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[Suburban Cowboy]

1. 24
2. Simpsons (90's)
3. Home Movies

 

[Bananakin]

1. The Simpsons
2. Arrested Development
3. Seinfeld
4. House
5. Futurama
6. 24
7. The Office (US)
8. Family Guy
9. Colbert Report
10. Daily Show

That'll do, I guess. I feel like I'm forgetting shows from when I was younger.

 

[WyndhamPrice]

1. LOST
2. Battlestar Galactica (2004)
3. Mystery Science Theater 3000
4. Star Trek Deep Space Nine
5. Star Trek The Next Generation
6. Angel
7. Futurama
8. The Wire
9. Arrested Development
10. Spaced

 

[Creamium]

1. The Simpsons
2. The Wire
3. Seinfeld
4. Arrested Development
5. Lost
6. It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
7. Curb Your Enthusiasm
8. The Office US
9. Monthy Python's Flying Circus
10. Futurama

 

[Ventrue]

1. Breaking Bad
2. Buffy The Vampire Slayer
3. Arrested Development
4. Dead Like Me
5. Seinfeld
6. Wonderfalls
7. Angel
8. Pushing Daisies
9. Veronica Mars
10. Red Dwarf

 

[Movement]

1) The Wire
2) Married....With Children
3) Aqua Teen
4) Lost
5) Sliders
6) Millenium
7) Batman: TAS
8) Pokemon
9) Arrested Development

eh.

Edit: Oh shit desperado

Hell ya man, I love Sliders. I completely forgot about it, freaking awesome show.

 

[MiamiWesker]

1. LOST
2. 24
3. The X-Files
4. The Simpsons
5. Chuck
6. House
7. X-Men (original 90s cartoon)
8. The Office US
9. 30 Rock
10. Friends

 

[duderon]

Can we do ties?

1. The Wire
1. Arrested Development
3. Six Feet Under
4. Top Gear
5. Peep Show
6. Spaced
7. Lost
8. Breaking Bad
9. Battlestar Galactica
10. Dexter

 

[VALIS]

Didn't we just do this a few weeks ago? Anyway, 10 is going to be very hard...

1. The Twilight Zone
2. The Wire
3. Seinfeld
4. The Sopranos
5. Arrested Development
6. The Prisoner
7. Monty Python's Flying Circus
8. Alfred Hitchcock Presents
9. The X-Files
10. The Mighty Boosh

I have no idea how so many people can vote for Lost when it's a show with an ongoing narrative that is not over yet. It's probably won't, but the ending could suck massively and cheapen the entire 6 seasons.

 

[Oozer3993]

Arrested Development's first episode is one of its weakest IMO. I strongly encourage you to continue, as it's a fucking amazing show and pretty much everyone I know who has watched it agrees, not just GAF-type people.

I agree completely. The first episode is the weakest in the series in my opinion.

 

[Bernbaum]

In tallying these up, I'm considering making the latter 5 entries worth all the same amount, i.e: your first pick will be worth 10 points, second 9, third 8 etc..., with entries 6-10 all worth 5 points so it doesn't really matter what order the remaining shows are in.

Another thing I am considering is just lumping the different series of 'Star Trek' into just one entry, although this likely to end up annoying the ranks of ST fans among us.

I see these kinds of threads as not necessarily ranking one show above another, but instead a chance for gaffers to see what kind of shows the OT watches as a whole, whether there is a stand-out favourite show shared amongst most members, and for people to discover a show they might otherwise have ignored by looking to see what other members like.

For example, I knew nothing about 'Friday Night Lights' before starting this thread, but will check it out simply because it appeared on a list with most of my other favourite shows.

 

[Bernbaum]

I have no idea how so many people can vote for Lost when it's a show with an ongoing narrative that is not over yet. It's probably won't, but the ending could suck massively and cheapen the entire 6 seasons.

It is for this reason that Battlestar Galactica did not make my list

 

[alterno69]

My favorite in no particular order

South Park
Seinfeld
The Office (US)
News Radio
The King Of Queens
El Chavo del 8 (Mexico)
El Güiri Güiri (Mexico)
Dexter

 

[Vox-Pop]

1. The Simpsons
2. Lost
3. The OC
4. Arrested Development
5. Peep Show
6. Spaced
7. The Office (US)
8. It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia
9. Monk/Psych Pretty much the same show.
10. Boy Meets World

 

[The Librarian]

Another thing I am considering is just lumping the different series of 'Star Trek' into just one entry, although this likely to end up annoying the ranks of ST fans among us.

I think that would be more unfair than upsetting. People seem to be voting for at least three different series.

 

[MIMIC]

1. 24
2. South Park
3. Arrested Development
4. The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
5. House
6. The Simpsons
7. The Office
8. Daria
9. Family Guy
10. Dexter

 

[Bernbaum]

I think that would be more unfair than upsetting. People seem to be voting for at least three different series.

Sure, each show will stand as it's own entry, and I will list entries of 'Star Trek' as referring to the original.

 

[seat]

1. Mr. Show with Bob and David
2. Neon Genesis Evangelion
3. The Sopranos
4. Huff
5. Ren & Stimpy
6. Oz
7. Dexter
8. Family Guy
9. Curb Your Enthusiasm
10. The Simpsons

Almost placing:
Seinfeld (so, so close!), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (the '80s cartoon), The Office (US), Penn & Teller's Bullshit!, Late Night with Conan O'Brien (counts?), Trailer Park Boys

Simpsons lost points for being so terrible these days. Currently one of the worst shows on TV. PUT IT OUT OF ITS MISERY AND END IT.

Shows I think are ridiculously overrated: South Park, Arrested Development, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia

edit: How can I forget Ren & Stimpy, one of the most brilliant shows ever? Edits have been made...

 

[Blader]

1. The Simpsons ('90s)
2. Arrested Development
3. LOST
4. Seinfeld
5. The Shield
6. FLCL
7. Mystery Science Theater 3000
8. Futurama
9. Dragonball Z
10. 3rd Rock from the Sun

Honorable mentions: Space Ghost C2C, The Office (US seasons 2-3), Family Guy (seasons 1-3)

I wish we could have done this in a few months, I only just started watching The Wire and I'm sure it would have ended up on this list. :lol Oh well.

 

[ViperVisor]

1. The Simpsons
2. The Twilight Zone
3. Connections
4. HBO: Autopsy
5. Chappelle's Show
6. X-Files
7. Aqua Teen Hunger Force
8. Golden Girls
9. Extras
10. Arrested Development

 

[BorkBork]

I have no idea how so many people can vote for Lost when it's a show with an ongoing narrative that is not over yet. It's probably won't, but the ending could suck massively and cheapen the entire 6 seasons.

Yeah, I kind of agree with that. I mean I understand if it's something like the Simpsons, but for a show like Lost with so much riding on how things wrap up.. hrmm.

 

[demon]

I couldn't decide if I should try to keep this objective or subjective and more personal, so I decided to just go with the tv shows I've personally liked the most.

1. Simpsons
2. Seinfeld
3. Arrested Development
4. South Park
5. 3rd Rock from the Sun
6. Colbert Report
7. The Office (UK)
8. House
9. Curb Your Enthusiasm
10. Anthony Bourdain's No Reservations (really recommend this show if you haven't seen it)

runner-up: Twin Peaks (only seen season 1 so I probably shouldn't rank it in the top ten yet)

Also, with some of those entries I prefer to ignore certain seasons/eras. For example, The Simpsons seasons 9+ was really just a bad dream. Honest.

Also, I'm sure there are number of shows out there that I haven't seen but would probably love.

 

[Zeouterlimits]

1. Lost
2. 24
3. Neon Genesis Evangelion
4. Star Trek: The Next Generation
5. Angel
6. Father Ted
7. Scrubs
8. Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann
9. FLCL
10. Law and Order

 

[infiniteloop]

1. Doctor Who
2. The Young Ones
3. Arrest Development
4. Blackadder
5. Peep Show
6. Spaced
7. Simpsons
8. Lost
9. Futurama
10. The Office (UK)

 

[C4Lukins]

1. Seinfeld
2. South Park
3. Arrested Development
4. The Sopranos
5. Lost
6. Dexter
7. Avatar the Last Airbender
8. Curb Your Enthusiasim
9. The Office (US)
10. Freaks and Geeks

Close but not quite there
Battlestar Galactica (The obvious version)
Futurama
Chuck
King of the Hill
Entourage
30 Rock
Deadwood
Weeds
I Love Lucy
Wonderfalls
The Office (UK)
Cheers
Mad Men

Band of Brothers would be up there, but I think of a mini-series as a different sort of thing.

 

[TurboLibre]

1. The Simpsons
2. Scrubs
3. 24
4. Chuck
5. Futurama
6. Lost
7. Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law
8. Mission Hill
9. Tim and Eric Awesome Show: Great Job
10. American Dad

 

[Mairu]

1. Arrested Development
2. Battlestar Galactica
3. Dexter
4. The Wire
5. Lost
6. House
7. Rome
8. Mad Men
9. 24
10. Chuck

 

[Bernbaum]

Wow, this took longer to compile than I thought. Should be easier now that I have most of the shows in my table. I completely forgot that GAF loves Lost.

1 Lost (143)
2 Simpsons (129)
3 Arrested Development (124)
4 Seinfeld (103)
5 Futurama (76)
- Wire, The (76)
7 Battlestar Galactica (69)
8 X-Files, The (68)
9 Office, The (US) (67)
10 Office, The (UK) (52)

The Office US beating out the UK version? Outrage!

Also surprised to see X Files make the top ten.

 

[SuperBonk]

1. Seinfeld
2. Arrested Development
3. The Simpsons
4. Aqua Teen Hunger Force
5. Pinky and the Brain
6. Beast Wars
7. The Office (US)
8. Rocko's Modern Life
9. Cheers
10. 24

 

[Bernbaum]

I have updated the entries up until the post before me.

I'll hold off putting up the final list for a bit, but the top ten hasn't really moved much, but here are some fun facts:

The highest ranked Star Trek is TNG, which is the only one in the top 20. An extra 70 new shows were added as of the second page, and exactly 250 have been mentioned thus far. There are 131 shows that have only been mentioned once. The top ten are entirely US productions.

The second highest ranked show is a comedy.

The highest ranked show I have never heard of until now is 'Rome'.

The highest ranked animated show that isn't a Matt Groening production is South Park, followed by Avatar The Last Bender (GAF, really?!)

The X-Files is still in the top ten (biggest surprise, even though I voted for it)

Also, people listing just 'The Office' without the US or UK counts as the UK original. Both shows are very closely ranked.

Voting for a particular season, or decade of a show just counts as a normal vote for the complete run.

 

[Mileena]

1. Weeds
2. Sportscenter



Nothing else really matters.

 

[Nabs]

1. The Wire
2. Seinfeld
3. Arrested Development
4. 24
5. The Simpsons
6. Always Sunny
7. All In The Family
8. Sanford & Son
9. Curb
10. Office US

just off the top

 

[pizzaguysrevenge]

Are we going to stand for a drama claiming first prize?

A shitty TV fucking drama?

VOTE FOR MORE COMEDIES!!!

 

[morningbus]

Just popping back in to say that the lack of This American Life on your lists is sad.

 

[DarkJediKnight]

1. Babylon 5

2. Rome
3. ST: Deep Space Nine
4. Dexter
5. House
6. Band of Brothers
7. ST: Next Generation
8. Battlestar Galactica 2003
9. Entourage
10. Lost

 

[Kevtones]

1. Arrested Development
2. The Simpsons
3. LOST
4. The Wire
5. Seinfeld
6. Roseanne (fuck GAF WHERE YOU AT)
7. X-Files
8. Freaks & Geeks
9. 24
10. Twin Peaks


Sure there are some I'm forgetting.

 

[Kevtones]

Seriously, have people not watched Roseanne? Show is fucking glorious.

 

[pizzaguysrevenge]

Also, people listing just 'The Office' without the US or UK counts as the UK original.

Bullshit

Any vote that doesn't specify shouldn't be counted at all.

 

[DrForester]

Seriously, have people not watched Roseanne? Show is fucking glorious.

Made my list, Page 1

 

[Kevtones]

Made my list, Page 1

I just did a search and found your post. High fives for a great fucking show.

 

[~Kinggi~]

Too many fucking kids on gaf who werent around for the glory days of imaginative TV


1. X-Files


this is all that matters. pffft

but....honorable mentions probably go to

2. Twilight Zone
3. Simpsons
4. Lost
5. Millenium
6. Carnivale
7. New Battlestar Galactica
8. South Park
9. Sopranos
10. Dexter


that order may change from time to time.

 

[mushy45]

1. Band of Brothers
2. Allo Allo
3. Top Gear
4. The Wire
5. The World at War
6. Unit 13 (Dutch cop show)
7. Newsradio
8. Alfred J. Kwak
9. The West Wing
10. Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends


You rule.

allo allo is the shit

 

[pizzaguysrevenge]

Simpsons lost points for being so terrible these days. Currently one of the worst shows on TV. PUT IT OUT OF ITS MISERY AND END IT.

1. Mr. Show with Bob and David
2. Neon Genesis Evangelion
3. The Sopranos
4. Huff
5. Ren & Stimpy
6. Oz
7. Dexter
8. Family Guy
9. Curb Your Enthusiasm
10. The Simpsons

You should stop talking now.

 

[EraldoCoil]

1. Simpsons
2. Battlestar Galactica
3. Arrested Development
4. South Park
5. Becker
6. Seinfeld
7. Rocko's Modern Life
8. Beavis and Butthead
9. Keenan and Kel
10. Alf

man, i fucking love Becker

 

[Rabbit Lord]

1. Band of Brothers
2. The Wire
3. 24
4. Family Guy
5. Battlestar Galactica

 

[Fidelis Hodie]

1. Arrested Development
2. Firefly
3. Lost
4. Avatar: The Last Air Bender
5. Frisky Dingo
6. Robot Chicken
7. Freaks and Geeks
8. Six Feet Under
9. Dragonball Z
10. Adventure Time

 

[Desperado]

Edited my list. Forgot about DBZ, and I changed the order a bit.

 

[B.K.]

1. The Twilight Zone
2. Futurama
3. NewsRadio
4. The Simpsons (Season 1-8)
5. 24
6. All in the Family
7. Titus
8. South Park
9. Fiefly
10. Battlestar Galactica

 

[Cosmic Bus]

Too many fucking kids on gaf who werent around for the glory days of imaginative TV

I agree with the sentiment -- it continually baffles me how GAF can completely ignore virtually all film and television from before, say, the mid-'80s when they're receptive to books and music from much earlier -- although it did strike me as a little funny how you say that and then the only pre-'90s show you list is the Twilight Zone.

 

[Saerk]

1. LOST
2. Seinfeld
3. BSG
4. Frasier
5. ST: Deep Space Nine
6. ST: TNG
7. Fresh Prince of Bel Air
8. Everybody Loves Raymond
9. Cosby Show
10. Sliders

Only the first 4 or so are in any specific order. There are probably other shows Im forgetting that I loved that would be above some of these.