Can you recommend some good older tv shows?

[coaster]

I'm not interested at all with today's television shows, so lately I've been catching up on some old tv. I'm binge drinking/watching some M.A.S.H. right now and last night dived into some of the Twilight Zone episodes I haven't seen in a while. But my playlist is pretty sparse. So I'm wondering, what are some of your favorite shows from the past?

[nooryisawesome]

Twilight zone is awesome. Hogan's Heroes, Gunsmoke, The Rifleman, and X-files are always great.

[PB the Deplorable]

If you like the Twilight Zone, you may like The Outer Limits.

A show I liked a lot, especially the first year or two is Red Dwarf, but it's pretty important to watch the first episode first in order to understand what's going on.

Taxi was pretty funny, and holds up well. 

I'll probably get shit for this, but Three's Company was a favorite - if for nothing other than John Ritter's physical comedy.  The man was a genius.  Most of the other characters had their moments too though

[coaster]

Twilight zone is awesome. Hogan's Heroes, Gunsmoke, The Rifleman, and X-files are always great.

X-Files is a given. But I forgot about the great westerns. Bonanza was ok too. Completely forgot about those.  Rawhide too. Thats what I wanted to happen. Hear old shows and have a ton of them come to mind. I loved the old tv westerns.

If you like the Twilight Zone, you may like The Outer Limits.

A show I liked a lot, especially the first year or two is Red Dwarf, but it's pretty important to watch the first episode first in order to understand what's going on.

Taxi was pretty funny, and holds up well. 

I'll probably get shit for this, but Three's Company was a favorite - if for nothing other than John Ritter's physical comedy.  The man was a genius.  Most of the other characters had their moments too though

I grew up watching  Three's Company. What kid didn't? haha. Taxi is now on the list. I've heard of Red Dwarf in passing, but never seen it. Will check it out. Thank you guys. I have some pretty bad insomnia. these will fill the hours.

[Gd5150]

Show on in 1981: called Darkroom was kinda like twilight zone. Freaky.
1970s paranormal: In Search Of
The Six Million Dollar man. Cheesy but good. Best tv show intro ever.

[GeorgieForPresident2216]

If you like the Twilight Zone, you may like The Outer Limits.

A show I liked a lot, especially the first year or two is Red Dwarf, but it's pretty important to watch the first episode first in order to understand what's going on.

Taxi was pretty funny, and holds up well. 

I'll probably get shit for this, but Three's Company was a favorite - if for nothing other than John Ritter's physical comedy.  The man was a genius.  Most of the other characters had their moments too though

The first thing that came to mind was Three's Company, and I thought 'I can't write that..  What am I thinking?'

Red Dwarf is a favourite.  I recently downloaded them all but unfortunately lost that drive a few weeks ago.  They still make them, too.  Six episodes in 2013 and six more planned for later this year.  I will admit they used to seem funnier.

I've also just gone through the most recent eight seasons of Dr. Who, since the reboot.  It's another thing I had a hard time getting into because it didn't feel right after the classic episodes, but they get to be pretty good with some of the story arcs.  And they just celebrated 50 years in 2013 so there's always more to watch.

Then idk, there's a million things from the 70s and 80s, but everyone has their favourites.

[MV/Liberace!]

$64,000 Pyramid and The Morton Downey Jr. Show.

[Treading Water]

Barney Miller and WKRP in Cincinnati.
I had a soft spot for Adam 12 and Dragnet.  I always thought they were comedies.
(And I was kinda' Jonesing for that hunky Kent McCord.)
Northern Exposure, Laugh In, The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour.
And since I grew up in Pittsburgh, I loved Hill Street Blues.

[cweb]

The Prisoner (the one with McGoohan) and Twin Peaks immediately come to mind. Both can be quite cerebral. Twin Peaks kinda sputters a bit as you get nearer to the end of Season 2.

[Albemuth]

I recently cut the cable and bought a broadcast antenna. I live in the Mpls-St. Paul area and was surprised to find a free channel calling itself “Heroes & Icons”…They run Batman (1966), The Wild, Wild West, Broken Arrow, High Chaparral, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea â€" and all kinds of great, old shows. Seems heavy on the old cop shows and westerns. Maybe I’m turning into my old man â€" but as I get older, I’m finding I like this stuff. Good, free escapist entertainment. Having been ripped off for years by the cable companies and just plain not knowing what was out there and available  on the free airwaves â€" I’m quite happy with what I’m finding.

[FightTheFuture]

In Search Of


W/ Leonard Nimoy

[albrecht]

Depends on what genre you enjoy. MeTV, RetroTV, etc all have some decent shows like Perry Mason, Twilight Zone, Outer Limits, Beverley Hillbillies, Andy Griffith, Rockford Files, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Emergency! etc all are good. MeTV also shows Columbo which I like. For the more modern shows, with actors you will see now in movies and tv often as younger people,  I think Hallmark Ch shows Matlock and Murder She Wrote. Esquire Channel has been showing Magnum, PI recently.

[The General]

The Jack Benny Show. 
LSMFT

[FightTheFuture]

Hill Street Blues

Kung Fu w/ David Carradine

[136 or 142]

American
1.Gilligan's Island
2.Batman
3.Fernwood 2Nite
4.Max Headroom
5.My So-Called Life

British
1.Yes Minister/Yes Prime Minister
2.Monty Python
3.Fawlty Towers
4.Man About the House (for Three's Company Fans)

For going way back:
1.Playhouse 90

Canadian
1.King of Kensington
2.The Beachcombers
3.SCTV

[Threaten the Hoover]

Twin Peaks kinda sputters a bit as you get nearer to the end of Season 2.

It picks up a bit toward the very end...

A great show though overall, something everyone should watch all the way through at least once in their lives;) and coming back soon apparently!

I also prefer old TV to new; if you're a real heavy drinker with nothing better to do you might enjoy the old Glen Larson scifi series - Battlestar Galactica (1978) and Buck Rogers in the 25th Century.

If you don't mind British comedy, (someone already mentioned Red Dwarf) Blackadder is worth a look -  each season set in a different century, though I'd perhaps skip the first season, which felt very different to the rest. 

[pyewacket]

I like British sit coms:

Are You Being Served?   Keeping Up Appearances,  The Vicar of Dibley,  Absolutely Fabulous, and
The Young Ones

If you like some American show from the 80s: St. Elsewhere and  LA Law

If you like odd competitions: Junkyard Wars and Battle Bots

Can you be more specific about your preferences? I'm interested in suggestions, too. 

[MrMajestik]

American Gothic and Corner Gas.

[ManiacMatt]

For British sitcoms, I always enjoyed One Foot in the Grave.  I would laugh out loud at that old man.  Keeping Up Appearances is funny too.  My mom is like Mrs. Bucket in a lot of ways, so that adds a different level of funny for me.
Monty Python goes without saying.  If you don't like MP at all, you're wrong.

[WildCard]

Hill Street Blues

When it was on 24/7 I went out of my way to not watch it.
I'm about half-way through season 9.
They'll never top the season Bobby died. That's as psychedelic as t.v. can get.

[136 or 142]

One more: Cheers
I'm sure Dr. Peter Breggin would agree with this sentiment:
Dr. Frasier Crane: [about the psychiatric profession] You just don't cure someone overnight. Most patients require dozens of costly sessions to make even minimal progress. God, I love this profession.

[Mind Flayer Monk]

Sledge Hammer! (cop show parody)
Miami Vice (hard police drama)
Amazing Stories
Adventures of Brisco County Jr. (cowboy comedy)
Hill Street Blues

[ACE of CLUBS]

'The Wild Wild West' ....... an odd weekly western with futuristic/unbelievable themes ...... not for everyone.

[missing transmission]

Wild Palms - Oliver Stones Virtual/alternate reality conspiracy mini series from 1993


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJMPCGo42cE#

[GeorgieForPresident2216]

Wild Palms - Oliver Stones Virtual/alternate reality conspiracy mini series from 1993


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJMPCGo42cE#

2007 was a mixture of big hair and holograms.  Who knew?

[136 or 142]

Two more:
1.The Gary Shandling Show
2.The Larry Sanders Show

[PB the Deplorable]

Anything they made a shitty movie version of

[yumyumtree]

Seinfeld, Mary Tyler Moore, Bob Newhart, MASH, My Little Margie, Love That Bob, The Wonder Years, Arrested Development, Days and Nights of Molly Dodd, Get a Life, Action, those are a few that spring to mind.  Those are sitcoms.

I will have to think harder about dramas and things like that, but..
Peter Gunn, Alfred Hitchcock, thirtysomething, Hill Street Blues.  I know there's others.

Now I'll read the other posts.

[yumyumtree]

For British sitcoms, I always enjoyed One Foot in the Grave.  I would laugh out loud at that old man.  Keeping Up Appearances is funny too.  My mom is like Mrs. Bucket in a lot of ways, so that adds a different level of funny for me.
Monty Python goes without saying.  If you don't like MP at all, you're wrong.

I liked Keeping Up Appearances and the Good Life(I think that was what it was called).  Anyway, it had Felicity Kendall. There was another Britcom, very like Molly Dodd, with Felicity Kendall that may have been called Gemma.  I don't remember, but that was the major character's name. There was an Australian sitcom, somewhat like a harder-edged Frasier, called Mother and Son, that I liked.

[yumyumtree]

The Prisoner (the one with McGoohan) and Twin Peaks immediately come to mind. Both can be quite cerebral. Twin Peaks kinda sputters a bit as you get nearer to the end of Season 2.

Yes, I loved Twin Peaks at the time, but it might not translate well in syndicated reruns. (Same may be true for Miami Vice) It's hard  to stretch one murder mystery into more than one season! But you have to hand it to David Lynch for bringing magical realism to TV.  I will never forget the scene where Josie, the sheriff's girlfriend, turns into a knot in the woodwork.

You have to hand it to David Lynch, period.