Favorite classic tv shows?

[huskydawg]

I'd like to watch some if you have any ideas, perhaps grab a few season sets from the library. It's crazy how there can be so many channels and nothing on. I liked MacGyver, except the overdone Jack Dalton episodes.

[2ball]

sopranos on amazon prime!

[Bob Cat]

M.A.S.H.

St Elsewhere

[GHIN n Juice]

Is Psych a classic yet? One of my favorite shows of all time. I’m still finding hilarious new 80s references when I rewatch episodes.

[sharkiesj]

Get Smart. Chief, Max, and my fave....the cone of silence. Love it!

Hawaii Five O. Jack Lord rules. Which transitions to ..

Magnum P.I. What a gig. Live in paradise at Robin Master’s estate, drive a Ferrari, and hang out with Rick, TC and Higgins. Along with Zeus and Apollo.

 

The Larry Sanders show. Best. Show. Ever.

[ohioglfr]

Dramas: House of Cards

Sopranos

Perry Mason

The Twilight Zone

 

Comedy: Carol Burnett Show (couldn't get enough of Harvey Korman, Tim Conway)

Saturday Night Live (original cast)

Keeping Up Appearances (British sit-com)

The Phil Silvers Show (aka Sergeant Bilko)

 

Variety: The Ed Sullivan Show

The Jackie Gleason Show

[ohioglfr]

M.A.S.H.

St Elsewhere

I forgot about St. Elsewhere . . . well produced, good writers, acting.

[Qqq123xx]

The Addams Family

 

Kojak "Who Loves ya Baby."

 

Space 1999

 

Dark Angel Jessica Alba enough said

 

Farscape

 

Firefly

 

Is almost 20 years classic? And yeah I like me some Sci-Fi.

[golfandfishing]

King of the Hill. Will watch it anytime it is on.

[bscinstnct]

The Addams Family

 

Kojak "Who Loves ya Baby."

 

Space 1999

 

Dark Angel Jessica Alba enough said

 

Farscape

 

Firefly

 

Is almost 20 years classic? And yeah I like me some Sci-Fi.

 

Old school sci fi!

 

Buck Rogers with Erin Gray!

 

Also, that show/miniseries "V" was good.

 

And original Battletar!

 

 

 

Best show ever was Three is Company, of course ; )

[Wriggles]

Beverly Hillbillies.

 

McHale's Navy.

 

Addams Family.

 

Munsters.

 

Perry Mason.

 

All are still on reruns.

 

The list could go on and on.

[craigeyb]

Classic Doctor Who, Dallas (Season 9.) Callan, Colditz.

[PixlPutterman]

I have recently introduced my 12 year old daughter to Seinfeld, she's much more a smart Word not allowed these days now :)

[Bonneville85308]

Columbo

 

[bscinstnct]

Columbo

 

 

Culp was so good in Columbo. Him and Jack Cassidy.

[MarkFromTheUK]

The West Wing. The greatest telly prog of all time.

[Texas1]

Blackadder series 2,3,4

Only fools and horses

Faulty Towers

Miami Vice

Original Battlestar Gallactica

Cagney and Lacy

Airwolf

Red Dwarf

[Pulledabill]

sopranos on amazon prime!

 

Currentky watching it again on Prime even though Ive watched it 3x years ago. Always find something I missed.

[Steele47]

Yeah I love Psych too like someone above mentioned. My favorite episode is "Lassie Jerky". I think that was the name of it.

 

I remember liking Soap quite a lot as a kid. WKRP was another favorite. Off topic since it's a movie but saw 'The Seven Ups' the other night with Roy Scheider. That's a great flick that I don't hear mentioned very often. Unbelievable car chase in that movie.

 

Also, as already mentioned. Colombo. Fawlty Towers (think he only made 6 episodes) are great shows. And rediscovered Frasier recently. Forgot how clever that show could be.

[SixtySomePing]

Rawhide

The Wild West

Twilight Zone

The Outer Limits

Red Skelton Show

Laugh-In

Carol Burnett

All in the Family

Ed Sullivan Show

Andy Williams Show

Jack Benny Show

Tonight Show Johnny Carson

Monty Python

Jackie Gleason Show

Mission Impossible

Columbo

Dragnet

The Man From U.N.C.L.E.

Secret Agent

Original Star Trek

Combat

Bonanza

Gunsmoke

[Fellaheen51]

SCTV - Insanely funny sketch comedy. Bobby Bittman. Edith Pric*ley. Johnny LaRue. Guy Cabarello. Bob & Doug McKenzie. Lola Heatherton. Youtube SCTV's "Bob Hope Desert Classic".

 

Wide World of Sports - Where else would you be able to watch the Hahnenkamm? Irish Hurling anyone?

The Fugitive - Would Dr. Richard Kimble ever find the one-arm man?

In Living Color - Two snaps up.

The Untouchables - Robert Stack as Elliot Ness. G-Men against the mobsters.

Seinfeld - Of course. "Master of My Domain". Kramer's Merv Griffen show set. "No soup for you." Shrinkage. Frank & Estelle.

Happy Days - The Fonz. Arnold's Drive-In. Indirectly responsible for the term "Jumping the Shark".

Steve Allen Show - Ahead of its time. "Hi-ho Steverino!". Man on the Street. Gordon Hathaway.

Hill Street Blues - A great ensemble cast. Followed by NYPD Blues. Andy Sipowicz.

All the classic Westerns - Bonanza, The Virginian, Rawhide, Wanted: Dead or Alive, Wagon Train, Gunsmoke, Maverick, The Rifleman, Cheyenne, The Lone Ranger, Have Gun - Will Travel.

Taxi - Latka, Louie, Reverend Jim, Alex.

The Honeymooners' - Gleason and Carney. "To the moon Alice".

Cheers - Everyone needs a joint to frequent where they know your name.

The American Sportsman - Hunting and Fishing before cable.

 

The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle - Because it was different than the standard cartoon fare. Wayback machine. Boris & Natasha. Mr. Know-It-All.

[Hilltopper413]

Some that havent been named:

 

Andy Griffith Show

Murder, She Wrote

Leave it to Beaver

Alf

 

[Hawkeye77]

I love lots of old TV shows. But, my two all-time favorites since I was a kid and to this day:

 

The Andy Griffith Show

Maverick

 

then Roy Rogers

 

Everything else starts a notch or two below.

 

Now, if these shows are on, I'll watch and not change channels, or already have the DVD sets, lol.

 

Perry Mason

The Big Valley

Mannix

Magnum P.I.

The Avengers

The Saint

M*A*S*H*

The Guns of Will Sonnett

Laredo

Peter Gunn

Lancer

 

Edit: not sure why the cowboy private eye emphasis, never liked the medical shows and a lot of the attorney shows got to be a little much, still the occasional Burke's Law was always entertaining and in the PI genre Cannon was fun.

[PixlPutterman]

Not an "old" show, but easily a classic for me..........Newsroom.

 

I really wish AS made more than 3 seasons of it.

[MtlJeff]

I watched "Law and order" religiously growing up. Love that show

 

More recently, season 2-3 of Futurama are amazing

 

 

 

 

[deadsolid...shank]

Being it’s Thanksgiving time, a shout out has to go to WKRP in Cincinnati and the turkey promotion. “Oh, the humanity”!

[Wriggles]

Not to get off the subject, but does anyone watch the B grade cowboy movies from the 1930's? Watched one yesterday with a "young" John Wayne. Those movies seem to travel in different time eras. In the chase scenes, telephone poles are seen. The ladies' hair and clothes in the 1930's fashion, also. The Duke thwarted a bank holdup, shooting a couple bandits without aiming his pistol, and singing, playing a guitar, while riding his horse.

 

I guess the Duke wanted to be Gene Autry.

[Bob Cat]

The Duke abides.

[Santiago Golf]

At 23, M*A*S*H* is one of my all time favorite shows

[airjammer]

No quantum leap love? I loved that show