Whenever I was sick my parents only let me watch the discovery channel and national geographic, because then I wouldn’t fake being sick to watch cartoons all day. So this show is high on my list of favorite things to watch!
Someone on Reddit said one season they switched narrators and the viewers revolted. Then they got the old narrator back. Can anyone confirm this, you know, on Reddit.
My dad would watch this when I was a kid. I'd complain and say how lame it was, but damn if I didn't end up sitting there and watching the whole thing every time. Just a real show.
My only issue here is when I was a kid I seem to remember it more of being owner assisted with a greater focus on a budget. Like it'll save you 2k if you demo the drywall yourself. Now it is generally a reno for some ultra wealthy couple/family with what seems like an unlimited budget. Don't get me wrong, when I was a kid it always seemed exotic in some of the materials and fixtures, but now just to ridiculous levels. Ask This Old House though seems like a cool call back to those earlier days and more approachable for the audience.
This or All My Circuits. I understand the argument for Single Female Lawyer, but I feel like the production value plummeted, and in general it was kinda so-so. (Way to overact, Zoidberg).
My favorite series of all time. I’ve seen all the episodes numerous times and even though I know the ending is coming, I still get goosebumps on quite a few of them because it’s always so powerful.
A truly spectacular show. My favourite episode might be the one where the little girl falls through a portal to some alternate/higher dimension. The first thing the parents did was call a fucking physicist to help and I’ll always love that lol. The Simpsons’ version of it is also great.
Ah, the one season where they did hourlong episodes, by common consensus, was a falling-off: Serling and the other writers had gotten so used to telling stories in 22 minutes that they seemed to get lost when they had more time to work with, adding a lot of scenes that seem to be just padding to each episodes.
Rod Serling would have disagreed. He wasn’t fond of the later seasons. I loved them, so I’m there with you, but Serling apparently had a specific vision.
You can actually see him get better through the episodes. He was never a master at painting he was a master at explaining how to paint to the average Joe.
I like to say the show got better, but malcolm got worse. They just make malcolm really annoying in the later seasons and it’s ok because that’s what geniuses act like in hs, but the best comedy happens from the rest of the cast by the end
Every once in a while I try and think of how a Golden Girls reboot could happen, or the same type of concept at least. It makes me feel a little sad because I really can't imagine a show like that ever being greenlit again, and I can't imagine a set of actresses that would fit so well those roles.
There are a few wonky episodes to be sure (Empty Nests basically) but otherwise it’s an amazing show and I really do look up to all 4 of the main actors.
Two great shows no doubt. Particularly band of brothers. IMO, nothing has come close to it in terms of a historical war show. Not only was it historically accurate, it really gave the viewer a first person account of what it would have felt like to be in that situation. Fantastically done.
I generally agree with this except for the last two seasons. I found the Ori weren’t an especially interesting antagonist, especially after the goa’uld and the replicators. Nothing about the last two seasons struck me as especially good. Otherwise, yeah, the show is fantastic.
Having grown up with Mr. Rogers and now with kids of my own I’m going to say his show was the pinnacle of learning entertainment for kids for a couple reasons.
Six Feet Under is my favorite TV show of all time, but Season 4 was rough compared to Seasons 1-3. Season 5 was unrivaled perfection for character development & payoff and for the intertwining seasons-long themes, though. So a small dip and then a climb to new heights.
Some people hated it when Alan Alda got more control over it and did things like stop making Margaret a laughingstock, but I thought it remained great throughout.
Yep, MASH changed tack after S3, and even after that it did a great job flipping between glib and serious just between episodes, especially in the middle seasons (although veering more towards the latter later on). While I do think the last season or two lost a lot of the charm that the rest of the series had in spades, its "objective" quality never took a real hit, and they went out on top.
My dad was medical with the Sixth Marines in the Pacific during WWII. He said MASH was dead on in the humor used to fend off the unthinkable circumstances in which they found themselves.
That show took some incredibly progressive stances for that time (at least for a prime time television show.) There were episodes that dealt with sexism, homophobia and racism.
My family randomly discovered this show earlier this year and we are absolutely obsessed. The production as a whole seems like every other sitcom ever written but the characters are so funny, the acting is incredible, and the dialogue is absolutely genius. It’s up there with Seinfeld and Schitt’s Creek as my favorite comedy shows of all time now.
100% agree. I have it all on DVD. A truly under appreciated series. Every episode is great and hilarious. I feel like if it came out today it would be huge. It was ahead of its time. I think I read that there weren’t more seasons because Jemaine and Bret didn’t like getting up early. Respect.
I think season 2 isn’t as strong as 1 because nearly all of the songs in S1 were fully developed songs that had been toured. It seemed insane to expect them to write a full comedy season and accompany it with original songs, but they managed to do that for S2, but it just didn’t have the same quality.
My kids (6 and 8) just watched every single episode and I was totally into it! It’s rare that a kids show sucks me in like that. I didn’t even protest when they finished the series and promptly started watching it over again.
Keeping Up Appearances, Patricia Routledge, Clive Swift. The whole cast was talented, had impeccable timing, the innuendo it’s hilarious! I still laugh when I catch an episode. It’s very relaxing.
I like when he did the talkshow circuits in character and fabricated a real life fantastic story he could tell in 2 minutes. Really exposed the talk show formula really, I never thought about it before.
The Sopranos is like a finely crafted novel. You can feel the shift at the beginning of Season 4 where it’s pretty much the beginning of the end for Tony. Instead of maneuvering to get ahead, he’s starting to maneuver to stay out of prison and not be killed. It’s a brilliant show that holds up so well in repeat viewing.
A masterpiece. I wonder if it's not higher up because some people hated the ending. I thought it was perfect though. If we saw Tony get hit, it would have been too predictable. The ambiguity of not knowing how or when his story ended make me feel a strange empathy for his family.
“Having a main character on a TV show be capable of murder whilst retaining likable qualities was mind-blowing to audiences at the time, though we might take it for granted nowadays.”
My favorite part of The Sopranos is that there is basically no music/score throughout the entire show. The only music you hear is in intros/outros and music that the characters can also hear.
Wow, took me a while to find this one. What I chose as well. Whether you agreed with their creative choices or not the characters were so compelling and you could never be complacent bc they’d always surprise you. One of my faves.
Nadja, imo, carries that show. The other 3 vamps are amazing, don't get me wrong. But the actress that plays Nadja has that unique talent where she can simply look at the camera and it will make you laugh. She doesn't even need dialog to be funny, and that is a rare thing.
It's been a long while since I've seen Person of Interest mentioned anywhere. But yeah, that is definitely a show that did not decline. It just kept going up and up!
This show is so painful to watch, but in the most enjoyable way? It's hard for me to get cringe from scripted scenarios, but holy shit, that show delivers.
The Good Place. The writers knew exactly what they wanted to do it, they did it, and didn't linger any longer even though it was surely successful enough that they could've gotten more seasons if they'd wanted to milk it.
the one thing I really hate about most TV shows is that they get really good and really popular and the network and writers get addicted to the cash and don't know when to quit. it's why so many good TV shows end up being shit
I just finished a full rewatch and I have to say, it gets better every time you watch it because you notice more of the little details. You can really tell that the writers planned it out well.
Every season finale seemed like they'd written themselves into a corner. they couldn't continue what they'd been doing because of the way they ended it, and most shows (most writers) can't change direction and keep up the quality.
Season 2 was the best season of any show ever, with the Trolley Problem the absolute pinnacle. Season 3 seemed the weakest at first but after literally dozens of complete series rewatchings (we put it on when we just want something on), I can’t say it ever faded for me. It’s absolute perfection in a TV show.
I knew of the show for a while, but because of the advertising and channel it was carried on, I assumed it was one of those dime a dozen sitcoms that was just riding on it's poop joke title. I was absolutely not emotionally prepared for where that show went.
No one's going to mention How It's Made?
I watched an episode of this show about shopping carts and damn if I don’t think about it every single time I’m at the grocery store.
Whenever I was sick my parents only let me watch the discovery channel and national geographic, because then I wouldn’t fake being sick to watch cartoons all day. So this show is high on my list of favorite things to watch!
Twenty+ years of that sweet, sweet, funky music!
Perhaps the best show to watch when hungover... The music, the pacing, the narration.
Someone on Reddit said one season they switched narrators and the viewers revolted. Then they got the old narrator back. Can anyone confirm this, you know, on Reddit.
Fawlty Towers
The kitchen is on fire !
MANUELLLL!!!
It was too short to decline 😢
Yes, now, is it possible for me to reserve the BBC2 channel for the duration of this televisual feast?
Que?
Old British sitcoms are so damn good, and because there are generally so few episodes of each the quality shines all the brighter.
Blackadder
"I'm... scared, sir."
"What scale is this map Darling?"
Absolutely. It just got better and better with series 1 being fairly mediocre before they struck gold with the format from series 2.
Ahh. I Would this brilliant plan involve us climbing out of our trenches and walking very slowly towards the enemy?
This Old House
My dad would watch this when I was a kid. I'd complain and say how lame it was, but damn if I didn't end up sitting there and watching the whole thing every time. Just a real show.
Remember The New Yankee Workshop? It ran along with This Old House if I remember right.
My only issue here is when I was a kid I seem to remember it more of being owner assisted with a greater focus on a budget. Like it'll save you 2k if you demo the drywall yourself. Now it is generally a reno for some ultra wealthy couple/family with what seems like an unlimited budget. Don't get me wrong, when I was a kid it always seemed exotic in some of the materials and fixtures, but now just to ridiculous levels. Ask This Old House though seems like a cool call back to those earlier days and more approachable for the audience.
I almost agreed. However, there’s less content, less detail/explanation and more advertisements. And no Norm.
Everybody Loves Hypnotoad
All glory to the Hypnotoad.
"This show has been going downhill since season 3"
This or All My Circuits. I understand the argument for Single Female Lawyer, but I feel like the production value plummeted, and in general it was kinda so-so. (Way to overact, Zoidberg).
I dont know season two really took a ......ALL GLORY TO THE HYPNOTOAD
All hail Hypnotoad!
"The Scary Door" was better
Twilight Zone the original Black and White.
My favorite series of all time. I’ve seen all the episodes numerous times and even though I know the ending is coming, I still get goosebumps on quite a few of them because it’s always so powerful.
Rod Serling...a legend lost to us way too young (age 50).
A truly spectacular show. My favourite episode might be the one where the little girl falls through a portal to some alternate/higher dimension. The first thing the parents did was call a fucking physicist to help and I’ll always love that lol. The Simpsons’ version of it is also great.
That’s real good you like the Twilight Zone Anthony
Season 4 made the switch to hour long episodes, which IMO was a big mistake and a huge drop in quality.
Ah, the one season where they did hourlong episodes, by common consensus, was a falling-off: Serling and the other writers had gotten so used to telling stories in 22 minutes that they seemed to get lost when they had more time to work with, adding a lot of scenes that seem to be just padding to each episodes.
My dad and I watch the marathon that's on every year on New Year's Day. Core memory with a great show.
Rod Serling would have disagreed. He wasn’t fond of the later seasons. I loved them, so I’m there with you, but Serling apparently had a specific vision.
The Joy of Painting
You can actually see him get better through the episodes. He was never a master at painting he was a master at explaining how to paint to the average Joe.
Malcolm in the Middle stayed pretty tried and true
That last season got pretty dark but it was still good
I really hated it when Francis left the ranch IMO
I like to say the show got better, but malcolm got worse. They just make malcolm really annoying in the later seasons and it’s ok because that’s what geniuses act like in hs, but the best comedy happens from the rest of the cast by the end
On this Thanksgiving weekend, let us remember how WKRP in Cincinnati maintained excellence through all four seasons. Turkeys Away!
As god as my witness … i thought turkeys could FLY!
"As God is my witness ... I thought Turkeys could fly"
Haaaaaaaaapppppppy Thaaaaaaaaanksgiving from W
That show was only four seasons? They must have reran the shit out of it in the following decade.
It’s like the turkeys organized a counter attack.
The Golden Girls
Every once in a while I try and think of how a Golden Girls reboot could happen, or the same type of concept at least. It makes me feel a little sad because I really can't imagine a show like that ever being greenlit again, and I can't imagine a set of actresses that would fit so well those roles.
There are a few wonky episodes to be sure (Empty Nests basically) but otherwise it’s an amazing show and I really do look up to all 4 of the main actors.
My comfort show. From heartbreak to a stomach ache, never fails to make me feel safe.
Came here to say this! I wish shows today were like this! I've re watched it so many times. It still reminds me of my grandmother.
Band of Brothers
I would watch band of brothers every day.
Two great shows no doubt. Particularly band of brothers. IMO, nothing has come close to it in terms of a historical war show. Not only was it historically accurate, it really gave the viewer a first person account of what it would have felt like to be in that situation. Fantastically done.
Stargate SG-1. It was a show that knew what it was.
As proven by 100 and 200.
So disrespectful to Wormhole extreme
IN THE MIDDLE OF MY BACKSWING!
I loved SG-1 but it did have full frontal nudity in season 1 and then never had it again so can we really say it didn't go at least slightly downhill?
I generally agree with this except for the last two seasons. I found the Ori weren’t an especially interesting antagonist, especially after the goa’uld and the replicators. Nothing about the last two seasons struck me as especially good. Otherwise, yeah, the show is fantastic.
I’m still waiting for Stargate Universe to follow up on their 4 year suspended animation situation.
IN THE MIDDLE OF MY BACK SWING?!
Bluey
I love this show! I’m 17 and have a four year old sister. That’s the only show I can watch with her and have fun with
Yes! As a parent of a 2 yo, this show has been a saving grace. I can only take so much CocoMelon
Agreed, it's an excellent show based in my hometown
Yes yes yes!!! I am so glad our daughter loves Bluey. It’s so good. The art is great, the animation is on point, and the storytelling is unmatched.
Who is your favorite character and why is it Bingo?
Mr. Rogers Neighborhood. Fight me.
Nobody would fight you on this. Mr. Rogers wouldn't want us to.
Having grown up with Mr. Rogers and now with kids of my own I’m going to say his show was the pinnacle of learning entertainment for kids for a couple reasons.
Deadwood
This show made me understand how people are so into Shakespeare.
SWIDGEN!
The movie was amazing. I mean how do you wrap up an iconic show 13 years later in less than 2 hours? Written by a guy with Alzheimer's too.
Fleabag
Different vibe, same Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Crashing was also great and stayed great, but then it’s even shorter sooooo :P
I LOOK LIKE A PENCIL.
A rare show that was even better in its final season. God, I love season two.
... Do i have a massive arsehole?? 🤔
Six Feet Under
One of the best shows I’ve ever seen, and definitely has the best series finale
This show does not get the respect it deserves.
My favorite series of all time.
Definitely. One show that makes you rethink life during every episode.
Six Feet Under is my favorite TV show of all time, but Season 4 was rough compared to Seasons 1-3. Season 5 was unrivaled perfection for character development & payoff and for the intertwining seasons-long themes, though. So a small dip and then a climb to new heights.
Mindhunter
Awesome show! I was so pissed when they pulled the plug on it!
Solid show. Loads of tension, no direct scenes, no horror. Telly how it should be.
Devastating that they're not doing a season three.
MASH. It only got better
Some people hated it when Alan Alda got more control over it and did things like stop making Margaret a laughingstock, but I thought it remained great throughout.
What a great show. My favorite scene is when Radar gives Col Potter the horse!
Yep, MASH changed tack after S3, and even after that it did a great job flipping between glib and serious just between episodes, especially in the middle seasons (although veering more towards the latter later on). While I do think the last season or two lost a lot of the charm that the rest of the series had in spades, its "objective" quality never took a real hit, and they went out on top.
My dad was medical with the Sixth Marines in the Pacific during WWII. He said MASH was dead on in the humor used to fend off the unthinkable circumstances in which they found themselves.
That show took some incredibly progressive stances for that time (at least for a prime time television show.) There were episodes that dealt with sexism, homophobia and racism.
The IT Crowd
Burned to death ... at a seaparks?
Did someone email us about a fire?
I’ve Watched The IT Crowd so many times as comfort viewing and it still makes me cackle.
A fire?!? At a sea parks?!
A show I'd comfortably watch with a German cannibal
Peter File
“So it’s a gay musical…called gay.”
Well, have you tried turning it off and on again?
FATHER!!!!!!
Did you see that ludicrous display last night?
I’m disabled.
I quote this almost every day... usually the quote
That's the sort of place this is, Jen. Lot of sexy people not getting a lot of work done. And having affairs!
My family randomly discovered this show earlier this year and we are absolutely obsessed. The production as a whole seems like every other sitcom ever written but the characters are so funny, the acting is incredible, and the dialogue is absolutely genius. It’s up there with Seinfeld and Schitt’s Creek as my favorite comedy shows of all time now.
An unopened door is a happy door.
You wouldn't steal a baby !
0118999..88999..9119725......3
If you have an Android phone with the stock Phone app/dialer, try punching in the "new emergency services" number: 01189998819991197253
What operating system is it running on?
Moss: I'VE GOT A GUN. I'VE GOT A BLOODY GUN!
GodDAMN these electric sex pants.
Flight of the Conchords.
100% agree. I have it all on DVD. A truly under appreciated series. Every episode is great and hilarious. I feel like if it came out today it would be huge. It was ahead of its time. I think I read that there weren’t more seasons because Jemaine and Bret didn’t like getting up early. Respect.
Hey girl, you know what time is is?
Brett you got it going on
What kind of rapping name is ‘Steve’
They call me the Hiphopopotamus, my lyrics are bottomless………………..
I think season 2 isn’t as strong as 1 because nearly all of the songs in S1 were fully developed songs that had been toured. It seemed insane to expect them to write a full comedy season and accompany it with original songs, but they managed to do that for S2, but it just didn’t have the same quality.
[удалено]
You’re a legend, Dave
Daria
[удалено]
gravity falls, im suprised i havnt seen this
My kids (6 and 8) just watched every single episode and I was totally into it! It’s rare that a kids show sucks me in like that. I didn’t even protest when they finished the series and promptly started watching it over again.
So. Good.
it just got better. not what he seems had me shook when it first aired
Keeping Up Appearances, Patricia Routledge, Clive Swift. The whole cast was talented, had impeccable timing, the innuendo it’s hilarious! I still laugh when I catch an episode. It’s very relaxing.
The poor lady unable to hold a cup of tea. We can all relate.
Nathan For You
If The Rehearsal had more than one season, I’d include that too.
Anyone with withdrawing and needing more cringe “How to With John Wilson” is great and for something SUPER wholesome “Joe Pera Talks with You”
OH WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO PARK YOUR CAR?
I like when he did the talkshow circuits in character and fabricated a real life fantastic story he could tell in 2 minutes. Really exposed the talk show formula really, I never thought about it before.
Sopranos
Quasimodo predicted all of this
The Sopranos is like a finely crafted novel. You can feel the shift at the beginning of Season 4 where it’s pretty much the beginning of the end for Tony. Instead of maneuvering to get ahead, he’s starting to maneuver to stay out of prison and not be killed. It’s a brilliant show that holds up so well in repeat viewing.
Woke up this morning....
A masterpiece. I wonder if it's not higher up because some people hated the ending. I thought it was perfect though. If we saw Tony get hit, it would have been too predictable. The ambiguity of not knowing how or when his story ended make me feel a strange empathy for his family.
“Having a main character on a TV show be capable of murder whilst retaining likable qualities was mind-blowing to audiences at the time, though we might take it for granted nowadays.”
My favorite part of The Sopranos is that there is basically no music/score throughout the entire show. The only music you hear is in intros/outros and music that the characters can also hear.
Wow, took me a while to find this one. What I chose as well. Whether you agreed with their creative choices or not the characters were so compelling and you could never be complacent bc they’d always surprise you. One of my faves.
Firefly .... because it never got a chance to 😭
You can't take the sky from me!
Not getting a chance to drop in quality is probably the only way a show can avoid dropping in quality.
The Bob Newhart Show
Hi Bob!
What we do in the shadows. Stellar from start to end. I think there is new seasons coming out. But it's fabulous.
Fucking guy
BAT!!
“You 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 are the most devious bastard in ✨𝘕𝘦𝘌𝘦𝘞 𝘠𝘰𝘖𝘰𝘙𝘬 𝘊𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘈𝘢yy✨”
“I am not a creep, I am just a powerful and ancient warrior who wishes to marry you.”
Nadja, imo, carries that show. The other 3 vamps are amazing, don't get me wrong. But the actress that plays Nadja has that unique talent where she can simply look at the camera and it will make you laugh. She doesn't even need dialog to be funny, and that is a rare thing.
just your regular human bartender, jackie daytona
Gizmo!
Coming from a regular human redditor~
Oh thank goodness. I was worried that it was a bad knockoff of the original movie. Glad to hear it's doing well.
Sometimes I feel like I'm the only person who's watched these shows, but:
I, for boring reasons, have never seen the final season of Warehouse 13. My wife recently bought me the series, so I'm hoping to finish it soon!
Some good shit right there. Peak end-game Sci Fi offerings... or was it SyFy by that point?
Person of interest. Intelligent, well paced, and never predictable. The ending was just as well written, and thought out as the pilot episode.
It's been a long while since I've seen Person of Interest mentioned anywhere. But yeah, that is definitely a show that did not decline. It just kept going up and up!
Oh good choice! Forget about this show sometimes. It’s never streaming anywhere for some reason.
Yea I feel like this is one that constantly got better and never really had a character I didn’t like.
Imho 'Person Of Interest' is one of those very rare series that actually got better as it went along.
Absolutely.
The Inbetweeners (UK)
peep show
This show is so painful to watch, but in the most enjoyable way? It's hard for me to get cringe from scripted scenarios, but holy shit, that show delivers.
Not only that but the show gets BETTER as it goes on. And the side characters are S-tier.
The Good Place. The writers knew exactly what they wanted to do it, they did it, and didn't linger any longer even though it was surely successful enough that they could've gotten more seasons if they'd wanted to milk it.
the one thing I really hate about most TV shows is that they get really good and really popular and the network and writers get addicted to the cash and don't know when to quit. it's why so many good TV shows end up being shit
I just finished a full rewatch and I have to say, it gets better every time you watch it because you notice more of the little details. You can really tell that the writers planned it out well.
Every season finale seemed like they'd written themselves into a corner. they couldn't continue what they'd been doing because of the way they ended it, and most shows (most writers) can't change direction and keep up the quality.
The wave becomes the ocean...
At the end of each season, I found myself asking “ok, but how are they going to keep it going now?”. And they did.
Season 2 was the best season of any show ever, with the Trolley Problem the absolute pinnacle. Season 3 seemed the weakest at first but after literally dozens of complete series rewatchings (we put it on when we just want something on), I can’t say it ever faded for me. It’s absolute perfection in a TV show.
Schitts Creek. The characters developed fantastically through the end
I knew of the show for a while, but because of the advertising and channel it was carried on, I assumed it was one of those dime a dozen sitcoms that was just riding on it's poop joke title. I was absolutely not emotionally prepared for where that show went.
I consistently cry like a baby when David says I want those people to know that I'm not a joke... that I've won!
Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul
Better Call Saul quality is something else, the cinematography is even bette than Breaking Bad. Is a piece of art
Babylon 5. Literally the first season was the weakest then it just shot up from there
Keeping Up With The Kardashians
Can't go down when you start at rock bottom
MASH