Best TV series, decade by decade.

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STORYMARK

Friday, February 20, 2009 10:54 PM

50's - Twilight Zone

60's - Star Trek

70's - M*A*S*H, Kung Fu

80's - Star Trek TNG, Magnum PI, Miami Vice

90's - Star Trek DS9, Highlander, Buffy, Babylon 5, Batman:TAS

00's - Firefly, LOST, Battlestar Galactica, Farscape, Deadwood

"I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him."

CHRISISALL

Friday, February 20, 2009 11:48 PM

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Originally posted by Storymark:
M*A*S*H, Kung Fu, Magnum PI,

You have excellent taste in the classics, sir.

"Thanks." -Hero, 2009

The laughing Chrisisall

CLJOHNSTON108

Saturday, February 21, 2009 12:08 AM

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Originally posted by chrisisall:
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Originally posted by Storymark:
M*A*S*H, Kung Fu, Magnum PI,
You have excellent taste in the classics, sir.

"Thanks." -Hero, 2009

The laughing Chrisisall

Oh, we can pick more than one?

KWICKO

Saturday, February 21, 2009 12:18 AM

50s - Gunsmoke

60s - Star Trek

70s - MASH

80s - Star Trek - The Next Generation

90s - The West Wing

00s - The Shield

Sorry, Firefly, but I've got 7 seasons of The Shield versus a half-season of Firefly. And the worst episode of The Shield was still pretty damned good TV.

If I included premium-cable shows, I'd have The Wire on there somewhere, too.

Mike

"It is complete now; the hands of time are neatly tied."

TRAVELER

Tuesday, February 24, 2009 5:35 AM

50's Hopalong Cassidy

60's Rawhide, Secret Agent A.K.A Danger Man

70's All In the Family

80's Cagney & Lacey

90's Babylon 5

00's Wonderfalls

http://www.imdb.com/mymovies/list?l=28764731
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JEWELSTAITEFAN

Tuesday, February 24, 2009 6:50 AM

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50's - Twilight Zone, Gunsmoke.

60's - Star Trek, Big Valley, Outer Limits, The Virginian.

70's - Six Milkion Dollar Man, Emergency, Fridays, Charlie's Angels.

80'2 - Hill Street Blues, New Adventures of Beans Baxter, Magnum PI.

90's - Due South, Star Trek Voyager, Outer Limits, NYPD Blue, South Park.

00's - Firefly, Dark Angel, South Park.

I'd add TTSCC to 00's except I haven't seen much this decade.

How did I forget South Park?

CHRISISALL

Tuesday, February 24, 2009 4:00 PM

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Originally posted by cljohnston108:

Oh, we can pick more than one?

Well, that wasn't the plan, but then what I plan and what takes place ain't ever exactly been similar.

"Thanks." -Hero, 2009

The laughing Chrisisall

JEWELSTAITEFAN

Thursday, February 26, 2009 8:29 AM

While recently thinking about this thread, I realized there must not be many Fox Network fans in this thread.
Gunsmoke?
Bonanza?
Rawhide?
Kung Fu?
Zorro?
Hopalong Cassidy?
Firefly?

Aren't those, like, westerns?

CHRISISALL

Thursday, February 26, 2009 4:02 PM

I did notice a lot of westerns listed.

"Thanks." -Hero, 2009

The Yippie-ki-yea Chrisisall

NEEDY

Thursday, February 26, 2009 5:45 PM

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00's - LOST

*Falls violently off chair*

I'm (not) sorry, but I'm right there with cljohnston
It is without a doubt the best show thats come along in a while. Ok, so theres the new BATTLESTAR GALACTICA, which I might have to agree on occasion is a better show - but LOST proves to be everything a good tv show should be
Emphasis on character, through the use of flashbacks and later flashforwards (i dont think thats a spoiler by now) was an ingenius way in getting into the heads of the characters
Plus its got an intriguing set of questions which are slowly being answered. Yes, I dont care that the show takes its time, at least we're getting the answers. In fact if theres anything bad to be said about these latest episodes its that things are going at so fast a pace, with lots of information being revealed, that i miss the days when it took its time.

I cant believe nobodys mentioned ANGEL(or maybe they've had and I missed it). IMHO it was a much stronger show than Buffy, which had most of season 5 and 6 producing duff episodes. Apart from a few missteps during season 4, it was consistently good. One of the best pilots, one of the best series finales, and a hell of a lot fantastic episodes in between. ANGEL (if it hadnt been for LOST and BSG, would have been my next choice)

I was born in the 80s and didn't really develop a passion for watching serialised tv until MY SO-CALLED LIFE in the mid 90s
However my choice for show of that decade undoubtedly belongs to THE X FILES. I was already a borderline geek anyway growing up with Star Wars and all its toys and comics, but X FILES brought out the obsessive fan, and collector in me. And it still holds up to this day
(pfff, Supernatural)

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