The Boneyard Greatest TV Show of All-Time Tournament

[Mano]

Greatest TV Show of All-Time Tournament

It's simple. I love TV, you probably like TV. I want you to give me a list of up to 10 of your absolute favorite TV Shows. I will collect everyone's data, from that, seed them based on your rankings and then generate a bracket with hopefully some interesting regions and pairings. From there we will have the Boneyard vote until we have an ultimate winner.

You don't have to give me 10 selections, the more the better but as many as you deem worthy is just fine. There are no wrong answers, if it happens that As The World Turns faces off against Flavor of Love in the final then so be it. I will collect answers until next Tuesday and then by the weekend I will probably (maybe?) start the pairings.

Vote submission form, have fun!​

 

[mussels]

you can end the contest now.

1 Star Trek
2 Seinfeld
3 Mash
4 The Sopranos
5 The Twilight Zone
6 The Avengers (John Steed and Mrs. Peel)
7 The Three Stooges
8 The Honeymooners
9 Family Guy
10 The Man From Uncle

 

[Letsgohuskies11]

you can end the contest now.

1 Star Trek
2 Seinfeld
3 Mash
4 The Sopranos
5 The Twilight Zone
6 The Avengers (John Steed and Mrs. Peel)
7 The Three Stooges
8 The Honeymooners
9 Family Guy
10 The Man From Uncle

no Wire and family guy?

 

[Robertelamin]

you can end the contest now.

1 Star Trek
2 Seinfeld
3 Mash
4 The Sopranos
5 The Twilight Zone
6 The Avengers (John Steed and Mrs. Peel)
7 The Three Stooges
8 The Honeymooners
9 Family Guy
10 The Man From Uncle

Is that you Palatine?

 

[Minicoop69]

No breaking bad???

 

[UC1995]

Sopranos
Cheers
The Office
Simpson
Star Trek
NYPD Blues
X files
24
Downton Abbey
Taxi

 

[dannyHAM]

Friday Night Lights has got to be on this list.

 

[brasssbonanzaa]

1. The Wire
2. The Wire
3. The Wire
4. The Wire
5. The Wire
6. The Wire
7. The Wire
8. The Wire
9. The Wire
10. The Wire

 

[Letsgohuskies11]

The Wire
Oz

 

[zepfan]

The wire
Mash
Star Trek Next Generation
SNL
Ray Donovan
The Big Bang
I Love Lucy
Family Guy
The Americans
All in the Family

 

[CAHUSKY]

All in the Family
White Shadow
Welcome Back Kotter (UConn connection w Horshack)
Seinfeld
Friends
Sopranos
Californication
Sanford and Son
Breaking Bad
Twilight Zone

 

[Dogdeacon]

Mad Men
Breaking Bad
Friday night lights
Hill Street blues
Seinfeld
MASH
NYPD blue
The office
SNL
Taxi
It's always Sunny
Happy days
Cheers

 

[Travelman6]

If you have not seen Fawlty towers you are missing out big time. Just twenty episodes but some of the best comedy this world has ever known, go seek it out.

I entered Fawlty towers, curb your enthusiasm, seinfeld, Futurama, king of the hill, Sherlock (UK), bobs burgers, Daria, hey Arnold and breaking bad.

Malcom in the middle, wonder years, Chappelle show, skins (UK),Doug and Pete & pete could all easily be up there too but miss out and are more top 25.

Simpsons has been hurt by nearly twenty years of poor episodes and redundancy...yawn.

 

[CAHUSKY]

I already suggested 10 but had more that came to me .......

Law & Order
LA Law
Happy Days

Ok, I’m done.

 

[Hans Sprungfeld]

Not much of a TV watcher overall, but made it a point to watch all of the following

UConn basketball
Simpsons (OK, not so much in the past 15 years)
Seinfeld
Arrested Development
Mad Men
Sopranos
Mary Tyler Moore
The Office (still much unseen)
All in the Family
thirtysomething

BTW, I'm told that the correct answer is The Wire, but I haven't gotten to it yet, while suspecting it may well be. And haven't seen enough of South Park to put it on the list, but suspect it might also rate. There are lots of Honorable Mentions that I'm expecting to see on others' lists.

 

[Huskygrad88]

Seinfeld
MASH
Cheers
Simpsons
Office
Sopranos
Wonder Years
Law and Order (orig)
West wing
Survivor
Freaks and Geeks
Band of Brothers

 

[B1GEast]

Good Times
3rd Rock from the Sun
Star Trek Voyager
Alf
Taxi
The Good Wife
The Jeffersons
Married with Children
Martin
The Fresh Prince of BA
The Incredible Hulk
The Original Battle Star Galactica
The A Team
Tour of Duty
Knight Rider
Buck Rogers
The Honeymooners
The Twighlight Zone
Combat
Band of Brothers

 

[Slasher]

I'm big on Sci Fi / Action. Here's my top 10 (I also submitted the form.)

Game of Thrones
The X-Files
24
Stargate SG1
Battlestar Galactica
How I Met your Mother
The Blacklist
Macguyver (Original)
Stargate Atlantis
NCIS:LA

I haven't watched The Wire or The Sopranos yet, but they're on my list.

 

[Guapo]

1) Mad Men
2) Sopranos

(In No Particular Order):

The wire
Breaking bad
Seinfeld
Curb
Twilight Zone
MASH
The Daily Show w/Jon Stewart
Arrested Development

 

[Guapo]

Rules question @Mano

I’ve seen Band of Brothers listed here, and it’s objectivley great television, but it’s a mini series not a tv show. Does it count?

 

[HuskyHawk]

I am counting Band of Brothers as a mini-series. Not a TV show.

Friends
Seinfeld
Star Trek The Next Generation
Game of Thrones
Justified
Sopranos
Deadwood
Black Sails
Supernatural
Sherlock
Dr. Who
Cheers
Miami Vice

Damn left Miami Vice off my official submission. It should have been on there.

 

[Guapo]

I am counting Band of Brothers as a mini-series. Not a TV show.

Friends
Seinfeld
Star Trek The Next Generation
Game of Thrones
Justified
Sopranos
Deadwood
Black Sails
Supernatural
Sherlock
Dr. Who
Cheers
Miami Vice

Damn left Miami Vice off my official submission. It should have been on there.

JUSTIFIED!!!!

I didn’t include it in my list but it’s definitly the most underrated TV show of this “golden era”

 

[zymurg]

I have over 300 different TV shows on DVD. My first criterion is do I re-watch with some regularity.

I can't remember the exact order of my initial selections, but in order my first 3 were West Wing, The Wire, and Dead Like Me. The rest of my top ten are: The Americans, Foyle's War, Friday Night Lights, Breaking Bad, Cheers, Band of Brothers, and NYPD Blue.

Since it was an option, I posted an additional ten. Grimm topped that list having just missed the first list. Among the others are: Smash, The Bridge, Lonesome Dove, Fargo, Game of Thrones, Life, Last Kingdom, and Tinker Tailor.

I will enter no more lists, but several other series I hold in high regard are: The Dresden Files, Alias, Homicide, The Border, China Beach, Deadwood, Lie to Me, X Files, Eli Stone, and Winds of War.

 

[Tommyboy]

10 I submitted:

Game of Thrones
Breaking Bad
Sopranos
Parks and Recreation
Seinfeld
Cheers
Justified
Miami Vice
Lost
Futurama

So close:

30 Rock
Deadwood
Leftovers
Halt and Catch Fire
Freaks and Geeks
Friends
Wonder Years
The Americans
The Office
Simpsons (would have made it if the show ended 10-15 years ago).

Note: Haven't watched The Wire yet so can't add it just yet. But obviously most everyone loves it.

 

[Wildgopher]

Have to make a showing here:

ER
24
Harry O
Columbo
Friends
Mash
Dallas
Law & Order
NCIS
Cheers