Paid Members LaGoosh Posted August 9, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted August 9, 2013 (edited) The countdown begins! 50) House =48 The X-Files =48 Homeland 47) American Horror Story =45 ER =45 Hill Street Blues =43 Coronation Street =43 Rescue Me 42) Sons Of Anarchy 41) Neighbours =39 Dallas =39 The Walking Dead 38) Inspector Morse 37) Friday Night Lights =35 Our Friends In The North =35 Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy 34) Entourage 33) Threads =30 Generation Kill =30 Buffy The Vampire Slayer =30 I, Claudius =28 Firefly =28 Carnivale 27) Justified =25 Boys From The Blackstuff =25 Doctor Who 24) Star Trek: The Next Generation 23) Mad Men 22) Cracker 21) Quantum Leap 20) Band Of Brothers 19) Prison Break 18) The Bill 17) This Life 16) Life On Mars 15) Twin Peaks 14) Spartacus 13) The West Wing 12) Prisoner: Cell Block H 11) Dexter 10) 24 9) Lost 8) Boardwalk Empire 7) Deadwood 6) The Shield 5) Oz 4) Game Of Thrones 3) Breaking Bad 2) The Sopranos 1) The Wire Shows that got votes but didn't make the top 50! Rockford Files Luther Auf Weirdersen Pet The Chinese Detective The Prisoner Maverick Psych The Wonder Years Ashes To Ashes The OC Van Der Velk Columbo Dream team Battlestar Galactica Tales Of The Unexpected Six Feet Under Shoestring CSI CSI NY The Newsroom The Twilight Zone Hawkins Sharpe V The A Team Manimal GBH Torchwood Sugar Rush Quincy Edge Of Darkness Damages Braquo The Mentalist Batman Rome Rock Follies Supernatural The Killing Smallville The Take Alien Nation Veronica Mars Queer As Folk Sherlock MASH House Of Cards The Singing Detective Teachers Wallander Castle The Proffessionals Shameless Due South Skins Eastenders Glee Greys Anatomy Jekyll Hell On Wheels Casanova Arrow Californication This Is England '86 & '90 Murder One Lie To Me Jonathan Creek Lonesome Dove Spooks Downton Abbey The Take NYPD Blue Mulberry Angel Streets Of Laredo Talking Heads Homicide: Life On The Street Nip/Tuck Blue Bloods Sports Night Cold Feet First Born Jake's Progress Survivors The Returned Poirot Mad Dogs Harpers Island Hamish Macbeth Fastlane 50) "What would you prefer - a doctor who holds your hand while you die or one who ignores you while you get better?" House Voted number 1? No. What's it about? Hugh Laurie chucks on an American accent as star Dr. Gregory House. A drug-addicted, disabled tough talking no-nonsense arsehole doctor with a heart of gold. This show has sometimes been described as a medical version of Sherlock Holmes as House has to uncover the causes of mysterious illnesses. Clips! Do I look like an idiot? =48 "When convention and science offer us no answers, might we not finally turn to the fantastic as a plausibility?" The X-Files Voted number 1? No What's it about? Agent Mulder, man of faith, and Agent Scully, woman of science, team up to investigate unexplained phenomena. This leads to them battling mutants, aliens, government conspiracies and various monsters of the week. It was probably one of the first shows to really embrace a huge overarching mythology. Unfortunately it was this mythology that eventually ended up bogging down the show and turning viewers off but during the first four seasons it was fantastic stuff that really penetrated pop culture. Some of the monster-of-the-week episodes were brilliant. "Squeeze" and "Home" in particular are still to this day two of the scariest TV episodes ever. What really made this show click was the wonderful two lead performances. What do you say? "Yes, fuck you. Ok, it tailed off a lot in quality near the end, becoming almost a parody of itself. But the first 4 series redefined whole genres. I don't remember a series which had such a huge cultural impact - people glued to their sofas for each episode. It made household names out of its stars, brought geek culture into the mainstream, and fuelled generations of paranoid schizophrenics on the internet. It introduced the concept of the story arc to television drama which probably did more to create the US television boom than any other innovation. And it marked a demarcation line for horror, setting a gold standard for how to write, shoot and produce the 1 hour format." "Hit and miss, certainly, and the ongoing main storyline became very boring and stupid very quickly. But its monster of the week stuff was often absolutely tremendous. At its best, The X Files is some of the best TV of the last 20 years." Clips! The brilliant, spooky intro. Original TV spot for 'Squeeze' Edited August 29, 2013 by LaGoosh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Bellenda Carlisle Posted August 9, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted August 9, 2013 Surprised X-Files wasn't higher, if I'd had 11 on my list it would've made it, I loved it when I was 13 (until it got shit) if X-files barely made it there's no hope for most of ny shows. Are you doing that thing where you chuck together a few that only got one vote outside of the regular countdown? That was cool in the sitcom one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members LaGoosh Posted August 9, 2013 Author Paid Members Share Posted August 9, 2013 (edited) =48 "This is how everything works. You wait. You lay low. And then you come to life." Homeland Voted number 1? No What's it about? Claire Danes is a mentally ill CIA agent. Damien Lewis is a US marine who has just been rescued from 8 years of imprisonment by terrorists. He comes back to the US hailed as a war hero however Claire Danes believes he has been turned into a terrorist planning to attack America and sets out to try and prove it. I loved the first season but it's starting to get a bit far fetched now, I definitely see it going the route of 24 where each season gets more and more contrived and over the top. But like X Files, this is a show that is grounded by the two fantastic leads. My middle-eastern wife also tells me that Lewis and Danes Arabic is really authentic sounding too so good for them. What do you say? "Controversial choice even for myself. It's very slow paced and the characters can often be very irritating yet I've watched two seasons and look forward to the third. The only reason I kept up with it was because I had Sky+d it and there was nothing else on at the time that or I'd watched everything else on my Sky+ box so I was able to back-up a few episodes and watch them back to back. If I'd waited each week I probably would've lost interest quicker." Clips! I'd say start a fresh thread for the countdown proper Gooshinator. Ok, will do. Edited August 16, 2013 by LaGoosh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members LaGoosh Posted August 9, 2013 Author Paid Members Share Posted August 9, 2013 Ten shows that got votes but didn't make the top 50! First Born Jake's Progress Survivors The Returned Poirot Mad Dogs Harpers Island Hamish Macbeth Fastlane Rockford Files Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Lion_of_the_Midlands Posted August 9, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted August 9, 2013 I enjoy Homeland but Claire Danes is an awful actress so I could not put it in my top 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Bellenda Carlisle Posted August 9, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted August 9, 2013 Ten shows that got votes but didn't make the top 50! Fastlane Did anyone else vote for that? That show was great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators PowerButchi Posted August 9, 2013 Moderators Share Posted August 9, 2013 Rockford Files is one of mine! Anyway, Hamish MacBeth is indeed awesome. Well voted, whoever did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Maverick Posted August 9, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted August 9, 2013 (edited) I too put in Rockford Files as my second pick, disappointed it missed out, great show if anyone hasn't seen it, cut above the usual detective type show from that era, the amount of action is class. It's all on US Netflix too Edited August 9, 2013 by Maverick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members ShortOrderCook Posted August 9, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted August 9, 2013 My list was rubbish, I only really wanted to get it in, in time to show some love for what I put at number 2. That list of 10 gives me hope it may have actually made it and someone else voted for it. Blatantly loads of stuff I forgot which this thread will remind me of and already has with X Files, probably the first show I ever really got into and watched semi-regularly. Was a bit young to really give that much of a shit at the time though. I'm going to have so much shit to get watching following this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patiirc Posted August 9, 2013 Share Posted August 9, 2013 Ten shows that got votes but didn't make the top 50! Poirot Hamish Macbeth Rockford Files Unlucky Poirot, unlucky Poirot- The Famous Belgian Detective, better than Ustinov. David Suchet completely embodies Poirot and the murder-mysteries he takes part in are a joy to behold. It's a shame it's finally coming to an end but I really want to watch the last episode as it is a bitter sweet twist to the whole story line. Hamish MacBeth was excellent and a little dark iirc lots of supernaturally stuff in there as well as a bone idle, not wanting promotion copper. I completely forgot about the Rockford Files as well, balls! It's brilliant stuff, took over from the likes of Petrocelli and a n other show that may or may not make the list in the BBC afternoon slot. The interplay between Jim and his dad, Rocky took it a step above, and has been riffed on in series like Nash Bridges since. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members LaGoosh Posted August 9, 2013 Author Paid Members Share Posted August 9, 2013 Ten shows that got votes but didn't make the top 50! Fastlane Did anyone else vote for that? That show was great! Just you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Lion_of_the_Midlands Posted August 9, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted August 9, 2013 I voted for Hamish Macbeth. The tv show was great, but never read the books. M.C Beaton is not the most politically correct writer. It is full of stuff like "She deserved a slap because she was a woman" and "Never trust a gypsy they are all thieves" The TV show was quality, Robert Carlyle was superb in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members LaGoosh Posted August 9, 2013 Author Paid Members Share Posted August 9, 2013 (edited) 47) "No matter how gruesome or horrible the murder, you can always find someone who'll buy the house." American Horror Story Voted number 1? No. What's it about? Each season is a different story with new characters and a beginning, middle and end but the overall themes seem to be haunted houses, the criminally insane, sex and brutal murder. From the creators of Glee! What do you say? "Absolutely motherfucking crazy. But brilliant. Some shows have one of those insanely over the top moments that make idiots who wank over their own farts go “Aaaand we've just jumped the shark,” every now and then, but AHS does that shit that multiple times every week, and they pull it the fuck off. It's not even a “so bad it's good,” as it's just really, really great. Utterly insane, but really, really great." "What started as a seemingly obvious affair-induced family new start on the other side if the country-style series, this soon proved itself to be something different. It was somewhat disturbing in places with characters including the PVC-clad gimp, the mistress hell-bent on revenge and the not-quite-so-normal next door neighbour all playing their roles so perfectly that it left the viewer thirsty for more than an hour-long episode each week. Wacky meets ghoulish - aliens, Nazis, psychopaths, lesbians, this series had it all. The way it mixed the bizarre with everyday life was brilliantly done where you, as a viewer, weren't even sure what was real and what was an hallucination. The Name Game episode is a particular stand-out." Clips! Season 1 trailer Asylum - Opening...very Se7en-ish Edited August 16, 2013 by LaGoosh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members DEF Posted August 9, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted August 9, 2013 Wow surprised X-Files didn't figure higher. I loved the monster a week stuff but tuned out after a couple of seasons so it was never getting on my list but I have friends who were obsessed with that show. Thought the UKFF would have more love for it. This is going to be a very interesting list. This project has done me good already. I was shame faced into starting Breaking Bad yesterday when I was writing up my list. I'm now on season 2 episode 3 within a day. Its pretty good so far. I think next I have to do Twin Peaks. I've always been ashamed that I haven't watched that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Monkee Posted August 9, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted August 9, 2013 Can't believe AHS is so low... Should be higher. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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