Another TV Meme from ramblinsuze

[rabid1st]

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

1. Bold the shows you watch/used to watch.
2. Italic the shows you've seen at least one episode of.
3. Strikeout the shows you've never seen.
4. 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
22. The Shield
21. Angel
20. Blackadder
19. Scrubs
18. Arrested Development
17. Doctor Who
15. Heroes
14. Firefly
13. Battlestar Galactica
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

I really hate to count Friends, 24 and Lost as shows I watched, because I only watched them for a very short part of their overall run. Two seasons for Friends and 24 and only the first season of Lost. But it was definitely more than one episode so I'm counting them.

Comments

[rabid1st.livejournal.com]

While I do agree that the X-Files took a real turn after S5 and didn't have much continuity in the end, I still think it broke enough new ground to qualify for a "Best of List." I was surprised that DS-9 was on there. I can see putting the original Star Trek and Next Generation on there. Though perhaps it would have been better to have listed Star Trek as one entry as Any Star Trek Series.

I agree with you about Monty Python, however, again...it was quite ground breaking and for a time was very influential. I'm not sure that it is STILL influential. As for Futurama, I love that show, but I don't know that it broke any ground. This is my same feeling about Family Guy...it really doesn't move us too far beyond The Simpsons.

I'm another Dr. Quinn fan. And Murdoch and Eureka are very similar in tone, if not subject matter.