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LibraLiz1973 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-09-07 08:29 PM
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Poll question: What is your Numero Uno favorite TV Drama?
Naturally I can't get them all in here- so add your favorite to the list when you post if I missed it.
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Joe Fields Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-09-07 08:31 PM
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1. The original CSI. I think it's the first show where the main character
Edited on Sat Jun-09-07 08:32 PM by Joe Fields
gets the hots for a dominatrix.:toast:
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SeattleGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-09-07 08:39 PM
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4. You would be correct, Joe.
I love Lady Heather!
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Adsos Letter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-09-07 10:50 PM
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16. Lady Heather!
and her daughter at...was it Harvard?
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SeattleGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-09-07 10:58 PM
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24. I think so.
God, that was so sad when her daughter was murdered. :cry:
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Tikki Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-09-07 08:38 PM
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2. Medium......
...."Oh, and you can thank me later".......




Tikki
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LibraLiz1973 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-09-07 08:51 PM
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5. I really liked Medium and was a faithful watcher
until they put it up against Lost.
Argh
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SeattleGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-09-07 09:03 PM
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9. Did you know you can watch full episodes of Medium on the NBC
website?
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bluethruandthru Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-09-07 09:05 PM
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13. I gave up Lost to stick with Medium.
Lost lost me!
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hyphenate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-09-07 08:39 PM
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3. I have more than one favorite, alas and alack
In fact, my favorites (not on the list) are Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis, but I have many other favorites. The only two on the list, though, are CSI:TOS and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.
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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-09-07 08:53 PM
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6. I'm more a sci-fi guy. Unfortunately,
most of today's sci-fi is riddled with topical pablum that's no better than any given soap opera drama... :(
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AndreaCG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-10-07 10:41 PM
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34. What about Battleship Galactica?
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Left Is Write Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-09-07 08:54 PM
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7. Of those, I'd pick Law & Order (the original with Sam Waterston and Jerry Orbach)
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Patsy Stone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-09-07 08:54 PM
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8. It was Homicide: Life on the Streets
Edited on Sat Jun-09-07 08:55 PM by Patsy Stone
But now it's The Sopranos. Hey! Both David Chase!
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Gold Metal Flake Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-09-07 09:04 PM
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10. It was mine, too.
And then Deadwood. Sopranos is third, and now it is almost gone.
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Richard Steele Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-09-07 09:05 PM
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11. Battlestar Galactica.
They tricked me into watching it by portraying it as Science Fiction...
those magnificent bastards!
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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-09-07 09:05 PM
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12. I seem to remember really liking Millenium
It was uber dark
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begin_within Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-09-07 09:11 PM
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14. "Upstairs Downstairs" is the best TV drama that's been produced so far.
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Adsos Letter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-09-07 10:49 PM
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15. My name's Adso...and I watch CSI...
Blame my evil daughter; she allowed me to watch one...I...I think I have a problem...

:evilgrin:
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jobycom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-09-07 11:09 PM
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27. I got hooked on it in syndicate a while back.
I gave up cable. Mostly I gave up TV, but I had one, and it would sometimes wind up on, and I started watching it. Miami first, then Vegas. I don't think I've ever seen the New York one.
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Adsos Letter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-09-07 11:16 PM
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30. I don't like the NY one; Las Vegas is my favorite.
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Bjornsdotter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-09-07 10:51 PM
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17. Boston Legal n/t
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LibraLiz1973 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-09-07 10:53 PM
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19. Ack!!! How I forgot to put that on the list... dumb dumb dumb
I love that show
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Bjornsdotter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-09-07 10:58 PM
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22. You know what's worse



...the only show I've seen on the list is "Law and Order"

So I'm not the best judge

Cheers :toast:
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LibraLiz1973 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-09-07 11:09 PM
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28. lol- don't feel bad!
I've never seen any episodes of any of the CSI's.

:rofl:
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Esra Star Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-11-07 06:53 PM
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64. Ditto
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grace0418 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-09-07 10:52 PM
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18. That's still on the air? Lost. Ever? 6 Feet Under.
I enjoy 24 too but I that's more like a video game.
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Jade Fox Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-09-07 10:54 PM
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20. Numb3rs
Okay, I voted for Lost, but Numb3rs is really a great show. I makes me feel like I like math. It had a great episode about election theft. It has a great cast. It is a show where the central characters are Jews, a rarity on TV.

The only bad thing about it is the time: Friday night a 10:00. Fortunately, you can watch it online after the episode has aired.
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SeattleGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-09-07 10:57 PM
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21. I love NUMB3RS, and that episode about election theft was great!
Did you happen to see the season finale? THAT was a shocker!!! :wow:
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Jade Fox Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-09-07 11:06 PM
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26. Yes, I make it point to see all NUMB3RS episodes...
It's hard to believe Mr. All American boy is a double agent. It doesn't fit with his character at all. Another fan of the show here on DU said that it's going to turn out that he is innocent. I don't know where that DUer got the info, but I kinda hope it's true. I liked that character (even tho I can't remember his name!).

Excuse me, but I have to go formulate an algorithm for, um, something or 'nother. ;)
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SeattleGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-09-07 11:30 PM
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31. It was hard for me to believe too.
Oh, the character's name is Colby Granger.

And I don't know if he's innocent. That final scene with him and the other spy, after they had been arrested, made me think he really is a double agent. Unless, it turns out he's a double-double agent.

And I have to go too. Have to go work on a new equation for a different something or other. :)
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Starbucks Anarchist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-09-07 10:58 PM
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23. The Wire.
It's a shame nobody watches it.

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FastHorizon Donating Member (70 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-10-07 11:04 PM
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41. You stole mine...
My favorite probably used to be The Sopranos. the first few seasons of The Sopranos were great but I haven't been as into it lately. I think The Wire has been a consistently better show. It certainly is a shame that it gets low ratings. I've given up on trying to get friends into The Wire.. but the people I've gotten into it love the show.
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Starbucks Anarchist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-10-07 11:12 PM
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45. I couldn't believe how great it was/is.
Edited on Sun Jun-10-07 11:18 PM by Starbucks Anarchist
Unfortunately, we have to wait until 2008 for the next and final season.

EDIT: Welcome to DU! :toast:
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minkyboodle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-10-07 11:07 PM
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44. thank you
best show on TV no one watches, It has been by far
HBO's greatest show IMO.
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Starbucks Anarchist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-10-07 11:17 PM
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46. Yep, even better than The Sopranos.
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kwassa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-11-07 09:23 AM
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60. "The Wire" is the best tv drama ever.
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necso Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-09-07 11:00 PM
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25. Fu-Rin-Ka-Zan
On now!
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Lethe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-09-07 11:14 PM
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29. dude, Charm School like c'mon
becky buckwild ftw!
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flamingyouth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-10-07 11:19 PM
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47. LOL
It was pretty "dramatic" this week. :D
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Lethe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-11-07 12:12 AM
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48. that Brooke bitch got da boot!
screw her, she is a whore anyways!

Becky ftw!
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Matsubara Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-09-07 11:32 PM
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32. Of the current shows, Heroes. "Six Feet Under" was the best series of all time.
The finale was unforgettable.

If you only ever watch one series beginning to end, it should be Six Feet Under.

:cry:
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jessicazi Donating Member (458 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-11-07 02:33 AM
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52. Yep.
SFU is brilliant.
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AndreaCG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-10-07 10:40 PM
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33. Buffy!
I don't know how to get that into the poll.
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BlueIris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-10-07 10:45 PM
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35. Toss up between the X-Files and 24. With the edge going to 24.
'Cause before I quite watching in mid season five, that was possibly the best series...ever. Sniffle.
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LeftyMom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-10-07 10:46 PM
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36. Rome. But it's all over because HBO is teh suck.
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dysfunctional press Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-10-07 10:53 PM
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37. does northern exposure count?
nt.
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ghostsofgiants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-10-07 10:56 PM
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38. Only counting those that are still on the air, definitely Lost.
No longer on the air: Twin Peaks or Carnivàle.
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haf216 Donating Member (911 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-10-07 11:02 PM
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39. On that list it 's ER,
but over all it would have to be Jericho. I'm so glad that CBS is bring it back!
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Inchworm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-10-07 11:04 PM
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40. Why do you hate America? no Deadwood? :)
I abstain.

:)
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BarenakedLady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-11-07 07:56 AM
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59. I loved that show!
:thumbsup:
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Omphaloskepsis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-10-07 11:05 PM
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42. The Wire or The Shield.
Both are great.
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mentalsolstice Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-10-07 11:07 PM
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43. Unfair to put this up tonight...
Sopranos fans are lost in their own little world right now...we'll be back in civilization in a day or two.
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EFerrari Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-11-07 12:18 AM
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49. I can't stand any of them. DU is my favorite drama.
lol
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NaturalHigh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-11-07 01:20 AM
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50. Actually, if there had been an "other" choice...
I would have picked The Shield despite the terribly disappointing season finale last week. Of the picks above, I clicked Law and Order.
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MrSlayer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-11-07 01:56 AM
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51. Deadwood.
My all time favorite show.
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kwassa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-11-07 09:26 AM
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61. It was a great show, too bad it was not continued ..
Some of the best dialogue ever written, and I'm still quoting Al Swearingen.
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CraftyGal Donating Member (602 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-11-07 02:51 AM
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53. I actually have watchd most of them.
I actually enjoy Numb3rs as well. The have great plots and have developed all the charachters very well. Charlie Epps has made math very sexy.

You go Charlie!

Crafty
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enigmatic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-11-07 02:58 AM
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54. The only one I've ever watched was the first couple seasons of ER
So I guess I have to pick that one. My all-time favorite would probably be the first season of Northern Exposure, but I'd have to think about it some more..
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Anaxamander Donating Member (550 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-11-07 03:18 AM
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55. Rescue Me (nt)
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Rhythm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-11-07 03:41 AM
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56. OTHER: The West Wing
We didn't have access to it until the seasons started being released on DVD (easy to do in WV if you don't have cable, mbecause the broadcast signal in the hills bites), but Oktoberainand i have watched every episode.
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hellbound-liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-11-07 06:07 AM
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57. Law & Order; SVU is my favorite. They provide compelling drama each week without
groveling in the gratuitous violence that has become the hallmark of current offerings. We used to enjoy CSI until they went overboard with human cannibalism etc. I still can't bring myself to watch anything on ABC.
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Jeff In Milwaukee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-11-07 07:52 AM
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58. House
I have a friend who's a doctor. He says that medically the show is beyond far-fetched, but he's a fan because he enjoys watching House abuse his staff with impugnity. There's a little wish-fulfillment going on there, I think.
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mnhtnbb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-11-07 09:26 AM
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62. Sucker for Law and Order and SVU. Also like The Closer
and I'm still watching reruns of Sex and the City
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huskerlaw Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-11-07 09:28 AM
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63. West Wing.
Hands down.
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Kat45 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-11-07 09:48 PM
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65. Medium, Dexter, Boston Legal
Those are my favorites from this year.
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mvd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-11-07 11:08 PM
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66. I'm afraid I don't watch any of those
I'm tempted to watch Heroes because of Ali Larter. My favorite TV drama is a daytime one - The Young And The Restless.
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Lindsey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-12-07 01:42 AM
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67. Six Feet Under is my favorite show of all time....
I agree with a previous poster. If there's ever any show to watch from the first season to the last, that's the one. Also the best season finale without question.
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Jamastiene Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-12-07 01:58 AM
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68. Close your eyes, point to a map and say "CSI..."
Open your eyes and see which city you pointed to. That would be the CSI I like best. :rofl:
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