TV meme

[cellio]

Sure, why not -- it's short. Italics means I've seen it at least once.
Bold means I've seen it a whole lot/watched it religiously/etc.
Underline means I've seen every episode at least once.

30. Northern Exposure
29. Highlander
28. Wonderfalls
27. The Daily Show
26. Firefly
25. Freaks and Geeks
24. Absolutely Fabulous
23. Forever Knight
22. H. R. Pufnstuf
21. Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman (In someone else's home.)
20. Twin Peaks
19. Dark Shadows
18. Doctor Who
17. The Avengers
16. My So-Called Life
15. Quantum Leap
14. Beauty and the Beast
13. Babylon 5
12. Family Guy
11. Mystery Science Theatre 3000
10. Pee-Wee's Playhouse
9. Xena: Warrior Princess
8. The Twilight Zone (see note)
7. The Prisoner
6. The Simpsons
5. Monty Python's Flying Circus
4. Farscape
3. Buffy the Vampire Slayer
2. The X-Files
1. Star Trek (see note)

(Aside: I would welcome exposure to Firefly and Farscape, if any of my local friends would care to evangelize in my direction.)

Twilight Zone: There are are few episodes that were not syndicated (mostly from the season of one-hour episodes), and I haven't seen them as a result. I have seen the half-hour episode that was pulled from syndication for reasons of offensiveness. There was a revival that aired about 10 years ago that I've only seen a few episodes of because local stations didn't carry it. I've seen every episode of the recent (UPN) revival.

Star Trek: a few episodes of the original series, but all episodes of all the modern series (TNG, DS9, Voyager, Enterprise).

Comments

[jducoeur]

Oh, dear heavens -- you *must* see at least some of Firefly and Farscape. Both are somewhat acquired tastes, and not for everyone, but both are principally built on the back of good writing, so there's good odds that you'll like both of them.

(Farscape has a very distinctly dark, slightly surreal tone that some people love and some hate; it is also pretty continuity-rich, so needs to be watched more or less in order. Firefly is more conventional writing, but often quite witty and *somewhat* less bound to episode order.)

Trek: fascinating -- you're actually one of the very few people I know who knows the modern series very well but *not* the original. Have you at least seen all the *good* episodes of the original? (ST:TOS was far more variable than any of the modern versions, ranging from absolute brilliance to utter wretchedness.)

[anisodragnfly.livejournal.com]

sui66iy, kolojakechick and i all have DVD copies of Firefly. you can borrow mine eventually (we're kind of dragging out watching all the (=15 including 3 unaired) episodes again), but it might be easier to get them from a coworker. you MUST watch Firefly. the only thing wrong with it is that it's no longer in production as a series. but the movie is due out 22 April 2005.

i also got all of Farscape on videotape during an obsessive taping episode. i didn't actually watch it while i was taping it (too much other stuff going on) but have been watching it now as it airs on Sci Fi (i'm a little ways into the 2nd season). i'm pretty happy with it so far. you're welcome to borrow the tapes.