# 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:** 4
**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:** [July 4, 2014, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-time-limit-stop-at-10-favorite-tv-shows/692221/61 "2014-07-04T16:11:06Z")
Law & Order Upstairs, Downstairs Fawlty Towers Home Movies South Park Lou Grant King of the Hill Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman Monk Twin Peaks Honorable Mention: Scooby-doo ---
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2014, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-time-limit-stop-at-10-favorite-tv-shows/692221/62 "2014-07-05T21:20:19Z")
Doctor Whos Six Feet Under Lost Battlestar Galactica (new) Firefly Buffy/Angel Star Treks Caprica How I Met Your Mother Being Erica ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2014, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-time-limit-stop-at-10-favorite-tv-shows/692221/63 "2014-07-06T02:39:56Z")
Some old, some new: _Seinfeld Star Trek: The Next Generation Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Frasier Archer My Name Is Earl Hill Street Blues Game of Thrones M_A_S_H Hogan’s Heroes \* ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2014, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-time-limit-stop-at-10-favorite-tv-shows/692221/64 "2014-07-06T03:22:33Z")
ST-TOS Babylon 5 Magnum, P.I. (hey, I was a young female when it was on and Selleck was HOT) Hill Street Blues WKRP in Cincinatti Dr. Who(Pertwee, Baker, Davison) Farscape Jeopardy! Barney Miller The BBC prduction of I, Claudius ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2014, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-time-limit-stop-at-10-favorite-tv-shows/692221/65 "2014-07-06T14:56:44Z")
Ask This Old House Breaking Bad Connections (there were 2 sequels, i will consider this a 3 season show) Fear Factor Hill Street Blues Monty Python’s Flying Circus Mythbusters NOVA Simpsons Twin Peaks ---
**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:** [July 6, 2014, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-time-limit-stop-at-10-favorite-tv-shows/692221/66 "2014-07-06T19:06:55Z")
Doctor Who House CSI Elementary Star Trek: TOS Big Bang Theory Hill Street Blues Frasier Father Ted M_A_S\*H Honorable mentions: Roseanne and Boy Meets World ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2015, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-time-limit-stop-at-10-favorite-tv-shows/692221/67 "2015-04-15T14:05:56Z")
Now that _Justified_ has wrapped, it may be worth revisiting this issue. If you want to change your list, please quote your earlier post(s) and do so. If you have yet to post here, what are your Top Ten All-Time Favorite TV Shows. ---
**Author:** ![danderson400](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bc79bd/32.png) [@danderson400](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danderson400)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2015, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-time-limit-stop-at-10-favorite-tv-shows/692221/68 "2015-06-26T22:02:14Z")
“China Beach” “On Scene: Emergency Response” “American Gladiators” “Twin Peaks” “American Gladiators” “Amen!” 'Wings" “Lawrence Welk” NFL Football ---
**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:** [June 26, 2015, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-time-limit-stop-at-10-favorite-tv-shows/692221/69 "2015-06-26T22:33:29Z")
Interesting variety. ---
**Author:** ![standingwave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@standingwave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/standingwave)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2015, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-time-limit-stop-at-10-favorite-tv-shows/692221/70 "2015-06-26T23:18:55Z")
[ol] [li]Doctor Who[/li][li]Star Trek (No bloody TNG, DS9, VOY, or ENT)[/li][li]Nova[/li][li]Saturday Night Live[/li][li]Northern Exposure[/li][li]Babylon 5[/li][li]Sports Night[/li][li]Six Feet Under[/li][li]Big Bang Theory[/li][li]Breaking Bad[/li][/ol] ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_Prize](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d2c977/32.png) [@Sir\_Prize](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_Prize)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2015, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-time-limit-stop-at-10-favorite-tv-shows/692221/71 "2015-06-27T01:36:22Z")
Pushing Daisies Community Parks & Recreation Seinfeld Game of Thrones MASH Star Trek TOS Buffy the Vampire Slayer Friends Law and Order when Lenny was on I stayed with American shows just to keep the list down but I could have added some Britcoms and Korean Historical Dramas that I watched with subtitles. ---
**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:** [June 27, 2015, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-time-limit-stop-at-10-favorite-tv-shows/692221/72 "2015-06-27T01:51:42Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > Law & Order > Upstairs, Downstairs > Fawlty Towers > Home Movies > South Park > Lou Grant > King of the Hill > Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman > Monk > Twin Peaks > > Honorable Mention: Scooby-doo I can’t believe I left _One Day at a Time_ off the list. I’ll respectfully withdraw _Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman_, or _King of the Hill_ (I need to think about it). But I practically lived for ODaaT when I was in junior high. I used the run the last block of my paper route to make sure I was home in time to catch the afternoon rerun, no matter how many times I’d seen it before. ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2015, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-time-limit-stop-at-10-favorite-tv-shows/692221/73 "2015-06-27T02:05:37Z")
PBS series James Burke - Connections Start Trek - Mash - Bob Ross - The Joy of Painting (a hug for the brain) original National Geographic - Major family viewing show (still get excited when I hear the theme song) All in the Family WKRP Seinfeld Friends Night Court ---
**Author:** ![the\_diego](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@the\_diego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_diego)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2015, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-time-limit-stop-at-10-favorite-tv-shows/692221/74 "2015-06-27T02:06:10Z")
The Night Stalker Mission Impossible Baa Baa Blacksheep The Professionals UFO SOAP Star Trek TOS Machale’s Navy The Thin Blue Line Highlander ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2015, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-time-limit-stop-at-10-favorite-tv-shows/692221/75 "2015-06-27T02:14:01Z")
Ally McBeal MASH NCIS CSI Law and Order The Prisoner Star Trek Rockford Files Forensic Files Dirty Jobs ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2015, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-time-limit-stop-at-10-favorite-tv-shows/692221/76 "2015-06-27T02:48:39Z")
The X-Files Haven Hart of Dixie Primeval Dawson’s Creek One Tree Hill Buffy The Vampire Slayer CSI Fringe e.r. ---
**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:** [June 27, 2015, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-time-limit-stop-at-10-favorite-tv-shows/692221/77 "2015-06-27T03:39:23Z")
No way I can list just ten. To cover all my favorites I’d have to break them down by genre and decade. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![jerseymule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jerseymule/32/3155_2.png) [@jerseymule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jerseymule)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2015, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-time-limit-stop-at-10-favorite-tv-shows/692221/78 "2015-06-27T14:06:10Z")
In no particular order: Barney Miller Fawlty Towers The Good Wife Pushing Daisies So You Think You Can Dance The Sing-off Six Feet Under Law & Order (the original series) Sports Night House ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2015, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-time-limit-stop-at-10-favorite-tv-shows/692221/79 "2015-06-27T21:52:20Z")
Just so latecomers to this thread may know, there was a follow-up thread last year at… > **[Let's discuss where to go next with the "Top TV Shows" issue...](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=727627)** > > Rather than inserting discussion into the No time limit; Stop at 10: Favorite TV shows thread, let’s decide what to do next with the data collecting there. At the moment there are 57 posts there and all but a very few are one-post-per-person things.... Let’s discuss where to go next with the “Top TV Shows” issue… 07-04-2014, 09:02 AM …with two posts that attempted to summarize things: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=17519950&postcount=6](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=17519950&postcount=6) [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=17521897&postcount=12](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=17521897&postcount=12) I don’t plan on any additional poll(s) as further follow-up so if anyone else would like to take on that project, please do so with my blessings. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2015, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-time-limit-stop-at-10-favorite-tv-shows/692221/80 "2015-06-27T23:27:58Z")
Monty Python Fawlty Towers Sopranos Game of Thrones Hogans Heroes NYPD Blue Law and Order SVU Gong Show Lost in Space Emergency [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-time-limit-stop-at-10-favorite-tv-shows/692221.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-time-limit-stop-at-10-favorite-tv-shows/692221.md?page=5)