teevee meme

[firecat]

I have no idea how the list was compiled (kshandra pointed me at the original source: an article claiming these are the 50 best TV shows of all time, at which I scoff); it seems to be missing a lot of important shows. But FWIW -
via stefanie_bean

Bold if you've seen every episode, italicize if you've seen at least one.

50. Quantum Leap
49. Prison Break
48. Veronica Mars
47. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (A good chunk of them)
46. Sex & 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
33. CSI: Las Vegas
32. Babylon 5
31. Deadwood
30. Dexter
29. ER
28. Fawlty Towers
27. Six Feet Under
26. Red Dwarf (Almost all of them)
25. Futurama
24. Twin Peaks
23. The Office UK
22. The Shield
21. Angel
20. Blackadder
19. Scrubs
18. Arrested Development
17. South Park
16. Doctor Who
15. Heroes (First season)
14. Firefly
13. Battlestar Galactica (Which one? I've seen a few episodes of both)
12. Family Guy
11. Seinfeld
10. Spaced
09. The X-Files
08. The Wire
07. Friends
06. 24
05. Lost
04. The West Wing
03. The Sopranos
02. Buffy the Vampire Slayer
01. The Simpsons

Comments

[stefanie-bean.livejournal.com]

Ah, another Babylon 5 watcher. You might find this cute:



I don't know how the Great Meme-Generating Machine works, either. malkhos was kind enough to remind me to add The Prisoner...

[firecat]

*SQUEE*!!! Who made that? Can I steal it?

(I think I'm missing one episode of The Prisoner.)

[stefanie-bean.livejournal.com]

I don't remember where the image came from - I was just doing a google search for Delenn images, and it came up. Now that I am saving images on picasa, it will be easier for me to keep track of their provenance. But sure, steal away.

[kshandra]

This was originally a feature in Empire Magazine.

[firecat]

Thanks! Editing original post.

[pyrzqxgl.livejournal.com]

Heh, I think I could count the shows on this list that I've seen on one hand -- almost all are so recent as to way postdate the times I used to watch TV.

[firecat]

At least I didn't run out of digits.

tv

[betonica.livejournal.com]

I, on the other hand, am shocked that I've seen at least one episode of about 20 of them. I've never owned a tv, and have seldom lived in a house that had one. Not sure what I think of the idea that they're all great shows. I guess I'm not missing much, not owning a tv.

Re: tv

[firecat]

Not sure what I think of the idea that they're all great shows. I guess I'm not missing much, not owning a tv.

Almost everything on the list is episodic fiction. There's a lot of better stuff on TV that isn't covered by the list, such as some of the HBO and BBC miniseries (the excellent I, Claudius comes to mind), and documentary series like Planet Earth.

I use my TV mostly to view DVDs.