# TV Binge Watch (Part 2) **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [October 4, 2022, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711 "2022-10-04T16:51:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 245
**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2024, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/4881 "2024-05-17T16:50:17Z")
**Remakes, Reboots, & Revivals** 1. L&O: TOS – premiered in 1990, closed in 2010, revived in 2020 2. The Addams Family - Aired for two seasons in 64 and 65, a cartoon in 1973, a Halloween Special in 77, Another cartoon in 1992, New Addams Family show in 1998, and Wednesday in 2022. 3. ST: TOS rebooted (revived?) as the Animated Series 1973 4. Mission: Impossible - hit TV series 1966-1973, remake series 1988-1990, rebooted hit movie series 1996-now. 5. The Odd Couple - (1970 - 75); The New Odd Couple (1982 - 83); The Odd Couple (2015 -17) 6. One Day at a Time - 1975 and 2017. 7. The Twilight Zone - 1959, 1985, 2002, 2019 ---
**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 17, 2024, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/4882 "2024-05-17T17:03:59Z")
**Remakes, Reboots, & Revivals** 1. L&O: TOS – premiered in 1990, closed in 2010, revived in 2020 2. The Addams Family - Aired for two seasons in 64 and 65, a cartoon in 1973, a Halloween Special in 77, Another cartoon in 1992, New Addams Family show in 1998, and Wednesday in 2022. 3. ST: TOS rebooted (revived?) as the Animated Series 1973 4. Mission: Impossible - hit TV series 1966-1973, remake series 1988-1990, rebooted hit movie series 1996-now. 5. The Odd Couple - (1970 - 75); The New Odd Couple (1982 - 83); The Odd Couple (2015 -17) 6. One Day at a Time - 1975 and 2017. 7. The Twilight Zone - 1959, 1985, 2002, 2019 8. Battlestar Galactica - 1978, 2004 ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2024, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/4883 "2024-05-17T19:59:14Z")
**Remakes, Reboots, & Revivals** 1. L&O: TOS – premiered in 1990, closed in 2010, revived in 2020 2. The Addams Family - Aired for two seasons in 64 and 65, a cartoon in 1973, a Halloween Special in 77, Another cartoon in 1992, New Addams Family show in 1998, and Wednesday in 2022. 3. ST: TOS rebooted (revived?) as the Animated Series 1973 4. Mission: Impossible - hit TV series 1966-1973, remake series 1988-1990, rebooted hit movie series 1996-now. 5. The Odd Couple - (1970 - 75); The New Odd Couple (1982 - 83); The Odd Couple (2015 -17) 6. One Day at a Time - 1975 and 2017. 7. The Twilight Zone - 1959, 1985, 2002, 2019 8. Battlestar Galactica - 1978, 2004 9. Quantum Leap - (1989-1993), (2022) ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2024, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/4884 "2024-05-19T02:31:00Z")
**Remakes, Reboots, & Revivals** 1. L&O: TOS – premiered in 1990, closed in 2010, revived in 2020 2. The Addams Family - Aired for two seasons in 64 and 65, a cartoon in 1973, a Halloween Special in 77, Another cartoon in 1992, New Addams Family show in 1998, and Wednesday in 2022. 3. ST: TOS rebooted (revived?) as the Animated Series 1973 4. Mission: Impossible - hit TV series 1966-1973, remake series 1988-1990, rebooted hit movie series 1996-now. 5. The Odd Couple - (1970 - 75); The New Odd Couple (1982 - 83); The Odd Couple (2015 -17) 6. One Day at a Time - 1975 and 2017. 7. The Twilight Zone - 1959, 1985, 2002, 2019 8. Battlestar Galactica - 1978, 2004 9. Quantum Leap - (1989-1993), (2022) 10. Dr. Who (OS 1964-1989, then a failed attempt at relaunching in 1996 with a TV movie, finally full reboot in 2005) **Worst episode ever:** Bad episodes from otherwise good shows. 1. Space Babies - Dr. Who; Look who’s talking now in space along with a monster made of boogers ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2024, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/4885 "2024-05-19T02:46:58Z")
**Worst episode ever:** Bad episodes from otherwise good shows. 1. Space Babies - Dr. Who; Look who’s talking now in space along with a monster made of boogers 2. Ready, Aim, Marry Me - Arrested Development; This Season 2 clunker just seemed out of place and a little over the top. Especially since it came with Martin Short. ---
**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:** [May 19, 2024, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/4886 "2024-05-19T18:30:39Z")
> [@Skunkdog](#): > > **Worst episode ever:** Bad episodes from otherwise good shows. 1. Space Babies - Dr. Who; Look who’s talking now in space along with a monster made of boogers 2. Ready, Aim, Marry Me - Arrested Development; This Season 2 clunker just seemed out of place and a little over the top. Especially since it came with Martin Short. 3. In season 7 of _L&O:TOS_, they take one of their first major departures from the 1/2-hr law–1/2-hr order structure with a 3-parter loosely based on the Simpson/Goldman case, but it devolves into a stupid skip around the block of Det. Curtis’ personal life, as the detectives go to California on some trumped up premise that would embarrass the Bronx DA. Each episode has a different title, but people who have watched it know what I’m talking about. Painful. ---
**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 19, 2024, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/4887 "2024-05-19T22:42:00Z")
> **Worst episode ever:** Bad episodes from otherwise good shows. 1. Space Babies - Dr. Who; Look who’s talking now in space along with a monster made of boogers 2. Ready, Aim, Marry Me - Arrested Development; This Season 2 clunker just seemed out of place and a little over the top. Especially since it came with Martin Short. 3. In season 7 of _L&O:TOS_, they take one of their first major departures from the 1/2-hr law–1/2-hr order structure with a 3-parter loosely based on the Simpson/Goldman case, but it devolves into a stupid skip around the block of Det. Curtis’ personal life, as the detectives go to California on some trumped up premise that would embarrass the Bronx DA. Each episode has a different title, but people who have watched it know what I’m talking about. Painful. 4. Spock’s Brain - Star Trek: TOS; um, they stole Spock’s brain. Kirk & Co. have to get it back. It’s possible that the writer put in such a schlock script because he was peeved at Roddenberry. ---
**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:** [May 20, 2024, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/4888 "2024-05-20T01:40:42Z")
**Worst episode ever:** Bad episodes from otherwise good shows. 1. Space Babies - Dr. Who; Look who’s talking now in space along with a monster made of boogers 2. Ready, Aim, Marry Me - Arrested Development; This Season 2 clunker just seemed out of place and a little over the top. Especially since it came with Martin Short. 3. In season 7 of _L&O:TOS_, they take one of their first major departures from the 1/2-hr law–1/2-hr order structure with a 3-parter loosely based on the Simpson/Goldman case, but it devolves into a stupid skip around the block of Det. Curtis’ personal life, as the detectives go to California on some trumped up premise that would embarrass the Bronx DA. Each episode has a different title, but people who have watched it know what I’m talking about. Painful. 4. Spock’s Brain - Star Trek: TOS; um, they stole Spock’s brain. Kirk & Co. have to get it back. It’s possible that the writer put in such a schlock script because he was peeved at Roddenberry. 5. I’ll nominate two episodes from _Star Trek: Deep Space Nine._ In “Meridian,” Jadzia, who up to this point has been deflecting every possible romantic entanglement, and even told Bashir once that Trill find romance to be a nuisance, is willing to give up her Starfleet career, 80 years of her life, and her very status as a corporeal being for awhile to be with a guy she just met. In “Let He Who is Without Sin”, Worf becomes an eco-terrorist. ---
**Author:** ![Briny\_Deep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/briny_deep/32/17188_2.png) [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2024, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/4889 "2024-05-20T01:55:50Z")
**Worst episode ever:** Bad episodes from otherwise good shows. 1. Space Babies - Dr. Who; Look who’s talking now in space along with a monster made of boogers 2. Ready, Aim, Marry Me - Arrested Development; This Season 2 clunker just seemed out of place and a little over the top. Especially since it came with Martin Short. 3. In season 7 of _L&O:TOS_, they take one of their first major departures from the 1/2-hr law–1/2-hr order structure with a 3-parter loosely based on the Simpson/Goldman case, but it devolves into a stupid skip around the block of Det. Curtis’ personal life, as the detectives go to California on some trumped up premise that would embarrass the Bronx DA. Each episode has a different title, but people who have watched it know what I’m talking about. Painful. 4. Spock’s Brain - Star Trek: TOS; um, they stole Spock’s brain. Kirk & Co. have to get it back. It’s possible that the writer put in such a schlock script because he was peeved at Roddenberry. 5. I’ll nominate two episodes from _Star Trek: Deep Space Nine._ In “Meridian,” Jadzia, who up to this point has been deflecting every possible romantic entanglement, and even told Bashir once that Trill find romance to be a nuisance, is willing to give up her Starfleet career, 80 years of her life, and her very status as a corporeal being for awhile to be with a guy she just met. In “Let He Who is Without Sin”, Worf becomes an eco-terrorist. 6. “Marge Be Not Proud,” from Season 7 of The Simpsons, might be the very first complete clunker of an episode, a harbinger of bad times to come. In a plot that could have come straight from an after-school special, Bart shoplifts something, Marge is disappointed, and Bart feels _terrible_ and spends the episode trying to win back his mother’s affection and respect. It’s incredibly out of character, and exactly the kind of moralistic, clichéd TV plot the show had lampooned up to that point. ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2024, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/4890 "2024-05-20T12:52:35Z")
**Worst episode ever:** Bad episodes from otherwise good shows. 1. Space Babies - Dr. Who; Look who’s talking now in space along with a monster made of boogers 2. Ready, Aim, Marry Me - Arrested Development; This Season 2 clunker just seemed out of place and a little over the top. Especially since it came with Martin Short. 3. In season 7 of _L&O:TOS_, they take one of their first major departures from the 1/2-hr law–1/2-hr order structure with a 3-parter loosely based on the Simpson/Goldman case, but it devolves into a stupid skip around the block of Det. Curtis’ personal life, as the detectives go to California on some trumped up premise that would embarrass the Bronx DA. Each episode has a different title, but people who have watched it know what I’m talking about. Painful. 4. Spock’s Brain - Star Trek: TOS; um, they stole Spock’s brain. Kirk & Co. have to get it back. It’s possible that the writer put in such a schlock script because he was peeved at Roddenberry. 5. I’ll nominate two episodes from _Star Trek: Deep Space Nine._ In “Meridian,” Jadzia, who up to this point has been deflecting every possible romantic entanglement, and even told Bashir once that Trill find romance to be a nuisance, is willing to give up her Starfleet career, 80 years of her life, and her very status as a corporeal being for awhile to be with a guy she just met. In “Let He Who is Without Sin”, Worf becomes an eco-terrorist. 6. “Marge Be Not Proud,” from Season 7 of The Simpsons, might be the very first complete clunker of an episode, a harbinger of bad times to come. In a plot that could have come straight from an after-school special, Bart shoplifts something, Marge is disappointed, and Bart feels _terrible_ and spends the episode trying to win back his mother’s affection and respect. It’s incredibly out of character, and exactly the kind of moralistic, clichéd TV plot the show had lampooned up to that point. 7. “Beer Bad” - Season 4 Buffy the Vampire Slayer. People drink beer and turn into moronic Neanderthals. A serious disservice to real Neanderthals everywhere. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2024, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/4891 "2024-05-21T14:02:43Z")
**Worst episode ever:** Bad episodes from otherwise good shows. 1. Space Babies - Dr. Who; Look who’s talking now in space along with a monster made of boogers 2. Ready, Aim, Marry Me - Arrested Development; This Season 2 clunker just seemed out of place and a little over the top. Especially since it came with Martin Short. 3. In season 7 of _L&O:TOS_, they take one of their first major departures from the 1/2-hr law–1/2-hr order structure with a 3-parter loosely based on the Simpson/Goldman case, but it devolves into a stupid skip around the block of Det. Curtis’ personal life, as the detectives go to California on some trumped up premise that would embarrass the Bronx DA. Each episode has a different title, but people who have watched it know what I’m talking about. Painful. 4. Spock’s Brain - Star Trek: TOS; um, they stole Spock’s brain. Kirk & Co. have to get it back. It’s possible that the writer put in such a schlock script because he was peeved at Roddenberry. 5. I’ll nominate two episodes from _Star Trek: Deep Space Nine._ In “Meridian,” Jadzia, who up to this point has been deflecting every possible romantic entanglement, and even told Bashir once that Trill find romance to be a nuisance, is willing to give up her Starfleet career, 80 years of her life, and her very status as a corporeal being for awhile to be with a guy she just met. In “Let He Who is Without Sin”, Worf becomes an eco-terrorist. 6. “Marge Be Not Proud,” from Season 7 of The Simpsons, might be the very first complete clunker of an episode, a harbinger of bad times to come. In a plot that could have come straight from an after-school special, Bart shoplifts something, Marge is disappointed, and Bart feels _terrible_ and spends the episode trying to win back his mother’s affection and respect. It’s incredibly out of character, and exactly the kind of moralistic, clichéd TV plot the show had lampooned up to that point. 7. “Beer Bad” - Season 4 Buffy the Vampire Slayer. People drink beer and turn into moronic Neanderthals. A serious disservice to real Neanderthals everywhere. 8. Pilot - Parks and Recreation. The episode sets up the characters and introduces Leslie Knope’s stroyline of turning the pit into a park but the characters anent actually established very well and the humor that develops well after just isn’t there. ---
**Author:** ![Briny\_Deep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/briny_deep/32/17188_2.png) [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2024, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/4892 "2024-05-22T01:43:32Z")
**Worst episode ever:** Bad episodes from otherwise good shows. 1. Space Babies - Dr. Who; Look who’s talking now in space along with a monster made of boogers 2. Ready, Aim, Marry Me - Arrested Development; This Season 2 clunker just seemed out of place and a little over the top. Especially since it came with Martin Short. 3. In season 7 of _L&O:TOS_, they take one of their first major departures from the 1/2-hr law–1/2-hr order structure with a 3-parter loosely based on the Simpson/Goldman case, but it devolves into a stupid skip around the block of Det. Curtis’ personal life, as the detectives go to California on some trumped up premise that would embarrass the Bronx DA. Each episode has a different title, but people who have watched it know what I’m talking about. Painful. 4. Spock’s Brain - Star Trek: TOS; um, they stole Spock’s brain. Kirk & Co. have to get it back. It’s possible that the writer put in such a schlock script because he was peeved at Roddenberry. 5. I’ll nominate two episodes from _Star Trek: Deep Space Nine._ In “Meridian,” Jadzia, who up to this point has been deflecting every possible romantic entanglement, and even told Bashir once that Trill find romance to be a nuisance, is willing to give up her Starfleet career, 80 years of her life, and her very status as a corporeal being for awhile to be with a guy she just met. In “Let He Who is Without Sin”, Worf becomes an eco-terrorist. 6. “Marge Be Not Proud,” from Season 7 of The Simpsons, might be the very first complete clunker of an episode, a harbinger of bad times to come. In a plot that could have come straight from an after-school special, Bart shoplifts something, Marge is disappointed, and Bart feels _terrible_ and spends the episode trying to win back his mother’s affection and respect. It’s incredibly out of character, and exactly the kind of moralistic, clichéd TV plot the show had lampooned up to that point. 7. “Beer Bad” - Season 4 Buffy the Vampire Slayer. People drink beer and turn into moronic Neanderthals. A serious disservice to real Neanderthals everywhere. 8. Pilot - Parks and Recreation. The episode sets up the characters and introduces Leslie Knope’s stroyline of turning the pit into a park but the characters anent actually established very well and the humor that develops well after just isn’t there. 9. “Shades of Gray,” the Season 2 finale of Star Trek: The Next Generation. Nightmarishly bad, skin-tinglingly bad, as was Will Riker’s experience in the episode – he gets bitten by a carnivorous plant or some such thing, and to cure him they have to stimulate his brain with memories from previous episodes, first good then bad. It’s ALL bad for the viewers, though. “Written” during a budget crisis, it’s one of the worst clip shows ever put together. One suspects that the outgoing writer was giving the middle finger to management. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2024, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/4893 "2024-05-22T05:38:28Z")
**Worst episode ever:** Bad episodes from otherwise good shows. 1. Space Babies - Dr. Who; Look who’s talking now in space along with a monster made of boogers 2. Ready, Aim, Marry Me - Arrested Development; This Season 2 clunker just seemed out of place and a little over the top. Especially since it came with Martin Short. 3. In season 7 of _L&O:TOS_, they take one of their first major departures from the 1/2-hr law–1/2-hr order structure with a 3-parter loosely based on the Simpson/Goldman case, but it devolves into a stupid skip around the block of Det. Curtis’ personal life, as the detectives go to California on some trumped up premise that would embarrass the Bronx DA. Each episode has a different title, but people who have watched it know what I’m talking about. Painful. 4. Spock’s Brain - Star Trek: TOS; um, they stole Spock’s brain. Kirk & Co. have to get it back. It’s possible that the writer put in such a schlock script because he was peeved at Roddenberry. 5. I’ll nominate two episodes from _Star Trek: Deep Space Nine._ In “Meridian,” Jadzia, who up to this point has been deflecting every possible romantic entanglement, and even told Bashir once that Trill find romance to be a nuisance, is willing to give up her Starfleet career, 80 years of her life, and her very status as a corporeal being for awhile to be with a guy she just met. In “Let He Who is Without Sin”, Worf becomes an eco-terrorist. 6. “Marge Be Not Proud,” from Season 7 of The Simpsons, might be the very first complete clunker of an episode, a harbinger of bad times to come. In a plot that could have come straight from an after-school special, Bart shoplifts something, Marge is disappointed, and Bart feels _terrible_ and spends the episode trying to win back his mother’s affection and respect. It’s incredibly out of character, and exactly the kind of moralistic, clichéd TV plot the show had lampooned up to that point. 7. “Beer Bad” - Season 4 Buffy the Vampire Slayer. People drink beer and turn into moronic Neanderthals. A serious disservice to real Neanderthals everywhere. 8. Pilot - Parks and Recreation. The episode sets up the characters and introduces Leslie Knope’s stroyline of turning the pit into a park but the characters anent actually established very well and the humor that develops well after just isn’t there. 9. “Shades of Gray,” the Season 2 finale of Star Trek: The Next Generation. Nightmarishly bad, skin-tinglingly bad, as was Will Riker’s experience in the episode – he gets bitten by a carnivorous plant or some such thing, and to cure him they have to stimulate his brain with memories from previous episodes, first good then bad. It’s ALL bad for the viewers, though. “Written” during a budget crisis, it’s one of the worst clip shows ever put together. One suspects that the outgoing writer was giving the middle finger to management. 10. “Goodbye, Farewell and Amen”, the finale to MASH. In it, Hawkeye recounts the scene where a woman smothers a clucking chicken, except the chicken was actually a crying baby. A very dark turn in what was normally a comedy series. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2024, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/4894 "2024-05-22T05:40:48Z")
**Most obscure TV series from 60s, 70s, or 80s** 1. It Takes a Thief (1968 - 1971) ---
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**Most obscure TV series from 60s, 70s, or 80s** 1. It Takes a Thief (1968 - 1971) 2. Hank (1965-1966) ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2024, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/4896 "2024-05-22T05:51:06Z")
**Most obscure TV series from 60s, 70s, or 80s** 1. It Takes a Thief (1968 - 1971) 2. Hank (1965-1966) 3. Project Bluebook (aka Project U.F.O 1978-79) Sponsered by the airforce to put to rest all UFO speculation. Think the X-files except Scully is a man and is always right that the UFO is actually just some natural phenomenon. ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2024, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/4897 "2024-05-22T08:22:43Z")
**Most obscure TV series from 60s, 70s, or 80s** 1. It Takes a Thief (1968 - 1971) 2. Hank (1965-1966) 3. Project Bluebook (aka Project U.F.O 1978-79) 4. Manimal (1983) Not sure how obscure it is but it only lasted 8 episodes. ---
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**Most obscure TV series from 60s, 70s, or 80s** 1. It Takes a Thief (1968 - 1971) 2. Hank (1965-1966) 3. Project Bluebook (aka Project U.F.O 1978-79) 4. Manimal (1983) 5. Gloria (1982-83) Spin-off from _Archie Bunker’s Place_ ---
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**Most obscure TV series from 60s, 70s, or 80s** 1. It Takes a Thief (1968 - 1971) 2. Hank (1965-1966) 3. Project Bluebook (aka Project U.F.O 1978-79) 4. Manimal (1983) 5. Gloria (1982-83) 6. Arrest and Trial (1963-1964) Basically it was _Law and Order_ thirty years early. Each show was divided into two parts. The first was about arresting the criminal and the second part was the trial. ---
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**Most obscure TV series from 60s, 70s, or 80s** 1. It Takes a Thief (1968 - 1971) 2. Hank (1965-1966) 3. Project Bluebook (aka Project U.F.O 1978-79) 4. Manimal (1983) 5. Gloria (1982-83) 6. Arrest and Trial (1963-1964) 7. The Ken Berry Wow Show (1972) Summer comedy/variety show hosted by Ken Berry, and featuring before-they-were-famous Steve Martin, Teri Garr and Cheryl Ladd. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711.md?page=244) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711.md?page=246)