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TV show meme
Apr. 2nd, 2008 01:25 pmFifty Greatest TV Shows meme.
No, it's not my top 50.
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
Whoever compiled this list much be British or a real Anglophile. (Ah, Empire Magazine. I think I was right.) Sure, there are a lot of American shows at the top, but more Britcoms than would be on a lot of American lists. So, some odd omissions include Mary Tyler Moore Show, MASH, All in the Family, The Prisoner, "I, Claudius", "Yes, Minister/Prime Minister" (damn titles with commas), The Powers of Matthew Starr, Misfits of Science... (Okay, I'm kidding about the last two, which I fear I could probably bold, but not the others.) But given how recent the shows are, I'm thinking someone younger than I am, or with a much shorter attention span.
Still, I clearly watch too much TV.
Allen
P.S.: So, despite what Empire says, why is the original Star Trek better than its successors? Because they actually told stories instead of had people talk about stories, because they didn't get mired in "readjusting the subspace field harmonics" technobabble, because they weren't afraid to have big emotions and big themes ... and because the original Star Trek was a plucky little TV show always on the verge of cancellation, not a servant of some corporate Moloch. That last point is why DS9 is my favourite of the sequels. Born in the shadow of Next Generation, cast aside for promoting the newer Voyager series. DS9 had only about six months as the primary Trek franchise. So, people didn't pay as much attention to what DS9 did. That's why their characters didn't act like emotionally-stunted robots. That's why they could explore the darker elements of the human condition. And that's why DS9 has come the closest of any Trek franchise to having gay characters. The 1960s Trek was ahead of its time -- the later shows by and large are not. (But with DS9's focus on terrorism, at the angels giving up freedom and morals for sake of security, I'd say it was a good few years ahead of its time too. Mind you, I can't imagine a hero like Major Kira proudly declaring herself a terrorist today.)
No, it's not my top 50.
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
Whoever compiled this list much be British or a real Anglophile. (Ah, Empire Magazine. I think I was right.) Sure, there are a lot of American shows at the top, but more Britcoms than would be on a lot of American lists. So, some odd omissions include Mary Tyler Moore Show, MASH, All in the Family, The Prisoner, "I, Claudius", "Yes, Minister/Prime Minister" (damn titles with commas), The Powers of Matthew Starr, Misfits of Science... (Okay, I'm kidding about the last two, which I fear I could probably bold, but not the others.) But given how recent the shows are, I'm thinking someone younger than I am, or with a much shorter attention span.
Still, I clearly watch too much TV.
Allen
P.S.: So, despite what Empire says, why is the original Star Trek better than its successors? Because they actually told stories instead of had people talk about stories, because they didn't get mired in "readjusting the subspace field harmonics" technobabble, because they weren't afraid to have big emotions and big themes ... and because the original Star Trek was a plucky little TV show always on the verge of cancellation, not a servant of some corporate Moloch. That last point is why DS9 is my favourite of the sequels. Born in the shadow of Next Generation, cast aside for promoting the newer Voyager series. DS9 had only about six months as the primary Trek franchise. So, people didn't pay as much attention to what DS9 did. That's why their characters didn't act like emotionally-stunted robots. That's why they could explore the darker elements of the human condition. And that's why DS9 has come the closest of any Trek franchise to having gay characters. The 1960s Trek was ahead of its time -- the later shows by and large are not. (But with DS9's focus on terrorism, at the angels giving up freedom and morals for sake of security, I'd say it was a good few years ahead of its time too. Mind you, I can't imagine a hero like Major Kira proudly declaring herself a terrorist today.)
