when tv was good for you
although there are great advantages to being on the cusp of young adulthood in this no longer brand new millenium era – i do feel sorry that young adults have missed out on great television. not to diminish what HBO has brought to our screens the last few years and the magic that is 30 rock – but here are some shows that kids today can still see on re-runs, but really, remember their heyday?
in no particular order…
10. LAW & ORDER – yes, still ongoing, but those early years were something else.
9. NYPD BLUE bobby’s death scene? big sniff.
8. ER – see number 10.
7. MASH. not so much the later years, but the earlier years. it was on at 6.30pm.
6. CHEERS. absolutely brilliant dialogue. heck, i’m going to add FRASIER in the mix as well.
5. NORTHERN EXPOSURE. it made our southern friends stop laughing at us for living north of sixty. for a while, anyway.
4. SEINFELD. there’s a little bit of george in all of us, and that’s what kept us watching.
3. the x-files. cannot be duplicated. goodness knows there have been many attempts.
2. MAD ABOUT YOU/SPIN CITY/FRIENDS – is everyone in new york good looking and witty?
1. PICKET FENCES. brilliant.
thank goodness that television networks had the avarice to know that people like me would jump to buy boxed sets of erstwhile series. the other day charles and i were nearly an hour late getting to bed because we were engrossed in an episode of THE PRACTISE. (which also could be on this list).
what is there today for young peeps to watch? thank goodness for hbo and reruns.
what shows am i missing and should i add? the simpsons? the tracey ullman show? saturday night live?
