Name a TV show which you didn't watch during its first run, but came to really like during reruns

Tommy_Carcetti

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Wed Apr-09-08 04:42 PM
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Name a TV show which you didn't watch during its first run, but came to really like during reruns

I can name three, at least:

1. Wings
2. Coach
3. Mama's Family

All three I never gave much thought to during their original runs. However, thanks to the wonder of early morning television, I got to know and enjoy each of them anew.

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MonkeyFunk

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Wed Apr-09-08 04:45 PM
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1. Scrubs

never watched it until it was in syndication. Now I catch an episode now and then and I've come to like it.

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hellbound-liberal

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Wed Apr-09-08 04:45 PM
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2. Wonder Years. I never watched it at all but my wife introduced me to it

after we got married and I really enjoyed it.

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Deja Q

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Wed Apr-09-08 04:46 PM
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3. Ok

In no order:

Futurama
Sliders
The Avengers

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DarkTirade

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Wed Apr-09-08 04:47 PM
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4. Firefly - completely missed it when it was on the air.

MASH... I was born in '81. :P

I don't watch a whole lot of TV anyway, so most of what I see is reruns late at night 10 years later.

Oh, I really liked Becker when I discovered it.

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JTG of the PRB

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Wed Apr-09-08 06:52 PM
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12. Same for me with Firefly.

Completely missed it when it was on Fux, but since it's come to DVD I've watched the entire series through, plus the movie a few times. Brilliantly done, and it's a damned shame that Fux let it die. x(

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DarkTirade

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Wed Apr-09-08 07:43 PM
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16. They didn't just 'let' it die... they actively KILLED it.

As they've done with many other shows that were greatly loved by those who had a chance to see them. But they weren't given a chance to be seen by a lot of people, so obviously they didn't end up with enough viewers. :\

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applegrove

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Wed Apr-09-08 04:52 PM
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5. WKRP in Cincinati

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Critters2

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Wed Apr-09-08 05:10 PM
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6. "The Office", the British one. nt

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suninvited

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Thu Apr-10-08 09:40 AM
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31. I am still trying to catch that one

what channel does it come on. I found it once, but misset the recorder for it.

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Critters2

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Thu Apr-10-08 10:52 AM
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34. Around here, it's at like Midnight Sunday nights, on WTTW from Chicago.

It's our PBS station, but it's locally scheduled.

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Thu Apr-10-08 09:49 AM
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32. Me too

I had heard so many good things about it. Borrowed a coworkers DVD set and spent a couple of enjoyable weeks watching one every lunch hour.

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Critters2

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Thu Apr-10-08 10:51 AM
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33. The PBS channel here shows it late on Sunday nights.

It's the official beginning to my Monday day-off.

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MorningGlow

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Thu Apr-10-08 11:28 AM
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44. Lucky you

We're stuck in an endless loop of "Keeping Up Appearances". :(

Don't tell anybody, but I loved it so much I made Mr. MG illegally download the Christmas Special so I could see the Tim and Dawn resolution! Oops...did I say that in print?

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geardaddy

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Thu Apr-10-08 11:41 AM
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49. I love the original "The Office"

Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant are comedic geniuses.

Have you watched "Extras"?

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RadiationTherapy

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Thu Apr-10-08 11:51 AM
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51. Extras is every bit as good and cringe inducing as the Office.

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geardaddy

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Thu Apr-10-08 11:54 AM
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52. So that's a thumbs down from you?

:shrug:

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RadiationTherapy

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Thu Apr-10-08 11:59 AM
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54. no no no..."cringe inducing" is when a situation is SO awkward,

that, despite the fact that it is all fiction, you cringe for that character or moment.

The Office and Extras are absolutely my top 2 comedies of all time.

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geardaddy

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Thu Apr-10-08 12:15 PM
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57. Ahhh, I see.

I agree. They are cringe inducing! Pure comedic genius, says I.

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greenbriar

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Wed Apr-09-08 05:13 PM
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7. quantium Leap

with Scott Backula

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devilgrrl

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Wed Apr-09-08 05:14 PM
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8. Barney Miller

:-)

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driver8

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Thu Apr-10-08 11:06 AM
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39. One of the greatest shows, ever!!

"Mushy, mushy..."

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devilgrrl

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Thu Apr-10-08 11:22 AM
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42. I was a little too young for it when it first aired but...

watched it regularly throughout college.

Excellent show!

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abq e streeter

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Thu Apr-10-08 12:07 PM
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56. The exact episode I was thinking of

Detective Fish: "first time in twenty years I've felt really good, and it has to be illegal" ( or something close to that). The legendary hash brownie episode...

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applegrove

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Thu Apr-10-08 01:07 PM
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61. I loved Barney Miller.

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bigwillq

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Wed Apr-09-08 05:16 PM
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9. The Nanny

Don't hate...I never liked it when it first aired but then I started to love it in reruns.

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peekaloo

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Wed Apr-09-08 07:02 PM
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13. have you seen the ep with Jon Stewart?

seriously, he plays her cousin and they make out.

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bigwillq

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Wed Apr-09-08 08:08 PM
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19. No

I haven't seen that one

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huskerlaw

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Thu Apr-10-08 12:31 PM
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58. I'm with you on that one!

I record the reruns on my TiVo and watch it when I'm getting ready for work. Mindless fun is totally underrated. ;)

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nuxvomica

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Wed Apr-09-08 06:50 PM
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10. Mad About You

I absolutely despised Paul Reiser and could not bear to watch the show when it was on network. Then it goes into syndication and I'm loving it and won't miss an episode. This is easily the single greatest mystery of my existence.

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triguy46

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Wed Apr-09-08 06:51 PM
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11. Barney Miller.

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Aristus

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Wed Apr-09-08 07:17 PM
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14. "Northern Exposure".

I was stationed in Germany when it first aired. I came back to the U.S. to hear everybody raving about this new show. I never checked it out until it hit syndication. Fell very hard for Janine Turner at the time, and then got over it when I found out she's a repuke. Still, I'll watch an episode every now and then. It holds up pretty well.

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Sequoia

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Thu Apr-10-08 11:29 AM
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45. Same here.

Now it's on a cable channel I don't get. That show rocked! I loved the one where the circus came to town and the tube people were walking around. I didn't care much for the DJ...a lady's man? Not me...I prefer the cute guy with the long black hair.

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DS1

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Wed Apr-09-08 07:22 PM
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15. so many I later downloaded

Eureka
Battlestar Galactica
MI-5
Life of Mars
The Shield
Extras
Robot Chicken

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femmocrat

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Wed Apr-09-08 07:48 PM
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17. The X-Files

I have since watched them over and over.... never get tired of them.

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ok_cpu

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Wed Apr-09-08 08:08 PM
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18. NewsRadio

Edited on Wed Apr-09-08 08:09 PM by ok_cpu

And Northern Exposure

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driver8

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Thu Apr-10-08 11:08 AM
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40. NewsRadio is one of mine, also. I never saw it when it was on

prime time -- I only caught it in re-runs.

Thanks to this show, I developed a HUGE crush on Maura Tierney!

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yellowdogintexas

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Wed Apr-09-08 08:40 PM
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20. Roseanne, Wonder Years, early years of Friends and Seinfeld

I discovered Simpsons in reruns before I watched it on its regularly scheduled night.

and of course, many many BBC comedies

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samsingh

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Wed Apr-09-08 09:05 PM
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21. here are some

star trek
coach
king of queens

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Symarip

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Wed Apr-09-08 09:07 PM
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22. Mr. Show

Funniest sketch show ever.

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Bucky

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Wed Apr-09-08 10:38 PM
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23. I don't have a TV, but have recentlly started renting TV shows from the video store

I consumed all of seasons 1 and 2 of Battlestar Galactica over Christmas. Over Spring Break I gobbled up Lost. I'm now hooked on both shows. But I still don't have a TV. In between holidays I can handle more epic & less suspense driven shows "Rome" or "Arrested Development"

I'm thinking of diving into "24" over the summer. Or maybe I'll just go back to reading books.

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Lydia Leftcoast

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Thu Apr-10-08 10:55 AM
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36. Ever since I cut my cable service back to basic-basic

Edited on Thu Apr-10-08 10:56 AM by Lydia Leftcoast

I've concentrated on videos. I've been especially interested in British programs that have never been shown here or have been discontinued, such as Lovejoy, Midsomer Murders, and Michael Palin's travelogues.

I also downloaded Mad Men from iTunes and have been enjoying that at the rate of about an episode a week. I'm actually old enough to have some memories of 1960.

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BeachBaby

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Wed Apr-09-08 10:39 PM
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24. Nip/Tuck. n/t

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Bennyboy

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Wed Apr-09-08 10:43 PM
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25. Reba, The Nanny,The Sopranos,Sex In The City

Never watched them but now I do. They come on when nothing else is on and of course mostly to look at the women but .....(not the Sopranos though).

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Adsos Letter

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Wed Apr-09-08 11:56 PM
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26. CSI...Las Vegas.

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Fox Mulder

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Thu Apr-10-08 12:02 AM
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27. The X-Files.

I never watched it on its first run (I was too young and immature). Now I love it.

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RFKHumphreyObama

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Thu Apr-10-08 06:11 AM
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28. I think mine would be

1. Frasier
2. The Simpsons
3. Just Shoot Me

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YankeyMCC

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Thu Apr-10-08 07:51 AM
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29. Buffy the Vampire Slayer

I think it was still actually running on another network but it was in its last seasons when I caught reruns that on another network and got hooked.

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Lydia Leftcoast

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Thu Apr-10-08 09:28 AM
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30. That's my answer, too

:-)

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EstimatedProphet

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Thu Apr-10-08 10:52 AM
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35. Arrested Development

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ceile

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Thu Apr-10-08 11:03 AM
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37. Enterprise, Voyager, John Doe

I love the all day SciFi channel marathons-John Doe, Dark Angel, Jake 2.0, Threshold...

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Hawkeye-X

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Thu Apr-10-08 11:06 AM
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38. Prison Break

Edited on Thu Apr-10-08 11:06 AM by HawkeyeX

I now own both seasons, and eagerly waiting for the 3rd season.

I also like Mythbusters and Master Blasters.

And CSI: LV - I watch it regularly on SpikeTV

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driver8

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Thu Apr-10-08 11:10 AM
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41. Sports Night!!

One of the greatest shows, ever!!

I never saw it when it was on tv...but a friend lent me the DVDs. I cannot believe I missed it the first time around.

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Lars39

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Thu Apr-10-08 11:25 AM
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43. Malcom in the Middle, Arrested Developement

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CatholicEdHead

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Thu Apr-10-08 11:29 AM
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46. Hawaii-Five-O

Part of it was I was not alive for all but the last few seasons.

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DeposeTheBoyKing

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Thu Apr-10-08 11:31 AM
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47. Becker

I understand the first season either has come out or will be out soon on DVD.

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geardaddy

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Thu Apr-10-08 11:40 AM
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48. A few:

King of Queens
Gilligan's Island (I was born in '65)
Leave it to Beaver
South Park
Family Guy

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zanne

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Thu Apr-10-08 11:49 AM
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50. Friends, Seinfeld, That 70's Show. nt

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SarahB

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Thu Apr-10-08 11:54 AM
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53. WKRP

I was pretty little when it was originally on, but watched reruns when I was high school/college aged and loved it.

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edbermac

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Thu Apr-10-08 12:01 PM
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55. Star Trek: TNG

I loved the original and could not be bothered with some bald guy as the new captain. Didn't see the first 3 or 4 seasons. I was sick one night with the flu and laying on the couch when an episode came on, watched it and liked it. Now I've seen them all; TNG is as good as the original.

Night Court was another.

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IzaSparrow

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Thu Apr-10-08 12:35 PM
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59. M*A*S*H*

b/c I was born about a year before the series ended.

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Miss Carly

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Thu Apr-10-08 01:03 PM
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60. seinfeld

Frasier

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Awsi Dooger

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Thu Apr-10-08 01:34 PM
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62. Coach

I discovered it at 4 AM several years ago. That's my bedtime but I started staying up to catch it. Terrific understated dialog and almost no forced physical humor.

The Fugitive also fits, several decades earlier. I was a young kid during its run then found it on A&E in the late '80s and early '90s. Absurd it isn't shown regularly.

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pacalo

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Thu Apr-10-08 01:40 PM
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63. "Wings"!

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Thu Apr-10-08 01:44 PM
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64. Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Angel
Arrested Development

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