Favorite "Classic" TV Shows

[OldDad]

OK, this is the thread for your Top Five favorite old TV shows, or newer ones no longer in production...

My clear #1, and IMHO the best televison show ever produced...

The Andy Griffith show

The rest, in no particular order:

Everybody Loves Raymond
Seinfeld
Hill Street Blues
Mystery Science Theater 3000

OD

[Jimbob]

No order:

Seinfeld
All in the Family
Mr. Bean
Fawlty Towers
Andy Griffith

[Bon Voyage]

Star Trek.  Its. just a great. show.

[Mere Nick]

Yep.  The Andy Griffith show is the best program ever made, bar none.

The other good 'uns

Hill Street Blues
All in the Family
Bonanza
Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling
Star Trek
The Twilight Zone
Gunsmoke
Addams Family

[Weeble]

What about MASH, how could you forget about MASH?

Then The Muppet Show
All In The Family
X-Man Cartoons
Amazing Spider-man Cartoons
The Tick Cartoons (Boy it's great to have two little boys to watch this with again.  :whistle: )

[OldDad]

Used to love M*A*S*H when I was in college, but the liberal political views wore on me over time.  It was very funny, but I don't think it has aged well.

OD

[Mere Nick]

That's the same reason I didn't add it, OldDad.  One starts to add it and remembers Alda and Ferrell.

[kalen]

Seinfeld, all the way.

Another show I remember and really enjoyed was Spielburg's "Amazing Stories" -- anyone remember that one?  You can find it now on VHS, but there was apparently only one season of it.  That was a great show!

And the Smurfs -- ah, I miss those little blue guys...

[spurly]

Andy Griffith
Petticoat Junction
Green Acres
Beverly Hillbillies
Munsters

[Mere Nick]

Spurly's mention of the Munsters reminds me of the Addams Family.

[Jimbob]

Carol Burnett and the Honeymooners!  Good ones!  Another couple of favs of mine are Burns & Allen (reminds me of my grandparents in a way) and the Jeffersons.

[Weeble]

If you are looking that far back when I was little I would sit with my dad and watch re-runs of
Father Knows Best
I Married Joan
Dobie Gillis
The Jack Benny Show
Dick Van Dike Show

It was funny to hear him laugh.

[normfromga]

I may be a good thing that I do not get some of the nostalgia cable channels;  I find that my faves of long ago seem so lame when I see them today on DVD.  I guess that goes with growing up, or becoming more conservative...(sorry, I guess I was a little redundant there...]  In any case, I have been disappointed by viewing several of my best remembered on DVD, including "Rocky&Bullwinkle," "Laugh-In," "I Spy", & "ALF".

So will list five more which are still amongst my favorites, probably because I haven't seen them in many years:

The TICK! (animated only, of course!)
Dick Van Dyke
Dobie Gillis
"Melmac Memories" (the animated ALF series)
Burns & Allen

[marc]

Beverly Hillbillies (the first reality show)
Twilight Zone
Green Acres
St. Elsewhere (hard to find these days)
The Bob Newhart Show

[ConnieLard]

The ones I liked that haven't been mentioned yet (or if they have, I missed it):

"Frasier"
"Northern Exposure"
"The Dean Martin Show"
"Bonanza"

[rick6886]

Well I was born in 68, so my "classics" might be a little newer:

Family Ties
A Team
Star Trek : TNG
This Week In Baseball (the ones with Mel Allen)
Monday Night Football (Cosell, Meredith and Gifford)

my humble 2 cents

Rick

[rick6886]

Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling

Have you ever seen the old wrestling clips with Andy Kaufman and Jerry "The King" Lawlor? Lets be clear I think pro wrestling is phony baloney but when Kaufman got involved I was in stitches I was laughing so hard...

my humble 2 cents

Rick

[samloveall]

WKRP

Early Edition

St. Elsewhere

Chicago Hope

Due South

[Trinity]

Oh boy!   

There are so many, but I may be able to narrow it down to these 5.  In this order:

1.  I Love Lucy (with Dezi) & The Lucy Show (without Dezi)

2.  Who's the Boss?  (I love that show!!!  I wish they would show re-runs at least!)

3.  Little House on the Prairie (I can catch a re-run from time to time)

4.  The Andy Griffith Show (I just love Barney!  What a nut!)

5.  The Carol Burnett Show (It's a shame that there are no re-runs!)

There are so many more that I miss, but there are my five.

[slu-magoo]

Some of my favorites:

Seinfeld
Andy Griffith
Carol Burnett
Alice
That's My Mama
Taxi
Three's Company
Sanford and Son


I still catch reruns of most of these -- but I haven't seen Alice, Carol Burnett, or That's My Mama in a good long while.

Regards.

[boringoldguy]

I may be a good thing that I do not get some of the nostalgia cable channels;  I find that my faves of long ago seem so lame when I see them today on DVD.  I guess that goes with growing up, or becoming more conservative...(sorry, I guess I was a little redundant there...]  In any case, I have been disappointed by viewing several of my best remembered on DVD, including "Rocky&Bullwinkle,"

Nonsense.   

[crocless aussie]

Fawlty Towers
Steptoe and Son
Till Death Do Us Part
Dr Who
Star Trek (The original, not the plastic copies)
Monty Python
The Frost Report
Blackadder

"These are a few of my favourite things..."

Allan

[segell]

I Love Lucy
The Honeymooners
Hill Street Blues
All in the Family
Gunsmoke

And as for the best mini-series ever made for TV:

Lonesome Dove

[spurly]

WKRP

Early Edition

St. Elsewhere

Chicago Hope

Due South

Sam,

Some of your classics aren't very old.  Are they even old enough to be considered a classic?

[mandalee65]

Keep in mind that I was born in 1977. . .

Dukes of Hazzard
Scooby Doo
Little House on the Prairie
Hardcastle & McCormick
Knight Rider

[Jim Abb]

Also in no particular order and with thanks to other posts which helped jog my memory:

Star Trek
Star Trek TNG
Fawlty Towers
Seinfeld
West Wing (the early years while Sorkin was directing)
NYPD Blue
MASH
Northern Exposure
Buffy the Vampire Slayer

runners up
Dick Van Dyke Show
All in the Family
Everybody Loves Raymond
Friends
Sid Ceaser's Show of Shows
Andy Griffith Show
Batman cartoon series from the 90s
I Love Lucy
Monty Python
Cheers

[jdmth2413]

Everybody Loves Raymond

[Angelfaith]

Little House On The Prarie,
Adam 12
Dragnet
Starsky & hutch
The Honeymooners
All In The Family

[janine]

Spurly's mention of the Munsters reminds me of the Addams Family.

My Mike has recently taken to watching the Addams Family movie.  Like, several times.

He gets all misty-eyed over the in-love-with-wild-abandon relationship of Gomez (Raul Julila) and Morticia (Anjelica Huston).

And you know, he's right.  The movie took what was dealt with just a little more lightly in the TV series, and made it alive.

Which is funny, considering the family in the story...

[Angelfaith]

Spurly's mention of the Munsters reminds me of the Addams Family.

My Mike has recently taken to watching the Addams Family movie.  Like, several times.

He gets all misty-eyed over the in-love-with-wild-abandon relationship of Gomez (Raul Julila) and Morticia (Anjelica Huston).

And you know, he's right.  The movie took what was dealt with just a little more lightly in the TV series, and made it alive.

Which is funny, considering the family in the story...

I like The Munsters, but the Addams family puke.
Angelfaith

[Mel777]

Does Three's Company count?! XD

Mah, the good old days. All in the Family and Monty Python are fun shows, too.

[Big Mike Lewis]

These are the ones I remember watching all the time:

Alf
MacGyver
Fawlty Towers
Dukes of Hazzard
Seinfeld (why is this considered classic...am I feeling old?)
Star Trek: TNG

[Cross-titled]

I may be a good thing that I do not get some of the nostalgia cable channels;  I find that my faves of long ago seem so lame when I see them today on DVD.  I guess that goes with growing up, or becoming more conservative...(sorry, I guess I was a little redundant there...]  In any case, I have been disappointed by viewing several of my best remembered on DVD, including "Rocky&Bullwinkle,"

Nonsense. 

Don't forget boring, petty and selfish.

[Cross-titled]

I like all the ones mentioned.  Here's a few of my favorites that we haven't touched on yet.

Candid Camera
Red Skelton
Get Smart
Soap
Mission Impossible

[Angelfaith]

I like all the ones mentioned.  Here's a few of my favorites that we haven't touched on yet.

Candid Camera Yes indeed
Red Skelton Oh yes
Get Smart
Soap
Mission Impossible I like the old Mission Impossible too

Angelfaith