# 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:** 3
**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, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-6-favorite-tv-shows/395691/41 "2007-03-14T06:19:31Z")
**M_A_S\*H The Outer Limits Star Trek: The Next Generation Firefly Beauty and the Beast WKRP in Cincinnati** ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2007, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-6-favorite-tv-shows/395691/42 "2007-03-14T15:55:07Z")
Currently on-air (or at least not canceled yet): 1. Veronica Mars 2. Supernatural 3. Ugly Betty 4. Studio 60 5. Dr. Who 6. Project Runway ---
**Author:** ![DeVena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@DeVena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeVena)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2007, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-6-favorite-tv-shows/395691/43 "2007-03-14T16:28:36Z")
Bones Criminal Minds Dirty Jobs Eureka The Amazing Race Ugly Betty ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2007, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-6-favorite-tv-shows/395691/44 "2007-03-14T16:50:39Z")
I don’t watch any show regularly except for reruns of _Scrubs_, as my attempt to wean myself of the cursed box seems to be working. So instead I’ll list my favorite 6 shows of this century. In no order: The aforemetioned Scrubs \*\*Gilmore Girls \*\* (before the current season) \*Firefly \* (taken too soon from us, alas!) _Angel_ _Buffy the Vampire Slayer_ (though it is amazing how there were virtually no black, Asian, or Hispanic persons in that part of Caliafornia) _Law & Order: CI_ (Eames/Goren version only, and certainly prior to the current squad commander) Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (which doesn’t qualify under my own rules, but I couldn’t think of a more recent program I liked more) ---
**Author:** ![threnodyangelfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@threnodyangelfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/threnodyangelfire)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2007, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-6-favorite-tv-shows/395691/45 "2007-03-15T23:31:06Z")
Gilmore Girls House Medium Supernatural Simpsons Futurama ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2007, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-6-favorite-tv-shows/395691/46 "2007-03-16T01:16:52Z")
In no order (assuming this is “currently in production or on hiatus” AND “that you watch currently” [no "used to watch it]): \*\*My Name Is Earl Rome **(though I don’t have HBO)** The Daily Show The Colbert Report American Idol Project Runway\*\* (still wish Jeffrey hadn’t won- I know he’s talented, but he needs to be seriously battered [preferably by middle-aged overweight women with bats and chains] before he can get an award) ---
**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:** [March 16, 2007, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-6-favorite-tv-shows/395691/47 "2007-03-16T01:31:36Z")
Shows that are still on and/or still in production: The Office 24 Scrubs The Shield The Colbert Report South Park But the following canceled or finished shows could bump them: Buffy the Vampire Slayer Angel Arrested Development ---
**Author:** ![Taber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ac91a4/32.png) [@Taber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taber)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2007, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-6-favorite-tv-shows/395691/48 "2007-03-16T01:32:58Z")
In rough order The Colbert Report Futurama The Daily Show The Simpsons Family Guy Scrubs ---
**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2007, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-6-favorite-tv-shows/395691/49 "2007-03-16T01:49:21Z")
The Daily Show Scrubs Countdown with Keith Olbermann The Colbert Report Gilmore Girls The Late Show with Craig Ferguson ---
**Author:** ![Gozu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gozu/32/6615_2.png) [@Gozu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gozu)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2007, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-6-favorite-tv-shows/395691/50 "2007-03-17T03:22:08Z")
Rome Battlestar galactica The office Scrubs Family guy South Park Cancelled or not on air right now: The Wire Sopranos Futurama Arrested development (snif) ---
**Author:** ![Daffyd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daffyd/32/8923_2.png) [@Daffyd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daffyd)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2007, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-6-favorite-tv-shows/395691/51 "2007-03-23T22:31:03Z")
Let me divide my list a bit… I have really eclectic tastes in programs: American: The Daily Show Ugly Betty Canadian: This Hour Has 22 Minutes Slings and Arrows Codco Queer as Folk UK: Little Britain Coronation Street The Catherine Tate Show Dr. Who (Eccleston version) Little Miss Jocelyn / Three Non-Blondes Nighty Night ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2007, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-6-favorite-tv-shows/395691/52 "2007-03-25T00:30:54Z")
Babylon 5 ST-TOS M_A_S\*H Forever Knight Barney Miller Hill Street Blues ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2007, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-6-favorite-tv-shows/395691/53 "2007-03-25T00:36:28Z")
[QUOTE=Daffyd] Canadian:\Queer as Folk\ [/QUOTE] I don’t think there’s a Canadian version is there? I’d love it if there were, but I think the original version was British, and then there was the US remake, by the Showtime network. ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2007, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-6-favorite-tv-shows/395691/54 "2007-03-25T06:45:19Z")
Currently being aired shows: 24 Rome (but series finale is Sunday so I am going to list seven shows - sue me) Ugly Betty Boston Legal Shield Wire Sopranos Honorable mention: Dirt Prison Break Lost Heroes Two And A Half Men Andy Barker PI (new show starring Andy Richter that is actually very funny) American Idol (only to hear Melinda and Lakisha sing) Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations House Hunters The Riches Shark And there you have pretty much my entire DVR listings. ---
**Author:** ![Daffyd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daffyd/32/8923_2.png) [@Daffyd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daffyd)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2007, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-6-favorite-tv-shows/395691/55 "2007-03-25T07:43:40Z")
[QUOTE=levdrakon] I don’t think there’s a Canadian version is there? I’d love it if there were, but I think the original version was British, and then there was the US remake, by the Showtime network. [/QUOTE] I know that theoretically it was American, but it was filmed in Toronto, produced by Temple Street Productions along with Showtime, and its various directors were Canadian. And even though most of the lead actors were American, at least one - Thea Gill (Lindsay) - was Canadian, and all the secondary characters were Canadian… Liberty Avenue my butt - it was filmed about two blocks from my house… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2007, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-6-favorite-tv-shows/395691/56 "2007-03-27T18:24:18Z")
Daily/Colbert CSI South Park Rome Deadwood-still rerunning CSPAN-watching our government not work , Curb Your Enthusiasm ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2007, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-6-favorite-tv-shows/395691/57 "2007-03-27T18:29:25Z")
Forgot Democracy Now and Mosaic House ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2007, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-6-favorite-tv-shows/395691/58 "2007-03-27T18:49:35Z")
All currently running: 1. The Shield 2. The Sopranos 3. The Office 4. Curb Your Enthusiasm 5. Heroes 6. Entourage I have HBO, but haven’t seen _The Wire_ because I didn’t start watching it from the beginning. I’ll rent the DVDs and try to get caught up, and maybe that will displace something else on my list. ---
**Author:** ![Intravenus\_De\_Milo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Intravenus\_De\_Milo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intravenus_De_Milo)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2007, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-6-favorite-tv-shows/395691/59 "2007-03-27T19:53:31Z")
Regrettably, many of my favorite shows aren’t on anymore… 1. Mystery Science Theater 3000 - kinda surprised no one’s mentioned this yet, but then again, it’s sort of a cult thing, so I dunno. Still, it’s a show reliant on good comic timing and subtlety, which I think is painfully missing from some shows today (SNL, I’m looking at you…). 2. Taxi - IMO one of the best sitcoms past or present. Louie De Palma is one of my all-time favorite TV characters. 3. Da Ali G Show - short run but extremely hilarious, although it helps to have been into this one before all the Borat over-hype this past year. 4. Mythbusters - it’s like that end-of-year violent chemistry experiment that the whole class waited for, except it happens every episode! Interesting, funny, and informative. 5. Spongebob Squarepants - my favorite recent cartoon, it had some great subversive humor in the first three seasons. Sadly, the show seems to have taken a turn downhill since then (plus the same overhype problem that Borat had). 6. The Daily Show/Colbert Report - when the real news gets too depressing, I turn to the bastions of fake news to give me a little something to laugh about. ---
**Author:** ![kelly5078](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/6f9a4e/32.png) [@kelly5078](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kelly5078)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2007, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-6-favorite-tv-shows/395691/60 "2007-03-27T20:20:55Z")
I’m just doing ones that are on right now, though I feel compelled to mention that **Seinfeld** , **Monty Python’s Flying Circus** , and the old **Doctor Who** s (esp Pertwee, T. Baker, and Davison), and **Buffy the Vampire Slayer** are my all-time favorites. Anyway, more or less in order: **Mythbusters** **The Daily Show** **Eureka** **Dirty Jobs** **The Colbert Report** **Antiques Roadshow** The new **Doctor Who** s might have made it if they weren’t so preachy, and if it weren’t for all the “You human beings are just so wunnerful I wanna take you home and just kiss you all over,” and the, “Oh, you British are just the bestest of all the already wunnerful human beings” crap, but all that seems to take up about half of each script. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-6-favorite-tv-shows/395691.md?page=2)