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Your favorite show ever
Oh. Dear. Gods.
How the hell can you choose just one show? Huh? I watch a lot of TV, I've been a TV addict since I was old enough TO watch TV and there is no way I can pin it down to just one show! I ask you! And besides the sheer number of shows, how can you compare a comedy that leaves you giggling helplessly to a drama show that has you hooked to an action show with explosions and car chases??
And there are shows that probably cover all of the above :P
*ponderponderponder*
OK, I'm going to rule out programmes that weren't scripted series (like Morecambe and Wise specials, The Two Ronnies, Not the Nine o'Clock News) and ignore children's programmes like Willo the Wisp and Mr Ben. In making this list, I noted there were few British shows on here which is a shame as I know there were shows that I adored, like The Bill in its early days, and Juliet Bravo. But JB has never been released on any media at all and I think The Bill is only partly available: not being able to rewatch and rewatch does affect the old memory :)
Two honourable mentions for children's programmes at this point: Grange Hill and Blue Peter. Fantastic shows and I never missed them: even my Mum watched them! I do wish it was physically possible for the BBC to release DVDs of Blue Peter but technology will have to make far bigger leaps to make that possible because of the sheer volume of DVDs it would involve!
So let's break it down by age :)
As a kid (prior too, ooh, age 12 I'd guess), I think it would have been a toss up between Charlie's Angels (don't judge me!) and Starsky and Hutch, two shows that I will still re-watch quite happily, even the bad episodes, which says something for their staying power. And of course there was original series Star Trek, which was always a must watch. One of my favourite episodes of TV ever comes from ST - Balance of Terror.
In my teens, there were shows like Fame, Cagney and Lacey, MacGyver and The Bill.
During university, there was Star Trek:The Next Generation to re-capture my imagination. Everyone else was watching Twin Peaks (blech) while I was catching up with the Enterprise D :)
Post-university, and there were the various Star Trek spin offs, along with Babylon 5, on my to be watched list. That I could now by tapes of these eps to rewatch no doubt helped. Oddly, I'm having problems remembering crime shows I'd have watched during this period. I know I must have, because I always do. *shrugs*
Over the past decade, with the advent of the internet and access to TV shows on a level previously unimagined, I've watched whole rafts of shows. Xena:Warrior Princess was probably the first show that dragged me into the world of fandom and crazy fans. And is probably the reason I don't go to those lengths any more.
In recent years, crime shows have been my love and joy - Cold Case, Numb3rs, Without A Trace, NCIS, CSI (Vegas) etc etc. The current very long list of shows I watch (minus those that were cancelled this season) is The Big Bang Theory, Private Practice, Nurse Jackie, NCIS, NCIS:LA, Justified, Leverage, In Plain Sight, Burn Notice, Criminal Minds, Eureka and White Collar. It is just as well that some of these shows air during the summer o_0
But this does nothing to narrow down my favourite show ever. MacGyver is a close runner, so is Xena, so is (don't judge, dammit!) Charlie's Angels. But all the while I pondered this, I kept coming back to the Star Trek family. Of all the shows I rewatch, I suspect Next Generation and ST:Voyager are probably in the top 3 in terms of numbers. What can I say? The original series captured my imagination and Next Gen re-kindled a love that just won't quit. I adore Voyager, for all its flaws, and there are some truly superb episodes of all stripes and colours scattered through its seven seasons. But I think it's predecessor just gets the nod, in part because when it was good, it was sometimes truly amazing. And you had Patrick Stewart who could make dialogue sound like Shakespeare even when it wasn't, plus a stellar back up cast.
Soooo, after all that, my favourite show ever (to date) is: Star Trek: The Next Generation.
(I may change my mind later :P)
Oh. Dear. Gods.
How the hell can you choose just one show? Huh? I watch a lot of TV, I've been a TV addict since I was old enough TO watch TV and there is no way I can pin it down to just one show! I ask you! And besides the sheer number of shows, how can you compare a comedy that leaves you giggling helplessly to a drama show that has you hooked to an action show with explosions and car chases??
And there are shows that probably cover all of the above :P
*ponderponderponder*
OK, I'm going to rule out programmes that weren't scripted series (like Morecambe and Wise specials, The Two Ronnies, Not the Nine o'Clock News) and ignore children's programmes like Willo the Wisp and Mr Ben. In making this list, I noted there were few British shows on here which is a shame as I know there were shows that I adored, like The Bill in its early days, and Juliet Bravo. But JB has never been released on any media at all and I think The Bill is only partly available: not being able to rewatch and rewatch does affect the old memory :)
Two honourable mentions for children's programmes at this point: Grange Hill and Blue Peter. Fantastic shows and I never missed them: even my Mum watched them! I do wish it was physically possible for the BBC to release DVDs of Blue Peter but technology will have to make far bigger leaps to make that possible because of the sheer volume of DVDs it would involve!
So let's break it down by age :)
As a kid (prior too, ooh, age 12 I'd guess), I think it would have been a toss up between Charlie's Angels (don't judge me!) and Starsky and Hutch, two shows that I will still re-watch quite happily, even the bad episodes, which says something for their staying power. And of course there was original series Star Trek, which was always a must watch. One of my favourite episodes of TV ever comes from ST - Balance of Terror.
In my teens, there were shows like Fame, Cagney and Lacey, MacGyver and The Bill.
During university, there was Star Trek:The Next Generation to re-capture my imagination. Everyone else was watching Twin Peaks (blech) while I was catching up with the Enterprise D :)
Post-university, and there were the various Star Trek spin offs, along with Babylon 5, on my to be watched list. That I could now by tapes of these eps to rewatch no doubt helped. Oddly, I'm having problems remembering crime shows I'd have watched during this period. I know I must have, because I always do. *shrugs*
Over the past decade, with the advent of the internet and access to TV shows on a level previously unimagined, I've watched whole rafts of shows. Xena:Warrior Princess was probably the first show that dragged me into the world of fandom and crazy fans. And is probably the reason I don't go to those lengths any more.
In recent years, crime shows have been my love and joy - Cold Case, Numb3rs, Without A Trace, NCIS, CSI (Vegas) etc etc. The current very long list of shows I watch (minus those that were cancelled this season) is The Big Bang Theory, Private Practice, Nurse Jackie, NCIS, NCIS:LA, Justified, Leverage, In Plain Sight, Burn Notice, Criminal Minds, Eureka and White Collar. It is just as well that some of these shows air during the summer o_0
But this does nothing to narrow down my favourite show ever. MacGyver is a close runner, so is Xena, so is (don't judge, dammit!) Charlie's Angels. But all the while I pondered this, I kept coming back to the Star Trek family. Of all the shows I rewatch, I suspect Next Generation and ST:Voyager are probably in the top 3 in terms of numbers. What can I say? The original series captured my imagination and Next Gen re-kindled a love that just won't quit. I adore Voyager, for all its flaws, and there are some truly superb episodes of all stripes and colours scattered through its seven seasons. But I think it's predecessor just gets the nod, in part because when it was good, it was sometimes truly amazing. And you had Patrick Stewart who could make dialogue sound like Shakespeare even when it wasn't, plus a stellar back up cast.
Soooo, after all that, my favourite show ever (to date) is: Star Trek: The Next Generation.
(I may change my mind later :P)
cheerful
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