Other Popular Shows from Yesteryear! What's your favorite?

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Italian Ice · #1 Post by **Italian Ice** » Wed Dec 03, 2008 7:35 am

Hi everyone

As far as Magnum PI goes, it is one of my favorites. However, I have a softspot for many other shows. Only thing is, I haven't seen a lot of these shows much as I have a lot of catching up to do. I will list the the ones that I've seen at least a few times. So the question to all of you is....

Besides Magnum, which of these other shows did you enjoy watching?

No doubt I missed a few, so please let me know what you liked. Please try to limit it to crime drama or detective based, or if it has a slight twist, that's fine (ala A-Team or GAH). All I have to say is that they don't make shows like they used to. The shows today wouldn't have existed if these and many other shows didn't pioneer the whole thing. One can only wonder if these shows were made 20 years later...

Let the discussion begin!

Remington Steele (another personal favorite of mine, shame it didn't go further)

Greatest American Hero (very underrated and had a sad fate)

Rockford Files (very well done, good acting)

Quincey (Enjoyable, good plot lines and well laid out)

A-Team (Cheesy, but good plot story and fun to watch)

MacGyver (I was an extra once on this show! Loved it and it was filmed in my city!)

Chips (a true classic)

Hawaii 5-0 (I've only seen like 2 episodes of this one! I want to see the rest)

Airwolf (Only watched this once, more on the cool side of things)

Miami Vice (Didn't watch this much as I never knew when it was on, but I liked it)

Knight Rider (The remake is nowhere near as good as this series!)

Mike Hammer (the one with Stacy Keach, I really enjoyed these ones)

Hunter (one of the best "cop" shows made, period)

Frodoleader · #2 Post by **Frodoleader** » Wed Dec 03, 2008 5:08 pm

Hi Italian Ice, welcome to MM!

From your list there are a couple of my own favorites: Airwolf and Hunter I watched religiously. I recently saw some Hunter reruns and they hold up well after 20 years. I also just adored Stepfanie Kramer (the McCall character) back then!
I watched part of a Hawaii Five-O episode online not too long ago and could not believe how cheesy the acting was!
I also regularly watched Remington Steele and Chips. Miami Vice occasionally too.

#3 Post by **J.J. Walters** » Wed Dec 03, 2008 5:23 pm

Welcome Italian Ice! It's good to see another big Orville Wright fan!

Hawaii Five-O
Mannix
Columbo
Rockford Files
Hill Street Blues
Simon & Simon
Riptide
Moonlighting
MacGyver

Italian Ice · #4 Post by **Italian Ice** » Wed Dec 03, 2008 6:14 pm

Thanks for the welcome JJW

By the way, I'm the person who e-mailed you about inserting the full plot lines on wikipedia. How is that coming along?

Man, how could I forget Columbo

Never heard of Mannix or Riptide.

What? Nobody liked Greatest American Hero? lol

SelleckLover · #5 Post by **SelleckLover** » Wed Dec 03, 2008 7:11 pm

Italian Ice wrote:

What? Nobody liked Greatest American Hero? lol

I loved GAH...never missed an episode, well maybe one or two when circumstances were beyond my control! That show was on before there were VCRs (well, there were VCRs, but not many people could afford them), so watching a TV show religiously required quite a commitment. Another show that I was quite committed to as an adult was Dallas. When I was in high school, I never missed Mod Squad...my sister and I thought that it was the coolest show on earth! I was also a big Gunsmoke fan...loved my s**t-kicker TV shows...Maverick, Have Gun Will Travel, Sugarfoot, Stoney Burke (with Jack Lord, no less!). golf??? I know you must have watched some of these shows...I think we discussed this on a thread in the past...my memory's not what it used to be!

Italian Ice · #6 Post by **Italian Ice** » Wed Dec 03, 2008 7:17 pm

SL, I never watched any of those shows. They were before my time, but I did see clips of Gunsmoke. I know my mother was a major fan of Dallas. I've never heard of the other shows

They sound good though

IKnowWhatYoureThinking · Wed Dec 03, 2008 7:20 pm

I used to love CHiPs, Simon and Simon, Dallas, and Hawaii Five-O

Italian Ice · #8 Post by **Italian Ice** » Wed Dec 03, 2008 8:52 pm

Speaking of GAH, this is my favorite all time Seinfeld moment which parodies the theme song. Now it's in my head again! I can laugh at this scene for days....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UH59CrRZLY

Steve · #9 Post by **Steve** » Wed Dec 03, 2008 11:50 pm

Star Trek
Dick Van Dyke
Mary Tyler Moore
Bob Newhart (and Newhart)
Route 66 (way back)
Then Came Bronson
Happy Days (the early, not filmed before a live audience ones)
St. Elsewhere
And the good ol' Talk shows of the Sixties and Seventies;
Mike Douglas
Merv Griffin
Dick Cavett
(especially if they had on any of the following; Lola Falana, Joey Heatherton, Raquel Welsh, etc...I think you see a pattern there)

Italian Ice · #10 Post by **Italian Ice** » Thu Dec 04, 2008 1:02 am

Oh, SL I forgot to mention that Stephen J. Cannell is in talks about a GAH movie. Can't wait to hear about this one. There's even a discussion about a MacGyver movie. Not making these up, and I couldn't believe it at first...

Stay tuned!

SelleckLover · #11 Post by **SelleckLover** » Thu Dec 04, 2008 2:00 am

Italian Ice wrote:

Oh, SL I forgot to mention that Stephen J. Cannell is in talks about a GAH movie.

I wonder if they'll get William Katt, Robert Culp and Connie Selleca? That would be awesome!
Steve wrote:

Route 66 (way back)
Then Came Bronson

Wow! I had forgotten about these two shows. They were basically the same show but in Route 66 the vehicle was a Corvette and Bronson rode a motorcycle. I kind of liked Then Came Bronson better...something about the motorcycle that was romantic in a way, and very cool!

Kahunagirl · #12 Post by **Kahunagirl** » Thu Dec 04, 2008 6:16 am

From II's original list:

MacGyver
Quincy
Greatest American Hero
Remington Steele
Rockford Files

Also:

MacMillan and Wife
Columbo
McCloud (these first 3 were the rotating detective shows -- on NBC?)
Moonlighting
Banacek (the Boston setting was great for a New Englander)
Wild Wild West

And, not really detective shows, per se, but with an element of mystery:

Quantum Leap
Highlander (an all-time favorite, for many reasons!)

Kahunagirl

Carmen · #13 Post by **Carmen** » Thu Dec 04, 2008 9:57 am

Hey Kahunagirl!! Highlander is one of my favorites!! Not for many reasons, but one important: Adrian Paul

Still like to watch Simon & Simon, Riptide and Paradise (Lee Horsley) whenever I can catch an episode

#14 Post by **J.J. Walters** » Thu Dec 04, 2008 3:42 pm

steve, the OP said, "Please try to limit it to crime drama or detective based, or if it has a slight twist, that's fine (ala A-Team or GAH)" otherwise I would have added about half the shows on your list.

MPS · #15 Post by **MPS** » Thu Dec 04, 2008 4:39 pm

Favorites would have to include:

The Mary Tyler Moore Show
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
MacMillan and Wife
Columbo
McCloud