# One TV Marathon You'd Sit All The Way Through **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 21, 2009, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-tv-marathon-youd-sit-all-the-way-through/500432 "2009-06-21T00:55:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2009, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-tv-marathon-youd-sit-all-the-way-through/500432/1 "2009-06-21T00:55:07Z")
In Chicago on WMEU-CA (Called MeToo) in Chicago, channel 48 (subchannel 26.3 on WCIU as well) on Monday through Friday they run marathons of TV shows. For instance on Friday from 10am - 10pm they ran _Square Pegs_ and on Monday they are running _Gilligan’s Island_ from 10am - 10pm My question is if you could choose ANY TV show and have a complete marathon of it, meaning you’d watch it from Episode One till the last episode, which show would you choose. The catch is you would have to sit through EVERY episode, you couldn’t skip or turn it off. Are there any TV shows (comedy, dramas, soap operas, etc) that you like well enough to sit through EVERY single episode, and that would include the ones like clip shows etc. I think I could sit through my favourite soap opera from Australia called _Prisoner_, called _Prisoner: Cell Block H_ elsewhere. Also _Fawlty Towers_ but that’s an easy one 'cause there are not a lot of episodes. What about you? Remember the catch is you’d have to sit through ALL episodes run in their original order. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2009, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-tv-marathon-youd-sit-all-the-way-through/500432/2 "2009-06-21T01:08:12Z")
Night Court Barney Miller Taxi Star Trek-TOS, TNG, DS9 WKRP Burn Notice ---
**Author:** ![kath94](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/67e7ee/32.png) [@kath94](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kath94)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2009, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-tv-marathon-youd-sit-all-the-way-through/500432/3 "2009-06-21T01:14:26Z")
Twilight Zone. Usually done here in L.A. once or twice a year. I don’t usually catch many of the episodes, but if I had the time, I’d sit through them ALL! ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2009, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-tv-marathon-youd-sit-all-the-way-through/500432/4 "2009-06-21T01:17:05Z")
Babylon 5. I’d tape it(again) as it played. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2009, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-tv-marathon-youd-sit-all-the-way-through/500432/5 "2009-06-21T01:25:03Z")
Star Trek. The original series. Back in the days before DVD sets, I’d always try to catch and record the marathons that were on once a year or so. I got the chance to see episodes that weren’t in the regular rotation that the local independent channel would show once a day. They always did a marathon over one of the holiday weekends. With Star Trek, it isn’t as important to go in order, but I could sit through a marathon from season one to season three easily. ---
**Author:** ![Lightray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightray/32/391_2.png) [@Lightray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightray)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2009, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-tv-marathon-youd-sit-all-the-way-through/500432/6 "2009-06-21T01:25:37Z")
I suppose it might not quite fit here, since it’s a miniseries not a series… but I lost most of my day because _Band of Brothers_ was on History. Again. And this is not the first time this happened. While my DVD set was sitting not five feet from me, no less. And it only got halfway through! I’m tempted to stick in the “Bastogne” DVD and finish off… except, what’ll I do tomorrow? ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2009, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-tv-marathon-youd-sit-all-the-way-through/500432/7 "2009-06-21T01:32:10Z")
- House. Oh, wait, they already do that on USA channel! 😃 I’ll watch them all over again. - Northern Exposure, sadly disappeared from TV completely. I’d run out to Walmart and buy a case of VHS tapes. - Star Trek. - Dream On (an old HBO series starring Brian Benben and Wendy Malick). - Days and Nights of Molly Dodd (starring Blair Brown). - Dirty Jobs and Man vs. Wild, yes, I know they’re on all the time, but there are some episodes I must have missed. - ER - if, say, I was confined to bed for 6 months, I would love to see all episodes. - East Enders. There must be a decade of shows I missed. - Lost. Those are the shows I really have enjoyed the most, though there are others. ---
**Author:** ![SciFiSam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2009, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-tv-marathon-youd-sit-all-the-way-through/500432/8 "2009-06-21T01:32:35Z")
Buffy, or if time were limited: Chuck (so far). You’d watch all of Prisoner Cell Block H? Seriously? Have you ever watched a similar UK series called Bad Girls? It might be your cup of tea. ---
**Author:** ![SciFiSam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2009, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-tv-marathon-youd-sit-all-the-way-through/500432/9 "2009-06-21T01:36:53Z")
> [@salinqmind](#): > > - East Enders. There must be a decade of shows I missed. > - Lost. It’s been running for 24 years. For the first nine years, there were two half hour episodes per week (a full half hour - no breaks) Then for the next 7 years there were 3 half hour shows. From then on it’s been four shows a week. Christmas specials can last up to two hours (and if you haven’t seen the Dot and Ethel one yet, that’s one to watch. Simple, classical, well-acted drama). That’s a helluva long marathon! ---
**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:** [June 21, 2009, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-tv-marathon-youd-sit-all-the-way-through/500432/10 "2009-06-21T01:37:21Z")
Buffy Babylon 5 Doctor Who Once a Hero (if time is short) Homicide: Live on the Street. ---
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2009, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-tv-marathon-youd-sit-all-the-way-through/500432/11 "2009-06-21T01:37:34Z")
Sci-Fi: Firefly Farscape BSG-TOS BSG-Reboot all Star Treks Doctor Who Red Dwarf MST3K Airwolf The A. Team Knight Rider Retro H.R. Puffinstuf Land of the Lost Sigmund and the Sea Monsters Bigfoot and Wildboy The Lost Saucer Far-out Space-Nuts (Gilligan and Skipper in SPAAACE!) Electro-Woman and Dyna-Girl (she makes me feel kinda’ funny, like when we used to climb the rope in gym class) Yes, I was a Krofft kid growing up… it’s scarred me for life Weird Science Animation; StarBlazers Animaniacs Freakazoid Pinky and the Brain The Tick ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2009, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-tv-marathon-youd-sit-all-the-way-through/500432/12 "2009-06-21T01:38:00Z")
Wanted to add to my list. The Muppet Show. Not a bad episode in the bunch. ---
**Author:** ![GoodOmens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@GoodOmens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GoodOmens)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2009, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-tv-marathon-youd-sit-all-the-way-through/500432/13 "2009-06-21T01:38:05Z")
This is easy…Firefly. Very enjoyable, fun show…and it has the distinct advantage of few episodes. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2009, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-tv-marathon-youd-sit-all-the-way-through/500432/14 "2009-06-21T02:06:11Z")
Cheers Frasier Hill Street Blues WKRP in Cincinnati The Avengers, but only the Diana Rigg seasons and if I had the time, The Simpsons ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2009, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-tv-marathon-youd-sit-all-the-way-through/500432/15 "2009-06-21T02:26:33Z")
The Larry Sanders Show (but it would have to be uncensored). ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2009, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-tv-marathon-youd-sit-all-the-way-through/500432/16 "2009-06-21T02:52:29Z")
Father Ted. If I was retired (they are both in the thousands now I think) Last of the Summer Wine and Sesame Street. Yes, really. I’d love to do an anthropological report in the changes in Sesame Street over the years. . . ---
**Author:** ![The\_Shroud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/439d5e/32.png) [@The\_Shroud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Shroud)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2009, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-tv-marathon-youd-sit-all-the-way-through/500432/17 "2009-06-21T02:58:13Z")
_Andy Richter Controls the Universe._ Funny show, and wouldn’t require a huge time commitment. 🙂 Of long(er)-running shows, _Arrested Development_ and _The Dick Van Dyke Show_. I tend to binge on shows anyway. I think I watched all (13 episodes?) of _Extras_ in a few days. And whole 10-episode seasons of \*Curb Your Enthusiasm \*in one sitting. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Credible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a8b319/32.png) [@Justin\_Credible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Credible)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2009, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-tv-marathon-youd-sit-all-the-way-through/500432/18 "2009-06-21T03:02:09Z")
Futurama Arrested Development The Office The Shield Dexter Lost short lived shows: Stark Raving Mad Mission Hill Clone High If I didn’t have to eat or sleep: The Tonight Show Late Night with Conan O’Brien ---
**Author:** ![Bridget\_Burke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@Bridget\_Burke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bridget_Burke)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2009, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-tv-marathon-youd-sit-all-the-way-through/500432/19 "2009-06-21T03:22:38Z")
_Max Headroom: 20 Minutes Into The Future_. And I’d tape it, since the idiots haven’t released any DVD’s! Plus _Pushing Daisies._ Why didn’t somebody tell me I needed to watch it? I caught the last show… ETA: Don’t know about a marathon, but I’m happy catching _Angel_ most mornings as I get ready for work. No matter how many times I’ve seen the episodes. _Buffy_ & \*Xena \*are other shows that ought to be in permanent repeats, somewhere… ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2009, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-tv-marathon-youd-sit-all-the-way-through/500432/20 "2009-06-21T03:30:03Z")
I cannot hope to watch an entire 23.3 marathon, but, of the shit they broadcast, I’d like a Batman marathon. Not even Wife could force her way through the ST (Star Trek), TZ (Twilight Zone), and OL (Outer Limits) marathons, though, because one or more kids shifted her infatuation to “Family Feud.” Which an insane person in this market can see FOUR TIMES A DAY! :eek: [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-tv-marathon-youd-sit-all-the-way-through/500432.md?page=2)