# Your Favorite All-Time TV Shows **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 22, 2010, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-all-time-tv-shows/533331 "2010-03-22T13:28:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2010, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-all-time-tv-shows/533331/61 "2010-03-30T01:42:00Z")
Star Trek TOS One Piece Dark Shadows Star Trek Deep Space Nine Live Action Sailor Moon Batman Burns and Allen The Jack Benny Show Monty Python Doctor Who Ernie Kovaks Show ---
**Author:** ![choie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/choie/32/7829_2.png) [@choie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/choie)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2010, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-all-time-tv-shows/533331/62 "2010-03-30T02:22:14Z")
No one’s gonna mention some of mine, but I feel the need to be included just for the heck of it. - _All in the Family_ - _Futurama_ - _Good Neighbors / Good Life_ - _I, Claudius_ - _I Love Lucy_ - _M_A_S_H\* - _Monty Python’s Flying Circus_ - _Newsradio_ - _The Office (US)_ - _Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares (UK)_ - _Red Dwarf_ - _Roseanne_ - _The Simpsons_ - _Star Trek: DS9_ - _Star Trek: TNG_ - _Upstairs, Downstairs_ - _Whose Line Is It Anyway (UK)_ - _Yes Minister / Yes Prime Minister_ I’d actually have thought I’d include more dramas. But my mind is blanking out for some reason. I think _Law and Order_ would have been included if I could just restrict it to the first seven years or so, when I couldn’t watch it often enough! But since for fourteen years I haven’t enjoyed it, I can’t say it’s my favorite. And boy, my Anglophilia is really showing here. Embarrassing. Edited to add: **kelly5078**! A fellow _Good Neighbors_ fan! Awesome. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2010, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-all-time-tv-shows/533331/63 "2010-03-30T19:00:47Z")
Here’s a list of the shows that have received at least four votes as All-Time Favorites. I’m still monitoring the thread and updating the list as new posts come in. So if you want to post another Top 5 or Top 10 that might change the ranking of some of your really best favorites, do so. I still don’t want to resort to a poll at this point. ================================= Deadwood (11) The Simpsons (10) The Wire (10) Buffy (8) Seinfeld (7) The Sopranos (7) Star Trek (original) (7) Star Trek: TNG (7) Mad Men (6) Monty Python’s Flying Circus (6) Rome (6) All In the Family (5) Arrested Development (5) Firefly (5) M_A_S\*H (5) The Avengers (4) Band of Brothers (4) Battlestar Galactica (4) Breaking Bad (4) Doctor Who (4) Family Guy (4) Fawlty Towers (4) House (4) Lost (4) Northern Exposure (4) Nova (4) Six Feet Under (4) The West Wing (4) ---
**Author:** ![maplekiwi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a4c791/32.png) [@maplekiwi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maplekiwi)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2010, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-all-time-tv-shows/533331/64 "2010-03-30T21:11:30Z")
Could you add the UK version of \*\*Whose Line is it anyway \*\* &to my list? I can’t believe I forgot it! Also **The Muppet Show.** ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2010, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-all-time-tv-shows/533331/65 "2010-03-30T21:25:16Z")
> [@maplekiwi](#): > > Could you add the UK version of \*\*Whose Line is it anyway \*\* &to my list? I can’t believe I forgot it! > Also **The Muppet Show.** No problem. However, the list I’m keeping no longer has Poster ID attached. Just numbers of mentions. Thanks for the additions. ---
**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 30, 2010, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-all-time-tv-shows/533331/66 "2010-03-30T22:34:15Z")
:smack: I forgot _Beauty and the Beast_! ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2010, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-all-time-tv-shows/533331/67 "2010-04-29T13:37:05Z")
**Cracker** ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2010, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-all-time-tv-shows/533331/68 "2010-04-29T13:46:53Z")
> [@don\_t\_ask](#): > > **Cracker** Gotcha! ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2010, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-all-time-tv-shows/533331/69 "2010-04-29T15:18:56Z")
Seinfeld Life Buffy the Vampire Slayer Firefly Gilligan’s Island Star Trek: TNG The Dick Van Dyke Show ---
**Author:** ![AllShookDown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d9b06d/32.png) [@AllShookDown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AllShookDown)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-all-time-tv-shows/533331/70 "2010-04-30T02:52:34Z")
Twin Peaks The Bob Newhart Show The Wire Burn Notice Shameless Rome Arrested Development ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-all-time-tv-shows/533331/71 "2010-04-30T14:05:21Z")
Okay, folks, it’s looking like a poll is in order finally. This thread sat idle for right at a month before some other threads dealing with TV show popularity and/or quality urged a few additional posts here. As of the previous post 49 individuals have mentioned 211 individual shows! Those shows that have been mentioned more than once break down like this: ================== Deadwood (11) The Wire (11) The Simpsons (10) Buffy (9) Seinfeld (8) Star Trek: TNG (8) Rome (7) The Sopranos (7) Star Trek (original) (7) Arrested Development (6) Firefly (6) Mad Men (6) Monty Python’s Flying Circus (6) All In the Family (5) M_A_S\*H (5) The Avengers (4) Band of Brothers (4) Battlestar Galactica (4) Breaking Bad (4) Dick Van Dyke Show (4) Doctor Who (4) Family Guy (4) Fawlty Towers (4) Gilligan’s Island (4) House (4) Lost (4) Northern Exposure (4) Nova (4) Six Feet Under (4) Twin Peaks (4) The West Wing (4) Angel (3) Barney Miller (3) The Bob Newhart Show (3) Carnivale (3) Cheers (3) The Daily Show With Jon Stewart (3) ER (3) Freaks & Geeks (3) Futurama (3) Good Eats (3) I Claudius (3) My Name is Earl (3) NCIS (3) News Radio (3) The Office (original) (UK) (3) The Shield (3) The Twilight Zone (3) Whose Line is it Anyway (3) WKRP in Cincinnati (3) +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ Bones (2) Cosmos (2) Coupling (2) Generation Kill (2) Get Smart (2) Gilmore Girls (2) The Golden Girls (2) The Good Life (UK) (2) Good Neighbors (2) Homicide (2) Jeopardy! (2) Late Night With David Letterman (2) Monday Night Football (2) Monk (2) The Muppet Show (2) NYPD Blue (2) The Office (USA) (2) Outer Limits (2) Red Dwarf (2) Sanford and Son (2) Sons of Anarchy (2) Star Trek Deep Space Nine (2) Taxi (2) 3rd Rock from the Sun (2) 30 Rock (2) The X-Files (2) The +=+=+=+ mark is where I would break the poll entries if I were to do it today. That would have 50 entries in the poll. I feel that’s too many, even allowing for multiple votes. So I’ll hold off a little longer for any posts with a Top 5 or Top 10 list to be added to this thread so as to keep a meaning ful list of entries. If somebody else wants to go ahead with a poll before I decide to, that’s fine by me. If not, I’ll wait a week from today, next Friday, before making a final selection with hopefully closer to 30 shows to pick from. Please help narrow this list down some! ---
**Author:** ![robgotabingbang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d07c76/32.png) [@robgotabingbang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robgotabingbang)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-all-time-tv-shows/533331/72 "2010-04-30T14:20:21Z")
Breaking Bad Sopranos South Park Mr. Show Deadwood ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-all-time-tv-shows/533331/73 "2010-04-30T14:30:10Z")
What - no “Friends”? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![multimediac17](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/839c29/32.png) [@multimediac17](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/multimediac17)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-all-time-tv-shows/533331/74 "2010-04-30T17:40:24Z")
Seinfeld The Simpsons The Nanny Law And Order: Special Victims Unit Summer Heights High ---
**Author:** ![Aeris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a183cd/32.png) [@Aeris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeris)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2010, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-all-time-tv-shows/533331/75 "2010-05-07T20:55:09Z")
The Golden Girls Third Watch The West Wing LOST I can’t believe Golden Girls isn’t in the top 50! C’mon people! ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2010, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-all-time-tv-shows/533331/76 "2010-05-07T21:52:02Z")
Looking over these lists, you can almost tell when posters were teenagers, can’t you? ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2010, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-all-time-tv-shows/533331/77 "2010-05-07T22:17:02Z")
To be completely honest, I forgot about this thread and my statement that I would get a poll up by today. The flood has been getting my attention all week. I’ll try to get something in the way of a poll up before Monday. ---
**Author:** ![tr0psn4j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2010, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-all-time-tv-shows/533331/78 "2010-05-07T23:26:51Z")
Freaks and Geeks Undeclared Firefly The Middleman Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2010, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-all-time-tv-shows/533331/79 "2010-05-08T12:29:00Z")
Poll entries have been selected. Additional posts after this one will not be counted for the sake of the poll. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2010, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-all-time-tv-shows/533331/80 "2010-05-08T20:29:11Z")
The voting in the poll has proceeded this way so far: ```auto Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 40 Voters: 50 Voters: 60 Voters: 70 The Simpsons 14 35.00% 14 28.00% 20 33.33% 24 34.29% The Wire 11 27.50% 15 30.00% 16 26.67% 17 24.29% The Sopranos 11 27.50% 12 24.00% 15 25.00% 17 24.29% Firefly 10 25.00% 12 24.00% 14 23.33% 17 24.29% All In The Family 10 25.00% 13 26.00% 14 23.33% 15 21.43% The Daily Show with Jon Stewart 9 22.50% 9 18.00% 13 21.67% 14 20.00% The Twilight Zone 9 22.50% 11 22.00% 11 18.33% 14 20.00% Cheers 10 25.00% 10 20.00% 11 18.33% 13 18.57% Buffy 7 17.50% 8 16.00% 11 18.33% 13 18.57% M*A*S*H 8 20.00% 10 20.00% 10 16.67% 13 18.57% Seinfeld 9 22.50% 10 20.00% 12 20.00% 12 17.14% Dick Van Dyke Show 6 15.00% 8 16.00% 9 15.00% 11 15.71% Monty Python's Flying Circus 7 17.50% 7 14.00% 8 13.33% 11 15.71% NOVA 5 12.50% 6 12.00% 8 13.33% 10 14.29% WKRP In Cincinnati 5 12.50% 7 14.00% 7 11.67% 10 14.29% Star Trek: TNG 8 20.00% 8 16.00% 9 15.00% 9 12.86% The West Wing 7 17.50% 7 14.00% 8 13.33% 9 12.86% The Bob Newhart Show 7 17.50% 8 16.00% 8 13.33% 9 12.86% Good Eats 7 17.50% 7 14.00% 8 13.33% 9 12.86% Northern Exposure 5 12.50% 7 14.00% 7 11.67% 8 11.43% Battlestar Galactica 4 10.00% 4 8.00% 7 11.67% 8 11.43% Fawlty Towers 3 7.50% 5 10.00% 6 10.00% 8 11.43% Doctor Who 4 10.00% 5 10.00% 5 8.33% 8 11.43% Twin Peaks 5 12.50% 5 10.00% 7 11.67% 7 10.00% Star Trek: TOS 5 12.50% 5 10.00% 6 10.00% 7 10.00% Lost 3 7.50% 3 6.00% 6 10.00% 7 10.00% Arrested Development 4 10.00% 5 10.00% 5 8.33% 7 10.00% Barney Miller 3 7.50% 5 10.00% 6 10.00% 6 8.57% House 5 12.50% 5 10.00% 5 8.33% 6 8.57% Freaks & Geeks 5 12.50% 5 10.00% 5 8.33% 5 7.14% Breaking Bad 3 7.50% 5 10.00% 5 8.33% 5 7.14% Futurama 4 10.00% 4 8.00% 5 8.33% 5 7.14% News Radio 4 10.00% 4 8.00% 5 8.33% 5 7.14% Angel 3 7.50% 4 8.00% 5 8.33% 5 7.14% Rome 4 10.00% 4 8.00% 4 6.67% 5 7.14% Band of Brothers 4 10.00% 4 8.00% 4 6.67% 5 7.14% Whose Line Is It Anyway? 4 10.00% 4 8.00% 4 6.67% 5 7.14% Deadwood 3 7.50% 4 8.00% 4 6.67% 5 7.14% The Golden Girls 2 5.00% 3 6.00% 4 6.67% 5 7.14% The Shield 3 7.50% 4 8.00% 4 6.67% 4 5.71% Six Feet Under 2 5.00% 4 8.00% 4 6.67% 4 5.71% ER 3 7.50% 3 6.00% 3 5.00% 4 5.71% The Office (Original -- UK) 3 7.50% 3 6.00% 3 5.00% 3 4.29% I Claudius 2 5.00% 3 6.00% 3 5.00% 3 4.29% NCIS 2 5.00% 2 4.00% 2 3.33% 3 4.29% Family Guy 1 2.50% 1 2.00% 2 3.33% 3 4.29% Gilligan's Island 1 2.50% 1 2.00% 1 1.67% 2 2.86% Carnivale 1 2.50% 1 2.00% 1 1.67% 1 1.43% Mad Men 1 2.50% 1 2.00% 1 1.67% 1 1.43% My Name Is Earl 1 2.50% 1 2.00% 1 1.67% 1 1.43% The Avengers 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 1 1.43% ``` [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-all-time-tv-shows/533331.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-all-time-tv-shows/533331.md?page=5)