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Nico ([personal profile] vilakins) wrote2008-04-10 06:33 pm
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Top TV shows meme

The Empire Top TV shows meme from [livejournal.com profile] communicator, apparently voted for by readers of Empire, whatever that is. which might explain the rather odd selection. I've bolded the ones I've seen all of and italicised the ones I've seen some of, and struck out those I sampled and didn't like.

50. Quantum Leap
49. Prison Break
48. Veronica Mars
47. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
46. Sex & The City
45. Farscape
44. Cracker (yes, despite the wonderful Robbie Coltrane)
43. Star Trek
42. Only Fools and Horses
41. Band of Brothers
40. Life on Mars
39. Monty Python's Flying Circus
38. Curb Your Enthusiasm
37. Star Trek: The Next Generation
36. Father Ted
35. Alias
34. Frasier
33. CSI: Las Vegas (I just don't like cop shows; detectives are another matter)
32. Babylon 5
31. Deadwood
30. Dexter (just no; the whole concept creeps me out)
29. ER
28. Fawlty Towers
27. Six Feet Under
26. Red Dwarf
25. Futurama
24. Twin Peaks
23. The Office UK
22. The Shield
21. Angel
20. Blackadder
19. Scrubs
18. Arrested Development
17. South Park
16. Doctor Who
15. Heroes
14. Firefly
13. Battlestar Galactica
12. Family Guy
11. Seinfeld
10. Spaced (but I have the DVDs)
09. The X-Files
08. The Wire
07. Friends
06. 24
05. Lost
04. The West Wing
03. The Sopranos
02. Buffy the Vampire Slayer
01. The Simpsons (who could possibly have watched all of them? I must be pretty close though)

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[identity profile] communicator.livejournal.com 2008-04-10 12:46 pm (UTC)(link)
I detect a definite comedy bias

[identity profile] vilakins.livejournal.com 2008-04-10 08:08 pm (UTC)(link)
Let's see, of the ones I've bolded: 11 comedies, 11 SF (two also being comedies) and 3 other/drama. It's fairly even between comedy and SF which sounds about right.

[identity profile] daiseechain.livejournal.com 2008-04-10 01:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Really? None of The West Wing? Ever? I would have thought that would be a dead cert for your tastes.

[identity profile] vilakins.livejournal.com 2008-04-10 08:12 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm not that keen on politics, though I did love 'House of Cards'. I thought, politics, and incomprehensible ones at that, probably laced with infuriating references to the oxymoronic (and possible moronic) leader of the free world: eh. I've since heard that it's intelligent and has interesting characters, but it's too late now.

[identity profile] san-valentine.livejournal.com 2008-04-10 01:15 pm (UTC)(link)
There's a film magazine in the UK called Empire that;s been around for 20+ years, so I would guess that's the source of the list.

I saw this meme (or a very similar one)done by a young American lj friend a couple of weeks back (though she didn't mention the source of the list) I was interested to see that it specified the new version of Dr Who, rather than the series as its 45+ year whole.

[identity profile] vilakins.livejournal.com 2008-04-10 08:14 pm (UTC)(link)
This one doesn't, which is why I only italicised it. I suspect that's a modification.

[identity profile] azdak.livejournal.com 2008-04-10 04:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Wow, this makes me realise what a total TV-philistine I am, because the only shows on this list of which I have seen all the episodes are Life on Mars and Firefly, and they aren't exactly famous for their long-runningness.

[identity profile] vilakins.livejournal.com 2008-04-10 08:16 pm (UTC)(link)
I had no idea you'd seen Firefly! I have to say that some of the series I've never heard of, probably because they haven't been shown here.

[identity profile] azdak.livejournal.com 2008-04-11 05:19 am (UTC)(link)
One can't know executrix and not have watched Firefly! I've even seen Serenity.
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