Unopened Boxsets that I liked the look of from the Pilot: The ILX Television 51 Show Countdown Extravaganza!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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west wing is catchy and full of likeable people. this is the problem.

It just occurred to me that Gilmore Girls, like Friends, is vastly improved by skipping past the opening song. Blerg.

― I HEART CREEPY MENS (Deric W. Haircare), Wednesday, November 4, 2009 12:28 PM (1 minute ago)

i'm probably waaay in the minority here but unless i'm pressed for time i almost always watch the theme song. i guess i've always thought the show's sentiments could be more accurately summed up by something like, idunno, taylor swift instead of the indier signifiers it always shot for.

I voted West Wing number 1, and can deal with scott's hatred. It is almost perfect TV.

Coupling will not show up, because I'm probably the only person on earth who will admit to thinking it's brilliant*. Don't think it was even nominated. I like it better than a whole lot of stuff I voted for, tbh.

* think some other fans may be out of the woodwork now that Moffat is doing Doctor Who

best theme song ever = L O S T

"Somebody's Going to Emergency"

lol I remember gearing up to watch this episode and trying to predict, along with my girlfriend, who was going to emergency and who was going to jail and then being disappointed to find out it was just a stupid Don Henley song.

I tried watching The Thick of It recently but it was just way too English for me to really get and I love many English shows

You can say what you like about The Thick Of It, just don't call it "English".

;)

I just realized that I've never seen a single episode of The West Wing.

Happy to see a few of my choices have made it so far:

49. State of Play (8 votes, 1170 points.) - whoever said this should have been the last season of the Wire so otfm. And I don't want to hear anyone say that they've already seen the movie - no excuse, the show was 6 hours of all killer, no filler, it's worth watching.
43. The Simpsons (15 votes, 1290 points.) - had a criminally steep dropoff in quality this decade but it still had many quality episodes and it deserves to be here. And even when the Simpsons is bad it's still infinitely superior to Family Guy
37. Oz (11 votes, 1530 points.) - I watched this when I was in high school, and when I was watching the Wire I felt that this was its spiritual predecessor. However when I rewatched Oz after The Wire I realized how ridiculous that was. Oz is a soap opera that gets more and more ridiculous as it progresses, but it's so entertaining that it's hard to mind.
33. Project Runway (15 votes, 1670 points.) - one of the better reality shows. I voted for American Idol but I doubt that will make it.

Honorable mention
31. House M.D. (16 votes, 1860 points.) - The first few seasons were outstanding, I stopped watching around the time that what's-her-face died. Got a bit too ridiculous. Incidentally I had just finished The Wire when that season started, and I also stopped watching Heroes around that time. Don't want to tell people that The Wire ruins TV for you but I think it did for me a bit...

Six Feet Under getting fuxxed over here as expected huh

nor have i, though my parents love it and i've always meant to watch it. it's now on the list for winter break

xxp

The list so far for people who cannot be bothered to open the whole page:

51. The Inbetweeners (11 votes, 1140 points.)
50. Breaking Bad (7 votes, 1160 points.)
49. State of Play (8 votes, 1170 points.)
48. The Venture Bros (7 votes, 2 #1 votes, 1180 points.)
47. Da Ali G Show (12 votes, 1210 points.)
46. Q.I. (11 votes, 1220 points.)
45. Party Down (10 votes, 1230 points.)
44. Aqua Teen Hunger Force (10 votes, 1240 points.)
43. The Simpsons (15 votes, 1290 points.)
42. Angel (9 votes, 1310 points.)
41. Gilmore Girls (7 votes, 2 #1 votes, 1310 points.)
40. Wonder Showzen (11 votes, 1 #1 vote, 1350 points.)
39. Gillette Soccer Saturday (9 votes, 1360 points.)
38. Black Books (9 votes, 1440 points.)
37. Oz (11 votes, 1530 points.)
36. Dexter (12 votes, 1560 points.)
35. Friday Night Lights (11 votes, 1 #1 vote, 1630 points.)
34. Jackass (14 votes, 1640 points.)
33. Project Runway (15 votes, 1670 points.)
32. Family Guy (15 votes, 1735 points.)
31. House M.D. (16 votes, 1860 points.)
30. It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia (14 votes, 1970 points.)
29. Planet Earth (15 votes, 1 #1 vote, 1980 points.)
28. How I Met Your Mother (16 votes, 2170 points.)
27. Chappelle's Show (17 votes, 2200 points.)
26. Firefly (17 votes, 2270 points.)
25. Battlestar Galactica (16 votes, 1 #1 vote, 2300 points.)
24. Futurama (20 votes, 2380 points.)
23. Flight Of The Conchords (20 votes, 1 #1 vote, 2580 points.)
22. The Thick of It (16 votes, 1 #1 vote, 2590 points.)
21. The West Wing (16 votes, 3 #1 votes, 2710 points.)

how the hell was king of the hill not nominated

I voted for American Idol but I doubt that will make it.

i pretty much couldnt be more confident that AI is going to make it, top 15 easy

i had chappelle in my top 5, i've said this before but the #1 most important comedy to people my age

the west wing is the reason i voted for mccain.

did KOTH just finish for good. so many unseen episodes. understated = underrated.

Six Feet Under getting fuxxed over here as expected huh

I'm guessing The Sheild was ignored as well.

Sarge I didn't vote but if I had then Chappelle would have been in my top five as well - no question.

only 5 of mine on here so far. confident that 12 of the others i chose will make it in the top 20.

i really hope 6fu makes it (either 1st or 2nd for me, cant recall)

FNL has a great opening theme song

nor have i, though my parents love it and i've always meant to watch it.

Yeah, my parents were big West Wing fans, too, and I never saw it until recently. I started watching it after Obama was elected and I needed to something new to appease the political junkie in me.

you think? I gave it my #1 vote so I've done all I can. The Idol thread participation seem to be limited to a small group of ILXors but if people come out of the woodwork to vote for it then great.

sadly i have seen more of a Right Guard advert Chappelle did years back than his show itself. has he actually been in many films? this defecit has affected his exposure outside the US surely. liked the Block Party film tho.

Fairly confident two of my top 5 won't be making it now (the other three - West Wing, House, State of Play) are there already. One more of my top 10 (Inbetweeners) in so far as well - I'd only be mildly confident of one more of my top 10 making it in, and even then I'm not sure.

I am not part of the hivemind, as you can tell. I don't even like The Wire :-(

Only had 5 so far but I'm fairly certain that some more of my votes will make it. Some however, didn't and for them I pour one out.

best theme song ever = L O S T

Everyone knows it's Doctor Who.

no Murray Gold totally ruined that jam

Blueski - Yeah, DCBlock Party was great. TBH I like his stand-up best but the show was excellent too. I don't know that I've actually seen him in that many movies. Hmmmm.

The basic tune's so good that no amount of over-orchestration can truly ruin it.

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I never really "got" Chappelle's Show, but I heard so many people back in 2002-03 talk about how genius it was that perhaps it was slightly ruined for me by the time I saw it.

apparently he was offered a shit-ton of money for another season of Chapelle's Show but he turned it down and went to Africa (?) to hide out, the gossip was that he had some sort of nervous breakdown. Apparently he's over the fame thing now and lives on a farm with his family.

xpost what's to get about it? it's a funny sketch show.

7 of mine have made it, only expecting 5 more to make the cut (unless there a bunch of other silent Monk and Wire In The Blood stans out there)

chapelle was really really funny but comedy centrals decision to play it 3 times a night for 5 straight years despite a lack of seasons ruined it for me.

Yeah it is such a shame he went mental or whatever. Kind of hoping he would make some classic movies (and end the curse of the great black stand up making toss movies.)

of the ones already listed i voted for: house (yet another show that would have benefited from the supremely sensible british tradition of 2 or 3 series and you are done), oz, chappelle's show, how i met your mother, wonder showzen, and gilmore girls.

gilmore girls was my number two and i KNOW that my number one and number five will make the list, but i highly doubt that my number three and four will.

what's to get about it?

Hence the ironic quotation marks.

sadly i have seen more of a Right Guard advert Chappelle did years back than his show itself. has he actually been in many films? this defecit has affected his exposure outside the US surely. liked the Block Party film tho.

― modescalator (blueski), Wednesday, November 4, 2009 12:42 PM (7 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Half-Baked is hilarious and classic imo, but for the most part his film work is all undistinguished supporting roles in stuff like Con Air and You've Got Mail

jaymc--did you just think it wasn't funny?

x-post I thought 1/2 baked was HYSTERICAL when I saw it in the theater but I was way more than 1/2 baked that night so I have no idea if I'd think so upon another viewing. I do remember pretty much dying when Bob Saget came on screen and talked about sucking dick for crack but that was before I knew he was kind of filthy in general.

i.... like the recent doctor who themes. sorry!

Scott: Want to bet on that?

Mr. Que: I thought it was amusing in parts; overall, I think I just wasn't on its wavelength.

okay, i'll make an exception just this once. i don't hate ilxors who like the west wing. and i don't hate my mother-in-law or her wife. but i hate everyone else. like your mom, probably.

so far 7 shows from my ballot have appeared, and i figure at least 5 or as many as 10 are still to come, i really have no idea at this point

I'm genuinely pretty surprised that Planet Earth and Chappelle's Show placed so low.

"Scott: Want to bet on that?"

hmmmm, really? okay, then i will stand corrected. just figured they were my sentimental faves and would get forgotten.

Only 5 of mine have made it so far but that's okay - i knew abt 10 of them weren't that huge on ilx anyway. just happy that Party Down made it.

i'm guessing i should see planet earth, huh? should i watch it stoned after i watch half-baked?

scott all the qualities that i assumed you hated West Wing for went out the window when i realized you love Gilmore Girls

x-post - yes.