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TV Chat

FarPoint

(14,966 posts) Wed Jun 3, 2026, 09:39 AM 21 hrs ago

What is your most favorite TV show ever as the GREATEST of all TIME for you? [View all]

Mine is the Walking Dead....all 11 seasons..... I binge it...I rewatch it and have caught soooo many great details...it's about hope , how people cope under PTSD level stress....

I can use it as inspiration as to how to cope under todays tRump apocalypse...

You can binge on Netflix or YouTube TV under AMC Walking Dead Universe channel...

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What is your most favorite TV show ever as the GREATEST of all TIME for you? [View all] FarPoint 21 hrs ago OP

I'm thinking Downton Abbey. It's not as noisy as some of more modern settings. Walleye 21 hrs ago #1

In the past I would have said The Wire or maybe Breaking Bad AZProgressive 21 hrs ago #2

Definitely good choices.... FarPoint 21 hrs ago #7

I'd definitely say "The Wire"... appmanga 16 hrs ago #39

Red Dwarf Bok_Tukalo 21 hrs ago #3

Gotta go with Monty Python's Flying Circus. Ray Bruns 21 hrs ago #4

'Breaking Bad' sop 21 hrs ago #5

Kieślowski's "Dekalog." ZZenith 21 hrs ago #6

Lonesome Dove GiqueCee 20 hrs ago #8

Better Call Saul -misanthroptimist 20 hrs ago #9

The Golden Girls NEOH 20 hrs ago #10

Star Trek: The Next Generation, followed by The Prisoner (British series) jgo 20 hrs ago #11

I am hooked on Star Trek Enterprise.... FarPoint 20 hrs ago #16

24... MiHale 20 hrs ago #12

TWD lost me when Glen popped out from under the dumpster -misanthroptimist 20 hrs ago #13

I understand..... FarPoint 20 hrs ago #14

I still go way back to The Twilight Zone rurallib 20 hrs ago #15

Fantastic choice! FarPoint 19 hrs ago #19

Law & Order: Criminal Intent and Monk. LoisB 20 hrs ago #17

I love Law and Order: Criminal Intent MIButterfly 19 hrs ago #28

I agree with your assessments 100%. Vincent D'Onofrio was my absolute LoisB 18 hrs ago #35

I started watching in the Natalie years MIButterfly 16 hrs ago #38

Monk perfectly combined humor with mystery and drama DeeDeeNY 14 hrs ago #40

Yah, loved Monk. a kennedy 17 hrs ago #36

Zero Hour LessAspin 19 hrs ago #18

This is new to me.... FarPoint 19 hrs ago #20

If you had asked me 30 years ago I probably would have said "The X-Files" FakeNoose 19 hrs ago #21

I am noticing that this thread reflects the lousy TV options today. FarPoint 19 hrs ago #22

If you are lucky to have a great local library, there are probably DVDs of the old series FakeNoose 19 hrs ago #23

I was born/raised around Pittsburgh....Mars Pa. FarPoint 8 hrs ago #42

Star Trek: DS9 Deep State Witch 19 hrs ago #24

All in the Family! choie 19 hrs ago #25

M.A.S.H Srkdqltr 19 hrs ago #26

Twilight Zone. The best, and we are living in the Twilight Zone Right NOW. usonian 19 hrs ago #27

Homicide: Life on the Streets tonkatoy8888 18 hrs ago #29

Homicide: Life on the Street, what a great choice MIButterfly 16 hrs ago #37

Would need to go by genre... JT45242 18 hrs ago #30

The Americans 3Hotdogs 18 hrs ago #31

That's true AZProgressive 18 hrs ago #32

Years ago, a retired CIA agent was on NPR (Diane Rehm?) 3Hotdogs 18 hrs ago #34

West Wing MoonlightHillFarm 18 hrs ago #33

I like so many of the shows already mentioned but for me the answer is St. Elsewhere dflprincess 9 hrs ago #41