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Hi,

I can't vote on this ... when I came to America, I did not speak a word of English, and it took me the better part of the next 10 years to get comfortable to be able to listen in, and make sense of what is said ... and even here, sometimes, folks say that I did not get it and that is almost 50 years later!

Even things like Star Trek, did not make it for me, because I could not understand a lot of the dialogue, and by the time I got into theater and film (1975), a lot of TV went down the drain for me. TV, even the English version I could catch now and then, was not half as good as a Godard, or a Bunuel at all.

Thus, a lot of these "series" failed to get my attention. A couple of them over the years have been OK with me ... one about stewardesses from England, for some reason, was very enjoyable with nice characters, and then lately, Game of Thrones. Other than that, I watched a lot of the original Stargate, and would love to get those DVD's ... but can not afford it anymore being retired. The follow ups to Stargate, were not as strong, or as well written, and most stories were cardboard carbon copies, just like Star Trek, although the Picard series is interesting, it still had way too much residue of the cardboard past.

South Park has been fine ... once a year for 20 minutes. The original Twin Peaks, was boring as heck, but then I was already into the far out and experimental film makers to appreciate these, and thought the stories were dumb.

Over the years, I have not watched anything from HBO ... the interest for a pay service over TV just wasn't there. I'm not a TV person at all, and for the past 10 years I have not had a TV and have not missed any of it, specially the commercials.

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Logan wrote:

Whatever the reason, I'm sure the truth is out there.

LOL.....of course.

I also liked Twin Peaks...anything by Lynch. And 6 Feet Under.....not much of a fan of 'crime drama' though.

Edited by dr wu23 - July 23 2018 at 08:45

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Whatever the reason, I'm sure the truth is out there.

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Hey Now! Morningrise did write "Choose your favorite of the list", but I will mention that I really liked The Larry Sanders Show too (I haven't watched it in about twenty years, though).

I'm going to get down to watching Breaking Bad when I have a little more free time as I've been meaning to for ages. I sometimes find it daunting to try a series that I got into late which has lots of episodes and "seasons", and I often prefer ones that I can binge watch when I get the opportunity (which is rare due to work and family). For instance, I had binged as much as I could with Fargo (that show really got me excited) -- looks like season/series 4 of Fargo won't come until 2020.

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X-Files is the only one from this list that I have ever watched..and that was only the first couple of seasons.

From this list I would say Breaking Bad But my favorite of all time would probably be The West Wing.

Fargo for me. I really love it. There are some on the list that I've been meaning to watch, but haven't got around to... Or I only started on them. It can some effort and patience to check out and invest in a new-to-me series.

Off the list, some modern faves of mine are Utopia (very violent show), Les Revenants (the Returned), Inside No. 9, Black Mirror, Dead Set, Real Humans, The Bridge, Westworld, Game of Thrones, In the Flesh, Misfits, Life on Mars (UK version) and Stranger Things. In classic TV, I like The Twilight Zone, the Outer Limits, The Prisoner, Blake's 7, Chocky, The Omega Factors, COld Lazarus, The Survivors, The Singing Detective, Star Trek TOS, and Wild Wild West. And I still like Doctor Who. My favourite animated show is Death Note, methinks.

I like Curb Your Enthusiasm, and never "got" Seinfeld. I do tend to watch more modern British shows than American, but there are so many great American ones.

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South Park and Twin Peaks (Game of Thrones over both).

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Poll Question: Pick your favorite
Poll Choice	Votes	Poll Statistics
The Sopranos	3	[13.64%]
Twin Peaks	4	[18.18%]
Six Feet Under	0	[0.00%]
The Americans	2	[9.09%]
X Files	4	[18.18%]
Fargo	2	[9.09%]
Hannibal	1	[4.55%]
Breaking Bad	2	[9.09%]
South Park	4	[18.18%]
Better Call Saul	0	[0.00%]
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