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Any show that aired its first episode before 2000 is fair game. Unfortunately it seems that I can’t add more shows after the poll has been created.

For me the top honors go to Oz. But I'm also a fan of Family Guy and Seinfeld and the John Cleese stuff. Uhh, I should probably get around to finally watching Sopranos at some point too...

Will do threads for 2000s and 2010s too if there is interest.

 

[SpiceRacz]

 

[I collect VHS tapes]

How am I supposed to even begin comparing something like Seinfeld and Twin Peaks?

Seinfeld is the greatest sitcom ever.

Twin Peaks is the greatest drama ever (True Detective season 1 comes damn close though).

I voted Seinfeld since I've been watching it regularly for like 30 years but I don't think I'm comfortable comparing it to Twin Peaks.

edit: to be fair I recently started Star Trek TNG. Not really far enough in the show to form an opinion yet.

 

[Putonahappyface]

Many great shows listed, but the Sopranos were the best show for me personally having seen the series over fifteen times. So glad I never watched The Many Saints of Newark first, otherwise I'd have never had given the series a go!

 

[8bitpill]

 

[Monokrom]

 

[Cyberpunkd]

Buffy the Vampire Slayer for that episode where Buffy gets horny all the time and has sex with random guys. Imagine this airing now.

 

[Happosai]

I never write about 90's shows but a few that I'd like to mention: Xena, Hercules, What A Cartoon show (only half of the 48 shorts were great (especially Pat Ventura's contributions)) and the Fresh Prince of Bel Air.

 

[Renoir]

surprised to see batman so low..

 

[badblue]

 

[Ulysses 31]

 

[T8SC]

I didn't realise that there was only American TV shows pre-2000.

 

[ForAcademicPurposes]

 

[Dr.Morris79]

Always goood if you need to sleep quick

 

[nush]

I didn't realise that there was only American TV shows pre-2000.

I see British and Japanese shows listed.

 

[RAÏSanÏa]

Xena would be high up, that was planned event.
Forever Knight
Battlestar Galactica the original. Still love that narration intro with the doodle a doo da doooo

lots of other nostalgia had to be there stuff, if not exactly timeless masterpieces.

 

[Dark Star]

The Sopranos and Seinfeld easily

The Simpsons was obviously pretty darn good pre-2000’s too

 

[The_hunter]

Buffy the Vampire Slayer for that episode where Buffy gets horny all the time and has sex with random guys. Imagine this airing now.

I don't remember that episode, I only remember her banging Spike and Angel. Buffy is a great show.

 

[AJUMP23]

Buffy the Vampire Slayer for that episode where Buffy gets horny all the time and has sex with random guys. Imagine this airing now.

That was the writer injecting himself into the story.

 

[Nobody_Important]

The fact that DBZ only has 4 votes has me heated. I literally spent entire years of my life getting off the bus, sat my ass down on my grandma's couch with a microwave pizza, and then watched Goku and friends beat that ass every single day.



"FIND OUT NEXT TIME ON DRAGON.......BALL..........ZZZeeeeeeeeeeee"



I can literally hear that narrator voice in my head right now.

 

[Tschumi]

Add "Yes, Minister" and "Blackadder" to your poll!

 

[TGO]

Seriously only 3 votes, disappointing..

 

[Burnttips]

Cheers.

 

[Alex Anderson]

Poor Twilight Zone

 

[Cyberpunkd]

I don't remember that episode, I only remember her banging Spike and Angel. Buffy is a great show.

I think it was this one: https://buffy.fandom.com/wiki/Where_the_Wild_Things_Are - ok so she is only getting it on with her BF, but still, I got the outline mostly right.

 

[Cyberpunkd]

Seriously only 3 votes, disappointing..

This one I remember for the time loop episode where he kisses Carter just before the loop resets. Also that incredible scary and depressing episode of society being mind controlled or something like that.

 

[The_hunter]

That was the writer injecting himself into the story.

Apparently the writer for that episode was a girl lol

 

[Cyberpunkd]

This one I remember for the time loop episode where he kisses Carter just before the loop resets. Also that incredible scary and depressing episode of society being mind controlled or something like that.

Found it: https://stargate.fandom.com/wiki/2010_(episode) that was creepy to watch as a teen

 

[LiquidMetal14]

Outer Limits
Unsolved Mysteries
Eek The Cat
I Love Lucy
Batman The Animated Series
The Wonder Years
Married With Children

 

[AJUMP23]

Apparently the writer for that episode was a girl lol

She had probably already been injected by the producer/creator.

 

[Evil Calvin]

I didn't realise that there was only American TV shows pre-2000.

Doctor Who?

 

[Prison Mike]

 

[Happosai]

Outer Limits
Unsolved Mysteries
Eek The Cat
I Love Lucy
Batman The Animated Series
The Wonder Years
Married With Children

Now, there's a list. I remember Eek! The Cat...I usually don't hear that one as often.

 

[OmegaSupreme]

No Hercules?

 

[TheMan]

The caveat is that some of these shows started out great in the 90s and then faded to being super shitty, like the simpsons

 

[Tg89]

No King of the Hill?

 

[kittoo]

No King of the Hill?

I am a Seinfeld guy myself, but King of the hill would be second (not that they should be compared anyway). GOAT animated TV series.

 

[Alx]

Seriously only 3 votes, disappointing..

Also MacGyver should appear on that list. Even if it's harder to watch as an adult and a few decades later, it was huge for me at the time.

 

[squallheart]

Seriously only 3 votes, disappointing..

My reaction lol also no love for Andromeda
Edit: just realized it aired October 2000 nm lol

 

[Pegasus Actual]

My reaction lol also no love for Andromeda
Edit: just realized it aired October 2000 nm lol

That show actually made it 5 seasons? I think I watched the very uneven first season, was totally into the season finale and really looking forward to more, then the s2 premiere was so bad I bailed like halfway through to never return. And especially in those days I never bailed on shows. Especially anything sci-fi. Watch till it's canceled dammit.

Anyway, I loved the premise. Maybe I'll go back and give it a full watch. Maybe see if that S1 to S2 drop was as severe and horrifying as I remember. State of sci-fi TV is pretty dire right now.

 

[teezzy]

How am I supposed to even begin comparing something like Seinfeld and Twin Peaks?

Seinfeld is the greatest sitcom ever.

Twin Peaks is the greatest drama ever (True Detective season 1 comes damn close though).

I voted Seinfeld since I've been watching it regularly for like 30 years but I don't think I'm comfortable comparing it to Twin Peaks.

edit: to be fair I recently started Star Trek TNG. Not really far enough in the show to form an opinion yet.

You vote for Buffy instead

 

[teezzy]

I think it was this one: https://buffy.fandom.com/wiki/Where_the_Wild_Things_Are - ok so she is only getting it on with her BF, but still, I got the outline mostly right.

Widely considered one of the worst in the series by the fandom

Personally, I don't mind it

There's a select few I'm not big on. Superstar, Restless, and Once More with Feeling

The latter two are beloved amongst buffy diehards but meeeeeehhhhh

 

[Sidney Prescott]

Definitely Buffy & The Fresh Prince of Bel Air for me. I could rewatch those many times over.

 

[intbal]

Miami Vice
News Radio
Night Court
The Dukes of Hazzard
Air Wolf
Knight Rider
The A-Team

 

[I collect VHS tapes]

Night Court

 

[Ozzy Onya A2Z]

Motherfucker OP, listen up.

 

[bad guy]

Roger Ramjet

 

[squallheart]

That show actually made it 5 seasons? I think I watched the very uneven first season, was totally into the season finale and really looking forward to more, then the s2 premiere was so bad I bailed like halfway through to never return. And especially in those days I never bailed on shows. Especially anything sci-fi. Watch till it's canceled dammit.

Anyway, I loved the premise. Maybe I'll go back and give it a full watch. Maybe see if that S1 to S2 drop was as severe and horrifying as I remember. State of sci-fi TV is pretty dire right now.

Yeah i found it quite enjoyable. To me the final season is what caught me off guard. It was my least favorite.

 

[AJUMP23]

My reaction lol also no love for Andromeda
Edit: just realized it aired October 2000 nm lol

Andromeda was a lot of fun.

 

[wecantrepeat]

i planned to watch Bebop but spoilers exist :/