# Your 6 Favorite TV Shows **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 13, 2007, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-6-favorite-tv-shows/395691 "2007-03-13T01:11:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Max\_the\_Immortal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Max\_the\_Immortal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_the_Immortal)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-6-favorite-tv-shows/395691/21 "2007-03-13T14:38:03Z")
If you only count shows currently on the air, then in no particular order: Battlestar Galactica Family Guy The Office Corner Gas The Simpsons House MD ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-6-favorite-tv-shows/395691/22 "2007-03-13T15:18:46Z")
In no particular order: Bonanza House Strong Medicine American Idol The First 48 It Takes a Thief ---
**Author:** ![yellowval](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/919ad9/32.png) [@yellowval](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowval)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-6-favorite-tv-shows/395691/23 "2007-03-13T15:23:42Z")
The Office The Sopranos Big Love Entourage Lost American Idol (Runners-up: Medium, Ugly Betty, Supernatural. Thank Og for my DVR.) ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-6-favorite-tv-shows/395691/24 "2007-03-13T15:28:28Z")
Just a casual observation here: in spite of the CBS brag about CSI being “the most watched show on television” I’m pleased that Dopers aren’t major supporters of that premise. I count four instances so far. Hardly a most watched show if you count favorites as an indicator of what’s being watched. CBS is pretty big on bullshit anyway, I have learned. ---
**Author:** ![Omega\_Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7c8e57/32.png) [@Omega\_Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omega_Glory)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-6-favorite-tv-shows/395691/25 "2007-03-13T15:31:57Z")
House My name is Earl Cold Case Scrubs Psych 4400 I’ve been watching too much tv too. This list could easily have four or five more shows. ---
**Author:** ![lilflower](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecccb3/32.png) [@lilflower](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lilflower)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-6-favorite-tv-shows/395691/26 "2007-03-13T15:55:21Z")
[QUOTE=STEVEHOLT!!!] It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia 30 Rock House Heroes Psych [/QUOTE] I LOVE your user ID. I’m going to be laughing about it all day! 1. Arrested Development (you can still catch reruns around here) 2. America’s Next Top Model 3. Amazing Race 4. Heroes 5. Law & Order: SVU 6. How I Met Your Mother But there are so many others. I love TV! ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-6-favorite-tv-shows/395691/27 "2007-03-13T16:07:52Z")
[QUOTE=lilflower] I LOVE your user ID. I’m going to be laughing about it all day! [/QUOTE] I’ve noticed **STEVEHOLT!!!** but have yet to see the humor in the name. Now you have my curiosity up and I want to know why you’d be laughing. And all day at that. What am I not seeing or hearing? ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-6-favorite-tv-shows/395691/28 "2007-03-13T16:28:39Z")
My Mother The Car Hello Larry Mr. T and Tina You’re In The Picture After M.A.S.H. Manimal ---
**Author:** ![lilflower](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecccb3/32.png) [@lilflower](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lilflower)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-6-favorite-tv-shows/395691/29 "2007-03-13T17:15:05Z")
[QUOTE=Zeldar] I’ve noticed **STEVEHOLT!!!** but have yet to see the humor in the name. Now you have my curiosity up and I want to know why you’d be laughing. And all day at that. What am I not seeing or hearing? [/QUOTE] Steve Holt is Gob Bluth’s son on Arrested Development and every time he comes into a room or knocks on a door or whatever, he yells his own name really loudly. I just find that very funny. ---
**Author:** ![Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleanor_of_Aquitaine)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-6-favorite-tv-shows/395691/30 "2007-03-13T17:15:36Z")
Here’s my top six that are airing now, in order: 1. Rome 2. House 3. Heroes 4. Veronica Mars 5. The Closer 6. The Dresden Files **Battlestar Galactica** would have been in my top six last year, but I’m not enjoying this season as much. I’m also watching **My Name is Earl** and **Bones**. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-6-favorite-tv-shows/395691/31 "2007-03-13T17:21:15Z")
[QUOTE=lilflower] Steve Holt is Gob Bluth’s son on Arrested Development and every time he comes into a room or knocks on a door or whatever, he yells his own name really loudly. I just find that very funny. [/QUOTE] Thanks for the explanation. I thought it might have been something along the lines of Mike Hunt. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-6-favorite-tv-shows/395691/32 "2007-03-13T17:38:07Z")
**24** **Boston Legal** **Criminal Minds** **NCIS** **The Soup** **NUMB3RS** A couple of years ago, I probably would have had at least one **CSI** on the list; I still watch (NY is my current favorite), but I’m just not as enthusiastic about them as I used to be. And no sitcoms on my list because, IMHO, almost all the current ones totally suck. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-6-favorite-tv-shows/395691/33 "2007-03-13T17:45:38Z")
Most of mine would be repeats, but I’ll add one new show: **Dirty Jobs**. Host Mike Rowe meets up with the people who perform the dirtiest jobs on the planet (roadkill remover, septic tank cleaner, coal miner, pig farmer, etc.), and helps them perform their job for a day. His take on their jobs is hilarious to watch, and you learn a great deal about jobs you don’t think about much. I believe there’s a new episode on tonight, in fact. Discovery Channel. ---
**Author:** ![Dunawake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85f322/32.png) [@Dunawake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunawake)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-6-favorite-tv-shows/395691/34 "2007-03-13T17:59:57Z")
I don’t have cable, so all my TV show watching is through DVD collections 😛 1. Firefly 2. House 3. Battlestar Galactica I really haven’t watched anything else besides those ---
**Author:** ![gallows\_fodder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8c91f0/32.png) [@gallows\_fodder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gallows_fodder)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-6-favorite-tv-shows/395691/35 "2007-03-13T23:06:40Z")
Hmm. In order of when they first appeared: 1. Twin Peaks 2. The X-Files 3. Homicide: Life on the Street 4. Band of Brothers (does this count as a _show_? If not, OZ) 5. Arrested Development 6. Supernatural 7. Heroes Apparently, I ride long waves oscillating between fantasy and reality. I wonder what I’ll get into next (the Wire, maybe?). ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-6-favorite-tv-shows/395691/36 "2007-03-13T23:10:22Z")
I’m not sure what I’d put for numbers 1 - 5. But Number 6 just has to be _The Prisoner._ 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2007, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-6-favorite-tv-shows/395691/37 "2007-03-14T00:29:00Z")
[QUOTE=BMalion] My Mother The Car Hello Larry Mr. T and Tina You’re In The Picture After M.A.S.H. Manimal [/QUOTE] What about \*Pink Lady and Jeff \* 😃 ? ---
**Author:** ![Delly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85f322/32.png) [@Delly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Delly)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2007, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-6-favorite-tv-shows/395691/38 "2007-03-14T02:47:30Z")
I thought Id come up with six TV shows no problem, but the only ones I really want to watch on a regular basis are Greys Anatomy, CSI NY, and Criminal Minds. That being said I do watch a far too much, other shows that could have made the list at some stage include The OC, Without a Trace, CSI Miami, Cold Case, Law & Order, ER, Roswell, Smallville, Sex and The City, Buffy, Angel…etc. Heroes just started here and it looks great but I managed to miss the third episode so Il probably give up watching now! ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2007, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-6-favorite-tv-shows/395691/39 "2007-03-14T03:38:32Z")
[ul][li]_The Wire_, Season 4[/li][li]_The Wire_, Season 3[/li][li]_The Wire_, Season 2[/li][li]_The Wire_, Season 1[/li][li]_The Wire_, Season 5 (starts shooting this year, and I reserve the right to move it higher on this list.)[/li]_From the Earth to the Moon_[/ul] ---
**Author:** ![stockton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5a626/32.png) [@stockton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stockton)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2007, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-6-favorite-tv-shows/395691/40 "2007-03-14T04:05:04Z")
Barney Miller The Night Stalker Hogan’s Heroes WKRP Twin Peaks Happy Days Thanks for asking. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-6-favorite-tv-shows/395691.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-6-favorite-tv-shows/395691.md?page=3)