What are your top 5 favorite things on TV?

I'm not limiting it to just shows.

Mine:

Professional sports (football, baseball, hockey, college basketball)
The Simpsons
Young And The Restless
Ghost Hunters (I like the supernatural, and have a big crush on Kris Williams (the younger Kris))
Coverage of election nights that are great for Democrats

Cheerleading and gymnastics
Supernatural stuff (Gh and GHI, X-Files)
Sci-Fi stuff (Eureka, Star trek of all flavors, etc)
Political stuff (KO, Rachel, TDS, Colbert etc)
Medical/Forensic/Police dramas

There's tons more stuff that I didn't list, which only goes to show that I watch far too much TV. :P

Great choices. I couldn't pick, so I chose the Conventions. Election nights that are great for Democrats would trump that.

1. Bill Moyers

2. Nova

3. Frontline

4. The international mysteries and foreign movies on MHz Worldview TV (shown on my cable access station)

5. Democracy Now (also shown on cable access)

I have very basic cable and I can't stand most network shows.

If you count former series, DVDs, and downloads from iTunes

1. The Sopranos

2. MI-5

3. Mad Men

4. Six Feet Under

5. Life on Mars (British version)

I haven't seen any of the others, but those top three keep me sane. :)

Well, only one thing: lack of commercials.
I friggin hate commercials.

Professional sports (baseball, NFL, NHL, and college football)
Curb Your Enthusiasm
The Simpsons
Music DVDs
The Daily Show / The Colbert Report

previous HBO series that are no longer there, like "The Wire" and "Deadwood"

the new "True Blood" is problematic. It is entertaining in a stupid way.

House porn. HGTV, et al.

The News Hour with Jim Lehrer.

Obscure historical documentaries, where they can be found.

It is very difficult to find anything worth watching at any time. "Reality" tv collectively and deeply sucks, and that is all that seems to be on.

* The Olympic Games
* The Golf Channel
* True crime shows
* '60s comedies and other bizarre comedies like Monty Python, King of the Hill, The Simpsons
* College football

1. Daily Show

2. Colbert Report

3. Weeds (love, love, LOVE Weeds!)

4. Eureka

5. Pushing Daisies

6. Real Time w/Bill Maher

7. Stargate - Atlantis and SG-1 Reruns

8. True Blood

9. Top Chef

10. My Name is Earl

11. Chelsea Lately

Pretty simple.

Pro football, baseball, and hockey, and college football
Battlestar Galactica
Countdown with Keith Olbermann
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
A multitude of different cartoons

but them dragging it out like they have just pissed me off

BSG is a favorite show of myself and some of my friends. We often ponder what it would be like in episodes of "Battlestar Galactica: Season 18."

Needless to say, the results are often hilarious and strangely sad. At least they know the show is going to end, and they won't drag it out after it needs to go away.

Just as long as you ignore the whole "Caprica" show coming out next year...

Blackadder (I'd add Red Dwarf and the Young Ones, but they aren't on tv anymore, at least around here)
Nova (basically, I'll watch anything even remotely science related)
Nature
Sports (NHL and the NFL, especially)
Frontline

I went years with no cable but just recently tapped into my landlords connection (no, we didn't ask for permission. When he said something my friend lied and told the landlord that he himself told us we could a couple months ago. He's so high on crack he believed it and said, "Oh, ok." We're bad.)

So here's some guilty pleasures that I've discovered so far.

Ice Road Truckers
Robot Chicken
Battle 360 (friggin awesome show, if you're a history/war buff like me)
Jurassic Fight Club


That's about it. My music regimen doesn't allow time for too much tv...thank Christ. :D

I spend much of my time on music, the computer, and politics. :hi:

2.Stargate Atlantis
3.Heroes
4.Lost
5.24

Although with the availability of TV on the Inter-Tubes (both legal and not so much), watching my Skins is the only thing stopping me from canceling my cable service entirely.

Bill Moyers Journal, Bill Maher, Weeds, those Thursday night comedies on NBC, and the megadisaster docs on the science channels.

Keith and Rachel, of course.

oh and anything on History International, especially "The Worst Jobs in History"

Top Five:

1. The Office
2. Ghost Hunters
3. Nova
4. Family Guy
5. CNN (and Maddow, Olbermann)

Guilty Pleasures:
1. Stupid VH1 reality shows
2. Stupid History channel reality shows
3. Nick at Nite

:hi:

1. Parliament Question Time from the House of Representatives and the Senate (great to watch when you have the Labor Party in government)
2. The Simpsons
3. Enough Rope with Andrew Denton -one of the best interviewers I've ever seen
4. Media Watch (another Australian TV program)
5. My Family (British comedy)

"Parliament Question Time from the House of Representatives and the Senate"

wish I could remeber who said that, it is kinda fitting;)

"...where he must address the house of commons, which is like congress with a two-drink minimum. i mean, they yell shit back! my worthy opponent... OH FACK OFF! EAT SHYTE YOU BUGGERY BASTARD MOVE IT ON! um, will someone PLEASE remove mrs. thatcher from the hall."

this was from his live in 2002 set. 2 discs of pure uncut robin

and the Red Sox.

Rachael, Keith, Stephen and Jon.

In no particular order

Trust DU to make all the good jokes first... :)

The Weather Channel is great to watch when you are stoned.

"Pushing Daisies"

"The Big Bang Theory"

"Ugly Betty"

"The Colbert Report"

"Countdown w/KO - The Rachel Maddow Show" (tie)"

Football (college and pro)

Boston Legal

Nip/Tuck (I know, I know....can't help but be intrigued by it)

Real Time w/Bill Mahr

The Daily Show

and then a tie between Iron Chef and How Clean is Your House?

"Bill Moyers' Journal" is a national treasure.

There are no other four...

And when it was on The Angry Beavers.

Now that "The Wire" is gone, and "Generation Kill" has ended, let's see:

1. Lost--Despite the incredible number of WTF moments, still a great and addictive show to watch
2. The Office--Side splitting hilarious
3. MLB Baseball--Playoffs are coming up. Go Rays! (Would have loved to see the Orioles and Marlins in there, but at least no Yankees this year!)
4. My Name is Earl--It lost a bit in story quality last season, but still manages to deliver some good laughs
5. True Blood--HBO manages to keep up with its pattern of Must See Sunday Nights (a perfect way to end the weekend). Not nearly as good as "The Wire" or "The Sopranos" but from what I've seen so far, it's pretty good and worth tuning in every episode.

"The Simpsons" and "Family Guy" used to be on that list, but those shows have declined in quality over the past few years. TV News and punditry I watch all the time, but I get a little angry at the whole sensationalization of the news. Then of course, there's C-Span. Actually, to be specific, C-Span with Greta:



Greta, oh Greta.....

Pro Sports
The Young and the Restless

After that it's probably

Anything on Food Network
Any nature related show on Animal Planet, Discovery, etc..
And I am having trouble coming up with a 5th-------News programs, maybe

Daily Show/Colbert, Maddow

Totally guilty pleasure with absolutely no redeeming value

Gossip Girl

Countdown with KO
Rachel Maddow
Hardball
Daily Show
Colbert Report

house
house
house
law and order svu
law and order
and house.

For the damned endless pledge drives. I DON'T want see another doowap show rerun endlessly.

Throw in the occasional Andy Griffith/Star Trek rerun, an Iron Chef America, and you have my viewing habits. I watch zero shows on the networks, except maybe "60 Minutes."

On edit: Of course, The Daily Show and The Colbert Report. And Antiques Roadshow, too. History Channel when it actually has history, Travel Channel occasionally. Oh, and The Weather Channel.

I know, that's way more than five.

:P

Okay, but a bit more seriously:

Lost
Heroes
The Fifth Estate (Investigative jounalism show on CBC)
The Mighty Boosh (Though they seem to be on a bit of a hiatus doing live stage shows and shit)
The Wedge (A music video show on Muchmusic that focuses on indie/semi-obscure type music)

Actually that is the ONLY things I watch on TV.

Samantha Brown on the Travel Channel.

Weeds
True crime shows
Californication
Dexter