Top 10 shows of all time

[Gatito Grande]

I couldn't disagree about Star Trek (TOS). It wasn't in my Top 10 (TNG was), but I would never deny its importance (for both substance and style).



sam, I hope you don't mind, but I'm gonna cut and paste your XWP comments, and respond over on the Xena thread.



GG Protecting *this* thread from any more of my obsession! Out

[sam7777]

GG: Agreed. Star Trek (TOS) wasn't on my list either, I'm more a trekker than a trekkie but Trek has had a significance that I don't think any of ME's shows will have despite the current popularity of each. You certainly can cut and past my Xena comments. I was rambling into OT territory with those.

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[darkmagicwillow]

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"Star Trek" may be a "poor excuse for SF" (though I don't agree with your assessment) but it has done alot for science fact(see below).

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While written SF has inspired or anticipated technologies such as Arthur C Clarke's fictional writings about geosynchronous satellites, which are an everday technology, and space elevators, which hopefully will be one day, I can't think of any new scientific or technological developments influenced by Star Trek. In fact, that's one of the primary reasons why Star Trek and almost all TV series are a poor excuse for SF--their inaccurate and unrealistic portrayal of science. To be fair, Star Trek didn't originate its bad ideas--all of Star Trek's bad science can be found in earlier SF stories, but that doesn't mean that they had to imitate the inaccurate stories--there were also plenty of accurate ones before Star Trek too. While I can't deny that Star Trek has increased American society's exposure to SF ideas and stories, I wish it had popularized better material.

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Trek's optimistic future was inspiring to many and also sickenly sweet to many.

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Its portrayal of the future and how little changes in science and technology impacted it is another area where Star Trek fails as SF. Authors who have no basis for some of their science but who do a good job exploring the impact of such changes on society can also write good SF. I love what Lois McMaster Bujold has done with impact of biological technologies from sex selection to uterine replicators on Barrayar, especially how the impact on technology influences the role and power of each sex. Most anatomical and behavioral biological differences between human sexes arise from the fact that the cost of having a child is many millions of times greater for women than men. While contraception is a big step towards bridging that goal by separating sex and reproduction, uterine replicators (in-vitro gestation) would go much further and have correspondingly greater social impacts.

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"Omnia mutantur, nihil interit." -- "Everything changes, but nothing is truly lost."

[Dementia187]

Top 10 Favorite Shows:



1. The Simpsons

2. Beavis And Butt-Head

3. South Park

4. Family Guy

5. Ren And Stimpy

6. King Of The Hill

7. Futurama

8. Married With Children

9. The Sopranos; Oz

10. Jerry Springer



Last 3 Shows:



In Living Color

Mad TV

Saturday Night Live

[urnofosiris]

It´s time to revise my list. Things can change in a short time it seems. This season has brought a couple of shows that, eventhough they are only in their first season, are part of my top ten now. In fact, I have a new number one and another first season show (at the time) has left my top ten permanently, but I don´t believe that will be the case for my new first season shows. Anyway my old list without the comments:



10. V

9. Twin Peaks

8. Beauty and the Beast

7. Medisch Centrum West: (Medical Centre West) A Dutch hospital show.

6. Cagney and Lacy

5. Roseanne

4. Keeping up Appearances

3. Joan of Arcadia

2. Absolutely Fabulous

1. Star Trek DS9



My new list:



10. Scrubs

9. Beauty and the Beast

8. Gilmore Girls

7. Lost

6. South Park

5. Roseanne

4. Keeping up Appearances

3. Absolutely Fabulous

2. Star Trek DS9

1. Desperate Housewives

[Auburn]

10: The Vicar Of Dibley! (so so so funny Dawn French is hilarious!)

9: Neighbours

8: At Home With The Braithwaites (Sarah Smart yummy! and also hilarious )

7: Buffy (for obvious reasons although I hate a certain big nosed someone! (not bitter, honest))

6: Friends (Nuff said)

5: Bad Girls (Nikki and Helen with huge cutage!)

4: Will and Grace (the chemestry is amazing between the cast they all fit together so well and it shows on screen)

3: That 70's show (How lush is Donna?!)

2: Sister sister (The twins were funny bles 'em)

1:Gimme Gimme Gimme (more than hilarious, side-splitingly commical and pure genius!)



Meh I just realised I like funny tv shows apart from the odd exception , of course



Auburn



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[Tibbs]

I'm at work now, and hella bored. 1:35 in the morning and there is NOTHING to do, so I decided to cruise the kitten board since I haven't inna while and see what was going on. Saw this thread and wanted to jot my fav's down cuz some of them weren't mentioned yet.



In no real order:



Buffy

Dead Like Me

The Real World

Queer as Folk

Fraggle Rock - cartoon version

Popular

South Park

The Family Guy

Cheers

Strawberry Shortcake - I loved the peculiar purple pie man of porcupine peak. < sigh> memories...





Tibbs

Edited by: Warduke at: 12/31/04 9:04 am

[Miss Ediths Bad Kitty]

1. 'My So-Called Life' (Rickie!)

2. 'Freaks & Geeks'

3. 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer'

4. 'Spaced'

5. 'Black Books'

6. 'Absolutely Fabulous'

7. 'Twin Peaks'

8. 'American Gothic'

9. 'How Do You Want Me?'

10. 'Daria'





With honourable mentions to: 'This Life' (Ferdy!), 'Family Guy' (Baby Stewie!), 'Roseanne' (Darlene!), 'Queer As Folk' (the original British version), 'Sex & the City', 'Six Feet Under', 'Friends' and 'Will & Grace'.

[onyxsundrops]

1. Ab Fab (including the specials)

2. The X-Files (early seasons)

3. My So-Called Life

4. Roseanne

5. Buffy the Vampire Slayer (S4 and 5)

6. Six Feet Under

7. The Sopranos

8. Xena: Warrior Princess (except the finale)

9. Law and Order (SVU)

10. Will & Grace

[BreatheNoMore]

hmm.. Okies.. These are just my faves..



1. Buffy the Vampire Slayer



2. Ally McBeal



3. Dark Angel



4. Tru Calling



5. Alias



6. Angel



7. Xena



8. Judging Amy



9. Charmed



10. Queer As Folk, Bad Girls, Joan Of Arcadia, Popular

Edited by: Warduke at: 1/1/05 9:52 am

[Ghostwriter]

This is a great discussion! It's been interesting seeing what other people like. So here's my list:



10: Tie: Absolutely Fabulous & That 70's show (for very different reasons, but I love them both)

9: Law & Order

8: West Wing

7: ER

6: Buffy the Vampire Slayer

5: CSI

4: Law & Order SVU

3: Lost

2: Desperate Housewives (very guilty pleasure here)

1: Xena: Warrior Princess (I am a little obsessed with this show, I can't help it)