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Looking for things to watch, so let's have em.

Mine are:

-I Claudius
-Battlestar Galactica (latest version)
-Breaking Bad

I'd like to throw STNG in there, but the episodes are more standalone and not really strong as a "series".

In no particular order...

Deep Space 9
Buffy
Breaking Bad

Honorable mentions for TNG, Friends, and The Office

creeping-deth87 wrote:Honorable mentions for TNG, Friends, and The Office

Also a huge fan of The Office, both the UK and US versions but preference to the US version.

Futurama
It's Always Sunny
Last Kingdom

 Lance845 wrote:
Futurama
It's Always Sunny
Last Kingdom

I will go to hell because of Its Always Sunny

She-ra reboot
Babylon 5
and either Dr Who (pre Capaldi) or Stargate SG-1 (pre last three seasons). In both cases it's not the cast that becomes a problem, but the showrunners/writers

Babylon 5
MASH
Mythbusters

Each was epic in their own ways.

Deep Space Nine
Mobile Suit Gundam 00
Spartacus: Blood and Sand to Gods of the Arena (the other seasons aren't so great)

If we can include online non-conventional content;

Dragonball Z the Abridged Series
Hellsing the Abridged Series
Sword Art Online Abridged

I've honestly probably watched DBZA more times through than any actual TV show except DS9.

My picks:

-The Wire
-Band of Brothers
-Cheers

Dragonball Z Abridged is better than Dragonball Z. It ended on such a high note that it makes me sad they will never cover the rest of the series, although their new shorts are pretty good.

 BobtheInquisitor wrote:
Dragonball Z Abridged is better than Dragonball Z. It ended on such a high note that it makes me sad they will never cover the rest of the series, although their new shorts are pretty good.

I like both honestly.

Now Sword Art Online Abridged? Sword Art Online Abridged blows its source material out of the water. SAO is pretty mediocre as a series. The abridged version take almost every plot point and makes it better dramatically while also making it hilarious!

- Sopranos
- Seinfeld
- Frasier

Honourable mention of course is the Wire

 StewMan Group wrote:
- Sopranos
- Seinfeld
- Frasier

Honourable mention of course is the Wire

The Wire is in my Top 5 for sure.

I'd put the Sopranos up there but not sure it has aged so well.

Alfus Piedro wrote:

 StewMan Group wrote:
- Sopranos
- Seinfeld
- Frasier

Honourable mention of course is the Wire

The Wire is in my Top 5 for sure.

I'd put the Sopranos up there but not sure it has aged so well.

Really? I find it gets better every time I watch it. So many little things, messages and foreshadows and the like, that they put in there that I finally catch after another watch

 StewMan Group wrote:

Alfus Piedro wrote:

 StewMan Group wrote:
- Sopranos
- Seinfeld
- Frasier

Honourable mention of course is the Wire

The Wire is in my Top 5 for sure.

I'd put the Sopranos up there but not sure it has aged so well.

Really? I find it gets better every time I watch it. So many little things, messages and foreshadows and the like, that they put in there that I fi
nally catch after another watch

I specifically mean the casual violence against women hasn't aged so well, but I agree with ypu besides that not insignificant aspect of the show.

Because my taste sucks apparently...


1: Battlestar Galactica (original)
2: Star Trek (original)
3: Ghost Adventures

Honorable mention goes to Worst Cooks In America and the Netflix series Nailed It.

In no particular order.

1. Deep Space Nine
2. The Young Ones
3. Doctor Who

Without those, I’d simply be a very different person.

The Young Ones was something my parents probably shouldn’t have let me watch when I was that young. But they did, and it’s heavily shaped my preference in humour.

Doctor Who and DS9 are among the roots of my love for SciFi and to some extent, my personal ethics.

1) Battlestar Galactica (remake)
2) Chuck
3) Stranger Things

First two are autotakes for me, 3rd one I'm not sure since it's not concluded yet, so it might end up terrible like other series that started great, lol. I'd switch it with Mr Robot if we only consider concluded shows.

Time Team
Homicide Life on the Streets
Futurama

I'll go with

The Sopranos
Six Feet Under (still grumpy about Keith)
Father Ted

Honorable mention for The Young Ones / Bottom

Edit - after Duskweaver mentioned the highly worthy Yes Minister I have to add The New Statesman to the (right) honourable mentions

For me it would be:

Band of Brothers
The Expanse
Dark

Blake's 7
Harlots
Yes, Minister / Yes, Prime Minister

So many good ones here - thanks to all for the reminders!

Actually, one series I watched that only had 3 seasons and I was shocked by how much I enjoyed it...

Into the Badlands

Give it a go, as it is a pretty quick watch with only three seasons and like all shows the last season's direction gets a bit squirrely.

In no order:

Twin Peaks
Buffy
Deep Space Nine

Yes Minister
Porridge
The Expanse

3 1/2
1/2 of Red Dwarf (up until one of the writers left)

Also rans
BlackAdder
Cowboy Bebop (animated)
Robin Hood (ITV - best kids show ever with highest body count!)
Thunderbirds/Stingray
Sometimes Star Trek(s)
Babylon 5 (at the time)
Some Doctor Who's
First half of BattleStar Galactica remake
The A Team

Honourable US mentions
Frasier

When I retire
Countryfile
Death in Paradise

Reboots/Remakes I'd like to see
Blake's 7
Moonbase Alpha
Ultraviolet (hunting vampires in London)

And Chris gets an exult for mentioning the Hooded man (oooooooo the hooded man)

Star Trek TNG
Babylon 5
Dragon Ball Z

Blackadder 2
The Expanse
Game of Thrones

Honourable mentions:
Futurama
Deep Space Nine

Alfus Piedro wrote:

 StewMan Group wrote:

Alfus Piedro wrote:

 StewMan Group wrote:
- Sopranos
- Seinfeld
- Frasier

Honourable mention of course is the Wire

The Wire is in my Top 5 for sure.

I'd put the Sopranos up there but not sure it has aged so well.

Really? I find it gets better every time I watch it. So many little things, messages and foreshadows and the like, that they put in there that I fi
nally catch after another watch

I specifically mean the casual violence against women hasn't aged so well, but I agree with ypu besides that not insignificant aspect of the show.

I think that’s what kind of makes the show what it is. There is an overall exaggeration of gender stereotypes in this show. Every man is extremely violent, unfaithful, angry, dominant, etc. And likewise the opposite for most women in the show. I think it adds to the theatrics and play-like nature of the show as well as inserting unsettling topics. Most importantly though, it furthers the anti-hero themes. Tony and the rest of them are bad people in almost every faculty including towards their wives/family yet the viewer roots for them wholeheartedly every episode.

Like the Ralph scene (you know the one) is supposed to be extremely disturbing as it’s more or less brushed off by the rest of the crew. It adds a level of “holy smokes” that even shows today, let alone back then, cannot replicate

Battlestar Galactica.
Blakes 7.
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century.

Life seemed to be good in the late 70s...