Your favourite tv series and Why? M*A*S*H, then Sex and the City, Justified, Weeds, The Wire.

[applegrove]

MASH - I adored Hawkeye. I wanted to be a doctor just like him.
Sex & the City - I loved the girltalk and the clothes
Justified - the dialogue is stellar, Tim Oliphant
Weeds - The drama cause by a naive woman in a dangerous world
The Wire - the detail, drama and how the good guys often won
Days & Nights of Molly Dodd - one woman's growth through single life

[NRaleighLiberal]

1. St Elsewhere, China Beach, later ER....

More recently, Six Feet Under, Sopranos, Mad Men, In Treatment and Boardwalk Empire.

Common thread running through all of them - good characters, acting, plot - and creativity.

[CurtEastPoint]

2. Hands down... Six Feet Under.

Top quality writing and acting, range of emotions, topics, never hit a dull spot for 5 seasons.

[rurallib]

3. Roseanne (early years) and Married With Children

after growing up in the Father Knows Best era, these two shows were refreshing.
Oh, and Twilight Zone.

[center rising]

4. M*A*S*H*, All in the Family,

Loved Mike Farrell as BJ. Love to hate Frank Burns. Met Larry Linville about 35 years ago at our airport. Shook hands, said hello for about a minute.

[Motown_Johnny]

5. Babylon 5

I am a sci-fi nut so there it that. It was the first show to really use computer generated graphics and I love that kinda stuff.

Mostly I love the epic nature of the story. For 5 seasons each episode played into the greater story line while also standing alone as all episodes must.

I think it was brilliantly done.

[OmahaBlueDog]

6. The Bob Newhart Show, Mary Tyler Moore, Friends, The Rockford Files

WKRP in Cincinnatti, Emergency

There are a lot of other shows I like until they "jump the shark."

Star Trek - First two seasons great; after that, not so much
Mad About You - See "Star Trek." They lost me at the "I kissed Doug Birkus" fiasco.
M*A*S*H - I like up through the first season with Charles, then it gets really stale
ER - Once Marke Greene dies, I kinda lose interest.
Ice Road Truckers - In Canada - Great; In Alaska - Good; In Tibet, not so much.
Roseanne - The last season is horrid (even given it's ultimately a dream sequence)