This is the music thread, right?
We don't have a generic TV thread (yet). Besides, almost all of those shows had music.
I can't believe nobody has mentioned Sports Night.
'Cuz Dana and Perkins don't hang out here very often. Shrift might be by, though.
I can't believe nobody has mentioned Sports Night.
I loved Sports Night but Aaron Sorkin used the same schtick over and over - I think SorkinEra!West Wing is actually a better show but it suffered the same fate.
t /has Sorkin issues
Besides, almost all of those shows had music.
So did WKRP in Cincinnati, one of my favorites.
I can't believe nobody has mentioned Sports Night.
'Cuz Dana and Perkins don't hang out here very often. Shrift might be by, though.
Huh. I do love the show, but there are many people that I would have put in front of me on the SportsNight love.
Also also, on topic, what should I listen to by Of Montreal?
Satanic Panic in the Attic
and
The Bedside Drama: A Petite Tragedy
(which is out of print and may be hard to find)
are my picks. The former is more accessible. It took me one or two listens to warm up to it, but once it hooked me, I was addicted. Listened to it all summer.
So did WKRP in Cincinnati, one of my favorites.
As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly.
As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly.
Possibly the funniest line ever uttered.
God, I hate this list-making crap. I always forget something
(And y'all made the dots. Commander Burrell would be pleased.)
- The Sopranos* esp. Season 1
- The Wire* especially Season 2(Yeah, yeah, it's the whitest. get a grip.)
- Buffy especially the first three seasons.
- Homicide:LOTSespecially the first three seasons
- Mary Tyler Moore
- Northern Exposure
- Hill Street
Most exciting drama I'm currently watching is "Rescue Me" though it'll be some time before I'll know if it can run with the big dogs. But it's looking more like Homicide every day...with the musical montages and junk.
In more or less chronological order:
- Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (my first fandom, age 12)
- My So-Called Life
- X-Files (up through at least season 5, some eps in 6 and maybe 7)
- Buffy (seasons 1-5)
- Buffy (seasons 6-7; separated because it felt like a very different show after Buffy's death and the move to UPN)
- Angel
- Firefly
- Wonderfalls
- Queer as Folk
- Sports Night
I guess that's all of the shows that I've been rabid over. I don't actually watch a whole lot of TV, but there's plenty of stuff I've been meaning to check out on DVD.
edit:
ha! Long-delayed x-post re:
Sports Night.
Love that show. I haven't watched enough
West Wing
to love it the same.
Sports Night is on my Netflix queue.
And Veronica Mars should probably go on my list, too.
I like Rescue Me, but I've only caught a few episodes.
I'm waffling on Wonderfalls. It's a very strong 13 ep run, but in some ways I prefer Dead Like Me, even though it's less consistent.
Not me. I find DLM pretty sickly-sweet. I liked Wonderfalls much more towards the end of the season, but it was still too inconsistent for my list.
And my long-gone touring band used to throw out that final song from WKRP occasionally.