And I'm totally ok with breaking the rules of the original post in the "Top 5 TV Shows of all time"....
1) Anything with Star Trek in the title.
-TOS: For being innovative and pioneering
-TNG: For being mainstream and creating some big moments
-DS6: For the best writing and acting
-Voy: For the perfect blend of the exploring the unknown & story arc
-Ent: For re-imagining what has come before
2) Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Angel
- For making vampires cool, before they were popular. For maintaining the mythos behind the vampire while still achieving whatever story elements were desired. For exploring what it was like to grow up from a different perspective
3) Oz
- For creating such a gritty/vivid story with characters who are admittedly flawed in multiple ways. Also, for being able to utilize an ensamble cast with multiple storylines without getting bogged down.
4) Battlestar Galactica (remade series)
- I admit that the quality did decrease over the years, but for the most part, the series was phenominal (much credit to Season 1 in particular). It took all the best elements of the past with a contemporary viewpoint, and created something greater then the sum of its parts.
5) Lost
- Much like Oz, big ensamble cast...multiple storylines. I enjoyed the depth of the series...how the viewer could read into every little thing. The fact that I identified so well with a main character helped.
*****
Now let me toss in a few reality shows.
-Top Chef (any incarnation...cooking=food=yum)
-Project Runway/Accessory...I like to see the drama & innovation
-So You Think You Can Dance....cause they really can dance
*****
Animated
-Rouroni Kenshen (sp?)- The batosai reverse-blade blade master. Fantastic story...well, the first 2 seasons.
-G.I. Joe- The orginal series...great times
-Thundercats- The original series...great memories
*****
Honorable Mentions
Startacus Blood and Sand/Gods of the Arena- More then just swords & sandles
Game of Thrones- For a great start
Firefly- For what it could have been
Boardwalk Empire- A drama on a slow boil
True Blood- A grown up Buffy/Angel
Strike Back- What 24 should have been, but couldn't get to.
The Big Bang Theory- For ministering to my nerd
So yeah....I broke the rules, but that's ok, cause I got to think through a bunch of my favorite shows.
~Jeordam
1) Anything with Star Trek in the title.
-TOS: For being innovative and pioneering
-TNG: For being mainstream and creating some big moments
-DS6: For the best writing and acting
-Voy: For the perfect blend of the exploring the unknown & story arc
-Ent: For re-imagining what has come before
2) Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Angel
- For making vampires cool, before they were popular. For maintaining the mythos behind the vampire while still achieving whatever story elements were desired. For exploring what it was like to grow up from a different perspective
3) Oz
- For creating such a gritty/vivid story with characters who are admittedly flawed in multiple ways. Also, for being able to utilize an ensamble cast with multiple storylines without getting bogged down.
4) Battlestar Galactica (remade series)
- I admit that the quality did decrease over the years, but for the most part, the series was phenominal (much credit to Season 1 in particular). It took all the best elements of the past with a contemporary viewpoint, and created something greater then the sum of its parts.
5) Lost
- Much like Oz, big ensamble cast...multiple storylines. I enjoyed the depth of the series...how the viewer could read into every little thing. The fact that I identified so well with a main character helped.
*****
Now let me toss in a few reality shows.
-Top Chef (any incarnation...cooking=food=yum)
-Project Runway/Accessory...I like to see the drama & innovation
-So You Think You Can Dance....cause they really can dance
*****
Animated
-Rouroni Kenshen (sp?)- The batosai reverse-blade blade master. Fantastic story...well, the first 2 seasons.
-G.I. Joe- The orginal series...great times
-Thundercats- The original series...great memories
*****
Honorable Mentions
Startacus Blood and Sand/Gods of the Arena- More then just swords & sandles
Game of Thrones- For a great start
Firefly- For what it could have been
Boardwalk Empire- A drama on a slow boil
True Blood- A grown up Buffy/Angel
Strike Back- What 24 should have been, but couldn't get to.
The Big Bang Theory- For ministering to my nerd
So yeah....I broke the rules, but that's ok, cause I got to think through a bunch of my favorite shows.
~Jeordam
ex-Admin at wotmania (all things wot & art galleries)
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What are your Top 5 TV shows of all time? (EDITed AGAIN)
- 09/11/2011 06:41:59 PM
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Now there's a tricky question.
- 09/11/2011 08:28:51 PM
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Go watch the west wing...do it now 
- 10/11/2011 12:28:08 AM
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- 10/11/2011 12:28:08 AM
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OMG stop ever other show or book you are involved in and start watching The Wire ASAP!!
- 15/11/2011 05:00:15 AM
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Obviously...you must be watching Treme too...
- 17/11/2011 03:48:08 PM
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Alas, I have not yet watched Treme. Will be soon tho... has Wendell Pierce, so I kinda have to! *NM*
- 20/11/2011 04:24:42 PM
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I might actually put Ab Fab in there too...
- 10/11/2011 01:57:24 AM
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I enjoyed 24 until the final episode of season one, and haven't bothered with it since. (spoilers)
- 10/11/2011 07:32:20 PM
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Me neither, well... mostly
- 11/11/2011 06:41:21 PM
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Been a while since I read a forum post anywhere that I agreed so comepletely with!
- 15/11/2011 05:10:45 AM
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Buffy is my life, death, and resurrection.
- 09/11/2011 09:02:09 PM
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Friends & Frasier, but no Seinfeld? *NM*
- 09/11/2011 09:03:41 PM
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There's only so much room in my top 10 list. 'sides, I put it in the "mentions" below.
- 09/11/2011 09:24:48 PM
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Buffy is only barely in the top three for its own creator. Angel & Firefly kicked its ass. *NM*
- 11/11/2011 06:09:37 AM
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Oz, Supernatural, Frasier, Dexter, Salatut Elämät (because I wanted something non-American)
- 09/11/2011 09:14:34 PM
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That's a very difficult question.
- 10/11/2011 12:15:47 AM
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Oh, I'd totally forgotten about Wonderfalls. Lovely show. *NM*
- 10/11/2011 07:37:11 PM
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Surprisingly high-quality show for one that almost no one has ever heard of. *NM*
- 10/11/2011 11:55:21 PM
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The episodes where things started culminating were some of the most interesting tv I've watched. *NM*
- 10/11/2011 11:57:54 PM
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I'm gonna have to split this up a bit....
- 11/11/2011 10:06:48 PM
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that makes two shows you list I have to watch
- 15/11/2011 06:08:16 AM
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Oz has some pretty intense themes and is *very* graphic....just so you know. *NM*
- 15/11/2011 05:35:09 PM
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Well now...
- 14/11/2011 04:46:12 PM
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I also loved Magnum, when I was a kid
- 15/11/2011 11:37:00 AM
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Saw a rerun not long ago... DAMN those shorts were short. Good theme song too. 
*NM*
- 15/11/2011 01:12:21 PM
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- 15/11/2011 01:12:21 PM
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not sure which ones I would pick but Mash would have to make the list *NM*
- 28/11/2011 05:53:19 PM
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