Good as ...or nearly as good as Star Trek

[JesterFace]

What other programs than Star Trek, in any of its form, are close to your heart?

My alltime favorite program is ST - The Next Generation, however, the 1st season of 24 comes very close. I don't care for the rest of 24, but like The Next Generation, 1st season of 24 is special to me.

Other honorary mentions:
Friends
Futurama
Men Behaving Badly, UK version
Fast Show

 

[Laura Cynthia Chambers]

Robin Hood (1950s version)
Sue Thomas: F.B. Eye

 

[TheSubCommander]

I'll keep mine limited to sci fi TV shows, and I rank Star Trek shows like this:

1. TOS/TNG: Tie
2. DS9
3. Voyager
4. Enterprise (though sometimes I like Enterprise better than Voyager)

As for sci fi shows, using Star Trek TNG/TOS as my favorite shows of all time, and how I feel other sci fi stacks up
Stargate SG1: about equal to TOS/TNG
Stargate Atlantis: about equal to Voyager
Stargate Universe: about equal to Enterprise
Babylon 5: about equal to DS9
BSG (original): less than Enterprise
BSG (reboot): before season 3 at least as good as DS9/ after season 3, about equal to Voyager
Caprica: about equal to Enterprise
Serenity: about equal to Enterprise
Dr. Who (starting in the 2000s): don't watch. From what I have seen, not interested.

 

[The Old Mixer]

Since this is more about shows other than Trek...and a general interest in Trek might be taken as a given on the Trek BBS...it seems like this one belongs in TV & Media.

 

[RandyS]

Any of the Superman shows
Any of the Batman shows (except for Gotham)
Any of the Star Wars shows
Babylon 5
Buck Rogers
Battlestar Galactica (1978, not that.........other one)
MASH
Eight is Enough
Get Smart

 

[JesterFace]

Since this is more about shows other than Trek...and a general interest in Trek might be taken as a given on the Trek BBS...it seems like this one belongs in TV & Media.

I thought of that, but I don't remember whether it was before or after posting this in General Discussion... sorry about that.

 

[Degra1]

Star Trek tng
Star Trek ds9
Star Trek voyager
1966 batman series
The x files
Mama's Family
I dream of Jeannie
Original Dallas
Roseanne
The golden girls
Original twilight zone
Cagney and Lacey
Hunter
Original melrose place
Friday the 13th the series
Murder, she wrote
Original he man and the masters of the universe
Challenge of the superfriends
Super powers galactic guardians

 

[intrinsical]

There are lots of shows which I enjoy watching, but these are the shows that have a special place in my heart

Being Erica
Doctor Who, mainly the 9th and 10th Doctor era although 11th Doctor is mighty fine too
Chuck
Limitless

 

[Kai "the spy"]

Babylon 5
Doctor Who
Futurama
Twilight Zone
Dinosaurs
The Muppet Show
Superboy
Lois & Clark
Supergirl
DC Animated Universe shows
Young Justice
Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes
Gargoyles
The Practice
Boston Legal
Monty Python's Flying Circus
Black Adder
Most of the Ultraman shows (including Ultra Q)
Chouseishin Gransazer
Lucky Luke
The Flash (1990)
The Flash (current)
Wonder Woman (first season)
He-Man & Masters of the Universe (either version)

 

[JirinPanthosa]

Shows I consider equally good or better than my favorite Trek shows:
Twin Peaks
Game of Thrones
Breaking Bad
Twilight Zone
The Sopranos
Yes, Minister/Yes, Prime Minster
Monty Python's Flying Circus
Lost
The Prisoner
The Decalogue

 

[Galileo7]

Space:1999(1975-1977) [especially season one]

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

Corner Gas.

 

[Paradise City]

You just can't get much better than Minder.

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[Galileo7]

I was just watching the Ian McShane popsicle episode last night. Two questions here:
* Does Barbara Bain's acting on this show make you laugh?
* Would you say ''Dragon's Domain'', or the space octopus episode, is the best?

Bain had a sedate style, especially in season one. Never laughed, just wondered what the directors said to her.
"Dragon's Domain" is the best. It looks as though it could have inspired both Alien(1979) and Aliens(1986). Both Tony Cellini and Ripley were on a mission that encounter an unknown alien in a derelict spaceship and lost their entire crew when it got aboard their spaceship. Both Tony Cellini and Ripley escaped the alien in their spaceship's lifeboat/shuttlecraft and are recovered on their way back to Earth. Since no one on Earth believes there was an alien monster both Tony Cellini and Ripley are discredited. So, both Tony Cellini and Ripley returned to the original location of the derelict alien ship to face the alien.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

* Does Barbara Bain's acting on this show make you laugh?

No, but the uniforms sure did.

 

[tomalak301]

So it's series that are really special, like Star Trek? I think I only have a couple.

Orphan Black - Mainly because it introduced me to who is now my favorite actress working in TV today

Farscape - It has my favorite relationship story I've ever seen on screen. Most relationship developments are lame, but the stuff with John and Aeryn was so well written and didn't detract from either character that it really makes that series special. That, and everything else basically.

 

[Sparkle Fabulosa]

Most special because of so many feelings...

Buffy The Vampire Slayer
Xena: Warrior Princess
Doctor Who (series 5-7)
Galavant
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
Scream Queens

Even though it's technically not a tv show, I'm adding Carmilla.

 

[Katie_nyc_]

Babylon 5. Firefly. Faracape.

 

[Starkers]

Blakes 7
Babylon 5
Dr Who

 

[The Laughing Vulcan]

Many of mine have been mentioned, such as X Files, Babylon 5, DS9, TNG, Firefly, BSG, nuBSG, Doctor Who, The Muppet Show, Black Adder...

I'll add
Due South
Red Dwarf
Tales of the Gold Monkey
M*A*S*H
Maid Marian and Her Merry Men
Full Metal Alchemist (plus about 50 other anime)