The Telly Meme
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Empire Magazine has revealed its list of the "50 Greatest TV Shows" ever. Below is the list and here be the rules.
1. Bold the shows you've watched every episode of
2. Italic the shows you've seen at least one episode of
3. Post your answers
My telly watching is very specific and I catch up with a lot on DVD since some of the SF series are only available on Sky TV in the UK which I do not have and probably will not get. My top ten so far would be:
1) Firefly
2) Doctor Who (New)
3) Buffy
4) Farscape
5) Robin of Sherwood (surprisingly still far up the list after 25 years)
6) Torchwood (this is much higher up on the list currently but when the dust settles i think this is where it will end up)
7) Lost
8) Battlestar Galactica (New)
9)Sharp's Rifles
10) Blakes 7
11) Babylon 5
12) Dark Angel
13) Star Trek TNG
14) Heroes - season one (Season two is not avail to me yet)
15) Survivors (excellent for its day)
Oops it had to be a top fifteen because there were just some I couldn't miss out of the list - and I'm not absolutely sure about the order. I still haven't mentioned: Alias Smith and Jones (fondly remembered); Inheritance (There's trouble at t' mill, Mester Oldroyd'); Doomwatch (first season only); Doctor Who (Tom Baker Years); A for Andromeda (the original one - which I've never been able to get out of my head, though if I saw it again I would probably be hugely disappointed); Star Trek DS9; Stargate (a potboiler but what the hell); Smallville (good in parts); Primeval (growing on me); Supernatural (first season started out well, missed the second, third may have jumped the shark); and the rest of Doctor Who - old - which still has some amazing high points (as well as low points). Thumbs down for Colin Baker. Have been watching the new Bionic Woman and Sarah Connor Chronicles, but so far have failed to really care much about either. And what about Life on Mars, Poldark and The Onedin Line? And then there's 'The one I'm sure to have forgotten about'.
klwilliamsEmpire Magazine has revealed its list of the "50 Greatest TV Shows" ever. Below is the list and here be the rules.
1. Bold the shows you've watched every episode of
2. Italic the shows you've seen at least one episode of
3. Post your answers
50. Quantum Leap (probably saw most of these but I couldn't guarantee I saw all)
49. Prison Break
48. Veronica Mars (Never had the opportunity to see this)
47. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
46. Sex and The City
45. Farscape
44. Cracker
43. Star Trek
42. Only Fools and Horses
41. Band of Brothers
40. Life on Mars
39. Monty Python's Flying Circus
38. Curb Your Enthusiasm
37. Star Trek: The Next Generation
36. Father Ted
35. Alias
34. Frasier (only saw a few)
33. CSI: Las Vegas
32. Babylon 5
31. Deadwood (all of Season One but haven't been able to afford the DVDs of the other 2 seasons yet.)
30. Dexter (this is only just showing on digi channels in the UK - I watched a couple but it's a bit slimy and I've stopped)
29. ER
28. Fawlty Towers
27. Six Feet Under
26. Red Dwarf (only caught a few - mostly out of sequence so I never really got it)
25. Futurama (only caught a couple)
24. Twin Peaks
23. The Office UK
22. The Shield
21. Angel
20. Blackadder
19. Scrubs
18. Arrested Development
17. South Park (only saw a couple)
16. Doctor Who -- I've seen all of the new and most of the old except for Colin Baker
15. Heroes
14. Firefly
13. Battlestar Galactica
12. Family Guy
11. Seinfeld (I maybe only caught a couple on transatlantic flights)
10. Spaced
09. The X-Files (never watched it much)
08. The Wire
07. Friends (never saw them consistently but liked what i saw)
06. 24
05. Lost (1st 3 seasons, i.e. all that's available to me in the UK so far since i don't have Sky TV)
04. The West Wing
03. The Sopranos
02. Buffy the Vampire Slayer
01. The Simpsons (Only saw a few)
49. Prison Break
48. Veronica Mars (Never had the opportunity to see this)
47. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
46. Sex and The City
45. Farscape
44. Cracker
43. Star Trek
42. Only Fools and Horses
41. Band of Brothers
40. Life on Mars
39. Monty Python's Flying Circus
38. Curb Your Enthusiasm
37. Star Trek: The Next Generation
36. Father Ted
35. Alias
34. Frasier (only saw a few)
33. CSI: Las Vegas
32. Babylon 5
31. Deadwood (all of Season One but haven't been able to afford the DVDs of the other 2 seasons yet.)
30. Dexter (this is only just showing on digi channels in the UK - I watched a couple but it's a bit slimy and I've stopped)
29. ER
28. Fawlty Towers
27. Six Feet Under
26. Red Dwarf (only caught a few - mostly out of sequence so I never really got it)
25. Futurama (only caught a couple)
24. Twin Peaks
23. The Office UK
22. The Shield
21. Angel
20. Blackadder
19. Scrubs
18. Arrested Development
17. South Park (only saw a couple)
16. Doctor Who -- I've seen all of the new and most of the old except for Colin Baker
15. Heroes
14. Firefly
13. Battlestar Galactica
12. Family Guy
11. Seinfeld (I maybe only caught a couple on transatlantic flights)
10. Spaced
09. The X-Files (never watched it much)
08. The Wire
07. Friends (never saw them consistently but liked what i saw)
06. 24
05. Lost (1st 3 seasons, i.e. all that's available to me in the UK so far since i don't have Sky TV)
04. The West Wing
03. The Sopranos
02. Buffy the Vampire Slayer
01. The Simpsons (Only saw a few)
My telly watching is very specific and I catch up with a lot on DVD since some of the SF series are only available on Sky TV in the UK which I do not have and probably will not get. My top ten so far would be:
1) Firefly
2) Doctor Who (New)
3) Buffy
4) Farscape
5) Robin of Sherwood (surprisingly still far up the list after 25 years)
6) Torchwood (this is much higher up on the list currently but when the dust settles i think this is where it will end up)
7) Lost
8) Battlestar Galactica (New)
9)Sharp's Rifles
10) Blakes 7
11) Babylon 5
12) Dark Angel
13) Star Trek TNG
14) Heroes - season one (Season two is not avail to me yet)
15) Survivors (excellent for its day)
Oops it had to be a top fifteen because there were just some I couldn't miss out of the list - and I'm not absolutely sure about the order. I still haven't mentioned: Alias Smith and Jones (fondly remembered); Inheritance (There's trouble at t' mill, Mester Oldroyd'); Doomwatch (first season only); Doctor Who (Tom Baker Years); A for Andromeda (the original one - which I've never been able to get out of my head, though if I saw it again I would probably be hugely disappointed); Star Trek DS9; Stargate (a potboiler but what the hell); Smallville (good in parts); Primeval (growing on me); Supernatural (first season started out well, missed the second, third may have jumped the shark); and the rest of Doctor Who - old - which still has some amazing high points (as well as low points). Thumbs down for Colin Baker. Have been watching the new Bionic Woman and Sarah Connor Chronicles, but so far have failed to really care much about either. And what about Life on Mars, Poldark and The Onedin Line? And then there's 'The one I'm sure to have forgotten about'.
