 19.5
Four people and their otherworldly frienemy struggle in the afterlife to define what it means to be good.
List Breakdown
Jayrod 12
Don Quixote 14
whoknew 21
Bottomfeeder Sports 39
McBokonon 53
I was hearing a lot about it on podcasts, so I checked it out. I ended up binging it quickly on Netflix.
Great twists and an amazing ending to the series.
D'arcy Carden as Janet is great.
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krista4
Footballguy
Wasn't the biggest Ted Danson or Kirsten Bell fan prior to watching this show,so I missed it when it first aired.
I was hearing a lot about it on podcasts, so I checked it out. I ended up binging in quickly on Netflix.
Great twists and an amazing ending to the series.
D'arcy Carden as Janet is great.
Ted Danson was a turn-off for me in terms of being interested, but he turned out to be brilliant in it.
Janet (all the Janets) was my favorite character.
And I agree that the ending was perfect. Absolutely nailed it.
Tick
Footballguy
Problem will be that we're all going to put 5-10 shows in our queue from this list, and 4-8 of them will be streaming somewhere, and by the time we get finished with those shows, we'll have the next seasons of Penguin and Shoresy and Invincible and Severance to watch... Mr. Robot for more money just isn't ever going to come up in the queue. If I ever run out of shows, I'll get Apple for a month for $10 or whatever and watch their 5 good shows.I'm kinda teasing too, but also a bit serious.Sorry, I am trying save money and decrease my subscriptions as well. I am not cold purchasing shows I've never seen for $25-45. Yes, I get that I can buy and rent most things on Amazon or buy the discs. I can also wait in line at the library for the 1 copy of the show my library service has."Not on streaming" is not the same thing as "Not available on a subscription streaming service". There was a time, not so long ago, that we all paid a rental fee to watch our programming.
Almost everything is still rentable/purchasable in digital form. Here's Mr Robot for $25. There are 45 episodes so that works out to $.56/episode. Shoot the locks off your wallets.
And physical media is still available. And also has the advantage of being something you can sell once you're done with it. Here's Mr Robot for $45.
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Most of my post was playful poking, but certainly you can understand the frustration of having multiple streaming services and STILL having to rent/buy or get from the library a surprisingly big portion of stuff people want to watch. It's a pretty known show, so I was mildly surprised one of them doesn't own it and have it on their service. Shows like Faulty Towers I expect to have more issues finding.
Paying for a monthly streaming service is just another way of renting. Sure it's an "all I can watch" version of it, but you still don't own anything once your month is done. The advantage is that you can watch an episode or two of a show and bail if you don't like it. But it's still sunk cost and you paid something for it in both dollars and time. Things still break down to a "cost per watch" amount.
I would advocate checking out the show from the library (if only libraries had more Blu-Rays!) if only just to check something out. Unfortunately libraries will eventually/soon run into a lot of their movies falling victim to disc rot.
To your point, is it surprising that Mr. Robot isn't available to stream anywhere? Yes it is. It was at one time, I know, because I watched it on Hulu. The licensing for all this stuff must be a weird thing. But not every buffet is going to have every menu item available at all times, I guess.
TLDR - Mr. Robot is worth watching no matter how you need to get to it.
northern exposure
Footballguy
100% agree. I have to admit Kirsten Bell turned around my opinion of her with her work on the show. I'm still not a fan of her husband, Dax Shepard, though.Wasn't the biggest Ted Danson or Kirsten Bell fan prior to watching this show,so I missed it when it first aired.
I was hearing a lot about it on podcasts, so I checked it out. I ended up binging in quickly on Netflix.
Great twists and an amazing ending to the series.
D'arcy Carden as Janet is great.
Ted Danson was a turn-off for me in terms of being interested, but he turned out to be brilliant in it.
Janet (all the Janets) was my favorite character.
And I agree that the ending was perfect. Absolutely nailed it.
Tick
Footballguy
batin'100% agree. I have to admit Kirsten Bell turned around my opinion of her with her work on the show. I'm still not a fan of her husband, Dax Shepard, though.Wasn't the biggest Ted Danson or Kirsten Bell fan prior to watching this show,so I missed it when it first aired.
I was hearing a lot about it on podcasts, so I checked it out. I ended up binging in quickly on Netflix.
Great twists and an amazing ending to the series.
D'arcy Carden as Janet is great.
Ted Danson was a turn-off for me in terms of being interested, but he turned out to be brilliant in it.
Janet (all the Janets) was my favorite character.
And I agree that the ending was perfect. Absolutely nailed it.
krista4
Footballguy
I hadn't (and still haven't) seen her in anything else, but she was amazing.
Don Quixote
Footballguy
Created by Michael Schur, which is all I really needed to know going in. He’s got credit for some of the greatest comedy TV series this century.70 - The Good Place
Comedy
Score: 412
Average Rank: 19.5
Four people and their otherworldly frienemy struggle in the afterlife to define what it means to be good.
List Breakdown
Jayrod 12
Don Quixote 14
whoknew 21
Bottomfeeder Sports 39
McBokonon 53
I have never seen this and it might be another case of the name of the show steering me in the wrong direction. Looking at the trailer and this seems like it's right up my alley. For some reason I thought it was a drama that would be soap opera like and I credit it that to the name of the show.
Scoresman
Footballguy
68 - Happy Days
ComedyScore: 417
Average Rank: 44.9
The Cunningham family live through the 1950s with help and guidance from the lovable and almost superhuman greaser, Fonzie.
List Breakdown
Rand al Thor 11
Todem 21
John Madden's Lunchbox 23
Gally 29
Atomic Punk 40
zamboni 40
Dr Octopus 41
Nick Vermeil 42
turnjose7 43
Psychopav 46
Brutal Penquin 60
The Gator 61
Pip's Invitation 62
UncleZen 63
Keith R 68
ilov80s 69
steelerfan1
Footballguy
sit on it scoresman!
zamboni
Footballguy
kupcho1
Footballguy
There's a another timeline where the network aired the episodes in order and there were 8 seasons and a movie trilogy.
Psychopav
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Psychopav
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kupcho1
Footballguy
Uruk-Hai
Footballguy
Well, until about 2 or 3 years in when it seemed like they all time-warped into the mid-70s and Potsie had feathered, Shaun Cassidy hair in what was supposed to be 1958
I watched this show a bunch, as I was a teenager and that ABC lineup was made for a doofus like me. When Fonzie became the breakout character, they gave up all attempts at time-and-place. I don't blame the showrunners for doing so - the show was a huge hit.
zamboni
Footballguy
IIRC, they were hesitant at first to make him look like a dirtbag and had him wear that blue Members' Only jacket the first year.
McBokonon
Footballguy
I had no idea there was such a huge Anti-Ted Danson contingent on this board, or anywhere for that matter.
"Oh, it's a good board. Stock thread, fantasy football, general life tips, and they ****ing hate Ted Danson."
krista4
Footballguy
Definitely seems like an odd take. I don't think anything I have seen him in is bad. He was great in the new show The Inside Man as well.
BrutalPenguin
Footballguy
Good Lord, how do I get there? 2nd best sci fi series ever.
zamboni
Footballguy
If you really want to hate the guy, go watch the '80s TV movie Something About Amelia - it's on YouTube.
I have to whittle down my commitments somehow.
To be fair, I might have been mixing up the Good Place with the Good Wife and just stayed away to be on the safe side
BLOCKED_PUNT
Footballguy
one can do what they want with their picklesAnd if we fire all our pickles early and go to sleep?
BLOCKED_PUNT
Footballguy
Also....
I like Ted Danson
*quickly walks out*
I like Ted Danson
*quickly walks out*
whoknew
Footballguy
I think he's great in everything he does. He's the best sitcom actor of our lifetimes.
He's the male equivalent of Julia Louis-Dreyfus.
Dr. Octopus
Footballguy
I do also and have a show of his in my Top 10 and another in my Top 15 (although he wasn’t a huge part of that one).
northern exposure
Footballguy
Why is it an odd take? Nobody said the shows Ted Danson has been in are bad.
So, even in your favorite shows there isn't one actor/actress/character you wouldn't miss or you dislike in the cast?
Mrs. Rannous
Footballguy
There's treatment for that, you know. I've seen the ads.
Andy Dufresne
Footballguy
Firefly was okay. What it did have was peak Morena Baccarin.
Dan Lambskin
Footballguy
I watched the first season of The Good Place
I didn’t watch anymore
Put me in the I don’t get it camp
I didn’t watch anymore
Put me in the I don’t get it camp
whoknew
Footballguy
And Summer Glau
BlackCrowes
Footballguy
And what happened to Chuck?!?
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