# 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:** 385
**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:** [March 24, 2025, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/7681 "2025-03-24T15:49:13Z")
**Comedy Shows from the 1960s** 1. The Ernie Kovacs Show 2. Laugh in 3. Green Acres 4. The Dick Van Dyke Show 5. F Troop 6. Hogan’s Heroes 7. Gomer Pyle USMC 8. That Girl 9. Gilligan’s Island ---
**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:** [March 24, 2025, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/7682 "2025-03-24T16:30:45Z")
**Comedy Shows from the 1960s** 1. The Ernie Kovacs Show 2. Laugh in 3. Green Acres 4. The Dick Van Dyke Show 5. F Troop 6. Hogan’s Heroes 7. Gomer Pyle USMC 8. That Girl 9. Gilligan’s Island 10. Batman **1980’s Detective Shows** 1. Moonlighting ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2025, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/7683 "2025-03-24T16:44:01Z")
**1980’s Detective Shows** 1. Moonlighting 2. Remington Steele ---
**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:** [March 24, 2025, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/7684 "2025-03-24T17:32:19Z")
**1980’s Detective Shows** 1. Moonlighting 2. Remington Steele 3. Miami Vice Arguably the _quintessential_ 1980s tv show, detective or otherwise. ---
**Author:** ![llikewise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/llikewise/32/8522_2.png) [@llikewise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/llikewise)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2025, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/7685 "2025-03-24T17:39:30Z")
**1980’s Detective Shows** 1. Moonlighting 2. Remington Steele 3. Miami Vice 4. Magnum, P.I. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2025, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/7686 "2025-03-24T23:25:53Z")
**1980’s Detective Shows** 1. Moonlighting 2. Remington Steele 3. Miami Vice 4. Magnum, P.I. 5. Simon & Simon ---
**Author:** ![Gr8Kat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gr8kat/32/18668_2.png) [@Gr8Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gr8Kat)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2025, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/7687 "2025-03-24T23:38:43Z")
**1980’s Detective Shows** 1. Moonlighting 2. Remington Steele 3. Miami Vice 4. Magnum, P.I. 5. Simon & Simon 6. Riptide ---
**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:** [March 25, 2025, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/7688 "2025-03-25T02:08:04Z")
**1980’s Detective Shows** 1. Moonlighting 2. Remington Steele 3. Miami Vice 4. Magnum, P.I. 5. Simon & Simon 6. Riptide 7. Sledgehammer ---
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**1980’s Detective Shows** 1. Moonlighting 2. Remington Steele 3. Miami Vice 4. Magnum, P.I. 5. Simon & Simon 6. Riptide 7. Sledgehammer 8. Hart To Hart ---
**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:** [March 25, 2025, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/7690 "2025-03-25T04:17:19Z")
**1980’s Detective Shows** 1. Moonlighting 2. Remington Steele 3. Miami Vice 4. Magnum, P.I. 5. Simon & Simon 6. Riptide 7. Sledgehammer 8. Hart To Hart 9. Hill Street Blues The focus was usually on beat cops, but detective work was shown, too. ---
**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2025, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/7691 "2025-03-25T06:05:06Z")
**1980’s Detective Shows** 1. Moonlighting 2. Remington Steele 3. Miami Vice 4. Magnum, P.I. 5. Simon & Simon 6. Riptide 7. Sledgehammer 8. Hart To Hart 9. Hill Street Blues 10. Cagney & Lacey …and pass _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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:** [March 25, 2025, 9:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/7692 "2025-03-25T09:51:05Z")
**Older shows that hold up surprisingly well** 1. 3rd Rock from the Sun ---
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**Older shows that hold up surprisingly well** 1. 3rd Rock from the Sun 2. Gilmore Girls Hard to believe it ended almost 20 years ago ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2025, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/7694 "2025-03-25T11:50:16Z")
**Older shows that hold up surprisingly well** 1. 3rd Rock from the Sun 2. Gilmore Girls 3. The Golden Girls ---
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**Older shows that hold up surprisingly well** 1. 3rd Rock from the Sun 2. Gilmore Girls 3. The Golden Girls 4. The Mary Tyler Moore Show ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2025, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/7696 "2025-03-25T15:05:56Z")
**Older shows that hold up surprisingly well** 1. 3rd Rock from the Sun 2. Gilmore Girls 3. The Golden Girls 4. The Mary Tyler Moore Show 5. Barney Miller ---
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**Older shows that hold up surprisingly well** 1. 3rd Rock from the Sun 2. Gilmore Girls 3. The Golden Girls 4. The Mary Tyler Moore Show 5. Barney Miller 6. Decoy 1950s copy drama starring Beverly Garland. Exteriors were shot on location in New York, almost unheard of at the time, and the show tackled thorny issues and took them seriously. Easily a decade ahead of its time and still worth watching today. ---
**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:** [March 26, 2025, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/7698 "2025-03-26T00:30:44Z")
> [@](#): > > **Older shows that hold up surprisingly well** 1. 3rd Rock from the Sun 2. Gilmore Girls 3. The Golden Girls 4. The Mary Tyler Moore Show 5. Barney Miller 6. Decoy 7. Xena: Warrior Princess I know that some of the FX are clunky, but aside from the fact that a surprising number aren’t, the “pinball” plot style seemed made for the 90s (melodrama one week, farce another, social commentary another, parody of another work yet another, heavy or stark drama some weeks, and sometimes straight-up comedy, or even wish-fulfillment fantasy) and no real reason for one to follow the other seems made for the cultural Mulligan Stew of the 90s. Plus, it was fun, and the 80s had been ridiculously didactic, with “very special episodes” coming in rapid succession. When Xena came along, we were starved for fun. ---
**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:** [March 26, 2025, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/7699 "2025-03-26T03:15:50Z")
**Older shows that hold up surprisingly well** 1. 3rd Rock from the Sun 2. Gilmore Girls 3. The Golden Girls 4. The Mary Tyler Moore Show 5. Barney Miller 6. Decoy 7. Xena: Warrior Princess 8. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes The 1984-94 Granada TV adaptations starring Jeremy Brett. We’ve seen several recently, and they’re still great. ---
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**Older shows that hold up surprisingly well** 1. 3rd Rock from the Sun 2. Gilmore Girls 3. The Golden Girls 4. The Mary Tyler Moore Show 5. Barney Miller 6. Decoy 7. Xena: Warrior Princess 8. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 9. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Still the best of the Trek series. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711.md?page=384) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711.md?page=386)