The Haunting, Pitbulls and Parolees, Forensic Files, Chicago Hope, ER, St. Elsewhere, The L Word, Cheers, Knots Landing, Courtship of Eddie's Father, Cagney and Lacey

Dunno if anyone's said this one yet, but Steven Universe. It's a damn cartoon on Cartoon Network and *still* possibly the best damn show I've ever seen. Brilliantly written, brilliantly paced, excellent character and relationship development, an actual narrative with no sitcom-style reverting to a status quo at the end of every episode, a title character who's a repudiation of toxic masculinity, a cast of heroes and villains who are very much majority-women (one of whom is a lesbian relationship, it's a long story), smart-as-hell usage of foreshadowing and generally assuming the audience isn't stupid, etc. Did I mention it's a damn cartoon on Cartoon Network.

Playhouse 90
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Twilight Zone
Rocky and Bullwinkle
The Wire
Intelligence (Canadian)
Julia
Columbo
Roots, the original series
The Richard Pryor Show
Carol Burnett Show
Roc
Charlie Rose Tonight
60 Minutes
In Living Color
CBS News Sunday Morning (with Charles Kuralt)
Saturday Night Live, 1985 (The year Dick Ebersol took over and Michael Lorne took a leave of absence :) Cast included Billy Crystal, Martin Short, Christopher Guest).
Six Feet Under
Homcide: Life On The Streets (especially seasons 1, 2 and 3)
My So-Called Life
The Americans
How To Get Away With Murder
CNN when Ted Turner owned it
Countdown with Keith Olbermann

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TV shows
 

Cagney and Lacy

Golden Girls

Gunsmoke

Flip Wilson show

Happy Days

Dragnet

American Bandstand (original)

All things Lucille Ball
Freaks and Geeks

Shows I absolutely loved
 

Twilight Zone
X-files
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Tales from the Crypt
Matlock
Murder, She Wrote
Columbo
Laugh-In
Mama's Family
The Joy of Painting (Bob Ross)
Wild Kingdom
Moonlighting
Remington Steele
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
Firefly (Can't believe it only lasted one season!)
Freaks and Geeks (Can't believe it only lasted one season!)
Blacklist
Supernatural
Hong Kong Phooey
Underdog

so many more from the 70s and 80s!

Howdy Doodie
Lone Ranger
Zorro
Cisco Kid
Roy Rogers and Dale Evans
Have Gun Will Travel
Rifleman
Bonanza
Rawhide
Wanted Dead or Alive

If you watched all of these you're as old as I am lol

When I was a kid my Mom got tickets to the Preview House in Hollywood, and we spent the day previewing possible new TV shows.

We were shown (amoung others) Adam 12 and the Brady Bunch! We liked them and rated them high on the meter. I watched those shows for years! :hangloose:

Omar's Comin'
 

The Wire . . . . . . . .

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"Father Knows Best"

Leave It To Beaver........( who couldn't resist June in those lovely pearls)

So many to choose! But the first 2, that immediately comes to mind:


The Cosmos, hosted by Carl Sagan

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The Bionic Woman

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As a kid my favorite shows were...
The Love Boat
Eight is Enough
Family
Happy Days
Laverne and Shirley
Chips
All in the Family
Starkey and Hutch
The Streets of San Francisco
Good Times
..those were some.

Today,TWD is the greatest show on TV. :cheesy:

Merely a beginning...
 

Country House Rescue (New All-Time Favorite)
 

Lately, I've been gaga over TV shows from the BBC (ie, House Restoration, Country House Rescue) and the TV show that I think used to be on OPB -- This Old House, type shows.

But self-made business woman Ruth Watson is always on an mission to help people fully realize their dreams by finding ways for home owners to generate legitimate revenue to support their endeavors to preserve homes that have historical significance to their community, etc.

Take this episode about the Jacobean 'house' that owner Cornelia has worked on by herself for over 25 years, at the time this docu-series type show was filmed. It's very interesting and Ruth Watson is an genius at coming up with feasible solutions to help save these types of architectural wonders.

I'm not British nor have I always had access to watching these types of shows, but I just love shows that teach you about the history of the building, the history of the original owners, and provides insight into the lives of the people who have invested time and energy to preserve homes that are in dire need of repair and restoration.

Ed Sullivan...It always had the top pop music groups of the day on....:beatles:

I'm not much of a television show watcher, but there are a few TV programs that I think have helped me understand life better or provided for interesting entertainment:

1) The Cosmos (Carl Sagan).

2) The Wire (so very good).

3) Masterpiece Theater (PBS).

Greatest TV shows of all Time
 

Well I can only say my fav. certainly not greatest.


Gunsmoke

Police Woman (Beverly Garland)

Golden Girls

CSI SVU

National Geographic (any topic)

If I'm not mistaken, Feb 6th marked the Anniversary of the Beatles first trip to American 50 years ago!

I’m adding Killing Eve to this thread. It’s about a clever female assassin who’s being tracked by a secret MI5 group.

The assassin, Villanelle, is clearly a psychopath who enjoys her job but she pretty much has it under control by focusing on her assignments.

I’m (re)watching it now. It’s one of my “Escape Trump” series to watch.

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