# Television series of which you have seen every single episode **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 22, 2013, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-series-of-which-you-have-seen-every-single-episode/659010 "2013-05-22T13:12:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Honey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honey/32/5074_2.png) [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2013, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-series-of-which-you-have-seen-every-single-episode/659010/41 "2013-05-22T22:49:08Z")
The X Files Buffy Seinfeld The Sopranos Dexter The Wire Californication Arrested Development Sons Of Anarchy Nurse Jackie Mad Men Breaking Bad As Time Goes By Merlin Deadwood Boardwalk Empire Game of Thrones Bones Criminal Minds Big Love I know there are more that I’m not thinking of right now. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2013, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-series-of-which-you-have-seen-every-single-episode/659010/42 "2013-05-22T22:57:54Z")
Star Trek (original series) Star Trek: The Next Generation Gilligan’s Island Blackadder Pushing Daisies WKRP in Cincinnati Castle Probably a few others I’m not thinking of at the moment. I very likely have seen every episode of M_A_S\*H, between its network prime-time run, its simultaneous run on CBS on weekday afternoons in the late 1970s / early 1980s, and infinite repeats ever since, but it would not surprise me if there’s an episode or two which slipped through the cracks. ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2013, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-series-of-which-you-have-seen-every-single-episode/659010/43 "2013-05-23T06:00:02Z")
Recalling off the top of my head, I believe I’ve seen all episodes of these shows: _Seinfeld Cheers Taxi WKRP in Cincinnati Mary Tyler Moore The Bob Newhart Show MASH Monty Python’s Flying Circus_ _Blackadder_ (1 through 4) _Fawlty Towers_ (All 12 episodes) _Police Squad!_ (All six episodes) _The Simpsons_ (However, I have missed a few minutes in a couple episodes.) \*The Flintstones \*(Again, missed a few minutes of a few episodes.) \*Star Trek \*(TOS) _Moonlighting_ Nearly all: \*Hill Street Blues \*(There’s at least one episode from late in its last season that I missed because I was living somewhere without a TV and it was not repeated during the summer. Also, they never had HSB repeats in syndication where I lived so I never managed to catch up on it.) _Mystery Science Theater 3000_ (I’ve only seen a few episodes from the first season but everything from season 2 afterward.) _Late Night with David Letterman_ (I missed a few from the first two seasons but saw every show from 1984 until 1993 when Dave left for CBS.) _The Sopranos_ (Everything after the “College” episode in the first season.) ---
**Author:** ![kcor1953](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kcor1953/32/3221_2.png) [@kcor1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kcor1953)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2013, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-series-of-which-you-have-seen-every-single-episode/659010/44 "2013-05-23T14:23:30Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Turn-On (1969), canceled after the first episode. Missed it. Wednesday was Daktari night. _Probably_ have seen all the Daktaris, though. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2013, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-series-of-which-you-have-seen-every-single-episode/659010/45 "2013-05-23T14:26:56Z")
We usually watched Daktari too, but this was from the people who made Laugh-In. The idea was to have a one hour show with quick sketches and zingers all centered around one topic. Tim Conway was the guest star for the pilot episode. The subject was Sex. My Dad stopped watching 15 minutes into it. I was 15 at the time, so an hour of comedy about sex with pretty girls in it was fine with me. Looking back, it’s easy to see why it was shut down so hard so fast. ---
**Author:** ![kcor1953](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kcor1953/32/3221_2.png) [@kcor1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kcor1953)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2013, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-series-of-which-you-have-seen-every-single-episode/659010/46 "2013-05-23T14:37:36Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > That’s the thing, the ones we’ve seen every episode of aired after the advent of DVR. Well, I saw every ep of the US-shown Prisoner and the US-shown HHGTTG, but it required A) considerable trouble and B) them being Brit style “limited” series. ---
**Author:** ![Truman\_Burbank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@Truman\_Burbank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Truman_Burbank)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2013, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-series-of-which-you-have-seen-every-single-episode/659010/47 "2013-05-23T14:39:02Z")
I could list a good smattering of the listed shows, the only fresh titles I can add are **Harry O** and **Duet** , an early Fox rom-com. ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2013, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-series-of-which-you-have-seen-every-single-episode/659010/48 "2013-05-23T14:41:02Z")
Lost Desperate Housewives Revenge M_A_S\*H Futurama South Park Night Court Dilbert ---
**Author:** ![kcor1953](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kcor1953/32/3221_2.png) [@kcor1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kcor1953)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2013, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-series-of-which-you-have-seen-every-single-episode/659010/49 "2013-05-23T15:32:07Z")
Another probable: Angel (1960s) Probably saw them all between reg season and reruns. “Angel” was soooo cute! Prof P, Turn On sounds neat but I know I didn’t see it, and had the impression it would be the Bobby Sherman version of Laugh-In–don’t really know why–and didn’t bother. On such prejudices empires are lost. ---
**Author:** ![Deadhead\_Dave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/838e76/32.png) [@Deadhead\_Dave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deadhead_Dave)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2013, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-series-of-which-you-have-seen-every-single-episode/659010/50 "2013-05-23T19:39:56Z")
The Andy Griffith Show - (Goober says “Hey”) ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2013, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-series-of-which-you-have-seen-every-single-episode/659010/51 "2013-05-23T19:45:40Z")
The Prisoner (both the original and the bastardization) Secret Agent / Danger Man ST: TOS. Mad Men Lots of British shows like A Touch of Frost. Police Squad My Name is Earl ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Accident](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Mr.Accident](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Accident)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2013, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-series-of-which-you-have-seen-every-single-episode/659010/52 "2013-05-23T20:29:47Z")
This is gonna be a long list. Mash Duck tales Darkwing Duck Transformers gen 1 Doug Family matters Full house Buffy Angel Twilight zone (original) Outer Limits (90s) Stargate SG1 Boy meets world Step by step Beverly hillbillies Supernatural Justice league Batman beyond 4400 Files Millinium True calling Doll house Justice Bones Louis and Clark Kenshin Dbz Stargate universe Unsolved mysteries Unexplained mysteries ---
**Author:** ![Ms\_Boods](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5e9695/32.png) [@Ms\_Boods](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms_Boods)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2013, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-series-of-which-you-have-seen-every-single-episode/659010/53 "2013-05-24T15:52:48Z")
All of the surviving Doctor Who serials/episodes. Except for the ones Jim Mallon has kept back in the vault, all extant MST3K. Thanks to enthusiastic fangirls and Youtube, I’m closing in on all of Casualty (which is in its 26th series) and Holby City (which is 15 this year.) Wikipedia and a half-arsed calculation tell me that’s about 860 episodes of Caz and 680ish of Holby, but I’ve also been at it since 1998 or so (not with the youtube episodes, of course, but my travels combined with well meaning pals who VCR’d and dvr’d episodes until youtube and the UKBA gave my catching-up a boost). I would imagine die-hard soap fans would have similar tallies with daily/weekly shows. A 6 or 13 part tv show is a doddle in comparison! Not an accomplishment I’d on my resume, though. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2013, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-series-of-which-you-have-seen-every-single-episode/659010/54 "2013-05-24T15:59:50Z")
Lots of short run series if they count: _Arrested Development_ and HBO’s _Deadwood_ and _Rome_, for instance. I’m pretty sure I’ve seen every _Supernatural_ and _Sanford & Son_. I think I’ve seen every _All in the Family_, _Good Times_, _The Jeffersons_, and other '70s/early '80s staples, but once in a blue moon one will come on that doesn’t seem familiar. ---
**Author:** ![ShadowFacts](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shadowfacts/32/2934_2.png) [@ShadowFacts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadowFacts)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2013, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-series-of-which-you-have-seen-every-single-episode/659010/55 "2013-05-24T19:08:14Z")
I have a few, most of which have already been mentioned, but my crowning achievement in this category is: _Law & Order_ (Original Flavor) (And thanks to A&E and TNT, I’ve seen most of them more than once). ---
**Author:** ![Hedda\_Rosa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hedda_rosa/32/1204_2.png) [@Hedda\_Rosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hedda_Rosa)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2013, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-series-of-which-you-have-seen-every-single-episode/659010/56 "2013-05-24T22:24:56Z")
Not too many: Project Runway. Downton Abbey Friends ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2013, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-series-of-which-you-have-seen-every-single-episode/659010/57 "2013-05-24T22:36:01Z")
Wagon Train Have Gun, Will Travel Wyatt Earp The Avengers The Man From U.N.C.L.E. Daniel Boone Davy Crockett Branded Wanted: Dead or Alive Twilight Zone Star Trek (a shitload of others in the 70s and 80s) Seinfeld Larry Sanders Deadwood Carnival Six Feet Under The Sopranos The Wire Flight of The Conchords Several that are still ongoing, including Treme Breaking Bad Walking Dead Nurse Jackie Doc Martin Downton Abbey etc. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2013, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-series-of-which-you-have-seen-every-single-episode/659010/58 "2013-05-25T00:19:21Z")
All in the Family The Big Bang Theory The Bob Newhart Show The Carol Burnett Show Dharma and Greg The Dick Van Dyke Show Everybody Loves Raymond Father Knows Best Frasier The Golden Girls Hill Street Blues House I Love Lucy Leave It to Beaver Lost The Mary Tyler Moore Show M_A_S\*H Maude Modern Family Monk Monty Python’s Flying Circus Northern Exposure NYPD Blue Outer Limits (both) Picket Fences The Powers That Be (greatest show that nobody else watched) Quantum Leap Seinfeld Star Trek: TOS Star Trek: TNG Star Trek: DS9 Star Trek: VOY The Twilight Zone (both) Will & Grace My only excuse is that I’ve been around a lot longer than most of you. ---
**Author:** ![President\_Johnny\_Gentle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5f9b8f/32.png) [@President\_Johnny\_Gentle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/President_Johnny_Gentle)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2013, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-series-of-which-you-have-seen-every-single-episode/659010/59 "2013-05-25T00:44:27Z")
My list is fairly short. The Prisoner (Original UK) Buffy The IT Crowd The Critic I don’t know if I’ve seen all of Monty Python’s Flying Circus, but if I haven’t, I’m just missing an episode or two. I’ve given several series up. The Simpsons, Futurama, Family Guy, and Big Love all come to mind. All but the last are shows I’d still watch, I’m just no longer interested in catching all of them. I’m also still debating whether to watch the last season of Angel. > [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](#): > > IT Crowd (I heard they’re going to do a Christmas Special) I don’t know if it will be a Christmas special, but one more episode has [been confirmed](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-22449971). ---
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Absolutely Fabulous Arrested Development Buffy The Vampire Slayer Burn Notice Charmed Cold Case Covert Affairs Criminal Minds (until boycott at end of Season 7 to present) CSI: Miami Cybill Designing Women Ghost Whisperer Golden Girls In Plain Sight Las Vegas Leverage Major Crimes NUMB3RS OZ Queer As Folk Reba Rizzoli & Isles Six Feet Under Smallville Supernatural The Closer The Nanny The Unit White Collar Will & Grace XENA: Warrior Princess [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-series-of-which-you-have-seen-every-single-episode/659010.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-series-of-which-you-have-seen-every-single-episode/659010.md?page=4)