I don’t subscribe to ranking lists on ANY entertainment.
It is, and ought to be, a very personal and subjective process.
So, why make them and debate and argue over them and their ranking.
If a list of “what I like” must be made, just make it, without ranking the items on the list; admit you have others you could put on the list if you could make it longer; and then invite others to add their favorites. No first, second to nth place items; just “here’s some of our favorites”, period.
Okay, two stable two-parent heterosexual couples (later on, three) and it didn't devolve into liberal talking points. But the show really had an edge. Harridan, horror, weakling, bully is right.
I'm not saying I didn't like the show or it wasn't a good show or that it was somehow a liberal show, but there was an awful lot of deep ambivalence or ambiguity on that show. If it weren't officially a comedy, it could have ended in real violence. I guess you could say the same for The Honeymooners, which didn't make his list.
As for The Waltons, it wouldn't make any "best of" lists of mine, but Will Geer's politics wouldn't be the determining factor over whether it was conservative or not. No more than Lionel Stander's red ties and blacklisting made Hart to Hart Communist propaganda. It was a little fake -- the producers were riding a nostalgic trend, just as they'd ride the Dallas trend with Falcon Crest in the 1990s -- but I must have missed any big liberal messages.
Of his list, we loved 24 best. That was a great show.
We watch some of the reality shows faithfully and there is one very conservative thing about the ones we like. You get ahead through actual talent and hard work. Even though on the Biggest Loser, the trainers are personally liberal politically, they don't pity or accept excuses from anyone, so they are in fact ACTING along with the conservative value of EARN your MERIT. And that is what happens. You stay on the ranch by your hard work and determination, but if you play poorly with others, that can also affect your stay.
My personal favorite is So You Think You Can Dance, and though you would not think it would interest a conservative audience, with probably every judge an Obama voter and definitely a gay marriage proponent, and with many of the dancers gay as well, surprisingly the same thing occurs: no one gets favored due to a sob story. There are people from every race working hard together and no comment is made about it; it's a melting pot of American/world culture, with Bollywood, Hip Hop, and Waltzing all on the same episode. You have to get out there and do the hard work that will wow the judges. Your sweat, your personality, your perseverance are what will get you ahead. It is ironic how many liberals, when it comes down to "life" and who gets ahead, will vote for hard work and determination every time, even though their votes subsidize a "pity" economy in which the hardworking should support the lazy. They would never let this happen on their show.
Such a list is useless without R. Lee Ermey’s Mail Call and Lock n Load in it.
No Firefly?
More currently, Chicago Code and Bluebloods.
I love Dragnet for its political incorrectness. Jack Webb chain smoking and shaking his cig in the perps face cracks me up every time
Some good shows on the list, though. And, oddly enough, I just watched an episode of Dragnet a couple hours ago on Retro TV out of CT. Unfortunately, for whatever reason, my DVR will not allow me to pause or record the channel. So if I'm busy at 8pm, I can't watch the A-Team.
Funny thing about Sawyer, I wonder when they made him a Republican, if they did it because he was a con man (and an excellent one at that) without figuring on him being a fan favorite and doing all sorts of penance on the show.
How about The Wonder Years?
Reruns of “The Unit”
My problem with Lost is that in the “Church” where everyone was being held until they all went to heaven together was a stained glass window with the symbols of all the worlds major religions. Universalism is a false doctrine and the only way to heaven is through Christ.
You forgot Jericho and Firefly.
Hogan's Heroes was some of the most brilliant satire in the history of television. Just sayin'.
Magnum PI. Great show I grew up with. That’s one of my favorite of all time.
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