Red Mosquito

I have a hard time deciding. Might be Seinfeld. Or The Simpsons (in its prime). Sometimes I think it could be Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! or Stella. Tough decision.

How 'bout you, RM?

The Wire

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Comedy: Arrested Development
Drama: Homicide, Justified, Hannibal

I can't break it down to a single one though.

also ice road truckers

Alex wrote:also ice road truckers

Cold Confession

1. Mad Men
2. Lost
3. The X-Files
4. Friday Night Lights
5. Twin Peaks
6. Six Feet Under
7. Game of Thrones
8. Louie
9. How I Met Your Mother
10. Parks and Recreation
11. The Office
12. It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
13. Friends
14. Girls
15. Quantum Leap
16. Cheers
17. Breaking Bad

Note: I have not yet watched Deadwood, The Wire or The Sopranos. And I've been told that all three of those will be in my top ten once I do watch them.

Note 2: Twin Peaks is that low only because it was two seasons and cancelled without a resolution. It will likely move up to the #2 or #3 spot if the coming third season is any good at all.

Shit, I forgot about It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia.... that should be on there, too. Probably right before or right after Parks and Recreation.

LV72 is really doing good things for A&E.

This is tough. There's a lot of good 'uns to choose from. Fawlty Towers has a nigh-on flawless 2-season run, Adventure Time is really growing on me. Community, Scrubs and South Park are high up on my list. Lost, Ally McBeal (don't ask). I guess WWE counts as a TV show, though their weekly programming is usually shit.

I think I'm going to go with Breaking Bad. I came to cable TV too late for The Sopranos, and I've never got into The Wire, and those are kinda the triumvirate of television drama.

We definitely watch TV differently, durd.

Favourite laugh-tracked sitcom (which I usually can't stand): Frasier.

ABNorman wrote:LV72 is really doing good things for A&E.

Who knew all we needed was more best ______ lists and ranking threads.

Heathen wrote:

ABNorman wrote:LV72 is really doing good things for A&E.

Who knew all we needed was more best ______ lists and ranking threads.

I know you're only lashing out because you want to kill me.

LoathedVermin72 wrote:

Heathen wrote:

ABNorman wrote:LV72 is really doing good things for A&E.

Who knew all we needed was more best ______ lists and ranking threads.

I know you're only lashing out because you want to kill me.

Its nothing personal though. You're a person.

The Sopranos. All-time favorite.

Simpsons seasons 3-9 fill me with joy. And Space Ghost: Coast to Coast was a tremendous influence on me growing up.

The Simpsons, seasons 3-12 prob tops it for me.

Seinfeld is prob a distant second followed by a lot of the usual suspects already listed here.

LoathedVermin72 wrote:We definitely watch TV differently, durd.

Make-a-da-world to 'round-a.

Lots of love for The Simpsons and Seinfeld. Recently I've been watching a lot more of both of them and it's amazing how well the best material holds up. I've returned to lots of Simpsons episodes I haven't seen in years and there are so many layers that I've never noticed.

I honestly think I'd have to split it into a few categories and name one from each. Comedy is probably Seinfeld (Simpsons close second). Episodic drama could be the X-Files (because usually you could just jump in and watch every episode). I'm re-watching Lost and that might be my favorite serial network drama, even with all the crummy episodes. And my favorite pay-cable-series-that's-basically-a-250-hour-movie is definitely The Wire. I dunno about my favorite basic-cable series, I'd have to think about it.

And Jeopardy! still counts as a TV show, folks. Way up there in the rankings.

Also, Bugs Bunny

Quick rankings that I can change later because fuck you:

1. The Wire
2. Seinfeld
3. The Simpsons
4. The X-Files
5. Arrested Development
6. Jeopardy!
7. Lost/Homicide
9. King of the Hill
9. Curb Your Enthusiasm
10. Saturday Night Live

E.H. Ruddock wrote:Also, Bugs Bunny

That's not a TV show.