Charlie Jade Tripods Tales of Tomorrow The original planet of the apes W. Lee Wilder's phantoms from space trilogy Undersea Kingdom Space Precinct The Untouchables Logan's Run House of Dark Shadows Horror Theater Unbalance KyofuGekijo Éternelle Ijon Tichy Raumpilot Darna Odyssey 5 Night Gallery Automan The Invaders Captain Z-Ro The Unusuals Captain Fathom Funland
I have recently rewatched X-Files, Outer Limits, King of the Hill, 30 Rock, Arrested Development, Curb your Enthusiasm, and the Simpsons. And I found them all to be AWESOME. Hopefully there's at least one or two there you might find interesting.
What about the two mini-series V and V: The Final Battle. I wonder though how I would find many of the shows I watched during the 80's if I watched them today. Dallas L.A. Law The Dukes of Hazard Cagney and Lacey Dempsey and Makepeace
More good suggestions. I didn't know they made a new season of Yes, Prime Minister. Was it with the same cast or new cast?
The majority of the original cast is sadly dead. Quite a while ago too. The new series, 6 episodes, was a TV adaptation of the stage play that had been touring for some time, and I suspect that they used the cast from the play, even though most of these were at least b-list celebrities. Stage play New series. Because the series is based on the play, you're left disjoint after the pilot wondering where the climax was, until you realize that it's just a movie that they cut into 6 even chunks.
Dick Van Dyke The Rifleman Dragnet That Girl The Jetsons (the 1962-'63 season) The Green Hornet (a less camp version of Batman and it has Bruce Lee!) Sanford & Son Mission: Impossible Charlie's Angels Welcome Back, Kotter I Dream of Jeannie Bewitched Taxi Starsky & Hutch Adam-12 S.W.A.T. Wonder Woman Three's Company Love, American Style
BTW: If you like anthology shows, give Metal Hurlant a try. They'Re currently producing a second series, because the DVD sales of the first one were so successful.
And if you like Rockford, try Magnum P.I. for many of the same reasons - quirky humor, great recurring cast.
I rewatched a lot of LA Law a few summers ago when a cable station was rerunning it. The clothing is dated as hell but the writing and acting, at least during the pre-elevator shaft seasons, was still top notch.
Agreed. And of course Tom Selleck has said he was heavily influenced by The Rockford Files and James Garner during his two very funny guest appearances, and I think it shows. Also agreed, but that's tougher. Only the first two season made it to DVD; the first three are available on Hulu but not Netflix Instant. Seasons 3 and 4 are really the classic heart of the show, I would say, but the fifth was really good too (and upped the opening credits starring cast to 17!). The show slipped a little in the last two seasons, but was still one of the best things ever on TV. Justin
You are correct that the show never really got bad. And 3 and 4 were great seasons. That being said, if the only seasons a person can see are the first two I would still encourage them to watch. Those first two seasons are what set the tone for the entire series and there wasn't a bad ep or arc in the bunch. Furthermore, neither the second nor third episodes ended on cliffhangers. As such, a viewer can enjoy the first two or three seasons as a standalone.
A minor nitpick: The TV series was simply titled DARK SHADOWS. "House of Dark Shadows" was the first movie version.
If you like Mysteries, I'd recommend Murdoch Mysteries, a Victorian era mystery show set in Toronto. It's still ongoing, however the show recently switched networks and is technically considered a different show run, making the older seasons available for syndication. I think it's also on Netflix. There are also a series of 3 movies with a different set of actors, one of them Colm Meaney, which serve as pilots and are more directly based on the books.
Well, if you haven't watched all of TOS, then what are you waiting for? It is the basis for ALL things TREK! and here are a few other suggestions: FIREFLY FIREFLY FIREFLY ------------------ Dead Like Me Cleopatra 2525 Xena: Warrior Princess The X-Files Dr. Who, especially 1-4 Did I mention FIREFLY?
Yeah, but I don't think that a modern woman would be entertained by a man in a gorilla suit enough to walk out on her own wedding. It's entry level shit.
You're right of course. It just strikes me wrong that one could get into the series and know there are 80 or 90 more episodes out there but not be able to see them in the foreseeable future. But that' perfect vs. good, and the first three seasons are great. And three seasons availability is better than St. Elsewhere's, anyway.
Of course. And I identify. "The Paper Chase" was one of my favorite shows. And only the first two seasons out of four are available. So I can't even rematch them graduate again. OTOH, if we all support the first two or three seasons, maybe they'll have an incentive to release the whole series.