What is your favorite TV series of all time?
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MrsB said:
I think she was as crazy as a loon then when she fired the writers. Show spiraled down after that. That first season was funny and Goodman sounded like he lived by Joliet. lol
Waski_the_Squirrel
Resident of the least visited state in the nation.
I'm out of touch with newer TV. Most of the stuff I like I actually discovered on Netflix (with the exception of Barney Miller).
Barney Miller: I remember watching this with my father when we got our first TV, an old black and white TV in a wooden box. It must have been a used TV because this was the early 1980s.
The Sandbaggers: I discovered this 2 years ago. It's an amazingly tight spy show that requires total attention. Many episodes could have been improved with an additional half hour or so just to spread events out.
Some others I've liked to varying degrees include Danger Man, The Prisoner, Life on Mars (UK version), and Hill Street Blues.
One of the things that bothers me about a lot of TV, new and old, is that I really don't have to pay much attention. The shows are written to fill an hour with simplistic storylines that are easily resolved in an hour or less with a happy ending. I've tried out some shows like Grimm, Burn Notice, Castle, and Firefly, but I find that none of these require much attention. I want TV to suck me out of my world and totally envelope me in its world. The two shows I mentioned above do this. A recent show that often does this is Battlestar Galactica.
TV should be an escape, but how can it be an escape if it can't even hold my attention? What I see too much is that spectacle is substituted for story. And I'm really bothered with shows with a horrific murder (like Castle) and everyone is all jokey and happy at the end. It's like the events of the show never affect the characters.
Barney Miller: I remember watching this with my father when we got our first TV, an old black and white TV in a wooden box. It must have been a used TV because this was the early 1980s.
The Sandbaggers: I discovered this 2 years ago. It's an amazingly tight spy show that requires total attention. Many episodes could have been improved with an additional half hour or so just to spread events out.
Some others I've liked to varying degrees include Danger Man, The Prisoner, Life on Mars (UK version), and Hill Street Blues.
One of the things that bothers me about a lot of TV, new and old, is that I really don't have to pay much attention. The shows are written to fill an hour with simplistic storylines that are easily resolved in an hour or less with a happy ending. I've tried out some shows like Grimm, Burn Notice, Castle, and Firefly, but I find that none of these require much attention. I want TV to suck me out of my world and totally envelope me in its world. The two shows I mentioned above do this. A recent show that often does this is Battlestar Galactica.
TV should be an escape, but how can it be an escape if it can't even hold my attention? What I see too much is that spectacle is substituted for story. And I'm really bothered with shows with a horrific murder (like Castle) and everyone is all jokey and happy at the end. It's like the events of the show never affect the characters.
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Kattie E
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It just doesn't get any funnier! :laugh :laugh :laugh
Gun Control works "Thank God for Guns" and Gun Control.
Gun Control works "Thank God for Guns" and Gun Control.
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Foxmeister
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Kattie E said:
Now that was funny! :donlaugh
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Cheezy
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Kattie E said:
Denny. Denny Crane!!!
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Pursuit Driver
My favorite was/is Friends! I still watch it every single night and I have seen every single episode atleast twice.. ;D That show just makes me laugh!
Others
Andy Griffith
ER
Knott Landing
Dallas
Dynasty
Gilligans Island
Current:
NCIS
NCIS LA
Criminal minds
Hart of Dixie
Army Wives
The new show Beauty and the Beast
and Chicagofire
Others
Andy Griffith
ER
Knott Landing
Dallas
Dynasty
Gilligans Island
Current:
NCIS
NCIS LA
Criminal minds
Hart of Dixie
Army Wives
The new show Beauty and the Beast
and Chicagofire
mei lan
Pursuit Driver
Yeah, I could never really get into the Vicar one. I love Alice (is that her name?...the goofy assistant?), but I never laughed otherwise much. I'd say I'm not a particular Dawn French fan, but I loved Absolutely Fabulous, which she also co-wrote/produced, so that shoots that theory.
I read some months back that she lost a lot of weight. Went through a devastating divorce and took her awhile to get back to living life.
I read some months back that she lost a lot of weight. Went through a devastating divorce and took her awhile to get back to living life.