My new top five TV shows of all time (Page 3): Ms. Fisher’s Murder Mysteries Nero Wolfe (the A&E version with Maury Chaykin and Timothy Hutton) Death in Paradise Stan...

StanMac Loc: Tennessee

Ms. Fisher’s Murder Mysteries
Nero Wolfe (the A&E version with Maury Chaykin and Timothy Hutton)
Death in Paradise
Stan

HamB

jaymatt wrote:

Um, today's "Law and Order" is about as political as a show can get.

Agreed, I watch the old ones.

mr spock Loc: Fairfield CT

SteveR wrote:

My wife and I are on our second time through viewi... (show quote)

Doc Martin is an excellent suggestion. My wife and I subscribe to both Acorn and Britbox. Both are well worth the money. We can recommend The Tower, DCI Banks, Happy Valley and Morse.

pendennis

SteveR wrote:

My wife and I are on our second time through viewi... (show quote)

Have to disagree about L&O. They turned extremely political in a number of episodes. No New York prosecutor can hijack a case from another state to prosecute that case in New York. McCoy also prosecuted a number of crimes which aren't on New York's books, or which poach Federal jurisdiction. The one where the savings bank owner laundered money for the Russians isn't within New York's purview is a prime example. I also grew tired of Jack McCoy's self-righteousness.

twowindsbear

Captain Kangaroo! He taught me so much 65-odd yrs ago.

wrangler5 Loc: Missouri

I assume we're raving about David Suchet's Poirot and Joan Hickson's Miss Marple, both of which are easily re-watchable masterpieces in all their episodes. (I've seen several others play Poirot and at least one other Miss Marple, but they are pale shadows by comparison - IMHO.)

And a +1 for the Hutton/Chaykin Nero Wolfe series. Too bad it only lasted 2 seasons. I read a lot of the books ~50 years ago and nothing about the characters or the brownstone surprised me when the TV series showed up many years later. (And thankfully, to somebody who knows something about revolvers, they didn't try to come up with a Marley revolver with a safety, an extremely rare feature on a revolver.)

LestheK

All in the family. Was a great show that couldn't be made today. Can you image making Blazing Saddles today.

bonjac Loc: Santa Ynez, CA 93460

MASH
Saint Elsewhere

Bultaco Loc: Aiken, SC

luvmypets wrote:

There were so many good shows when I was growing up and I loved watching tv. Today, there are a few shows that are ok but I rarely watch tv now.

Here are a few of my favorites:

High Chaparral
Star Trek (original)
Magnum PI (original)
Hawaii Five-0 (original)
Alias Smith and Jones

Dodie

mikestachowiak Loc: Buffalo, NY

Nobody mentioned Simon and Simon.

TheShoe Loc: Lacey, WA

SteveR wrote:

If I expanded my list out to ten, I would have to include a couple of westerns at least. There are about four on my list to choose from: Gunsmoke, Rawhide, Wagon Train, Bonanza, and the Rifleman. The first two, I think, were my favorites. My Mom loved Wagon Train.

Everybody loved Dobie Gillis and, ofc, Thalia Meninger!!

Have Gun, Will Travel? And how can we overlook Rowan and Martin's Laugh In?

JohnSwanda Loc: San Francisco

SteveR wrote:

If I expanded my list out to ten, I would have to include a couple of westerns at least. There are about four on my list to choose from: Gunsmoke, Rawhide, Wagon Train, Bonanza, and the Rifleman. The first two, I think, were my favorites. My Mom loved Wagon Train.

Everybody loved Dobie Gillis and, ofc, Thalia Meninger!!

For old Westerns don't forget Wanted Dead or Alive, starring Steve McQueen.

josquin1 Loc: Massachusetts

SteveR wrote:

My wife and I are on our second time through viewi... (show quote)

Couldn't stand Friends and where is All in the Family?

Bridges Loc: Memphis, Charleston SC, now Nazareth PA

nospambob wrote:

Put MASH at the top of your list.

Mash is the only sitcom I put on my list because I can't stand the laugh tracks. Once you pick up on the way they repeat about every sixth or eighth laugh, it drives me nuts. "The Office" didn't use laugh tracks and was much better in my opinion. I really do not need the show producers to tell me when to laugh. Someone told me that they remove the laugh tracks in the UK before airing American sitcoms. I don't know if that is true, but if so, bully for them!

jaymatt Loc: Alexandria, Indiana

Bridges wrote:

Mash is the only sitcom I put on my list because I can't stand the laugh tracks. Once you pick up on the way they repeat about every sixth or eighth laugh, it drives me nuts. "The Office" didn't use laugh tracks and was much better in my opinion. I really do not need the show producers to tell me when to laugh. Someone told me that they remove the laugh tracks in the UK before airing American sitcoms. I don't know if that is true, but if so, bully for them!