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Mister Ecks
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 Five Favorite Shows of All Time I'm sure we've done this countless times in various formats, but I thought it would be fun to do another list of our favorite shows of all time.
The criteria:
1. Must be five. Not five plus 6 and 7. No honorable mentions. Just five.
2. No combining shows (Ex: Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul)
I'd prefer keeping it at shows that have ended, but I won't make that a rule since two of my five are technically still going. You can also rank them from 1-5 or just list five without a ranking.
My List
5. Seinfeld (1989-1998)
4. 24 (2001-2010 + 2014)
3. Frasier (1993-2004)
2. Breaking Bad (2008-2013)
1. The X-Files (1993-2002 + 2016)
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Re: Five Favorite Shows of All Time Game of Thrones
Breaking Bad
The Wire
24
Firefly
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Dr. Lecter
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Re: Five Favorite Shows of All Time 1. The Simpsons
2. South Park
3. The Shield
4. Breaking Bad
5. 24
The Top 4 are solid. The fifth slot is very difficult with multiple contenders.
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thompsoncory
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Re: Five Favorite Shows of All Time Of shows that have ended:
Lost
Friday Night Lights
Friends
The O.C.
30 Rock
(honorable mention: Happy Endings)
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Re: Five Favorite Shows of All Time 1. Breaking Bad
2. Buffy the Vampire Slayer
3. Game of Thrones
4. The Office
5. Friends
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zwackerm
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Re: Five Favorite Shows of All Time Game of Thrones
Lost
SpongeBob
The Big Bang Theory
The Clone Wars
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CowboyFromHell
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Re: Five Favorite Shows of All Time 1. Seinfeld
2. Breaking Bad
3. 24
4. Married....With Children
5. Cheers
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CowboyFromHell
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Re: Five Favorite Shows of All Time thompsoncory wrote: (honorable mention: Happy Endings) Mister Ecks wrote: The criteria:
1. Must be five. Not five plus 6 and 7. No honorable mentions. Just five.
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thompsoncory
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Re: Five Favorite Shows of All Time Whatever 
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Re: Five Favorite Shows of All Time 1. Friends
2. Seinfeld
3. The Mary Tyler Moore Show
4. Breaking Bad
5. The West Wing
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Mister Ecks
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Re: Five Favorite Shows of All Time thompsoncory wrote: Whatever Well you did it innocently enough.
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Mister Ecks
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Re: Five Favorite Shows of All Time Dr. Lecter wrote: 1. The Simpsons
2. South Park
3. The Shield
4. Breaking Bad
5. 24
The Top 4 are solid. The fifth slot is very difficult with multiple contenders. Same. I really found it difficult to narrow it down. I thought five was better than ten because it just forces you to really pin it down to a concise number without possibly filling it out with a few choices that are more likely to change depending on the day.
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thompsoncory
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Re: Five Favorite Shows of All Time The key word here is "favorite" - like, I know "The O.C." is never going to be on any best of lists but in terms of shows that I have a strong connection to and watch over and over again there's no way in hell that wouldn't make the list for me. I've probably seen the pilot episode of that show 25+ times.
"Lost" and "Friday Night Lights" are my favorite (and in my opinion best) shows of all time though, easy.
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Re: Five Favorite Shows of All Time 1. Friends
2. Game of Thrones
3. Buffy
4. Breaking Bad
5. Grey´s Anatomy
Grey´s is on this based on the number of years I´ve watched it and the times Shonda has owned my soul with it.
Game of Thrones and Buffy are tied tho.
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Re: Five Favorite Shows of All Time zwackerm wrote: Game of Thrones
Lost
SpongeBob
The Big Bang Theory
The Clone Wars No. just..... No. _________________
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Re: Five Favorite Shows of All Time 01. One Piece
02. Game of Thrones
03. Supernatural
04. Code Geass
05. Avatar: The Last Airbender
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Re: Five Favorite Shows of All Time Game of Thrones
Lost
SpongeBob
The Big Bang Theory
Survivor
Forgot that one. I haven't seen a lot of shows, tbh. Besides Lost I've really only watched reality and kids shows until recently.
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thompsoncory
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Re: Five Favorite Shows of All Time Mau wrote: 1. Friends
2. Game of Thrones
3. Buffy
4. Breaking Bad
5. Grey´s Anatomy
Grey´s is on this based on the number of years I´ve watched it and the times Shonda has owned my soul with it.
Game of Thrones and Buffy are tied tho. I need to do a "Buffy" rewatch at some point but that would probably be in my top ten. "Grey's" I'm still watching and if it had stayed at the quality it was at in season 2 I'd have given it a spot. It has some INCREDIBLE episodes which is what keeps me on board - even as of late (that Meredith attack episode last season was maybe the best episode since the shooting episodes in season 6). "Breaking Bad" has "Ozymandias" which will forever be cemented in my opinion as one of the greatest hours of television of all time. But I actually remember finding the first few seasons kind of slow which is why it didn't make the cut for me.
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MadGez
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Re: Five Favorite Shows of All Time 1. Seinfeld
2. Friends
3. Mad Men
4. Boardwalk Empire
5. Game of Thrones
It was difficult to leave off some of the shows I left off the list.
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Re: Five Favorite Shows of All Time Seinfeld
24
Quantum Leap
Arrested Development
It was a tossup between X-men or Batman, but I'm going X-Men: The Animated series.
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Re: Five Favorite Shows of All Time The Simpsons
Game of Thrones
Neon Genesis Evangelion
Breaking Bad
Arrested Development
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Re: Five Favorite Shows of All Time 1. Six Feet Under (2001-2005)
2. The Tudors (2007-2010)
3. Boardwalk Empire (2010-2014)
4. The Leftovers (2014-)
5. The Prisoner (1967-1968)
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Re: Five Favorite Shows of All Time This is so, so, so, so damn tough.
It's gotta be this for me though.
1. The O.C.
2. Dawson's Creek
3. The Wire
4. True Detective
5. Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
Man, this is so impossible making this list. There's some many good episodes, and also some lesser ones here and there, then gotta package that in some kind of grade to compare with other shows.
And then there's the comedies, oh my, I wish to put some in there, but no idea which one to pick, although even the best one would always fall out of the top 4 anyway.
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Re: Five Favorite Shows of All Time 1. The Office (2001-03)
2. Friends (1994-2004)
3. Curb Your Enthusiasm (2000-11)
4. That Mitchell & Webb Look (2006-10)
5. I'm Alan Partridge (1997-2002)
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thompsoncory
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Re: Five Favorite Shows of All Time stuffp wrote: This is so, so, so, so damn tough.
It's gotta be this for me though.
1. The O.C.
2. Dawson's Creek
3. The Wire
4. True Detective
5. Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
Man, this is so impossible making this list. There's some many good episodes, and also some lesser ones here and there, then gotta package that in some kind of grade to compare with other shows.
And then there's the comedies, oh my, I wish to put some in there, but no idea which one to pick, although even the best one would always fall out of the top 4 anyway.  I also loved "Dawson's Creek" when I was younger but don't think it's aged well. I tried rewatching it recently and it was so cheesy and dated. I think "The O.C." has definitely managed to hold up well though.
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