# TV Shows you only like years later **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 6, 2009, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-you-only-like-years-later/516605 "2009-11-06T17:26:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![boytyperanma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4491bb/32.png) [@boytyperanma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boytyperanma)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2009, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-you-only-like-years-later/516605/21 "2009-11-07T05:59:47Z")
West Wing, The Wire, and Boston Legal. Never considered watching them when they were on the air. Love all three now. I didn’t watch Fringe till after the first season ended but caught up and am staying current with the new season. Someone mentioned MASH didn’t really have the option to watch it when it was on the air but watch it regularly as reruns even if I’ve seen the episode its just a great show to have playing. ---
**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:** [November 7, 2009, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-you-only-like-years-later/516605/22 "2009-11-07T06:09:21Z")
I was a massive fan of “Combat” (AKA: “Why Uncle Jerry is a bit crazy”) during its first run (I was a kid), but seeing it decades later I can see how good it really was. ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2009, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-you-only-like-years-later/516605/23 "2009-11-07T06:58:57Z")
When it was originally on I had no interest **Millennium**. Around 10 years later it’s playing on **Chiller** 7 days a week so I gave it a try and watched all three seasons. I really liked it and wish I would have given it a chance back then. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2009, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-you-only-like-years-later/516605/24 "2009-11-09T17:44:58Z")
> [@heavybuhbuh](#): > > And Perry Mason. Me, too, but primarily because I wasn’t born yet while it was on the air. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![BobArrgh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobarrgh/32/2881_2.png) [@BobArrgh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobArrgh)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2009, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-you-only-like-years-later/516605/25 "2009-11-09T18:27:23Z")
I only caught “Homicide: Life on the Street” when it went into reruns, and regret that I never saw the whole thing. It is on my list of series to get when I don’t have any other use for my money. ---
**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:** [November 9, 2009, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-you-only-like-years-later/516605/26 "2009-11-09T18:35:28Z")
M_A_S\*H and Frasier. M_A_S\*H was always a “dad show” when I was growing up–my dad loved it, which meant it was probably serious and didn’t have anything that would appeal to a kid. But I discovered it many years later and now I usually stop to watch it when I surf past an episode. Love it. Frasier I didn’t watch because I can’t stand Cheers, and I thought it would just be more of the same. But then I caught an ep or two, realized it wasn’t Cheers 2.0 and that I really liked Frasier and Niles…from that point on it became one of my favorite comedies. ---
**Author:** ![ShadiRoxan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@ShadiRoxan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadiRoxan)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2009, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-you-only-like-years-later/516605/27 "2009-11-10T00:23:54Z")
> [@BobArrgh](#): > > I only caught “Homicide: Life on the Street” when it went into reruns, and regret that I never saw the whole thing. It is on my list of series to get when I don’t have any other use for my money. I didn’t see it until they were showing reruns on Lifetime in 1998. The earlier seasons were definitely much better. Up to season 5 is worth getting on DVD. It sort of goes downhill with the Luther Mahoney plotline, but still a pretty decent show. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-you-only-like-years-later/516605.md?page=1)