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Post by Baboo on Feb 15, 2016 20:20:58 GMT -5
Among my all-time favorite TV shows are: Star Trek (all iterations); Caprica; Babylon 5; The Rifleman, Bonanza, etc. (including all westerns); Sci-Fi (in general); House; Benny Hill; The Andy Griffith Show; The original Perry Mason; Archie Bunker; the original Hawaii 5-0; Columbo; All In The Family; The X-Files (past and present); Big Bang Theory; Brit TV; Pro & College Football, baseball, and Basketball.
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Post by papipeguy on Feb 15, 2016 20:28:15 GMT -5
That's quite a list. My favorite current show is Big Bang Theory/ I have a real love for the British comedies like Fawlty Towers, Are You Being Served and Keeping Up Appearances. I also like the Brit mysteries. They just seem to do them better.
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Post by Baboo on Feb 15, 2016 20:30:28 GMT -5
That's quite a list. My favorite current show is Big Bang Theory/ I have a real love for the British comedies like Fawlty Towers, Are You Being Served and Keeping Up Appearances. I also like the Brit mysteries. They just seem to do them better. Thanks Papi! I just added/edited my list to include your preferences, which i forgot when listing... |
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Post by philobeddoe on Feb 15, 2016 20:37:02 GMT -5
My current favorite TV shows are Game of Thrones and Nova. All time favorites are Monty Pythons Flying Circus, Lovejoy, The Mighty Boosh, Poirot and Cadfael.
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Post by trailboss on Feb 15, 2016 20:43:40 GMT -5
That's quite a list. My favorite current show is Big Bang Theory/ I have a real love for the British comedies like Fawlty Towers, Are You Being Served and Keeping Up Appearances. I also like the Brit mysteries. They just seem to do them better. Same here...John, if you have ROKU, check out the Acorn app, excellent British mysteries....I like them because they don't depend on sadistic gory scenes, they concentrate on the story line...far and away better than what we see here. acorn.tv/featuredWe pulled the plug on Directtv...over the air for broadcast media, Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Prime, and Acorn...no looking back...not counting Amazon at $80 per year, the other three are $25 per month...I don't miss all that stuff I never watched. |
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Post by papipeguy on Feb 15, 2016 20:52:43 GMT -5
Thanks for the Acorn site, Charlie. I'll check it out.
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Post by trailboss on Feb 16, 2016 1:17:07 GMT -5
Thanks for the Acorn site, Charlie. I'll check it out. You are welcome John..they give you a free first month trial. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 16, 2016 13:41:17 GMT -5
Favorite all time TV shows, The Rifleman and Rawhide, sadly I haven't found anything that lives up to either of them on TV nowadays.
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Post by Baboo on Feb 16, 2016 14:33:03 GMT -5
Favorite all time TV shows, The Rifleman and Rawhide, sadly I haven't found anything that lives up to either of them on TV nowadays. You are so right! And I forgot to list Rawhide... Should've also listed the original Lucy Show, Bat Masterson, Wagon Train, The Wild Wild West, The Big Valley, Death Valley Days, Maverick, The Roy Rogers Show, Hogan's Heroes, and Johnny Carson... and more I'm sure... just can't remember them all right now. Those were the good ol days! |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 16, 2016 14:49:14 GMT -5
Wagon train and Death Valley Days are certainly good ones also as far as Westerns go for me.
History channel I like also, specially Modern Marvels and the like as far as educational programing goes, if that's what it's called.
Nova is always pretty good too. Not interested in much of anything else on TV nowadays. It's getting so that everything has sex, bad luggage and, extreme violence in it, even commercials. And then they wonder why there's so many killing and violence in the world now.
All corporate America cares about is the money and that's were I stifle myself from continuing, nuf said.
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Post by trailboss on Feb 16, 2016 14:52:31 GMT -5
Growing up on a military base in Germany, I used to listen to Gunsmoke! on the Armed Forces Network...the first time I saw the tv show "Cannon", I told my dad: "That's the real Matt Dillon!"
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Post by crapgame on Feb 16, 2016 15:39:04 GMT -5
My current favorite TV shows are Game of Thrones and Nova. All time favorites are Monty Pythons Flying Circus, Lovejoy, The Mighty Boosh, Poirot and Cadfael. brother cadfael was amazing!!! and who could ever forget jeramy brit as holmes?? the most intense and nerotic holmes of all times? |
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Post by mikemac on Feb 16, 2016 18:32:38 GMT -5
All the Poirot, tv and movies. Sherlock, Grantchester, Doc Martin, Father Brown on PBS, Gunsmoke, Wanted Dead or Alive, and of course Jeremy Brett, the best Sherlock. And last but not least, The Carol Burnett Show; the best comedy show ever.
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Post by Baboo on Feb 16, 2016 18:49:01 GMT -5
All the Poirot, tv and movies. Sherlock, Grantchester, Doc Martin, Father Brown on PBS, Gunsmoke, Wanted Dead or Alive, and of course Jeremy Brett, the best Sherlock. And last but not least, The Carol Burnett Show; the best comedy show ever. Wow! Excellent selection! |
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Post by papipeguy on Feb 16, 2016 20:06:00 GMT -5
I can't believe I forgot to mention Married With Children. How many of us have identified with Al Bundy; I know I do.
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Post by b4man on Feb 17, 2016 2:14:24 GMT -5
Can't wait to checkout the new X-Files. Gillian Anderson still looks good, but I like the old Cuddy.
Twin Peaks was a good one. Deadwood and Rome are my favorites from cable.
Been watching the old Twilight Zone episodes on Netflix here and there before sleep. Really good stuff, very unique, especially for its day and age. Good writing and plot ideas.
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Post by trailboss on Feb 24, 2016 14:50:51 GMT -5
I can't believe I forgot to mention Married With Children. How many of us have identified with Al Bundy; I know I do. I dunno...that hand looks a little high and left of center.   |
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Post by trailboss on Feb 24, 2016 14:57:50 GMT -5
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Post by oldcajun123 on Feb 24, 2016 15:35:32 GMT -5
Ed Oneill was in a movie called Dutch, halirous, if you've got the time give it a lookie, lookie.
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Post by stvalentine on Feb 24, 2016 15:44:59 GMT -5
Currently it´s the new X-Files for me. Gillian Anderson is becoming even more beautiful with age!  |
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Post by don on Jan 3, 2022 1:02:49 GMT -5
Watching the Honeymooners. One of my all time favorite shows.
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Post by trailboss on Jan 3, 2022 10:13:23 GMT -5
Watching the original Perry Mason now, quite a fave.
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Post by henry on Jan 3, 2022 15:54:19 GMT -5
A tie: The Sinner (with Bill Pullman) and Fargo. More or less crime shows with some fascinating layers.
These aren't weeklies but are worth the wait.
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Post by toshtego on Jan 4, 2022 5:50:15 GMT -5
I am not much for new (Post 2000) TV shows. I agree with the view here about Gillian. She is more beautiful with age. Remarkable personality on TV.
I was a huge fan of the old Westerns. The only one that holds together for me, rising above the corn, is "Have Gun Will Travel". Old Richard Boone was quite a character in his day on and off screen.
The only shows I watch with any regularity now are the original "Perry Mason". "Law and Order", early with Jerry Orbach or Paul Sorvino, comes in second. "Rumpole of the Bailey" would be in that group if ever back on TV.
The original "Star Trek" I have seen so many times I can recite the script with the characters in some episodes. I do not watch it any more but may return to see my old friends on down the road.
The Brits do a fine job with TV dramas and comedies. "Rumpole", "Foyle", "Endeavour" all being top notch for me.
"The Mentalist" was a good show for the times. Mostly because of Robin Tunny. Her interactions with Simon Baker's character were enjoyable. "Bones" was another one, the early seasons. For me it drifted into some weird personal stuff with some of the cast.
I have not watched a show more recent. No interest and no patience. Age and hardening of the brain are taking effect?
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Post by Plainsman on Jan 5, 2022 18:58:01 GMT -5
I’m still hanging in there with CHICAGO PD. The scripts are still very good and the characterizations are also excellent. Into the sixth series now and there is no let-down. I can recommend it, John, if you need something newer than the GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY.  . |
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Post by pepesdad1 on Jan 5, 2022 20:55:15 GMT -5
I’m still hanging in there with CHICAGO PD. The scripts are still very good and the characterizations are also excellent. Into the sixth series now and there is no let-down. I can recommend it, John, if you need something newer than the GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY. . Voight rocks! Need more cops like him...sure he takes a cut from dope dealers cash...so what...he earned it the hard way. Street cred that is tops! |
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Post by toshtego on Jan 6, 2022 11:15:48 GMT -5
I did not know there was a TV show called "Chicago PD". As a native I would watch it out of pride. I recall the very great actor, Dennis Farina, began his career as a genuine Chicago Police Officer. If I can find it somewhere? Thanks for the tip.
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Post by Plainsman on Jan 6, 2022 11:48:36 GMT -5
I did not know there was a TV show called "Chicago PD". As a native I would watch it out of pride. I recall the very great actor, Dennis Farina, began his career as a genuine Chicago Police Officer. If I can find it somewhere? Thanks for the tip. I get mine from DVD.com, a mail subsidiary of Netflix. A really excellent service. 3 disks a week (on average) for $16 a month. Can’t beat it. |
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Post by Yohanan on Jan 7, 2022 21:12:38 GMT -5
Are You Being Served? and Keeping up Appearances from the BBC.
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Post by urbino on Jan 7, 2022 21:36:19 GMT -5
Are You Being Served? and Keeping up Appearances from the BBC. "If you would, yes, would you bend down and peep through the keyhole and tell me, can you see my pansy?" |
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