Some of my favorites have already been mentioned...so I won't repeat. Two I enjoyed ,though, that haven't been were Quantum Leap and Stargate.
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#4435871 - 08/26/1802:45 PMRe: Great TV Shows of the Twentieth Century
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Some of my favorites have already been mentioned...so I won't repeat. Two I enjoyed ,though, that haven't been were Quantum Leap and Stargate.
Stargate!
Can't believe I left that off my list, my wife and I are re-watchings SG1 on Hulu now.
I also liked Quantum Leap, need to find that streaming somewhere and re-watch it too.
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#4435920 - 08/26/1809:41 PMRe: Great TV Shows of the Twentieth Century
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Some of my favorites have already been mentioned...so I won't repeat. Two I enjoyed ,though, that haven't been were Quantum Leap and Stargate.
Already got you covered Pooch.
Another of my favorites is Highway To Heaven.
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#4435965 - 08/27/1810:48 AMRe: Great TV Shows of the Twentieth Century
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Originally Posted by BD-123
For my teen years: Ready Steady Go! Which promoted many non-mainstream bands hosted by the 'Queen of the Mods' Kathy McGowan.
Later: The Survivors (1978) I, Cladius
to add to those mentioned already
How similar or different was "Ready Steady Go!" from "Top of the Pops"?
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#4436013 - 08/27/1804:58 PMRe: Great TV Shows of the Twentieth Century
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#4436016 - 08/27/1805:04 PMRe: Great TV Shows of the Twentieth Century
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Originally Posted by NH2112
Gilligan’s Island!
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One of many shows where its premise would not work in our modern world.
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#4436028 - 08/27/1805:51 PMRe: Great TV Shows of the Twentieth Century
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I sometimes wonder if the fact that there were only three major networks folks watched that shows just had to be better - or at least had to appeal to the most people possible.
While it may seem like it would be simpler - one only had two other competitors - few folks managed to program their VCR's (if they had one) beyond a blinking 12:00 so the viewer had to make a choice; there was no "do overs" if one missed the latest episode of M*A*S*H...unless one waited six months for the re-run.
That's also why 100 episodes of a series was such a big deal back then, as it marked the point where syndication for re-runs was viable for the networks, and why a really successful show tried to make each episode stand alone. Two part episodes were very, very rare, as were arching story lines.
One can watch Episode 40 of Magnum P.I. right after watching Episode 50 and it made zero difference to the viewer.
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#4436032 - 08/27/1806:17 PMRe: Great TV Shows of the Twentieth Century
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You make some excellent points Dart.
How many American heavily serialized tv shows were there from the 1950's through the 1980's? I say "heavily" because yes, the pilot episode you usually had to watch first before any other episode since it has all of the character introductions and the set up of the basic premise but after that, you could usually watch the other episodes in any order except for some episodes with major events like a character death or a character leaving the show.
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#4436095 - 08/28/1801:59 AMRe: Great TV Shows of the Twentieth Century
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Blackadder The Young Ones Cheers Perfect Strangers Fawlty Towers Family Ties Get Smart Married… With Children Mork & Mindy Happy Days The Sopranos Friends
How similar or different was "Ready Steady Go!" from "Top of the Pops"?
RSG preceded TotP by one year, 1963, and was made for Independent Television as against the BBC's TotP.
RSG was less mainstream, aimed more at youth viewers, often featuring new or controversial artist which good old conservative Auntie Beeb wouldn't touch. Heavily influenced by the music taste and style of the Mod community. Top of the Pops was pretty much tied to the Top 40 chart playlist. But Top of the Pops had Pan's People, which had quite an effect on the spotty youth that I was at the time
#4436136 - 08/28/1811:15 AMRe: Great TV Shows of the Twentieth Century
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I love Pan's People!!! Not only were they very beautiful but extremely talented dancers too. I was quite surprised when I found out that the main choreographer and one of the founders of Pan's People was actually an American.
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I was way too young to appreciate MASH during its hey day. I was born in 72 so I was just 11 when it went off the air.
I wonder how well the show would hold up now for a modern viewer?
I was absolutely shocked by the difference between the US format of this show (M.A.S.H.) vs the UK format. The UK format apparently got rid of the canned laughter, I had never dreamed there could ever be one, then I saw a US version of the show and had to immediately stop watching it - it made it truly horrible :/
As for great TV shows of the 20th century: Columbo Fawlty Towers Monty Python's Flying Circus Hill Street Blues Cheers The Tube Cosmos Star Trek The Young Ones Only Fools & Horses Horizon The Kenny Everett Show
Children's shows: Trumpton/Camberwick Green The Clangers The Muppet Show
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