# Why do all the best shows begin with "S"? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 16, 2003, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-all-the-best-shows-begin-with-s/188818 "2003-07-16T05:36:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-all-the-best-shows-begin-with-s/188818/41 "2003-07-16T20:12:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Eve \* > \*\ ***Sow to Marry a Millionaire** —aka The Anna Nicole Show \*\* BWAH HA HA HA HA! (Seriously, laughing out loud like a big idiot over this!) ---
**Author:** ![Dizzy\_Fingers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dizzy\_Fingers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dizzy_Fingers)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-all-the-best-shows-begin-with-s/188818/42 "2003-07-16T20:12:36Z")
**Sad TV** - now on Tragedy Central. ---
**Author:** ![Wolverine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ba9def/32.png) [@Wolverine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolverine)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-all-the-best-shows-begin-with-s/188818/43 "2003-07-16T20:12:47Z")
**Sever(y)body Loves Raymond** - the funny, family sitcom about a homicidal maniac and his deepseated fascination with Raymond **The Saily Show with Jon Stewart** - Jon Stewart hosts this program with an irreverant look at nautical life **The Sead Zone** - the hero gets flashes of the death of his garden vegetables when he plants them in the spring **Sally Mc’Beal** - uh, not much different ---
**Author:** ![capacitor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e47774/32.png) [@capacitor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capacitor)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-all-the-best-shows-begin-with-s/188818/44 "2003-07-16T21:21:04Z")
**St. Wilight Zone** –Deals with the patron saint of blackouts. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2003, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-all-the-best-shows-begin-with-s/188818/45 "2003-07-17T12:27:46Z")
Nobody mentioned “Sixty Minutes.” Brings to mind an old theatre joke about Boublil & Schoenfield, writers of Les Miz, Miss Saigon and Martin Guerre: Too bad they can’t write a good show beginning with “M”… ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2003, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-all-the-best-shows-begin-with-s/188818/46 "2003-07-17T16:02:28Z")
Wumpus I agree that **“Supertrain”** was a high mark in television history but it couldn’t hold a candle to the entertainment value of the **Starland Vocal Band Show**. ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2003, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-all-the-best-shows-begin-with-s/188818/47 "2003-07-17T16:13:32Z")
**S** tarsky & Hutch **S** pace 1999 _duh!_\* The only 2 reasons I continued to go on living when I was a nipper. oh, and for those really dull saturday afternoons when the cartoons were over… **S** ooooooooooul Traaaaaaaiiiiiiin. ---
**Author:** ![Pashnish\_Ewing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8797f3/32.png) [@Pashnish\_Ewing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pashnish_Ewing)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2003, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-all-the-best-shows-begin-with-s/188818/48 "2003-07-17T19:49:52Z")
**Snews Radio** - Also know as NPR ---
**Author:** ![The\_Mad\_Hermit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5ac83/32.png) [@The\_Mad\_Hermit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Mad_Hermit)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2003, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-all-the-best-shows-begin-with-s/188818/49 "2003-07-17T20:11:42Z")
**Sledge Hammer!** ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2003, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-all-the-best-shows-begin-with-s/188818/50 "2003-07-17T20:59:59Z")
\*\* Sextreme Makeover \*\*–Changing your gender is extreme. \*\* Says of our Lives \*\*–Says that we have no lives. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2003, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-all-the-best-shows-begin-with-s/188818/51 "2003-07-17T21:29:43Z")
\*\* Same \*\*–ANOTHER reality TV show? Sheesh! ---
**Author:** ![capacitor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e47774/32.png) [@capacitor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capacitor)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2003, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-all-the-best-shows-begin-with-s/188818/52 "2003-07-18T04:18:38Z")
**Saw is Was** –the construction show with kayfabe. ---
**Author:** ![Beagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85f322/32.png) [@Beagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beagle)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2003, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-all-the-best-shows-begin-with-s/188818/53 "2003-07-18T04:28:58Z")
I got through Simpsons, South Park, and Six Feet Under–my favorite shows–my wife included Sex in the City. Now I’m a little freaked out. Not really. We both like Smonday Night Football. ---
**Author:** ![Find\_Friends](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@Find\_Friends](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Find_Friends)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2003, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-all-the-best-shows-begin-with-s/188818/54 "2003-08-11T14:06:29Z")
Sliders, anyone? Maybe as a counter-example. Owell. It wasn’t nearly as bad as Voyagers\*, Night Rider, Space 1999 (sorry, BMalion), or Time Tunnel. In my humble opinion. - Circa 1983; time travelers. * * * True Blue Jack ---
**Author:** ![Find\_Friends](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@Find\_Friends](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Find_Friends)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2003, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-all-the-best-shows-begin-with-s/188818/55 "2003-08-11T14:15:45Z")
Sliders, anyone? Maybe as a counter-example. Owell. It wasn’t nearly as bad as Voyagers\*, Night Rider, Space 1999 (sorry, BMalion), or Time Tunnel. In my humble opinion. - Circa 1983; time travelers. ---
**Author:** ![ForgottenLore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5e9695/32.png) [@ForgottenLore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ForgottenLore)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2003, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-all-the-best-shows-begin-with-s/188818/56 "2003-08-11T15:31:47Z")
[/hijack] Hey, **Jack** , I am embarrassed to say that I remember _Voyagers_. I always thought it was a cheap American _Dr. Who_ knockoff. Consider: The main character is a mysterious stranger who travels through time to set right events that have gone wrong in the past. His time machine is a little glitchy, so he often ends up somwhere/when he doesn’t intend but, miraculously, that time/place turns out to be crucial in getting his job done. He accidentally picks up a kid along the way and instead of returning him home, lets him tag along and assist in the adventures. Hmmm. [/hijack] ---
**Author:** ![Lathe\_of\_Heaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Lathe\_of\_Heaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lathe_of_Heaven)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2003, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-all-the-best-shows-begin-with-s/188818/57 "2003-08-11T17:48:02Z")
Sue South: a well-mannered, polite-to-a-fault Canadian lawyer relocates to Chicago and enthusiastically becomes a litigous bastard. ---
**Author:** ![LeeshaJoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e8cbc/32.png) [@LeeshaJoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LeeshaJoy)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2003, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-all-the-best-shows-begin-with-s/188818/58 "2003-08-11T19:34:18Z")
Let’s see what’s on Cartoon Network tonight: **Sowboy Bebop:** A post-modern anime series about a ragtag band of interplanetary pig farmers. **Sourpuff Girls:** Lemons, pickles, and everything tart–these were the ingredients chosen to create the perfect little girl… **Su Yu Hakusho:** After coming back from the dead, Yusuke Urameshi sues the spirit world for emotional distress. **Saggin’-Ball Z:** Fifty years later, in the Retirement Home for Saiyin Warriors, Goku is _still_ powering up for his ultimate attack. **S(e)X-Men Evolution:** I’ll leave this one up to your imagination. ---
**Author:** ![Satisfying\_Andy\_Licious](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Satisfying\_Andy\_Licious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satisfying_Andy_Licious)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2003, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-all-the-best-shows-begin-with-s/188818/59 "2003-08-11T20:30:41Z")
**Sip/Tuck** All about having a wee nightcap. **Sackass** The too-loose pants show. ---
**Author:** ![Satisfying\_Andy\_Licious](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Satisfying\_Andy\_Licious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satisfying_Andy_Licious)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2003, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-all-the-best-shows-begin-with-s/188818/60 "2003-08-11T20:37:43Z")
**Said Programming.** Hmm, the TV listing _said_ programming. **Sear Factor** When good chefs go pyro. **Sex Files** Mulder _does_ Scully **Serb Your Enthusiam** When a free-spirited Croat marries into a staid Serbian family, whackiness and attrocities ensue. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-all-the-best-shows-begin-with-s/188818.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-all-the-best-shows-begin-with-s/188818.md?page=4)