Magnum Mania!

OK, here's my top ten:

Magnum
Babylon 5
House
Northern Exposure
The X-Files
Star Trek (in any form)
MASH
Millennium
Drop the Dead Donkey (a UK show from the 90s)
Magyver (which I haven't seen for years but used to love )

ConchRepublican wrote:Damn . . . I forgot Modern Family. It's early on, but that show has made me laugh harder in two years than I thought possible.[/b].

Loving it too. Still too early for me to put it up there with the big boys though.

Oooh, I just realised that I forgot to include two of my favourite UK shows in my Top Ten, so here's my revised list!

Magnum
Babylon 5
Dr Who (with Chris Ecclestone and David Tennant)
Torchwood
House
Northern Exposure
Star Trek
The X Files
Drop the Dead Donkey
MASH

grundle wrote:Whoa - everyone here has listed the exact same show for their #1 favorite! What are the odds of that happening?

I may be the lone exception to this rule. Here's my top ten:

Spenser: For Hire
24
Miami Vice
Magnum
Seinfeld
Nash Bridges
Vega$
Mike Hammer (Stacey Keach)
All in the Family
Everybody Loves Raymond

MPI
JAG

In no particular order:
Blacksheep Squadron (Baa Baa Blacksheep)
Big Bang Theory
Firefly
Cheers
M*A*S*H
Battlestar Galactica (reboot)
Modern Family
PBS stuff (NOVA, Secrets of the Dead, Ant. Roadshow, History Detectives)

What! No love for the Rockford Files? Dare I say I might rank it ahead of Magnum. I also love the Wild, Wild West.

I like The Rockford Files but it's not in my top ten, and I have to confess that I've never seen any of the episodes that Tom was in!

I was very young when TRF was first shown in the UK but some episodes were repeated during the day a few years ago. I did tape them in case Tom was in them and enjoyed the episodes I saw.

Was it Season 4 Tom was in? I will get them on DVD some day, they are on my "to buy" list!

Styles Bitchley wrote:

Frodoleader wrote: 2. Star Trek (Original Series)
3. ST: the Next Generation
4. ST: Deep Space 9
5. ST: Voyager

Wow Frodo! Super Trekkie! I really liked TNG and I love the camp value of the original series...the others never really appealed.

Hey Styles! You'll notice that ST: Enterprise is not on the list. I never saw much of the show during its run simply becuase it was shown locally on a channel I did not have.

Also, my above list is in no special order of appreciation (except for the No.# 1 position of course!)

1. Magnum PI - favorite by a long shot

2. Longmire- I am hooked
next in no particular order

Frasier
Castle
M*A*S*H
Entire Inspector Morse franchise-3 series( Endeavour, Morse, Lewis)
Six Feet Under
Psych
H50- original
Happy Days

Sorry although much love for Happy Days when I was a child - gotta strike it from the list
in it's place Nero Wolfe with Maury Chaykin and Timothy Hutton. The 40's New York- pure eye candy all through the 60's New York just super.

magnumette wrote:Sorry although much love for Happy Days when I was a child - gotta strike it from the list
in it's place Nero Wolfe with Maury Chaykin and Timothy Hutton. The 40's New York- pure eye candy all through the 60's New York just super.

Love Psych too, although the last few seasons were a bit tepid. I did think the series finale was one of the most satisfying I've ever seen.

Hey Doc :
I completely agree with you on the Psych analysis ( forgive the pun -didn't see it until I typed it haha)

Listed in chronological order:

Star Trek: The Original Series
Hawaii Five-O (original)
Rockford Files
The Brady Bunch
The Love Boat/Fantasy Island (combo)
Magnum P.I.
Simon & Simon
Hill Street Blues
The Equalizer
Twin Peaks
Batman: The Animated Series
Mystery Science Theater 3000
Freaks & Geeks
Firefly
The Wire
Dexter
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
Archer
The Walking Dead

Magnum, P.I.
Simon & Simon (I post enough about it here)
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
The Persuaders!
Bonanza

Alias Smith & Jones
The Wild, Wild West
Columbo
Quincy, M.E.
Dr Who (the original)

Sherlock Holmes (Jeremy Brett)
Mission: Impossible
Hawaii Five-0 (Jack Lord; accept no substitutes)
M*A*S*H
The Old Guys

The Rockford Files
Johnny Staccato
The Odd Couple
Leave it to Beaver
Star Trek (1960s)

Hi Guys,
I'd like to compliment everyone on their lists. I might not have listed some of them but they are all worthy. My list may not make some NY Times critics list of important series, but they make me feel good:

1) Andy Griffith Show
2) Dick Van Dyke Show
3) Route 66 (some of the best writing/acting in tv history)
4) Magnum PI
5) Rockford Files
6) WKRP
7) The Honeymooners
Black Adder
9) The Avengers - the 2 seasons with Mrs. Peel
10) Twilight Zone
11) Bonanza
12) Monty Python
13) I SPY
14) Bill Cosby Show(the late 1960's one that ran for 2 years with Bill as a gym teacher, 50 times better than his later much more famous series).
Plus my favorites as a kid:
Jonny Quest
Skippy the Bush Kangaroo
Bugs Bunny
3 Stooges
Gigantor
Superman
Wonderama
Soupy Sales Show
Sea Hunt
Bozo, Garfield Goose and Ray Rayner on WGN Chicago