I made a mistake. I thought these were TV shows, not movies, so I checked that I had never seen Band of Brothers because I had never heard of a TV series by that name.
Not having cable limited the possibility of my exposure to a lot of those show, but they didn’t appeal to me, either. However, I can set you up with a three-holer in the Deadwood cemetery, 35 feet from Wild Bill, Calamity Jane, and Deadwood Dick (it was an integrated boneyard–ropers were welcome).
It’s just like the US version (JUST like) except there’s a different host and piano player and you may not recognize some of the guests. Everybody else is there.
The worst part is learning that Stephen Fry is too stiff for improv. 
You’ll find the history of that list in this post.
There are a few listed that I did see part of an episode, a whole episode or 2 or 3 episodes and decided that I disliked the show - Lost for example. I did see a couple partial episodes of Twin Peaks, though I did actually watch the entire movie when it hit cable one month.
Here are the 120 Voter summaries of both Polls:
First, this poll:
View Poll Results: Which popular TV shows
have you not seen a single episode of?
The Shield 99 82.50%
Freeks & Geeks 95 79.17%
Carnivale 94 78.33%
I Claudius 91 75.83%
The Wire 89 74.17%
Deadwood 84 70.00%
Rome 84 70.00%
Angel 83 69.17%
Band of Brothers 81 67.50%
Six Feet Under 79 65.83%
The Office (UK) 76 63.33%
The Avengers 73 60.83%
Breaking Bad 72 60.00%
Doctor Who (2005) 69 57.50%
Good Eats 69 57.50%
Mad Men 66 55.00%
The West Wing 65 54.17%
NCIS 64 53.33%
Twin Peaks 61 50.83%
Battlestar Galactica (2004) 60 50.00%
Lost 60 50.00%
The Sopranos 58 48.33%
Arrested Development 56 46.67%
My Name is Earl 56 46.67%
Buffy the Vampire Slayer 55 45.83%
Firefly 52 43.33%
Northern Exposure 51 42.50%
Fawlty Towers 46 38.33%
NewsRadio 42 35.00%
[ERROR - DISREGARD] 41 34.17%
ER 40 33.33%
House 39 32.50%
The Dick Van Dyke Show 36 30.00%
The Bob Newhart Show (Chicago psychologist) 35 29.17%
Barney Miller 34 28.33%
Futurama 29 24.17%
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart 27 22.50%
Family Guy 25 20.83%
WKRP in Cincinnati 25 20.83%
The Golden Girls 24 20.00%
NOVA 24 20.00%
Whose Line is it Anyway? 24 20.00%
Star Trek: The Next Generation 22 18.33%
All in the Family 21 17.50%
Monty Python’s Flying Circus 19 15.83%
Seinfeld 15 12.50%
Gilligan’s Island 12 10.00%
M*A*S*H 12 10.00%
Star Trek (original series) 12 10.00%
Cheers 11 9.17%
The Simpsons 7 5.83%
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 120
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And next the “Leader Board” from the earlier poll of favorites:
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=12588211&postcount=21
View Poll Results: Your Top Five
Most Preferred TV Shows (Final Poll)
The Leader Board after 120 Voters
The Simpsons 34 28.33%
Buffy 27 22.50%
Firefly 27 22.50%
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart 24 20.00%
Seinfeld 24 20.00%
Arrested Development 23 19.17%
Battlestar Galactica 23 19.17%
Dexter 20 16.67%
Futurama 18 15.00%
Jeopardy! 18 15.00%
The Sopranos 17 14.17%
The Wire 16 13.33%
House 14 11.67%
M*A*S*H 14 11.67%
Doctor Who 13 10.83%
Lost 13 10.83%
The Twilight Zone 13 10.83%
The X-Files 13 10.83%
Deadwood 12 10.00%
Monty Python's Flying Circus 12 10.00%
South Park 12 10.00%
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 120
Perhaps somebody would like to demonstrate whether or not the “popularity” of a show has anything to do with how many people have seen at least one full episode of it. 
There are 14 series on the list I’ve never seen an episode of.
I never cared for the US version. (And I’m not a “OMG the [UK version of some TV show] is automatically better” type person). I’m sure it had something to do with watching the UK version for years before the US version showed up but also I really didn’t like Drew playing in some of the games (and IIRC not being able to lose in those games). It just sort of irked me. Other then that, I agree, they were pretty similar for the most part and I don’t run around telling people that the US version is awful and the UK version is superior or anything like that. I just preferred it.
I haven’t had a TV for over a decade, so most of the recent shows on the list, I haven’t seen, unless I happened to catch an episode while at someone else’s house, or I specifically sought them out on DVD.
I just missed the 184 Voters mark, so this comparison is not 100%, but I decided to put this poll’s results in ascending order to compare with the “popularity” measure in the older poll. Do you think there’s a strong enough inverse correlation yet?
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View Poll Results: Which popular TV shows
have you not seen a single episode of?
The Simpsons 9 4.92%
Gilligan’s Island 16 8.74%
M*A*S*H 16 8.74%
Cheers 19 10.38%
Star Trek (original series) 19 10.38%
Seinfeld 21 11.48%
Monty Python’s Flying Circus 29 15.85%
Star Trek: The Next Generation 32 17.49%
Whose Line is it Anyway? 32 17.49%
Family Guy 33 18.03%
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart 34 18.58%
The Golden Girls 36 19.67%
NOVA 38 20.77%
All in the Family 39 21.31%
Futurama 39 21.31%
WKRP in Cincinnati 41 22.40%
House 51 27.87%
The Dick Van Dyke Show 52 28.42%
Barney Miller 54 29.51%
The Bob Newhart Show (Chicago psychologist) 54 29.51%
[ERROR - DISREGARD] 56 30.60%
ER 63 34.43%
NewsRadio 64 34.97%
Fawlty Towers 65 35.52%
Northern Exposure 73 39.89%
My Name is Earl 79 43.17%
Firefly 81 44.26%
Arrested Development 82 44.81%
Buffy the Vampire Slayer 84 45.90%
Lost 85 46.45%
Twin Peaks 89 48.63%
NCIS 92 50.27%
The Sopranos 93 50.82%
Good Eats 98 53.55%
The West Wing 98 53.55%
Doctor Who (2005) 100 54.64%
Battlestar Galactica (2004) 101 55.19%
Mad Men 106 57.92%
The Office (UK) 108 59.02%
The Avengers 112 61.20%
Six Feet Under 119 65.03%
Breaking Bad 121 66.12%
Angel 123 67.21%
Band of Brothers 123 67.21%
Deadwood 128 69.95%
Rome 134 73.22%
I Claudius 136 74.32%
The Wire 136 74.32%
Freeks & Geeks 144 78.69%
Carnivale 149 81.42%
The Shield 150 81.97%
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 183
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http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=12609288&postcount=32
06-23-2010, 07:30 AM
Zeldar
Voting appears to be stalled out. Maybe getting this thread back in view will give it a kick.
Compare things after 60 Voters with the current standings (184).
View Poll Results: Your Top Five Most Preferred TV Shows (Final Poll)
The Simpsons 20 33.33% (1)
Arrested Development 15 25.00% (5)
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart 15 25.00% (6)
Buffy 14 23.33% (3)
Firefly 14 23.33% (2)
Dexter 13 21.67% (9)
Futurama 13 21.67% (8)
Seinfeld 11 18.33% (4)
The Sopranos 11 18.33% (12)
M*A*S*H 10 16.67% (15)
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 60.
The Simpsons 50 27.17%
Firefly 43 23.37%
Buffy 39 21.20%
Seinfeld 37 20.11%
Arrested Development 32 17.39%
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart 32 17.39%
Battlestar Galactica 30 16.30%
Futurama 29 15.76%
Dexter 26 14.13%
Jeopardy! 24 13.04%
House 23 12.50%
The Sopranos 23 12.50%
South Park 23 12.50%
The Wire 23 12.50%
M*A*S*H 20 10.87%
Monty Python's Flying Circus 20 10.87%
The X-Files 20 10.87%
Big Bang Theory 19 10.33%
Deadwood 19 10.33%
The Twilight Zone 19 10.33%
The West Wing 19 10.33%
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 184
Oh wow, The Shield is currently #1! That is extremely surprising to me. I thought that show was incredibly popular.
Some of the ones I marked, I wasn’t sure if I’d seen a full episode or just bits and pieces of various episodes.
I wouldn’t imagine that there are ten people in the civilized world who had not seen an episode of The Simpsons.
How weird is it that every one of them is a Doper? 
mmm
I am really curious as to who the other 9 are besides me. I am really surprised there were all of 10 votes.
I thought it was cute when I voted for [ERROR - DISREGARD], but that put it at 69 votes for. Which just knocks it out of the park.
I, too, couldn’t resist that shiny red button.
I wonder if you could find a show that every Doper has seen? My bet would be on I Love Lucy.
I have heard the name “The Shield”, but don’t know anything about it. Assume it’s another police/crime drama by the name. So I googled on “The Shield ratings” and the first hit returned said:
Not sure if that was always true, but FX is anyway sort of niche network, so I’m not sure where you got the idea that it was incredibly popular. Most of the other shows I hadn’t seen an episode of were on pay stations that I don’t subscribe to. The wildly popular stuff I’ve not seen mostly doesn’t intrigue me, like American Idol or Survivor or most “reality” TV shows, but I don’t think that they were represented here.
You can see clearly how shows that never went into wide syndication are more likely for people to never see, even critic’s pets like The Wire and Rome. Not being on a major network also hurts.
I screwed up and didn’t tick The Avengers and Arrested Development.
I don’t have a TV… what do I win?