1950 - 1960: Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1960 - 1970: The Twilight Zone
1970 - 1980: Columbo
1980 - 1990: Star Trek: The Next Generation
1990 - 2000: The X Files
2000 - 2010: Arrested Development
2010 - Present: Rick and Morty
Mostly good
...Mostly
But id put Seinfeld in the 1990 slot...and The Twilight Zone was pre-70s ....
Also , not to be a total prick but no 'All in the Family ...?'
I must disagree here bud...
1950's : I Love Lucy. Prototype for all few future sitcoms.
1960's : The Andy Griffith Show (although I prefer Star Trek)
1970's : All in the Family (we agree) defined the decade.
1980's : Hill Street Blues. Cheese was out and grit was in.
1990's : The Simpson's. The Simpson's hit its stride with social commentary and satire. While I love Seinfeld it was a show about not a lot.
2000's : 24
2010's : ?
Best one season wonder : 1999's Freaks and Geeks.
Best show most people ignored : 1980's St Elsewhere.
Best show most disrespected for no logical reason : 1960's Gomer Pyle : USMC
Fine list Biff!
Never cared for 24...id put Fringe in that spot
And id gladly take Magnum PI over Hill Street Blues...
Otherwise you are on point!
Thx Biff
I too would take "Magnum PI" over "Blues" any day.
Where can I even find "St. Elsewhere"? They've never released the complete series. I've always wanted to watch it on account of the bizarre final minutes of its last episode TV critics everywhere always reference.
Yeah i love Magnum so much...That show so was cool!!
St Elsewhere i only remember from the original run...sorry i dont know where to find it now :(
I feel "Magnum" would eventually become the formulaic drivel it was dismissed as being from the get-go. Those early seasons though teem with well-crafted, engrossing stories that made "Magnum" a worthy successor to the greatness of "The Rockford Files" (a show, I'm sure you know, Mr. Selleck guest-starred in, to most amusing effect).
shareAll true...fine post Angular
Youre ok by me:)
I get a bit 'bumpy n punchy' with the 'bigshots' around here
I know you now...peace buddy
As great as "All in the Family" is I think I'd put - in addition to "Columbo" -- "Fawlty Towers" and "Mash" ahead of it. But, you're right: "Family" is amazing.
shareGreat choices Angular
shareI realize that this is all based on our own perceptions of quality and entertainment value but MASH has aged really bad and was kind of one note to me. I would put Mary Tyler Moore ahead of MASH and when I saw it during the original run I was probably too young to get the impact of some of what was going on but it was very appealing nonetheless.
share 70s - All in the Family
80s - Cheers
90s - Simpsons
00s - Criminal Minds
10s - Breaking Bad
Excellence!!
Good list man
"Cheers" was my second pick for the '80s. Unlike "Family Ties," "Night Court," and so many other sitcoms from that period, "Cheers" still holds up -- and I imagine it always will. Great writing is great writing after all.
shareThe Cheers writers once said that they wrote the show as if they were writing for radio, not for television. I suspect the sharpness of the verbal wit is why Cheers ages so well.
I lived near the Bull and Finch Pub, the real-world Boston watering hole that was used for the exterior shots of Cheers, outfitted with a bogus sign, obviously. (The interior was nothing like what you saw on TV.) I was often stopped by tourists on the street (about as often as I was hailed by Scientologists, in those days), and asked, "Where can we find Cheers?" Without breaking stride, I'd reply, "NBC, Thursday night, 9 o'clock."
They translated "Twilight Zone" into radio drama to mostly stellar results. I imagine they could do the same with another sharply written show like "Cheers" with equally rewarding results.
I love that "Cheers," unlike most sitcoms, was not driven by fads and current events. Had it been I suspect it would have been forgotten long ago.
I did not know that, although I am surprised by the news, I am not at all surprised by the result. Thank you very much for the information. "There's the signpost up ahead! Our next stop will be . . . The Twilight Zone." I firmly believe, as an audio professional, that sound is more important than vision. When I design a home theater system for a client, I make
the sound the top priority. Sound is 70 percent of your movie/TV experience.
There are so many...i can't decide🤔
shareThis is probably tantamount to a rhetorical question, but: alice, did you ever stop to think that there are people who are enjoying this topic, see that there's a new post, click on the topic, happy, interested and excited, and see that it's you AGAIN saying that you have nothing to say. If you've nothing to contribute, don't. This pattern is annoying, egotistical and attention-demanding. And I don't want to hear that you are confused or that your English is weak or that poor you does not understand. That's horse shit. You use a language problem as an excuse more often than any other message board poster I have ever encountered in over 20 years online. You strain credulity, to the point where mine has snapped. If you're smart, and I think you are much smarter than what you've been pretending to be, you'll take my advice.
To all real fans of this topic, please pardon my interruption. We now return to our regularly scheduled programming, already in progress.
I second that emotion.
I have HAD it!
We now return to our regularly scheduled programming, already in progress......
50's?
I Love Lucy
Westinghouse Theater
Leave It To Beaver
60's?
Twilight Zone
Dick Van Dyke Show
Ed Sullivan Show
Alfred Hitchcock Hour
70's?
Columbo
All In The Family
Family
Barney Miller
80's
Cheers
Barney Miller.... again
Call To Glory
China Beach
Hill Street Blues
St. Elsewhere
90's?
Wings
Frasier
Rosanne
2000's?
Frasier
Big Bang Theory
Two and a Half Men
After that??????
I stream.....
There are other shows that I have enjoyed over the decades. These are just afew that I enjoy....
Thank you Margo--for everything you said. Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Cheers and China Beach were particular favorites of mine. I once had the pleasure of having dinner with Dana Delany, as part of a dinner party in a Boston restaurant to which I was spontaneously invited, and she was so down-to-earth, solid and real. As our dinner companions were going our separate ways, I said, "Excuse me, miss, may I ask, are you Dana Delany?" You see, she is the kind of person where you don't have to present your personal bona fides before you launch into an actual, engaged conversation; nor am I. She replied that she was. I told her that I had loved China Beach and very much respected her work on what I think was a significant network TV show. She was most gracious. It was a glowing evening on the town.
shareThat's cool you got to meet her. She is a beautiful and talented woman.
shareAmen to both, Angular. I would also add classy, an adjective I consider to be coeval with talented and above beautiful.
Although I adore beautiful. "Beauty is Truth, and Truth, Beauty. That is all that you need to know."
How wonderful! Since your invitation was spontaneous, it must have been such a pleasant surprise to find yourself enjoying her company.
I always sort of wondered what she was like.
It was, Margo, and one that I know you and Angular would have cherished as well. I am happy that I had the chance to share it with you both. Absent dementia, I will always remember it.
shareMargo, weren't you a big "Mad Men" fan?
shareOOOOOOPPPPPSSSS! You caught me! I forgot to include that!
200's? Mad Men!
That is one of the best series of the 21st. century so far.
Now that you have reminded this old fart, I believe I'll set aside a week or so and watch a few episodes a day.
I actually forgot. I'm so ashamed!
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Twin Peaks and Simpsons seem to be winners in the '90s slot
However id like to submit 'Keeping Up Appearances'
A British show about an awful woman married to a regular 'joe' type who insists on high living and showing off her imaginary wealth and class
I absolutely love this show...we all know a lady like Hyacinth Bucket
Great show from the early '90s
Thanks for the suggestion. If it's in the vein of "Fawlty Towers" I will no doubt love it.
What I love about the Brits is that they know when to pull the plug on a show -- whereas their Yankee counterparts will run a show into the ground ... and still press on. I honestly see no reason why a show should last beyond sixty episodes. If what you're trying to say in your show hasn't been said by the sixtieth episode in all likelihood you're never going to say it. Then again, did shit like "Two Broke Girls" and "Two and a Half Men" have anything to say in the first place? Amassing a fortune for its makers was probably the only impetus for those shows' existence in the first place.
Agreed completely
US sit-coms tend to be garbage...Brits just seem funnier to me...we had a few winners tho
'50s: I Love Lucy
'60s: I Dream of Jeannie. Sorry Bewitched, I'm Team Jeannie.
'70s: The Six Million Dollar Man
'80s: The eighties had too many great tv series I can't decide. I'd like to say my favorite was The Cosby Show, regardless of what we all know today. Back then, it was great. Honorable mentions: Star Trek TNG, Knight Rider, MacGyver, etc.
'90s: Friends / SpongeBob (tied)
'00s: Gilmore Girls
'10s: Game of Thrones
Not a big TV buff, but I'd say
50's- I Love Lucy
60's- Star Trek
70's- Mary Tyler Moore Show
80's- Star Trek TNG
90's- South Park
2000's- The West Wing
2010's- The Eric Andre Show