# What great lost shows do you want to see? which do you want to stay lost? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** tv-shows-scripted\ **Created:** [July 25, 2022, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-great-lost-shows-do-you-want-to-see-which-do-you-want-to-stay-lost/968535 "2022-07-25T16:37:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**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:** [July 31, 2022, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-great-lost-shows-do-you-want-to-see-which-do-you-want-to-stay-lost/968535/61 "2022-07-31T17:21:41Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > _ **Night Heat** _ was a good show. Filmed in Vancouver, I think. [snip] Toronto, actually. Everything outdoors was recognizable to a Torontonian. The Mid-South precinct HQ, for example, was a building on College Street, between Yonge and University. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2022, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-great-lost-shows-do-you-want-to-see-which-do-you-want-to-stay-lost/968535/62 "2022-07-31T17:28:52Z")
I know where that is! I was watching the series in 1991–92, long before I came to Toronto. Watching _ **Due South** _, it never occurred to me that it wasn’t filmed in Chicago until I visited Chinatown here with my daughter. ---
**Author:** ![alfonzos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4bbf92/32.png) [@alfonzos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alfonzos)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2022, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-great-lost-shows-do-you-want-to-see-which-do-you-want-to-stay-lost/968535/63 "2022-07-31T18:37:27Z")
I have been wanting to see again an unsold pilot called “This Week in Nemtim.” ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2022, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-great-lost-shows-do-you-want-to-see-which-do-you-want-to-stay-lost/968535/64 "2022-07-31T18:39:56Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > The second one I watched in Canada was _ **The Rockford Files** _, and I haven’t seen it since. It was a staple of my TV schedule when I was in college. **The Rockford Files** constantly airs in syndication. Currently it’s on GetTV in the US. It’s also streaming on apps like Tubi and Freevee. ---
**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:** [July 31, 2022, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-great-lost-shows-do-you-want-to-see-which-do-you-want-to-stay-lost/968535/65 "2022-07-31T19:00:39Z")
**Get Smart** … and loving it. Missed it by that much. Sorry about that, Chief. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2022, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-great-lost-shows-do-you-want-to-see-which-do-you-want-to-stay-lost/968535/66 "2022-07-31T19:04:07Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > I don’t think anybody’s mentioned _ **Pushing Daisies** _ yet. It was the first show I watched when I came to Canada in 2006, and it was a welcome breath of fresh air! HBOMax has the entire run available for streaming. I re-watched it last year. It is still great. ---
**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:** [July 31, 2022, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-great-lost-shows-do-you-want-to-see-which-do-you-want-to-stay-lost/968535/67 "2022-07-31T19:12:44Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > HBOMax has the entire run available for streaming. I’m glad to hear that – I have the DVDs, somewhere, but that means I don’t need to dig out the discs. It’s still one of my all-time favorite shows, and the writers’ strike in 2007 led to its untimely death. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2022, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-great-lost-shows-do-you-want-to-see-which-do-you-want-to-stay-lost/968535/68 "2022-07-31T19:26:21Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > It’s still one of my all-time favorite shows Same here. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2022, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-great-lost-shows-do-you-want-to-see-which-do-you-want-to-stay-lost/968535/69 "2022-07-31T19:34:41Z")
Letterman’s morning show. I only saw the 4th of July show during the original run. Edie McClurg as Mrs. Marv Mendenhall displaying red, white and blue foods. (The latter is tricky.) Daytime “fireworks” from the top of the Chrysler building. Great stuff. I’ve seen a couple episodes since. I want the whole run. ---
**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:** [July 31, 2022, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-great-lost-shows-do-you-want-to-see-which-do-you-want-to-stay-lost/968535/70 "2022-07-31T19:37:37Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > Letterman’s morning show. I only saw the 4th of July show during the original run. I remember watching several episodes that summer, and thinking, “I can’t believe that this is actually a morning show!” I’d love to see some of it again. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2022, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-great-lost-shows-do-you-want-to-see-which-do-you-want-to-stay-lost/968535/71 "2022-07-31T19:46:30Z")
My brother and I watched some of that show. As I remember, we liked the randomness of much of it. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2022, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-great-lost-shows-do-you-want-to-see-which-do-you-want-to-stay-lost/968535/72 "2022-07-31T20:02:21Z")
CHCH in Toronto strips _ **Get Smart** _ occasionally during its daytime retro block. I think it was last on this past winter. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2022, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-great-lost-shows-do-you-want-to-see-which-do-you-want-to-stay-lost/968535/73 "2022-07-31T20:14:31Z")
I wish I could get services like HBOMax, but I unfortunately do not control access to cable where I live. My landlord does. He actually threatened to cut our subscription once because we have so many channels on it. I didn’t dare tell him I almost never watch most of the channels anymore. I tend toward documentaries, old movies, and retro TV more than I do to today’s scripted shows. (Ones from the UK are an exception.) ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2022, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-great-lost-shows-do-you-want-to-see-which-do-you-want-to-stay-lost/968535/74 "2022-07-31T20:21:53Z")
**HBOMax** is a streamer. So if you have Internet you can get it. Comes with some phone plans from **AT&T** also. So you’re not reliant on the available cable package if you have decent Internet. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2022, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-great-lost-shows-do-you-want-to-see-which-do-you-want-to-stay-lost/968535/75 "2022-07-31T20:23:29Z")
Good to know! I’ll look into it. Is the programming different from cable HBO? ---
**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:** [July 31, 2022, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-great-lost-shows-do-you-want-to-see-which-do-you-want-to-stay-lost/968535/76 "2022-07-31T20:26:04Z")
I can’t believe no one’s mentioned that a staggering 97 of the first 253 episodes of _Doctor Who_ are currently lost because of the BBC routinely deleting their archive programs from 1967-78. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2022, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-great-lost-shows-do-you-want-to-see-which-do-you-want-to-stay-lost/968535/77 "2022-07-31T20:29:08Z")
It pretty much covers everything HBO has, but also Max Originals, TCM, DC, Adult Swim & Cartoon Network, Looney Tunes and Studio Ghibli. So all the old HBO series seem to be available line Band of Brothers and Sopranos along with Game of Thrones. Even has most if not all of New Doctor Who. ---
**Author:** ![Pavelb1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/439d5e/32.png) [@Pavelb1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pavelb1)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2022, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-great-lost-shows-do-you-want-to-see-which-do-you-want-to-stay-lost/968535/78 "2022-07-31T20:51:39Z")
This is as good a place as any to mention one of my pet peeves. YT creators who make content out of love for an old show and then get a strike from the creators. Now MOST companies have figured out the following maxim: They are giving you FREE advertising and creating an interest in your product. Star Wars has mostly figured this out. But there are more than a few companies that are ignorant of it. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2022, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-great-lost-shows-do-you-want-to-see-which-do-you-want-to-stay-lost/968535/79 "2022-07-31T20:53:07Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > …the “Banana Splits” Oh how I loathed that show! But my older sister made us watch it (I left the house). She pulled the same shit with HR Puffinstuff. I would rather go shovel snow than watch either one of those. Please, stay lost! ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2022, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-great-lost-shows-do-you-want-to-see-which-do-you-want-to-stay-lost/968535/80 "2022-07-31T20:55:52Z")
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