TV SERIES

Written by Zev Toledano
Contact: tv at thelastexit.net
Last updated: 28th December, 2008
Series: 208


INTRODUCTION

A more critical but personal approach to evaluating TV shows, as opposed to the hordes of raving fans that usually praise every show as the best show on the planet. Even great shows usually last for only a couple of seasons yet are stretched to decades. The selection of shows focus mostly on sci-fi, fantasy, classic or popular TV series with a reputation, as well as many mini-series.

The reviews here are listed more or less in order of preference and divided into three parts: The first contains series I think are special enough to buy and rewatch, the second lists other interesting series, and the third section is for the bottom of the barrel.

Rewatchable      Of Some Interest      Bottom of the Barrel


INDEX

(** = just added, * = recent)

A

Absolutely Fabulous
Alias
**All in the Family
'Allo 'Allo
Ally McBeal
American Dad!
Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire
Andromeda
**Andromeda Strain, The
Andy Richter Controls the Universe
Angel
Angels in America
Are You Being Served
*Arrested Development
As Time Goes By
*Avengers, The

B

Babylon 5
Band of Brothers
Battlestar Galactica
Benny Hill Show, The
Berlin Alexanderplatz
Big Love
*Bionic Woman 2007
Bit of Fry and Laurie, A
Black Adder
Blakes 7
Bleak House
Bones
*Boomtown
Boston Legal
Boston Public
Bottom
Brotherhood of the Rose
Buffy the Vampire Slayer

C

Centennial
Charmed
Cheers
Cold Feet
Corner, The
Cosby Show, The
Count of Monte Cristo, The
Coupling
CSI
Curb Your Enthusiasm

D

Dad's Army
Dark Angel
Day of the Triffids
Dead Like Me
Dead Zone, The
Deadwood
Decalogue
Desperate Housewives
Doctor Who (2005)
Doctor Who
Drawn Together
Dream On
Drew Carey Show, The
Dune

E

Earth 2
Earth: Final Conflict
Earthsea
ER
Everybody Loves Raymond
Extras

F

Family Guy
**Fanny and Alexander
Farscape
Father Ted
Fawlty Towers
Firefly
5ive Days to Midnight
Four Kings
4400
Frasier
Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, The
Friends
*From the Earth to the Moon
Futurama

G

Gilmore Girls
Good Life, The
Goodies, The
Gormenghast
Gulliver's Travels

H

Heist
Hex
*Hill Street Blues
Home Improvement
Homicide: Life on the Street
Honeymooners, The

I

I, Cladius
Invisible Man, The
It

J

Jeeves and Wooster
**Jeffersons, The
*John From Cincinnati

K

Keeping Up Appearances
Kingdom, The (Riget)

L

Larry Sanders Show, The
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Law and Order
**Legend, The (Tae Wang Sa Shin Gi)
Lexx
Lois & Clark
*Lone Gunmen, The
Lost
Lost Room, The
*Lucky Louie
L Word, The

M

M*A*S*H
Malcolm in the Middle
Married With Children
Mary Tyler Moore Show, The
Men Behaving Badly
Merlin
Method and Red
Millenium
Mists of Avalon, The
Monk
Monty Python's Flying Circus
Mr. Bean
Muppet Show, The
**Murder One
My So-Called Life

N

Neverwhere
NewsRadio
Night Stalker
Nip/Tuck
Northern Exposure
Nowhere Man

O

Office, The (US)
Office, The
One Foot in the Grave
Only Fools and Horses
Open All Hours
**Outer Limits, The
Oz

P

Police Squad!
Popular
Porridge
Practice, The
Pride and Prejudice
Prisoner, The

Q

Quantum Leap

R

Red Dwarf
Reno 911!
Ring of the Nibelungs
Ripping Yarns
**Robin of Sherwood
*Rome
Rose Red
Roseanne

S

Salem's Lot 2004
Sapphire and Steel
Scrubs
Seinfeld
Sex and the City
Sherlock Holmes Series
Shield, The
Shining, The
Shogun
Simpsons, The
Singing Detective, The
Six Feet Under
Sliders
Smallville
Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em
Sopranos
South Park
Space: Above and Beyond
Spooks
Sports Night
Stand, The
*Starhunter
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Star Trek: The Original Series
Stargate SG-1
Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital
Steptoe and Son
Storm of the Century
Strangers With Candy
Superstorm
Survivors

T

Taken
*Tell Me You Love Me
That 70s Show
Thief
Thin Blue Line, The
Thorn Birds
Tick, The
Tommyknockers
Triangle, The
24
*Twilight Zone, The
*Twilight Zone 1985
Twin Peaks
Twist of Fate (AKA Pursuit)

U


V

V
Veronica Mars
Vicar of Dibley, The

W

Weeds
West Wing
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
Wire, The
Wonderfalls

X

X-Files

Y

Yes, Minister & Yes, Prime Minister
Young Ones, The

Z