There have been a huge number of television series.
Some come and go in a flash and others we may
have heard of but never watched. But for some of us
there was a TV series that we liked so much that we
watched every single episode, season after season.

So, in your opinion, what is the best TV series of all time?
The one you always watched and never missed? Well
for me there is no question, It was "NYPD Blue".
And you say?

Irish Mike

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On 2/23/2023 12:42 AM, Irish Mike wrote:

There have been a huge number of television series.
Some come and go in a flash and others we may
have heard of but never watched. But for some of us
there was a TV series that we liked so much that we
watched every single episode, season after season.

So, in your opinion, what is the best TV series of all time?
The one you always watched and never missed? Well
for me there is no question, It was "NYPD Blue".
And you say?

Irish Mike

Original Flash Gordon
--
"In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. In
practice, there is." Ruben Goldberg

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On Wednesday, February 22, 2023 at 11:46:07 PM UTC-6, RoddyMcCorley wrote:

On 2/23/2023 12:42 AM, Irish Mike wrote:

There have been a huge number of television series.
Some come and go in a flash and others we may
have heard of but never watched. But for some of us
there was a TV series that we liked so much that we
watched every single episode, season after season.

So, in your opinion, what is the best TV series of all time?
The one you always watched and never missed? Well
for me there is no question, It was "NYPD Blue".
And you say?

Irish Mike

Original Flash Gordon
--
"In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. In
practice, there is." Ruben Goldberg

For me, it's always going to be "The Wire."

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On Thursday, February 23, 2023 at 12:11:39 PM UTC-5, unclejr wrote:

On Wednesday, February 22, 2023 at 11:46:07 PM UTC-6, RoddyMcCorley wrote:

On 2/23/2023 12:42 AM, Irish Mike wrote:

There have been a huge number of television series.
Some come and go in a flash and others we may
have heard of but never watched. But for some of us
there was a TV series that we liked so much that we
watched every single episode, season after season.

So, in your opinion, what is the best TV series of all time?
The one you always watched and never missed? Well
for me there is no question, It was "NYPD Blue".
And you say?

Irish Mike

Original Flash Gordon
--
"In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice, there is." Ruben Goldberg

For me, it's always going to be "The Wire."

"The Wire" was a good, gritty show but I always wondered if the
Baltimore Tourism Department ever filed a complaint against the show?
If you watch "The Wire" the last place you'd want to visit would be Baltimore!

Irish Mike

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On Thursday, February 23, 2023 at 11:39:49 AM UTC-6, Irish Mike wrote:

On Thursday, February 23, 2023 at 12:11:39 PM UTC-5, unclejr wrote:

On Wednesday, February 22, 2023 at 11:46:07 PM UTC-6, RoddyMcCorley wrote:

On 2/23/2023 12:42 AM, Irish Mike wrote:

There have been a huge number of television series.
Some come and go in a flash and others we may
have heard of but never watched. But for some of us
there was a TV series that we liked so much that we
watched every single episode, season after season.

So, in your opinion, what is the best TV series of all time?
The one you always watched and never missed? Well
for me there is no question, It was "NYPD Blue".
And you say?

Irish Mike

Original Flash Gordon
--
"In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice, there is." Ruben Goldberg

For me, it's always going to be "The Wire."

"The Wire" was a good, gritty show but I always wondered if the
Baltimore Tourism Department ever filed a complaint against the show?
If you watch "The Wire" the last place you'd want to visit would be Baltimore!

having gone to Baltimore less than a couple months ago to pick up my POS beast car, I can attest that baltimore is not a place I really want to visit again.

Irish Mike

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On Thursday, February 23, 2023 at 11:11:39 AM UTC-6, unclejr wrote:

On Wednesday, February 22, 2023 at 11:46:07 PM UTC-6, RoddyMcCorley wrote:

On 2/23/2023 12:42 AM, Irish Mike wrote:

There have been a huge number of television series.
Some come and go in a flash and others we may
have heard of but never watched. But for some of us
there was a TV series that we liked so much that we
watched every single episode, season after season.

So, in your opinion, what is the best TV series of all time?
The one you always watched and never missed? Well
for me there is no question, It was "NYPD Blue".
And you say?

Irish Mike

Original Flash Gordon
--
"In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice, there is." Ruben Goldberg

For me, it's always going to be "The Wire."

except season 2 really bogged down with all that union/dockworker crap that was a snooze and hard to follow. And at times it relied too much on
that one good looking white male detective with the black hair who was going through a divorce. He was a good character, but there were times when it
too heavily focused on him(which was not what the show was supposed to be)

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On Thursday, February 23, 2023 at 11:11:39 AM UTC-6, unclejr wrote:

On Wednesday, February 22, 2023 at 11:46:07 PM UTC-6, RoddyMcCorley wrote:

On 2/23/2023 12:42 AM, Irish Mike wrote:

There have been a huge number of television series.
Some come and go in a flash and others we may
have heard of but never watched. But for some of us
there was a TV series that we liked so much that we
watched every single episode, season after season.

So, in your opinion, what is the best TV series of all time?
The one you always watched and never missed? Well
for me there is no question, It was "NYPD Blue".
And you say?

Irish Mike

Original Flash Gordon
--
"In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice, there is." Ruben Goldberg

For me, it's always going to be "The Wire."

I've been trying that but can't get by the first or second episode.

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The Simpsons ... end of discussion.

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Irish Mike

Original Flash Gordon
--
"In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. In
practice, there is." Ruben Goldberg

For me, it's always going to be "The Wire."

"The Wire" was a good, gritty show but I always wondered if the
Baltimore Tourism Department ever filed a complaint against the show?
If you watch "The Wire" the last place you'd want to visit would be Baltimore!

having gone to Baltimore less than a couple months ago to pick up my POS beast car, I can attest that baltimore is not a place I really want to visit again.

Irish Mike

Inner Harbor area is pretty nice. The rest, not so nice.
--
"In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. In
practice, there is." Ruben Goldberg

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On Thursday, February 23, 2023 at 5:49:11 PM UTC-6, RoddyMcCorley wrote:

Irish Mike

Original Flash Gordon
--
"In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. In
practice, there is." Ruben Goldberg

For me, it's always going to be "The Wire."

"The Wire" was a good, gritty show but I always wondered if the
Baltimore Tourism Department ever filed a complaint against the show?
If you watch "The Wire" the last place you'd want to visit would be Baltimore!

having gone to Baltimore less than a couple months ago to pick up my POS beast car, I can attest that baltimore is not a place I really want to visit again.

Irish Mike

Inner Harbor area is pretty nice. The rest, not so nice.

everything just looked so low end. I asked some local "so where are the nice places of town here?" He said this
is it. I made sure I was on my flight out lol.....

--
"In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. In
practice, there is." Ruben Goldberg

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michael anderson <mianderson79@gmail.com> wrote:

On Thursday, February 23, 2023 at 11:11:39 AM UTC-6, unclejr wrote:

On Wednesday, February 22, 2023 at 11:46:07 PM UTC-6, RoddyMcCorley wrote: >>> On 2/23/2023 12:42 AM, Irish Mike wrote:

There have been a huge number of television series.
Some come and go in a flash and others we may
have heard of but never watched. But for some of us
there was a TV series that we liked so much that we
watched every single episode, season after season.

So, in your opinion, what is the best TV series of all time?
The one you always watched and never missed? Well
for me there is no question, It was "NYPD Blue".
And you say?

Irish Mike

Original Flash Gordon
--
"In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. In
practice, there is." Ruben Goldberg

For me, it's always going to be "The Wire."

except season 2 really bogged down with all that union/dockworker crap
that was a snooze and hard to follow. And at times it relied too much on that one good looking white male detective with the black hair who was
going through a divorce. He was a good character, but there were times when it
too heavily focused on him(which was not what the show was supposed to be)

I loved season 2 because it really dove deep into a subject that doesn’t
get a lot of TV attention and did a great job of it. There are zillions of
cop shows, hundreds of drug shows, many of them are excellent. But no one
else has given that treatment to a port. It was unique and fascinating.

--
“I usually skip over your posts because of your disguistng, contrarian, liberal personality.” — Altie

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Irish Mike <irishranger317@gmail.com> wrote:

There have been a huge number of television series.
Some come and go in a flash and others we may
have heard of but never watched. But for some of us
there was a TV series that we liked so much that we
watched every single episode, season after season.

So, in your opinion, what is the best TV series of all time?
The one you always watched and never missed? Well
for me there is no question, It was "NYPD Blue".
And you say?

Irish Mike

The Sopranos has to be in the conversation. As others have said The Wire as well.

For old school I’m going with M*A*S*H

--
“I usually skip over your posts because of your disguistng, contrarian, liberal personality.” — Altie

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jimbr...@yahoo.com <jimbrowndoc@yahoo.com> wrote:

On Thursday, February 23, 2023 at 11:11:39 AM UTC-6, unclejr wrote:

On Wednesday, February 22, 2023 at 11:46:07 PM UTC-6, RoddyMcCorley wrote: >>> On 2/23/2023 12:42 AM, Irish Mike wrote:

There have been a huge number of television series.
Some come and go in a flash and others we may
have heard of but never watched. But for some of us
there was a TV series that we liked so much that we
watched every single episode, season after season.

So, in your opinion, what is the best TV series of all time?
The one you always watched and never missed? Well
for me there is no question, It was "NYPD Blue".
And you say?

Irish Mike

Original Flash Gordon
--
"In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. In
practice, there is." Ruben Goldberg

For me, it's always going to be "The Wire."

I've been trying that but can't get by the first or second episode.

FWIW I had a tough time getting started with it but boy am I glad I stuck
with it.

--
“I usually skip over your posts because of your disguistng, contrarian, liberal personality.” — Altie

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On 2/23/2023 10:02 PM, xyzzy wrote:

Irish Mike <irishranger317@gmail.com> wrote:

There have been a huge number of television series.
Some come and go in a flash and others we may
have heard of but never watched. But for some of us
there was a TV series that we liked so much that we
watched every single episode, season after season.

So, in your opinion, what is the best TV series of all time?
The one you always watched and never missed? Well
for me there is no question, It was "NYPD Blue".
And you say?

Irish Mike

The Sopranos has to be in the conversation. As others have said The Wire as well.

For old school I’m going with M*A*S*H

As a Jersey boy, the Sopranos for sure.
The Crown for a historical perspective and quite good acting.
Breaking Bad.
Seinfeld, again the Jersey connection.
Hill Street Blues since it really broke new ground with the multiple
subplots.
--
"In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. In
practice, there is." Ruben Goldberg

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On Thursday, February 23, 2023 at 2:44:49 PM UTC-6, jimbr...@yahoo.com wrote:

On Thursday, February 23, 2023 at 11:11:39 AM UTC-6, unclejr wrote:

On Wednesday, February 22, 2023 at 11:46:07 PM UTC-6, RoddyMcCorley wrote:

On 2/23/2023 12:42 AM, Irish Mike wrote:

There have been a huge number of television series.
Some come and go in a flash and others we may
have heard of but never watched. But for some of us
there was a TV series that we liked so much that we
watched every single episode, season after season.

So, in your opinion, what is the best TV series of all time?
The one you always watched and never missed? Well
for me there is no question, It was "NYPD Blue".
And you say?

Irish Mike

Original Flash Gordon
--
"In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice, there is." Ruben Goldberg

For me, it's always going to be "The Wire."

I've been trying that but can't get by the first or second episode.

It's dated by today's standards with pagers and flip phones.

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On Thursday, February 23, 2023 at 9:02:15 PM UTC-6, xyzzy wrote:

Irish Mike <irishra...@gmail.com> wrote:

There have been a huge number of television series.
Some come and go in a flash and others we may
have heard of but never watched. But for some of us
there was a TV series that we liked so much that we
watched every single episode, season after season.

So, in your opinion, what is the best TV series of all time?
The one you always watched and never missed? Well
for me there is no question, It was "NYPD Blue".
And you say?

Irish Mike

The Sopranos has to be in the conversation. As others have said The Wire as well.

For old school I’m going with M*A*S*H
--
“I usually skip over your posts because of your disguistng, contrarian, liberal personality.” — Altie

The Sopranos.

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On Thursday, February 23, 2023 at 9:02:15 PM UTC-6, xyzzy wrote:

Irish Mike <irishra...@gmail.com> wrote:

There have been a huge number of television series.
Some come and go in a flash and others we may
have heard of but never watched. But for some of us
there was a TV series that we liked so much that we
watched every single episode, season after season.

So, in your opinion, what is the best TV series of all time?
The one you always watched and never missed? Well
for me there is no question, It was "NYPD Blue".
And you say?

Irish Mike

The Sopranos has to be in the conversation. As others have said The Wire as well.

For old school I’m going with M*A*S*H

Nothing beats Band of Brothers, if that fits the category. Then Breaking Bad. Cheers. NYPD Blue. The office seems pretty timeless.

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On 2/23/2023 12:42 AM, Irish Mike wrote:

There have been a huge number of television series.
Some come and go in a flash and others we may
have heard of but never watched. But for some of us
there was a TV series that we liked so much that we
watched every single episode, season after season.

So, in your opinion, what is the best TV series of all time?
The one you always watched and never missed? Well
for me there is no question, It was "NYPD Blue".
And you say?

Irish Mike

I liked most of M*A*S*H. Haven't seen enough of The Crown and BOB but
like what I've seen. Simpsons got really old really fast.

Everything else mentioned in this thread has been intentionally ignored.

GrtArtiste

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On 2/23/2023 10:02 PM, xyzzy wrote:

Irish Mike <irishranger317@gmail.com> wrote:

There have been a huge number of television series.
Some come and go in a flash and others we may
have heard of but never watched. But for some of us
there was a TV series that we liked so much that we
watched every single episode, season after season.

So, in your opinion, what is the best TV series of all time?
The one you always watched and never missed? Well
for me there is no question, It was "NYPD Blue".
And you say?

Irish Mike

The Sopranos has to be in the conversation. As others have said The Wire as well.

For old school I’m going with M*A*S*H

Alien Nation
--
ÄLSKAR - Fänga Dagen

Слава Україні та НАТО

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GrtArtiste <nineorbs@yahoo.com> wrote:

On 2/23/2023 12:42 AM, Irish Mike wrote:

There have been a huge number of television series.
Some come and go in a flash and others we may
have heard of but never watched. But for some of us
there was a TV series that we liked so much that we
watched every single episode, season after season.

So, in your opinion, what is the best TV series of all time?
The one you always watched and never missed? Well
for me there is no question, It was "NYPD Blue".
And you say?

Irish Mike

I liked most of M*A*S*H. Haven't seen enough of The Crown and BOB but
like what I've seen. Simpsons got really old really fast.

Everything else mentioned in this thread has been intentionally ignored.

GrtArtiste

I’ve enjoyed The Crown but less so as it gets closer to present day and events I remember.

Also the casting for Prince Charles in the latest season was totally off
base. My wife and I know call him Prince McNulty, heh. (Speaking of The
Wire).

--
“I usually skip over your posts because of your disguistng, contrarian, liberal personality.” — Altie

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On Wednesday, February 22, 2023 at 9:42:50 PM UTC-8, Irish Mike wrote:

There have been a huge number of television series.
Some come and go in a flash and others we may
have heard of but never watched. But for some of us
there was a TV series that we liked so much that we
watched every single episode, season after season.

So, in your opinion, what is the best TV series of all time?
The one you always watched and never missed? Well
for me there is no question, It was "NYPD Blue".
And you say?

Irish Mike

I love the Twilight Zone reruns. For more modern shows I'd say Bored to Death, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Vera. Lost let me down in a big, big, huge way, so much that I now hate it. Oh yeah, that's right. You guys don't hate anything.

I liked Treme for two seasons, then lost interest. My wife was a big fan of The Wire.

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On Wed, 22 Feb 2023 21:42:47 -0800 (PST), Irish Mike <irishranger317@gmail.com> wrote:

There have been a huge number of television series.
Some come and go in a flash and others we may
have heard of but never watched. But for some of us
there was a TV series that we liked so much that we
watched every single episode, season after season.

So, in your opinion, what is the best TV series of all time?
The one you always watched and never missed? Well
for me there is no question, It was "NYPD Blue".
And you say?

I liked Star Trek, both 1st gen and 2nd gen. Other spinoffs not as much.

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On 2023-02-23, jimbr...@yahoo.com <jimbrowndoc@yahoo.com> wrote:

On Thursday, February 23, 2023 at 11:11:39 AM UTC-6, unclejr wrote:

On Wednesday, February 22, 2023 at 11:46:07 PM UTC-6, RoddyMcCorley wrote: >> > On 2/23/2023 12:42 AM, Irish Mike wrote:

There have been a huge number of television series.
Some come and go in a flash and others we may
have heard of but never watched. But for some of us
there was a TV series that we liked so much that we
watched every single episode, season after season.

So, in your opinion, what is the best TV series of all time?
The one you always watched and never missed? Well
for me there is no question, It was "NYPD Blue".
And you say?

Irish Mike

Original Flash Gordon
--
"In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. In
practice, there is." Ruben Goldberg

For me, it's always going to be "The Wire."

I've been trying that but can't get by the first or second episode.

I may have to get a couple of months of HBO to try watching it; I loved Breaking Bad.

I still have trouble with the patience to watch TV. I've been able to
binge watch only 3 series in my life (Breaking Bad, Sons of Anarchy, and Occupied).

--
Tolerance will reach such a level that intelligent people will be
banned fromj thinking so as not to offend the imbeciles.
-- Dostoevsky

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Please - there's only one answer to this.

The Prisoner.

As proof of this, they actually tried remaking it as a miniseries, but they modified it so that it would be, well, "more understandable" to today's audiences, and it was a total mess. (It did have the occasional reference to the early series - for
example, in one scene, Number Six is in a classroom when the teacher asks if there are any questions, and Six says, "I have one - Who Is Number One?," to which pretty much every student raises their hand and one answers along the lines of, "There is no
Number One.")

Had it been made today, there would have been a 90-minute movie tying up all of the loose ends that would probably challenge Seinfeld (among other shows) for "worst TV series ending ever" (but that's another story for another thread). I wouldn't be a bit
surprised if Patrick McGoohan's tombstone reads, "Why did he resign? You'll never know."

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On Tuesday, February 28, 2023 at 8:18:17 AM UTC-6, The NOTBCS Guy wrote:

Please - there's only one answer to this.

The Prisoner.

As proof of this, they actually tried remaking it as a miniseries, but they modified it so that it would be, well, "more understandable" to today's audiences, and it was a total mess. (It did have the occasional reference to the early series - for

example, in one scene, Number Six is in a classroom when the teacher asks if there are any questions, and Six says, "I have one - Who Is Number One?," to which pretty much every student raises their hand and one answers along the lines of, "There is no
Number One.")

Had it been made today, there would have been a 90-minute movie tying up all of the loose ends that would probably challenge Seinfeld (among other shows) for "worst TV series ending ever" (but that's another story for another thread). I wouldn't be a

bit surprised if Patrick McGoohan's tombstone reads, "Why did he resign? You'll never know."

I gave that one a try. I couldn't get into it. It's *very* dated.

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On Wednesday, February 22, 2023 at 11:42:50 PM UTC-6, Irish Mike wrote:

There have been a huge number of television series.
Some come and go in a flash and others we may
have heard of but never watched. But for some of us
there was a TV series that we liked so much that we
watched every single episode, season after season.

So, in your opinion, what is the best TV series of all time?

Irish Mike

It’s hard for me to pick anything other than MASH. Not only was it great, but I ended up watching most episodes many times. Our dorm TV room used to fill up three times a day—when the syndicated run of MASH was on.

I did really like Hill Street Blues. Also the best Science Fiction was either seasons 3-6 of Star Trek Next Generation or Babylon 5.

Marty

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