What are your top five television series of all time

[Rhanen]

I'm leaving anime out:

Live Action

_The X-Files
_The Twilight Zone
_The Incredible Hulk
_Buck Rogers
_El Zorro (Disney)


Animated

_Batman TAS
_Super Friends
_Spider-Man (1967)
_Pink Panther Show
_G.I.Joe

[Heeeere's Olesker!]

I think you made great choices, Mikey. A wonderful mix of genres. Plus you inspired the rest of us to expand our choices!

This question was so hard for me to answer because I am a fan of so many things, it's like asking me to choose five favourite musicians or bands, given that I have around 40 favourite musicians/bands.

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Kim and I loved CSI: Miami. H was fantastic, even though he sort of became a caricature of himself toward the end. I do think he gets the award for the coolest signature move ever seen on television when he would turn sideway, slowly peel off his aviator sunglasses with two hands and turn to glare at a perp. Withering! Columbo's "Oh, just one more thing..." is, imo, the runner up.

Live action
Criminal minds - loved almost every episode but slightly marred towards the end when the actor who player aaron was fired.
Supernatural - the first few series were the best but could still watch over again
Buffy the vampire slayer - as a teen this show was everything although it slightly lost its way in the final series
CSI - not necessarily all the series but those series with the original cast still hold a place in my tv heart
24 - even rewatching I get as into it as I did when I first watched it

Animated
Jayce and wheeled warriors - when I was a kid I was up at 6am to watch it
Ulysses 3000 - recently dug this out for my 12yo and he really enjoyed
He-man filmation - will still sit down randomly and watch an episode or ten
X-men - the theme tune is everything
Visionaries: knights of the magical light - dug this up last year and still enjoyed it 30+ years after seeing it as a kid

[HarryCanyon]

Live action
Tales from the Crypt
Mystery Science Theater 3000
The X-Files
Nightcourt
Farscape

More i enjoy
Star Trek (TOS TNG DS9 and Voyager), The A-Team, Married with children, Night Gallery, Tales from the Darkside, Creepshow the series, SNL (70s 80s 90s and early 2000s), The Incredible Hulk, CSI (original Vegas and New York), Twilight Zone (original and 80s), The Muppet Show, Fraggle Rock, Supernatural, Unsolved Mysteries, SC-TV, Mr Ed, Red Dwarf, Sherlock Holmes (Granada series), Monsters, Buffy and Angel, Chappell show, MadTV, Three's Company, Babylon 5, Sanford and Son, Friday The 13th the series, The Dark Crystal Age of Resistance, Alf, Stranger Things, Twin Peaks, The Mandorlean, Daredevil, Heroes, Max Headroom, Dinosaurs, Magnum PI, Carnivale, Cheers, Sledgehammer, Are you Afraid of the Dark, The Addams Family, The Munsters, Seinfeld, Sightings, Jim Henson's The Storyteller, Werewolf, Amazing Stories, Forever Knight, Beauty and the Beast (1987 to 1990), Game of Thrones, V, Lois and Clark the new adventures of Superman, MASH, Dexter, The Goldbergs, Jackass, Swamp Thing (old and new), Knightrider, Batman (60s), Third rock from the Sun, Wonder Woman, Once upon A Time, Penny Dreadful, The Flash (old and new), Seaquest, Alien Nation, It's Always Sunny in Phildelphia, Pushing Daisies, Smallville, Kyle and Peele, American Gladiators, Fresh Prince of Bel Air, Family Matters, Miami Vice, 1001 Ways to Die, Kolchak the Night Stalker, The Outer Limits (old and 90s), The Kids in the Hall, Rescue 911, The Hitchhiker, Hercules, Xena, The Office (both versions), Fringe, Ripley's Believe it or Not.

Animated
Batman TAS
Futurama
Gargoyles
Spawn
Batman Beyond

Others i enjoy
The Simpsons (Seasons 1 to 11, no Zombie Simpsons crap which is seasons 12 to now), Looney Tunes, Cowboy Bebop, Thundercats (original and 2011), Transfomers (GI Beast Wars and Prime), Ducktales (old and new), X-Men TAS, Wolverine and the X-Men, GI Joe, Real Ghostbusters, MOTU (original and 200X MYP and Filmation She-Ra), Talespin, Chip and Dale Rescue Rangers, Darkwing Duck, Superman (Fleschier 1988 and 1996 to 2000), Sonic The Hedgehog (SatAM Adventures X and Sonic Boom), Aeon Flux, Liquid TV, Hellsing, The Maxx, The Head, Love Death and Robots, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Original and 200X), Count Duckula, Dangermouse (old and new), Justice League, Swat Kats, Freakazoid, Beetlejuice, Robot Chicken, Garfield and Friends, Heathcliff, Pinkie and the Brain, Tiny Toon Adventures, Animaniacs, Regular Show, Beavis and Butthead, Daria, My Little Pony Friendship is Magic, Duckman, King of the Hill, Bojack Horseman Flintstones, Jetsons, Ranma 1/2, Extreme Ghostbusters, Frisky Dingo, Rick and Morty, Harvey Birdman, Trigun, The Critic, South Park, Dr Katz, Black Lagoon, Johnny Quest (old and New Adventures), Celebrity Deathmatch, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Disnechanted, Undone, Primal, Spider-Man (60s Amazing Friends 90s and Spectacular), Archer, Rocky and Bullwinkle, Dragonball and DBZ, Sailor Moon, InuYasha, Tenchi, Rocko's Modern Life, Ren and Stimpy, Doug (Nick), Muppet Babies, Road Rovers Goof Troop, Harley Quinn, Biker Mice from Mars, Ugly Americans, Fist of the North Star, The Raccoons, Samurai Pizza Cats, Aladdin the series, Catdog, Gummi Bears, Powerpuff Girls (original), Dexter's Lab, Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, Dungeons and Dragons, The New Adventures of Mighty Mouse, Men in Black the series, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, F is for Family, Final Space, Berserk, Metalocolypse, Venture Bros.



Top that folks!

[Heeeere's Olesker!]

I have a particular love for people who do not follow the rules, me being one of them.

Live action
Tales from the Crypt
Mystery Science Theater 3000
The X-Files
Nightcourt
Farscape

More i enjoy
Star Trek (TOS TNG DS9 and Voyager), The A-Team, Married with children, Night Gallery, Tales from the Darkside, Creepshow the series, SNL (70s 80s 90s and early 2000s), The Incredible Hulk, CSI (original Vegas and New York), Twilight Zone (original and 80s), The Muppet Show, Fraggle Rock, Supernatural, Unsolved Mysteries, SC-TV, Mr Ed, Red Dwarf, Sherlock Holmes (Granada series), Monsters, Buffy and Angel, Chappell show, MadTV, Three's Company, Babylon 5, Sanford and Son, Friday The 13th the series, The Dark Crystal Age of Resistance, Alf, Stranger Things, Twin Peaks, The Mandorlean, Daredevil, Heroes, Max Headroom, Dinosaurs, Magnum PI, Carnivale, Cheers, Sledgehammer, Are you Afraid of the Dark, The Addams Family, The Munsters, Seinfeld, Sightings, Jim Henson's The Storyteller, Werewolf, Amazing Stories, Forever Knight, Beauty and the Beast (1987 to 1990), Game of Thrones, V, Lois and Clark the new adventures of Superman, MASH, Dexter, The Goldbergs, Jackass, Swamp Thing (old and new), Knightrider, Batman (60s), Third rock from the Sun, Wonder Woman, Once upon A Time, Penny Dreadful, The Flash (old and new), Seaquest, Alien Nation, It's Always Sunny in Phildelphia, Pushing Daisies, Smallville, Kyle and Peele, American Gladiators, Fresh Prince of Bel Air, Family Matters, Miami Vice, 1001 Ways to Die, Kolchak the Night Stalker, The Outer Limits (old and 90s), The Kids in the Hall, Rescue 911, The Hitchhiker, Hercules, Xena, The Office (both versions), Fringe, Ripley's Believe it or Not.

Animated
Batman TAS
Futurama
Gargoyles
Spawn
Batman Beyond

Others i enjoy
The Simpsons (Seasons 1 to 11, no Zombie Simpsons crap which is seasons 12 to now), Looney Tunes, Cowboy Bebop, Thundercats (original and 2011), Transfomers (GI Beast Wars and Prime), Ducktales (old and new), X-Men TAS, Wolverine and the X-Men, GI Joe, Real Ghostbusters, MOTU (original and 200X MYP and Filmation She-Ra), Talespin, Chip and Dale Rescue Rangers, Darkwing Duck, Superman (Fleschier 1988 and 1996 to 2000), Sonic The Hedgehog (SatAM Adventures X and Sonic Boom), Aeon Flux, Liquid TV, Hellsing, The Maxx, The Head, Love Death and Robots, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Original and 200X), Count Duckula, Dangermouse (old and new), Justice League, Swat Kats, Freakazoid, Beetlejuice, Robot Chicken, Garfield and Friends, Heathcliff, Pinkie and the Brain, Tiny Toon Adventures, Animaniacs, Regular Show, Beavis and Butthead, Daria, My Little Pony Friendship is Magic, Duckman, King of the Hill, Bojack Horseman Flintstones, Jetsons, Ranma 1/2, Extreme Ghostbusters, Frisky Dingo, Rick and Morty, Harvey Birdman, Trigun, The Critic, South Park, Dr Katz, Black Lagoon, Johnny Quest (old and New Adventures), Celebrity Deathmatch, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Disnechanted, Undone, Primal, Spider-Man (60s Amazing Friends 90s and Spectacular), Archer, Rocky and Bullwinkle, Dragonball and DBZ, Sailor Moon, InuYasha, Tenchi, Rocko's Modern Life, Ren and Stimpy, Doug (Nick), Muppet Babies, Road Rovers Goof Troop, Harley Quinn, Biker Mice from Mars, Ugly Americans, Fist of the North Star, The Raccoons, Samurai Pizza Cats, Aladdin the series, Catdog, Gummi Bears, Powerpuff Girls (original), Dexter's Lab, Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, Dungeons and Dragons, The New Adventures of Mighty Mouse, Men in Black the series, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, F is for Family, Final Space, Berserk, Metalocolypse, Venture Bros.



Top that folks!

[banthafett]

Live action

Twin peaks
Married with children
Seinfeld
Good times
Mama's family

Honorable mention, My name is earl, What's happening

Animated

King of the hill
Bobs burgers
BTAS
Mickeys Christmas carol (yeah not a series. But I recorded it on vhs in 84 and watched it so much)
F is for family

Honorable mention, gi joe, jayce

[theAncients]

Live action
Tales from the Crypt
Mystery Science Theater 3000
The X-Files
Nightcourt
Farscape

More i enjoy
Star Trek (TOS TNG DS9 and Voyager), The A-Team, Married with children, Night Gallery, Tales from the Darkside, Creepshow the series, SNL (70s 80s 90s and early 2000s), The Incredible Hulk, CSI (original Vegas and New York), Twilight Zone (original and 80s), The Muppet Show, Fraggle Rock, Supernatural, Unsolved Mysteries, SC-TV, Mr Ed, Red Dwarf, Sherlock Holmes (Granada series), Monsters, Buffy and Angel, Chappell show, MadTV, Three's Company, Babylon 5, Sanford and Son, Friday The 13th the series, The Dark Crystal Age of Resistance, Alf, Stranger Things, Twin Peaks, The Mandorlean, Daredevil, Heroes, Max Headroom, Dinosaurs, Magnum PI, Carnivale, Cheers, Sledgehammer, Are you Afraid of the Dark, The Addams Family, The Munsters, Seinfeld, Sightings, Jim Henson's The Storyteller, Werewolf, Amazing Stories, Forever Knight, Beauty and the Beast (1987 to 1990), Game of Thrones, V, Lois and Clark the new adventures of Superman, MASH, Dexter, The Goldbergs, Jackass, Swamp Thing (old and new), Knightrider, Batman (60s), Third rock from the Sun, Wonder Woman, Once upon A Time, Penny Dreadful, The Flash (old and new), Seaquest, Alien Nation, It's Always Sunny in Phildelphia, Pushing Daisies, Smallville, Kyle and Peele, American Gladiators, Fresh Prince of Bel Air, Family Matters, Miami Vice, 1001 Ways to Die, Kolchak the Night Stalker, The Outer Limits (old and 90s), The Kids in the Hall, Rescue 911, The Hitchhiker, Hercules, Xena, The Office (both versions), Fringe, Ripley's Believe it or Not.

Animated
Batman TAS
Futurama
Gargoyles
Spawn
Batman Beyond

Others i enjoy
The Simpsons (Seasons 1 to 11, no Zombie Simpsons crap which is seasons 12 to now), Looney Tunes, Cowboy Bebop, Thundercats (original and 2011), Transfomers (GI Beast Wars and Prime), Ducktales (old and new), X-Men TAS, Wolverine and the X-Men, GI Joe, Real Ghostbusters, MOTU (original and 200X MYP and Filmation She-Ra), Talespin, Chip and Dale Rescue Rangers, Darkwing Duck, Superman (Fleschier 1988 and 1996 to 2000), Sonic The Hedgehog (SatAM Adventures X and Sonic Boom), Aeon Flux, Liquid TV, Hellsing, The Maxx, The Head, Love Death and Robots, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Original and 200X), Count Duckula, Dangermouse (old and new), Justice League, Swat Kats, Freakazoid, Beetlejuice, Robot Chicken, Garfield and Friends, Heathcliff, Pinkie and the Brain, Tiny Toon Adventures, Animaniacs, Regular Show, Beavis and Butthead, Daria, My Little Pony Friendship is Magic, Duckman, King of the Hill, Bojack Horseman Flintstones, Jetsons, Ranma 1/2, Extreme Ghostbusters, Frisky Dingo, Rick and Morty, Harvey Birdman, Trigun, The Critic, South Park, Dr Katz, Black Lagoon, Johnny Quest (old and New Adventures), Celebrity Deathmatch, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Disnechanted, Undone, Primal, Spider-Man (60s Amazing Friends 90s and Spectacular), Archer, Rocky and Bullwinkle, Dragonball and DBZ, Sailor Moon, InuYasha, Tenchi, Rocko's Modern Life, Ren and Stimpy, Doug (Nick), Muppet Babies, Road Rovers Goof Troop, Harley Quinn, Biker Mice from Mars, Ugly Americans, Fist of the North Star, The Raccoons, Samurai Pizza Cats, Aladdin the series, Catdog, Gummi Bears, Powerpuff Girls (original), Dexter's Lab, Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, Dungeons and Dragons, The New Adventures of Mighty Mouse, Men in Black the series, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, F is for Family, Final Space, Berserk, Metalocolypse, Venture Bros.



Top that folks!

That is a lot of viewing. Holy smokes.

[Firefly]

Live Action:
1. Game of Thrones. The last season was iffy, but it doesn't change the entertainment the previous seasons gave me.
2. Sopranos. I like mafia stuff in general.
3. Mandalorian. I am a big Star Wars fan and so far, so good. It has the feel of the original movies.
4-5. I probably need to think more on those as nothing stands out as clearly above the pack of my favorite shows. I may add to this post later.

Animated:
1. Filmation Masters of the Universe. The BCI DVD sets that were about to be released were one of the main reasons I joined this site. Despite being a toy cartoon, I like how it didn't feel like one.
2. G.I. Joe. It was a great action cartoon with some sci-fi elements added.
3. Star Wars: The Clone Wars. I am a huge Star Wars fan and this is the best of the Star Wars animated shows. I like how it gave storylines to characters that didn't get much development in the prequel movies (Maul, clone troopers, secondary jedi).
4. Trollhunters. This was probably my favorite cartoon to watch with my kids. The spinoffs were ok and I didn't like the ending to the recent movie, though.
5. Transformers. Optimus Prime and Starscream are among my favorite characters in animation still.

[KidTDragon]

Live action
Tales from the Crypt
Mystery Science Theater 3000
The X-Files
Nightcourt
Farscape

More i enjoy
Star Trek (TOS TNG DS9 and Voyager), The A-Team, Married with children, Night Gallery, Tales from the Darkside, Creepshow the series, SNL (70s 80s 90s and early 2000s), The Incredible Hulk, CSI (original Vegas and New York), Twilight Zone (original and 80s), The Muppet Show, Fraggle Rock, Supernatural, Unsolved Mysteries, SC-TV, Mr Ed, Red Dwarf, Sherlock Holmes (Granada series), Monsters, Buffy and Angel, Chappell show, MadTV, Three's Company, Babylon 5, Sanford and Son, Friday The 13th the series, The Dark Crystal Age of Resistance, Alf, Stranger Things, Twin Peaks, The Mandorlean, Daredevil, Heroes, Max Headroom, Dinosaurs, Magnum PI, Carnivale, Cheers, Sledgehammer, Are you Afraid of the Dark, The Addams Family, The Munsters, Seinfeld, Sightings, Jim Henson's The Storyteller, Werewolf, Amazing Stories, Forever Knight, Beauty and the Beast (1987 to 1990), Game of Thrones, V, Lois and Clark the new adventures of Superman, MASH, Dexter, The Goldbergs, Jackass, Swamp Thing (old and new), Knightrider, Batman (60s), Third rock from the Sun, Wonder Woman, Once upon A Time, Penny Dreadful, The Flash (old and new), Seaquest, Alien Nation, It's Always Sunny in Phildelphia, Pushing Daisies, Smallville, Kyle and Peele, American Gladiators, Fresh Prince of Bel Air, Family Matters, Miami Vice, 1001 Ways to Die, Kolchak the Night Stalker, The Outer Limits (old and 90s), The Kids in the Hall, Rescue 911, The Hitchhiker, Hercules, Xena, The Office (both versions), Fringe, Ripley's Believe it or Not.

Animated
Batman TAS
Futurama
Gargoyles
Spawn
Batman Beyond

Others i enjoy
The Simpsons (Seasons 1 to 11, no Zombie Simpsons crap which is seasons 12 to now), Looney Tunes, Cowboy Bebop, Thundercats (original and 2011), Transfomers (GI Beast Wars and Prime), Ducktales (old and new), X-Men TAS, Wolverine and the X-Men, GI Joe, Real Ghostbusters, MOTU (original and 200X MYP and Filmation She-Ra), Talespin, Chip and Dale Rescue Rangers, Darkwing Duck, Superman (Fleschier 1988 and 1996 to 2000), Sonic The Hedgehog (SatAM Adventures X and Sonic Boom), Aeon Flux, Liquid TV, Hellsing, The Maxx, The Head, Love Death and Robots, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Original and 200X), Count Duckula, Dangermouse (old and new), Justice League, Swat Kats, Freakazoid, Beetlejuice, Robot Chicken, Garfield and Friends, Heathcliff, Pinkie and the Brain, Tiny Toon Adventures, Animaniacs, Regular Show, Beavis and Butthead, Daria, My Little Pony Friendship is Magic, Duckman, King of the Hill, Bojack Horseman Flintstones, Jetsons, Ranma 1/2, Extreme Ghostbusters, Frisky Dingo, Rick and Morty, Harvey Birdman, Trigun, The Critic, South Park, Dr Katz, Black Lagoon, Johnny Quest (old and New Adventures), Celebrity Deathmatch, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Disnechanted, Undone, Primal, Spider-Man (60s Amazing Friends 90s and Spectacular), Archer, Rocky and Bullwinkle, Dragonball and DBZ, Sailor Moon, InuYasha, Tenchi, Rocko's Modern Life, Ren and Stimpy, Doug (Nick), Muppet Babies, Road Rovers Goof Troop, Harley Quinn, Biker Mice from Mars, Ugly Americans, Fist of the North Star, The Raccoons, Samurai Pizza Cats, Aladdin the series, Catdog, Gummi Bears, Powerpuff Girls (original), Dexter's Lab, Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, Dungeons and Dragons, The New Adventures of Mighty Mouse, Men in Black the series, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, F is for Family, Final Space, Berserk, Metalocolypse, Venture Bros.



Top that folks!

Holy crap! When do you sleep?

[Asher Tye]

Live Action

1) Babylon Five
2) Married With Children
3) 30 Rock
4) Addams Family
5) Mike and Molly

Animated

1) Bob's Burgers
2) Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
3) Owl House
4) Pirates of Dark Water
5) The Adventures of Teddy Ruxpin.

This is really just a bare bones list, honestly

[HarryCanyon]

That is a lot of viewing. Holy smokes.

Entertainment is part of my life

[Dcr4]

Jack and furly are mine. Just looking at furly Jill's me. Jack is just awesome for that show.

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I'm more of a Mr. Roper guy myself but Furley was great too.

My list would be:
Office (us)
Seinfeld
Golden Girls
Night Court
Mash
And honorable mention to Freaks and Geeks

[FAKER II]

This was really hard to narrow down. One of the deciding factors was thinking about what shows do I like so much that I own them on DVD or bluray.

Live Action:

- The Mandalorian
- Star Trek: The Next Generation
- X-Files
- Smallville
- Everybody Loves Raymond

Animated:

- Transformers (Sunbow and Toei's Japanese continuation)
- GI*JOE (Sunbow and DIC)
- Masters of the Universe (Filmation and MYP)
- M.A.S.K.
- Super Dimension Fortress Macross

[Wakko]

Live Action

- The Twilight Zone
- The Office (U.S.)
- Mad Men
- Friends
- Community

Animated

- Justice League / Justice League Unlimited
- Animaniacs
- ThunderCats (1985)
- He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (Filmation)
- Freakazoid

[Darth Latveria]

Hmm... this will be hard because it probably changes based on my mood.

Live Action (no particular order)
Golden Girls
Daredevil
Elementary
Blacklist (but it's starting to drop for me)

And I'm having a hard time sticking to 5 so I'll go with the 4 above and say that honorable mentions go to Hawkeye, Loki, Spartacus, GoT, Yellowjackets (only 1 season in but if it continues in quality it'll likely be top 5) and whatever else I'm forgetting now. I'll probably edit later and round out the top 5.

Animated
South Park
JLA Animated Series
TMNT 2002ish era
Kevin Smith MOTU
Archer

[Heeeere's Olesker!]

Gosh, no love for Parks and Recreation?

I get that it was a bit of a pastiche of The Office, as was Brooklyn 9-9, but I thought Parks and Recreation had good storylines, good acting and good chemistry -- unlike Brooklyn 9-9 which imo was lame and was a repetitive one-joke story with characters pulled almost entirely from The Office along with a few from Parks and Recreation. I'd at least give Parks and Recreation an honorable mention...which is what I'm doing now.

[Wakko]

Gosh, no love for Parks and Recreation?

P&R almost took my fifth slot, but I went with Community instead. I love P&R, Arrested Development, and New Girl, all of which vied for that fifth spot.

[UsernameMDM]

Haha! Wow! This is really an impossible feat when you start to think about it! So many good shows and animated series to choose from! From the top of my head, I'll say (and I will add to this later):

Live TV
-Breaking Bad
-True Detective S1
-Game of Thrones S1-S6ish (when they had source material to work from)
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Animated Series
-Avatar: The Last Airbender
-Batman the Animated Series
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[spiritgunner]

Live Action:

Arrow
Black Lightning
Smallville
Batman (1960's series)
Batwoman

Honorable Mention: Whose Line Is It Anyway? (for some good laughs)

Animated:

MOTU (all versions)
POP (both versions)
Yu Yu Hakusho
The Batman (one of the villains in the series reminds me of my brother)
Spectacular Spider-Man

Honorable Mention: Saint Seiya

[anytimepally]

In no particular order...

Live Action:

• The Twilight Zone
• Soap (at least up until Robert Guillaume left)
• Hustle
• Fraggle Rock
• Homicide: Life on the Street

Animated:

• The Boondocks
• Dinosaur Train (of all the shows I've had to sit through with the kids, this one was the best)
• Space Ghost: Coast to Coast
• He-Man & the Masters of the Universe (I prefer the MYP version to Filmation due to the vastly superior animation and better use of some characters (M-E-F & Webstor in particular) but include both here)
• Wacky Races

[Heeeere's Olesker!]

We concur on a lot of your choices.

Gosh, I loved Soap. I also thought Benson was one of the few spin-offs, along with The Jeffersons, that worked and stood on its own. Guillaume made it a thinking person's comedy. I think one of the funniest/dry interchanges ever in a sitcom came between Guillaume and Inga Swenson who brilliantly played the German housekeeper. They get into a heated exchange and, in frustration and with her thick accent, she declares "I am finished!" which came out sounding like "I am Finnish!" Without missing a beat, a faux-perplexed Guillaume responds, "I thought you were German..."

Brilliant writing on that series.

Btw, have you ever heard him sing? He was awesome, imo:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-K-H_at29no

In no particular order...

Live Action:

• The Twilight Zone
• Soap (at least up until Robert Guillaume left)
• Hustle
• Fraggle Rock
• Homicide: Life on the Street

Animated:

• The Boondocks
• Dinosaur Train (of all the shows I've had to sit through with the kids, this one was the best)
• Space Ghost: Coast to Coast
• He-Man & the Masters of the Universe (I prefer the MYP version to Filmation due to the vastly superior animation and better use of some characters (M-E-F & Webstor in particular) but include both here)
• Wacky Races

[anytimepally]

We concur on a lot of your choices.

Gosh, I loved Soap. I also thought Benson was one of the few spin-offs, along with The Jeffersons, that worked and stood on its own. Guillaume made it a thinking person's comedy. I think one of the funniest/dry interchanges ever in a sitcom came between Guillaume and Inga Swenson who brilliantly played the German housekeeper. They get into a heated exchange and, in frustration and with her thick accent, she declares "I am finished!" which came out sounding like "I am Finnish!" Without missing a beat, a faux-perplexed Guillaume responds, "I thought you were German..."

Brilliant writing on that series.

Btw, have you ever heard him sing? He was awesome, imo:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-K-H_at29no

Benson would've have been in a top 10 for sure.

Not only have a heard him sing, but I own 4 of his albums and another from a '60s folk group he was in called The Pilgrims. I am a huge fan.

[Heeeere's Olesker!]

Cool...as was Benson/Guillaume himself.

Benson would've have been in a top 10 for sure.

Not only have a heard him sing, but I own 4 of his albums and another from a '60s folk group he was in called The Pilgrims. I am a huge fan.

[anytimepally]

In no particular order...

Live Action:

• The Twilight Zone
• Soap (at least up until Robert Guillaume left)
• Hustle
• Fraggle Rock
• Homicide: Life on the Street

Animated:

• The Boondocks
• Dinosaur Train (of all the shows I've had to sit through with the kids, this one was the best)
• Space Ghost: Coast to Coast
• He-Man & the Masters of the Universe (I prefer the MYP version to Filmation due to the vastly superior animation and better use of some characters (M-E-F & Webstor in particular) but include both here)
• Wacky Races

Just returning to admit a mistake in my top 5 animated list. Not sure how I could have forgotten it, but Rocky & His Friends/The Bullwinkle Show, which is my absolute favorite animated series of all time, should have been in there.

[Uki]

Wow, that's a tough question. My tastes are fickle and varied, but, at the moment, and limited to simply the Live Action/Animated sets, I'd say...

LA
-Friends
-The Mandalorian
-Modern Family
-Pushing Daisies
-Loki

Animated
-Batman: The Animated Series
-Star Wars: The Cloe Wars
-Star Wars: Rebels
-Adventure Time
-Masters of the Universe (200X)

[jibernish]

I never saw Soap, but I did like Benson a lot, even though I was a bit young for it. Guillaume was great. I was just telling my friend about him the other day. I was 4 when the show started and 10 when it ended, and there's no way a kid that young should have liked the show. But I did and it was because Guillaume was so good. Or at least that's how I remember it. I haven't returned to the show since I was a kid. I probably should, just to see, remember.