Miami Vice gets an honorable mention, but I was only ever allowed to watch the intro because I was like 7.
Then I turned 12 and Baywatch came on. Pretty embarrassed, but loved anything where a car, helicopter, or plane was the real main character.
Baywatch was so bad, I couldn't even watch it for the slo-mo girls running down the beach.
Now the movie - that was a riot.
The Wire
The Expanse
What We Do In The Shadows
Below is in no particular order but above is importantly in that order.
Ted Lasso
Downton Abbey (certainly some characters I find annoying (Daisy) but it is an excellent period piece)
Silo
Farscape
Stargate SG1
The Newsroom
Breaking Bad/ Better Call Saul
In a rough order, largely my fav dramedy shows:
Scrubs
M*A*S*H
Veep
Lost
Frasier
Six Feet Under
Spin City (S1-4 MJ Fox supremacy)
Picket Fences
Top ten ish tv shows
Honorable Mentions
In no particular order:
Star Trek
The Next Generation
Voyager
Deep Space 9
Lower Decks
Strange New Worlds
The Orville
Babylon 5
Farscape
Futurama
I clearly have a type.
The Prisoner
The Twilight Zone
Star Trek et al.
Homicide : Life On The Street.
The Avengers [Steed and Peel]
Those are the ones I feel are objectively unsurpassed.
Here, in no particular order, are some that are not as famous but worth a view.
The Venture Brothers
Lost In Space [2018]
School Spirits
Branded [used to watch it at 5 am while preparing for work]
Enjoyed all the big ones like The Office, Parks & Rec, Arrested Development, Game of Thrones
Personal favorites are:
Honorable mentions:
The Wire (all alone)
Deadwood
Slow Horses
these are in no particular order:
Mr. Inbetween
Sopranos
Six Feet Under
Treme
Love/Hate
Gavin & Stacy
Schitt's Creek
Futurama
The Simpsons
Monty Python's Flying Circus
Akagi: The Genius who Descended Into Darkness
Bocchi the Rock!
Frieren: Beyond Journey's End
Azumanga Daioh
The Good Place
Violet Evergarden
Parks and Rec
Deadwood
The Wire
Better Call Saul
Bob's Burgers
It's Always Sunny
The Office
Joe Pera Talks With You
Jeopardy when Alex Trebek was alive
The Price is Right
American Pickers when Frank was alive
I don’t have a top ten, lots of my favorites have already been mentioned, so I’ll add a few new ones:
There are probably some more, but I can’t remember at the moment.
The handmaid's tale
The queen's gambit
Sex education
The Durrells
Top of the lake
Halt and catch fire
Game of thrones
The maid
Alaska daily
Silicon valley
I just watched the Queen's gambit for the first time last weekend! It's sooooo good! Anya Taylor Joy is a complete different actress in mind now seeing her in that
Off the top of my head X-Files all the Star Treks, Fringe, lost, and a bunch more I'm forgetting cuz I'm old 😎
My personal favorites and most influential on me specifically
In random order:
Poirot
TNG
BSG
Morse/Lewis/Endeavor
Rockford Files
Nature
Nova
A French Village
Midsomer Murders
Shetland
Currently watching Poirot (the series) for the first time. Hard to believe it started in the 80's - the film quality is so high, it looks great even on a large TV today.
And the production values overall are amazing. The cars, the clothes, the buildings, etc - they really captured the 1930's. I really appreciate the clear, well-balanced colors, too, none of today's high-contrast, over-saturated crap.
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