Top 3 Favorite in-decade TV shows per Decade?

[daBronzeBomma]

Ground Rules:

1. You must be watching, or have watched, the show first-run. No reruns nor discovering them via Nick@nite.

2. The shows in question have to be all (or vastly) within the given decade. It can start (The first season) or end (the final season) outside the given decade, but the vast majority are within the decade.

3. We're going with the traditional edition of "decade" (starts Jan 1, Year Ending in Zero through Dec 31, Year Ending in Nine) as opposed to the technical edition (starts Jan 1, Year Ending in One through Dec 31, Year Ending in Zero).


2010s
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1. Game of Thrones
2. BoJack Horseman
3. Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
4. Community
5. New Girl

[Comic-Reader Lad]

1970s:
1. All in the Family
2. Soap
3. Laverne & Shirley

L&S is more of a childhood favorite as I wasn't as wowed by it when I saw it as an adult on DVD. AITF and Soap still hold up for me very well and are two of my favorite shows of all time. I also loved Mary Tyler Moore and Carol Burnett, and those hold up better, but at the time I liked L&S and Mork and Mindy (Season 1) better.

1980s:
1. Dynasty and Dallas
2. The Golden Girls (still one of the funniest shows in history)
3. Moonlighting

1990s:
1. Friends
2. Will and Grace (another of the 3 "dream cast" shows where everyone won an acting Emmy. The other two being AITF and GG).
3. Roseanne

I'd also add in Seinfeld for the 1990s.


Don't really care about TV too much after the 90s to pick favorites even though I know there's lots of good shows. However, the writing style is often too sitcom-like even on the dramas, and that takes me out of the story. The sitcoms are even worse with no real jokes--just lots of insipid millennial/hipster banter.

[The Whovian]

I'm not sure how you qualify Doctor Who because of it's long tenure on tv. But NuWho would be right at the top of my list if we could include it.

1990's
X-Files
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Stargate SG-1 (if this doesn't count then Highlander)

00's
Battlestar Galactica
Breaking Bad
Lost

2010's
Fringe
Supernatural
Game of Thrones

It was hard leaving TWD off the list, but in the end, I enjoy the other shows more. Another show that I absolutely love is Luther. If it had more episodes, it may have made my list, but I just can't justify putting a show into my top three based on 16 episodes no matter how great they are.

[Osiris-Rex]

1950s
Zorro
Whirlybirds
Robin Hood
(Superman was slightly before my time)

1960s
Batman
The Addams Family
The Beverly Hillbillies

1970s
M*A*S*H
Laverne and Shirley
All In the Family

1980s
Remington Steel
Taxi
Cheers

1990s
Lois & Clark
Seinfeld
Xena: Warrior Princess

2000s
Freaks and Geeks
Boston Legal
Desperate Housewives

2010s
Supergirl
Gotham
The Big Bang Theory

[Vinsanity]

2000's
- The Office
- Kim Possible
- The OC

2010's
- Bojack Horseman
- Westworld
- Regular Show

This is watching from the get go. Not catching up and stuff.

[K7P5V]

1980's
Spider-Man & His Amazing Friends
The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians
M.A.S.K.

1990's
Batman: The Animated Series
The Tick
Big Guy & Rusty the Boy Robot

2000's
X-Men: Evolution
Teen Titans
Spectacular Spider-Man

[Starter Set]

90's
Buffy
Twin Peaks
X-files

80's - 90's
Star Trek TNG

[AndrewCrossett]

Kind of tough, because some of my favorite shows straddled the line between decades. "WKRP in Cincinnati" ran from 1978-82 and "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" from 1997-2003. And those are probably my favorite scripted comedy and drama of all time.

But, going by the rules:

1970's (ages 3-13):
M*A*S*H
The Carol Burnett Show
Barney Miller

1980's (ages 13-23):
Night Court
Cheers
The A-Team

1990's (ages 23-33):
The Simpsons
Xena: Warrior Princess
Mystery Science Theater 3000

(Northern Exposure, The X-Files and Star Trek: TNG as strong honorable mentions)

2000's (ages 33-43):
Lost
Arrested Development
Veronica Mars

(Angel, Firefly, Venture Bros. as strong honorable mentions)

2010's (ages 43- ):
Game of Thrones
Agents of SHIELD
The Good Place

[Jackalope89]

90s- Batman the Animated Series, Gargoyles, Boy Meets World
2000s- Teen Titans, Justice League, The Crocodile Hunter
2010s- Young Justice, NCIS, Expedition Unknown

[WestPhillyPunisher]

Going by the rules (in alphabetical order):

1970's
Hawaii 5-0
Starsky & Hutch
The Six Million Dollar Man

1980's
Knight Rider
Miami Vice
The Equalizer

1990's
Batman: The Animated Series
Superman: The Animated Series
The X-Files

2000's
How It's Made
Law & Order
Mythbusters

2010's
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina
Daredevil
The Man in the High Castle

[comicscollector]

60´s and 70´s.
Monthy Pythons and the Flying Circus.
The Benny Hill Show.

80´s.
Simpsons.
Alf.
MacGyver
Honorable mentions:
Cheers.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
He-Man and the Masters of the Universe.

90´s
Batman:The Animated Series.
X-Files.
Seinfield.
Honorable Mention:
Ren & Stimpy.

2000´s

Lost.
Sopranos.
Chappele´s Show.

2010´s.
Game of Thrones.
Castlevania.
Rick and Morty.

[Jekyll]

1990’s
The Flash
Seinfeld
Batman TAS
Superman TAS
Spider-Man TAS

2000’s
The only show I remember watching religiously during this time were:
Monk
Burn Notice

2010- Present:
Justified
The Flash
Does Netflix stuff count as television now?
Daredevil
Stranger Things
A Series of Unforunate Events

[Mister Mets]

Interesting. Obviously subject to change as I learn more about shows, and watch older episodes.

1950s: I Love Lucy, Honeymooners, The Twilight Zone
1960s: The Twilight Zone, The Dick Van Dyke Show, Star Trek
1970s: MASH, All in the Family, Saturday Night Live (From what I've seen)
1980s: Bit of a black hole for me. I've got to watch Cheers, The Cosby Show, St Elsewhere, and Hill Street Blues
1990s: The Simpsons, Friends, and Seinfeld.
2000s: 24, The Sopranos, Futurama
2010s: Game of Thrones, Breaking Bad, Community

[Comic-Reader Lad]

Interesting. Obviously subject to change as I learn more about shows, and watch older episodes.

1950s: I Love Lucy, Honeymooners, The Twilight Zone
1960s: The Twilight Zone, The Dick Van Dyke Show, Star Trek

Did you really watch these in first-run as the OP said?