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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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.

APEMAN61

Friday, May 7, 2004 11:35 PM

No order:

Angel
Firefly
Smallville
Titus
Andy Richter Controls the Universe

Just missing the list...or maybe interchangable on the list are, Family Guy, Simpsons, Farscape, Brimstone, NewsRadio, Keen Eddie, Malcom In The Middle, Gargoyles, Transformers(the original series as well as Beast Wars), Roughnecks: Starship Troopers, and there are probably more it's hard for me to pick my favorites.

"Rule of thumb? Maybe it should be rule of wrist."

SANGUINE

Friday, May 7, 2004 11:38 PM

1. Firefly
2. Due South
3. Angel
4. Good Eats
5. American Rifleman

KELLAINA

Saturday, May 8, 2004 12:00 AM

Firefly
Buffy
Angel
Alias
Gilmore Girls

Honourable Mentions: West Wing, Everwood, Popular (at the beginning), Wonderfalls (would probably have made top 5 had it lasted longer), Friends, Whose Line, Without a Trace

INSIGHT SPINNER

Saturday, May 8, 2004 12:14 AM

OOOOOHHH!!! Can I play?

Here are the shows that I had to watch. First, don't hate me, but I never saw Firefly on TV. Blame FOX, cuz thanks to them I can't put them on this list. Now, I watch Firefly on DVD over and over again and show it to my friends, yadda, yadda.

So, I am listing the shows that I centered my life around to see when they were on TV -- mainly before my twins were born in 1996.

As far as memory will allow they are:

- DS9 -- the best black father/son relationship on TV, ever -- oh yeah, good SF, too.
- Nowhere Man (for a brief, but fantastic season)
- Chef (Britcom)
- Red Dwarf
- Third Rock from the Sun -- wacky fun!
- X-Files
- Simpsons -- even when they suck there is usually a moment that requires me to howl, pointing weakly at the screen with tears in my eyes.

Shows that I didn't break my back to see, but really enjoyed include several, but I will mention Frasier and Just Shoot Me. Anyone who saw the ep of Frasier where he was seduced by Patrick Stewart knows what I'm talking about.

Also, I wasn't in love with Family Guy, but I could watch that baby 24/7. Could we do that? A channel dedicated to crazy megalomaniac baby? You could just drop in and check out the madness, then go on to your must-watch shows, which would all be airing on XOF -- the anti-FOX channel.

As a kid, my brother and I would do extra chores to get to go with my dad to see ST:TOS on color TV at his friend's house. We didn't get color until after it was off the air.

And I am a sucker for All My Children and One Life to Live. Thems my soaps and I'm too old to be ashamed.

I'll shut up now.

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JEBBYPAL

Saturday, May 8, 2004 12:28 AM

1.) Firefly
2.) Coupling (the brit version of course)
3.) My Hero
4.) Cupid (also the drama, not the reality show)
5.) Seasons 1-3 of Hercules

MDNIGHTRADIO7L

Saturday, May 8, 2004 1:22 AM

No particular order:

Firefly
Buffy
Twin Peaks
Push, Nevada (if a show only had six episodes, does it still count as a series?)
Doctor Who

Carnivale, MI-5/Spooks, Red Dwarf, and Whose Line are close behind all those, though... it's just so difficult to narrow it down...

EDIT: John Doe. Did anyone watch that? Also, Highlander the series. Sometimes, I think the mythos made a better tv show than film...

“I loath bus stations. Terrible places. Full of lost luggage and lost souls.”

BUDGIE

Saturday, May 8, 2004 1:27 AM

1 Firefly
2 Futurama
3 The Office
4 Still Game
5 Father Ted

STIZO

Saturday, May 8, 2004 1:50 AM

5.Red Dwarf (Smeg is just as fun to say as Gorram)
4.Whose Line is it Anyway? (cracks me up)
3.Titus (another casualty of Fox)
2.The Simpsons (classic)
and the Number One....though some of you may lynch me for it... is a tie! Between Firefly and Cowboy Bebop.

Sorry, as awesome as Firefly is, Bebop is just too gorram cool (and the music for it is unquestionably the best I have ever heard from a TV show). If I were to list shows I miss the most, Bebop would without a doubt be numero uno. Why? Cauz although Firefly is gone, it's still flying. It will be coming back. So that's not so bad. Bebop on the other hand is not. It's over, gone, finito, dead. That's all there is to it. Just my opinion.

Wu de tyen! How I miss that show.
Bebop. That old tin goddess, with the leaky shower and the rust and the empty fridge and that damned ugly yellow couch…
(wanders off to go watch some Bebop sessions while hoping for a miracle of more in the future)

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ANNIK

Saturday, May 8, 2004 3:20 AM

Hmmm ...
1. Firefly
2. Dune (miniseries)
3. Corner Gas (Canadian 1/2 hr sitcom)
4. X-Files (up to when Scully got kidnapped)
5. Quantum Leap

I don't much care for watching TV, what with all the commercials, pre-emptions for crap like sporting events or special editions of The Bachelor, or those endless 'news updates' that really don't tell you anything more than the actual newscast tells.

DVD, how I love thee!

Cheers,
Annik

GUNHAND

Saturday, May 8, 2004 3:44 AM

I didn't get to see a full episode of Firefly when it was on either. I was kinda geographically challenged in relation to places where TV viewing was possible.

Sound the trumpets!

5) Battlestar Galactica : Both in the original versions and the new one which is better than I was expecting it to be.

4) Father Ted : This show was just damn good, although it makes me sad how short the run was. The actor playing Father Ted dying makes me feel worse, but accounts for the short run.

3) Navy NCIS : Which is a fairly redundant title, it should just be NCIS but the show's good enough that I can forgive a little redundency, I say forgive a little redundency.

2) Blackadder : Now I know it was techincally 4 series but I'm lumping it all together because I can. If someone put thumb screws to me I'd have to sub-rate them in best to still damn good but not best order thusly: Blackadder II, Blackadder Goes Fourth, Blackadder the Third and The Black Adder.

1) Firefly : Well duh!

Honorable mention to: Twin Peaks, The Simpsons, Deadwood, Combat!, Space: Above and Beyond, Tour of Duty and Kolchek the Nightstalker

Gleeful mention to: Just about any show from the '70s that I find now and then just because they make me grin. Barney Miller, Starsky and Hutch, Welcome Back Kotter, Buck Rogers, Dukes of Hazzard, you name it. I purr like a kitten (which is hard because I'm a dog person) if you put on some of my childhood memories and make me popcorn. They say the way to a man's heart is his stomach, well not mine the way to mine is through my inner child. Not as easy as it sounds though because he's a real hwoon dahn too.

EDIT! Took my memory enhancing pills so adding in a couple I forgot. Because I can do that.

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around playing art critic till I get pinched by
the Man, how's about we move away from this
eerie-ass piece of work and get on with our
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FIREFLYWILDCARD1

Saturday, May 8, 2004 3:44 AM

well considering I only caught 3 eps of Firefly while it was on the air...it's not going to be on this list.

1. Third Watch
2. Stargate SG-1
3. Space Above and Beyond
4. Tour of Duty
5. Pony Express

GUNHAND

Saturday, May 8, 2004 3:47 AM

Gah I always keep forgetting S:AAB. That would go on the Honorable Mention on my list with a good shot at a tie for #5.

Bah, I need to start taking those memory enhancin...ohh look a puppy...what was I sayi...bah.

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around playing art critic till I get pinched by
the Man, how's about we move away from this
eerie-ass piece of work and get on with our
increasingly eerie-ass day, how's that?"

My eerie-ass website:
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KAYKATH

Saturday, May 8, 2004 4:26 AM

Angel
Firefly
Homicide Life on the Street (first 5 seasons only)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Star Trek DS9

Honorable mentions: Due South, Forever Knight, Carnivale, Space Above and Beyond, The Pretender, Star Trek TNG (which I liked better than DS9 when I first watched them), Touching Evil (British version), X-Files (haven't seen the crappy seasons yet), OZ, Simpsons, This Hour has 22 Minutes, Air Farce, American Gothic

Kiddie mention, AKA the first shows I remember running indoors for even though I now remember next to nothing about the shows themselves: V, Battlestar Galactica, The Smurfs, Mr Dressup, Seeing Things, Fraggle Rock, The Edison Twins

Heh and now that I've listed practically every show ever made I'll stop.

THATWEIRDGIRL

Saturday, May 8, 2004 4:34 AM

this is hard!

5.Andy Richter Controls the Universe
4.DangerMouse
3.WKRP
2.Firefly
1.Star Trek--DS9 and TNG

I wanted to put Firefly first, but it did only run for one season. And DS9 was really good.

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ECGORDON

Saturday, May 8, 2004 5:03 AM

ThatWeirdGirl is correct, this is a hard decision, as is anything that you have to pare down to just five choices out of almost 50 years of tv viewing. But I'll give it a shot, but reserve the right to come back and edit if I recall something else. To make it simpler I will put the five into categories.

Best SF - Firefly (beating out Babylon 5 by a small margin, mainly because I know it would still have been fantastic in season 5...6, 7 and 8 too I'm sure.

Best Fantasy - American Gothic

Best Comedy - The Dick Van Dyke Show (honorable mention goes to the one-season run of My World and Welcome To It)

Best Drama - The Bold Ones (a rotating series that included The Senator, The Lawyers & The Doctors...maybe another but I can't recall now. Late 60s-early 70s show that did not pull any punches in depicting life in those turbulent times)

Best Western - Cimarron Strip (hey, when it features a Harlan Ellison script about Jack the Ripper, what more can I say?)

Best Animated - The Simpsons (although I wish they would put it out of its misery already. The first 7-8 seasons were golden though)

wo men ren ran zai fei xing.

MILT

Saturday, May 8, 2004 6:28 AM

1. Firefly
2. Angel
3. MASH
4. Cheers
5. Wings

ARDEN

Saturday, May 8, 2004 8:02 AM

In no particular order:

Firefly - Naturally I love it, and actually consider it a superior show to both Buffy and Angel. Also, I think I'd be keel-hauled as a traitor by some of the gang around here if I didn't put it on my list.

The Office - Quintessential comedy. There have been very few shows I have consistently laughed out loud at during their run, and in 12 episodes I've laughed more at this show than pretty much any other. If you have not seen this show, find the DVD's and watch it now. You will not be dissapointed.

Cheers - The sitcom that was happy to break all the rules. There was actually a lot of studio resistance to a show set in a bar when Cheers first premiered. It ran for I believe 10+ years, and its spinoff (the equally good, though essentially different, Frasier)ran even longer. Along with MASH, Cheers paved the way for the kind of sarcastic, biting, intelligent humor that is today a sitcom staple. I'm not afraid to say I actually shed a few tears after the final episode of this show.

Quantum Leap - A wonderful show that never really had the following it deserved. Sadly, this show lost a lot of steam after a few seasons- due mostly to poor writing; the acting remained top-notch. A gentle, alternatingly bittersweet and hopeful show that, in my opinion, was ultimately about how the little choices we make in life are the most important. This is the series I wish I could show to my children.

The Adventures of Brisco County Junior - The fact that I still think fondly of this show, considering how long it has been since it aired, must say something. This is the kind of show that rarely survives, as it flat-out refused to pander to its audience. A show that truly marched to the beat of its own drummer, and wasn't afraid of smart social commentary. DVD's of this are something I hope for, but don't expect to have.

This list, naturally, could have been a lot longer, but since many of my choices )The Simpsons, Buffy, etc. had already been elaborated on, I decided to go with these. Close alternate to this list: The Sopranos.

Interesting point- I noticed Star Trek: Deep Space Nine found itself onto a lot of lists. This rather surprised me, as I'd always considered ST: The Next Generation to be the superior show, and most people I'd talked to had agreed with me. Perhaps I've found a dissenting opinion here?

You got a wife? All I got is that dumbass stick sounds like it's raining.

HEB

Saturday, May 8, 2004 8:55 AM

Wow It's good to see there are some Due South fans out there. I thought I was pretty much alone.

JACEN

Saturday, May 8, 2004 9:04 AM

well, lemme think about it...

1. Firefly (who would've guessed? )
2. Quantum Leap
3. Buffy
4. The X Files (up to season 5, I didn't like the rest)
5. Space above and beyond

You can't take the sky from me

WEERWOLF

Saturday, May 8, 2004 9:38 AM

So difficult...

Top 5 with eps less than an hour and fairly recent:
1 Firefly
2 Stargate SG1
3 Titus
4 Twin Peaks
5 American Gothic

with honours: CSI, Space: Above and Beyond, Due South, Babylon 5, Deep Space 9, Star Trek the Next Generation.

Top 5 with eps more than hour:
1. Sharpe
2. Touch of Frost
3. Hornblower
4. Cadfael
5. Midsomer Murders

Yep great British serialised tv movies.

Top 5 for when I was a kid:
1. The A-team
2. Dukes of Hazzard
3. V
4. Knight Rider
5. Nonnie and Mannie

With honours: Riptide. I left out the shows I watched and loved before I was ten.

"It's life Jim, but not as we know it, not as we know it, not as we know it. It's life Jim, but not as we know it, not as we know it, capt'n."

GROUNDED

Saturday, May 8, 2004 10:27 AM

"4. The X Files (up to season 5, I didn't like the rest)"

It's quite interesting that lots of people make a point of mentioning that they only liked X-Files up to a point. Out of all the above posts I only noticed one person who mentioned any dip in quality in Buffy - does everyone love Joss too much? While I didn't catch X-Files first time round, I have since bought and watched nine seasons and, for me at least, the slide in quality is far less severe than that of Buffy. Don't get me wrong, if Buffy Seasons 6 and 7 had to be awful in order for us to get Firefly then that's a price I'm willing to pay Sorry, that was kind of a random and somewhat pointless rant.

More on topic:

1. Angel (I've managed to almost completely repress Season 4)
2. Buffy (ditto Seasons 6, 7 and most of 5)
3. Firefly (only makes number 3 because it doesn't have enough episodes to be comparable to Buffy/Angel)
4. Seinfeld
5. X-Files

I see no one has mentioned the brilliant and equally mistreated Miracles, although perhaps it's hard to consider that a favourite given there are so few episodes. Another one of mine would be the early days of Sliders but only if we can forget the later years ever existed

DARKHOOD

Saturday, May 8, 2004 10:43 AM

1. Angel - I am obsessed with this show! Ihe only reason I watched Buffy early on is because of Angel. He was the cool, mysterious, silent guy. When I heard he was getting his own show I almost died of ecitment. I love the whole cast of Angel and the show has outdone Buffy almost every year since it has been out. I was hoping it would make it to season 6 but 5 years is still good when you consider Firefly ended after a mear 14 episodes.

2. Firefly - I only just recently got into this after buying the DVD last week (it was either this or S.W.A.T. and I'm glad I picked Firefly). The main reason I like the show is because I love all the characters. Especially Kaylee cause she is soooooo cute! Storytelling is some of the best Joss has ever done and I'm so happy I'll be seeing the movie soon.

3. Red Dwarf - The best show to come out of England! End of discussion. The most funny show I have ever scene and a great cast of characters. Just wish they would hurry up with the damn movie (been waiting 3 years for it).

4. Black Books - VERY FUNNY. This british comedy puts Friends to shame. Seriously one of the best comedies to come out of England.

5. Futurama - Much better than The Simpsions in every aspect. Why do so many of my favourite shows get cancelled? Its a crime that this series is dead and I would rather see every copy of The Simpsions burnt if it meant this could come back.

I LOVE KAYLEE!!!

HORRID

Saturday, May 8, 2004 12:24 PM

in no order
firefly hasn't aird here yet so if I were to not count that then

DS9 (loved the pants off this show)
B5 (so very arcy)
tng (first show I got fanatical about)
early buffy(I liked the late stuff but it got almost too depressing, I prefered it when it was more happy fun times buffy)
The young ones (just because)

DUCKIE

Saturday, May 8, 2004 1:25 PM

In no particular order:

Firefly
Due South
DS9
Coupling (Brit one)
Made In Canada (Evil Canadian Sitcom by Rick Mercer)

S.A.
"We're all dreaming. ...Don't make faces."

GREGGALLINSON

Saturday, May 8, 2004 2:03 PM

1- the prisoner
2- Night Court
3- The original Star Trek
4- Firefly
5- The Simpsons

TRACER

Saturday, May 8, 2004 2:55 PM

ok Top5 XD no particular order still put numbers in...dunno why the hell i did that..

1.Bo selecta
2.Red Dwarf
3.Band of Brothers
4.Quantum Leap (original)
5.Firefly

sadly only 5 could go in, to make the 10 up i'd have to have, Coupling(UK), Buffy, Angel, Dr Who (those special effects were just too damn good ),Sliders

Proper Bo i tell thee

HEB

Saturday, May 8, 2004 3:04 PM

Oooh! Another Black books fan! I love Dylan Moran!

FIREFLYWILDCARD1

Saturday, May 8, 2004 3:11 PM

arg, I can't believe I forgot Band of Brothers. That was an awesome miniseries! I hope that Hanks and Spielberg get working on the miniseries about the Pacific Theater they've been talking about.

Honorable Mentions (just cuz others have done it): Due South, Law & Order: SVU, Farscape (first 2.5 seasons), and Combat.

DELIA

Saturday, May 8, 2004 3:59 PM

In no particular order:

Firefly
Angel
Buffy
Remember WENN
Due South
State of Grace

Had to pick six, and curious coincidence, five of them were cancelled -- three quite abruptly. Maybe I'm a jinx . . . .

MRSSPOOKY

Saturday, May 8, 2004 5:08 PM

It's too hard to put these in any particular order, so I'll just take a stab at it:

1. Invisible Man - wonderful show, very fun to watch. Had some serious problems first half of the second season, but they were worked out and it ended with a bang. Firefly gives me hope that we may be seeing more of it.

2. Firefly - has everything I love in a show, wonderful characters, an appealing cast, AWESOME score and a very unique 'verse'. Along with these, I have to say I'm thankful this was on Fox and not SciFi Channel - it would have fared MUCH worse! And it gives me hope that there IS life after cancellation for a good show.

3. 24 - has me on the edge of my seat. And I love the flawed characters.

4. Miami Vice - had its ups and downs, and the fifth (ahd last) season was just awful, but it's still the show that defined the 80's.

5. Quantum Leap - Another show that had an awful fifth season, but when it was good, it was VERY good.

6. X Files - I could have lived without the last season, even though Robert Patrick was WONDERFUL! I loved the freaked-out look on his face when he encountered the weirdness that is X Files.

7. Red Dwarf - absolutely, hands down the FUNNIEST tv show ever aired!!! I laughed so hard I'd be tongue tied.

Ok, I never DID know when to quit.

I know I'm missing something, but the question WAS pick 5.

"I'll be in my bunk"

MRSSPOOKY

Saturday, May 8, 2004 5:18 PM

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The Adventures of Brisco County Junior - The fact that I still think fondly of this show, considering how long it has been since it aired, must say something. This is the kind of show that rarely survives, as it flat-out refused to pander to its audience. A show that truly marched to the beat of its own drummer, and wasn't afraid of smart social commentary. DVD's of this are something I hope for, but don't expect to have.

I loved it too! I think part of the reason why I love Firefly so much is because in a way it reminds me of TABCJ. :)

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Interesting point- I noticed Star Trek: Deep Space Nine found itself onto a lot of lists. This rather surprised me, as I'd always considered ST: The Next Generation to be the superior show, and most people I'd talked to had agreed with me. Perhaps I've found a dissenting opinion here?

A couple of dissenting opinions - I'm adding mine. ST:TNG was an awesome show, but ST:DS9 blows it completely out of the water as far as I'm concerned.

Only disapointment about DS9 is the DVD set. The packaging was wonderful, and the special features were good, but it looks like CRAP (and I do mean CRAP) on hi def tv's. Terrible terrible. Firefly's DVD set on the other hand, looks like it was MADE for hi def. Top notch job, my hat's off to all involved.

"I'll be in my bunk"

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ANNIK

Saturday, May 8, 2004 6:28 PM

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Originally posted by Duckie:
In no particular order:

Firefly
Due South
DS9
Coupling (Brit one)
Made In Canada (Evil Canadian Sitcom by Rick Mercer)

S.A.
"We're all dreaming. ...Don't make faces."

Yes!!! Made in Canada is one of the best-ever shows. Can't believe I forgot it! I also really enjoyed the first edition of "The Newsroom". Brilliant work.

Cheers,
Annik

TRACER

Saturday, May 8, 2004 7:59 PM

Arg just thought of spaced, monty python, Faulty Towers,Captin Scarlet,Thundercats,Dead like me

why 5

Bill Bailey what a guy.

JUSTICEMCNASTY

Saturday, May 8, 2004 8:55 PM

I'm going to go ahead and toss my few in the ring:

1-Firefly (after watching all the eps, I miss is so...)
2-Angel (loved the characters and some memorable stories)
3-Futurama (Zoidberg was my favorite)
4-MST3K (it's like they read my mind)
5-Stargate SG-1 (great GREAT show...up to season 7)

It's a shame that 4 out of 5 of my top shows have been cancelled. Hon. Mention: B5, Due South, Smallville, and Farscape.

Johnny H.-
"How'd you like a bite outta this green apple, America?"

FLAMETREE

Sunday, May 9, 2004 4:08 AM

blake 7
1999
Callan
crusades/babylon 5
firefly
and American Gothic
Forever knight
(I know thats more than 5 but I like to live dangerously)

CAPTAINMAL

Wednesday, May 12, 2004 5:11 AM

Way WAY too short a list....

Star Trek
DS9
Firefly
Nowhere Man
The Dead Zone
Twilight Zone
[six I know, but i can't ditch any of these]

also could have easily made the list:
(dramas)
Monk
Midnight Caller
The Rockford Files
24 (though honestly I don't watch it as much as it deserves)
American Gothic
Due South
Joan of Arcadia
(I'm sure I'm forgeting a dozen more)
(comedies)
The Dike Van Dyke Show
WKRP in Cincinati
Benson
Night Court
Sportsnight
(again, plenty more are close)

limiting it to 5 is enough to make one crazy....

"Why we still discussin' this?"

SANMI

Wednesday, May 12, 2004 6:59 AM

o well lets see
Firefly
family guy
cowboy bebop
oblongs
the critic

atleast I'm sumthin in the world

FLAMETREE

Wednesday, May 12, 2004 7:36 AM

bring back american gothic!

AX

Wednesday, May 12, 2004 8:50 AM

Err...just 5? At first I thought this would be easy, but people kept reminding me of other shows to add to it.

1)Firefly - Wins on the basis that I like every single episode, which has never happened to me on any show for the first 12 episodes.

2)Angel - Brilliantly deep plot arcs. Characterization very well done for a TV show. Comes very close to Firefly in my opinion, but not quite.

3)Farscape - Huzah! Miniseries! This show just makes me happy. Almost tied with Angel (the two tend to flip flop depending on my mood).

4)Deep Space Nine - Disenting opinion, coming right up. Man this show makes TNG look like a paper cut out (okay, so I love TNG to--but for very different reasons that keep it off the list).

5)Alias - Awsome show. A little dryer then the others I mention, but still very well done.

Honorable Mentions

Buffy - Hello, it's Buffy for gosh sake. High-larious and dramatic. Special props to seasons 2,3,5, and 6 (season six is awsome, and don't anyone try to argue with me on it).

X-Files - I'd also say I liked mostly the first few seasons. It was a bizare mix of horror and humor that has yet to be matched.

The Lone Gunmen - Awsome. Awsome. And awsome.

Sienfield, The Simpsons, Titus, The Tick, Dead like Me, The Dead Zone,

Okay--thats it. I'm stopping myself, I could go on listing awsome shows all night. Time to go to bed.

BROWNCOAT1

Wednesday, May 12, 2004 12:12 PM

My Top 5 shows:

1) Firefly: a given, right? Quite honestly the best gorram show I have ever seen on TV. I never get tired of watching the episodes over & over again.

2) Angel: another brilliant Joss show. I love the characters, even the evil one. The story arcs are great and the plot twists keep me guessing. I also like James Marsters. I think he is by far the most talented actor from the BtVS series and was a great addition to Angel.

3) The Shield: okay, I normally don't do cop shows. There are so many cop shows out there & they all seem nothing more than carbon copies of each other, but The Shield is different. This show is intense w/ so many turns & twists it is like a roller coaster ride.

4) Stargate SG1: yep, I am a Gate fan. The movie was okay, and I had my doubts about the series, but here I am, eight years later not missing an episode. I am even looking forward to Stargate: Atlantis when it comes out this summer.

5) Buffy the Vampire Slayer: I never missed an episode while the show ran. I still watch episodes on rerun all the time. This is the show that started it all for Joss and introduced me to the Whedonverse. Hated to see the show end, but I suppose they all have to sooner or later.

"May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one."

IDEFIX

Wednesday, May 12, 2004 12:21 PM

ok. 5 shows. let's see

1. Farscape - it's the best TV show ever. I love that it's SciFi from another view. there's just one human and he's not really the 'hero' sometimes he is, sometimes they make fun of him because he's just completely worthless. it feels so real and that with muppets and blue people and tantacles and stuff. they are just lovable aliens and they are much more alien than on other SciFi and they don't pretend to be human or try to become human. and the military organisation is the bad guys. I'm a bit of an anarchist at heart and if there is a spaceship I'd like to live on it's Moya and no other. not even Serenity. I could never submit to Mal the way Wash or Simon have to (they usually are the ones challenging his authority). I loved it on Farscape when Pilot said they had to vote on a captain and they voted for D'Argo and no one listened to him afterwards and they just kept forgetting that he was the captain now.

2. Buffy - and I'd never thought I'd say that. I started watching Buffy with much reservation last fall. a kids show with vampires? I was extremely bored and had nothing else to do and loved Firefly so I thought maybe I'd give it a try. I got the DVDs from a friend and just sat down to watch it from start to finish and now I've watched most of it three times already. it's something special. I'm too old (28) to really see myself in there somewhere but it somehow speaks to me nonetheless. it's funny and smart and consistent (most of the time). and I too loved S6 and S7. I was somewhat disappointed by S5. Dawn got on my nerves quick and I really was too happy when Riley finally left. but there was good in S5 as well, I liked Glory and EPs liek "Fool For Love", "Triangle", "Checkpoint" and "The Body". so no real bad season for me in Buffy. and somehow I see Angel as an 'addendum' of sorts to Buffy. not that great but good enough to watch and in no way too different from the main story. I don't know I kinda like most of the time (I've only seen it up to mid season 3 so far) but don't see it as a series of it's own.

3. Firefly - now you think I'm mad to have two other shows before it but maybe it was just too short yet? I really love Firefly but I have watched it 4-5 times or so and now I haven't watched it in a while and maybe I've somewhat forgotten how good it is.

now I have to think, nothing really great but lots of good ones left.

4. can I say Star Trek? and mean TNG, DS9 and VOY (I love Voyager even if no one else does), no TOS and no ENT. I'm mostly a fan of characters and not so much big epic story arcs. so DS9 wasn't all that special for me. I think I prefer both TNG and VOY to DS9 but it's all the same universe too and lot's of the story concepts and the way of telling them is somewhat the same on all 3 shows.

5. hmmm, maybe to have something competely different in here: Six Feet Under. I haven't seen all of S3 yet but all in all it's a weird series and fun and disturbing to watch. I get a strange feeling when watching more than one EP at a time. it kinda freaks me out or something. I can't discribe it.

and now to mention the rest in no paricular order: Andromeda S1 and 2 (I strongly distance myself from S3 onward, that's just utter crap), Babylon 5 (and here too I loved S5 and I'm almost sure I'm the only person on the planet), Dead Like Me, Manchild (Brit comedy, I've only seen S1 but that one was fun, especially the mouse in the end ), and for nostalgic reasons: North and South, Knight Rider, Tour of Duty, Due South and my only ever soap Santa Barbara. and I could mention a view german series but no one would know them, so...

...I'd do it anyway: "Ich heirate eine Familie", "Meister Eder und sein Pumuckl" und "Rivalen der rennbahn" but I'm pretty sure I loved the last one only for the horses.

Idefix

FOSTER

Wednesday, May 12, 2004 1:10 PM

Firefly
Cowboy Bebop
Farscape
Crusade (the B5 spin off.)(I would be like Galen)
X-Files (before the Molder shot himself Not really thing)

And tottal respect for all the shows that introduced me to Scifi like He-Man, She-ra, Thundercats, and Voltron

"There is nothing more frightening than ignorance in action" - Johann Wolfgang van Goethe

MRSMACK

Wednesday, May 12, 2004 1:22 PM

I am pretty stuck on firefly, but I won't put it on this list because it just wasn't long enough. How I wish for 3 to 4 good years of it, but we just got enough to whet our whistle so to speak.

1. Buffy
2. Angel
3. Dark Angel
4. Lois and Clark
5. Space Above and Beyond

There are a lot of great shows out there, but these five are my favorites. I recently got the Dark Angel DVDs and would suggest them to everyone. The character development is phenomonal, and while it doesn't have quite the characterizations that Joss seems to be able to give his actors, it has a depth of feeling unlike most shows I know. The love angle between Max and Logan is comparable to Angel/Buffy, but is so much worse, because while Buffy and Angel can't be together because of the whole soul thing, they can at least touch. Max and Logan can't even do that. That to me would be truly horrifying. To love someone so much, and through no fault of yours or theirs be unable to even hold their hand or push their hair back. Gosh, it gives me sappy mushy goose pimples just to think about it.

I have no hope for that show, seeing as it's been gone for years, and there is no hope for revival, but once again, Fox Destroys something i love. At least I think it was Fox.

CYBERSNARK

Wednesday, May 12, 2004 2:02 PM

Yes, it was Fox. (Currently airing on Space in Canada; last night was the one with the transgenic hypnotist chick and the mobsters. I suck at titles. )

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and now to mention the rest in no paricular order: Andromeda S1 and 2 (I strongly distance myself from S3 onward, that's just utter crap), Babylon 5 (and here too I loved S5 and I'm almost sure I'm the only person on the planet),

I agree with you on Andromeda (though I've been forcd to keep watching it --it's like a trainwreck; I can't look away).

And I also liked Bab5 S5, so you're not the only person there either.

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Wednesday, May 12, 2004 2:15 PM

Firefly (of course, or i would not be here)
Friends (i miss it already)
Good Eats (cooking show)
Sportscenter (does this count?)
Futurama (too bad it was canceled)

IDEFIX

Wednesday, May 12, 2004 2:34 PM

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Originally posted by Cybersnark:
I agree with you on Andromeda (though I've been forced to keep watching it --it's like a trainwreck; I can't look away).

ohhh, you have my sympathies for that. I got away after watching 5 or 6 EPs of S3. they were all crap and so I decided to give up on it. bought S1 and 2 on DVD though, they were really good, S2 second half was mixed but ok. later on I haven't heard that it got any better so I never went back. so maybe I'm totally wrong and S4 is brilliant but I don't think so. and I don't want to watch any more of it if it is just as bad as the first 5 EPs of S3.

I still watch Enterprise even if it's not what I would call good TV but it isn't bad enough to give up on Star Trek yet. it doesn't hurt to watch it so I do hoping it will get better someday. so maybe I understand how you feel.

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Originally posted by Cybersnark:
And I also liked Bab5 S5, so you're not the only person there either.

that's a relief to know. thanks

MUTT999

Wednesday, May 12, 2004 6:32 PM

1) X-Files
2) Firefly
3) Buffy
4) Farscape
5) The Avengers (going back a bit)

"That's the buffet table....."

GORRAMREAVERS

Wednesday, May 12, 2004 6:40 PM

1. Buffy
2. Angel
3. Firefly
4. Miami Vice
5. Seinfeld

I might be the only person in the 'verse that has fond memories of Miami Vice. I hope they make a big budget movie with all the original actors and maybe somone like Johnny Depp as a Miami drug lord. But I might be the only person in the theater.

RUXTON

Wednesday, May 12, 2004 7:26 PM

My picks, in this order, best five of all time:
-Buffy
-Roswell
-Firefly
-Angel
-Gilmore Girls

That noted, how can anyone not like a show that, in its finalé, had all these little items:
One guy dorked his brother's wife. The brother had a heart attack. The coach suddenly had major unspecified complications to his upcoming surgery. Hero #1 had his shoulder ruined for basketball. Hero #2 got marrled. Heroines 1 & 2 turned lesbo, and conspired to send villian 1 on a wild goose chase after her husband...or did they? Hero 1 left his mother forever, to go live with the dorker (see above). The heart-attacked father rejected his son's final atonement. Two heroes, at first bitter enemies, have become best friends. (And I may have missed some.)

Surely this takes the cake for the most b.s. in a single TV episode, for all time.

The show -- "One Tree Hill," if you hadn't guessed -- also included some brilliantly photographed basketball action, and some outstanding acting, particularly on the part of Moira Kelly and Hero #2.

......Ruxton

ATHERTON

Wednesday, May 12, 2004 7:30 PM

My top five are;

1) Firefly
2) Buffy The Vampire Slayer
3) Star Trek (any series)
4) Sledgehammer!
5) Teachers

RUXTON

Wednesday, May 12, 2004 11:00 PM

Am I the only person here who actually liked "Game Over"? And I saw only two episodes.

Normally I reject all cartoons, but that was computer-animated, so better.

.......Ruxton

DANALYNN26

Wednesday, May 12, 2004 11:15 PM

This is so hard as many people have already said.

1. Firefly
2. Inuyasha
3. Angel
4. West Wing
5. Buffy

least favorite: reality shows

Dana

LENNIER

Wednesday, May 12, 2004 11:40 PM

american tv:
1. Buffy (especially season 4-6)
2. Millennium (season 1)
3. The Sopranos (season 3,4)
4. Twin Peaks (season 2)
5. Babylon 5 (season 3-5)

Hon. Mention: Firefly (it has the highest potential of any show, but it didn't get to achieve its potential), Six Feet Under, Angel, Homicide: Life on the Street, 24, Xfiles

non-american tv (or maybe I should just call it 'episodic film' rather than tv):

Decalogue
Neon Genesis Evangelion
Serial Experiments: Lain
His and Her Circumstances
The Newsroom
Kino's Journey
Twitch City
This is Wonderland
Cowboy Bebop

LENNIER

Wednesday, May 12, 2004 11:52 PM

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Originally posted by Idefix:

I see Angel as an 'addendum' of sorts to Buffy. not that great but good enough to watch and in no way too different from the main story. I don't know I kinda like most of the time (I've only seen it up to mid season 3 so far) but don't see it as a series of it's own.

I'm sure people have told you this, but Angel doesn't really spark until the last half of season 3. In my opinion the best seasons are 4 and 5, and are ridiculously far 'above' anything they did before that (and are about as unique as you can get). By the beginning of season 3 I'd definitely call it it's own show, though ...not as good as Buffy, but it does many things that Buffy could never do, deals with cliches and movie-history for its own sake, explores a fantasy world in more fantastical terms than Buffy could (because Buffy is always a metaphor ...which is good of course, but Angel is different). And Angel is probably the most 'cinematic' series I've ever seen ...every week it manages to create a 'movie' feel, that sense of the epic and of the 'pretty' visual. It's a unique experiement, because Angel is a world where there are truly no rules and no reasons (and that's actually a deep 'truth' that the characters have to deal with ...that sense of indifference and randomness in the universe ...it's one of the deeper expressions of joss's atheism and existentialism) ...the writers decided to 'do whatever they want', and they took that to the max. a little bit like Farscape, actually, though Farscape takes the 'insane' side of that to much further extremes.

What's fun about season 4 is that it's one big continuously building story, that seems to keep rolling out of control, which I've only seen on 24 and season 4 of Babylon 5 (and needless to say it's a crazier and more interesting story than 24).

PARADIGMSHIFT

Thursday, May 13, 2004 1:11 AM

5. "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" "Trek"'s Angel. Dark, broody and ballsy, this was easily the best cast trek ever had, and the most shades of gray in an otherwise pristine franchise. Rock on.

4. "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" because through season three, it was bold, brassy and a blast. It may have, in my opinion, slacked off a bit, but it started the genius Whedon emipre, and that gives it points.

3. "Firefly" this should be ties with "Angel", but it didn't have the time it needed to truly develop.

2. "Angel" because it did things with characters that stunned me, things with plot that blew me away, and . . . oh, yeah, it had the greatest tv character ever: Wes. All in all, this show had more balls than I thought any show could, defying all conventions to create one of the greatest shows I've ever seen.

1. "Star Trek" because it was the original ballsy series, sparking all of the greatness that "Firefly" eventually reaped. People can debate me this, but this series has withstood the test of time, and despite the seemingly bad special effects and oft-corny dialogue, this baby was visionary and bold once upon its time, and after twenty years, there are still moments in it that can amaze.

"Once, just once, I'd like to be able to land someplace and say, 'Behold, I am the Archangel Gabriel.'"
"I fail to see the humor in that situation, Doctor."
"Naturally. You could hardly claim to be an angel with those pointed ears, Mister Spock. But say you landed someplace with a pitchfork . . ."
-McCoy and Spock

PUDOR

Thursday, May 13, 2004 1:42 AM

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Originally posted by heb:
Oooh! Another Black books fan! I love Dylan Moran!

I'm seeing him live. In 6 days time.

Just had to gloat :>

KINGOFTHEMUDDERS

Thursday, May 13, 2004 3:00 AM

1. Firefly - without a doubt. I have never had an emotional investment this strong in a television show. When you have me cheering along with the show, yelling at the television, you've done good.

2. Angel/Buffy - as said before, they exist in the same universe, so they could be considered the same show... ok, I just didn't want to rank one above the other so I put them together, OK! Both were fun to watch grow-up and evolve, which makes me sad that Firefly never had that chance.

3. The Simpsons - Seasons 2-7 hold a special place in my heart that, despite the fact that I don't watch it any more and disown the last 7 years of the show, I can still watch an episode I've seen a dozen times and still laugh.

4. Seinfeld - what the Simpsons should have done - quit while they were still good. Seinfeld started to get really whacky in the end, but they were a good kinda whacky. A kind of whacky that is funny for one or two seasons, but not for anything longer. Again, I can watch any episode, even if I've seen it time and time again, and still laugh.

5. CSI - it fills the void now.

GUNHAND

Thursday, May 13, 2004 3:13 AM

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Originally posted by Gorramreavers:
1. Buffy
2. Angel
3. Firefly
4. Miami Vice
5. Seinfeld

I might be the only person in the 'verse that has fond memories of Miami Vice. I hope they make a big budget movie with all the original actors and maybe somone like Johnny Depp as a Miami drug lord. But I might be the only person in the theater.

I would pay full ticket price to see a Miami Vice movie, I loved that show...even though I forgot to put it on my list. May not be one of the best, but it was a fine show for the times and a movie would be awesome.

So long as it wasn't a movie like Charley's Angels or Starsky and Hutch where they were basically mocking the originals. Don't get me wrong I like the Charlie's Angels movies and haven't seen S&H, I like satire, but I view them as kinda an alternate reality, same name maybe but not the continuation of a show and possibly not exisiting on the same planet. If they camped up Miami Vice I don't think I could handle it. Leave my childhood alone you Hollywood hacks!

Ahem...in brighter news, they're making a new Knight Rider movie. With Hasselhoff (okay Baywatch sucked and his singing is best not mentioned) but he was Michael Knight; unfortunately he's passing the torch to a new Knight, his son...Ben Affleck. I want to weep, but KITT, but Affleck, but Michael Knight, Affleck...as you can see I'm conflicted on this one.

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around playing art critic till I get pinched by
the Man, how's about we move away from this
eerie-ass piece of work and get on with our
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HEB

Thursday, May 13, 2004 8:02 AM

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Oooh! Another Black books fan! I love Dylan Moran!
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I'm seeing him live. In 6 days time.

Just had to gloat :>.

I saw him live in Swindon a while ago. He was fantastic. We went to the stage door afterwards and he thought we were very odd but he was lovely. Don't tell me he's coming to Oxford and I didn't notice?

SASJA

Thursday, May 13, 2004 11:42 AM

1. Buffy
The first of Joss Whedon's trademark cross-genre shows, featuring the clever wit, beliavable drama and great action we've all come to love. Firefly may have been a contender if it had had the long run it deserved - but I really love the idea of a monster-ass-kicking small blonde and the intelligent use of horror as a metaphoric way of dealing with very real growing-up pains.

2. Firefly
Need I say more? Great characters and humor. You can see how the writers have become a well oiled machine - this is a much smoother ride than Buffy season 1. High quality every time. Firefly is the adult show that Buffy could never really manage to become.

3. Angel
Many fantastic story lines, but this is a bumpy ride - I enjoy every episode but some character developments/story lines just don't seem to hold up to closer scrutiny. Others are of course amazing.

4. Morse
Ok, not a show in the strictest sense, but I did enjoy the dvd boxset with all 33 episodes enormously.

5. Six Feet Under
Black humor and more courageous characterisation than is usual.

I also like some of Ally McBeal, Alias and Xena.

PUDOR

Thursday, May 13, 2004 11:46 AM

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Originally posted by heb:
Don't tell me he's coming to Oxford and I didn't notice?

Nah - he's doing a big thing in London - "Monster II". Hugely looking forward to it :)

Bill Bailey is doing a thing here at the moment as well, so I was planning to do the whole Black Books tour, but couldn't get tickets :/

CYBERSNARK

Thursday, May 13, 2004 2:49 PM

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Originally posted by Idefix:
ohhh, you have my sympathies for that. I got away after watching 5 or 6 EPs of S3. they were all crap and so I decided to give up on it. bought S1 and 2 on DVD though, they were really good, S2 second half was mixed but ok. later on I haven't heard that it got any better so I never went back. so maybe I'm totally wrong and S4 is brilliant but I don't think so.

Well, S4 is when they realized that Sorbo lobotimizing the show ended up not helping, so it's mostly desperate attempts at recapturing what he threw out. Unfortunately, Sorbo is hanging on to that psycho-masturbatory star billing, which means he's in something like 95% of each episode, so they can't regain the quality of back when it was an ensemble show.

It's still bad, but every now and then there're flashes of brilliance. Great ideas/visuals that never get followed through on. Like Trance's River-like "hyper-consciousness" seeming to vanish from time to time so that Dylan can save the day through his own "genius."

The two-parter finale finally took the last step and ascended Dylan to effective godhood. And S5 has just been confirmed as in production.

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PATSRULE

Thursday, May 13, 2004 3:01 PM

1) Murder One
2) Firefly
3) 24
4) Alias
5) Curb Your Enthusiasm

DARKARCHON

Thursday, May 13, 2004 4:25 PM

In no particular order...

Firefly
X-Files
Star Trek and its spinoffs
Farscape
Battlestar Galactica(old show...before getting to earth)

Also in my favorites bin...Babylon 5, Space Above and Beyond, Cowbow Bebop, Dune miniseries (original), Briscoe County Jr., Angel, Buffy, Kindred: The Embraced, Futurama, Simpsons, Married w/ Children, Andy Richter Controls the Universe, Witchblade, Spawn, Knight Rider, A-team, Dukes of Hazard(dating myself, I know), and numerous others I can't remember right now.

"I'm going to the special Hell"

HEB

Thursday, May 13, 2004 7:42 PM

Oh bad luck.
Sure you'll have fun at Dylan Moran though. He's fantastic live!

RUXTON

Friday, May 14, 2004 7:36 AM

Funny how easy it is to overlook stuff like Married w/ Children. Talk about dating oneself, I remember Amos & Andy; The Jack Benny Show; The Honeymooners (first run); Gunsmoke; Have Gun, Will Travel; Ed Sullivan; and Milton Berle, who was LIVE. Once Uncle Miltie's show ended way early, and he ad-libbed for about 10 minutes to fill the time slot. We watched him on an 8-inch TV back in 1948. That TV still works!

...........Ruxton

FRED1988

Friday, May 14, 2004 2:47 PM

Favorite shows:

The Muppet Show (probably my all-time favorite)
Firefly
The Carol Burnett Show
Farscape
Blackadder
Monty Python's Flying Circus
Dr. Who
Buffy

And since right now I have no access to English language TV, I'm starting to love just about anything I can find at the PX/BX/NEX on DVD.

Unique, but vague.

BENDIS

Saturday, May 15, 2004 5:56 AM

I can't just do 5 so here is my top ten.

1- Firefly
2- Farscape
3- Robotech (Anime cartoon of the '80s)
4- Simpsons
5- Space Above and Beyond (Didn't see every episode but I still loved it)
6- COPS
7- Corner Gas (Canadian comedy with great conversation like Firefly)
8- Scrubs (Too funny)
9- CSI and CSI: Miami (and CSI: New York when it comes out)
10- Family Guy (Only saw about 10 episodes but it is hilarious)

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You know why? Because we are so very pretty. We are just too pretty for God to let us die. Huh? Look at that chiseled jaw."

HOWDYROCKERBABY1

Monday, May 17, 2004 3:59 PM

1.) Firefly-for VERY obvious reasons
2.) Joan of Arcadia-again with the obvious reasons
3.) Angel-yet again, obvious reaons
4.) Buffy the Vampire Slayer-what can i say...i'm a traditionalist (though i have no plans on growing a big black mustache!)
5.) American Idol-yeah yeah i know, I KNOW...i'll go climb into the boo box now

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
MAL: This is my scrap of nowhere. You go on and find your own.
SAFFRON: You can't just leave me here, on this
lifeless piece of crap moon...
MAL: Sure I can.
SAFFRON: I'll die.
MAL: Well, as a courtesy, you might start
getting busy on that, cause all this chatter ain't doin' me any kindness.

JAMESKELLY

Monday, May 17, 2004 4:35 PM

#1 Buffy
#2 Angel
#3 Firefly
#4 Alias
#5 24

JAMESKELLY

Monday, May 17, 2004 4:38 PM

#1 Buffy 'cos i love it when girls fight!!!!
#2 Angel
#3 Firefly Because Joss makes damn good shows
#4 Alias Well hard girls
#5 24 'cos Sherry palmers well FIT!!! I need glasses!!!

BECKINSALE

Monday, May 17, 2004 6:44 PM

1. The X-Files (despite certain lackluster seasons)
2. Buffy
3. Firefly (Had it gone on longer it almost definitely would've taken a higher spot.)
4. CSI: Miami (I LOVE this show!)
5. Get Smart (a 1960's/70's comedy that was cancelled after four years then picked up by another network)

ETA:
Oh, I forgot Dark Angel!
Top 6 then:
1. X-Files
2. Buffy
3. Firefly
4. Dark Angel
5. CSI: Miami
6. Get Smart

INSIGHT SPINNER

Tuesday, May 18, 2004 5:20 PM

Okay, I forgot one I really liked, so now, below is my definitive list of favorite shows. These are shows that I worked my schedule around or taped or otherwise went out of my way not to miss:

DS9
X-Files
Robin of Sherwood
Nowhere Man

The top of my list is Firefly. Since I never saw it on TV, I am limiting my list to 4.

Wacky Fun!

insight spinner
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Just an object. It doesn't mean what you think....

FIREFLYFRIEND

Tuesday, May 18, 2004 5:52 PM

does it have to be shows that are still on the air? guess not.

ok

5. Survivor
4. Firefly
3. Buffy
2. The O.C.
1. Friends

I really think Firefly would have been #1 if they didn't cancell it.

METROPOLIS

Tuesday, May 18, 2004 9:35 PM

In no particular order (cause I really can't choose a favorite):

Firefly
MST3K
Star Trek (any series, but specifically TNG)
The Amazing Race
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart

"Once in flight school, I was laconic..." -Wash