My favorites:
Jacques Pepin (on PBS)
Great Chefs series (also PBS)
Two Fat Ladies (Food Network)
Sara Moulton (Food Network)
Those are all great - Jacques Pepin’s knives skills alone make him worth watching. I own Julia Child’s black and white series on dvd as well as the Two Fat Ladies. I do recommend Clarissa’s memoirs which are hilarious. I loved Sara’s phone in show at night - especially when she got prank callers!