Your all time favorite TV shows

[The Donster]

This is not necessarily in order of preference except for the first two probably being tied as my all time favorite.

Everybody Loves Raymond
The Dick Van Dyke Show
The Odd Couple
The X-Files
SpongeBob SquarePants
The Simpsons
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
The Beverly Hillbillies
Barney Miller
Seinfeld

[walrus]

Oh, what the hell, I'll bite:

Easy top 2:
Firefly
Babylon 5

honorable mentions:
Trek (original and Next Gen, nothing after.)
The Muppet Show

I'm sure I've forgotten some, but I think I'll keep it short.

-mike

[ARROW]

Very little of television stands the test of time very well. because our cultures change, but past TV shows don't.
Something that was topical before often becomes trite today.

ALOT of stuff I enjoyed in the past has become stuff I cannot stand, and actually revile.


However there are some shows I find myself returning to, when I see them re-broadcast:

WKRP in Cinncinati
Star Trek
Military/Historical documentary shows.
Tour of Duty
JAG

Here's one I forgot: MR. BEAN!!!

[theinvisibleman]

"friends"

is my alltime favourite!

[Moonman]

Titus That's top right off.

Then Fraiser.

Law 'n Order: No *&!@ing subtitle

...hmm... I don't watch a lot of tv.

[littleegypt]

oh man,

Spongebob,
futurama,
Aqua teen Hunger force,
The State!!!
Upright citizens brigade,
Mr. Show,
Strangers with candy,
Daily Show,

[Doogal]

Right now I'm really into 24 and Smallville. Very well written shows both of them.

Other favourites would have to be:
Dr Who (Tom Baker era)
Simpsons
The X-Files, before it got uncontrollably daft
Spaced, a truly bizarre UK comedy show. Very very funny.
Red Dwarf, before it went down hill.

[suryrony]

simpsons
the sopranos

[Tenzh the Ti Hsien]

Doctor Who (I like all of 'em)
Star Trek (Original, Next Gen, and DS9 after Sisko went bald)
Futurama
Farscape
Naruto
Kung Fu
Night Court
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (contains my favourite episode of a TV show ever: "Once More With Feeling")
Teen Titans
Batman the Animated Series
Batman Beyond
Justice League Unlimited

[gubixcube]

I really liked Mission Hill.
What happened to that show?

[robri]

For me, the sitcom achieved perfection with The Dick Van Dyke Show. Hilarious writing and brilliant comedic actors. Everything else is a pale shadow in it's wake.

The Twilight Zone (the originals... and maybe one or two episodes from the 80's)
Cheers
Law & Order (the originals, up through about season 6...)

Brit-coms anyone?
Black Adder
Coupling (seasons 1 - 3)
Father Ted
Vicar of Dibley

Not funny, but British -- Cracker with Robbie Coltrane.

Animation?
Cowboy Bebop
Simpsons
Rex the Runt

And I have to say, though unintentional, 24 is the funniest show on television. I know it's supposed to be a really tense and nail-biting thrill ride, but the situations and character interplay have gone so far off the deep end it's outright laughable.

Deadwood -- Ooh! I've just started watching the first season on DVD. One of the best looking shows I've ever seen, and the cast is fantastic. Ian McShane is one scary motherf@#king c#cksucker! (Pardon the language -- the old-timey swearfest is music to my ears.)

[Jeff Bartoletti]

The Simpsons
The Andy Griffith Show-pretty much only the Barney period.
Cheers
Leave it to Beaver
The Dick Van Dyke Show
All in the Family
Everybody Loves Raymond
The Honeymooners
Barney Miller
The Odd Couple

[AgentHelix]

Oh man, I fucking LOVED the State!

"Meanwhile, unbeknownst to the Superfriends... a very pleasant dinner party was well underway!"

[iliana]

Firefly (they're going to be coming out with a movie this year called "SERENITY")
Stargate
Frontier House
CSI:Vegas
Without a Trace
and others I can't think of right now. I'm sure I forgot a lot.
There's so many.

[The Donster]

Again, not necessarily in order but more favorites...
The Bob Newhart Show
The Prisoner (and Danger Man/Secret Agent)
Xena Warrior Princess (only caught the last few seasons, though)
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Taxi
Top Cat
The Flintstones
Jonny Quest
Dexter's Laboratory
The Powerpuff Girls
2 Stupid Dogs
Samurai Jack
Animaniacs
Rocky and Bullwinkle
King of the Hill
Futurama
The Wild Wild West
Breaking Away
WKRP in Cincinnati
Batman (live action 60's show and the 90's/00's animated series)
G vs E
The Fugitive
The Twilight Zone
Saturday Night Live (1st 5 years & season with Billy Crystal, Christopher Guest & Martin Short)
etc.

Shows I like but not as consistently as others I've mentioned:: All in the Family, M*A*S*H, Frasier, Newhart, Friends, Mad About You, Bosom Buddies, Married With Children, The Wonder Years, Get Smart, The Honeymooners, The Man from U.N.C.L.E, Hill Street Blues, Star Trek (original series only), Angel, etc.