# No time limit; Stop at 10: Favorite TV shows **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 2, 2014, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-time-limit-stop-at-10-favorite-tv-shows/692221 "2014-07-02T21:14:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2014, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-time-limit-stop-at-10-favorite-tv-shows/692221/1 "2014-07-02T21:14:27Z")
New thread, new day, poll to follow if enough items get listed. Looking back over the time you’ve been watching TV, what 10 shows are your favorites? Simple as that. ---
**Author:** ![SaharaTea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SaharaTea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SaharaTea)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2014, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-time-limit-stop-at-10-favorite-tv-shows/692221/2 "2014-07-02T21:18:19Z")
The Wire Friday Night Lights Breaking Bad The Sopranos Mad Men The Daily Show Friends ER The Golden Girls The Cosby Show ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2014, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-time-limit-stop-at-10-favorite-tv-shows/692221/3 "2014-07-02T21:20:35Z")
By air date not preference. Twilight Zone Dick Van Dyke Show Get Smart Star Trek (_The Original not the later ones_) Taxi WKRP in Cincinnati Simpsons _(First 12 seasons or so and a few gems from the next 10)_ Northern Exposure Scrubs Pushing Daisies ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2014, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-time-limit-stop-at-10-favorite-tv-shows/692221/4 "2014-07-02T21:35:09Z")
Approximate preference order: Breaking Bad The Wire The Sopranos Justified The Good Wife Gunsmoke Band of Brothers Deadwood The Shield Twin Peaks (I may vote for others once the poll entrants get chosen, but these are off-the-cuff first shots.) ---
**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:** [July 2, 2014, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-time-limit-stop-at-10-favorite-tv-shows/692221/5 "2014-07-02T21:48:02Z")
The Wire Breaking Bad All in the Family The Dick Van Dyke Show King of Queens The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson Get Smart Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. Curb Your Enthusiasm Barney Miller ---
**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2014, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-time-limit-stop-at-10-favorite-tv-shows/692221/6 "2014-07-02T21:58:50Z")
In no particular order Buffy the Vampire Slayer Star Trek (TOS) The Bob Newhart Show Late Night with David Letterman Home Improvement The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Homicide: Life on the Street Cheers Night Court Northern Exposure ---
**Author:** ![ST93](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@ST93](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ST93)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2014, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-time-limit-stop-at-10-favorite-tv-shows/692221/7 "2014-07-02T22:12:32Z")
1. Star Trek 2. Stargate 3. Battlestar Galactica 4. Firefly 5. Avatar the last Airbender 6. Through the wormhole 7. The legend of Korra 8. Ed Edd and Eddy 9. The Simpsons 10. MXC ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2014, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-time-limit-stop-at-10-favorite-tv-shows/692221/8 "2014-07-02T22:21:25Z")
Barney Miller The Rockford Files The Sopranos Quantum Leap Remington Steele Perry Mason The Simpsons The Larry Sanders Show The Bob Newhart Show Star Trek ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2014, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-time-limit-stop-at-10-favorite-tv-shows/692221/9 "2014-07-02T22:28:25Z")
_The Dick Van Dyke Show Star Trek TOS Battlestar Galactica (OS) American Dad Futurama Barney Miller The 6 Million Dollar Man Buck Rogers (1st Season Only) Robotech GI Joe_ ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2014, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-time-limit-stop-at-10-favorite-tv-shows/692221/10 "2014-07-02T22:35:50Z")
Star Trek: TOS Doctor Who The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr Law & Order Law & Order: Criminal Intent Jeopardy! Soap Star Trek: TNG Soul Train! Mystery Science Theater 3000 (no order) I could easily do a second 10 ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2014, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-time-limit-stop-at-10-favorite-tv-shows/692221/11 "2014-07-02T22:38:27Z")
Also in no particular order: _The Dick van Dyke Show Star Trek_ (TOS) _M_A_S_H WKRP in Cincinnatti Taxi Cheers Friends Firefly Mythbusters Breaking Bad\* I never thought I was that much of a sitcom afficianado, but there you are. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2014, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-time-limit-stop-at-10-favorite-tv-shows/692221/12 "2014-07-02T22:38:48Z")
Yes Minister / Yes Prime Minister To The Manor Born Doctor Who David Suchet’s Poirot Not The Nine O’Clock News Spitting Image Battlestar Galactica (reboot) Spartacus Tomorrow’s World Horizon ---
**Author:** ![MrKnowItAll](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrknowitall/32/87_2.png) [@MrKnowItAll](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrKnowItAll)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2014, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-time-limit-stop-at-10-favorite-tv-shows/692221/13 "2014-07-02T22:44:51Z")
Mythbusters M_A_S\*H Taxi Monty Python’s Flying Circus A Nero Wolfe Mystery NCIS The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Show The X-Files WKRP in Cincinnati Newsradio ---
**Author:** ![standingwave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@standingwave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/standingwave)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2014, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-time-limit-stop-at-10-favorite-tv-shows/692221/14 "2014-07-02T22:49:51Z")
All in the Family Breaking Bad Daily Show with Jon Stewart Frasier MASH Six Feet Under Seinfeld Twilight Zone The Wire West Wing ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2014, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-time-limit-stop-at-10-favorite-tv-shows/692221/15 "2014-07-02T23:01:21Z")
The West Wing Justified Friends Two and a Half Men The Daily Show Firefly The Simpsons Sports Night Alfred Hitchcock Presents Numbers ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2014, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-time-limit-stop-at-10-favorite-tv-shows/692221/16 "2014-07-02T23:11:34Z")
Seinfeld The X-Files Firefly Breaking Bad Fringe Curb Your Enthusiasm Game of Thrones Community Psych Arrested Development ---
**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2014, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-time-limit-stop-at-10-favorite-tv-shows/692221/17 "2014-07-02T23:17:00Z")
Sopranos. Rockford Files. Hogan’s Heroes. I Dream of Jeannie. Barney Miller. Seinfeld. One Step Beyond. The Larry Sanders Show. Mission Impossible. The Gong Show. ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2014, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-time-limit-stop-at-10-favorite-tv-shows/692221/18 "2014-07-02T23:51:16Z")
Hill Street Blues MASH Law & Order Barney Miller Soap Lou Grant Trapper John, M.D. The Rockford Files The West Wing Babylon 5 ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2014, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-time-limit-stop-at-10-favorite-tv-shows/692221/19 "2014-07-03T00:09:55Z")
Doctor Who Misfits Arrested Development The Dick Van Dyke Show Hill Street Blues The Simpsons House Babylon 5 The West Wing Star Trek ---
**Author:** ![MoonMoon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moonmoon/32/2959_2.png) [@MoonMoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MoonMoon)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2014, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-time-limit-stop-at-10-favorite-tv-shows/692221/20 "2014-07-03T00:22:18Z")
Firefly Friday Night Lights Friends (they won’t all start with F, I swear) X Files West Wing Lost (I’ve got to include it, even though I’m still bitter) Breaking Bad Game of Thrones Luther 30 Rock [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-time-limit-stop-at-10-favorite-tv-shows/692221.md?page=2)