Not on list:




So it's TOTAL FAIL.

and no futurama. at least thank god they didn't have family guy.

that's a lot of f's.

oh and no doctor who? go to hell.

They included Dragnet and left off Emergency and Adam-12?

I would like to see a Jack Webb cable TV channel. Dragnet all week, then his others shows on weekends.

Kudos for getting The Singing Detective, big thrumbs down for missing Pennies from Heaven.

Couldn't give a rat's ass about Firefly, but no Futurama? Seriously. And also apparently the Andy Griffith show wasn't prestigious enough to make this list, yet The Real World was.

Let's see what we got:

The Simpsons


A Charlie Brown Christmas

Damn straight.

Mystery Science Theater 3000

See above

MTV 1981-1992

Thank God that they were specific with the years.

The Real World
American Idol

Since when did crap = best? Sorry, these two entries fail.

/And where is Futurama?

I am shocked and appalled that they left off The Ropers.

Likely not very many. These lists almost always suck. It is possible to make a good one, but not very many people manage to do it.

Let's see, shows I like...
*Wide World of Sports
*The Daily Show
*I Love Lucy
*MST3K
*The Price Is Right
*Rocky and Bullwinkle
*SNL (depending on the season)
*The Simpsons (ditto)
*SportsCenter
*Super Bowl
*Survivor

oh yeah and while i'm cool with him laying down ground rules, he needs to stick with them.

reading the rules he set, one of them is that in the case of shows made by the same creator, he only chose one. so buffy but no firefly, simpsons but no futurama.

but then he had both beavis and butthead and king of the hill. both should be on there, but stick to the rules you set up.

wow i'm bored today.

Not on list: Hong Kong Phooey, number one superguy.

Let's see,
No


And no:


And no farking


Not even:


WHOSE CLOSING EPISODE WAS NOMINATED THE MOST-WATCHED OF IT TIME?

FAIL

Is Arrested Development on there?

/damn too lazy to RTFA
//especially if they missed MASH, apparently
///COME ON!

Where's Manimal!

Unavailable for comment.

+1 for Arrested Development
-1 for no Firefly

-5 for no Futurama

at least Arrested Development is on there. That makes up for all the ones missing.


American idol? WTF. FAIL.

Firefly.


and maybe not the "best" or "top" but I enjoy ATHF, as do many others. If Beavis and Butthead can get on there, then ATHF deserves a place.

otherwise, that is a pretty solid list.

Also absent.

Glad to see Buffy and Spongebob on there. Although I was disappointed at the lack of Angel, at its peak it was superior to Buffy. And while Firefly deserves to be on there I wasn't surprised to not see it on the list. Bet the compilers of the list haven't even heard of it.

And if they're included whacked out cartoons that appeal to grown-ups while pretending to be for kids, I'd include Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends. That show is beyond brilliant.

And wtf is "Roseanne" doing on that list?

I'll forgive the lack of Firefly. It's a solid list.

DarthBrooks: So it's TOTAL FAIL.

exactly what i came in here to say.

and where the hell was Get A Life?????

okay, felicity & gilmore girls are on the list - and not the golden girls?

time magazine is retarded. the end.

I also notice they left off Miami Vice and Futurama

they also left out the A-Team

I would like to trade this crap Freaks and Geeks for Family Guy.

M*A*S*H is on there. I don't know what was up with Knucklepopper's preposterous claim.

But then, he apparently thought Gilligan's Island, Knight Rider and Three's Company were worthy, so...

Well, if MST3K is in there the list compilers can't be completely spasticated.

No House? Blasphemy.

Knucklepopper: Not even:


WHOSE CLOSING EPISODE WAS NOMINATED THE MOST-WATCHED OF IT TIME?Are you farking kidding me? No MASH?

Wasn't going to RTFA, but will now just to see that you're not messing with me.

American Idol

Do. Not. Want!

It has some credability, Monty Python, Benny Hill, All in the family, the Simpsons, Battlestar Galactica, Marriedd with children...

but um yeah, its definately not complete.

No Oz? Oh well, this is one goofballs opinion

Knucklepopper: Let's see,
No


And no:


And no farking


Not even:


WHOSE CLOSING EPISODE WAS NOMINATED THE MOST-WATCHED OF IT TIME?

FAIL

M*A*S*H is on there, big guy.

StreetlightInTheGhetto: Is Arrested Development on there?

Obviously, otherwise author has no place as an entertainment writer.

raistlinknight: No House? Blasphemy.

My thoughts exactly.

I never understood the appeal behind King Of The Hill.

Simpsons, Seinfeld, Arrested development, South park, Sopranos, Twin Peaks, Lost, MST3k, Homicide, the UK Office...it's got most of my favorites. CYE and Futurama are the only notable ones missing.

no Weeds?

streetlightintheghetto - especially if they missed MASH, apparently


MASH is on the list.

destitute college kid: But then, he apparently thought Gilligan's Island, Knight Rider and Three's Company were worthy, so...

GET OFF MY LAWN

/did a search for MASH and M.A.S.H., not M*A*S*H and came up empty.

the_cnidarian: I would like to trade this crap Freaks and Geeks for Family Guy.


For your request, as is the case with almost every girl I've ever been attracted to:

Another "Wtf? No Futurama"? here.

Knucklepopper

MASH is on the list. They can't miss that one, or there'd be tons of pissed-off TV fans.

Well whaddayaknow, Knucklepopper WAS messing with me.

60 Minutes
All In The Family
Beavis and Butthead
Bob Newhart
Cheers
Cosby Show
Dick Van Dyke
Dragnet
I Love Lucy
The Odd Couple
Pee Wee's Playhouse
The Price Is Right
Rocky and his Friends (i.e. Rockie and Bullwinkle)
Seinfeld - My FAVORITE!
The Simpsons (pre 2000)
South Park (first couple of seasons)
Sponge Bob Square pants (pre 2003)
The Super Bowl
Taxi
WKRP In Cincinnati

19/100

How did CSI not make the list?

What, no Speed Racer? Pffft.

8 of my faves are on there. (M*A*S*H is actually there knucklepopper) but I am disappointed that Firefly, Iron Chef and The Amazing Race aren't there.

There are some fantastic Australian shows which wouldn't be there ever, simply because they're not on in the US - The Chaser's War on Everything and Wilfred spring to mind...

No Scrubs.

No Ed, Edd, n Eddy.

Not even Cow and Chicken.

Complete and utter FAIL, with a capital FAIL.

Glad to see The Shield was included... but no Dexter, Firefly, or Curb Your Enthusiasm?

What? No You Can't Do That on Television? No Scrubs? Many sucky shows on this list, too. (American Idol? Sex and the City?)



/and another vote for Futurama

Star Trek....check

American Idol...WTF?!?!

Mash is on the list.
+10 for Arrested Development, still sad fox took it off the air.

I think this would be a perfect time to comment on how I do not own a television.

No Babylon 5?

No Farkers mentioning that there's no Babylon 5?

That's just cruel.

NO CSI?????

FAIL FAIL FAIL FAIL!!!

Good, solid list.


/your favorite show sucks

Where is Law & Order ?

What a bunch Fail!

blipsman: How did CSI not make the list?

Uh, cuz it sux a bag of dicks?

NO BEVERLY HILLBILLIES? THIS SUX

After last season, 24 has no right to be on that list. But since they fail to list HBO's ROME and Firefly, it's a BS list.

Farkers: Is Battlestar Galactica worth investing time in? I have a friend who owns it and keeps whining about making me watch it (even though he won't watch Firefly in return), but I had heard a few critical statements made by the geek contingent.

Is it worth watching?

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

FARK YES

EPIC WIN

What about Blossom! For God's sake, Mayim Bialik is probably cleaning a grease trap at Applebees right now! What of Otherworld? Vegetable Soup? The Ropers? Quincy? Soul Train? This list is a mockery.

Then again, +1 for SCTV and The Prisoner.

ALright alright, I farked up MASH.

But this isn't on there:

With the exception of the soaps, I've seen most or all of the episodes from each show on that list.

That makes me kinda sad when I think about it.

DarthBrooks: Not on list:

What?

cranberryzero: no futurama

What?

they didn't have family guy

What?

oh and no doctor who?

WHAT???



Massively.

No Red Dwarf = fail

I would say the list is pretty good. Only missing show that should definitely be on the list is House.

No Law & Order (in any form), no CSI: Vegas, no Firefly, no Farscape.

This list is made of fail and suck.

Thank you, ClicheGuevara. I came in to make mention of the best thing that ever came out of Canada.

/My pen!

from the 60's, Bonanza,Lawrence Welk,Disney

Not a good idea to upset Sylar.....

I cannot believe there's no


Fark, I watched a lot of television as a kid. And we didn't even have cable.

No Home Improvement? WTF?

I was glad to see I, Claudius. I loved that show.

I would have included Sherlock Holmes with Jeremy Brett.

It loaded slow for me, are we going to FARK Time.com?

Smegheads

No Rockford Files?

wtf

Dwight256..Is Battlestar Galactica worth investing time in? I

The new one is pretty good if you like SciFi

/old one sucks anti-matter

Dwight256: Farkers: Is Battlestar Galactica worth investing time in? I have a friend who owns it and keeps whining about making me watch it (even though he won't watch Firefly in return), but I had heard a few critical statements made by the geek contingent.

Is it worth watching?

Infinite yes.

Whoops, forgot to mention Heroes.

/just woke up
//some of the shows on there suck
///slashies

American Idol makes it, but not The Avengers?

I'm still in love with Emma Peel/Diana Rigg.

"24" is laughably bad. I marathoned the first season. I could barely make it through...

no

DarthBrooks: Not on list:

FTW

CSI is one of the worst television shows ever made. Poor production values teamed with deus ex machina writing and melodramatic acting does not make a good show.

At best it's speculative fiction. That is all.

/I really hate that show.

Can't believe NewsRadio isn't on the list.

Good to see Married With Children made the list.

/WHOOOOOAAAAAHHHHH BUNDY!

FUTURAMA sucks and no, Im not trolling.

There isnt a likeable character on it and TG he didnt
list 'The Family Guy'.

THAT show makes FUTURAMA look good.

Pox Americana: Where's Manimal!

haha... I loved that show as a kid.




/Wanted to be Dr. Chase when he grew up

no

Happy Days
Love Boat
the Waltons

did this guy live in the 70's? was he in pakistan?

Bird3149: Can't believe NewsRadio isn't on the list.

too trendy

Knucklepopper: Let's see,
No


And no:


And no farking


Not even:


WHOSE CLOSING EPISODE WAS NOMINATED THE MOST-WATCHED OF IT TIME?

FAIL

Um, M*A*SH is on there.

Acharne: CSI is one of the worst television shows ever made. Poor production values teamed with deus ex machina writing and melodramatic acting does not make a good show.

At best it's speculative fiction. That is all.

/I really hate that show.

not to mention the science is wrong quite often.

LukeA:

M*A*S*H

The_Philosopher_King: I would have included Sherlock Holmes with Jeremy Brett.

Excellent show. Just leave out the last season.

Dwight256: Farkers: Is Battlestar Galactica worth investing time in?

Meh. I heard a lot of fuss, watched it, and yeah, the action scenes are awesome (as and when there are any) and the narrative is ok. The rest is as dull and talky as ST-TNG, only without the whatever-it-was that made TNG watchable.

SF needs good scripting, Doctor Who started it, Joss Wheedon carried it on and Doctor Who picked it back up again in 2005. DW proves that you don't need awesome FX to make a really good scifi show. BSG does the same job, but from the opposite direction.

No Northern Exposure?

/Adam calls the writer of this article a hack and vows to use his CIA tradecraft to track him down. Right after he gets back from the Culinary World Championships in Helsinki.

ULTRAMAN! Many Memories of growing up in front of the TV with him!

I liked Futurama too but it had a pretty short run, wasn't all that influential or popular and besides, Groening already has The Simpsons and King of the Hill up there. I'm sure if the list was The Top 100 Shows as Picked by Farkers it would be up there, but every now and then it's good to be reminded that the world of Fark is unique and not all that representative of the general population.

I'm an editor at Time magazine, so I'm really getting a kick out of these replies.

Knucklepopper: /did a search for MASH and M.A.S.H., not M*A*S*H and came up empty.

Yeah... those alphabetical lists are a biatch to find things in. If only there were some order to the items in the list!!


/just messin with ya

I've been watching TV for almost as long as there has been TV, and I say Hereos is the best damned show I've ever watched - my first memorable colour TV experience as a kid was Star Trek -it isn't easy for me to put Heroes at #1

/Kung Fu - '70s series.
//The Invaders
///Taken

Knucklepopper:

/did a search for MASH and M.A.S.H., not M*A*S*H and came up empty.


FAIL

as embodied by Stinky, the bratty urchin played brilliantly by The Three Stooges' Joe Besser.

Wohoo! My family makes a Time article!

FeBolas: Yeah... those alphabetical lists are a biatch to find things in. If only there were some order to the items in the list!!

I'll kill you.

mfaby: FUTURAMA sucks and no, Im not trolling.

There isnt a likeable character on it

I'm quite fond of Bender.

Meh, you fail. But I'm sure I do for not liking BSG.

Turns out TV is a matter of opinion, and I guess you could make a top 1000 list of great shows and there's be a thread listing another 1000 you missed out.

oops. ummm,
just kidding.

Persnickety: Groening already has The Simpsons and King of the Hill up there.

Uh, mike Judge would like a word...

fizzygillespie: "24" is laughably bad. I marathoned the first season. I could barely make it through...

Indeed. Just like other serial dramas, I'll invest a good hour into the show to discover that nothing ever happens. It's like the had a script to a two-hour film and stretched it into 24 hours of suck.

cdex1:
Wow, I didn't realize Ultra-Man had big tits until just now that you put that up.
Kind'a wish I hadn't noticed.

Who
farking
cares?

/Meh.

No Star Trek The Next Generation or Deep Space Nine?

No MXC?

Fail.

Get Smart, Green Acres, Hogans Heros...come on.

Does anyone remember "The women of cell Block H"?
//There's no 'Land of the Lost'...wiff sleetstaks....

clippedwing: Get Smart, Green Acres, Hogans Heros...come on.

Green Acres - the best show on TV when you're seriously baked.

I am very disappointed they didn't include futurama, but was pleasently surprised the wire was on there.

No Muppet Show?!?

I would also include
Cosmos with Carl Sagan
The Day the Universe Changed or Connections by James Burke
Nova

Scrophulous Barking Duck: Excellent show. Just leave out the last season.

I got to agree. But it is still better than American Idol.

Gotta love The Waltons!

Honeymooners
The Wire
Married...with children
King of the Hill.

I have no problems with this list.

My shows made it:

Buffy the Vampire Slayer
A Charlie Brown Christmas
Friends
24
Married...With Children
Seinfeld
The Simpsons
The X-Files


Shows not made the list:
Prison Break

How did the Daily Show get on there? Unless time thinks that a half hour of “Bush is dumb” and “Cheney shoots someone in the face” jokes are quality TV then I think they should replace it with a more deserving show.

Captain Kangaroo, Looney Tunes, Jonathan Winters show, NOVA, ABC Wide World of Sports..........Must be an old fart..

Hooolld on there Baba Luey, I'll do the thinnin around here...
Thats all folks!!!!

Subby here.

Here's my list of the shows that made the list:

24
Arrest Development
Battlestar Galatica
Beavis and Butthead
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Cheers
The Daily Show
Deadwood
Freaks and Geeks
Friends
Gilmore Girls
Married with Children
My So Called Life
MST3K
The Office U.S. Version
Roseanne
The Sheild
The Simpsons
Six Feet Under
The Sopranos
SportsCenter
The West Wing
The Wire
The X-Files

Shows they forgot to put on the list:
Futurama
Sports Night
Veronica Mars
Scrubs
Family Ties

Not on the list for some strange reason:
Frasier
N.Y.P.D. Blue

FTFA re: WKRP In Cincinnati:

But it was an underratedly smart show, infused with a sense of things ending-especially, the free-form, anarchic, album-rock '70s

Too bad we'll apparently never see the album-rock show in its complete form the way it originally aired, thanks to the usual "rights issues". How is it Miami Vice, a show I also like and features contemporary music throughout its run, is able to get ALL the rights to the music as aired through five seasons, while Fox won't bother to do the same for WKRP through three?? Bastards!!

/mini-rant off
//is M*A*S*H* on the list?

Alien Syndrome: How did the Daily Show get on there? Unless time thinks that a half hour of "Bush is dumb" and "Cheney shoots someone in the face" jokes are quality TV then I think they should replace it with a more deserving show.

Sir, have you ever actually watched The Daily Show?

Oh, and btw ... American Idol????

Uh, no.

I liked most of the shows on this list. Cosmos should be there, though.

ClicheGuevara07: Sir, have you ever actually watched The Daily Show?

I've watched it half a dozen times.
He's got a few funny moments, but Cheers or Seinfeld it ain't.

boonfarker: while Fox won't bother to do the same for WKRP through three??

Four ... I meant four.

/d'oh

I couldn't get Google images to work, but no Are You Afraid of the Dark or Space Cases?!?!

/wants his childhood back..

I love these kind of threads. Brings back alot of memories. Now get off my lawn.

AaaPha: mfaby: FUTURAMA sucks and no, Im not trolling.

There isnt a likeable character on it

I'm quite fond of Bender.

Meh, you fail. But I'm sure I do for not liking BSG.

Turns out TV is a matter of opinion, and I guess you could make a top 1000 list of great shows and there's be a thread listing another 1000 you missed out.

Personally, I'm a Zoidburg fan myself. Jewish Lobsters make for great T.V.

How does David Kelley not get a show on that list?...or am I just a Knucklepooper alt?

logruszed: Does not approve of this list.

Dude, I missed that. How is Monk not on there? It can be a bit formulaic, but it's pretty well written and incredibly well acted.

I personally love it because I realize I'm about one traumatic event/mental snap away from turning into Monk.

I love lucy is not a good show.

Farkomatic: clippedwing: Get Smart, Green Acres, Hogans Heros...come on.

Green Acres - the best show on TV when you're seriously baked.

I've watched it both ways.... doesn't matter! Best show ever.

ClicheGuevara07

Sir, have you ever actually watched The Daily Show?

Yes sir, I have and I don't think it's funny at all, shocking, I know.

All what it is about is making fun of conservatives and then one weekly, halfhearted swipe a Hilary it make it seem like its fair; that's just about it.

Sex and the shiatty should not be on any list of any kind. Just off the top of my head Stargate SG-1 sans the last 2 years and Thunderbirds are Go (with the puppets) should be on there.

This list is useless without:

* Outer Limits

* Razzle Dazzle

And the best TV newsmagazine ever produced

* This hour has seven days

Barney Miller

You're the jerk...jerk I'm with you there. Never did like her. Reminds me of The Dick Van Dike Show though. I loved Lori, my first wet dream, except the episode with the walnuts and the eyes in the back of her head. That creeped me out.

What no Connections?

That list sucks a bag full.

Mixed feelings of pass and fail here:

No "The Waltons" - Pass.

No "Dukes of Hazzard" - Fail.

A whole lotta biatching & moaning over this or that show not on the list.

You'll get over it.
You're a minority.
No matter how much you loved your show, nobody else did, time to move on.

No Rescue Me, South Park or Two and a Half Men?

WTF?!?!

Well, they got I Love Lucy, The Prisoner, MST3K, Lost, The Odd Couple, I Claudius, The X-Files, Abbott and Costello, and Twin Peaks, so they go something right.

I'm going to take a Leap of Quantum proportions and say that this list needs some changing.

Got most of my faves, notable exceptions being The Muppet Show and Frasier...

+5 for Larry Sanders
+10 for Letterman back on NBC (and for not including Leno)

FAIL


Fail



A big WTF for:

Buffalo Bill
Felicity
Lost
Okrah
The Real World - they hold auditions for the real world?
Roseanne
Survivor - 1st season comes down to pick a number between 1 and 10?
Twin Peaks
Wiseguy

What a failbox

Dwight256: Farkers: Is Battlestar Galactica worth investing time in? I have a friend who owns it and keeps whining about making me watch it (even though he won't watch Firefly in return), but I had heard a few critical statements made by the geek contingent.

Is it worth watching?

As a sci-fi TV and film watcher since the days of the original Star Trek, I would put the first two seasons of BSG as some of the best drama, and certainly some of the best sci-fi ever to be on the small screen.

The third season goes off the rails but still has some of the magic. I'm hoping for a strong final season.

Most of the boxed sets begin with the mini-series that preceded the show. It's really a must to see that before you watch the rest of the series.

Enjoy. It's a hell of a ride.

Alien Syndrome: ClicheGuevara07

Sir, have you ever actually watched The Daily Show?

Yes sir, I have and I don't think it's funny at all, shocking, I know.

All what it is about is making fun of conservatives and then one weekly, halfhearted swipe a Hilary it make it seem like its fair; that's just about it.

So you're saying that mocking the ruling party more often then the party that has been out of power for the past 7 years is unfair? I guarantee when the Democrats take over the White House in Jan. 09 and the Daily Show starts taking shots at them more often, you'll be in here praising the Daily Show almost as much as you praise Jesus and Rush Limbaugh.

Alien Syndrome: ClicheGuevara07

Sir, have you ever actually watched The Daily Show?

Yes sir, I have and I don't think it's funny at all, shocking, I know.

All what it is about is making fun of conservatives and then one weekly, halfhearted swipe a Hilary it make it seem like its fair; that's just about it.

To the majority of people out there the conservatives are just the biggest and most obvious target. They happen to be the one's with the most power and the most gross examples of abuse of said power.

There isn't enough "ha ha" potential within the Democratic party right now. Most of your Democratic fark ups are doing the same banal corrupt things that the average politician of any party is doing. It's a sad state of affairs that regular corruption isn't even newsworthy, but that's just how it is. They go for the bog story and right now the big stories are pretty much coming from one specific power base.

Wait until the Dems win the presidential election, as soon as they have the power then they will be pulling the big scams. Corruption and sardonic humor are all about power. Those who have it will abuse it, then we can have sad laughs about it.

Of all the clips from South Park to choose, they chose that!?

On that note, anyone complaining (or prepared to complain) about the list please read:::

http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1651341_1659152_1659089,0 0.html

and take two breaths and calm down.



On the whole though it really is a fairly good list.

So this is what TIME is reduced to; fellating Democrats and posting arbitrary lists. You should check out a really old issue of TIME to see what a good magazine it used to be.

piaddic120

No Rescue Me, South Park or Two and a Half Men?

I thought I saw South Park make it to the list. Good to know at least one good comedy made it.

Survivor. I shake my hairy bum at your puny list!

Free Radical: No Star Trek The Next Generation or Deep Space Nine?

No MXC?

Fail.

Agreed.

And they can suck my Starfury.

No Hawaii 50? Check.

No Law & Order? Check.

No Jonny Quest? Check.

List officially sucks.

I like that they put Wiseguy on there; I still remember that show as being very good; before Ken Wahl started to drink himself into irrelevance. Excellent casting and farking awesome storylines.

Towards the end they did some fantastic work with a psycho-megalomaniac named Profitt. He was a philosophy-quoting oligarch and Kevin Spacey just made him look real. That role had to put Spacey on the map.

Having a young Joan Severance as Vinny's love interest did not hurt. She was teh absowootely smoking hawtness.

Quite a few that aren't on the list that should have been (Quantum Leap was a huge omission, as is Get Smart, Green Acres, Newhart, The Outer Limits, The Young Ones, The Muppet Show) but here's the stuff on the list that actually deserves to be there.

The Abbott and Costello Show
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
All in the Family
Arrested Development
The Bob Newhart Show
The Carol Burnett Show
The CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite
A Charlie Brown Christmas
Cheers
The Daily Show
The Dick Van Dyke Show
The Ed Sullivan Show
The Ernie Kovacs Show
Friends
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
Gunsmoke
Hill Street Blues
The Honeymooners
I Love Lucy
Late Night with David Letterman (NBC)
Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
M*A*S*H
The Monkees
Monty Python's Flying Circus
Moonlighting
Mystery Science Theater 3000
The Odd Couple
The Office [American]
The Office [British]
Pee Wee's Playhouse
The Prisoner
Rocky and His Friends
Roots
Seinfeld
Sesame Street
The Simpsons
Soap
The Sopranos
South Park
SpongeBob SquarePants
St. Elsewhere
Taxi
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Twilight Zone
The West Wing
WKRP in Cincinnati
The X-Files
Your Show of Shows

Looks like he was about half right. Better luck next list, dude.

I'm glad to see that The Wire made it, but where's my Futurama and Miami Vice? Come on guys!

Another missing show: Degrassi Jr. High

bwesb: I like that they put Wiseguy on there; I still remember that show as being very good; before Ken Wahl started to drink himself into irrelevance. Excellent casting and farking awesome storylines.

"Up next: Return of the Pink Panther Returns, starring Ken Wahl as Inspector Closseau."

No....



/Therefore, list sucks arse

DarthBrooks: Not on list:
(Firefly)



So it's TOTAL FAIL.

I came in here to say that. Firefly isn't there yet "Friends" is. What kind of punk shiat is that?

No Futurama. FAIL

/I'm 13 and my mom doesn't let me out of my room
//I'll be a virgin til I'm 33

ClicheGuevara07

So you're saying that mocking the ruling party more often then the party that has been out of power for the past 7 years is unfair?

No, making fun of conservatives is all they do, and it's mostly the same jokes over and over again. How would anyone think that's funny?

logruszed

To the majority of people out there the conservatives are just the biggest and most obvious target.

So having common sense make's one a "target"? I think I'm starting to get your kind of "humor".

They happen to be the one's with the most power and the most gross examples of abuse of said power.

And you kind of "reality" is also telling you that the Republicans are still in control of the House and Senate, must be a nice world you live in.

There isn't enough "ha ha" potential within the Democratic party right now.

And money in freezers, pundits in diapers and democrats getting tongue tied (much more than Bush) can't be a source of humor to you?

Dwight256

Farkers: Is Battlestar Galactica worth investing time in?

YES.

No babylon 5 or dead like me.


BSG redeems it.


By blackomegax

These lists are utter crap..but I would like to thank the people at Time for reminding me how unbelievably hittable Claire Danes was in My So Called Life.



/nerdy, misunderstood swoon
// still hate slashies

The list of programs I'm familiar enough with to disagree with, and why:


* American Idol (I just don't get it. Sorry, but if ou like this program then you're probably stupid or mean.)

* Gilmore Girls (You. Gotta'. Be. Kidding. Me.)

* Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman (This program may have been unique, but it was also painful to watch and, unlike The Office which is also painful to watch, it was boring too.)

* The Monkees (Just stupid. How is this on there but Sigmund and the Seamonster not?)

* MTV 1981-1992 (It's not a farking TV show.)

* The Real World (Two good seasons can never make up for all that followed.)

* Survivor (Same as above.)

Patsy & Eddy - Absolutely Fabulous

Alien Syndrome: ClicheGuevara07

So you're saying that mocking the ruling party more often then the party that has been out of power for the past 7 years is unfair?

No, making fun of conservatives is all they do, and it's mostly the same jokes over and over again. How would anyone think that's funny?

logruszed

To the majority of people out there the conservatives are just the biggest and most obvious target.

So having common sense make's one a "target"? I think I'm starting to get your kind of "humor".

They happen to be the one's with the most power and the most gross examples of abuse of said power.

And you kind of "reality" is also telling you that the Republicans are still in control of the House and Senate, must be a nice world you live in.

There isn't enough "ha ha" potential within the Democratic party right now.

And money in freezers, pundits in diapers and democrats getting tongue tied (much more than Bush) can't be a source of humor to you?

Watch any late night monologue or SNL Weekend Update from 92-00 and it's all Clinton sex jokes. Try and figure out why that was.

No "Crime Story"

Or...


/Yeah it was crap but it was the 80's dude...totally different head.

No Curb Your Enthusiasm + No Amazing Race + No Iron Chef = FAIL

No Babylon 5?! I'd like to know if The Wire is in there, but I can't be bothered paging through their navigation.

BTW Hyperdrive is hilarious - British science-fiction comedy.

24 That is all.

And no Green Acres? It's only the best show to watch while smoking out.

ukgrad89: Therefore, list sucks arse

Crap! How could I have not mentioned Mission Impossible?

/Firefly and Brisco also should have been on there
//didn't mention them previously to avoid the usual negative responses
///screw it, I'm mentioning them now

Combat! with Vic Morrow. It took FIVE YEARS to capture France.

Wagon Train
Bonanza
Daniel Boone
Captain Kangaroo
The Outer Limits (original)
Mission: Impossible
Perry Mason
Secret Agent
Get Smart

How could I forget...The Red Green Show.

No Cop Rock!

I came in to say "No Firefly?" but I see my fellow Browncoats have beaten me to it. Carry on!

Persnickety: Groening already has The Simpsons and King of the Hill up there.

(groans like Kif Kroaker)

Alien Syndrome: logruszed

To the majority of people out there the conservatives are just the biggest and most obvious target.

So having common sense make's one a "target"? I think I'm starting to get your kind of "humor".

They happen to be the one's with the most power and the most gross examples of abuse of said power.

And you kind of "reality" is also telling you that the Republicans are still in control of the House and Senate, must be a nice world you live in.

There isn't enough "ha ha" potential within the Democratic party right now.

And money in freezers, pundits in diapers and democrats getting tongue tied (much more than Bush) can't be a source of humor to you?

You're living in a dreamworld.

Stealing money = They are all doing it. So it's not newsworthy unless they get caught doing it in some unique manner. It's like cheating on your wife, it's only funny if it's with a dude or if you're one of those pro-family loudmouths.

Now trying to suck dicks in mens rooms when you're a right wing conservative guy = funny!

That's why you don;t see many stories about liberal politicians doing this sort of thing. Nobody would be surprised so it's not funny. You see the "shock/surprise" element is a big part of humor.

If you don't get that then I'll bet you're one of those dipshiats who uses a lot of puns and thinks they are the "funny guy at work".

when Democrats fark up in a funny way then TDS busts balls on them for years. If you watched the program you can still hear an occasional Marion Barry crack/prostitution joke, or a Clinton blowjob joke. The thing is most of the big name Dems don't espouse any major moral bullshiat and then get busted violating it. You got guys preaching "family values" to get contributions and votes, then trying to suck off other dudes or getting married six times. How is stealing money going to keep up with that?

TDS is a joke show, not a news show. Stealing money, as I said, just isn't all that funny most of the time. Go watch an actual news program for that kind of shiat, and if they fail to deliver on it then you have a legit complaint. USA Today or whoever should report on that kind of stuff based only on things like the amount of money stolen or whatever, but it's not the job of a joke show to report the news. It's not even their job to report facts, but TDS actually does contain more fact than many actual news programs, it just has a bias. But this bias is more about humor than party lines.

And don't try and say the libs are more in control than the cons. that's farking stupid and you're stupid if you believe it. If that were true then there would be an impeachment lineup taking place right now and we would be pulling out of Iraq.

whammer: Captain Kangaroo ; Secret Agent

Two more I forgot. Crap! The mind is slipping.

Fawlty Towers should have made the list.

Did have some pleasant surprises, though, like Married with Children and Mystery Science Theater 3000.

frostus: big fat list missing Married With Children

Sorry, Married with Children deserves it. Part of a combo that established a network and ushered in a new era of comedy.

And you people and your Firefly obsession need to smell the roses. The show was good, but seriously, it wasn't that awesome. It had plenty of potential, but the execution was particularly Buffy, who probably shouldn't be on the list, but is because(I would assume) the WB would have went under way earlier if it didn't have Buffy.


Also, for the people that are complaining about Frasier, Newhart, etc(all great shows), read the guidelines.

-Two Shows, One Slot. Where two shows with the same creators or talent had similar themes, milieus, characters or narrative styles, I generally picked one. So: Monty Python but no Fawlty Towers; Cheers but no Frasier; Seinfeld but no Curb Your Enthusiasm; The Bob Newhart Show but no Newhart; My So-Called Life but no thirtysomething. I did include both versions of The Office because they were different achievements (the American is the better series, Ricky Gervais' the better performance), but also because-all together now!-it's my list.



Lastly, Futurama probably deserves to be on there.. hard to pick what to kick off though. My choice would probably be The West Wing.

Also, glad to see props for King of the Hill. A truely awesome show for all ages that doesn't get the recognition it deserves. It's a cartoon that plays like it's a live action show, which is why it's overlooked, and it's as well written and put together as 99% of the shows I've watched.

No House????

I'm happy to see the number of Arrested Development fans though.
Just bought the third season.

CHEATERS???

Come on TIME, where else can you see real people getting busted nooking other people's girlfriends. Real people, real cheating, real busting.


(Dude getting busted with some dude's gf in pool, gets a beatdown on camera)

FISH.

This is Fark, right? Why am I the first to mention this shining star?

bolzy: CHEATERS???

Come on TIME, where else can you see real people getting busted nooking other people's girlfriends. Real people, real cheating, real busting.


(Dude getting busted with some dude's gf in pool, gets a beatdown on camera)

Not to mention the episode where that prick of a host got stabbed.

He deserved a beating as much as any of the cheaters getting caught.

logruszed: bolzy: CHEATERS???

Come on TIME, where else can you see real people getting busted nooking other people's girlfriends. Real people, real cheating, real busting.


(Dude getting busted with some dude's gf in pool, gets a beatdown on camera)

Not to mention the episode where that prick of a host got stabbed.

He deserved a beating as much as any of the cheaters getting caught.

Its all in good fun, did or did you not get a laugh. I am rolling on floor many times.

oh and once I saw a blimp: FISH.

This is Fark, right? Why am I the first to mention this shining star?

sorry, I love the Abemeister more than Drew loves beer but Fish was one of the worst spin-offs ever.

He was hardly on the show, his wife's voice set my teeth on edge and those retarded adopted kids made me hate people from the East coast irrationally for years.

I really like "Rescue Me", but I think that show is too recent to make the list.

How the hell can you compare "I, Claudius" to "General Hospital"? And does anyone REALLY prefer "The Bob Newhart Show" to "Newhart"? Maybe Suzanne Pleshette ... MAYBE.

Well, the guy said he was excluding spinoffs and shows that debuted in 2006 or later so I can excuse not having Dexter and Heroes.

But where the hell are Rescue Me, Scrubs, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Firefly, Prison Break, Entourage, Weeds, Two and a Half Men, and How I Met Your Mother?

ALF
Due South
Junkyard Wars
Mythbusters
Night Court
Red Green
YCDTOTV

And although I've never watched it, I have to ask why there's no Dr. Who on the list. Plus, he includes Charlie Brown Christmas (which is a movie) but no How the Grinch Stole Christmas?

Game shows, the Superbowl, but no Hockey Night in Canada? Guy lives in some southern state, doesn't he?

Another vote for Ab Fab

/what?

cabal08
What no Connections?
Forget about that one! Thanx

I would like to see some old 60's reruns, Red Skelton show, Groucho, Candid Camera, Art Linkletter...
Anyone remember some of the hokey ones: The Invades, Time Tunnel, The Prisoner. The FBI

Time used to be a reputable magazine 20+ yr. ago. Sux now, big.

The list was not Time's and should have been listed that way. As the author stated: "It's My List...". Time did not take a(the) pole it is obvious the author is very biased the same as the Mag.

There are several in the list that are garbage as others above have written. I would not and do not let the kids watch Bevis and Butthead, 3 Stooges (Kid poked bro in eyes), many of the supposed "mainstream" shows due to the content of ignorance, sick minded humor, and glorification's that is degrading to, and of most people.

/Top "Firefly" pic need Shopping done for a Bush, Cheney, Condi view

// Glad to Not see a certain daytime soap on the list. Wife didn't speak to me for a couple of days due to me walking in the door from work, made/ used the same sentence as the "Jerk" on the show. She lost cable for a while!!!

I appreciate the Monkees and My So-Called Life being on the list, as well as South Park and I Love Lucy.

Not a single god damn one.

Four (including the Super Bowl)

Pssst ... BLACKADDER, ya gits!!!

Namey Namerson: No Curb Your Enthusiasm + No Amazing Race + No Iron Chef = FAIL

Entourage > Curb Your Enthusiasm
by about a million times


Anyway, all in all a good list. You can't please everyone. I was happy to see The Wire and The Shield, and elated to see Arrested Development. I just hope in 3 years or so Its Always Sunny in Philadelphia will have hit its stride and will make lists like this.

24
All in the Family (before my time, but caught the reruns on Nick at Nite growing up)
Beavis & Butthead (hey, I was 13-14 when this was on)
A Charlie Brown Christmas (a classic for any child)
The Daily Show (not a devoted follower, but hilarious when I do watch)
Hill Street Blues (another 80s classic)
The Honeymooners (the original fat-guy-with-hot-wife sitcom, all others pale in comparison)
The Larry Sanders Show (One of the best shows ever. "Who the fark is Igus?")
Married With Children (Great but fell off at the end)
Pee Wee's Playhouse (great when I was a kid, trippy as hell as an adult)
The Real World (only the Las Vegas season, I never liked anything else. Can't count how many times I beat it to Trishelle and the multi-racial chicks)
The Shield (Vic Mackey owns all other TV cops)
South Park (no show has a bigger set of balls)

bhcompy: Sorry, Married with Children deserves it. Part of a combo that established a network and ushered in a new era of comedy.

A new era of shiat comedy. It wasn't funny and it's descendants aren't either.

And you people and your Firefly obsession need to smell the roses. The show was good, but seriously, it wasn't that awesome.

Wrong. And my love of the show isn't an obsession any more than you people that feel the need to constantly (and obsessively) slam it in these threads.

Also, glad to see props for King of the Hill. A truely awesome show for all ages that doesn't get the recognition it deserves.

Wrong again. Not funny or interesting. Maybe it's a show for all ages but mine? Or maybe I had to dull my brain with Married With Children like you apparently did to be able to sit in front of King Of the Hill for more than two minutes.

I know it's a Canadian show but when I see shows like Prime Suspect on the list, Da Vinci's Inquest is definitely a contender; drum-tight writing and none of this paint-by-numbers realism

Good to see The Prisoner, I, Claudius and the Ernie Kovacs Show, but no:

Futurama
Frasier
Cosmos
Blue Planet
Babylon 5
Connections 1
Connections 2
Jeopardy
Shogun
Bonanza
Red Dwarf
Peter Gunn
Mission Impossible
Secret Agent Man
The Wonder Years

and probably others if I took more time. Some of the missing may have run afoul of the author's rules.

One I never expect to see, but is my top 25 is a BBC show that was shown on local PBS stations - Sandbaggers.

JSAN618 and cabal08
RE:Connections

Just to let you know, someone has posted all the James Burke shows on You Tube. Check it out. I'm sure they won't be there forever. And I mean all episodes of Connections, The Day the Universe Changed as well as the Connections sequels

Three more I forgot.

Red Skelton, Night Court, Black Adder

Hope I don't think of any more before bedtime.

All In The Family
Benny Hill
Parker Lewis Can't Loose
Seinfeld
South Park
DeadWood

No Doctor Who or Trailer Park Boys?

I can't believe he left Doctor Who off that list. The rest of the scifi shows I love are forgivable to not include, but no Doctor farking Who?

Your favorite band show sucks!

No Scooby Doo? It's the only cartoon series ahead of the Simpsons with the most total air time, and it's been running almost non-stop ever since it first aired in 1969. This list is rubbish for the most part.

As long as X Files is there, I don't care if anything else made it.

No other show I've ever watched crossed the line from "OMG I love this show" into complete and utter obsession the way that one did.

Wait, I'm not obsessed, I'm "focussed"!

strtsk8r7: Sure you ain't thinking of the Flintstones?
(was that show on the list?)

The Avengers.

And did they really put "Buffalo Bill" on the list??? What kind of snobbery is that? Toss in an obscure formulaic 2-season show that no one remembers? It's like a critic saying: "Moby Dick" was sort of okay, but "Omoo" was Melville's greatest novel.

Survivorman should be on the list.

Too US-centric.

Shows I'm glad to see on the list:


All in the Family
The Beavis and Butt-Head Show
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Cheers
The Cosby Show
The Daily Show
Hill Street Blues
King of the Hill
Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman
Monty Python's Flying Circus
Mystery Science Theater 3000 (YES!!!)
The Odd Couple
The Office [American]
Saturday Night Live (Well the original cast and the years with Carvey, Miller, Hartman, Farley, Rock, etc.)
The Simpsons
Soap
South Park
Star Trek
The Twilight Zone
The X-Files

(haven't seen the new Battlestar yet, so I'll reserve judgment, and only a few episodes of Lost, but it looks like it could be worthy)

Show I would have included:

Frazier
House
the Law & Order series
Star Trek TNG & DS9
Judging Amy (Tyne Daley so kicked ass in that show)
Barney Miller


my WTF list

The Monkees???????????????
SpongeBob SquarePants??????????

Also, I'd throw a vote in for Good Eats. Alton Brown is WAY cooler than Julia Child.

Again, I cannot stress my displeasure that this was not on the list:


On the radio since 1923, in the homes of the faithful since 1952, and it's all about a trophy first given out in 1892.

Damn, I can't wait for the season to start...

Not on list - From the Scifi channel The Invisible Man, aka I-Man. The most awsomest made for cable TV show ever created.

No Super Mario Bros. Super Show? I'm shocked. SHOCKED, I say. This list is just not valid anymore.

Quantum Leap should have been there.
Same with MacGyver.

I cannot believe he reckons the American Version of the Office is better than the original version.

/FAIL !

This is a strange list... you have a mix of game shows, soap operas, cartoons, sitcoms, sports (of various types), shows that aren't even 'episodic' such as 'A Charlie Brown Christmas'

/Thinks it just a total farked list ...

Asterix: I cannot believe he reckons the American Version of the Office is better than the original version.

/FAIL !

I think it's just in alphabetical order. At least that's the list I read. American comes before British if you read into it that way. Maybe the list should be "100 Good-Ass Shows IMO"

What about Lancelot Link:Secret Chimp ?

Red Means Go: No Super Mario Bros. Super Show? I'm shocked. SHOCKED, I say. This list is just not valid anymore.

Captain Lou is too cool for that list.