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1. The Wire
2. Mad Men
3. Game of Thrones
4. MASH
5. The Simpsons
6. 30 Rock
7. The Americans
8. Friday Night Lights
9. Seinfeld
10. Firefly
 
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Wow. Guess you don’t know me or know what I do.
Wow! You just basically pulled the "Do you know who I am?" card. There is not a better way to put people off. BTW, This is an internet message board. Nobody cares who you are.
 

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Power of Love
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White Shadow
Cheers
The Jefferson's
Emergency!
Married With Children
The Simpsons
Hill Street Blues
 
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Seinfeld
The Sopranos
The Cosby Show
Criminal Minds
The Honeymooners
Breaking Bad
Diners, Drive-ins & Dives
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The Odd Couple
The Geno Auriemma Show
 
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For all the Mad Men fans: I'm soundly in the "I don't get it" camp. Heard all the buzz and watched the first couple of episodes and it just seemed like a soap opera that moved at a glacial pace that I guess was supposed to be ground breaking because it was set in a hackneyed sixties cliche of a world.

Can someone who likes this show explain its appeal ?
 

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I'm pretty sure to see the Ali-Frazier fights live, you had to pay and go to a venue that showed it on closed circuit TV. ABC's Wide World of Sports showed a taped replay the next Saturday. Was a huge Frazier fan. Not really a fan of Cassius Clay.

And here I thought everyone who still referred to Ali as Clay had died long ago.
 

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For all the Mad Men fans: I'm soundly in the "I don't get it" camp. Heard all the buzz and watched the first couple of episodes and it just seemed like a soap opera that moved at a glacial pace that I guess was supposed to be ground breaking because it was set in a hackneyed sixties cliche of a world.

Can someone who likes this show explain its appeal ?

It had it moments, with solid storylines and acting, and as a period piece it was very accurate in style/setting/behaviors, but it was hardly consistent. I caught maybe 2/3rds of the episodes in real time, but when I tried binging after it was off the air, I fell asleep more than once. And I'm a guy who once idolized Jerry Della Femina and "From Those Wonderful Folks Who Brought You Pearl Harbor" which was inspiration for much of MadMen. I can certainly understand how some folks wouldn't put it near the top.
 

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Has anyone mentioned Gold Rush? How about Forged in Fire? CounterPart? I missed a lot of primetime TV living in dorms between 79-87.

M*A*S*H
Game of Thrones
Sopranos
Gold Rush
West Wing
LA Law
Westworld
Counterpart
Forged in Fire
Married with Children
All in the Family
 
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The wire
Sopranos
Breaking Bad
Game of thrones
The Larry Sanders show
The Shield
Seinfeld
Arrested development
24
Better call Saul
Cheers
True detective
Chapelles show
 

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NCIS
Cheers
Law & Order
Star Trek
Boston Legal
The Practice
All in the family
Quincy
X-Files
Magnum, the original
 
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For all the Mad Men fans: I'm soundly in the "I don't get it" camp. Heard all the buzz and watched the first couple of episodes and it just seemed like a soap opera that moved at a glacial pace that I guess was supposed to be ground breaking because it was set in a hackneyed sixties cliche of a world.

Can someone who likes this show explain its appeal ?

I feel the same about Breaking Bad. Tried several times to watch both shows, and just didn't like either.
 
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No particular order.
All in the family.
Sopranos.
M A S H
NYPD Blue
Big Bang Theory
Simpsons
Seinfeld
The Carol Burnett show
Saturday Night Live
Cheers
 

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In list likes this, it's really hard to separate which shows were your's favorite, most popular or simply the best?

And how in god's name is Peep Show not on anyone's list. If you are a fan of British Comedy, it's brilliant.

Or the Office UK.
 
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Has anyone mentioned Gold Rush? How about Forged in Fire? CounterPart? I missed a lot of primetime TV living in dorms between 79-87.

Great show. Great acting. Idea. Execution was spot on.
 

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