Favourite TV Shows
The TV-on-DVD addiction that I somewhat have has offered me the pleasure of falling in love with many TV shows that I have never seen during their original airing. Right now I am watching Gilmore Girls season 2 and have fallen head-over-heels for it. So much so that I am wondering where it stands in my All-Time Listings of TV shows. I am breaking the list up into 2 sections, 22-minutes and 44 minutes. 22 minutes shows are typically sitcoms and cartoons and are differently designed than "hour-longs". Since you can do more in 1 hour than in 22 minutes, it just isn't really fair to compare the two. The list below is more like me putting down shows that I love, the problem will come in ranking them.
30-minutes:
-Seinfeld
-The Simpsons
-Arrested Development
-News Radio
-Chappelle Show
-Daily Show
-Corner Gas
-Gargoyles
-Dragonball Z
-Astro Boy
This section means a lil less to me than the 60 minutes section. 22 minutes is a lot less time to develop bonds with characters and feel tremendous swings in emotions. AD, DS, Simpsons, Seinfeld, and probably CS are in the top 5. DBZ wouldn't be anything less than 6, as there was a period where I llllllooooooved that show, AB and Garg. were two shows that helped me develop my tv tastes early in life, and even though they are cartoons, they have some impressive depth and storytelling. Corner Gas and News Radio would be 9 and 10 picks.
1. The Simpsons - even though I can't stand them right now, and haven't enjoyed an episode since maybe 1998 or 99, they still had an amazing peak.
2. Seinfeld - I think this show was tremendously consistent and it still holds up well today.
3. Arrested Development - I'll have to wait for Season 2 to come out on DVD to give it a higher ranking, but the first season was one of the best I have ever seen and was very, VERY well written.
4. Daily Show - one of the few "can't miss" shows for me. I will stay up late to watch this, even if I have to get up early the next morning.
5. Chappelle Show - At its funniest, it probably is thee funniest.
6. Dragon Ball Z - I watched this in the late 90's on YTV, when they cut off the new episodes when Goku landed on Namek, I almost cried. Fuck.
7. Astro Boy - an early favourite, a fair amount of it stands up to this day. Really dark for a kids show, it taught a lot of good messages and I am glad to have seen it as a child.
8. Gargoyles - Some really strong writing and good twists, it got crazy in the end, but the first season and change was strong.
9. News Radio - This might go higher the more of the DVD I watch, but for now it's here. I like all the characters and it really had fun with them.
10. Corner Gas - It's a funny Canadian show, theres lots of smart humour in it, and it doesn't go low brow. Davis rules.
60-minutes:
- Firefly
- Angel
- Buffy
- CSI
- Carnivale
- The Shield
- Gilmore Girls
- LOST
- Survivor
- Star Trek DS9
The problem here is where Buffy used to be my #1 fave show, since time has been moving as it often does, and as I watch and fall in love with new shows, the Vampire Slayer falls down the list. I am looking at Gilmore Girls as a top 5, and maybe even top 3 TV show. LOST is certainly up there too. Survivor is a bit of a surprise pick because I never really looked at it as a favourite, but there have been 4 or 5 seasons where I watched it religiously and that should count.
Firefly may be moving down the list too, because of this whole screening and movie thing that has kinda been pissing me off as of late (I am really starting to hate other Firefly fans). I still hold it in high regard because there was this period of time where I was insane about it, like I am right now about GG, like I usually never am about any show, even the ones I really like. I think LOST is definitely in the top 3, I think Angel is in the top 3, and Firefly and Gilmore Girls are in the top 5. CSI, Buffy, The Shield, Carnivale, Star Trek DS9 battle it out for 9 and under. Survivor would be number ten.
2. Lost - tremendous first season, the last episode had me freaking out which put it over the top, for me. Outstanding in every single category.
1. Angel - I forgot how much I loved this show, but this probably should be #1 cause I freaked out more for this show than any other. Fucking wicked consistant, Season 2-5 was a fucking masterpiece. This should be #1. I am changing it.
3. Gilmore Girls - I get this warm feeling after watching every episode. I think I will have to write an seperate post to explain how fucking good this show is.
4. Firefly - Gah. Fallen! I'll explain this in another post. I'll say right now that after seeing every episode at least 6 times, I can't bring myself to watch any of them. They seem a lil cold to me now.
5. CSI - Amazingly, I can find replay value in this show. Grissom is my hero, I love all the cast and the way they interact. I must see Season 5, though, as I've missed most of it. Their peak episodes are fantastic.
6. The Shield - I love silly and fantastical shows, as this list proves. This is the only show that isn't like that. It's serious, it's straight, and there are no supernatural forces. Unless you call Cleetus Van Damme a supernatural force. It's a badass show with some great acting and well written stories and plot developments.
7. Buffy - Too many "poorish" seasons for me to put any higher, and I've been well removed from the great years. Still, to make it in the top 10 is an acheivement, and it deserves to be here on season 5 alone. One of these days I'll pick up some Buffy DVDs and revisit and see why it belonged higher.
8. Star Trek DS9 - I had to pick a star trek, since I love Voyager and Next Gen as wel, but this stands out for having thee best star trek episode, as well as being a lot more consistent.
9. Carnivale - I need to see Season 2, but Season 1 was really fucking good. Some have said that they slow played it too much, but I enjoyed it. No one particular episode stands out, but rather, the entire story is what I remember best.
10. Survivor - the first season, the second season, the all star season, and the last 2 seasons I have watched with great interest (the last two with semi-great interest) so I guess it deserves to be here unless I can think of one better. Boston Rob 4 Ever.
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