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I've been rewatching my favorites (Mr. Robot, Andor, Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul) and I'm curious: What is your favorite show of all time? What makes that your favorite?

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[-] gedfromgont@piefed.ca 1 points 1 day ago

Gonna go with something differrent here

Adventure Times

Quite long running series that starts super silly but actually does explain all the weirdness that you see from the beginning over its runtime. You think its just a cute strange setting with candy people, some magic and a planet half destroyed that looks a bit like Earth. But there's a whole story behind it and it slowly unfolds more and more over the seasons.

[-] BoxOfFeet@lemmy.world 14 points 3 days ago

Star Trek TNG. Without a doubt.

Macgyver is up there, so is Westworld.

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[-] Alcyonaria@piefed.world 40 points 3 days ago

Firefly/Stargate/expanse

[-] wowbaggerip@lemmy.world 22 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Cowboy Bebop (the animated ver) - Just absolute cinema the whole time. Never watched the live action, probably never will. Soundtrack goes so hard and the voice acting in both English and Japanese are unparalleled imo. Such an imaginative and realistic depiction of the future, especially for the time. Thanks a million to Adult Swim for introducing me to my fav show of all time.

[-] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 10 points 3 days ago

I really liked the live action Cowboy Bebop. But then, I never watch the anime. Then again, I don't mind remakes and format changes, so long as it is still well made.

[-] whotookkarl@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 days ago
[-] ProfessorProteus@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Mecha Shiva! Mecha Shiva!

[-] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

all 3 stargate series. oldtrek mostly, nutrek is just not even close, other than prodigy and lower decks, snw i find its still not good considering what other people are saying. use a different showrunner.

maybe spn although its through comprehensive videos of the seasons which fans graciously posted on youtube, mostly s1-5. inuyasha, not yashime or whatever it is, because fans made it weird, by making it a grooming situation rin+ sesshomaru. blue gender, Fullmetal alchemist, the og series. the new one is somewhat all over place. pre-disney takeover of marvel shows. gifted, runaways, AOS.

grimm might be up someones alley, it has a spn spin to it, and it ended as it should, and not dragged on forever like with supernatural.

a short series, DAMAGES, with glenn close, if you ignore the network changes that included sex scences for some reason.

medical drama: House, ER just not the last few seasons, which one of the actors became the showrunner of pitt. not any of those new ones with nobody actors i keep seeing on youtube.

bio shows, like monsters inside me.

netflix original: CASTLEVANIa, the first series one. the 2nd one is currently in limbo, as netflix sees which shows to cancel.

sandman and blood of zeus if they hadnt rushed to cancelled these series.

[-] thechadwick@lemmy.world 24 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I'm no particular order:

Dramas:

  • The Wire (truly incredible TV, maybe the best Shakespeare ever told through Baltimore drug trade)
  • Succession
  • Damages (legal drama)
  • True Detective (wish I could go back and experience watching this for the first time again so bad)
  • Mad Men
  • Widow's Bay (apple TV and absolutely hysterical horror)

Comedies:

  • Arrested Development

  • Veep

  • Silicon Valley

  • Schitt's Creek

    Regularly on in the background:

    • Curb Your Enthusiasm
    • Futurama
    • 30 Rock
    • The Good Place
[-] TheRedSpade@lemmy.world 23 points 3 days ago

The Good Place had no business being as good as it was.

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[-] k0e3@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 days ago

I think Trailer Park Boys up to the end of the Swayze Express arc

[-] milk_steak@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

Twin Peaks. It's one of the most original shows I've seen, and I think it manages to strike a perfect balance between mystery, drama, comedy, and general quirkiness. The third season in particular is a goddamn masterpiece imo. Also Dale Cooper has to be one of my all time favorite characters. It's definitely not everyone's cup of coffee though

[-] Neuroresurgent@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 days ago

The Return is thoroughly good. 💯

[-] Spitefire@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago

The Good Place, basically perfect television.

Fringe, because I find it infinitely rewatchable.

[-] Repelle@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

The good place is entirely fantastic, but season 1 is pure perfection.

[-] MintyFresh@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

Better call Saul. It was the show breaking bad tried to be.

[-] DredPyr8Roberts@lemmy.world 24 points 3 days ago

Avatar: The Last Airbender.

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[-] kurcatovium@piefed.social 8 points 3 days ago

I always struggle to name one best thing at anything. Best movie? IDK, plenty of them are great, can't say which is the best. Favourite colour? Depends on context. Best car? Different each week, as my mood swings. But if I had to pick one tv show and crown it the best, it would be:

Red Dwarf

Hands down the most viewed thing for me. That absurd British humor just clicks with me, just as Monty Python or Black Adder or Black Books did. I used to watch it to fall asleep for years, especially at the college. It was many years ago but I still remember a lot of replicas word by word.

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[-] Professorozone@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago

Battlestar Galactica ( the newer one)

MASH

[-] westingham@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 days ago

I was going to post BSG as well

[-] rob_t_firefly@lemmy.world 11 points 3 days ago

As with movies, foods, music, etc. my "favorites" always shift around depending on my mood, but just now off the top of my head:

  • Doctor Who
  • Star Trek TNG
  • Mystery Science Theater 3000 (which is coming back again, again!)
  • Monty Python's Flying Circus
  • Bob's Burgers
  • Ghosts (the US version)
[-] Noctambulist@lemmy.world 15 points 3 days ago

Babylon 5 — just the perfect scifi show for me with a five-season story arc that was planned from the beginning.

Others: Farscape, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Dark, The West Wing, Community, She-Ra and the Princesses of Power

[-] Neuroresurgent@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 days ago

Quantum Leap is the gold standard for me.

Runners up: Night Court, Better Call Saul, Bojack Horseman, and The Twilight Zone. Those are all shows I have rewatched multiple times.

[-] garbagebagel@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

I love Bojack so much but I know myself well enough to know that when I start a rewatch it's time to schedule an appointment with my counsellor.

[-] Neuroresurgent@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 days ago

I earned these neurosis and I'm keepin' them.

[-] Maiq@piefed.zip 18 points 3 days ago

The Expanse, Fringe, Malcolm in the Middle, Archer, GITS SAC, off the top of my head.

[-] dditty@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 3 days ago

Fringe doesn't get mentioned enough nowadays

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[-] Goldholz 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Scrubs and Hogans Heros

[-] Fridam 12 points 3 days ago

Scrubs, the good place, star trek tng/ds9, doctor who, torchwood

[-] rue 13 points 3 days ago

Tough call. Absolutely depends on mood but right now I’d say Bojack Horseman. One of the few shows that got better all way through and ended at exactly the right time.

[-] 1hitsong@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 days ago

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia.

It's gross, it's wrong, it's mean, it's hilarious.

[-] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 points 1 day ago

1-12 were golden seasons, 13 is became what they are joking about.

[-] 1hitsong@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago

1000%

The cracks form quickly in 13, but Time's Up for the Gang, The gang solves the bathroom problem, and the gang gets new wheels are great.

14 has Paddy's has a jumper, the gang solves global warming, a woman's right to chop are good episodes. The others range from meh to always skip.

15 was a total wash.

And from there, I don't care.

[-] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

i read in an article a while back they looked tired and wanted to give up by end of s14. obviously, if you know the actors, kaitlyn, charlie, rob, glenn they dont have much going on for them as far as hollywood goes. they are kinda stuck with the show they cant create. also thier bizarre behaviour, as in plastic surgery and robs name change and his questionable colloborations.

even the isaip sub, the people were kinda shocked at robs trying to stay in hollywood elite circle.

[-] undefined@lemmy.hogru.ch 12 points 3 days ago

Mr. Robot. I’m super into the sometimes cheesy “fuck society” mentality. And everything that happens in that show either could or has already happened in reality.

[-] kandoh@reddthat.com 1 points 2 days ago

Twin Peaks | The Simpsons (s1 - 10) | Star Trek (all)

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[-] OldQWERTYbastard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Mike Judge's Silicon Valley. The best representation of actual computer nerds I've ever seen.

Runner up: The Wire

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[-] masterspace@lemmy.ca 13 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)
  • The Simpsons 2-9
  • It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia
  • Curb Your Enthusiasm

All because of their fantastic comedy writing: nuanced, layered jokes, with satisfying stories, characters and plots which leads to endless rewatchability.

  • Community
  • Atlanta

For being weird experimental extremely well written comedies. Rick and Morty's early seasons might make it on this list but I haven't gone back in a while.

  • Breaking Bad
  • The Expanse

For being long serious satisfying dramas with great characters and writing.

  • Dark

Get a special shout-out for being one of the only mystery box shows I've ever seen that sticks the landing.

  • Arrested Development 1-3
  • Parks and Rec
  • 30 Rock
  • The Office

All get shout outs for being great comedies, if not quite at the tier of the above.

[-] garbagebagel@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Atlanta is so good. There's a Canadian show called Late Bloomer that for some reason gives me similar vibes. It's not really similar other than it being a darkish comedy about a troubled artist, but just something about the writing hits the same way.

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[-] velma@sh.itjust.works 8 points 3 days ago

This covers a few different genres:

  • Arrested Development: I stg it gets funnier each time I watch. Except the Netflix seasons. Those suck.
  • Love After Lockup: This is peak reality TV. It's messy and complicated and absolutely addicting.
  • Xena Warrior Princess: I'm bi. Enough said.
[-] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 2 points 2 days ago

xena was good, andromeda wouldve been good, if SORBO wasnt so meddlesome.

[-] pHr34kY@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago

The Simpsons.

I grew up at a time when it was the only good show on TV. Now I know 10 seasons of it by rote.

[-] gjoel@programming.dev 11 points 3 days ago

Always Farscape.

[-] Alpha71@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Doctor Who.

[-] HexagonSun@lemmy.zip 6 points 3 days ago

Probably Deadwood.

I like the complexity of the characters - nobody’s truly good, nobody’s truly bad.

I like the how some of the experiences in the show are so universal and some are so peculiar to that time and place.

The performances are all incredible.

I was completely taken with it and still am.

[-] Adderbox76@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Impossible to answer. There's a lot of different variations of "Favourite".

  • Favourite comfort show: (ie..rewatchability) Star Trek: TNG. Honourable Mention goes to Quantum Leap.

  • Favourite Drama to rewatch an entire series once a year of so: Battlestar Galactic Remake.

  • Favourite Comedy of all time (similar to comfort show...what's the comedy I can just pop in a random episode of and enjoy): Night Court (The original one) with honourable mentions to Community and How I Met Your Mother.

No one of those three beats the other two. They just exist in different worlds.

[-] DagwoodIII@piefed.social 6 points 3 days ago

The Prisoner.

Can't think of another show that made me think so hard.

https://youtu.be/osNmf_zmSyE

Connections [non-fiction]

Another show that expects you to bring your brain with you.

https://youtu.be/XetplHcM7aQ

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