Television Meme
Jan. 27th, 2009 06:21 pmEmpire Magazine has revealed its list of the 50 Greatest TV Shows ever.
1. Bold the shows you watch/used to watch.
2. Italicize the shows you've seen at least one episode of.
3. Underline the shows you own on DVD (at least one season).
4. Post your answers.
TG's addition: Bold & Italicized means I watched a LOT of episodes but not enough to be completely bolded
50. Quantum Leap <-- watching over again from beginning on DVD; up to S3 now
49. Prison Break
48. Veronica Mars
47. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
46. Sex & The City
45. Farscape <-- trying to make it through now. Stuck between season 2 & 3
44. Cracker
43. Star Trek
42. Only Fools and Horses
41. Band of Brothers
40. Life on Mars
39. Monty Python
38. Curb Your Enthusiasm
37. Star Trek: The Next Generation
36. Father Ted
35. Alias
34. Frasier
33. CSI Las Vegas
32. Babylon 5
31. Deadwood
30. Dexter
29. ER
28. Fawlty Towers
27. Six Feet Under
26. Red Dwarf
25. Futurama
24. Twin Peaks
23. The Office <-- have seen 2 eps of The Office US but all of The Office UK
22. The Shield
21. Angel
20. Blackadder
19. Scrubs
18. Arrested Development
17. South Park
16. Doctor Who
15. Heroes
14. Firefly
13.Battlestar Galactica
12. Family Guy
11. Seinfeld
10. Spaced
09. The X-Files
08. The Wire
07. Friends
06. 24
05. Lost
04. The West Wing
03. The Sopranos <-- need to finish S6 though!
02. Buffy the Vampire Slayer
01. The Simpsons <-- haven't watched it religiously in a while but used to watch every episode
Just for kicks (not for the meme) here's what TV I own on DVD:
The 10th Kingdom (TV miniseries)
Angel the Series Seasons 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Batman- the Animated Series: Secrets of the Caped Crusader
The Big Bang Theory Season 1
Blood Ties
Bob and Rose
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Seasons 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Love is Hell
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion the Witch and the Wardobe (BBC made for TV movie)
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian and the Voyage of the Dawn Treader (BBC made for TV movie)
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Silver Chair (BBC made for TV movie)
The Dead Zone Season 1
Dexter Season 1
Dinotopia (TV miniseries only)
Doctor Who Series 1: Volumes 3 & 4
Doctor Who Series 3, 4
Doctor Who: The Infinite Quest
FAKE
Firefly
Forever Knight Seasons 1 & 2 (still need S3)
Fraggle Rock: Where it All Began
Gargoyles Season 1
Ghostbusters (2 episodes of animated series that came with the 2-disc movie set)
Heroes Season 1
Highlander Seasons 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Highlander the animated series
Highlander: Unholy Alliance (special version of 2-parter episodes)
Horatio Hornblower (A&E series)
How I Met Your Mother Seasons 1, 2, 3
Jim Henson's The Storyteller
Long Way Down
Long Way Round
Moonlight
The OC Season 1
Perfect Strangers Seasons 1 & 2
The Pirates of Dark Water Seaons 1 & 2 (or 1, 2, 3 depending on who you ask)
Prison Break Seasons 1, 2
Queer as Folk US Seasons 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Queer as Folk UK Series 1, 2
The Ron Clark Story (made for TV movie)
Rose Red (TV miniseries)
Star Wars: Clone Wars Volumes 1 & 2
Stargate SG-1 Seasons 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Torchwood Series 1 & 2
Weis Kreuz/Knight Hunters
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles Volumes 1, 2
And I just bougth Extras Seasons 1 & 2 from Amazon.com. And I'm considering buying X-Men Evolution off iTunes sometime in the very near future. Then my next list of "really really want" are Heroes S2, Doctor Who Series 2 & the parts of 1 I don't have (I *desperately* want the extras disc from the 1st DVD set but don't want to buy all of S1 just to get it since I have Vols 3 & 4), Prison Break S3 (just so I can have a complete set cause I have to get S4), and Highlander: the Raven.
1. Bold the shows you watch/used to watch.
2. Italicize the shows you've seen at least one episode of.
3. Underline the shows you own on DVD (at least one season).
4. Post your answers.
TG's addition: Bold & Italicized means I watched a LOT of episodes but not enough to be completely bolded
50. Quantum Leap <-- watching over again from beginning on DVD; up to S3 now
49. Prison Break
48. Veronica Mars
47. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
46. Sex & The City
45. Farscape <-- trying to make it through now. Stuck between season 2 & 3
44. Cracker
43. Star Trek
42. Only Fools and Horses
41. Band of Brothers
40. Life on Mars
39. Monty Python
38. Curb Your Enthusiasm
37. Star Trek: The Next Generation
36. Father Ted
35. Alias
34. Frasier
33. CSI Las Vegas
32. Babylon 5
31. Deadwood
30. Dexter
29. ER
28. Fawlty Towers
27. Six Feet Under
26. Red Dwarf
25. Futurama
24. Twin Peaks
23. The Office <-- have seen 2 eps of The Office US but all of The Office UK
22. The Shield
21. Angel
20. Blackadder
19. Scrubs
18. Arrested Development
17. South Park
16. Doctor Who
15. Heroes
14. Firefly
13.Battlestar Galactica
12. Family Guy
11. Seinfeld
10. Spaced
09. The X-Files
08. The Wire
07. Friends
06. 24
05. Lost
04. The West Wing
03. The Sopranos <-- need to finish S6 though!
02. Buffy the Vampire Slayer
01. The Simpsons <-- haven't watched it religiously in a while but used to watch every episode
Just for kicks (not for the meme) here's what TV I own on DVD:
The 10th Kingdom (TV miniseries)
Angel the Series Seasons 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Batman- the Animated Series: Secrets of the Caped Crusader
The Big Bang Theory Season 1
Blood Ties
Bob and Rose
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Seasons 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Love is Hell
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion the Witch and the Wardobe (BBC made for TV movie)
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian and the Voyage of the Dawn Treader (BBC made for TV movie)
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Silver Chair (BBC made for TV movie)
The Dead Zone Season 1
Dexter Season 1
Dinotopia (TV miniseries only)
Doctor Who Series 1: Volumes 3 & 4
Doctor Who Series 3, 4
Doctor Who: The Infinite Quest
FAKE
Firefly
Forever Knight Seasons 1 & 2 (still need S3)
Fraggle Rock: Where it All Began
Gargoyles Season 1
Ghostbusters (2 episodes of animated series that came with the 2-disc movie set)
Heroes Season 1
Highlander Seasons 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Highlander the animated series
Highlander: Unholy Alliance (special version of 2-parter episodes)
Horatio Hornblower (A&E series)
How I Met Your Mother Seasons 1, 2, 3
Jim Henson's The Storyteller
Long Way Down
Long Way Round
Moonlight
The OC Season 1
Perfect Strangers Seasons 1 & 2
The Pirates of Dark Water Seaons 1 & 2 (or 1, 2, 3 depending on who you ask)
Prison Break Seasons 1, 2
Queer as Folk US Seasons 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Queer as Folk UK Series 1, 2
The Ron Clark Story (made for TV movie)
Rose Red (TV miniseries)
Star Wars: Clone Wars Volumes 1 & 2
Stargate SG-1 Seasons 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Torchwood Series 1 & 2
Weis Kreuz/Knight Hunters
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles Volumes 1, 2
And I just bougth Extras Seasons 1 & 2 from Amazon.com. And I'm considering buying X-Men Evolution off iTunes sometime in the very near future. Then my next list of "really really want" are Heroes S2, Doctor Who Series 2 & the parts of 1 I don't have (I *desperately* want the extras disc from the 1st DVD set but don't want to buy all of S1 just to get it since I have Vols 3 & 4), Prison Break S3 (just so I can have a complete set cause I have to get S4), and Highlander: the Raven.