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FarPoint

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22. I am noticing that this thread reflects the lousy TV options today.

Reply to FakeNoose (Reply #21)

Wed Jun 3, 2026, 11:19 AM

20 hrs ago

I'm glad we can binge older shows via Apps.... but there just is not any substantial news shows essentially..... I'm sure there are great stories to tell....corporate TV is all about control the message now and cut cost...drive thru at McDonalds stuff...and they want us to pay for it....

These upcoming new buyouts like HBO/ Time Warner/ Discovery to Paramount....frightening future I believe...

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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 21 hrs ago #8

Better Call Saul -misanthroptimist 21 hrs ago #9

The Golden Girls NEOH 21 hrs ago #10

Star Trek: The Next Generation, followed by The Prisoner (British series) jgo 21 hrs ago #11

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

24... MiHale 21 hrs ago #12

TWD lost me when Glen popped out from under the dumpster -misanthroptimist 21 hrs ago #13

I understand..... FarPoint 21 hrs ago #14

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

Fantastic choice! FarPoint 20 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 15 hrs ago #40

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

Zero Hour LessAspin 20 hrs ago #18

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

If you had asked me 30 years ago I probably would have said "The X-Files" FakeNoose 20 hrs ago #21

I am noticing that this thread reflects the lousy TV options today. FarPoint 20 hrs ago #22

If you are lucky to have a great local library, there are probably DVDs of the old series FakeNoose 20 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 19 hrs ago #29

Homicide: Life on the Street, what a great choice MIButterfly 17 hrs ago #37

Would need to go by genre... JT45242 19 hrs ago #30

The Americans 3Hotdogs 19 hrs ago #31

That's true AZProgressive 19 hrs ago #32

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

West Wing MoonlightHillFarm 19 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