TOP 5 FAVORITE TV SHOWS.

POSTED BY: OPPYH
UPDATED: Tuesday, May 18, 2004 21:35
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OPPYH

Friday, May 7, 2004 8:23 PM

My top five favorite tv shows:

5. STAR TREK THE NEXT GENERATION. This is my favorite Trek series. Like the original series, it's really fun to watch.
4. SEINFELD. The comic talents of the cast, and writers are brilliant. Simply put, this show will never grow old.
3. FREAKS AND GEEKS. I didn't even know this show existed, until a few months ago. I bought the dvd box set, and presto, I loved every minute of it. 18 episodes was way too short for this series. Humor, drama, happiness, sadness, it's all in there. Growing up in the early 80's, I can relate to this show. I loved the Dungeons and Dragons episode.
2. BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER. Buffy is an amazing show, and the start of the Whedon universe. Season 2 is a perfect example, of how a television show can become a cult-like experience. And I mean that in the best possible way. I am a Buffyholic, and proud of it.
FIREFLY. Watching Firefly every Friday night, was the best TV viewing experience I will ever have. When Fox cancelled it, I was depressed. I had to know what happened to the characters. If there were a second season, It probably would have been better than the first, which is really depressing. Hopefully the movie will bring it back to life in a big way.
I also really like ANGEL, and the X-FILES. So let's hear it people. What TV shows are your favorites?

ANGELDOVE

Friday, May 7, 2004 8:44 PM

1. Firefly - One of the only series in which I can say every episode was gold.
2. Buffy The Vampire Slayer - My introdution to the Jossverse, although late, and the reason I found Firefly in the first place.
3. Angel - I loved seasons 2 and 3 of BTVS, so moving on to Angel was a given. I will really miss this show when it is gone. No matter what DB has to say about it.
4. X-Files - Although not always at its peak I was a big fan of seasons 4, 5, & 6. It should have however ended after season 7.
5. Alias - Although it doesn't have the humor of the above mentioned shows, it does have enjoyable story arcs though you miss on ep and have no idea what is going on.
6. My So-Caled Life - One of the first series to garner such a fan outcry at its cancellation. I also came late to this series, which challenged the status-quo of the time, and is earily representative of today's issues though it debuted ten years ago.

Sorry I had to go with 6, I just couldn't narrow it down any further.

"Two roads diverged in a wood, and I took the road less traveled by and they CANCELLED MY FRIKKIN' SHOW. I totally shoulda took the road that had all those people on it. Damn." --Joss

HEB

Friday, May 7, 2004 9:17 PM

1. Firefly
2. Buffy
3. Angel
4. West Wing
5. It's getting difficult now - maybe Due South, although I also like Black Books and Friends on the comedy front.

I can't believe I just said that Buffy wasn't my favourite show! Maybe I should put it first as it will always have a special place as being my first tv obsession. I reckon firefly is better than seasons 1 and 4-7 of Buffy but it would be hard to beat seasons 2 and 3 for me.

Eeek I think actually I might call it a tie. I think they're too different to compare.

SPIKEANDJEZEBEL

Friday, May 7, 2004 9:32 PM

In no particular order:

Buffy
Firefly
Twin Peaks
The Simpsons
Blakes 7

Just missing the top 5:
Angel
Babylon 5
Dr. Who

"I like smackin' 'em!" - Jayne Cobb

SPLIBERTARIAN

Friday, May 7, 2004 9:36 PM

Firefly, EZ Streets, Strange Luck, Cupid (the scripted drama, not the more recent reality show), and Andy Richter Controls the Universe. And if you'll indulge me two more...Freaks and Geeks and The Tick (the live action one on Fox).

I guess the short-lived ones never really gave me a chance to get tired of 'em.

GUNRUNNER

Friday, May 7, 2004 9:39 PM

In no order:

Firefly
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Stargate SG-1
JAG
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IAMJACKSUSERNAME

Friday, May 7, 2004 9:40 PM

Instead of my 5 favorite TV shows, here's my 5 favorite tv writers:

1. Tim Minear: "Out of gas", and all the other Firefly episodes. Havna seen Angel yet.
2. Joss Whedon: Firefly, havna seen Buffy yet.
3. Aaron Sorkin: The west wing, seasons 1-4. Don't like his politics, but the man can write! Early Sport's night was also not bad.
4. Darin Morgan: "War of the coprophages" from season 3, and "Humbug" from season 2 of The X files; and "Somehow, Satan got behind me" from the 2nd season of Millennium.
5. The Monty Python gang. Yes it is!
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Edited to include the Pythons.

CYBERSNARK

Friday, May 7, 2004 9:56 PM

Hard to put 'em in order. . .

InuYasha "Beauty and the Beast" is my favourite fairy tale. Also, InuYasha and I have many of the same issues/problems (tendency to fall in love with the worst possible girl at the worst possible time, and thus to end up hanging on a tree by an arrow through the heart).

Firefly My reasoning should be obvious.

Buffy/Angel Yes, I consider them as one show, given the shared universe and all.

Star Trek DS9 In all the sf I've ever seen, DS9 is one of the two places I'd actually be willing to live (the other being Serenity, of course )

Gargoyles A Disney series from '94-97. Basically "Beauty and the Beast," set in modern New York, amidst a clan of gargoyle "refugees."

Notice a pattern emerging here?

Just missing the list is Stargate SG-1, which I love, but can no longer watch because gorram Global (the Canadian equivalent to Fox) is sitting on the (S6 & onward) broadcast rights. They're not airing it, no one else can air it, and the S6 DVD set is >$65.

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CAGEYBEE

Friday, May 7, 2004 10:43 PM

numero uno: *trumpets blare* firefly! -ok, ok so not really a surprise from anyone posting here.

numero dos: buffy/angel -if cybersnark gets to count them as one show, so do i. or i'm telling mom.

numero tres: the simpsons -there's something innately wonderful about a show with these lines-
~mr. burns- "you know homer, there is no stronger muscle than the human heart" (and surprisingly, i caught the irony there )
~homer(in response)- "what about the weiner? i saw a guy on tv pick up a can of paint with his." *snicker, snicker*
AND
~homer- "television.....teacher, mother, secret lover."

numero quatro: survivor - i want to compete so badly (damn crappy health, i'm getting reincarnated as a bionic women), so in the meantime, all i can do is analyze to death.

numero cinco: the oc -i know, i know. as a firefly lover, i am loyal in my bitter hatred of fox, except when it comes to the simpsons and the oc. i just get sucked in by the big eyes and broody moods....that's how i got here in the first place. if angel hadn't been so delciously broody on buffy, i could easily be passed out in a ditch somewhere from a four-day bender right now. instead, joss saved me! i am eternally grateful. *puts down the fifth of vodka and goes back to watching seasons of all things joss*

me

~Mal- "how drunk was i last night?
Jayne- "i don't know. i passed out."

AKS

Friday, May 7, 2004 11:22 PM

In no particular order:

Angel
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Firefly
Red Dwarf

No other TV show comes anywhere near these shows. I can't even come up with a fifth show that I want to mention in the same sentence as the four shows mentioned above.

EDIT: Well, having thought about it for a while... Pride and Prejudice of course. But that's a miniseries and more like a movie. Perhaps it doesn't count? It is a masterpiece, though.

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