# Choose one \[of these TV shows\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** tv-shows-scripted\ **Created:** [August 29, 2022, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/choose-one-of-these-tv-shows/970525 "2022-08-29T13:07:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2022, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/choose-one-of-these-tv-shows/970525/1 "2022-08-29T13:07:42Z")
_Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/choose-one-of-these-tv-shows/970525/1))_ ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2022, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/choose-one-of-these-tv-shows/970525/2 "2022-08-29T13:12:03Z")
_ **The Sopranos** _, all the way. Whatchugonnado, eh? ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2022, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/choose-one-of-these-tv-shows/970525/3 "2022-08-29T13:22:41Z")
You really need a _None of the Above_ selection. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2022, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/choose-one-of-these-tv-shows/970525/4 "2022-08-29T13:54:18Z")
My Two Dads was not that great of a show but it did have Dick Butkus in it. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2022, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/choose-one-of-these-tv-shows/970525/5 "2022-08-29T13:56:23Z")
The Sopranos is the only one I actually watched for a time. Never saw a single episode of GoT or My Two Dads, caught bits of the other two in passing, but wasn’t interested. To be fair, I’m not much of a TV watcher - whatever is see is what my spousal unit decides to watch. ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2022, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/choose-one-of-these-tv-shows/970525/6 "2022-08-29T13:58:23Z")
_ **Breaking Bad** _ 'cause I live here now. _ **The Sopranos** _ comes in a close second (photo finish), because I _used_ to live there. They’re all beaten out though, by _ **ST: Strange New Worlds** _ which wasn’t on the list. Tripler No Paramount Plus? “Live long, and wait for the DVDs to come out.” ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2022, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/choose-one-of-these-tv-shows/970525/7 "2022-08-29T14:02:19Z")
Couldn’t decide between Saul and Walt so I thought which show I’d keep watching if they made more and went with Saul. Breaking Bad ran its course, I think Saul has more left. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2022, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/choose-one-of-these-tv-shows/970525/8 "2022-08-29T14:21:02Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > You really need a _None of the Above_ selection. Disagree, obviously. mmm ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2022, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/choose-one-of-these-tv-shows/970525/9 "2022-08-29T22:25:56Z")
[Moderating] Please give threads a more descriptive title, and preferably content in the OP as well. A title of “choose one” with a mouseover that consists entirely of “poll” gives nobody any idea whatsoever of what the thread is about before opening it. Even the tag of #tv-shows-scripted doesn’t give much of an idea, because a thread with that tag could also be asking, say, about characters in a TV show, or which network has the best overall lineup, or the like. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2022, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/choose-one-of-these-tv-shows/970525/10 "2022-08-29T22:29:09Z")
Choose one for …what? (No matter what the what is, I vote NotA). ---
**Author:** ![Ponderoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponderoid/32/19221_2.png) [@Ponderoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponderoid)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2022, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/choose-one-of-these-tv-shows/970525/11 "2022-08-30T02:39:29Z")
Obviously, the unstated poll question is “Which of these is least like the others?” Some of you might want to revise your vote in light of this. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2022, 9:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/choose-one-of-these-tv-shows/970525/12 "2022-08-30T09:58:07Z")
I didn’t watch any of them. ---
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2022, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/choose-one-of-these-tv-shows/970525/13 "2022-08-30T22:46:32Z")
_Breaking Bad_ and _Better Call Saul_, together, have a pretty good claim to being the best scripted TV show; heck, the best scripted filmed entertainment; of all time. INCREDIBLY consistent and entertaining for such a long run, between them. Never really a dip in quality. Incredible characters and moments and cinematography and acting. So I voted for BB, as it comes first. _Game of Thrones_ had four or so genuinely amazing seasons… really hard to believe that something that good and that cliche-defying made it onto a major cable network with a huge budget. But… it totally blew it by descending into serious crappiness for its final seasons _The Sopranos_ is a fine show that I enjoyed, but I think is overrated now because it ushered in the era of prestige TV. But, frankly, I remember very little of what happened in it, or when. Nothing really stood out. I’ve felt no urge to really discuss it or rewatch it _My Two Dads_ is… doing what in this list preciely? ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2022, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/choose-one-of-these-tv-shows/970525/14 "2022-08-30T22:50:33Z")
> [@Ponderoid](#): > > Obviously, the unstated poll question is “Which of these is least like the others?” Some of you might want to revise your vote in light of this. That’s why I’m surprised so few people voted for My Two Dads. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2022, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/choose-one-of-these-tv-shows/970525/15 "2022-08-30T23:04:35Z")
> [@Ponderoid](#): > > Obviously, the unstated poll question is “Which of these is least like the others?” Some of you might want to revise your vote in light of this. I thought the unstated poll question was “which one appeared first?” Or maybe, “which series had the best dressed characters?” Seriously, people, please include a question with all polls. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2022, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/choose-one-of-these-tv-shows/970525/16 "2022-08-30T23:40:49Z")
> [@Ponderoid](#): > > Obviously, the unstated poll question is “Which of these is least like the others?” Some of you might want to revise your vote in light of this. I read it more as “What show of these have you actually watched?” ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2022, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/choose-one-of-these-tv-shows/970525/17 "2022-08-31T18:12:39Z")
> [@Ponderoid](#): > > Obviously, the unstated poll question is “Which of these is least like the others?” Some of you might want to revise your vote in light of this. That’s how I voted, since there weren’t any clues, not even in the title (“Choose one”?) _Ahh, thanks to whoever added “TV shows”._ ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2022, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/choose-one-of-these-tv-shows/970525/18 "2022-08-31T19:20:27Z")
I took the poll to mean “Which of these shows would you watch now, wish to have the complete DVD collection of, or take to a desert island?” Still NotA for me. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2022, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/choose-one-of-these-tv-shows/970525/19 "2022-08-31T19:32:48Z")
Choose one for what reason?