NOVA is a science show on PBS, and has been on the air for many years. I watched it as a kid, and it always brought an amazing world into our living room every time we watched it. There was a different topic every week. Arctic Penguins? African Lions? Black Holes? The show had it all, and still does!
Right … but there can be too much Don Cherry. The far better choice is any Bruins or Red Sox game on NESN (New England Sports Network) … which Norm and the boys would have been religiously watching from their bar stools in Cheers … and I do mean religiously! Further evidence that the known world is contained within the confines of 128 … the extreme limits being within 495. Beyond that there is just Detroit and the Red Wings.
In addition to the Wire which you really should see, and the Sopranos (which you list), and limiting it to Serial Dramas Sort Of About The Work You Do, please also add:
Fargo Breaking Bad Better Call Saul (after breaking bad)
Not necessarily the best (and not necessarily in order), but five shows that dominated my life in terms of stop everything MUST SEE TV:
ReplyDeleteMagnum, P.I.
Hill Street Blues
Seinfeld
The Office
Mad Men
1) The Wire
ReplyDelete2). Arrested Deveopment
3) Parks and Rec
4) Law and Order
5). Nova
4)
I have never seen The Wire (I know, I know...), Magnum P.I., Mad Men, or Nova, but agree with the other pics. I forgot about Hill Street Blues!
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ReplyDeletePerry Mason
Twilight Zone
Mash
Colombo
Yes, a very irregular list, but it works for me.
I would have to go with West Wing: as I dream it should be.
ReplyDeleteFrom a more parochial perspective:
1. Cheers
2. Cheers
3. Cheers
4. Cheers
5. Cheers
NOVA is a science show on PBS, and has been on the air for many years. I watched it as a kid, and it always brought an amazing world into our living room every time we watched it. There was a different topic every week. Arctic Penguins? African Lions? Black Holes? The show had it all, and still does!
ReplyDeleteCraig, I am a little surprised "Hockey Night in Canada" did not make your list.
ReplyDeleteAnd Medievalist… did you sell your television in 1979?
Right … but there can be too much Don Cherry. The far better choice is any Bruins or Red Sox game on NESN (New England Sports Network) … which Norm and the boys would have been religiously watching from their bar stools in Cheers … and I do mean religiously! Further evidence that the known world is contained within the confines of 128 … the extreme limits being within 495. Beyond that there is just Detroit and the Red Wings.
ReplyDeleteHogan's Heroes
ReplyDeleteGilligan's Island
McHale's Navy
The Bob Newhart Show
Get Smart
Batman
Monty Python's Flying Circus
ReplyDeleteThe first three seasons of SNL
Monty Python's Flying Circus
ReplyDeleteThe first three seasons of SNL
In addition to the Wire which you really should see, and the Sopranos (which you list), and limiting it to Serial Dramas Sort Of About The Work You Do, please also add:
ReplyDeleteFargo
Breaking Bad
Better Call Saul (after breaking bad)