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

I'd say that The Cosby Show has about as much chance of winding up in the top ten as Silk Stalkings does.

i think Cosby Show is thought of enough as an '80s show, and its '90s seasons are thought of enough as "the Raven Symone era," that it could totally miss this poll.

this is an abomination

BTW, stevie, the sets I've bought from the dude who sells complete SNL seasons on the afore(un)mentioned site are of shockingly high quality. I was expecting them to all be barely watchable transfers from rapidly-degrading VHS, but such has not been the case as of yet.

tyrna find language strong enough to accurately register my disgust but im not sure it exists... p much suffice to say none of u deserve to own a tv or breathe oxygen ever again

Thank you, Lamp. I'd been waiting for someone to audit my taste and/or worth.

P.S. Am I allowed to still watch stuff on my computer?

Here's my rough draft of my '80s ballot:

Blackadder
Cheers
The Cosby Show
Cosmos
The Day the Universe Changed
The Garry Shandling Show
Golden Girls
The Greatest American Hero
Hill Street Blues
The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
Family Ties
Knight Rider
Late Night with David Letterman
Magnum, P.I.
Married…With Children
M*A*S*H
Miami Vice
Moonlighting
Newhart
Night Court
Roseanne
Tanner '88
V
The Wonder Years
The Young Ones

Lamp post a list of shit u would've voted for or shut the fucking fuck up

Not holding out much hope for People Like Us, which was in my top 5 as it was gently brilliant.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbtRUrEaRA0

Okay wait - still no Letterman on this list? If Conan's in the list, surely Letterman's gotta be one of the remaining few...?

i dunno about that, in terms of quality Conan's best decade was the '90s and Dave's was the '80s, or at least that was my rationale for voting for the former and not the latter.

Lamp post a list of shit u would've voted for or shut the fucking fuck up

lol i only know like 1 british show

me too, what's your point?

so my point is theres not much here i wouldve voted for: batman tas, frasier, larry sanders and mscl maybe koth the rest is stuff i didnt watch or dont like v. much

anyone nom marc wootton's 'my new best friend'?

That's from this decade, and no.

yeah, and i was asking what you did watch that isn't on the list

weird list, was just checking My So-Called Life was actually on here so I didn't have to execute every motherfucking last one of you... expecting Dawson's T4 shite to be ten places above but you can't have everything. Great call on "How Do You Want Me?" Noodle, but insanely optimistic about anyone else remembering it!!

Deep Space Nine >>> TNG mind you...

if only they'd stopped right there for another decade or two >:(

lol didnt even realise this was 90s only explains why it is so shit I guess

Here's the ballot I forgot to send in:

1. MST3K
2. X-Files
3. Cracker
4. Twin Peaks
5. Millennium
6. The Simpsons
7. The State
8. Melrose Place
9. Homicide: Life on the Streets
10. The Kids in the Hall
11. Quantum Leap
12. Star Trek: TNG
13. Prime Suspect
14. Mr. Show
15. Roseanne
16. Buffy the Vampire Slayer
17. The Larry Sanders Show
18. Late Night With Conan O'Brien
19. South Park
20. Get a Life
21. Yo! MTV Raps
22. A Touch of Frost
23. Upright Citizen's Brigade
24. King of the Hill
25. Oz

Other than the Simpsons I have no idea what's in the top 10. All the shows I figured would be there (Homicide, X-Files, Larry Sanders) have already placed.

You dont think Seinfeld or Twin Peaks will get a look in?

i'm a bit confused about how many americans actually voted in this, but i assume if they turned out then twin peaks has won.

dude i have outlined exactly what will constitute the top 10

1 simspons
2 freaky trigger
3 twink peas
4 signveldt
5 thedaytodaytoday
6 bouffe
7 ahm alan paahtradge
8 soft pack
9 saved by the bell uh i mean kids by the hall
10 arse eye

thank you

slightly baffled by NV's violent reaction to the fast show, given he was find with red dwarf

As I said, Red Dwarf was flawed but when on song it brought the lolz, Fast Show was a lot more flaw than lol, plus I really dislike the sentimentalizing of sketch comedy, plus it placed stupidly high on here against vastly superior shows, so I didn't feel like breaking out the measured responses to it.

i should have voted for larry sanders

the sentimentalizing of sketch comedy

who does this?

Paul Whitehouse, mostly.

I really don't need cyphers in a 2-minute sketch to have rich inner lives.

I *liked* that about Rowley and Ted& Ralph, but as always YMMV, so whatever.

I'm trying to stop banging on anyway. I've said why I don't like it, other people do, bully for them. I was just answering yr question about why I'd still got time for Red Dwarf and not for 90 percent of Fast Show. I didn't vote for either of them, which sums it up really.

yeah, and i was asking what you did watch that isn't on the list

bored, made u a top 25:

01 simpsons (fox)
02 batman tas (fox kids)
03 neon genesis evangelion (tv tokyo)
04 mr. show (hbo)
05 arthur (pbs)
06 afv (abc/syndicated)
07 larry sanders (hbo)
08 pov (pbs/various)
09 prime suspect (bbc)
10 oz (hbo)
11 gunsmith cats (tokyo broadcasting)
12 record of the lodoss war (tv tokyo)
13 gargoyles (synidcated)
14 melrose place (fox)
15 frasier (nbc)
16 sports night (abc)
17 my so-called life (abc)
18 salute your shorts (nickelodeon)
19 nova (pbs)
20 monday night football (abc)
21 liquid television (mtv)
22 secret world of alex mack (nickelodeon)
23 sportscenter (espn)
24 the real world (mtv)
25 slayers/slayers next (tv tokyo)

(Blink.)

Yes, now I understand why I need to stop watching TV and living. It's...all so clear to me now.

P.S. LJ, there could be an upset, but I don't really see the first two years of South Park being enough to warrant it a spot in the top ten.

Unless a lot of peeps were like me and just voted for things from the list without thinking about how much of them was broadcast in the 90s.

Was Jeeves & Wooster nominated? I'm watching that now and it's great.

yes

7. The State

forgot about this being in the running, have to get ready to be annoyed if it's in the top 10 and apoplectic if it's higher than KITH

I'm beginning to think The State might very well sneak into the top ten, but I will be with you in losing my shit if it's above KITH.

what on my excellently-rendered breakdown (well, deric's excellently-rendered and now rejigged breakdown) is possibly not gonna be here?

Yes, now I understand why I need to stop watching TV and living. It's...all so clear to me now.

well yw then

I'm proud that my #1 was Beavis and Butthead, so I'll just share that with you all right now.

The State deserves to place.

My #1 was Quantum Leap.

10 - The Kids in the Hall (CBC, 1988-94)
- 2900 points, 19 votes, 3 first place

http://neroanima.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/plastickith.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPLWbTh9_Nk&feature=related

I'm going to be doing the top ten at a fair old speed I'm afraid. Places to be.

need to see more of this, remember it from late night C4 but didn't get most of it aged 14.