My favorite tv show.

It’s definitely Friday Night  Lights! I’ve watched the series at least three times. Number two is Sopranos and number three is Duke’s of Hazzard.. 

What’s your favorite??

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Dukes of Hazzard has not aged well. You may want to reevaluate the list.

yahooyahoo said:

Dukes of Hazzard has not aged well. You may want to reevaluate the list.

I know the Daisy Duke short shorts  are a little out of style.  

yahooyahoo said:

Dukes of Hazzard has not aged well. You may want to reevaluate the list.

Let's not make this a political debate. Someone's favorite childhood show can't be revised without time travel.  Heck, Little House on the Prairie is painfully cheesy for me to watch now, but I can't change that it was my favorite as a kid. 

bella said:

yahooyahoo said:

Dukes of Hazzard has not aged well. You may want to reevaluate the list.

Let's not make this a political debate. Someone's favorite childhood show can't be revised without time travel.  Heck, Little House on the Prairie is painfully cheesy for me to watch now, but I can't change that it was my favorite as a kid. 

Yeah, maybe we don't want to talk about the 2-part Sylvia episodes.

bella said:

yahooyahoo said:

Dukes of Hazzard has not aged well. You may want to reevaluate the list.

Let's not make this a political debate. Someone's favorite childhood show can't be revised without time travel.  Heck, Little House on the Prairie is painfully cheesy for me to watch now, but I can't change that it was my favorite as a kid. 

we can totally revise what we liked when we were younger. We don't have to deny we liked it. But we can look back with more wisdom and now realize how bad they were. 

Most '80s comedy films are horrific if they are watched now. I liked "Sixteen Candles" when I saw it many years ago. Anyone who watches it now has to be aghast that rape was played for laughs in that movie.

ml1 said:

bella said:

yahooyahoo said:

Dukes of Hazzard has not aged well. You may want to reevaluate the list.

Let's not make this a political debate. Someone's favorite childhood show can't be revised without time travel.  Heck, Little House on the Prairie is painfully cheesy for me to watch now, but I can't change that it was my favorite as a kid. 

we can totally revise what we liked when we were younger. We don't have to deny we liked it. But we can look back with more wisdom and now realize how bad they were. 

Most '80s comedy films are horrific if they are watched now. I liked "Sixteen Candles" when I saw it many years ago. Anyone who watches it now has to be aghast that rape was played for laughs in that movie.

I doubt anyone is aghast at Sixteen Candles but that would be a funny Saturday night live skit!

I used to watch Star Trek and The Wild Wild West with my dad back to back on Fridays when they were on Network.  In my mind, WWW was a great show till I watched it again recently.  Great, not.  Fun, yes.  I can enjoy watching it just for the nostalgia factor.

CharlesG said:

ml1 said:

Most '80s comedy films are horrific if they are watched now. I liked "Sixteen Candles" when I saw it many years ago. Anyone who watches it now has to be aghast that rape was played for laughs in that movie.

I doubt anyone is aghast at Sixteen Candles but that would be a funny Saturday night live skit!

Yes Alex, I will take "Funny Skits about Rape" for 100.

yahooyahoo said:

Dukes of Hazzard has not aged well. You may want to reevaluate the list.

Well, it's "super white" and it "doesn't have a racist bone in its body". I can see why it appeals to Charles.

GoSlugs said:

yahooyahoo said:

Dukes of Hazzard has not aged well. You may want to reevaluate the list.

Well, it's "super white" and it "doesn't have a racist bone in its body". I can see why it appeals to Charles.

Beau and Luke were not racists. Being southern and white does NOT always make you racist. Sheesh. 

CharlesG said:

Beau and Luke were not racists. Being southern and white does NOT always make you racist. Sheesh. 

I can't speak to the characters but a show about a Southern county that has been ethnically cleansed of all non whites and where the main characters drive around in a car with the Stars and Bars on it?  Yeah, that is a little bit racist.

But hey, you're from Ireland.  What do you know about the centuries long, ugly history of racial conflict and oppression in the US?  I am willing to give you a pass because you probably don't have the background to understand the context.

GoSlugs said:

CharlesG said:

Beau and Luke were not racists. Being southern and white does NOT always make you racist. Sheesh. 

I can't speak to the characters but a show about a Southern county that has been ethnically cleansed of all non whites and where the main characters drive around in a car with the Stars and Bars on it?  Yeah, that is a little bit racist.

But hey, you're from Ireland.  What do you know about the centuries long, ugly history of racial conflict and oppression in the US?  I am willing to give you a pass because you probably don't have the background to understand the context.

I was watching I dream of Jeannie a couple mornings ago. The show with no African Americans and a  woman who lives in a bottle and calls her husband Master.  Horrible! 

 

Not having grown up in America, I am sure that you don't realize that the Stars and Bars is a deeply offensive symbol to many Americans.  A bit like the swastika.  We had a war around it.

How we view things, societal mores, how we mature -- these can all surely allow us to admit that some of what we watched as kids wouldn't be considered "appropriate" now ... some Sundays in the '60s, my sister and I would get up early to watch Davey & Goliath ... (Gumby & Pokey with a Christian theme woven in and a moral at the end -- you could find someone who'd have a problem with that today, but some station would still air it). 

Our choices were so limited!  At our beach house we had ONE channel -- ONE! -- ALL SUMMER!  

I'm grateful I don't have to try to monitor any child's television choices today.  TOO MUCH choice is what we have now. What's accepted now wasn't acceptable back then ... and how far do people get to push things before we say "enough").

But I pray for this at least once a week ... Please God, please .... Could SOMEONE find a way to make SNL funny again?   

GoSlugs said:

Not having grown up in America, I am sure that you don't realize that the Stars and Bars is a deeply offensive symbol to many Americans.  A bit like the swastika.  We had a war around it.

comparing the duke of hazard to the Nazi party is weird.  It’s like saying if you liked the Cosby show, you must like rape.   

West Wing

Homeland

Law & Order SVU

I may have to add to this list. Picking favorites is serious business.

Game of Thrones

My favorite shows were mostly mystery/detective shows. 
Always found the British series more interesting. 
masterpiece 

Marple 

Poirot 

Sherlock 

Murdoch 

And of course the comedies. I’m much more interested in British tv than American tv. 

I'm not one to say people shouldn't watch or read or listen to any work of culture or art. But I think it's a bit flip, and a missed opportunity, to skip over the uncomfortable aspects of art, culture, and those who make them. For older works, especially, it's especially interesting to reflect on how culture changes over time. I watched Star Trek TOS a couple years back, and that was definitely interesting. I'm doing TNG now, which in some ways is even more interesting since that's a series I actually have first hand memories of watching to compare and contrast with.

I do wonder what Charles, or his old neighbors, would think of a show where a couple of good old boys drove around rural Ireland in a car painted to look like an Orange Order flag.

PVW said:

I'm not one to say people shouldn't watch or read or listen to any work of culture or art. But I think it's a bit flip, and a missed opportunity, to skip over the uncomfortable aspects of art, culture, and those who make them. For older works, especially, it's especially interesting to reflect on how culture changes over time. I watched Star Trek TOS a couple years back, and that was definitely interesting. I'm doing TNG now, which in some ways is even more interesting since that's a series I actually have first hand memories of watching to compare and contrast with.

I do wonder what Charles, or his old neighbors, would think of a show where a couple of good old boys drove around rural Ireland in a car painted to look like an Orange Order flag.

So you actually believe he's from Ireland?

And his all-time favorite TV series is Friday Night Lights. 

OK

Of recent shows, The Bear is outstanding.

mapleman said:

So you actually believe he's from Ireland?

And his all-time favorite TV series is Friday Night Lights.

OK

You play Charles your way, others play him their way.

CharlesG said:

comparing the duke of hazard to the Nazi party is weird.  It’s like saying if you liked the Cosby show, you must like rape.   

I missed that episode.

Fun fact: My adult son is a big fan of Scott Porter's (of Friday Night Lights). They share a hobby, and have hung out together several times, including sharing an AirBNB for one of the big events.

sprout said:

Fun fact: My adult son is a big fan of Scott Porter's (of Friday Night Lights). They share a hobby, and have hung out together several times, including sharing an AirBNB for one of the big events.

Jason Street! 

Tired of seeing a traitor’s flag every time I look at MOL. 

mrincredible said:

Tired of seeing a traitor’s flag every time I look at MOL. 

I’m not understanding the post but I am Learning that there is some inside joke type stuff around here. 

All time:

1. It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia

2. Seinfeld

3. The Office

4. Cheers

5. Taxi

6. The Simpsons

7. South Park

8. Game of Thrones

9. Sopranos

BarneyGumble said:

All time:

1. It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia

2. Seinfeld

3. The Office

4. Cheers

5. Taxi

6. The Simpsons

7. South Park

8. Game of Thrones

9. Sopranos

Good list except you forgot MASH.