Best Show on T.V.? [Archive]

JBHoren

01-15-2007, 01:59 PM

"Rome". Anybody else a rabid fan of this show?

No; but I used to enjoy listening to the Jim Rome Show on radio. As far as TV is concerned, I enjoy "This Old House" and "Chef" (on PBS), and "House", "Gray's Anatomy", "Numbers", and pretty-much any NFL or MLB game broadcast on network TV (ain't got no cable or satellite). WRT TV sports: if I haven't worked-out that day, I don't watch sports... ya gotta earn the right to watch it.

ada8356

01-15-2007, 01:59 PM

24.

Lock the thread.

Duh! Obviously Joe meant "Best Show on TV other than 24.":biggrin:

tim8557

01-15-2007, 03:20 PM

"House M.D." for me and probably "Grey's Anatomy" for the wife.

Scotty

01-15-2007, 03:24 PM

I like to watch NCIS,
Deal or No Deal,
Re-Runs on TV Land,
DVD's of older shows & movies:
Examples: Airwolf, The Adventures of Superman, Combat, LooneyTunes,
Rocky, Rambo, Steven Siegel movies, Kung Fu,
Chuck Norris movies, Walker, Texas Ranger, & others. :001_tt2:
I do not care for the new type cartoons!

PalmettoB

01-15-2007, 03:26 PM

SportsCenter. :biggrin1:

Bob Dobbs

01-15-2007, 04:04 PM

Deadliest Catch on Discovery

180gVinyl

01-15-2007, 04:16 PM

Woke up this morning........................................... ...

The Sopranos

I've even done the whole Lincoln Tunnel, Pulaski Skyway, Satriales, Bada Bing tour

Serious television

mlebarron

01-15-2007, 04:26 PM

Six Feet Under.. the HBO version, not the A&E clean version or whatever channel it's on now.

I couldn't get into Rome personally...

JBHoren

01-15-2007, 04:26 PM

Woke up this morning........................................... ...

The Sopranos

I've even done the whole Lincoln Tunnel, Pulaski Skyway, Satriales, Bada Bing tour

Serious television

You're right... I'd forgotten. In !@#$ Israel, I watched three seasons of The Sopranos (with those !@#$ Hebrew AND Arabic subtitles); but no, here in the US ya gotta have !@#$ cable- or satellite-TV!

When I go to the tattoo shop (http://www.tattooparadise.com/intro.htm), I wear my Sopranos T-shirt.

javyn

01-15-2007, 04:32 PM

F***ING DEADWOOD (http://www.hbo.com/deadwood/)

Puts all other shows to shame, even the venerable Sopranos. 24 is good too, but face it, Al Swearengen could still kick Jack Bauer's ass.

Joe Chandler

01-15-2007, 05:40 PM

I don't think I've ever watched a complete episode of 24. And CSI: Miami was just too unbelievable for words...completely sucked. I still like the original CSI.

catatonic

01-15-2007, 07:16 PM

Sopranos is great, but my opinion on best is battlestar galactica.

now....if you wanted to count cartoons in this...south park (although the last season was somewhat weak).

Tito

01-15-2007, 09:03 PM

Entourage!!!

Come on let's hug it out! The music is great!

rikrdo

01-16-2007, 01:11 AM

The only show I watch with any regularity these days....

TOP CHEF
===============
It's great

TimmyBoston

01-16-2007, 04:18 AM

Sopranos - Best show on television, best show ever, period. No other possible choices. "What? You gotta problem wit that?" :001_tt2:

Followed by the Simpsons. Unfortunately the writing has really started to run downhill.

I never could stand CSI, I'd have to rank that up there as one of the absolute worst shows I have ever seen. The only version that doesn't make me want to freak out like the little German kid from another thread is the Miami one, but if it's the origninal I'm smashing the TV.

Mottern Man

01-16-2007, 04:27 AM

Am I the only one who watches Mythbusters?

I love the Discovery channel

Deadliest catch
Dirty jobs

The list goes on!

fuerein

01-16-2007, 05:29 AM

Am I the only one who watches Mythbusters?

I love the Discovery channel

Deadliest catch
Dirty jobs

The list goes on!

Not the only one! I'm looking forward to the Mythbusters Pirate Special tomarrow, though the commercial confused me on one point. One of the things they are alledgedly going to test is if an eyepatch improves your vision... I always thought pirates wore eye patches because they had had their eye damaged during a battle. Anyway, I have my DVR setup to record that and DirtyJobs tonight.

My favorite shows though are either NCIS or Numbers with Criminal Minds coming in third.

Bob Dobbs

01-16-2007, 09:25 AM

Am I the only one who watches Mythbusters?

I love the Discovery channel

Deadliest catch
Dirty jobs

The list goes on!

Mythbusters is one of my favorites!

My updated list:

Deadliest Catch
Mythbusters
The Lost Room
That 70s Show
30 Days
Six Feet Under (R.I.P.)
The Messengers (Only got one season on TLC. I guess I was the only one who watched it!)

jmhUT

01-16-2007, 11:27 AM

I have high hopes for Studio 60. The first four seasons of the West Wing to me represents the best TV ever aired.

Dennis

01-16-2007, 11:49 AM

House - the thread should have been locked earlier. I am hooked on Top Chef too. House is a seriously good show though. Can't get into 24 though I watched the first season - same with Lost. Don't have HBO or any pay channels period so I have never seen Sopranos, Deadwood or any of them and I figured watching any of the clean versions would be a waste of my time. Wish I had time to watch the season releases on DVD though...

Dennis

TimmyBoston

01-16-2007, 04:34 PM

Am I the only one who watches Mythbusters?

Will, I too love that show. It's great!

jazzman

01-16-2007, 05:36 PM

The Wire.

Joe Chandler

01-16-2007, 11:39 PM

The Wire is a killer show.

crowdog

01-16-2007, 11:54 PM

I am a comedy guy so I like NBC line up this year.

My name is earl, scrubs, The office.

All time I love seinfeld, happy days until Ron Howard left, MASH, and the first 2 seasons of Mork and Mindy. I don't think I laughed as hard ever, as I did as a High School kid watching those 2 seasons of M and M.

I love this old house and any fix it up show.

Used to like ER, but with dramas like that, it seems like they have to try to "crank it up" each year and it becomes less believable.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCmb6JeF0Yo
This is for the seinfeld/oz fans.

Marty

LX_Emergency

01-17-2007, 01:53 AM

Am I the only one that loves Top Gear with Richard Hammond?

19george

01-17-2007, 03:43 AM

The Office (UK version of Course). :thumbsup:

Rome is great though. Shame there won't be more than two seasons. Deadwood and Battlestar Galactica are also pretty darn good.

LX_Emergency

01-17-2007, 04:26 AM

The Office (UK version of Course). :thumbsup:

Offcourse :thumbup:

galopede

01-17-2007, 09:58 AM

Top Gear is excellent - so politically incorrect! The Hamster lives near my daughter and we've run into him (not literally) at a local large camping shop once or twice

Glad he's on the mend after that 300mph+ crash!

Also I quite enjoyed the Dr Who spinoff series Torchwood that finished recently. Mostly filmed in my old home town of Cardiff. Dr Who it most definitely was not! That Eve Myles is rather nice!

It seems to have started an new craze too. I was back in Cardiff over Christmas and I went down the the Bay and was amazed at the tourists trying to find the invisible elevator paving slabs outside the Millenium Centre! Lots of photo opportunities there.

Gareth

ogopogo

01-22-2007, 06:11 PM

JBHoren

01-22-2007, 07:00 PM

Am I the only one that loves Top Gear with Richard Hammond?

Nope; but back when I had cable-TV, it got funnier and funnier each year, as he'd try and shoehorn himself into those progressively smaller cars! LOL

All told, I'm a sucker for erudite Brits and their diction. And wasn't there a Brit show about two old ladies (one who passed-on, a few years ago), who cooked-up a storm, and rode around on a motorcycle with sidecar?

SA_bmatth

01-22-2007, 07:05 PM

Dirty Jobs

zachster

01-22-2007, 10:01 PM

Anyone watched Rome last night?
There was a shaving scene. Pullo was shaving Vorenus with a wide blade and what I assume was olive oil. I wish I could've taken a closer look at that blade.
It wasn't just a knife, it seemed like a tool specifically made for shaving. I wonder how authentic it was. Interesting stuff.

I immediately focused on this scene, too -- unfortunately, it was too quick to get a really good look. They seem to go out of their way to be accurate on that show, and to give a good sense of Roman life, so I'm guessing it was a replica of an actual shaving tool.

SA_bmatth

01-22-2007, 10:50 PM

According to JPVD Balsdon in "Life and Leisure in Ancient Rome"...there were professional barbers in Rome proper since atleast 300 B.C. Shaving became common when popularized by Scipio Aemilianus(grandson of Scipio Africanus) presumably after destroying Carthage. It fell out of favor when Hadrian grew whiskers in the second century A.D.

Out of 400 pages there's a single paragraph on shaving :thumbdown

EDIT: couple interesting links:
Tech Central article (http://www.techcentralstation.com/101105B.html) has more information.
This page (http://razorland55.free.fr/lune03.htm) has pictures of razors of various dates/shapes. Links are at the bottom of page. Might see one similar to what you saw in the show.

ScottS

01-23-2007, 06:23 AM

It was worth watching "Armed and Famous" to see LaToya Jackson get Tazed.

El Bigote Magnifico

01-23-2007, 07:03 AM

Venture Brothers
Deathklock

bababoosky

01-23-2007, 07:34 AM

I LOVE Heroes, Lost, 24, The Unit, and Law & Order (the original) for Drama

Comedy - Seinfeld, The Office (american and Uk)

TLC & Discovery - Future Weapons, Mythbusters, Dirty Jobs

I could never get into the CSI's bc I am in the field, and its all too fake for me. Much like a Dr hates watching ER.

stubblebgone

01-23-2007, 03:50 PM

Nope; but back when I had cable-TV, it got funnier and funnier each year, as he'd try and shoehorn himself into those progressively smaller cars! LOL

All told, I'm a sucker for erudite Brits and their diction. And wasn't there a Brit show about two old ladies (one who passed-on, a few years ago), who cooked-up a storm, and rode around on a motorcycle with sidecar?

The show was called "Two Fat Ladies". It was Jennifer Paterson who died.

Vin.

freebird

01-23-2007, 03:54 PM

24.

Lock the thread.

AMEN! the Bauer Power Hour! When 24 isn't on, I watch (In no particular order): Mythbusters, American Chopper, Forensic Files, Overhaulin', Pinks, and Driving Force.

qhsdoitall

01-23-2007, 04:03 PM

House without a doubt. A classic situation of a good guy you love to hate. He's either brilliant or you want to strangle him. I'm more of a movie person. I don't have much time to keep up on a series. Two and Half Men would get my second vote.

mrob

01-23-2007, 07:59 PM

Nope; but back when I had cable-TV, it got funnier and funnier each year, as he'd try and shoehorn himself into those progressively smaller cars! LOL

All told, I'm a sucker for erudite Brits and their diction. And wasn't there a Brit show about two old ladies (one who passed-on, a few years ago), who cooked-up a storm, and rode around on a motorcycle with sidecar?

Two Fat Ladies--great stuff! One of 'em died a few years back.

wakeboarder4402

08-17-2009, 05:19 PM

Entourage!!!

Come on let's hug it out! The music is great!

"Alright bitch lets hug it out!" Ari is hilarious. Sorry for the resurrection.

FLTiger

08-17-2009, 09:43 PM

Burn Notice keeps me riveted--it is my current favorite.

Law and Order: Criminal Intent--if I start watching it, I'm hooked for the hour, even if I've seen it before.

Mythbusters: I can't seem to change the channel when they are running a marathon.

Man vs Food: 12 dozen oysters in one sitting? I'm watching!

There are other shows I'll watch (including political, news, and sports shows), but these are the four that I find most compelling.

Erebos

08-17-2009, 09:59 PM

Mad Men - Everyone should be watching this.

Supernatural - Underappreciated, but is one of the most consistently great shows on TV.

crazzycat

08-18-2009, 12:08 AM

"Lie to me"- very useful thing if u want to know people's behavior

cityjim

08-18-2009, 02:34 AM

Mad Men is great . I love how back in their day everyone smoked .

Miami Vice reruns

Band of Brothers -

New series called Pacific coming to HBO in 2010 . From the same crew that did BOB , Tom Hanks and Spielberg . Pacific is based in...... wait for it ........ in the Pacific theater of operations during WW II . Should be another killer show . HBO has a trailer up .

Entourage - was excellent but tapered off . Then season five it fired up again . Kind of stale when they don't have any money . And some how they still live like kings and are chillin' in Mexico driving Austin Martin's that got repoed , LOL . ARI is the freakin bomb no doubt . Ari and Lloyd make the show . :lol::lol::lol: Ari said "you so much as eye f_ ck another agent in this building and I will deport you naked to the Taliban" :lol::lol:

24 is kickin but getting rather stale . Here jack doesn't officially work for anyone . CTU was disolved which ruined the show . Now they have to play it renegade style . Just waaaaay to far fetched . It was semi-plausable when CTU was around .

Grey's is good .

CSI - all of them are a joke . I'd rather watch Mcgiver reruns .

Nip Tuck - nice show full of smokin' hotties . :eek:

Deadliest Catch - I like this one . The captain sits on the bridge sippin his hot coffee all warm and snug . The fisherman outside in the freezing rain and icy water . Captain gets 3 times more money than the fisherman .

American Chopper - really LAME now that Paul Sr. fired Vinnie . No respect for the man that helped put OCC on the freakin map . As we know Vinnie was part of it all from the start . :rolleyes:

cityjim

Sullybob

08-18-2009, 04:48 AM

Wipe out. My kids and I watch and laugh ourselves silly. Its a game show where the contestants have to make it through a giant obstacle course. Some of the wipe outs are impressive, to say the least.

SeattleSparky

03-18-2011, 10:41 PM

Millenium was, Rubicon was not bad, The Wire, Brotherhood, Dexter. Only one is still on :mad3:

mikey

03-18-2011, 10:48 PM

Holy Resurrected Thread Batman.

I would have to say the best shows currently on TV are:

Mad Men
Breaking Bad

Thanks,
Mike

Topgumby

03-18-2011, 11:26 PM

Holy Resurrected Thread Batman.

Yikes! No kidding.

But, in that oldie but goody spirit, I'll report that the three shows that see the most time on my TV are:

The Andy Griffith Show

I Love Lucy

Star Trek

All on DVD, of course.

Having younger kids, it's hard finding modern stuff we can watch together, but they love these old shows.

Mr_Amazing

03-19-2011, 12:36 AM

Ugh. It sickens me that the likes of CSI, NCIS, and Law and Order are on the air. Now L&O has decent scripts and acting, but it's still the same darn thing every week. All these shows are terrible. The fact that people watch these shows to the extent that there are spinoffs says a lot about how intellectually innept the United States has become.

That said, I'm partial to comedies. I watch Community, The Office, and Parks and Recreation every Thursday (when there are new episodes). I like Weeds, but it has drifted away from being great. Entourage is in the same boat, but got better last season. Eastbound and Down on HBO is awesome, but is only going to have one more season. True Blood is very good, but it seemed to jump the shark last season. Top Gear is great if you are a car guy. Extras was a fantastic show. Curb Your Enthusiasm is probably my favorite, though.

OLDMAN

03-19-2011, 05:13 AM

I am a big fan of Stargate Universe on the SYFY channel. It's on it's final 10 shows and then it's done supposedly.

breadstick

03-19-2011, 05:20 AM

Three-way tie between Dexter, Glee, and Archer (I have varied tastes).

BingeAndPurge

03-20-2011, 09:10 AM

It's Always Sunny, Archer, The Wire reruns on 101, Eastbound and Down, and Californication are probably my favorites out of the shows I currently follow. Other than Thursday night comedies on NBC, I don't care much for primetime network TV.

Walker

03-20-2011, 09:23 AM

Californication, Treme, True Blood, and Law and Order SVU (I love me some Olivia)

Edit: even though they are re-runs i think Seinfeld is still one of the greats!!

Gaz

03-20-2011, 11:10 AM

Old

Hogans Heroes - Same thing every show but I don't care. Klink and Schultz are two of the best characters in tv history. It cracks me up.

MASH & Seinfeld - Tie (imo) for best show ever.

New
Community - About the only *new* show I'll watch. I think it's funny.

Various documentaries on TDC/TLC/History. I saw 2 or 3 episodes of "Underwater Universe" from the History channel and it was interesting.

Ancient Aliens - some interesting theories and interpretations.

babafats

03-20-2011, 12:09 PM

For my money, among shows still running, Community is the tops. It's a different animal than, say, Mad Men, but I think they're on the same creative level. Hilariously funny but heartfelt at the same time, with well-formed characters and top-notch plotting and writing. Both truly outstanding works of art.

Including shows not still running, The Wire and Deadwood are unbeatable. I really can't choose between them; even if The Wire did get to wrap up its storylines on its own terms, Deadwood is just so good! Heh.

Fun little theory I saw somewhere on the internet: HBO's "big three" of the 2000s, taken together, form an epic about America: Deadwood chronicling its birth out of lawlessness and the spirit of community, The Sopranos detailing the beginning of the fall, and The Wire relating the fall itself and its consequences on individuals and the communities they live in. (Throw in Mad Men and you get a glimpse of the heights as well.)

Rugbyman

03-20-2011, 12:36 PM

Top Gear is easily my favorite, but may not count as best show on TV (at least for those here in the States) because I find I have to download the British version off the 'net to get the full effect. The re-aired BBC America versions just cut out way too much stuff to keep the show PC (and what fun is the show without all the un-PC stuff).

Mad Men - Love this show.

Walking Dead - Loved season 1 and looks to have enough promise that I'll include it in my favorites.

South Park - Yes, I know it's been on air for what seems like forever, but its lampooning of current events continues to keep the show fresh for me and in my favorites. Charlie Sheen, Qaddafi, more Lindsay Lohan... Season 15 is practically writing itself in the headlines.

Cities

03-20-2011, 01:16 PM

The Wire is my favorite television show, and nothing comes close.

For shows still in production, I'm a fan of Breaking Bad; Boardwalk Empire; and surprisingly, Southland.

YankeeBoy

03-20-2011, 01:24 PM

My sister- in-law got me hooked on a BBC show called MI5. Spys and espionage and very well written. We are watching it on disc but I see it on BBC here in Florida.

mdevine

03-20-2011, 02:19 PM

There is only one show on TV that I will seek out to watch if I've missed an episode- South Park. I find it hilarious and the social commentary dead on. I do screen it before letting my 11 and 16 year old children watch it.

diverdoug

03-20-2011, 03:40 PM

Big Bang Theory

blary54

03-20-2011, 06:33 PM

The Wire is my favorite television show, and nothing comes close.

For shows still in production, I'm a fan of Breaking Bad; Boardwalk Empire; and surprisingly, Southland.

+1 on the Wire. LOVED! that show.

Best shows in production right now. Curb Your Enthusiasm, Dexter, The Office, Parks and Recreation, South Park, Breaking Bad, Mad Men, True Blood The Walking Dead....oh and the Daily Show!
If I still had HBO I suspect Boardwalk Empire would be on my list.

Snappy Lunch

03-21-2011, 05:20 AM

The Rockford Files
Barney Miller
The Andy Griffith Show
WKRP in Cincinnati
Bones
Mythbusters
Dirty Jobs
Chopped
Top Shot
Are You Being Served?
Cheers
All in the Family

RickfromLafayette

03-21-2011, 06:37 AM

I may be a little biased with my opinion due to my location, and the fact that I "play" right where the show is filmed, but my favorite show is "Swamp People".

AlanL

03-21-2011, 06:56 AM

American:

50's: Leave It to Beaver
60's: Star Trek (the original series)
70's: Barney Miller
80's: Cheers
90's: Seinfeld

British:

Rumpole of the Bailey (populizer of the phrase SWMBO)
Fawlty Towers
To the Manor Born
Jeeves and Wooster

Walker

03-21-2011, 07:11 AM

How could i forget two of my all time favorites next to Seinfeld!!!

Family Guy!!!......and Robot Chicken

p.m.a.

03-21-2011, 10:23 AM

In Search Of...
(w/ Leonard Nimoy)

The Young Ones
(British comedy)

RayH

03-21-2011, 10:32 AM

Haven't read through the thread but for me the best show is Anthony Bourdain No Reservations.

J2010

03-21-2011, 10:50 AM

Funniest is Peep Show on BBC America or catch it on Hulu.
Season one was a dud so start with season 2.

Justified on fx is another good show.

jd_1138

03-21-2011, 11:34 AM

Right now, I'm watching season 3 of Battlestar Galatica, season 2 of Anthony Bourdain No Reservations, and I just started Prison Break. These are all available on Netflix Instant, which is how I'm watching them. Prison Break is a great program. I had a friend who watched it when it was on regular TV and kept raving about it.

gaseousclay

03-21-2011, 12:40 PM

cancelled shows
The Wire
Deadwood
Battlestar Galactica
X-Files
Millennium

current shows
Dexter
Fringe
The Walking Dead

blary54

03-21-2011, 02:16 PM

I forgot to include Spartacus. I love that show!

SeattleSparky

03-21-2011, 02:34 PM

nO LOVE??

Speedwell68

03-21-2011, 03:42 PM

The Big Bang Theory.

cnnc97

03-21-2011, 03:46 PM

Rubicon - nO LOVE??

Did Rubicon get cancelled, or is it coming back?

Breaking Bad, Mad Men and Rescue Me are my favorites, probably in that order.

Nishnabotna

03-23-2011, 09:45 AM

Ah, you kids and your TV.

babafats

03-23-2011, 10:18 AM

Did Rubicon get cancelled, or is it coming back?

Rubicon was indeed cancelled (http://www.avclub.com/articles/amc-cancels-rubicon,47570/).

wolfrb

03-23-2011, 10:29 AM

I loved Carnivale but it was canceled because it was so successful:mad3:

The Count of Merkur Cristo

03-24-2011, 02:49 PM

How could i forget two of my all time favorites next to Seinfeld!!!

Family Guy!!!......and Robot Chicken
Walker:
+ 1 for Family Guy and Robot Chicken, but the Mrs. and I also like Archer, American Dad and too. :lol:

In our home, we don't watch reality tv (although the Mrs. likes her Soaps), but we do watch truTV, PBS, National Geographic, the History Channel, VS (hockey), and TCM.

Christopher http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n133/ChrissyP24/thtv2.gif