I luffs TV

[hils]

Empire Magazine has revealed its list of the "50 Greatest TV Shows" ever.

1. Bold the shows you've watched every episode of
2. Italic the shows you've seen at least one episode of
3. Post your answers



50. Quantum Leap
49. Prison Break
48. Veronica Mars
47. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
46. Sex & The City

45. Farscape
44. Cracker
43. Star Trek
42. Only Fools and Horses
41. Band of Brothers

40. Life on Mars
39. Monty Python's Flying Circus
38. Curb Your Enthusiasm
37. Star Trek: The Next Generation
36. Father Ted

35. Alias
34. Frasier
33. CSI: Las Vegas
32. Babylon 5
31. Deadwood

30. Dexter
29. ER
28. Fawlty Towers
27. Six Feet Under
26. Red Dwarf

25. Futurama
24. Twin Peaks
23. The Office UK
22. The Shield
21. Angel

20. Blackadder
19. Scrubs
18. Arrested Development
17. South Park
16. Doctor Who (new version)

15. Heroes
14. Firefly
13. Battlestar Galactica (new version)
12. Family Guy
11. Seinfeld

10. Spaced
09. The X-Files
08. The Wire
07. Friends
06. 24

05. Lost
04. The West Wing
03. The Sopranos
02. Buffy the Vampire Slayer
01. The Simpsons

Comments

[whatiusedtobe.livejournal.com]

Nice list! I think I agree with most of them...

[veronica-rich.livejournal.com]

What the hell? TV didn't exist before the 90s except for Monty Python? Where's "Taxi" or "All in the Family" or "Cheers" (remember that little show that *began* "Frasier"?). How about "Maude?" Geez.

[hils.livejournal.com]

Uh...how about Empire is an English magazine. Ever seen Blackadder? Made in the 80s, as was Only Fools and Horses and Red Dwarf. Fawlty Towers is from the 70s, Star Trek is from the 60s

It may come as a shock to discover that not all TV is American

[veronica-rich.livejournal.com]

First off, apologies for the tone; I wasn't crabbing at you and I didn't think how it sounded until I reread my comment. *wince* Didn't mean anything harsh by it.

Second, I wonder about some older American programs, since 80 percent of this list is American-produced television. I realize Empire is British, and had the list even been 50/50, I probably wouldn't have wondered about it. (That said, there are also a couple of British shows I'm surprised aren't on the list; I just didn't mention them because they're newer.)

[hils.livejournal.com]

I have to say that the shows you listed I hadn't even heard of...apart from Cheers which I didn't like. LOL!

I think the list was put together by Empire readers and people have a tendency to remember shows they've watched more recently