iPlayer? What's an iPlayer? ILX's top 50 TV shows of the 90s!

my point on the decades split was people not voting for something because they voted in another separate poll for it are kinda being a little silly.

depends on the show and when the best parts aired really. I doubt anybody thought "I don't want to vote for the Simpsons again, I already voted for it in the 00s poll."

I dunno. It still had a lot of great gags up till the end, but the storylines were becoming stale and the characters increasingly 2-D and unlikeable (especially Skeletor-era Monica).

Having said that I'm pretty sure I've seen every episode, so I must actually like it.

xpost

i think of roseanne's heydey being 80s which is why i dont think it didn't do so hot here

I'm guessing that, because Space Ghost placed where it did, that Cartoon Planet isn't going to place at all. Which is a shame. CP is like the nutty cable access variety show the Space Ghost cast does on their off-hours to amuse themselves. Plus, CP has Brak, and lots of him! I love it a lot.

totally 4got abt cartoon planet, so goofy!

I doubt anybody thought "I don't want to vote for the Simpsons again, I already voted for it in the 00s poll."

pretty sure a lot of people have stated exactly this sentiment, tbh?

if anybody stands up and says they voted for Simpsons in the 00s poll and not this one and a hoy hoy and chap can verify it, I'll eat my hat.

(given that they voted in both polls, and that I buy a hat first)

eh i don't think i did this but couldn't, y'know, swear it. i'm almost certain i put simpson's into my 90's poll.

Hmmmm, hats
http://simpsons-scripts.wdfiles.com/local--files/start/homer-simpson

anyway, offering to eat your hat before you own a hat allows the escape route of buying an edible hat and i don't think it's a credible bargain tbh

fine, you pick the hat.

26 - Mystery Science Theater 3000 (Comedy Central, 1988-99)
- 1630 points, 9 votes

http://cinefantastiqueonline.com/wp-content/mst3k.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3M4_XZ3FLHw

that's one I expected to see a bit higher, maybe even top 10, but maybe some of the show's more fervent supporters didn't partake in the poll

I've never even heard of that, it looks great though.

http://www.thechallengersband.com/pics/My%20Pictures/coys/Coy%27s%20Big%20Hat%20Little%20Man.jpg

MST is a show i've heard so much about on ILX that it's on my to-do list for sure.

oh this has started! lots of shows i have forgotten but not many i actually voted for, not that i can remember exactly what i voted for as the hotmail dog ate my homework ;(

i do know that my number 1 was this life. i was superobsessed with this first time around to the extent that i made the daft decision to do law just to be like anna/milly/warren/miles et al. what a tit i was.

loving some of the clips here:) red dwarf!

eh, that's some dude's hat btw

Burt Reynolds: Ha-ha! Yeah, I found this backstage, an over-sized hat. It's funny.

Alex Trebek: No, it's not!

Burt Reynolds: Sure it is. It's funny. It's funny because it's ah, bigger than, ah.. [ clears throat ] ..you know, a normal hat.

MST is a show i've heard so much about on ILX that it's on my to-do list for sure.

― Louis Cll (darraghmac), Wednesday, 9 December 2009 14:45 (10 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

^^^^^this.

Quick halfway rundown before the next result:

50 - The House of Cards Trilogy
49 - Frasier
48 - Vic Reeves Big Night Out
47 - This Life
46 - Quantum Leap
45 - G.B.H.
44 - The Wonder Years
43 - Batman: The Animated Series
42 - 120 Minutes
41 - The Maxx
40 - Late Night with Conan O'Brien
39 - Animaniacs
38 - Freaks & Geeks
37 - Red Dwarf
36 - Oz
35 - Daria
34 - The Smell of Reeves & Mortimer
33 - Shooting Stars
32 - The Adam and Joe Show
31 - The Fresh Prince of Bell-Air
30 - Space Ghost Coast to Coast
29 - Knowing Me Knowing You... with Alan Partridge
28 - Friends
27 - Roseanne
26 - Mystery Science Theater 3000

that's not bad, really.

25 - Cracker (ITV, 1995-93)
- 1690 points, 11 votes, 1 first place

http://www.btvision.bt.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/cracker.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlJEIC9YoII

Sorry, that should be 1993-95, obviously.

I've never really been able to get into MST3K. I appreciate its existence, but I just don't think it's a style of humor that appeals to me much.

one of the founding MST3K members does "rifftrax" now which is essentially the same thing except it sometimes appears as an mp3 that you sync with the movie. i've heard "reign of fire" which is outstanding.

http://www.rifftrax.com/rifftrax/reign-fire

24 - Newsradio (NBC, 1995-99)
- 1780 points, 12 votes

http://ncjl.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/newsradio-1.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xO7EFfdX8Rs

Don't ask me.

excellent cast, maybe the best of the decade

and of course i forgot to vote for it :/

It's the only thing to place I'd never even heard of. Don't know if it was aired here.

huzzah @ that!

23 - My So-Called Life (ABC, 1994-95)
- 1790 points, 13 votes

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZzDlXECCndE/SSOQX0dyKuI/AAAAAAAAATc/9beNxAa39oY/s400/my+so+called+life.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_Etd_CYI_k

Cracker is my favourite gritty UK drama ever but i guess i just caught it at the right time. several gobsmacking :o scenes and situations. i rewatched pretty much all of it a couple of years back (it was on Homehoice/Tiscali TV on demand) tho and McGovern (and later Paul Abbott)'s tendency to dip over the realism line so as to thrust his points and ideas in yer face often jarred...kinda like Russell T Davies bigger uglier brother in a way.

amazing cast tho

Okay. Now we're getting down to business.

Chap, you (and anyone else unfamiliar) should do yourself a favor and look into Newsradio. I'm actually a little shocked that it didn't make it across the pond, as it's funny in kind of an acultural way. Like, it's almost a farce a lot of the time (in kind of a Frasier vein). It's surprising that something like The Simpsons (that seems so dependent upon a knowledge of American culture) can get so huge in the UK while Newsradio doesn't make a dent.

And My So-Called Life...what can I say? It was like an extention of my high school life, this alternate universe that I'd watch after my real-life drama was done for the day. Loved it. And I watched some recently and it not only holds up but reveals a level of self-aware humor that completely slipped by me when I was as wrapped up in myself and my little life as the characters on the show were. Plus, it takes the award for Most Frustrating Ending EVER.

xp! Newsradio never aired here. tried to go back and watch it since people here kept raving about it but i couldn't get into it. i know i should like it, Phil Hartman, Dave Foley and a pretty Maura Tierney tells me so, but it mostly felt dated and predictable. only watched the first season tho, maybe it picked up speed after that

Animaniacs placed pretty much solely based on nostalgia. Not that I'm hatin', I'm just sayin'. It wasn't that good a show, and that '90s WB animation (also featured on Tiny Toon Adventures) was pretty abysmal. But then so was most animation in the '90s.

P.S. I hope X-Men is top ten.

― Pooping And Crying (Deric W. Haircare), Tuesday, December 8, 2009 1:50 PM (Yesterday)

not to jump on this so long afterwards, but i can say that this is def not true for me - its a pretty classic show, lots of really weird obscure old hollywood jokes. also pinky and the brain is fucking genius. i have the first 2 seasons on dvd and it still holds up (also, i grad from high school in 91 so it isnt a kiddie thing for me).

also very happy to see knowing me, knowing you and space ghost on here, which are both fantastic.

xpost newsradio is great too, and it def picks up after the first season - at times Phil Hartmans (sadfaceemoticon) greatest work tbh

22 - Spaced (Channel 4, 1999-2001)
- 1990 points, 15 votes

http://thetwocentscorp.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/spaced.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QGv4tYyb9s

i've seen maybe 3 mins of spaced in my life. another something i need to put right.

hmm, so far my 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 7th, 9th, and 10th have placed. if my number 1 doesnt make it im going to be pissed.

btw, i didnt even see this had started until today because when scanning it as a lolmerican i just thought "iplayer? well, nothing for me in that thread"

Eh, sorry. Should've thought of that.

no people should be more open-minded! (jk)

Just curious, chap (as I don't think it's been mentioned): how many ballots did you receive in total?

Counting mine, an even 50.

Including one from a certain controversial former poster. Any guesses?

dom obv

Yep.

Hi Dom.

Dom will have voted for some very good things here, so yeah. Raises the chances of Father Ted winning and IAP finishing top-5.