[2ndDivisionVet]

What do you think?

[tx_eggman]

What do you think?

Any list that doesn't include Family Guy is nothing but fluff

[SpaceBar]

easy... South Park.

[unkus]

Most of these are the “smartest” in dumbing down and indoctrinating the “masses”.

[muawiyah]

His list is entirely too progressive which hints that he's a robot-like, knee-jerk Liberal with excessive interest in shows with strong authority figures.

Raises in my mind a question about the inherent bias found in any sort of testing, and is it true MENSA favors those of a totalitarian bent.

[Slings and Arrows]

“Television has made me smarter. Everytime someone turns it on I go away and read a book.”
—Groucho Marx

[keepitreal]

House is a great show as is Frasier.

[newgeezer]

What do you think?

I think this guy either needs a thesaurus, or gets off on using the word, "repartee."

[Argus]

MR. PEEPERS with Wally Cox was the smartest show ever on tv.

FREAKS AND GEEKS and the original PHIL SILVERS SHOW are right up there too. Many presentations of PLAYHOUSE 90 and THE US STEEL HOUR were very smart. Ditto DEATH VALLEY DAYS hosted by Ronald Reagan and MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATER 3000. Just a few I like.

[tje]

I think whoever wrote this list should get cable or a dish and get off the networks.. While some of the shows mentioned are fun, I don’t think they are all that ‘intelligent’. CSI’s representation of science is very unrealistic.

[Huntress]

I would have included the Simpsons (at least the first five or six seasons), King of the Hill, and the Bob Newhart Show (the one with Suzanne Pleshette). All were well-written and witty. I would not have included All in the Family. It wasn't that smart, but rather was just filled with a lot of heavy-handed social commentary.

[Fiddlstix]

The Ultimate Mensa Thread:

Mensa thief left footprint trail to his house

An "Oldie But Goodie"

Click the Pic

[Doogle]

..the guy thinks cable is the wire running from the wall to his B&W TV.
I had a friend who was riding to a job one day with another guy who was the type who used to get calls in the middle of the night about complex problems with fiber communication equipment...he was considered one of the brightest ever
Anyway on this trip in a carpool,the guy started to look really ill, and my friend asked him if he felt OK, because he was starting to get very red in the face and was sweating profusely. They pulled over to the side of the road to check things out and my buddy reached over and loosen his tie.....within minutes he was find. He had cinched up his tie too tight

[Niteranger68]

Thumbs Up: House
Thumbs Down: (Tie) MASH & West Wing
Missing: King of the Hill (Sorry...I’m hooked)

[Jedi Master Pikachu]

The guy's a figurative--if not literal--idiot.

[That's a bit harsh....].

For one, Jeopardy doesn't test intelligence, but knowledge.

[shuckmaster]

Scoobie Doo is the only carton show that portrays the scientist as the good guy and the supernatural antagonist as the villain. Every other cartoon show does the opposite.

[good old days]

The original “What’s My Line”, with John Daly, Bennett Cerf, Arlene Francis, and Dorothy Kilgallen.

[A_perfect_lady]

I'm not Mensa and I can't say these are the smartest, but the TV shows I've enjoyed most are:

Barney Miller
Friends
Roseanne (early years)
Fawlty Towers
Absolutely Fabulous

Wow, that's about it. Hm.

[AGreatPer]

Oh common, we all know that NASCAR, NFL, MLB are rated higher and more enlightening than all mentioned.

[shibumi]

SpongeBob Squarepants.

......with the original Looney Tunes a close second.

[Moonmad27]

The list of the smartest shows has to include The Prisoner, Mystery Science Theater and South Park.