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usonian

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27. Twilight Zone. The best, and we are living in the Twilight Zone Right NOW.

Reply to FarPoint (Original post)

Wed Jun 3, 2026, 11:47 AM

18 hrs ago

Close by, Alfred Hitchcock Presents ... "Specialty of the House"

And the old Saturday Night Live episodes, featuring Aykroyd, Belushi, Curtin, Morris, Radner, Murray ... and Cheddar Cheese

Hint:

Twilight Zone, updated.

Trump, for your hideous crimes,

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What is your most favorite TV show ever as the GREATEST of all TIME for you? [View all] FarPoint 20 hrs ago OP

I'm thinking Downton Abbey. It's not as noisy as some of more modern settings. Walleye 20 hrs ago #1

In the past I would have said The Wire or maybe Breaking Bad AZProgressive 20 hrs ago #2

Definitely good choices.... FarPoint 20 hrs ago #7

I'd definitely say "The Wire"... appmanga 15 hrs ago #39

Red Dwarf Bok_Tukalo 20 hrs ago #3

Gotta go with Monty Python's Flying Circus. Ray Bruns 20 hrs ago #4

'Breaking Bad' sop 20 hrs ago #5

Kieślowski's "Dekalog." ZZenith 20 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 19 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 19 hrs ago #15

Fantastic choice! FarPoint 19 hrs ago #19

Law & Order: Criminal Intent and Monk. LoisB 19 hrs ago #17

I love Law and Order: Criminal Intent MIButterfly 18 hrs ago #28

I agree with your assessments 100%. Vincent D'Onofrio was my absolute LoisB 17 hrs ago #35

I started watching in the Natalie years MIButterfly 15 hrs ago #38

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

Yah, loved Monk. a kennedy 16 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 7 hrs ago #42

Star Trek: DS9 Deep State Witch 18 hrs ago #24

All in the Family! choie 18 hrs ago #25

M.A.S.H Srkdqltr 18 hrs ago #26

Twilight Zone. The best, and we are living in the Twilight Zone Right NOW. usonian 18 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 17 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 8 hrs ago #41