TV-shows are my great passion There aren't many, from which I haven't seen at least a few episodes. So it was hard work to pick out my absolute favorite ones, but here they are.
I tried hard to explain why I like each show so much, but I'm not sure, I achieved this aim. It's not easy to explain somthing you feel reasonable ...
Who's the Boss?
Sitcom
USA 1984-1992
196 episodes
In 1993 I saw for the first time ever an episode of Who's the Boss?. It was episode 8.07 Death and Love, part 1. And I
loved this show, right from the first moment. From then on I watched every episode (they were aired daily from Monday to Friday) and felt a great sadness when the last episode was aired.
Fortunately there was an immediate re-run of the show, so I was able to watch it again, right from the beginning. After the completion of this re-run, another followed and I began to write
transcripts of every episode (I didn't own a VCR a that time). I also bought every TV magazine I could find, if there was a picture of the show within.
Here some pictures of my show transcripts:
I can't really define why I love this show so much ... there are great sympathetic characters, great actors with this certain chemistry between each other, great stories with humor but also dramatic elements ... all I can say is that Who's the Boss? is still my absolute favorite TV show.
Once Upon a Time
Fantasy
USA 2011 - present
66+ episodes
What if all the fairy tale characters you know would actually live in just another dimension? What if the stories of them would just be more or less different than you think they are? What if by the means of an evil curse they would all live in a small town in Maine, just not knowing who they really are?
I was curious about the show, but also sceptical - however, I became a fan when I watched the first episode. The characters - especially Rumplestiltskin aka Mr. Gold - the setting, the way the story is told ... all of it is just great. So, I not just liked the show, it became one of my absolute fav ones.
(Once Upon a Time in Wonderland)
Fantasy
USA 2013 - present
13 episodes
I was not sure where to place this show. It is real great but I don't like it as much as I like Once Upon a Time. However, it takes place in the same universe as Once Upon a Time, so ...
It took me 3 episodes, but then I really, really liked it!
I was really sad when it was cancelled, I would have loved to se more of the adventures of Alice, Cyrus, Will, Ana and the White Rabbit
Lost Girl
Supernatural crime drama
Canada 2010 - present
61+ episodes
The concept, that there secretly live creatures different from humans amongst us, isn't really new (it was used in Moonlight, Sanctuary and Special Unit 2 for example, TV shows I also like). However, Lost Girl is different. It is the characters, their relationships, the special sort of self-irony and slight humour, that makes it to one of my all time fav TV shows. Once you began to watch it, you'll begin to care about Bo and Kenzi and the others, they are somehow real persons (thanks to the actors and the writers).
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Beauty and the Beast
Fantasy
USA 1987 - 1990
56 episodes
Oh my word, what a wonderful series. The relationship, the love between Catherine and Vincent is surely one of the most romantic ones in TV
history. The world below is like the fantasy version of another planet and in many ways a better world than the one above. In the world below there are no preoccupations founded on someone’s
outer appearance, it is the inner beauty, the character of somebody that matters. And that is an advance that we still haven't achieved in the real world, in spite of all so called political
correctness.
Sadly, Linda Hamilton left the show when she got pregnant. However, the third season brings the story to a satisfying end - but they should have stopped it with the episode "Invictus", with the son of Catherine and Vincent coming home.
Caroline in the City
Sitcom
USA 1995 - 1999
97 episodes
A female cartoonist, who believes always in the inner good of the people.
Her best friend, being sarcastic and a kind of vamp.
Her new assistant, an artist, who feels called to greater.
A love story, almost as complicated as the one between Tony and Angela from Who's the Boss?
A great sitcom. Sadly, it ends with a cliff-hanger ...
Charmed
Fantasy / Supernatural drama
USA 1998 - 2006
178 episodes
Alyssa Milano is my favorite actress, since I saw her starring in Who's the Boss?. Also I am a big fan of the fantastic genre in TV,
movies, books, ... So it is clear I couldn't wait t watch Alyssa's new show. Well, in the beginning it was nice, but nothing special. But the show developed, found it's own line and became one of
the best shows in TV history (as would I say). It's not "the evil of the week" that's so interesting, it's the relationships between the characters, the touch of self-irony that shimmers through
sometimes, it's how the show puts together a lot of mythological elements in it's own interpretation and creates something new out of it.
Doctor Who (and spinn-offs)
Doctor Who is the longest-running science fiction television show in the world and the most successful science fiction series of all time. However, in Germany it's rather unknown ... that's why I discovered it so late. It was 2008, when I more or less by chance saw the episode The Satan Pit (Part 2). Although it was the second part of an two-part episode and I didn't really understood everything that happened, I was fascinated. So I watched the following episodes for the next four weeks. Unfortunately series 3 wasn't aired in Germany until 2012. However, in March 2009 Torchwood was aired in Germany, and I liked it very much, too. I liked it even so much, I joined an forum for the first time in my life. So I came in contact with Doctor Who again and there was this gap between season 1 and season 2, where Jack travelled with the Doctor. I wanted to see what happened and bought the Doctor Who DVDs. And I really fall in love with the show. So it's no wonder I was interested in the classic show, too. And it was great, too.
I became really a big, big fan of the Whoniverse, I watched every episode of Doctor Who, Torchwood
and The Sarah Jane Adventures several times, I got the audio plays, the
books, ... Well, not really every episode of Doctor Who - when Stephen Moffat became show runner he made something different out of ofit, something I really don't like. I liked the Moffat
episodes in earlier seasons less, too. Finally, I don't like the way Matt Smith plays the Doctor, either. I hoped it would be became bette by time, but it didn't, so I stopped watching Doctor Who
by the mid of season 6. To me, the show ends with the episode The End of Time, part
2.
My favorite Doctors are the 10th, the 4th and the 2nd
So, what is so special about Doctor Who?
Well, mainly it's a sci-fi-show, but cause
the Doctor can travel anywhere in time an space, there are also episodes that are more a western story, or a crime story, or wahtever. Also, the Doctor himself is kind of a rebel, a free spirit
and like the Briagrdier once said " ... a wonderful chap - all of them!". The show is full of surprises, one can never be sure of anything. And there are a lot o fascinating characters in
it.
Farscape
Science fiction
Australia 1999 - 2003
88 episodes
Often entitled as "Muppets in space" (probably by people who never seen an episode), Farscape is in fact a show with realistic and
sympathetic characters, full of drama, suspense and one of the greatest love stories in the galaxy (John and Aeryn). It was, like Doctor Who, different from most other sci-fi shows,
cause the main characters were not strong an brave heroes, fighting for the right - they were a bunch of very different people, they were (in the beginning) together cause they had no other
choice. It was also great to see some aliens, which not just differ from humans by pointed ears or a strange formed forehead. All this plus some really great story lines formed one of the best
sci fi shows ever. Oh, how I wish there would come a reunion film ...
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According to Jim
Sitcom
USA 2001 - 2009
182 episodes
Jim is a happy guy - he has a wife, children, a really good friend an can spend time with his hobbies - is there anything more in life you can
wish? I really love the bickering between Jim and Dana. Unfortunately, Kimberly Williams-Paisley wasn't part of the regular cast in the last season of the show, which made the eighth season the
... less good one.
Alf
Sitcom
USA 1986 - 1990
102 episodes
Alf aka Gordon Shumway came from the destroyed Planet Melmac, brought adventure in the life of the Tanner Family - and fun in the lives of the
audience.
My favourite TV-genres are Sci-fi and sitcom - and Alf is a mixture of both. Furthermore, Alf himself is such a great character and the Tanners are each strong characters, the over-correct Willie, the resolute Kate, the teenage daughter Lynn, the boy from the neighbourhood son Brian. Not to forget, their obscure neighbours, the Ochmonecs ...
Alien Nation
Science fiction
USA 1989-1990
22 episodes
5 TV movies
1994-1997
An intelligent Science Fiction and crime show. Like the Klingon culture in Star Trek the Tenctonese culture in Alien Nation is very fascinating. Also the characters feel like real ones.
Arrow
Superhero
USA 2012-present
46+ episodes
I liked the Arrow comics a lot, so I was natuarlly curious about the show.
That John Barrowman plays
along, was an added incentive for me. Anyway, the first season did not convince me consistently, but in
the second, with the personal development of Ollie, Arrow became one of my favorite tv shows. I also like the mythology of the series, the way in which characters from the comics are be reinterpreted.
Batman
Comedy / Action
USA 1966 - 1968
120 episodes + 1 movie
Crack! Woom! Bang!
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Batman!
Battlestar Galactica
Science fiction
USA 1978-1979
24 episodes
It's both epic and fun. The story of the twelve colonies, the Cylon war and the search for Earth are epic, the characters are fun. I mean, Starbuck and Apollo, they are so sympathetic ... The show is a great mixture of an epic story arc and the upcoming easiness of the 1980s.
Boston Legal
Legal dramedy
USA 2004 - 2008
101 episodes
A bunch of eccentric lawyers, linked in a tangled relationship braid, dealing with litigations, some of which are extremely bizarre, but
partly also raise moral and social issues. And in the centre of the events: Danny Crane (William Shatner) and Alan Shore (James Spader), who sits evening for evening on the balcony, discussing
what happened while smoking cigars and drinking scotch and giving wonderfully politically incorrect comments.
Bill Shatner's Danny Crane is almost better than his James T. Kirk, he played with a perfect dose of self-irony and James Spaders special way to look (caused by his low vision) gave his character Alan Shore that certain something. Together, they are irresistible.
Cold Case
Crime
USA 2003-2010
156 episodes
Every episode is a kind of time travel. I mean, the sequences in the past are filmed in a way they look alike as they were filmed in that special year. It's great. And it's not only the look, it's the whole atmosphere.
Columbo
Crime
USA 1968 - 2003
69 episodes
Columbo is different from most other crime shows. In the beginning the murder is shown, you know who the murderer is and you know
Lieutenant Columbo will catch him in the end. And between the murder and the arrest there are just a lot of conversations. There is absolutely no action in the show, no moments of danger. It
seems also not very realistic, that Columbo always meet the murderer and know he or she is it. So, why is Columbo so great, why became it such a cult? - Just because! It is great fun to watch how
the sentient feeling murderers are caught by this cranky and submissive acting little Lieutenant, who always has just one more thing to ask. It's thrilling to wait for the one little detail, that
will break their neck. It's entertaining to observe the game between the murderer and Columbo. And it's the play of Peter Falk, who made his Lieutenant Columbo such a remarkable character.
I've seen all epodes so often, I know them almost by heart - but make always another rewatch.
Continuum
Science fiction
Canada 2012 - present
36+ episodes
So, some criminals from the future flee into our time, pursued by a female police officer ... what did I expect? A "bad guy of the week"-show,
in which the police officer catches week by week one of the fugitives ... something like that. But what a surprise! Continuum doesn’t follow this scheme, on the contrary, it has a very
complex Story to tell, with intelligent time travel ideas and strong, interesting and realistic characters. It is absolutely unpredictable what will happen next, and also you can't really tell in
every case who's a bad guy and who's a good guy.
Dallas
In the 1980s and 1990s Dallas was a world wide phenomenon. J.R. and the Ewing clan were characters everybody knows. When the show was aired, almost everyone was watching - and so was I, too. In Germany it was aired on Tuesdays at 9.45 pm. And nothing, absolutely nothing, could have prevented me and my parents from watching it. After the show we discussed the events we had just seen. J.R. was my fav character - although everybody else on the world seemed to hate him. He wasn't really a bad person, he just wanted his Dad being proud of him and being successful in business was the only way he could achieve his aim. When the show ended, I was really sad. Not only because I had to say good bye to characters I knew more than half of my life, not only because I would miss the weekly tension, but also because the final episode wasn't really good and showed J.R. in a light I didn't like.
Later I bought the DVDs, of course. And although I knew most of the time what was going to happen, it was great fun to watch one of the most impressive shows from my childhood an teenage years again.
So when the continuation was announced in 2011 I was pleased but also very sceptical. I mean, a lot of TV classics were rebooted or continued nowadays and most of them are rather bad. However, Dallas 2012 is one of the rare exceptions, it is a great as the original show.
Very sadly, Larry Hagman passed away in 2013, and with him also his character J.R., who was one of the corner stones of the show. However, the producers handled it very well to put in J.R.'s death in the show. I have to admit, watching the special opening scene to honour Larry Hagman, made me cry.
I hope, the show will still run for many years, the next generation of the Ewings and Barnes got a lot of potential.
Defiance
Science Fiction
USA 2013 - present
15+ episodes
Somehow it's old fashioned (I mean that positive), somehow it's up to date. The own of Defiance reminds me of an old western town, and Joshua Nolan is kind of a western character. The Tarr family n the other hand, with all the intrigues and struggle fpr power, reminds me of the Ewings. And it all takes place in a sort of post apocalyptic world ... It's a great mixture.
It's the third show by Rockne S. O'Bannon that became one of my fav ones.
Elementary
Crime drama
USA 2012 - present
48+ epsodes
Besides Hercule Poirot, Sherlock Holmes is my favourite detective in literature. Up to now the Sherlock Holmes movies with Basil Rathbone have been my fav filmic adaption. Elementary is at least quite as good. It's a modern version of Sherlock Holmes of course, a lot of things have been changed. It's an updated Sherlock Holmes, so to say. And it is great. To me it's the best Sherlock Holmes I've ever seen. Johnny Lee Miller plays the role of his life.
EUReKA
Science fiction
USA 2006 - 2012
77 episodes + 8 webisodes
Oh, I love it! Sheriff Jack Carter, congenial portrayed by Colin Ferguson, who never really understands
what happens but who save the town week by week. His love story with Dr. Allison Blake. The romance of Fargo and Dr. Holly Marten. The whole atmosphere of the show. It's a little bit scurrile,
but ha lots of loveable characters.
It was very impressive how the show defined itself new season by season. The reasons why the show was finally cancelled are so ... abstruse. I really cannot understand why a good running show is cancelled by the studio, just to save a few Dollars. They should be thankful for every successful TV show, most new shows don't run very long ...
My fav episode is 4.14: Up in the Air. Jack is so pleased when he is called to a bank robbery - but he should have thought that in Eureka a bank robbery is something different than in the rest of the world :D
Full House
Sitcom
USA 1987-1995
192 episodes
Family - that means people who love each other and who cares for each other, wether they are relatives or not ...
Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda
Science fiction
Canada / USA 2000 - 2005
110 episodes
A show with some kind of trash factor, and that is meant absolutely positive. Similar to Farscape, the crew hast to find together
first. The crew - a bunch of interesting and very different characters. And last but not least, the ship - to me, the Andromeda Ascendent is the best looking space ship ever (no, I mean
not her avatar Rommie).
Hell on Wheels
Western
USA 2011 - present
30+ episodes
First I was curious about the show for Colm Meaney starring in it. Since Star Trek TNG I like this
actor a lot. However, I had no great expectations - but Hell on Wheels surprised me. It's a hard, but realistic picture of the Wild West, that's shown in the series. It's epic. And both,
characters and actors are just fantastic. Furthermore, it is realictic in another way, too: There are no good and bad ones, everybody is a real person, with good and bad sides.
Somehow it is like an ancient drama, with tragic heroes, moved by powers greater than temselves.
Hercules / Xena
Is it somehow trashy? - Yes!
Is it somehow realistic? - No!
Is it fun to watch? - Yes!
It's a very free interpretation of the ancient myths and later it becomes even a mix of different mythologies. Hercules and Xena acts in their own world, not really in our past. And this world is a wonderful place, with it's own rules.
Hercules - The legendary Journeys also has a big portion of self irony, Kevin Sorbo plays that very well.
Xena - Warrior Princess is more dramatic.
Home Improvement
Sitcom
USA 1991 - 1999
204 episodes
One of the best sitcoms in TV history.
The actors play together in perfect harmony.
A great number of running gags like Tim always bumping his head when he walks into a cellar or the many ways Wilson's face was hidden.
Tim ... I can so understand him. He loves working with power tools, it's his great desire and although he is "not as good as he think he is" and he got injured so often, he never gives up. He lives out his desire, he doesn’t care what others may think about him. So, I am not interested in power tools, but I do so understand a person who lives his or her desires.
Homeland
Spy thriller
USA 2011 - present
36+ episodes
I began watching Hoemland because of Damian Lewis. I must say, this political stuff, espionage, terrorists, is usually not my genre. However, Homeland is different. It s so full of suspense and surprises, I couldn't stop watching. Also, the characters in the show are fascinating and complex.
However, with the death of Nicholas Brody the show ended for me ...
House M.D.
Medical drama
USA 2004 - 2012
177 episodes
I watched my first House-episode while I was waiting for another show. TV-shows about doctors and hospitals are usually not my preferred genre (there are exceptions), and so I expected nothing special. However, House is different. It's the main character who makes the difference. Gregory House is not the typical nice doctor who cares about his patients and can't sleep cause the mean so much to him. He is misanthropic, sarcastic, drug-addicted and he doesn't care about conventions. He lives out what others only think and dream of. It is such fun to watch him spinning his intrigues, shocking others with his behaviour and talking rude to patients and their relatives. He doesn't care about what others might think about him, and so he is in his way much more honest than most people. Also his little fight with Dr. Cuddy are always big fun. So, I'm a fan of House, cause I love watching the character Gregory House - the "patient of the week" is much less interesting to me, it's needed for the show, but not really of great importance.
I Dream of Jeannie
Sitcom / Fantasy
USA 1965 - 1970
139 episodes
An astronaut and a djinni - two worlds collide! And watching it is great fun. Not only because all the trouble and the absurd situations Jeannie brings her master in (and out), but also for the great work o the actors. They all fitted in their roles perfectly. And although in most episodes almost the same storyline happened (Jeannie wants to do her master a favour, that promptly brings Tony a lot of trouble; Dr. Bellows discovers that something strange is happening; Jeannie, Tony and Roger are able to make things right again - and Dr. Bellows doesn't understand the world once more), it is every time big fun watching the variations of the theme. It is a bit like Columbo, you know what will happen, but not how it will happen.
I dream of Jeannie is a real classic, the show and it's gags are functioning today the same way as they did over 40 years ago.
Life
Crime drama
USA 2007 - 2009
32 episodes
I am not a big fan of crime stories in general, if I like a crime show, there must be something additional, something special. In this case it
is the character Charlie Crews, congenial portrayed by Damian Lewis. Crews is unconventional, somehow not of this earth. And it is the act together of
Charlie and Dani, there is this special chemistry between them.
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
Action / Dramedy
USA 1993 - 1997
83 episodes
The most romatic show about the man of steel. Dean Cain and Teri Hatcher were just perfect in their roles.
MacGyver
Action / Adventure
USA 1985 - 1992
139 episodes + 2 films
Give him duct tape and a Swiss Army knife, let him see what he could find in your kitchen - and he solves every problem! He knows his sciences and is a really nice guy. And what makes it so remarkable, all the scientific tricks shown in the series, were real. Not some pseudo scientific technobabble, not some weird science - no, it all was real. And Macgyver isn't a cool hero like ... I don’t know - James Bond? - no, he is just a normal nice guy.
When the show was aired for the first time, me and my parents couldn't wait for the next week. And we were so curious about with what gadgets he may work ...
Magnum, P.I.
Crime drama
USA 1980 - 1988
162 episodes
Another screen gem from the 1980s. I have to admit the 1980s are in some way my fav decade, movies and tv shows from this era have a certain
feeling, somthing ... positive, nice, ... aw, I can't explain.
Magnum is cult. Is it because of Tom Sellek? Is it because of the odd couple Magnum and Higgins? Is it because of the special humor of the show? I can't define it ... I just like the show very much.
Misfits of Science
superhero
USA 1985-1986
16 episodes
A great series. It might have been more successful if it wasn't aired in direct concurrence to Dynasty.
Mistresses (U.S.)
Drama
USA 2013 - present
17+ episodes
I might have mentioned it before, Alyssa Milano is my goddess and so I was pleased to hear she would be starring in a new TV-show. However, I was sceptical, if the show would one I like, what I heard about the plot sounded like nothing I would really like. Nevertheless, I watched the first episode and it was much better than I thought. So I watched the next episodes and became really fascinated by the way the things developed - and at some point I noticed I had become a real fan of the show.
Pushing Daisies
Fantasy comedy-drama
USA 2007 - 2009
22 episodes
There is one word to describe the show - sweet! And this means not only the pies baked by Ned, but also the persons, the stories, the
way of story-telling, ...
Till today I can't understand why it's lost it viewers, I really can't ...
Relic Hunter
Mystery / Fantasy / Action / Adventure
Canada/France (season 1 and 2)
Canada /United Kingdom (season 3)
66 episodes, 1999-2002
Sidney Fox (portrayed by the lovely Tia Carrere) and her distinguished assistant Nigel Bailey are a great team. Its so funny to watch when she ignores the rules of society (without even moticing it) and his so typical "british" reactions. Not to forget Claudia :D ... Relic Hunter is maybe not the most highbrow tv-show ever, but it is a great mixture of action, fun and self-irony.
Sanctuary
Science fiction
Canada 2008 - 2011
59 tv episodes, 8 webisodes
Of course I was curious when I heard aboout Amanda
Tapping's new project. Her starring in this series was reason enough to give it a chance. And soon I was thrilled. The show had it's very own look, a fascinating
mythology, great charakters and a fantastic cast.
Most of all I like Nikola Tesla, and I hope to meet Jonathon Young at a con someday.
Saving Hope
Medical drama / Supernatural drama
Canada, 2012- present
31+ episodes
I began watching the 'cause of Michael Shanks, but became more and more fascinated by the concept and the characters.
Sledge Hammer!
satirical police sitcom
USA 1986-1988
41 episodes
Dirty Harry? - He's a douche!
Sledge Hammer rules!
Oh, when you hear him saying "Trust me - I Know what I'm doing!" - Run!
Sleepy Hollow
Supernatural drama
USA 2013 - present
13+ episodes
The show is creepy.
The show got it's own mythology.
The show is surprising.
There are some very likeable and interesting characters in the show
And the show got a good portion of humor: Ichobod Crane and the 21. century!
Stargate
It's often said, people who love Star Trek don't like Stargate and vice versa. Well, I love both franchises and I think, I love them for the same reasons, they both deal with great and very sympathetic characters.
While watching SG-1 it is always fun to see the interacting between the team members, how Jack got this face when Sam or Daniel talk some sort of technobabble, the dry humour of Teal'c, to listen to the conversations between SG-1 and the bad guys, to feel the tension between Jack and Sam ,... Yes, the original SG-1 team is my favourite one, but I also like the other SG-1 team constellations very much. There was every time something special about them. And I like the slight humour of the show.
When SGA was aired the first time, I liked it immediately. It was more epic, more dramatic than the original show, but it had the same feeling and also the characters are very sympathetic.
Now, I have to say, I don't like SGU as much as SG-1 and SGA. It's a great sci-fi show though, but I miss the special Stargate feeling.
Star Trek
I grew up with Star Trek. One of my earliest memories is watching TOS on a black-and-white television. Captain Kirk, Mr. Spock, Dr. McCoy, Lt, Uhura, Scotty, Sulu and Chekov are the first TV characters I became a fan of. It was TOS that made me a sci-fi fan and I not just only watched the show, I read the books, the comics, I bought the merchandise ... When the USS Enterprise made it on the big screen, I was thrilled. Especially the movies II, III and IV are just great, they are to me the best of TOS. What made TOS so special, was not the sci-fi elements, it was the characters, their relationships and their interacting. And it was the message of a positive future.
When TNG started I was both curious and sceptic. And I have to say, the first episodes were not really so good ... however, at a certain point, the new show had found it's own line and it became better and better. Like it was with TOS, the best episodes are the character episodes. The sci-fi elements are only means for the purpose, again the persons are the important element. And I have to commit, TNG became my fav Star Trek show.
I also like DS9, VOY and ENT a lot, and I can't understand why ENT had to end when it was at it's best ...
What I really don't like is what JJ Abrams made out of it. I watched the first Abrams Trek movie (I just can't call it Star Trek) and still try to forget I ever saw it. There is nothing from the Star Trek feeling, the spirit in it ...
The A-Team
Action / Adventure
USA 1983-1987
98 episodes
There is a lot of action and fighting in this series, but nobody relly gets hurt. It's fun.
What I like most are the characters. They all four were ... spleeny in their own ways.
The Big Bang Theory
Sitcom
USA 2007 - present
159+ episodes
A sitcom about geeks like me ... with absolute adorable characters ... I have to confess, I came late to the show. Somehow I didn't notice it. Then I got season 1 on DVD and when I started to watch it I planned just to watch the first two episodes - but couldn't stop before the whole DVD run through and so I saw the first six episodes all at once. Do I have to tell more?
The Cape
Action / Adventure / Drama
USA 2011
10 episodes
A fantastic tv-show about a superhero that's not based on a comic strip figure. However, watching it feels like reading a comic book.
Unfortunately the show was cancelled after just one season - but this season was great.
The Dukes of Hazzard
Action / Comedy-Drama
USA 1979 - 1985
145 episodes
In Hazzard County the world is a better one. Although the Dukes week for week are in trouble with Boss Hogg they still are kind of friends
after all.
It's so great to see how the Dukes stay together as a family.
And even the "bad guys" - if you will call Boss and Roscoe so - are loveable characters.
The Fall Guy
Action / Adventure
USA 1981-1986
113 episodes
When I was a kid, the newest episode of The Fall Guy was every week a fixed topic of converstauíon at school. And until
mow, the show has lost nothing of its appeal, its fascination. The Fall Guy is a typical example of what's so special about tv shows of the 1980s, it has this ease, this to itself not
completely take seriously, this positive basic feeling.
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
Sitcom
USA 1990 - 1996
148 episodes
Will Smith at his best! But it's not only him, the entire ensemble is great. The show is funny, cool and wth a lot of 1990's spirit.
The Nanny
Sitcom
USA 1993 - 1999
146 episodes
The Nanny is in many ways similar to Who's the Boss? - but also totally different. Both shows are based on the same concest,
but have a totally different interpretation of this concept.
Besides Fran (a character you either love or hate - I love her) I like especially to watch the battles between Niles and C.C.
The Six Million Dollar Man
Science fiction
USA 1974-1978
99 episodes + 6 TV movies
Nowadays a show like this would need exorbitant sfx and astonishing CGIs - in the 1970s the bionic powers of Steve Austin were shown by Kung Fu in slow motion. And Lee Majors was great in the role! It was 1988 when I saw the show for the first time and I was fascinated. And I am still a big fan of it.
The 4400
Science Fiction / Drama
USA 2004-2007
44 episodes
A fascinating premise, great characters and a storyline full of surprises - that's how a tv-show should be! Sadly, it ends with a cliffhanger ...
Under the Dome
Science fiction
USA 2013 - present
14+ episodes
I was a little sceptic when I first heard about this series. There are a lot of filmic adaptions of Stephen King's books, but most of them are not really good. However, this series is good, it's extraordinary good. It's thrilling, it's intense ... can't wait for season 2!
Season 2 began with some shocking moments - great!