Best in Television

            My readers are no doubt wondering about my all-time television favorites. No? Here’s our list anyway.  These are mostly mine, as Kim never watched much tv. Be advised, though, that my senior memory means I have neglected some that should be on the list. 

Sit-Com

Cheers

Seinfeld

Frazier

Taxi (because of Andy Kaufman and Christopher Lloyd)

Other Comedy

Monty Python

Laugh-In

Cop Drama

Hill Street Blues

Dramatic Series

This Is Us

Thirtysomething

Medical Drama

St. Elsewhere

Sporting Event(s)

World Cup

NCAA Football

Food Show

Julia Child

Home Show

Fixer-Upper

This Old House

Talk Show

Oprah

The View

Late Night Television

Johnny Carson

Saturday Night Live (John Belushi era – can’t stay up late enough to watch any more)

Mini-Series

Nurse Jackie (binged during Kim’s surgery recovery)

Godless

Six Feet Under

In Treatment

Political Discussion

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Guilty Pleasure

The Bachelor/Bachelorette – I’ve blogged previously about what I’ve learned from the shows.

Reality TV

American Idol

So You Think You Can Dance (My Native American name is “Dances with Difficulty.”)

Survivor (I tried out for this show and made it to a filmed interview. Wrote a piece about my experience, but CBS lawyers threatened me with $5 million fine unless I destroyed all copies. Let me know if you’d like to see it. We don’t watch it any more.)

News Program

60 Minutes

Educational

Civilisation (Sir Kenneth Clarke)

Nature (PBS)

Cosmos (Carl Sagan)

Children’s

Sesame Street

Soupy Sales

            Please email your suggestions for programs or categories to me at dstring@ix.netcom.com or stringer.david13@gmail.com. I will make them public in an upcoming post. I’m especially looking for mini-series to watch on Netflix.