January 20
2009
Buddy TV Lists the 100 Best TV Shows of the Past 20 Years.
Shows some love for Wonderfalls, Robot Chicken, and Family Guy among others.
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aapac | January 20, 15:46 CET
I will be interesting to see where Buffy, Angel, and Firefly appear. I bet Lost, The Sopranos or Seinfeld will get #1.
[ edited by Wyndam-Pryce on 2009-01-21 00:52 ]
Wyndam_ | January 20, 15:51 CET
the Groosalugg | January 20, 16:07 CET
The Operative | January 20, 16:14 CET
crossoverman | January 20, 16:15 CET
Of course, the least useful and most predictable response to any "Top X" list is to say "lists suck."
snot monster from outer space | January 20, 16:38 CET
Also, I wonder if I should watch less tv. I've seen at least some episodes of 22 out of 25, and more or less actively followed 10 of those at some point. Would be nice to read some criteria for the series' though, not just some vague criteria for dropping some series. Somewhat nice list, awful execution: vague reasoning for order, bad bad clicky list, only quarter of the top 100, I hope somebody reminds us when they get the full list out.
Eerikki | January 20, 17:17 CET
Anyway, some shows I'm really, really hoping will be high on there (in no particular order):
Buffy & Angel & Firefly
BSG
Dexter
Mad Men (EDIT: just realized that it requires three seasons!)Veronica Mars (in spite of my issues with season three)
probably House
Seinfeld
The Simpsons
South Park
The Office
Arrested Development
The Daily Show & The Colbert Report
Da Ali G Show (it was at one point on hbo--so American enough, right?)
Frasier
maybe Deep Space Nine (I greatly prefer it to some of the 76-100 group, at least)
British shows I'd like to see if they did include Brit shows:
The Office
Coupling
probably Extras
Unfortunately I haven't seen "The Wire," "Deadwood," or "The Sopranos" (yet!) so I can't really chime in for them.
EDITED TO ADD: I also like how shocked the SPN fans are about it only placing #77. That will probably be me if Buffy doesn't make the top ten....
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WilliamTheB | January 20, 18:24 CET
Blah.
[ edited by marvelknight616 on 2009-01-21 08:04 ]
marvelknight616 | January 20, 23:03 CET
Lost? Honestly? I would lose all faith in humanity if that was voted best. I can think of one hundred shows, just off the top of my head, which are better than Lost.
Beren77 | January 21, 00:52 CET
Also, I too was amused by the Supernatural fan crowd, apparently that show has pretty active community too. I just started watching after several recommendations, S1 was pretty bland, first third of S2 isn't much better yet. I suppose it will get better, but so far not so much. Maybe it would be better if they had some hot girl regulars, or even quest stars with more than 4 lines...
Eerikki | January 21, 00:59 CET
With the US only requirement I would put these on the top of the list:
Buffy
Angel
Firefly
Arrested Development
The West Wing (Was that on the bottom half of the list? I don't remember)
Friends
Family Guy
And hope to find just a bit lower:
Futurama, Dexter, Veronica Mars, Gilmore Girls, Twin Peaks, DS9 & Babylon 5.
Without the US requirement I would add:
QI (UK)
Coupling (UK) (Nice to see all the love for this show here)
We zijn weer thuis (NL)
Pleidooi (NL)
And maybe: Jekyll (UK)
the Groosalugg | January 21, 09:55 CET
WilliamTheB | January 21, 11:09 CET
Angel never quite lived up to the show it spun off from, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, but the David Boreanaz vehicle had much of the same great Whedon-y traits. Angel was somewhat darker that Buffy, and gave the Boreanaz room to show off his versatile chops.
#45 Firefly
Joss Whedon has created a fan base all for himself, and that fan base absolutely loved Firefly. Unfortunately, no one else really bought into the sci-fi action/comedy, including FOX, who did not do the show any favors with its time slot placement. All the Whedon elements were there for Firefly, including an incredible cast featuring Nathan Fillion, Summer Glau and Adam Baldwin.
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Nocticola | January 22, 05:11 CET