What is the best T.V. show in television history? (Waiting for EURO 2016 final type vanity)

Me | 7/10/2016 | GeorgiaDawg32

[GeorgiaDawg32]

It can be a comedy, drama etc.

What say ye?

[Finatic]

For me as a kid, All in the Family. For me as an adult, Breaking Bad.

[wally_bert]

Mason only came to me a little while ago.

Ironside was very good too.

[dfwgator]

Fawlty Towers will always be funny.

I have noticed now when they show it, they’ve expunged Major’s rant about “N*ggers” and “Wogs”. And “The Builders” episode really targeted the Irish.

[Vinnie]

Man, look at her flex those pectorals!!
Always thought she was A+++ at least. She still looks really good.

[dfwgator]

Mad Men is very good. I started watching and I am somewhere midway now. Need to get back into it.

My favorite scene of all-time from Mad Man

[Ace the Biker]

Columbo.

[Ken H]

G.L.O.W.

[Fhios]

yes.

Bob Newhart had great taste in leading ladies too.

[dfwgator]

Classic Bob Newhart cameo on Mad TV

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ow0lr63y4Mw

[Fhios]

yes.

Bob Newhart had great taste in leading ladies too.

[Intolerant in NJ]

I think I read somewhere that Chase said he knew what the final scene was going to be pretty much before he even began the series - you can see hints of it seasons before like the philosophical discussion with Bobby while out fishing about what it must be like to die - "ask your friend on the wall".
After I got beyond my initial reaction ("who wants to watch a show about a bunch of lady singers?") I didn't miss one program of the original showing on HBO, and watched the rescreenings on I guess A&E so many times that I could start spouting the dialogue almost word for word when the first scene of each episode popped on the screen....

[Nea Wood]

Dick Van Dyke Show
Little House on the Prairie

[Chuzzlewit]

Comedy: The Honeymooners
Drama: Sopranos
Science Fiction: The Outer Limits (1960s not the 1990 version)
Action: Band of Brothers

[higgmeister]

“An another one goes right over my head! Zoom!”

Elecktra Woman and Dyna Girl- The favorite of every pre teen boy in America in 1976

That explains it. I was serving our country, working 12 hour rotating shifts, mids, swings, and days - four on and three off, with the USAF in Northern California.

[higgmeister]

Exactly the reason I never watched.

[r_barton]

The Apollo 11 moon landing.

[Radix]

I recognized that ‘The Prisoner’ was light years ahead of other TV back in the 70s. It was amazing to watch that show on my little B & W on the AFN while stationed in Germany. How could so many miss its relevance?

Only recently have other programs begun to demonstrate the real potential of the medium.

[Donglalinger]

Sounds like me but in the Land of Enchantment, New Mexico

[Albion Wilde]

OMG — I remember now! That was hilarious! Thanks for the memory!

[Albion Wilde]

He was just brilliant. The first time I saw a publicity shot of him smiling widely, I couldn’t believe it was the same person! Terrific actor. I hope he gets a great new role soon.