What say you? And yes I watch far too much television.
My All Time Top Ten
1) The Sopranos
2) The Wire
3) Band of Brothers
4) Deadwood
5) The Shield
6) Curb Your Enthusiasm
7) Breaking Bad
8) South Park
9) Rome
10) The Office (original)
Ned Stark's honorable mentions - The Thick of It, Firefly, Family Guy, The X-Files, Spaced, 30 Rock, Southland, Friends and Arrested Development.
My Top Ten Current Shows
1) Game of Thrones
2) Mad Men
3) Parks and Recreation
4) House of Cards
5) It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
6) Boardwalk Empire
7) Sherlock
8) Sons of Anarchy
9) Community
10) Justified
Ned Stark's Honorable mentions - Modern Family, The Walking Dead, Veep, Hannibal, Archer, Homeland, The Big Bang Theory, Vikings, Louie, 24, Orange is The New Black, True Detective and Peep Show.
Shows that fell off either list due to declining quality
Dexter, Lost, Prison Break, The Simpsons, Heroes and The Office (US).
-- Edited by Al Swearengen on Saturday 29th of March 2014 02:49:30 PM
Waitwaitwaitwait, we need to categorize them in sitcoms, reality-shows, fantasyshows, sci-fi shows, cop-shows, quizes, period dramas, detectives, latenightshows. Must needs more lists.
Great list TW !! I completely forgot about Smallville
Al, I am a Superman fan through and through. If there is any power I'd like to have from all the comic book heroes it would be to fly. Not Iron Man style mind you, but the Superman way!
I was pissed to no end they wouldn't let Tom Welling do the Superman thing until the very end. And I had the hugest crush on The Green Arrow guy.
OFF TOPIC: Now see if this was the Smallville edition of Marry-Bang-Kill, I'd have that blond hunk on both the first two! and probably kill him with so much of the first two too.
-- Edited by TormundsWoman on Sunday 30th of March 2014 06:07:45 PM
I'm pleading senility , I have watched more TV than I can remember ... I think Buffy/Angle , X files , Twin peaks , is in there some wheres .... also American Gothic ... " There's someone at the door ... " , Salem's lot (most scared EVA) Under the Dome ... where is the second half please , Ripper Street , Downton , Friends ! Come on, we all loved it ! Cold feet, How many have I got ? Sex in the City,Z cars Robin Hood! ( Robin ... the hooded man ) Then, Robin Hood ... with sexy Armatige ...Mr Selfridge . Call the Midwife, The Musketeers . Porridge , Black Adder One, two and three.Faulty Towers,The Returned (shit ending)The following ?Maybe . ... Hannibal , hmmm. The Clangers,Button moon , no, I'm being silly now ..
Great list TW !! I completely forgot about Smallville
Al, I am a Superman fan through and through. If there is any power I'd like to have from all the comic book heroes it would be to fly. Not Iron Man style mind you, but the Superman way!
I was pissed to no end they wouldn't let Tom Welling do the Superman thing until the very end. And I had the hugest crush on The Green Arrow guy.
OFF TOPIC: Now see if this was the Smallville edition of Marry-Bang-Kill, I'd have that blond hunk on both the first two! and probably kill him with so much of the first two too.
-- Edited by TormundsWoman on Sunday 30th of March 2014 06:07:45 PM
Iin whatever order: Life on Mars, Treme, The Wire, Arrested Development, Louie CK, Justified.
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Great, i love making lists (Nick Hornby powaaaa) : Six Feet Under (best show ever imo), True Detective, Breaking bad, Friday night lights, The walking dead (i'm the one who still watch...), The Avengers (Emma Peel the greatest), The Wire, Hung, Rome, Curb your enthusiasm, Weeds (til season 4) and i have been a great Buffy's fan too.
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Je voudrais un croissant et une chaussette mignonne...
Ugh, sure, I forgot The thick of it and The hour but I also forgot...
RUBICON
-- Edited by andrea on Sunday 6th of April 2014 02:56:54 PM
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"I´d not prolongued the chewing up, Doc. Nor the being spat out. Not go out a cunt. It´s the dispatch I find inglorious. The whole delusory fucking self importance.". Al Swedgin ;).
Cary Storm wrote: I liked that show too. What was it, just one season?
Just one glorious season with 13 episodes, not sure if 2 hours long.
You know what? Also forgot Breaking Bad and Carnival
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"I´d not prolongued the chewing up, Doc. Nor the being spat out. Not go out a cunt. It´s the dispatch I find inglorious. The whole delusory fucking self importance.". Al Swedgin ;).
Quite common themes in this list, some of mine, in no special order:
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (didn't really get it when it was first on TV gave up in season 1, bought the box set and loved it)
The X Files
Twin Peaks ( even though it went a bit off kilter near the end )
Battlestar Galactica ( I even like the last season )
The Wire
The West Wing (up to season 5, not so much the last two)
Homicide: Life on the Streets
Firefly + Serenity
Farscape
The 4400
Breaking Bad
Babylon 5 ( well it looks dated now but in the 90s it was really something new and different in sci-fi)
Our Friends in the North ( a rare UK submission )
and, are you ready for this... Roswell ( despite being very unevenly written and being about 30 years older than the target audience! )
I have a great liking too for the recent Scandinavian Noir catalogue, The Killing ( Forbrydelsen), Borgen, The Bridge, Wallander and also the French Sprial (Engrenages)
Someone mentioned Rubicon - thought that was excellent, can't believe they cancelled it! Also like The Americans
-- Edited by The Kindly Man on Saturday 28th of June 2014 01:10:00 PM
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The Kindly Man wrote:and, are you ready for this... Roswell ( despite being very unevenly written and being about 30 years older than the target audience! )
I remember this! Used to like it, but if you ask me now, I have no idea what it was about.
The Kindly Man wrote:and, are you ready for this... Roswell ( despite being very unevenly written and being about 30 years older than the target audience! )
I remember this! Used to like it, but if you ask me now, I have no idea what it was about.
After the first season the writers also lost track of what it was all about too
But it had some good moments afterwards all the same.
Does this bring it back?
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She knows which end to use
"You can shit later, there's people coming!"
And we ask the stranger not to kill us in our beds tonight for no damn reason at all
It's not ranked in any specific order, just the ones i liked the best
Rome
True Detective
Dragon Ball (Anime should count!)
The Wire
Law & Order and SVU
House
Family Guy
Someone mentioned Rubicon - thought that was excellent, can't believe they cancelled it!
Yes!, Wallander, love it, so dramatic.
Me, I mentioned Rubicon. Not sure but I think it was a Warner´s production. Stupid people. Wouldn´t be the same now tho, they should resucitate that gem of a show.
And welcome KM!
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"I´d not prolongued the chewing up, Doc. Nor the being spat out. Not go out a cunt. It´s the dispatch I find inglorious. The whole delusory fucking self importance.". Al Swedgin ;).
Just saw the first episode of Firefly. The OLS didn't like it so much but I want to see more. That's okay, Game of Thrones was the same way and now he's hooked, I can make him see more.
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And I don't care it's not a TV show, I'll make my own goddamn list if I want to.
Robin Hood! ( Robin ... the hooded man ) Then, Robin Hood ... with sexy Armatige ...Mr Selfridge . Call the Midwife, The Musketeers . Porridge , Black Adder One, two and three.Faulty Towers,The Returned (shit ending)The following ?Maybe . ... Hannibal , hmmm. The Clangers,Button moon , no, I'm being silly now ..
RUBICON 
