Some shows I enjoyed as a kid: I Dream of Jeannie Three's Company Twilight Zone MacGyver (Original Version) Alien Nation Star Trek Star Trek: The Next Generation Quantum Leap Exosquad Kolchak: The Night Stalker Werewolf The Incredible Hulk
5 Westerns - Bonanza, Gunsmoke, The Rifleman, Wild Wild West, Longmire 5 Subterfuge - The Prisoner, The Avengers, I Spy, The Man From U.N.C.L.E., Mission Impossible 5 The Law - Perry Mason, LA Law, Dragnet, Columbo, Hill Street Blues 5 Funny Stuff - Mary Hartman Mary Hartman, Fernwood Tonight, Second City TV, Monty Python's Flying Circus, The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis 5 War, Exploration and History - Combat, The Magical World of Disney, Then Came Bronson, Drunk History, The Crocodile Hunter Pretty much everything nowadays is just glitzy, updated rehash of the themes introduced in these shows. Not that there’s anything wrong with that.
Just now stumbled onto this thread...I browsed through the posts and maybe I missed it....but nobody mentioned The Andy Griffith Show?
My son just set us up with a Disney plus account and I have to say in a small sample size, the Star Wars series Mandalorian is maybe the best quality tv series I've watched ever for tv....can't really compare it so early on as I've only watched two episodes and often the writing will water down as it gets going but so far....it's better than the last few Star Wars movies in my view
1. The Lone Ranger; 2. The Mickey Mouse Show; 3. Howdy Doody; 4. Star Trek; 5. News Radio; 6. Superman; 7. Black Adder; 8. Lassie; 9. Captain aMidnight; 10. Rocky Jones, Space Ranger; 11. Rin Tin Tin; 12. Flash Gordon; 13. The Three Stooges; 14. Monday Night Football; 15. Julia Child; 16. The Huntley, Brinkley Report; 17. The PBS News Hour; 18. The Twilight Zone; 19. Rawhide; 20. Science Fiction Theater; 21. Alfred Hitchcock Presents; 22. The College Bowl; 23. Nova; 24. Frontline; 25. Nature. There's more but I'd better stop with that.
Never a TV watcher as a kid. In fact it was punishment to make me watch TV instead of reading & playing with my cat (see, I haven't changed much). I watched Ed Sullivan when they had a musical act I liked, especially Beatles. Later watch Laugh-In and Smothers Brothers until Censored Bull Shit took it off the air. As an adult, I watch sports, news programming, occasional classic movie. My one series is Law & Order SVU, I've seen every episode. And damn, 6 weeks is a long time to wait while Rollins has a gun at her head!
I did not watch much tv growing up or throughout most of my adulthood....usually it was on at someone else's house but still if I get nostalgic....Cheers was the best of the lot
Austin City Limits - Great call. Never could get into the TV version of Mash. Loved the movie, though. Did like Lieutenant Colonel Blake and corporal Radar in the TV series.
