Red Dwarf, Blackadder, Doctor Who (which was a constant from the fourth doctor to the seventh, frankly, and I'm shocked I left it off list the first), Are You Being Served?

I can't believe I forgot about the late-night BBC-via-PBS shows! I watched all of these except Blackadder, which wasn't on my local station's British rotation.

I can't believe I forgot about the late-night BBC-via-PBS shows! I watched all of these except Blackadder, which wasn't on my local station's British rotation.

I left a few off, like Waiting for God (which I can't remember when I watched again), and that one with Judi Dench. OH! Yes, Minister. I was a HUGE Yes, Minister fan.

Pretty much anything with Penelope Keith was on my to watch list.

We also got Chef! which I loved almost as much as Red Dwarf.

that one with Judi Dench

The one with her and her husband? I loved that.

I can't remember the TV shows I watched. I think I've blocked out much of my childhood. There are the obvious ones like Dr. Who and Robin of Sherwood (now, that was talked about at school all the time. We were obsessive--my one foray into RPF and my reason for running screaming from it) and stuff that maybe I shouldn't have been watching like Tenko, but I loved anyway. Bergerac and The Professionals...lots of sports, random American imports like A Team and Dynasty. And kids shows I can't remember properly. Like one with aspidistra aliens. And game shows, like the one with the cards, or Countdown which was absolutely brilliant--I don't know if it's still in force, but there was a British moratorium on the amount of luck you could depend on in a game show, so they were much more effort driven, and you ended up with Mastermind and The Krypton Factor instead of Wheel of Fortune.

I'd recreate it all via DVD if I could. I miss UK programming a lot.

We also got Chef! which I loved almost as much as Red Dwarf.

Oh, yes!

The one with her and her husband? I loved that.

I think so.

P.M. Marcontell, your growing-up TV schedule was remarkably similar to mine. I was all about the US TV from teens onwards. Star Trek, Twin Peaks, The X-Files, Northern Exposure. I saved up babysitting money when I was 15 and bought myself a little TV for my bedroom, and would watch X-Files when it aired at some ridiculous hour like 11.30pm. And then be unable to sleep from the fear of things climbing out of drains and coming to get me.

Despite the American telly obsession, I did also watch the more cult-ish British TV, particularly Red Dwarf. Doctor Who was earlier - it finished for its loooong break when I was a kid - my father had it on a lot during the Davison/Baker/McCoy years. There was actual hiding behind sofas from Daleks, as I recall.

I was a HUGE Yes, Minister fan.

Never got into that until recently. We have Yes, Minister marathons at a friend's house, with much wine.

Did it suck? It probably sucked, didn't it?

Not a clue. Before my time, I think. (Insert tongue-sticking out emoticon here.)

On the social front, he is socializing, but he's somewhat culturally out of touch with his peers which means he sometimes can't join in very well.

One of my favorite Calvin and Hobbes is one in which Calvin tells his dad they have to get cable and his dad says no.

Calvin: "If we don't all watch the same TV, what will keep our culture homogenous? We can't rely on monolithic networks to provide uniform national blandness anymore!"

Dad: "There's still McDonald's and Wal-Mart."

Calvin: "But they don't come into our homes!"

Oh, Northern Exposure! Loved it, too.

Wow. A LOT of TV.

X Files kicked off my college viewing. Well, that and CBS Crimetime after Primetime.

How much did I want Chris in the Morning? Hell, I still would. I'd also like to take Dr. Joel somewhere and mess him up.(Not like "Reach for the sky or I'm gonna...) The fun kind...tousling and shit.