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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

23 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 Yesterday OP

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

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

Definitely good choices.... FarPoint Yesterday #7

I'd definitely say "The Wire"... appmanga 19 hrs ago #39

Red Dwarf Bok_Tukalo Yesterday #3

Gotta go with Monty Python's Flying Circus. Ray Bruns Yesterday #4

'Breaking Bad' sop Yesterday #5

Kieślowski's "Dekalog." ZZenith Yesterday #6

Lonesome Dove GiqueCee Yesterday #8

Better Call Saul -misanthroptimist Yesterday #9

The Golden Girls NEOH Yesterday #10

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

I am hooked on Star Trek Enterprise.... FarPoint 23 hrs ago #16

24... MiHale Yesterday #12

TWD lost me when Glen popped out from under the dumpster -misanthroptimist Yesterday #13

I understand..... FarPoint Yesterday #14

I still go way back to The Twilight Zone rurallib Yesterday #15

Fantastic choice! FarPoint 23 hrs ago #19

Law & Order: Criminal Intent and Monk. LoisB 23 hrs ago #17

I love Law and Order: Criminal Intent MIButterfly 22 hrs ago #28

I agree with your assessments 100%. Vincent D'Onofrio was my absolute LoisB 21 hrs ago #35

I started watching in the Natalie years MIButterfly 20 hrs ago #38

Monk perfectly combined humor with mystery and drama DeeDeeNY 18 hrs ago #40

Yah, loved Monk. a kennedy 21 hrs ago #36

Zero Hour LessAspin 23 hrs ago #18

This is new to me.... FarPoint 23 hrs ago #20

If you had asked me 30 years ago I probably would have said "The X-Files" FakeNoose 23 hrs ago #21

I am noticing that this thread reflects the lousy TV options today. FarPoint 23 hrs ago #22

If you are lucky to have a great local library, there are probably DVDs of the old series FakeNoose 23 hrs ago #23

I was born/raised around Pittsburgh....Mars Pa. FarPoint 12 hrs ago #42

Yes I know Mars quite well FakeNoose 2 hrs ago #43

Star Trek: DS9 Deep State Witch 23 hrs ago #24

All in the Family! choie 23 hrs ago #25

M.A.S.H Srkdqltr 22 hrs ago #26

Twilight Zone. The best, and we are living in the Twilight Zone Right NOW. usonian 22 hrs ago #27

Homicide: Life on the Streets tonkatoy8888 22 hrs ago #29

Homicide: Life on the Street, what a great choice MIButterfly 20 hrs ago #37

Would need to go by genre... JT45242 22 hrs ago #30

The Americans 3Hotdogs 22 hrs ago #31

That's true AZProgressive 22 hrs ago #32

Years ago, a retired CIA agent was on NPR (Diane Rehm?) 3Hotdogs 21 hrs ago #34

West Wing MoonlightHillFarm 22 hrs ago #33

I like so many of the shows already mentioned but for me the answer is St. Elsewhere dflprincess 13 hrs ago #41