What were your top 20 all time favorite TV shows?

[Sem]

Oz: Don't know this one. What was the premise? Bob

Very strange show. I also liked it and wish it didn't end do soon.

Zombie mom. Comedy/black comedy. Husband played by Timothy Olyphant was hysterical.

https://youtu.be/vvW8SYF-Ty0

[ozzie]

Pretty much what Sem said and what's seen in the trailer.
Very dark humor. Wife becomes "undead" and she and husband search for a cure while trying to keep things quiet and still satisfy her appetite. They wind up in some crazy situations every episode but manage to get themselves out of it.
The cast is great. Timothy Olyphant and Drew Barrymore are hilarious along with the neighbor kid.

Spoiler...it ends abruptly. Apparently Netflix canceled it without really thinking things thru.
But still worth watching for laughs. I'm actually surprised another network didn't pick it up.

[LennG]

 In no particular order

MASH
All in the Family
Cheers
Breaking Bad
The Sopranos
Game of Thrones
Hill Street Blues
Deadwood
Taxi
The West Wing
Better Call Saul
Band of Brothers
Twilight Zone
The Walking Dead (The first 5 years)
Mad Men
Honeymooners
24 (the first 4 years)
The X Files
Fargo
Sherlock

[GIANTS1]

also in no order an some as a kid

1 seinfeld
2 cheers
3 sgt bilko
4 la law
5 time tunnel
6 big bang theory
7 all in the family
8 blue bloods
9 3 stooges
10 twilight zone
11 batman
12 young shelden
13 dick van dyke
14 bob newhart show
15 lassie
16 yellowstone
17 kojack
18 taxi
19 one step beyond
20 sanford an son

[Ed Vette]

Honeymooners
Seinfeld
Taxi
Cheers
Everybody loves Raymond
King of Queens
Twilight Zone
All In The Family
Big Bang Theory
Young Sheldon
Friends
Sanford and Son
The Beverly Hillbillies
Superman original series
Star Trek
ST Next Generation
ST Voyager
ST Enterprise
Deep Space 9
Bull

As for series:
Breaking Bad
Better Call Saul
Ozark
The Walking Dead

Old series:
The three Stooges with Curly
Laurel and Hardy

[GIANTS1]

god job ed i love the hillbillies should be on my list. always admired how they kept that fresh for nine years. lots of belly laughs.

[Jolly Blue Giant]

A few things I notice on this thread:

1 - Rich started this thread, but he hasn't added his list...

2 - No one (except moi), had "Lost" or "Blacklist" on their list, two of my favorite series of all time, although I admit, "Lost" was lost after the 5th season, but prior to that, show was phenomenal

3 - I should have added "Beverly Hillbillies", "Gilligan's Island", "The Bob Newhart Show", and "All in the Family" to my list. Getting old sucks and I forget the things that used to make me happy and excited for the show to come on. I especially can't believe I didn't have "Ozark" on my list   

4 - Must be no one loves Lucy...LOL (I didn't either, too over the top)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTu8iDynwNc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WYdUaK54fU

[LennG]

Good catch on Ozark, it should be on my list,

Can we name 21 shows       

Myself, I was never a real fan of the Beverly Hillbillies. I found it funny, but just too silly to take seriously, same with Gilligan's Island, funny, but after a while, it just wasn't that funny anymore.  Lucy, though she was an amazing talent, she never really made me want to watch her, anytime. I would have rather watched Carol Burnett and I'm surprised no one included that show. Tim Conway made that show, as we might say, must-watch TV.

Anyone remember the old Topper show, with Leo G Carroll? Also funny in its time, great special effects for its time but today it really wouldn't hold up.

Another show that should have been on my list, along with The Twilight Zone was Alfred Hitchcock's Presents. I NEVER missed that show and good old Alfred was the star of every show even though he was there for maybe a couple of minutes.

[Ed Vette]

I forgot House of Cards. Looks like I needed a list of 30.

[Bob In PA]

Good catch on Ozark, it should be on my list,

Can we name 21 shows       

Myself, I was never a real fan of the Beverly Hillbillies. I found it funny, but just too silly to take seriously, same with Gilligan's Island, funny, but after a while, it just wasn't that funny anymore.  Lucy, though she was an amazing talent, she never really made me want to watch her, anytime. I would have rather watched Carol Burnett and I'm surprised no one included that show. Tim Conway made that show, as we might say, must-watch TV.

Anyone remember the old Topper show, with Leo G Carroll? Also funny in its time, great special effects for its time but today it really wouldn't hold up.

Another show that should have been on my list, along with The Twilight Zone was Alfred Hitchcock's Presents. I NEVER missed that show and good old Alfred was the star of every show even though he was there for maybe a couple of minutes.

Lenn: No one except you is OLD enough to remember Topper.... except for me... and if they ARE old enough and don't live in either NY or Northeast PA they never got to see WPIX. Same for "My Little Margie" starring Gail Storm (by the way, that's one of IMO the greatest stage names of all time.... Gail(gale) = Storm, get it? lol

[Bob In PA]

I forgot House of Cards. Looks like I needed a list of 30.

Ed: Me too.

[DaveBrown74]

House of Cards was pretty excellent (IMO at least). Very well executed series.

[MightyGiants]

It's very difficult for me to put together a list.   There were many shows I loved at the time, but they don't hold up to my aging over the decades.  There are also shows that had a few good seasons but dropped off over time and lost what made them special (sometimes, this happened in only a season).  Sometimes a series wasn't that great, but there were individual episodes or skits that were truly brilliant.  Some great shows were canceled after only a season or two.

[MightyGiants]

It's very difficult for me to put together a list.   There were many shows I loved at the time, but they don't hold up to my aging over the decades.  There are also shows that had a few good seasons but dropped off over time and lost what made them special (sometimes, this happened in only a season).  Sometimes a series wasn't that great, but there were individual episodes or skits that were truly brilliant.  Some great shows were canceled after only a season or two.


I really struggle to just list 20 because of all those factors.

[T200]

Definitely enjoyed reading everyone's lists. Like Rich, I also had a hard time coming up with just 20 and actually forgot about some that I was reminded of by others. But, here's some of mine and I apologize to those shows I didn't include 

In no particular order:

The 6 Million Dollar Man
The Love Boat
Diff'frent Strokes
The Facts of Life
Bugs Bunny and Friends
The Flintstones
Alice
The Jeffersons
Good Times
All in the Family
Sanford and Son
Gilligan's Island
Cheers
In Living Color
The Benny Hill Show
Everybody Loves Raymond
The Greatest American Hero
Modern Family
Living Single
Martin

Series:
Weeds
Ray Donovan
Californication
House of Lies
Breaking Bad
Ozark
You
Your Honor