# If you could bring back one show **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 22, 2017, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-bring-back-one-show/777871 "2017-01-22T20:56:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2017, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-bring-back-one-show/777871/81 "2017-01-23T22:28:21Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > My So-Called Life. So much territory to explore. Yes, and yes. And just because they never got to the actual romance,\*\* Men in Trees\*\*. 🙂 That guy is dreamy [James Tupper - IMDb](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0876805/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t6) ---
**Author:** ![DrCube](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a3d4f5/32.png) [@DrCube](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrCube)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2017, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-bring-back-one-show/777871/82 "2017-01-23T22:44:15Z")
[Get a Life](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Get_a_Life_(TV_series)). “Run, Spewey! Run like the wind!” ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2017, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-bring-back-one-show/777871/83 "2017-01-23T23:29:04Z")
_Get a Life_ _Mighty Heroes_ _We Interrupt This Week_ - the most obscure TV game show of all time, this was a PBS thing from the late 70’s that focussed on current events. The questions and answers were fired off rapidly - you really had to keep up, with panelists like _National Lampoon’s_ Gerald Sussman, and the funny-as-fuck (well at least then, anyway) Jeff Greenfield. _Inner Tennis_ - another PBS thing with a dorky tennis instructor who, _amazingly_, was able to improve peoples’ tennis games by getting them to concentrate more on the mental aspects of the game, using crazy reverse psychology, along with extremely unorthodox metal exercises to approach the game with a renewed perspective. Unique, eye-opening. NOT your typical tennis instruction, by any means. _Beat the Geeks_ - funky game show on music, film, tv trivia. (huh - just noticed in wikipedia that there were also many guest geeks on different subjects - must have been a different season than the one I watched.) Took me years to get over Tiffany Bolton. _Wait Till Your Father Gets Home_ - THE Simpson’s proto-type. Animated 70’s show about a typical deadbeat family. I even remember the inane theme song. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2017, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-bring-back-one-show/777871/84 "2017-01-24T04:56:58Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > Hill St. Blues. Apropos of Nothing, in Brazil, this show was called _“Chumbo Grosso”_ (roughly, “Heavy Lead”) and used the theme song from _Simon & Simon._ :eek: 😕 :dubious: > [@Dag\_Otto](#): > > **Battle of the Network Stars** > 😃 Ahhhh, those Lander sisters did more for puberty than the pituitary gland itself! ---
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2017, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-bring-back-one-show/777871/85 "2017-01-24T19:28:53Z")
> [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > Happy Endings. Yes. A thousand times yes, I miss this show. ---
**Author:** ![Kiber](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kiber/32/317_2.png) [@Kiber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kiber)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2017, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-bring-back-one-show/777871/86 "2017-01-24T19:37:37Z")
**Downton Abbey.** ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2017, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-bring-back-one-show/777871/87 "2017-01-24T19:52:43Z")
> [@drad\_dog](#): > > Deadwood, of course Yes. Or\* Rome\*. _Pushing Daisies, Wonderfalls, Better Off Ted . All good and killed before their time. Maybe Joan of Arcadia_. _Forever_ OR _New Amsterdam_. Numb3rs, WKRP, Community, Arrested Development, West Wing- all good but had full runs. Any new run would suffer by comparison. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2017, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-bring-back-one-show/777871/88 "2017-01-24T19:57:18Z")
> [@Two\_Many\_Cats](#): > > Meeting of Minds, but with snappier dialogue. Oh, yes, excellent choice. Also _Joan of Arcadia_, and the original \*Cupid \*(the one with Jeremy Piven). Or _Father Ted_, though that would be difficult given that both Father Ted and Father Jack have passed away. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2017, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-bring-back-one-show/777871/89 "2017-01-24T22:39:06Z")
_Strangers With Candy_ ---
**Author:** ![Lorne\_Armstrong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/87869e/32.png) [@Lorne\_Armstrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lorne_Armstrong)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2017, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-bring-back-one-show/777871/90 "2017-01-25T00:45:41Z")
To Catch A Predator. ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_John\_Marcej](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Richard\_John\_Marcej](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_John_Marcej)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2017, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-bring-back-one-show/777871/91 "2017-01-25T00:56:46Z")
> [@Infovore](#): > > Or _Father Ted_, though that would be difficult given that both Father Ted and Father Jack have passed away. It could be a sitcom of both priests in the afterlife 😃 ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2017, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-bring-back-one-show/777871/92 "2017-01-25T01:15:25Z")
When Things Were Rotten ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2017, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-bring-back-one-show/777871/93 "2017-01-25T01:20:02Z")
> [@Eddie The Horrible](#): > > _Fernwood/America Tonight_ YES!! Martin Mull at his best IMO. Mrs. C and I loved that show. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2017, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-bring-back-one-show/777871/94 "2017-01-25T01:42:32Z")
> [@garygnu](#): > > _Better Off Ted_ was ahead of its time. This is the one that came to mind. There’s plenty more shows I love, but this is one I really feel should have more episodes. ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2017, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-bring-back-one-show/777871/95 "2017-01-25T01:45:54Z")
> [@Dogzilla](#): > > **The Riches.** Even if only for a single season to wrap up the cliffhangers they left us with. Yes, yes yes! Why didn’t I think of that? I loved that show. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2017, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-bring-back-one-show/777871/96 "2017-01-25T05:54:31Z")
Firefly or Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. (Though Serenity and the DS9 relaunch novels helped.) ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2017, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-bring-back-one-show/777871/97 "2017-01-25T07:18:01Z")
A&E’s _Nero Wolfe_ series starring Maury Chaykin as Wolfe and Timothy Hutton as Archie Goodwin. With the possible exception of _The Sopranos_, I think it’s the best television series ever produced. And oh, happy day! I just discovered that many of the episodes are currently available for viewing on [Youtube](https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Nero+wolfe). ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2017, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-bring-back-one-show/777871/98 "2017-01-25T16:07:28Z")
_The Young Ones_ classy stuff ---
**Author:** ![SykoSkotty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@SykoSkotty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SykoSkotty)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2017, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-bring-back-one-show/777871/99 "2017-01-25T16:16:22Z")
_scrolling through the responses, thinking ‘please no one say it yet, please no one say it yet…YES!! No one mentioned it yet!!’_ Hands down winner : **Freaks & Geeks** :smack: ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2017, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-bring-back-one-show/777871/100 "2017-01-25T17:41:53Z")
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