The Top 300 Greatest TV Shows of All Time: FBG Consensus: 50 Lists received. 2: Seinfeld 1: Breaking Bad (8 Viewers)

[Eephus]

While we wait, here was the rest of my list that didn't make the top 300.

24 Get A Life
37 O.J.: Made in America
40 Shock Theater/Saturday Night Dead
44 Iron Chef America
47 Sharp Objects
49 The Gong Show
50 V (1983)
53 Joe Shmoe Show
54 The OA
55 Small Wonder
56 Black Summer
58 Most Extreme Elimination Challenge
60 The Killing
62 The Three Stooges
67 Monstervision
69 Maniac
70 Talk Soup

How did the 3 Stooges not make the top 300? That's a ****in travesty!

I considered them movie shorts

 

[Leroy Hoard]

While we wait, here was the rest of my list that didn't make the top 300.

24 Get A Life
37 O.J.: Made in America
40 Shock Theater/Saturday Night Dead
44 Iron Chef America
47 Sharp Objects
49 The Gong Show
50 V (1983)
53 Joe Shmoe Show
54 The OA
55 Small Wonder
56 Black Summer
58 Most Extreme Elimination Challenge
60 The Killing
62 The Three Stooges
67 Monstervision
69 Maniac
70 Talk Soup

How did the 3 Stooges not make the top 300? That's a ****in travesty!

I considered them movie shorts

Yes, similar to the cartoons in the bugs bunny hour were originally shown with movies. If you were lucky you might get one of each. But I believe some listed both as packaged tv shows since that's how a lot of people first saw them.

 

[Uruk-Hai]

Kind of shocked by BCS being so high. I liked it, but top 10?

There is no logical reason for Kim's continued association with the sad-sack, used car salesman that Jimmy/Saul is throughout the show. None. He looks dumb and acts dumber on a regular basis while she is a highly intelligent smoke show. I can abide all sorts of plot holes and sci-fi/fantasy shenanigans, but I cannot cope with her staying by his side for so long. It is one of the most illogical plot devices in TV history.

You've never met a couple and thought "what the hell is she/he doing with him/her?"?

Kim had all kinds of issues herself. She was no paragon of righteousness (that fact that she thought she was sometimes was one her biggest flaws).

I had no problem buying their relationship because I've seen some just like it in real life.

 

[Uruk-Hai]

49 The Gong Show

When I said a long while back that I had one show on my list that was almost entirely due to nostalgia, this was the one.

This freaking show, man It was appointment viewing for those in my line of work at the time (being a teenager) and was THE biggest TV show discussion in my schools every day. It didn't matter which clique (if any) you were in - jocks, cheerleaders, stoners, farm kids, wanna-be gangsters, loners - EVERYONE watched this show and would talk about it the next day. I don't know when it aired in other parts of the country but, in my neck of the woods, it came on at 4:30 p.m. - just in time for me to take a break from the homework I wasn't going to do anyway.

I don't know if there was any attempt at scripting, but each episode fell into anarchy about 3 seconds in.

How much cocaine did Jaye P. Morgan do? Good Lord....

My mother kept saying it was trash, but she'd watch it every day with my brother and I. I think she had a crush on Gene Gene The Dancing Machine.

 

[Uruk-Hai]

37. Barney Miller. With impeccable acting and funny scripts, this is the cop show that cops used to say was the most realistic portrayal of their jobs on TV. There's a whole lot of paperwork, waiting around, and dealing with extremely minor complaints. Great theme song as well.

Jack Soo in the pot brownie episode is one of the funniest things I've ever seen on television.

This was a wonderful show for all of the reasons you mention. It's a shame it's kind of been forgotten.

 

[Uruk-Hai]

This Old House: Another PBS gem that somehow broke into the mainstream popular culture, educational and entertaining and somehow made home renovation and construction into compelling television

This is a great mention and one I would surely have forgotten had I submitted a list.

There are entire TV networks that piggybacked onto this premise, but most of their programming feels stagey. Whereas This Old House always felt organic and more real. It's still running, right? I know I've seen new episodes as recently as a couple of years ago.

 

[zamboni]

49 The Gong Show

When I said a long while back that I had one show on my list that was almost entirely due to nostalgia, this was the one.

This freaking show, man It was appointment viewing for those in my line of work at the time (being a teenager) and was THE biggest TV show discussion in my schools every day. It didn't matter which clique (if any) you were in - jocks, cheerleaders, stoners, farm kids, wanna-be gangsters, loners - EVERYONE watched this show and would talk about it the next day. I don't know when it aired in other parts of the country but, in my neck of the woods, it came on at 4:30 p.m. - just in time for me to take a break from the homework I wasn't going to do anyway.

I don't know if there was any attempt at scripting, but each episode fell into anarchy about 3 seconds in.

How much cocaine did Jaye P. Morgan do? Good Lord....

My mother kept saying it was trash, but she'd watch it every day with my brother and I. I think she had a crush on Gene Gene The Dancing Machine.

I think some people even had a crush on the Unknown Comic back then.

That’s just how things were.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

3 great shows and one terrible show to go. Intrigued to see the order.

It’s a bit odd to call something so highly ranked as “terrible”. I mean it’s fine if you don’t like it but that hardly makes it “terrible”.

 

[Ilov80s]

3 great shows and one terrible show to go. Intrigued to see the order.

It’s a bit odd to call something so highly ranked as “terrible”. I mean it’s fine if you don’t like it but that hardly makes it “terrible”.

Which is the terrible one??

 

[Don Quixote]

3 great shows and one terrible show to go. Intrigued to see the order.

It’s a bit odd to call something so highly ranked as “terrible”. I mean it’s fine if you don’t like it but that hardly makes it “terrible”.

Which is the terrible one??

He’s been making comments about Seinfeld along the way.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

Kind of shocked by BCS being so high. I liked it, but top 10?

There is no logical reason for Kim's continued association with the sad-sack, used car salesman that Jimmy/Saul is throughout the show. None. He looks dumb and acts dumber on a regular basis while she is a highly intelligent smoke show. I can abide all sorts of plot holes and sci-fi/fantasy shenanigans, but I cannot cope with her staying by his side for so long. It is one of the most illogical plot devices in TV history.

You've never met a couple and thought "what the hell is she/he doing with him/her?"?

Kim had all kinds of issues herself. She was no paragon of righteousness (that fact that she thought she was sometimes was one her biggest flaws).

I had no problem buying their relationship because I've seen some just like it in real life.

Yeah, love is a weird thing, the heart wants what it wants and all that. Plenty of people stay in toxic relationships for far too long. So it was entirely believable that Kim did that.

And she was no saint. Remember the cons that she and Jimmy would pull. Some of them were her idea -- or she escalated them from his idea. And they both "got off" to those cons, sexually and otherwise.

Not until all the sh!t went down with Lalo did she realize she had to get out. The scenes of her in Florida post-Lalo show her deliberately choosing the most boring life possible because she knows anything else could be dangerous for her. This was a lesson that Jimmy/Saul never learned.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

49 The Gong Show

When I said a long while back that I had one show on my list that was almost entirely due to nostalgia, this was the one.

This freaking show, man It was appointment viewing for those in my line of work at the time (being a teenager) and was THE biggest TV show discussion in my schools every day. It didn't matter which clique (if any) you were in - jocks, cheerleaders, stoners, farm kids, wanna-be gangsters, loners - EVERYONE watched this show and would talk about it the next day. I don't know when it aired in other parts of the country but, in my neck of the woods, it came on at 4:30 p.m. - just in time for me to take a break from the homework I wasn't going to do anyway.

I don't know if there was any attempt at scripting, but each episode fell into anarchy about 3 seconds in.

How much cocaine did Jaye P. Morgan do? Good Lord....

My mother kept saying it was trash, but she'd watch it every day with my brother and I. I think she had a crush on Gene Gene The Dancing Machine.

My mother was appalled that my sister and I loved this show. She did not watch it with us.

 

[zamboni]

Not until all the sh!t went down with Lalo did she realize she had to get out. The scenes of her in Florida post-Lalo show her deliberately choosing the most boring life possible because she knows anything else could be dangerous for her. This was a lesson that Jimmy/Saul never learned.

Lalo was such a great character, as was everyone. Tony Dalton played him to perfection.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

3 great shows and one terrible show to go. Intrigued to see the order.

It’s a bit odd to call something so highly ranked as “terrible”. I mean it’s fine if you don’t like it but that hardly makes it “terrible”.

These youngins and their belief that their preferences are the "correct" ones.

I was the same way back in the day.

 

[AAABatteries]

3 great shows and one terrible show to go. Intrigued to see the order.

It’s a bit odd to call something so highly ranked as “terrible”. I mean it’s fine if you don’t like it but that hardly makes it “terrible”.

These youngins and their belief that their preferences are the "correct" ones.

I was the same way back in the day.

I think he truly feels that it's not good but it's also kind of schtick at this point to stick it to us old guys.

 

[Andy Dufresne]

GOT is another example, I think, of people not liking the finish because it didn't give them their expected ending.

I thought it ended the only way it could. If anything it was telegraphed. Plus, who will win the throne was always pretty irrelevant anyway - the throne was the story's MacGuffin.

 

[Andy Dufresne]

Kind of shocked by BCS being so high. I liked it, but top 10?

There is no logical reason for Kim's continued association with the sad-sack, used car salesman that Jimmy/Saul is throughout the show. None. He looks dumb and acts dumber on a regular basis while she is a highly intelligent smoke show. I can abide all sorts of plot holes and sci-fi/fantasy shenanigans, but I cannot cope with her staying by his side for so long. It is one of the most illogical plot devices in TV history.

You must have never met a woman who thought about a guy, "That guy could change and be better, if only he had the right woman. And I am that woman." Happens all the time.

 

[AAABatteries]

GOT is another example, I think, of people not liking the finish because it didn't give them their expected ending.

I thought it ended the only way it could. If anything it was telegraphed. Plus, who will win the throne was always pretty irrelevant anyway - the throne was the story's MacGuffin.

I think that was inevitable given that ###### ###### ###### didn't finish the books.

No, I'm not bitter or anything.

 

[AAABatteries]

Kind of shocked by BCS being so high. I liked it, but top 10?

There is no logical reason for Kim's continued association with the sad-sack, used car salesman that Jimmy/Saul is throughout the show. None. He looks dumb and acts dumber on a regular basis while she is a highly intelligent smoke show. I can abide all sorts of plot holes and sci-fi/fantasy shenanigans, but I cannot cope with her staying by his side for so long. It is one of the most illogical plot devices in TV history.

You must have never met a woman who thought about a guy, "That guy could change and be better, if only he had the right woman. And I am that woman." Happens all the time.

Complete tangent but this was bizarre. I had music playing in the background and I wasn't really paying attention but as I read your post, I noticed that Coldplay's Fix You was playing.

 

[krista4]

49 The Gong Show

When I said a long while back that I had one show on my list that was almost entirely due to nostalgia, this was the one.

This freaking show, man It was appointment viewing for those in my line of work at the time (being a teenager) and was THE biggest TV show discussion in my schools every day. It didn't matter which clique (if any) you were in - jocks, cheerleaders, stoners, farm kids, wanna-be gangsters, loners - EVERYONE watched this show and would talk about it the next day. I don't know when it aired in other parts of the country but, in my neck of the woods, it came on at 4:30 p.m. - just in time for me to take a break from the homework I wasn't going to do anyway.

I don't know if there was any attempt at scripting, but each episode fell into anarchy about 3 seconds in.

How much cocaine did Jaye P. Morgan do? Good Lord....

My mother kept saying it was trash, but she'd watch it every day with my brother and I. I think she had a crush on Gene Gene The Dancing Machine.

My mother was appalled that my sister and I loved this show. She did not watch it with us.

My mother loved the show so much that she let us name one of our cats "Good Stuff," as in, "We'll be right back [clap], with more [clap] good stuff [clap]."

 

[Andy Dufresne]

Here's some missing titles that would have been on my list:

Person of Interest
Longmire
Doctor Who
Ash vs Evil Dead
Everybody Loves Raymond
Bones
Gotham
White Collar

 

[krista4]

These youngins and their belief that their preferences are the "correct" ones.

I was the same way back in the day.

Embarrassingly, I did the "oh, I'm so much younger than you all" stuff back when I was a corporate muckety-muck at an unusually young age. I remember at one point somebody saying, "We get it. We're older than you." Only then (well, and now) did I realize what an idiot I looked like.

 

[Ilov80s]

These youngins and their belief that their preferences are the "correct" ones.

I was the same way back in the day.

Embarrassingly, I also did the "oh, I'm so much younger than you all" stuff back when I was a corporate muckety-muck at an unusually young age. I remember at one point somebody saying, "We get it. We're older than you." Only then (well, and now) did I realize what an idiot I looked like.

Youth is wasted on the young

 

[the moops]

Reading Rainbow (#65) and 3-2-1 Contact (#68):

The Joy of Painting with Bob Ross (#63)

The Honeymooners (#66):

This Old House:

I had a list but missed the deadline. These 5 were all top 50 for me

 

[simey]

I did my list in a day, and looking at it now I can see why some shows didn't make the Top 300. Whateverrrr

Austin City Limits
Sharp Objects (miniseries)
CBS Sunday Morning
Cold Case
Daisy Jones & The Six (miniseries)
The Big C
Nurse Jackie
Eight is Enough
Storm of the Century (miniseries)
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
The Ray Bradbury Theater
Homicide: Life on the Street
Melrose Place - guilty pleasure of over the top story lines that moved at lightning speed
American Idol - Enjoyed the first few years of it
The Wild Wild West - Watched this every day on a channel we got growing up. It still comes on TV on Saturdays. Robert Conrad was hot AF.
Swingtown - Key parties, hip huggers, and great music
Helter Skelter (miniseries 1976) - It scared me back then, and it is still creepy.
The Big Valley - my grandfather and I watched this show. He loved Barbara Stanwyck and I loved Lee Majors. I still watch it on Saturdays at noon.
The Waltons - For a short time I wanted to be a writer like John Boy. I wanted to be John Girl. Walton's Mountain was like my grandparents' area. Love the theme song.
American Bandstand
Justin Wilson's Louisiana Cookin' - "How Y'all Are."

I probably should have left off Alfred Hitchcock and Ray Bradbury, because I already had Twilight Zone on my list, but I love all three, and they all still air on TV. It was overkill of the genre, though, and I should have just let Twilight Zone represent my trio.

 

[AAABatteries]

I did my list in a day, and looking at it now I can see why some shows didn't make the Top 300. Whateverrrr

Nurse Jackie
Homicide: Life on the Streets

Two good ones - did either of these make top 300?

 

[Psychopav]

GOT is another example, I think, of people not liking the finish because it didn't give them their expected ending.

I thought it ended the only way it could. If anything it was telegraphed. Plus, who will win the throne was always pretty irrelevant anyway - the throne was the story's MacGuffin.

I think that was inevitable given that ###### ###### ###### didn't finish the books.

No, I'm not bitter or anything.

Yet!

/Pollyanna

 

[Psychopav]

Here's some missing titles that would have been on my list:

Person of Interest
Longmire
Doctor Who
Ash vs Evil Dead
Everybody Loves Raymond
Bones
Gotham
White Collar

I somehow LOVE that Dr. Who is not on this list. Is that wrong? I could never get into this show, but if a British message board ran this same exercise it would probably be top 5.

Shove it, Limeys! 'Murica hell yes!

 

[zamboni]

Eight is Enough
Swingtown - Key parties, hip huggers, and great music
Helter Skelter (miniseries 1976) - It scared me back then, and it is still creepy.

I think you and I may have been the sole reps on Eight is Enough.

Good call on Swingtown - really liked that period piece show - just disappeared off the air

Also great call on Helter Skelter - forgot that one. That actor Steve Railsback was incredible as Charlie.

 

[Andy Dufresne]

Here's some missing titles that would have been on my list:

Person of Interest
Longmire
Doctor Who
Ash vs Evil Dead
Everybody Loves Raymond
Bones
Gotham
White Collar

I somehow LOVE that Dr. Who is not on this list. Is that wrong? I could never get into this show, but if a British message board ran this same exercise it would probably be top 5.

Shove it, Limeys! 'Murica hell yes!

Lol. And really, I'd separate that out to mean the reboot that started in 2005. The stuff with David Tennant and Matt Smith is great.

The older ones are not very watchable today - except those with Perpugilliam "Peri" Brown

 

[simey]

I did my list in a day, and looking at it now I can see why some shows didn't make the Top 300. Whateverrrr

Nurse Jackie
Homicide: Life on the Streets

Two good ones - did either of these make top 300?

No, that list is my shows that didn't make the Top 300.

 

[simey]

Good call on Swingtown - really liked that period piece show - just disappeared off the air

Also great call on Helter Skelter - forgot that one. That actor Steve Railsback was incredible as Charlie

Swingtown got cancelled after the first season. boooooooooooooo

Steve Railsback channeled Charlie for sure. I can't imagine anyone playing that role better than him.

 

[Instinctive]

3 great shows and one terrible show to go. Intrigued to see the order.

It’s a bit odd to call something so highly ranked as “terrible”. I mean it’s fine if you don’t like it but that hardly makes it “terrible”.

Which is the terrible one??

He’s been making comments about Seinfeld along the way.

It's basically shtick at this point fellas relax

 

[Instinctive]

3 great shows and one terrible show to go. Intrigued to see the order.

It’s a bit odd to call something so highly ranked as “terrible”. I mean it’s fine if you don’t like it but that hardly makes it “terrible”.

These youngins and their belief that their preferences are the "correct" ones.

I was the same way back in the day.

Its honestly becoming one of my favorite parts of the day that even though I'm a father of two now and over a decade out of school I get to be a youngin again

 

[Instinctive]

3 great shows and one terrible show to go. Intrigued to see the order.

It’s a bit odd to call something so highly ranked as “terrible”. I mean it’s fine if you don’t like it but that hardly makes it “terrible”.

These youngins and their belief that their preferences are the "correct" ones.

I was the same way back in the day.

I think he truly feels that it's not good but it's also kind of schtick at this point to stick it to us old guys.

I swear I didn't even see this before I posted the same sentiment LOL

 

[the moops]

Doctor Who

Good call here. Should have been on my list that I didn't submit

 

[Pip's Invitation]

Kind of shocked by BCS being so high. I liked it, but top 10?

There is no logical reason for Kim's continued association with the sad-sack, used car salesman that Jimmy/Saul is throughout the show. None. He looks dumb and acts dumber on a regular basis while she is a highly intelligent smoke show. I can abide all sorts of plot holes and sci-fi/fantasy shenanigans, but I cannot cope with her staying by his side for so long. It is one of the most illogical plot devices in TV history.

You must have never met a woman who thought about a guy, "That guy could change and be better, if only he had the right woman. And I am that woman." Happens all the time.

In fact, this was a major plot point in the just-completed third season of White Lotus.

 

[Barry2]

These youngins and their belief that their preferences are the "correct" ones.

I was the same way back in the day.

Embarrassingly, I also did the "oh, I'm so much younger than you all" stuff back when I was a corporate muckety-muck at an unusually young age. I remember at one point somebody saying, "We get it. We're older than you." Only then (well, and now) did I realize what an idiot I looked like.

Youth is wasted on the young

Don's thoughts

 

[simey]

GOT is another example, I think, of people not liking the finish because it didn't give them their expected ending.

I thought it ended the only way it could. If anything it was telegraphed. Plus, who will win the throne was always pretty irrelevant anyway - the throne was the story's MacGuffin.

I've never seen GOT, but some people didn't like Ozark's ending due to how a character's story ended, but with the way things transpired I think it was inevitable.

 

[Andy Dufresne]

3 great shows and one terrible show to go. Intrigued to see the order.

It’s a bit odd to call something so highly ranked as “terrible”. I mean it’s fine if you don’t like it but that hardly makes it “terrible”.

These youngins and their belief that their preferences are the "correct" ones.

I was the same way back in the day.

Its honestly becoming one of my favorite parts of the day that even though I'm a father of two now and over a decade out of school I get to be a youngin again

"Oh look at me, I'm not old enough to be a grandpa yet!"

 

[guru_007]

Doctor Who

Good call here. Should have been on my list that I didn't submit

Doctor Who certainly should have been top 300. Would have been top 30 or so for me, but I realize I'm a geek.

Two other shows in my top 10 that I haven't seen yet appear, and most assuredly will be coming up soon.
Rocky & Bullwinkle
Pinky and the Brain - I did see someone mention Animaniacs earlier, and although I didn't watch much of that, I'm pretty sure it spun off what is perhaps the greatest comedic duo ever? At least in the past 50 years.

 

[Schmeabs]

HBO crushing the Top 5. Not sure the remaining order of GOT, Sopranos, Fraggle Rock and Breaking Bad

 

[Andy Dufresne]

Doctor Who

Good call here. Should have been on my list that I didn't submit

Doctor Who certainly should have been top 300. Would have been top 30 or so for me, but I realize I'm a geek.

Two other shows in my top 10 that I haven't seen yet appear, and most assuredly will be coming up soon.
Rocky & Bullwinkle
Pinky and the Brain - I did see someone mention Animaniacs earlier, and although I didn't watch much of that, I'm pretty sure it spun off what is perhaps the greatest comedic duo ever? At least in the past 50 years.

I had Pinky & The Brain on my list too. It must have not made the copy/paste journey.

The tongue twister is genius!

Are you pondering what I'm pondering?

 

[Bottomfeeder Sports]

Okay, if we are revealing our misses. I think these are safe at this point.

ETA: Just went back to the submission to double check something and decided to cut this note from it and place it here-

First time ever participating. I'd suspect that most of this doesn't make the cut, I suspect that at least one show no one else ever even heard of, so hopefully it is organized such that it does not create any extra work for you for to include. Part of me wanted to stick with what suspected to be on other list to boost those numbers, but the winning part wanted to be as honest as I can even if it includes at least, one poorly received guilty pleasure.

8-Orphan Black (2013–2017): Ignore the one season that focused on the guys. [I was somewhat surprised this didn’t make it, but not entirely.]

19) Homicide: Life on the Street (1993–1999): I'm guessing The Wire is on a few list [wrote this prior to the countdown] , but I liked this much more,

23) The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst (2015–2024): "There it is, you’re caught … Killed them all, of course … What the hell did I do?"

31) The Tracey Ullman Show (1987–1990): The Simpson clips were better than any Simpson episode I saw, and they were probably the worst part of this show. The suicidal druggist, the job interview Pt1 & Pt2,"paint it black", and on and on collection of perfect short videos long before YouTube. Now "Go home!"

33) War and Remembrance (1988–1989): NBC went all out to thwart this from getting the viewership it was expected and it worked, such a shame. ABC spent a fortune on this, including rebuilding Auschwitz and while it has some issues (like the age of the lead) it was still great. I have no idea if this is streaming anywhere, or has ever as my rewatches first came from Blockbuster and then Ebay. I think a few of the shows on my list will be like this.

37) Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (2022– ): Okay, the musical was a bit much but this returns the Star Trek franchise back to its episodic roots and does it very well,

38) Money Heist (2017–2021): What is this weird Spanish show? Why am I still watching it?

41) Senna (2024): Senna-Never expected to care about this Brazilian masterpiece

42) The Winds of War (1983): The history of WWII told through a fictional soap opera up to the involvement of the US. This was great, War and Remembrance took it up a notch.

44) The Tudors (2007–2010): Prime time Emmys should disqualify it for me, and maybe why it took so long for me to take the plunge. I don't really care how many liberties were taken with the historical facts, this period piece is just entertaining.

50) The Keepers (2017): Okay I was in the suburbs, but this was all happening a few miles during my lifetime and I knew nothing of it.

51) Tales of the Gold Monkey (1982–1983): This was sold as Indiana Jones for TV by the network, but it wasn't really that. Probably work better now with 8 or 10 episode seasons and a bigger budget, but it was a favorite. [Note ’82-’83 was Freshman year of college, without transportation, without much extra money, and few places to walk to...]

52- Emergency! (1972–1979): [Pleasantly surprised this made a few list] One gripe "... A fire station just isn't a fire station without a pole.",

53) Red Band Society (2014–2015): This show couldn't figure out who its audience should be (adults or teens) and thus was somewhat confusing, but it made me care for all of the characters in the first episode more than any other series I could remember. Maybe it was just a fluke of hitting me at the right instance. And that caring for these fictional characters never ended.

55) V (1983): Sure the 2nd miniseries was a mistake that took away from the series, and the remake had its positive but the first miniseries nailed a lot of things for its place in time. So much so that it remains even if it has to carry the baggage of red sprinkles being dropped from balloons of the sequel.

56) The Staircase (2004–2018): I was torn between this and "I'll be Gone in the Dark" for this spot. This might be just recency bias, but this True Crime "compilation" is great.

59) The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. (1993–1994): A bunch of these probably don't make the list if not canceled after a season or two (or less), but the short runs keep them from running out of story.

60) Q.E.D. (1982): I'm guessing most never heard of it. The only way I know to see it is God awful VHS transfers on YouTube with the ocassional commercial thrown in. Been there, done that, probably do it again someday.

61) Black Sheep Squadron (1976–1978): While everyone else was watching Happy Days jumping the shark, this was just down the dial. Great cast with stories based on real people. Most might put a Band of Brothers on their list to fit that description, this is more entertaining. [As I said month's ago when I hinted at this, this also arguably "jumped the shark" in season 2.)

62) The Traitors (2023– ): The US version is almost an exact copy of the UK version, except for Alan Cummings and almost all “Reality TV” players. Really any of the English-speaking versions have their charms. Like the ending of season 2 in Australia.

64) 12 Monkeys (2015–2018): I think the only thing wrong with this time travel show is linking it to the 12 Monkey story/movie.

65) Silk Stalkings (1991–1999): Okay this is not a very high ranked show, but it was so "something" that it was must watch back in the day. If you want critically acclaimed, this isn't it, but for its brief run even when they made the mistake of hooking up the leads it was a "guilty pleasure". [And surprisingly on at least one other list.]

66) Dark Angel (2000–2002): Jessica Alba elevates a so-so series (after season 1) and makes it a favorite. Simple as that. With some better writers and a more fleshed out story I think this would be pretty solid for a remake in the limited series age.

67) Going to California (2001–2002): Two quirky guys run off to chase down a friend that left his bride to be at the altar finding instead some of the quirkiest people and places as they get lost along the way. What is not to love? Another, with the exception of one episode only available anywhere to my knowledge as crappy low res YouTube videos. I must also point out that I am a fan of this entire “universe” first created with the Beautiful Girls movie.

68) MacGyver (1985–1992): For Christ's Sake the character's name became a verb.

69) Dark Shadows (1991): I hated the Johnny Depp movie, and I'm not sure that the original version is 1200+ episodes good but this "limited series" before there was such thing as a "limited series" was great.

70) Through the Wormhole: Time and space were perfectly folded into some topic that left one pondering for days,

 

[the moops]

Wait MacGyver didn't make the list???

 

[Andy Dufresne]

Okay, if we are revealing our misses. I think these are safe at this point.

8- Orphan Black (2013–2017) :-Ignore the one season that focused on the guys. [I was somewhat surprised this didn’t make it, but not entirely.]

37) Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (2022– ) : Okay, the musical was a bit much but this returns the Star Trek franchise back to its episodic roots and does it very well,

64) 12 Monkeys (2015–2018) :- I think the only thing wrong with this time travel show is linking it to the 12 Monkey story/movie.

Good ones!

 

[guru_007]

Okay, if we are revealing our misses. I think these are safe at this point.

38) Money Heist (2017–2021) :- What is this weird Spanish show? Why am I still watching it?

52- Emergency! (1972–1979) :- [Pleasantly surprised this made a few list] One gripe "... A fire station just isn't a fire station without a pole.",

Money Heist season one was incredible. My profile picture on Netflix is the professor But.....second season was okay, and I lost interest after that.

Emergency was one of my favorites when I was a wee lad. Totally forgot about it. Not sure it would have made my list at all and it came out soooooo long ago it's pretty forgettable, but brings back fond memories of little guru_007.

 

[Ilov80s]

I had the Jinx also, that was good TV and pretty damn crazy how it wrapped up

 

[BrutalPenguin]

37 Black Sheep Squadron / Baa Baa Black Sheep - Robert Conrad and gang were the badest assed pilots in the Pacific. Fun, violent, what more could a lad ask for?

 

[zamboni]

Wait MacGyver didn't make the list???

IIRC Marge Simpson’s sisters Patty and Selma were enormous fans. Probably the closest we got.