# 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:** 15\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2003, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-all-the-best-shows-begin-with-s/188818/61 "2003-08-11T21:50:15Z")
**The S’real World** - Wacky adventures involving roommates who have no connection whatsoever to reality. **Slaw & Order** - Keeping things running at the local KFC. **Son(g)ster Garage** - Different musicians from around the country are brought together each week to form a theme-of-the-week garage band. ---
**Author:** ![dannyv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3ab097/32.png) [@dannyv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dannyv)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2003, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-all-the-best-shows-begin-with-s/188818/62 "2003-08-11T22:04:56Z")
(in) **Sest Wing** - what really happens in the Sh\*te House **Shillmore Girls** - [tame version] China sells off its unwanted daughters[/tv] ---
**Author:** ![jpariury](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@jpariury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jpariury)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2003, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-all-the-best-shows-begin-with-s/188818/63 "2003-08-11T23:33:46Z")
I’m hurt no one has mentioned Sports Night… by far the best series ever written. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-all-the-best-shows-begin-with-s/188818/64 "2003-08-12T01:41:00Z")
Systery Science Theatre 3000 - Three female siblings sit around making fun of bad moveies. ---
**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 12, 2003, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-all-the-best-shows-begin-with-s/188818/65 "2003-08-12T01:52:03Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Smeghead \* > \*\*Systery Science Theatre 3000 - Three female siblings sit around making fun of bad moveies. \*\* Hey, Smeghead, have you noticed that all the best posters begin with “S”? ---
**Author:** ![MrBoy1967](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f9b8f/32.png) [@MrBoy1967](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrBoy1967)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-all-the-best-shows-begin-with-s/188818/66 "2003-08-12T02:04:09Z")
Square Pegs sParker Louis Can’t Lose sCouples sRed Dwarf sMail Call sConquest ---
**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 12, 2003, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-all-the-best-shows-begin-with-s/188818/67 "2003-08-12T02:07:33Z")
Have we done: **Sucky.** John Corbett stars in this FX channel series about a guy in Las Vegas who, well, isn’t very good. **I Shove Lucy.** But Ricky … Ricky … _wahhhhhhh!_ **Seven-Hundred Club.** (Just thought I’d throw that in. Begins with S, sorta.) **Same as Jett Jackson.** Just like that other Jett Jackson show. **Sin, Lose or Draw.** Game show coming to Cinemax. **Sanity & Colmes** On one side, a sane guy. On the other … **Suck Tales** _Cartoon_ coming to Cinemax. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-all-the-best-shows-begin-with-s/188818/68 "2003-08-12T04:39:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Satisfying Andy Licious \* > \*\*Hey, Smeghead, have you noticed that all the best posters begin with “S”? \*\* Indeed I have! I should have pointed that out myself! ---
**Author:** ![earendel100](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@earendel100](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/earendel100)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-all-the-best-shows-begin-with-s/188818/69 "2003-08-12T11:14:38Z")
And how about that sitcom set in World War II? \Shogan’s Heroes\ - the story of a Japanese warlord and his followers ---
**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:** [August 12, 2003, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-all-the-best-shows-begin-with-s/188818/70 "2003-08-12T11:55:59Z")
\*\* Shat 70’s Show \*\*–Past tense of shit? ---
**Author:** ![radsmats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b9bd4f/32.png) [@radsmats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/radsmats)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-all-the-best-shows-begin-with-s/188818/71 "2003-08-12T14:47:27Z")
for we Canucks: SCTV Sockey Night in Canada … the weekly NHL greatest hits package. Sids in the Hall … on the Medicine Network Sr. Dressup … about a Mexican drag queen SBC Evening news … Dan Rather for dyslexics ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-all-the-best-shows-begin-with-s/188818/72 "2003-08-12T15:31:38Z")
The **S** murfs! ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-all-the-best-shows-begin-with-s/188818/73 "2003-08-12T16:33:29Z")
**Seer Eye for the Straight Guy** —John Edward contacts Diana Vreeland and Jean Louis for fashion advice. **Sultra-Man** —He’s metal! He’s _hot!_ ---
**Author:** ![BrainWeasel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@BrainWeasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainWeasel)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-all-the-best-shows-begin-with-s/188818/74 "2003-08-12T21:20:09Z")
**Sue South** - An RCMP officer tracks his father’s killer to Chicago, where, with the help of a detective of questionable methods, he serves the criminal a subpoena to appear on Judge Judy. ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2003, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-all-the-best-shows-begin-with-s/188818/75 "2003-08-13T13:09:03Z")
**Sonk** - (Pronounced “Sunk”) A drama revolving around a detective whose agency is going Chapater 11 … **Senterprise** - A touchy-feely space opera where the crew is constantly complaining to the captain, “it’s all got to center around _you_, doesn’t it?” **Siron Chef** - Chefs are lured to their doom by the siren’s call … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-all-the-best-shows-begin-with-s/188818.md?page=3)