Here's How Little TV I Watch

[plumtreeblossom]

Yanked from strangeanimal...

Empire Magazine has revealed its list of the 50 Greatest TV Shows ever:

1. Bold the shows you watch/used to watch.
2. Italic the shows you've seen at least one episode of.
3. Post your answers.


50. Quantum Leap
49. Prison Break
48. Veronica Mars
47. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
46. Sex & The City
45. Farscape
44. Cracker
43. Star Trek
42. Only Food and Horses
41. Band of Brothers
40. Life on Mars
39. Monty Python's Flying Circus --never thought it was all that funny
38. Curb Your Enthusiasm
37. Star Trek: The Next Generation
36. Father Ted
35. Alias
34. Frasier
33. CSI: Las Vegas -- Only seen the Furry episode.
32. Babylon 5
31. Deadwood
30. Dexter
29. ER
28. Fawlty Towers
27. Six Feet Under
26. Red Dwarf
25. Futurama
24. Twin Peaks --Peter (the TV addict) got me into it
23. The Office
22. The Shield
21. Angel
20. Blackadder
19. Scrubs -- never saw the show but I saw a Youtube of the actors singing about poo
18. Arrested Development
17. South Park
16. Doctor Who -- Why does this show appeal to so many of you? I don't get it.
15. Heroes
14. Firefly
13. Battlestar Galactica
12. Family Guy
11. Seinfeld
10. Spaced
09. The X-Files --should be #1 on this list IMO
08. The Wire
07. Friends
06. 24
05. Lost
04. The West Wing
03. The Sopranos
02. Buffy the Vampire Slayer -- WTF does anyone like about this crapful show? Tell me!
01. The Simpsons


So this best 50 of all possible TV shows? Where is 60 Minutes? Where is Nova? Where is Masterpiece Theater?

See why I'm just not that into it?

Comments

[anniemarie75.livejournal.com]

I SQUISH YOU FOR THIS!

09. The X-Files --should be #1 on this list IMO

I so don't get Buffy. Never ever ever ever will. Saw 15 mins of it enough and that was ENOUGH.

THE SIMPSONS?

Um
whatever
and Friends before Seinfeld is wrong and WHERE THE HELL IS CHEERS?!!?

Tv is so dead to me

/goes back to working on vid for number 9

[plumtreeblossom.livejournal.com]

I watched a few episodes of Buffy with surrealestate, who said I hafta hafta watch it because its great. We watched two or three episodes, I don't remember which, and I was like WHY do you like this? Why does any adult? I can imagine if I were 13, it might be appealing to me, but I would have grown out of it pretty fast.

X-Files love! And I guess I'm a Trekkie, too. :-)

[anniemarie75.livejournal.com]

I have friends who are STILL in love with it to this day (kinda like me and XF) but I honestly never saw the appeal. I personally PREFERRED the movie b/c it was more or less a farce, the tv show tried to be serious and that had me completely shaking my head. To each his own I guess but to say it's better than XF will get my claws out. Totally out.

I've watched some Trek eps - loved the fourth movie :) and that is 10000 times better than some of the stuff on the list

I love how shows that lasted TWO YEARS are on there

oy

[deceptiverose.livejournal.com]

Just because a show had a short run, doesn't mean it wasn't one of the best. Firefly is a case in point by the high number of people who went to see the movie in theaters that continued the story line. When they showed it one day in theaters and charged extra for charity, the theater was still packed.

[surrealestate.livejournal.com]

Well, I've never heard of Empire magazine and don't put any stock in their silly list. :p

[plumtreeblossom.livejournal.com]

I've never heard of it either.

Aren't you going to hit me for dissing Buffy? ;-)

[surrealestate.livejournal.com]

I think you may be confusing me with someone who cares a lot more about this. :)

FYI, you watched two episodes of Buffy with me because they are two fun episodes (Once More With Feeling (the musical), and Hush (in silence)) and the point was the sing-along. But they are not representative, and it's also possible they aren't really enjoyable without contexts. I think it's not really fair to judge the series based on those, but at the same time, you have no particular obligation to give it a fair shot, either.

But diss B5 and I'll cut you!

[plumtreeblossom.livejournal.com]

Can't dis it; never seen it. Maybe we can change that and see what I say then? :-)

[deceptiverose.livejournal.com]

Those are great episodes of Buffy but they definitely aren't representative of the whole show! :)
B5 is awesome too.

[anniemarie75.livejournal.com]

It's a British movie/tv magazine. Honestly more entertaining than the crap here in the US (Entertainment Weekly comes to mind) :P

[joyeous.livejournal.com]

Wow. I've guessing this is a sci fi/fantasy/geeky shows list, because the majority of shows on there are of that tyoe. I mean, I love Buffy with all my heart, and I am even surprised it made Number 2. Plus, X-Files, BSG, Firefly, Angel, Red Dwarf, Doctor Who, two of the Star Treks, etc. Come on, was it one of our friends who made this list? Fess up. Either that, or we all have to admit we're a lot more mainstream than we ever thought.

[moechus.livejournal.com]

This is a truly bizarre list. I mean MASH and All in the Family are two shows that jump out as belonging in many people's top ten list but completely absent here. And lots more.

[dabroots.livejournal.com]

What the heck is Empire Magazine?

[spacechicken.livejournal.com]

I loved Buffy! the first season is a little episodic and high-schoolish and the last season is lousy, but everything in between is great. Watching episodes out of context isn't really the best way to see it, though.

Deadwood is the best thing to ever happen to television without exception.

[billie0.livejournal.com]

I admit it, I'm a TV addict, especially sci-fi.

50. Quantum Leap
49. Prison Break
48. Veronica Mars
47. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
46. Sex & The City
45. Farscape
44. Cracker
43. Star Trek
42. Only Food and Horses
41. Band of Brothers
40. Life on Mars
39. Monty Python's Flying Circus
38. Curb Your Enthusiasm
37. Star Trek: The Next Generation
36. Father Ted
35. Alias
34. Frasier
33. CSI: Las Vegas
32. Babylon 5
31. Deadwood
30. Dexter
29. ER
28. Fawlty Towers
27. Six Feet Under
26. Red Dwarf
25. Futurama
24. Twin Peaks
23. The Office
22. The Shield
21. Angel
20. Blackadder
19. Scrubs
18. Arrested Development
17. South Park
16. Doctor Who
15. Heroes
14. Firefly
13. Battlestar Galactica
12. Family Guy
11. Seinfeld
10. Spaced
09. The X-Files --should be #1 on this list IMO - I AGREE
08. The Wire
07. Friends
06. 24
05. Lost
04. The West Wing
03. The Sopranos
02. Buffy the Vampire Slayer - I liked it, it was fun
01. The Simpsons

[scholargipsy.livejournal.com]

I'd never heard of Empire before I moved here; it's quite a popular popcult magazine in the U.K., though (I often borrow issues from my British coworker and fellow geek). As several commenters have stated/inferred, it skews heavily toward fantasy and science fiction. It also skews much more heavily, if I may generalize about gender, toward stereotypically masculine tastes in genre and tone.

As for Buffy, I have a lot of affection for it; used to loooooove the show, but now it's simply like a friendly ex. I do think it's wildly uneven, and that it requires a large long-term buy-in to really pay off. (I had the same problem with Babylon 5, which I kinda enjoyed but still don't see what all the fuss was about.) That said, Buffy is a wonderful evocation of adolescence, with a really savvy use of metaphor and horror archetype; and it's got some really zippy dialogue. It also took some nifty narrative risks.

But each to her own taste, as the old woman said while kissing the cow.

[spwebdesign.livejournal.com]

Your list is probably twice as long as mine! Of course, I don't even own a tv anymore and haven't even heard of half those shows.

Any list of 50 greatest shows ever that excludes Happy Days, Taxi, Cheers, I Love Lucy, M*A*S*H, and such -- well, that list is wofully lacking

[ron_newman]

You don't like Monty Python? I never would have expected this.

(but ... WTF is Empire Magazine?)

And where's the Mary Tyler Moore Show on this list?

[trowa-barton.livejournal.com]

Blasphemy on Buffy and Doctor Who.