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Kids in the Hall
The Simpsons
Futurama
American Dad
Pushing Daisies
Planet Earth
Family Guy
Clone High
Invader Zim
Monty Python's Flying Circus

 

[Saerk]

1. Simpsons
2. Battlestar Galactica
3. Arrested Development
4. South Park
5. Becker
6. Seinfeld
7. Rocko's Modern Life
8. Beavis and Butthead
9. Keenan and Kel
10. Alf

man, i fucking love Becker

Wow I forgot about that show. I used to watch that all the time.

 

[OnkelC]

Spaced!

 

[Bernbaum]

That your vote OnkelC ? Will count for 10, despite the absence of a list.

 

[N.A]

1) The Wire
2) The Simpsons
3) Lost
4) The Office (UK)
5) Band of Brothers
6) 24
7) Fawlty Towers
8) Top Gear
9) Father Ted
10) Black Books

 

[AlternativeUlster]

1) The Wire
2) Arrested Development
3) Dr. Katz
4) Batman: The Animated Series
5) Lupin the III (2nd Series)
6) Hootennany!
7) TV Party
8) 120 Minutes
9) Alfred Hitchcock Presents
10) Fishing with John

 

[Mumei]

I'm not sure if a long nature documentary counts (it was on TV, but I'm not sure if it fits what you have in mind for this topic), so I'll post this as is - if you need me to adjust it or something, PM me.

With that said:

1. The Wire
2. Planet Earth
3. Dexter
4. Avatar: The Last Airbender
5. Rome
6. The West Wing
7. Veronica Mars
8. Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
9. Batman: The Animated Series
10. Forensic Files

I decided not to include any anime, seeing as how I don't ever watch it on TV, unless it is on DVD.

 

[Bernbaum]

Planet Earth counts, so does any other documentary series.

 

[Mumei]

Planet Earth counts, so does any other documentary series.

Most excellent.

 

[Bernbaum]

Kids in the Hall
The Simpsons
Futurama
American Dad
Pushing Daisies
Planet Earth
Family Guy
Clone High
Invader Zim
Monty Python's Flying Circus

Are these in order?

List is updated, and a clear favourite has emerged, although there is a bit of play in the rest of the top five. There is a close competition between Star Trek TNG, DS9 and Firefly.

Will wait for another page or so of votes before posting the top twenty.

Edit (I can read the future):

Definitely.

Cheers.

 

[OnkelC]

That your vote OnkelC ? Will count for 10, despite the absence of a list.

Definitely.

 

[Tabris]

1) Angel
2) Firefly
3) Battlestar Galactica
4) The Office US
5) Buffy the Vampire Slayer
6) Scrubs
7) Lost
8) The Wonder Years
9) Freaks & Geeks
10) Arrested Development

 

[choodi]

1 The Shield
2 Deadwood
3 Battlestar Galactica
4 Six Feet Under
5 Rome
6 Dexter
7 Big Love
8 The Biggest Loser (Australian)
9 Pride and Prejudice (BBC with Colin Firth)
10 Planet Earth

Fucking hard to do that...

 

[Spire]

1. The Shield
2. The X-Files
3. Arrested Development
4. The Wire
5. The Sopranos
6. Battlestar Galactica (new series)
7. Mr. Show
8. Veronica Mars
9. Lost
10. Rescue Me

 

[ijm72]

1. The Wire
2. 24
3. Lost
4. The Simpsons
5. Chappelle's Show
6. The Office (US)
7. Arrested Development
8. Pardon The Interruption (PTI)


That is all I can think of right now so I might edit it later.

 

[gollumsluvslave]

I'll argue it's easeir to rfate series that naturally finished their arc without being cancelled than others.

1. The Shield
2. The Wire
3. House M.D. (still the best single episode of TV ever - Three Stories)
4. In Treatment - started a thread on this before, no one on Gaf seems to watch it - Season 2 is fantastic so far - heart-wrenching stuff.
5. Still Game (Scottish comedy show)
6. My Name is Earl
7. Dexter
8. Blackadder
9. Spooks
10. Life on Mars

 

[SleepingInsomniac]

1. Lost
2. Futurama
3. Friends
4. X-Files
5. Aqua Teen Hunger Force
6. Everybody Loves Raymond
7. The Wire
8. Arrested Development
9. Seinfeld
10. The Simpsons

 

[Ashhong]

figured id throw my list on here. its just the shows that i love to watch, even though they may not be the "best"

1. Entourage
2. Friday Night Lights
3. Lost
4. Season 4 of Supernatural
5. 24
6. Dexter
7. The Office
8. Arrested Development (may go up with repeat viewings)
9. Pushing Daisies
10. Friends

i have yet to watch the wire or sopranos, so that may go up. havent seen the beginning of supernatural, so that explains that

 

[demon]

I agree with the sentiment -- it continually baffles me how GAF can completely ignore virtually all film and television from before, say, the mid-'80s when they're receptive to books and music from much earlier -- although it did strike me as a little funny how you say that and then the only pre-'90s show you list is the Twilight Zone.

Exactly what do you want people to do? Sit around all day watching Nick at Night? 99% of what's on tv will always be at least semi-current. And quite frankly, I've seen lots of pre-90s tv, and tons of it is shit, and a lot of the good stuff is isn't all that imaginative. Sorry to break it to you but a lot of that is nostalgia. There's lots of crap on tv these days, but also some of the very best tv we've seen across all genres.

 

[immy]

1.lost

thats all

 

[snaildog]

1. The Office UK
2. The Sopranos
3. Deadwood
4. The Wire
5. Blackadder
6. Futurama
7. Babylon 5
8. Rome
9. Red Dwarf
10. Battlestar Galactica

 

[Timbuktu]

I don't know if I can compare drama and comedies, I just watch them with such different mindsets and expectations, so I'll just list dramas:

1. Friday Night Lights
2. The Wire
3. Batman
4. Below the Lion Rock (HK)
5. Band of Brothers
6. The West Wing
7. Under One Roof (Jpn)
8. Sopranos
9. Mad Men
10. Star Trek: TNG

 

[Ashhong]

I don't know if I can compare drama and comedies, I just watch them with such different mindsets and expectations, so I'll just list dramas:

1. Friday Night Lights
2. The Wire
3. Batman
4. Below the Lion Rock (HK)
5. Band of Brothers
6. The West Wing
7. Under One Roof (Jpn)
8. Sopranos
9. Mad Men
10. Star Trek: TNG

woot woot!

 

[Salazar]

North Square
The West Wing
Teachers
The Wire
Blackadder
Mad Men
Hornblower
Band of Brothers
Red Dwarf
Neon Genesis Evangelion

 

[British Monsoon]

Wow, this took longer to compile than I thought. Should be easier now that I have most of the shows in my table. I completely forgot that GAF loves Lost.

It's amazing that a contemporary show with a continuous narrative like Lost is getting so much love - i'd be interested to see just how high Lost ranks on peoples lists a good few years after it eventually ends, somthing tells me it wouldn't be voted as often or as high.

 

[Ogni-XR21]

1. Six Feet Under
2. X-Files
3. Seinfeld
4. Black Books
5. Firefly
6. Friends
7. Dexter
8. How I Met Your Mother
9. South Park
10. Bleach (first 60some episodes at least)

 

[DieNgamers]

I don't really watch (m)any series nowadays so my list consists mostly of my all time favourites from my early childhood

1 - Ducktales
2 - Dragon Ball
3 - Star Trek: The Next Generation
4 - Nadia: the Secret of Blue Water
5 - The Gummi Bears
6 - Star Trek: The Original Series
7 - Dragon Ball Z
8 - Chip'n'Dale Rescue Rangers
9 - Monthy Python's flying circus
10-TaleSpin

 

[Ganondorfo]

1.Duckman (reminded me of the old point and click adventures, the same atmosphere)
2.Star trek deep space nine (the only star trek show I love)
3.Firefly (reminded me a lot of cowboy bebop)
4.Millennium season 1-2 (from the maker of xfiles with that guy from aliens lance henriksen)
5.Hercules (with kevin sorbo, guilty pleasure)
6.Seinfeld (best sitcom for me)
7.Futurama
8.Battlestar galactica
9.Blackadder
10.Red dwarf.

 

[Brobzoid]

1.Duckman (reminded me of the old point and click adventures, the same atmosphere)

Arrhg! I forgot Duckman... What a fantastic show, sad that they had such difficulty with the rights and all, no dvd

 

[The Librarian]

Not enough love for The West Wing.

 

[Cheebs]

Not enough love for The West Wing.

Great show but i wouldn't put it in my top 10. Mostly because it started to run out of steam its last few seasons. The first 4 were amazing but it started to go downhill after that.

 

[Salazar]

Great show but i wouldn't put it in my top 10. Mostly because it started to run out of steam its last few seasons. The first 4 were amazing but it started to go downhill after that.

Four amazing seasons aren't enough ? If Donna looked you in the eye, you'd melt, back down, and add it.

 

[John Dunbar]

Not enough love for The West Wing.

Not enough love for Frasier is more like it.

 

[The Librarian]

Great show but i wouldn't put it in my top 10. Mostly because it started to run out of steam its last few seasons. The first 4 were amazing but it started to go downhill after that.

Season seven was awesome for covering the presidential campaign between Santos and Vinick, seasons five and six were good too.

 

[jey_16]

1. Chuck
2. Seinfeld
3. Stargate SG-1
4. Scrubs
5. Lost
6. Top Gear
7. 24
8. Arrested Development
9. Battlestar Galactica
10. The OC

 

[Bernbaum]

Epic tag Dax!

Here's another fun fact from looking through the results: Futurama is the highest ranked show WITHOUT any votes for it as someone's #1 favourite show. Amazing.

 

[Label]

Argh too many good shows! This was hard but I guess this is my list.


1. I'm Alan Partridge
2. Dexter
3. The Wire
4. 24
5. Curb
6. Oz
7. House
8. It's Always Sunny
9. Dead Like Me
10. Red Dwarf

Honorable mentions:

True Blood
The Shield
Arrested Development
Band of Brothers
Extras

 

[Hellshadow]

1. Farscape
2. Battlestar Galactica
3. Alias
4. Rome
5. Futurama
6. The Shield
7. The X-Files
8. Millenium
9. Seinfeld
10. Home Improvement

 

[bartris]

1. Six Feet Under
2. Roseanne
3. The West Wing
4. The Golden Girls
5. The Sopranos
6. The Simpsons
7. Deadwood
8. Dexter
9. Weeds
10. Sex and the City

 

[xbhaskarx]

1. Arrested Development
2. The Simpsons (just based on the first 10 seasons)
3. Seinfeld
4. Breaking Bad
5. The Commanding Heights
6. LOST
7. Curb Your Enthusiasm
8. The Office (UK)
9. The Sopranos
10. The Wire

Also considered 30 Rock, Mad Men, Deadwood, Extras, Entourage (the first 3 seasons), Rome, Wonderfalls, Futurama, Fawlty Towers, The Twilight Zone, Twin Peaks, Oz, Pride and Prejudice, Planet Earth

10) Fishing with John

I did not expect to see that mentioned...

 

[The Librarian]

Epic tag Dax!

Just curious, but how so?

 

[Wes]

Not enough love for The West Wing.

Was my number one. Too epic.

 

[BIVIANO!]

1. The Sopranos
2. The Shield
3. The Wire
4. Mad Men
5. Breaking Bad
6. Curb Your Enthusiasm
7. Seinfeld
8. Band of Brothers
9. Iron Chef (Japan)

 

[Bo130]

I'm pretty certain this is my list. Was hard, though.

1. Lost
2. Scrubs
3. Family Guy
4. South Park
5. Monty Python's Flying Circus
6. Simpsons
7. Heroes
8. Friends
9. Californication
10. X-Files

 

[demon]

I did not expect to see that mentioned...

I'd consider putting Fishing With John as another a runner-up on my list.


Robb Webb: "Lon's legs are wooden, but his feet are real."

*five seconds later* ......wait, what?

 

[Timbuktu]

Great show but i wouldn't put it in my top 10. Mostly because it started to run out of steam its last few seasons. The first 4 were amazing but it started to go downhill after that.

Really? season 5 was bad enough that I didn't finish it, but the last two seasons picked it back up again, it was almost as entertaining as Obama's campaign.

 

[Kuramu]

So few votes for News Radio. What a damn shame.

 

[Fritz]

1. Arrested Development
2. the Simpsons
3. friends
4. the Cosby Show
5. the Avengers

6. Futurama
7. The Muppet Show
8. married with children
9. the Comic Strip
10. Star Trek (original series)

I didn't go for my favourites (apart from #1), but what I think are the best and most important productions.

edit: geez, forgot about Twin Peaks. That should be squeezed between the simpsons and friends.

 

[jamesinclair]

1- Lost
2- Arrested Development
3- The IT Crowd
4- Amazing Race
5- The OC
6- 24
7- Everybody Loves Raymond
8- Chuck
9- Newsradio
10- It's Always Sunny

 

[FnordChan]

01 - Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy/Smiley's People
02 - The Wire
03 - Maison Ikkoku
04 - The Muppet Show
05 - Twin Peaks
06 - Cracker
07 - Black Adder
08 - Cowboy Bebop
09 - The Sandbaggers
10 - Prime Suspect

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