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Favorite Primetime Series of All Time?


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If this has been done before, I apologize. However, I WOULD like to know everyone's all-time favorite primetime series. Not just CURRENT shows, although you're more than welcome to list those, but shows you have loved over the years. Also, feel free to include as many comedies and/or dramas as you wish. I won't impose any limits.

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Here are mine:

The Bob Newhart Show (CBS, 1972-78)

Cagney & Lacey (CBS, 1982-88)

China Beach (ABC, 1988-91)

Columbo (NBC, 1971-78)

Dallas (CBS, 1978-91)

The Equalizer (CBS, 1985-89)

Hawaii Five-O (CBS, 1968-80)

Hill Street Blues (NBC, 1981-87)

Knots Landing (CBS, 1979-93)

Lou Grant (CBS, 1977-82)

McMillan & Wife (NBC, 1971-77)

Magnum, P.I. (CBS, 1980-88)

The Mary Tyler Moore Show (CBS, 1970-77)

Moonlighting (ABC, 1985-89)

Murder, She Wrote (CBS, 1984-96)

Police Story (NBC, 1973-78)

Quincy, M.E. (NBC, 1976-83)

Remington Steele (NBC, 1982-87)

The Rockford Files (NBC, 1974-80)

St. Elsewhere (NBC, 1982-88)

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Oooh, I didn't think about mini-series! In that case, add these two to my list:

Pennies from Heaven (BBC, 1978)

The Singing Detective (BBC, 1986)

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Taxi
Dallas
Dynasty
Hawkeye (even though it came on at 3am)
Xena: Warrior Princess
Good Times
Little House On The Prairie
Quincy
The Big Valley
Cheers
Wonder Woman
Six Million Dollar Man
Bionic Woman
Laverne and Shirley
Gimme A Break
Heart To Heart
Fantasy Island
Saturday morning shows (Electro Woman and Dyna Girl, Korg, Isis, Land Of the Lost, etc)

Little House On The Prairie

...not done yet!

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I always have a hard time differentiating between my "favorite" shows and shows that I really, really like, but I'll try very hard. These are in no particular order, unless you look real close.

Three's Company

The Bob Newhart Show

Sanford and Son

The Beverly Hillbillies

I Love Lucy

Hazel

The Golden Girls

Roseanne

That '70s Show

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

The Rifleman

Charlie's Angels

Little House on the Prairie

Family

Dynasty

Melrose Place

Degrassi: The Next Generation

Dawson's Creek

Friday Night Lights

I still feel like I missed plenty that I view as my "favorite."

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These would be my ALL-TIME tops:

COMEDIES:

I Love Lucy

The Mary Tyler Moore Show

Taxi

The Facts of Life

Newhart

Cheers

Night Court

The Cosby Show

The Golden Girls

The Simpsons

The Wonder Years

Roseanne

Seinfeld

Friends

That 70s Show

South Park

Action

Arrested Development

Curb Your Enthusiasm

Saturday Night Live

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia

The Office

30 Rock

DRAMAS:

St. Elsewhere

thirtysomething

My So-Called Life

Melrose Place

Beverly Hills 90210

The Commish

The Practice

Ally McBeal

Law & Order

Law & Order: SVU

My Top 3 of Comedies:

1. Mary Tyler Moore

2. Arrested Development

3. Roseanne

Top 3 Dramas:

1. My So-Called Life

2. The Practice

3. Ally McBeal

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I Love Lucy

The Beverly Hillbillies

Laverne and Shirley

Good Times

All in the Family

The Cosby Show

A Different World

The Jeffersons

I LIVE for old school sitcoms... there are probably many more I LOVE but didn't list.

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In no particular order....

SOAP

Magnum PI

Simon & Simon

Designing Women

Laverne & Shirley

MASH (I like the entire run, but I LOVE the years with Radar)

Mary Tyler Moore

Bob Newhart

Newhart

Big Valley

Maverick

WKRP in Cincinnati

Murphy Brown

Everybody Loves Raymond

Fantasy Island

Love Boat

Frasier

How I Met Your Mother

Big Bang Theory

NCIS

Cheers

Hercules

Xena Warrior Princess

Burn Notice

Suits

Gilligan's Island

Alias

Person of Interest

Arrow
Charmed

ETA...OMG, how did I forget both Star Trek and ST:TNG ?

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Shows no longer on air

Designing Women

Veronica Mars

Gilmore Girls

Crossing Jordan

Matt Houston

Dynasty

Who's The Boss

Firefly

Angel

Rockford Files

Shows currently on air

Castle

Arrow (only one season so far but I love it!)

Justified

Covert Affairs

Criminal Minds

Blue Bloods

Perception

Melissa and Joey (my one and only comedy)

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I speak fluent Nick at Nite, so for now I'll just stick with the sitcoms:

Roseanne

Coach

The Brady Bunch

I Love Lucy

Friends

The Wonder Years

The Golden Girls

The Facts of Life

Hey, it's an honest list! laugh.png

I'm leaving a bunch off, I'm sure, but right now I'm a little too lazy to think of anymore. I may add more later.

ETA: Damn, I can't deal with the weird appearance my posts take lately when I post emoticons. GAH.

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Mary Tyler Moore

Bob Newhart Show

St. Elsewhere

Knots Landing

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no particular order here

That's if you want favorite. If you want shows I liked a lot, that would be a much longer list. I'm also not counting shows which weren't made/aired for the US, since most of this list is only American. If I was, Doctor Who would be on the list.

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