My favorite television shows are: The Simpsons (I'm partial to Lisa's intelligence, Krusty's sarcasm and the overall originality of the show.) Seinfeld ( I can't get enough of Newman, Kramer and George) Law & Order ( I prefer watching the reruns on A&E. I can't forgive the producers for firing Chris Noth. He brought humour, pain, and intelligence to the role of Mike Logan. Not to mention, he wasn't bad to look at either. I wonder what kind of Darcy he would have made.) Another World (I've been watching this soap since I was 4 years old. I love Carl Hutchins. What a great villain he was. He has transformed into a good person to gain the respect and love of his one and only Rachel Cory. He sort of sounds like Darcy when I think about it. Maybe that's the attraction. Or maybe it's the English accent and poetry he utters. Favorite Miniseries: Without a doubt, The Thorn Birds. I have it on tape and watch it whenever I get a chance. Richard Chaimberland is fantasctic as Father Ralph, the priest torn between his love for God and his love for Meggie. Not to mention, Barbara Stanwyck as Mary Carson, the older woman in love with Father Ralph. She plays a bitch to perfection.

Chris Noth! Oooh, what a fine suggestion for Darcy (no substitute for CF, however)! ;)

When my kid is watching TV, I enjoy RUGRATS on Nickelodeon--really! To see cartoons done from toddlers and babies' viewpoint (and eyelevel) is a scream, especially when the wicked Angelica is in her cynical, pick-on-the-babies mode. I used to watch MACGYVER since I'm an inventions and quick-fix freak (and the guy ain't bad lookin', either). There's a MACGYVER website, by the by, with great pix, scripts, etc. ARE YOU BEING SERVED? is my British comedy fix some evenings on PBS. Yes, I do have more culturally elevated tastes in TV also.

OMIGOD, France! I love Are You Being Served?! It's the only thing that will get me through The Jim Lehrer Newshour...;)

My favorite TV shows are Chef (PBS Comedy), The Eastenders, The Simpsons, Frazier, Homocide and Murder One. I have others but if I mention them I feel I watch too much TV. Karen

Karen...you're the only other person I know who's even heard of Chef...what a concept - an anal, egotistical cook...

Historically: Bob Newhart Show, Dick Van Dyke Show, Andy Griffith Show, The Beverly Hillbillies (Granny's a hoot!), SCTV (Love the pototo joke), Yes, (Prime) Minister (The best-written sit-com in history), Today: Babylon 5, X Files, Homicide, Frasier, Cracker, Pinkey and the Brain (they were better before they got their own show)

Kali, I love Chef! They don't seem to have made very many episodes though.

Kali, I watch all PBS love "Keeping Up Appearances" also "Charlie Rose".

Hyacinth Bucket? ;) I'm a Rhoda kinda girl right now. I'm waiting for Nick at Nite to bring back the Patty Duke Show...

Hyacinth Bucket is the modern version of Caroline Bingley. Oh Patty Duke Show, cute. My daughter loves Shirley Temple movies.

Or Mrs. Bennet! ;)

Historically (as someone has said, love it!) That Girl Dick Van Dyke Mary Tyler Moore Bob Newhart Carol Burnett Hill Street Blues LA Law MASH Northern Exposure All Star Treks Now: NYPD Blue ER Frasier Mad About You Murphy Brown Chicago Hope News Radio

Cheryl, "Anything But Love" Richard Lewis and Jamie Lee Curtis.

Oooh, MASH! ;)

I love all cheryl's picks except Star Trek. I have to add Cheers and (I hope) INK which may be a new Cheers - I only saw one episode but it was great. Kali - I love Rhoda and Valerie Harper but really did not much care for the Rhoda show. The Mary Tyler Moore show seems timeless. My husband and I are always calling each other's attention to a "great MTM moment" about to strike.

I can't believe so many of you enjoy British comedies. In answer to one of the earlier responses. They are currently running the 4th or 5th series. I'm also astounded that some of you have seen Eastenders. BTW I've been told that my 6 month nephew looks just like Grant Mitchell!

Saturday Night Live is my all time favorite tv show, followed by Sunday Morning.

slippage!

I do not watch very much network T.V. However, I always try to watch Mad About You and Chicago Hope. I like the old shows such as I Love Lucy, The Honeymooners, and Perry Mason. I used to watch Murder She Wrote. I love the two mini-series of Poldark. I suppose my favorite mini-series is Jane Eyre with Timothy Dalton.

I forgot about Fawlty Towers. I absolutely love that series. It is hilarious..

The only show I make it a point to see is Remember WENN on AMC. I also like Rugrats (and I am 32 with no kids--but it is hilarious and Angelica is so bad) I think my favorite British sitcoms are The Good Neighbors and To the Manor Born I do like Biography on A&E, though I wish they would do JA.

I love Doug, Rugrats. Angelica is not bad just normal. I was the same way nasty to the little ones but sweet as pie to the adults. I love David Duchovny. And I purposely stopped watching Law & Order when they canned Chris Noth, I loved him!!!!! I watch Chicago Hope, NYPD Blue, ER, Early Edition, Kyle Chandler is sooo Hot!!!! Laura

My guilty pleasure: TOO HOT TAMALES on the Food Channel. Featuring two fine female chefs who are great friends -- their banter is very P&P!

Oh Katy, how could I have left out Cheers? I am amazed at the oversight! Thank you for reminding me that it was one of my favorite shows! Donna, I also watched Anything But Love and was sorry to see it end so soon!

Which is better? Cheers or Frasier? I like Frasier better...much less caricature than the original series...the characters are a little easier to identify with...

Does anyone remember ''He and She" with Richard Benjamin, Paula Prentis, Kenneth Mars and Jack Cassidy? I loved it, would be in heaven if Nick at Nite would pick it up.

Speaking of shows that you don't see in syndication or on cable networks with nostaligic sensibilities, how about Beanie and Cecil?

Beauty and the Beast All Star Treks (though the first is so hokey now that it's camp) Babylon 5 ER NYPD Blue Grace Under Fire Touched by an Angel Cybil MASH Fame Mary Tyler Moore Hill Street Blues China Beach Call to Glory Perry Mason Favorite mini-series (other than P&P2) -- Shogun (didn't like Thorn Birds because they didn't do the book justice though I did like Richard Chamberlain in it) Also -- has anyone ever seen a British comedy called Sweet Sixteen (I think that was the name of it)? Had to do with an older woman marrying a younger man. Only saw a couple of episodes but really enjoyed it.

Re: Eastenders Bernie, Eastenders has been shown on many public tv stations in the U.S. for 8 or 9 years now (although it's no longer available in my area). When it first started it was my absolute favorite thing on television--I would tape episodes I couldn't be there for, a real addict. But when they killed off Den the whole thing went downhill for me. He was the heart of that series. And then all the other good people left--Ethel (I loved Ethel!), Angie, Lou, Lofty, that nice Indian family that ran the convenienc store, etc. And now I hear that even Michelle is gone. Sad. BTW, a cable station ran Coronation Street for a couple of years in the early eighties and I really got into that too!

Kali, I agree with you regarding Fraizer (vs. Cheers). I really liked Cheers but I love Fraizer. The whole dynamic with his father, Niles, Roz and Daphne. The first episode this season had me in tears. Karen

Old tv shows never die, they just go into syndication! (As long as they'r available on videotape, that is.) Recent faves include: Absolutely Fabulous; Rugrats; Star Treks; ER; Homicide (incredible acting). Historical faves change, depending on what's in syndication, but include: The Addams Family; Hill Street Blues; Mary Tyler Moore; Bob Newhart. I could probably add many others. I actually watch a lot of tv -- have become a talented channel surfer, so I can watch several shows at the same time! It's an interesting way to view movies -- it takes me several viewings to figure out the full story line on some of them.

Does anyone watch Dark Skies or X Files?

Actually, Dark Skies is on my tv right now. Wheew. Unfortunately, getting access through my provider is on a hit or miss basis, so it's divided attention time. Trying to run through here during the ads.

I never miss X Files (except if it involves maggots)

See the X-files topic in the tv conference. There's some new stuff there.

My favorite TV shows are mostly part of the Masterpiece Theatre genre. They are the ones I tape and watch over again - Six Wives of Henry VIII, Elizabeth I, Upstairs Downstairs, The Duchess of Duke Street, Lily, etc. Also loved the four Cadfael series I've seen, and among comedies, Waiting for God - another British comedy on PBS.

My faves are: ER Seinfeld Fashion Television (Can. Show) Anything on A&E--Biography, American Justice The Anne of Green Gables Miniseries Cybil The Discovery Channel Thorn Birds The New Music (Can. show)

Cybil. I only saw one episode but it was very funny.

Like I said elsewhere, I'm a MACGYVER fan as is my family. Love the ironic humor, the inventiveness, and Richard Dean Anderson's looks. If you're likeminded, check out this link for info on the show, actor, etc. (excuse me, I think my Swiss knife and duct tape are needed to fix something in the next room...) :-) http://www.cjnetworks.com/~mkelley/macgyver/

What are you fixing? The kitchen sink?

Knowing the tv series, it could be anything from the sink to loose floor tile to a broken table leaf to tying up a burglar to creating a makeshift bow-and-arrow!

Our local family channel is still running some childhood faves : Captain Scarlet, Thunderbirds, Joe 90, etc. I love comparing different point of view regarding the news/events : american (ABC, PBS, NBC and CBS), French canadian: TVA and Radio-Canada, Anglo-canadian: CTV and CBC, Brit (BBC Newsworld and ITV) and European (TV5 presents news from the Belgium, Swiss and French). I really believed to be privileged of getting all those. In English, not to be snobish but much prefer PBS, A&E, Showcase and Bravo not to mention the Movie Network. Some network shows do distinguish themselves and love Frazier, an ER. Some fav series : the BlackAdder, P.G. Wodhouse's Jeeves and Wooster, Fawlty Tower, the Internet series. PBS Drama including most Mystery or Masterpice Theater programming like I, Claudius. Would the Wallace and Gromit trilogy fit in this category or in films?

Inko, I love Waiting for God! I fear I will be just as ornery as Diana when I am her age...;)

Did you know that "Coke a Cola" is handing out 3D glasses for "3rd Rock From the Sun" sometime soon. I do like to watch this show.

Donna -- "3rd Rock From the Sun" is fun, is it not? I think John Lithgow is hilarious, much better at comedy than some of those dramatic/horror parts he has played in the movies.

Mobil Masterpiece Theatre WGBH Boston Winter 96-Spring 97 Schedule http://www.boston.com.80/wgbh/pages/masterpiecetheatre/mptwintspr97.html

For some reason it doesn't work. Try this one http://www.pbs.org/programs/navigator/mse.html "Scroll" down to MMasterpiece Theatre "click on" Schedule and your there.

Lithgow made a great Lord Whorfin in Buckaroo Bonzai!

I just discovered this web site: http://www.neponset.com/brittv/index.htm It belongs to an outfit called Brit TV, which sells a videos of many British TV programs, including many never shown in the U.S. They also maintain a search service for videos not listed in their catalog, publish an industry-oriented newsletter about British tv, and sell related stuff like books, photos, trading cards, t-shirts, etc. They say, "Brit TV is not a fan club but a service open to anyone with the need or desire to collect items from British film and television." Of course I can't vouch for them, having just discovered the site, but others may want to check it out.

I mentioned this in chat the other night. In the Prime. PBS. Sunday night on PBS. Mention was made last night of Jane Austen's influence on relationships and loving between mature adults. This show is about midlife romance. It's on at 6:30 pm in Austin.

Washington Week in Review. History Channel. Politically Incorrect. Discovery Channel. A&E programming. Local nightly news.

Carl, I am a greta fan of Politically Incorrect as well! Do you think that it's move to a major network will have a taming effect? I certainly hope not! ;-)

Anybody like TV Nation ?

Kali: Anybody like TV Nation ? Yes! Isn't it a hoot? Just saw one the other day about payback...they called the CEO of a telemarketing firm at 11pm posing as a phone soliciter-- it was so wonderful hearing him get so angry at someone bothering him at home, trying to get him to buy something! Ah...payback can be a bitch, can't it! LOL!

CLassics, Cheryl...absolutely CLASSIC! Michael Moore really has a pulse on teh vengeance thing, does he not? ;)

CLassics, Cheryl...absolutely CLASSIC! Michael Moore really has a pulse on teh vengeance thing, does he not? ;)

Haven been part of the tv generation, some will undoubtebly resurge every now and then like this one : UFO series 1969-1971, Century 21 (Alerte dans l'espace) Producers : Gerry Anderson, Reg Hill With Ed Bishop(Col. Straker), George Sewell, Michael Billington, Gabrielle Drake, Grant Taylor Music :Barry Gray In 1980, Earth is threaten by UFOs. The SHADO organization, based on both Earth and Moon is specialized in anti-UFO defense. Links : http://www.cnw.com/~mmartin/ufo/ http://www-bi.inrialpes.fr/cgi-bin/han/?FV=UFO

TV: X-Files Politically Incorrect Extreme Sports Seinfeld TV Nation 3rd Rock from the Sun NYPD Blue Homicide MINI-SERIES: Pride and Prejudice War and Rememberance

I'm new here--just finished reading this thread and wanted to add something to the miniseries category: Lonesome Dove. Like P&P, the production is extremely faithful to the book, (which won a Pulitzer) and is one of the best examples of characterization and old fashioned storytelling I've ever seen! And I'm not really that big a fan of Westerns.

I liked the book, but never saw the miniseries...

I urge you to rent it if you get a chance! Tommy Lee Jones and Robert Duvall are excellent, as is the rest of the cast. After seeing the miniseries, I couldn't ever picture any other actors as Capt. Call and Gus.

ooooh, Tommy Lee Jones! :)

Favorite TV shows: Remington Steele(this is probably my fav, historically. Still have the pic his fan club sent me) Homefront Seinfeld Frasier Moonlighting Eastenders Absolutley fabulous Second Thoughts Fav miniseries: Winds of War, Thorn Birds, Jane Eyre(with yummy Tim Dalton), The Buccanners(can't get enough of EW or Nan and Guy) and being a good Canadian girl-the Anne of Greene Gable miniseries.

I definitely agree with Moonlighting and the Jane Eyre with Timothy Dalton. Also loved Northern Exposure.

"Timothy Dalton" will be on Regis and Kathy Lee on Wed. Feb.5.

surely for Beautician and the Beast.... another Rocketeer? he can do better than that, can he?

Yes, one certainly hopes so. He seems to have abominable taste in scripts. Started out with 'Lion in Winter', and moved on to.. 'Flash Gordon'!?! Needs a better agent, methinks.

I read that Dalton made a tv movie of Edith Wharton's the REEf which will be shown on CBS, early this year. Let's just hope for his sake(I loved him in JE) and especially for EW's sake that the movie is good.

Myself, I never watch TV that much (odd,I know for a high school student), but I do make it a point to watch Remember WENN on AMC, as well as The X-Files, The Nanny, and my fave, The Simpsons. That has to be the only show other than Seinfeld that my friends watch- and I am always trying to keep up with my friends.

Cassandra: I read that Dalton made a tv movie of Edith Wharton's the REEf Timothy Dalton as Darrow? Isn't he much too old? And Darrow's an American. Do you know who play Sophy Viner and Anna Leath?

It has been an unfortunate downfall, say since the 007 debacle. I'll always remember him as Heathcliff and he was remarquable in it.

NO. 72. Sorry Anne, I don't know.

The only one so far that I like but haven't seen mentioned is One Foot in the Grave (British). Bill Cosby's show is supposedly based on this, but is really nothing like. I also like The single guy. Not sure why. I agree with: Anne of Green Gables! Jeeves and Wooster!! The stories are hilarious to read, aas well. Keeping up Appearances, Remember WENN - what great writing - but I always forget to watch it or when it's on. TD jane Eyre is great, too. has anyone seen the William Hurt one? Any good? Hard to imagine him as the brooding Mr. Rochester!!

One Food in the Grave -- yess! That is good. I was especially pleased (w/ myself) that I recognized Eric Idle singing the title song. This year I got into Babylon 5 -- haven't watched it previous seasons. Favorite funny line a couple of weeks ago included the comment that the character did "not need a vacation at the Disney planet." I almost snorted my coffee. :-)

"This year I got into Babylon 5" I love that show, it's my favorite! If you want me to fill you in on some of the back story, let me know.

For a while I was having a string of really good luck jinxing my favorites right off the air - The Days & Nights of Molly Dodd, Reasonable Doubts, (something else which I can't remember right now), so that I resolved to not like anything so much that I couldn't bear to do without. My heart still hurts for these. Right now, tho' we do tape and watch Caroline, Friends(just for the Chandler, Joey, Phoebe half - the rest of them are wayyy too whiny!), Frasier, and Jeff Foxworthy (probably the only prime time my kids are into) DH does a lot of the ST:DS9 and Voyager, but I only watch with him if I really don't have anything else to do.

I really love Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman. I had never watched it in primetime, but I had surgery over the holidays and was home for three weeks; got hooked on the reruns being shown in the morning and have had to tape it since I got back to work. Parts of it are really sappy or fake (this is Colorado, yet the sun is always shining and it never snows, even when they're discussing having a "hard winter"), but the people interactions are right on and they're pretty realistic in dealing with Native American ssues of having their land taken away. Also, they have historical figures show up in town, which is kind-of fun. Plus, Joe Lando and William Shockley are pretty easy on the eyes. Anybody else like this?

I sort of like HOMICIDE--LIFE ON THE STREETS although there is some graphic violence, against the backdrop of Baltimore, Maryland. Interaction of the various policemen as they go about doing a very stressful job is very interesting. Extraordinarily realistic and I like the way certain characters continually reappear. An imperfect justice system where even serious crimes are never solved. Unfortunatly there is talk of taking that off the air.

Anybody else a fan of Beauty and the Beast (Ron Perlman - Linda Hamilton version)? I loved it the first time around, then taped most episodes when they reran it on the SciFi channel.

B&B -- an earlier obsession of mine!

Kathleen, what are some of your favorite episodes/scenes? I love the pilot, of course, but I also really love the "A Happy Life" episode where Catherine is so confused about what she and Vincent have and goes to spend some time with her friend in upstate New York. The ending, going back and forth between her driving home and Vincent coming up from the depths of below, with the beautiful music playing...wonderful!

Susan -- yes. A Happy Life was wonderful. I remember watching, and I kept wanting to shout, "Kiss him. Kiss her." What a lovely ending for that episode. I saw Roy Dotrice at a B&B Convention once. Marvelous storyteller. (I was embarassed when a B&B fan asked him if he was afraid he would be typecast. This was less than an hour after he told us about doing Abraham Lincoln in a one-man show.) Another episode (or part of it) was once when Catherine was in the hospital, and Vincent sneaks in to see her. She is barely recovered from the sedatives, but she tells him she had a dream about him. When he said, "About me?" I just wanted to melt. [Now, when am I going to have time to find, let alone rewatch, some of those tapes?!]

Kathleen, you reminded me of another fave episode, which I unfortunately couldn't catch on tape. It's the one where Catherine's father dies and she brings Vincent to him and introduces them first, then she goes to live below for awhile and Vincent can't bear having her so near and not being able to do anything about it. Also really liked "Winterfest." We find time for the things that are important to us! :-)

This week, my husband and I 'discovered' Spy Game (8:00, Monday) and laughed all the way through it. It was so much fun. Like a combo of "Get Smart", "Man from Uncle", and "Remington Steele" with central characters who could get drool thread of their own.

haven't seen Spy Game and be sure to tune in next Monday, BTW here's the link to the show http://www.silcom.com/~njhua/spygame/spygame.html That's somewhat reminds me of 85-86 LTW' Dampsey and Makepeace, a coper show with a romantic comedy twist to it, now there was great chemistry between the two characters set in beautiful London. Let's say it was kind of counterpart to Remington Steele.

Hmmm, I'll have to check that one out. I loved Remington Steele. One of my all-time fav tv themes too: "Try this for a deep, dark secret. The great detective RS. HE doesn't exist, I invented him...." I used to recite that every week and drive everyone crazy!! Anyone seen/like the 1984 adaptation of Scott Fitzgerald's classic Tender is the Night? It was a three-four part miniseries with Peter Strauss. Personally, that's the best adaptation I have ever seen of Fitzgerald's work. It came the closest to capturing the feel, look, magic of his novels-great location work and the music and costumes were wonderful. Peter Strauss made a convincing Dick Diver too.

Are Donna and I the only people who watch and enjoy the Red Green Show? It's a riot...a parody of male idiocy and human folly in general.

Kali -- did you catch last weekend's PBS fundraising special: Red Green live for two hours! It was a stitch. It is a very funny show. (I guess that makes three of us, at the very least.)

My favorite is "Politically Incorrect" with host Bill Maher. I started a topic on this in the tv conference just now. http://www.abc.com/pi/index.html

Politically Incorrect was a huge favorite with my family. Alas, since it moved to ABC none of us can stay up late enough to see it. :-(

Kali, Kathleen, Donna - I watch Red Green, too. Thought I was the only one....guess that makes four!

Did anyone else love "Homefront"? Jeff and Ginger are among my favorite on-screen duos. Kyle Chandler kept me watching every week, no matter how many times ABC moved the show in order to kill it. I have been looking for it to be repeated on a cable station (History Channel, A&E), to complete my tape collection.

Yes, Linda, I loved "Homefront", but it was so difficult to follow all over the dial. I also loved "Brooklyn Bridge" and CBS (I believe) killed that. I think I gave up watching much TV after all my favorites kept being killed off and was replaced by something a lot more stupid! I now watch mostly PBS!;-)

Loved Homefront!!!! And yes Jeff and Ginger-their romance was so cute, like a 30s screwball comedy. I especially loved Mimi Kennedy as the waspish Ruth Sloan. Great actress. My favorite Homefront episode has to be the thanksgiving dance episode when Jeff and Ginger compete against Charlie and his British war bride, the trampy Caroline. Ruth even dances-"do you know how to make a martini, with palatable gin? DId you see her waistline-how young are these people?" Terrfific writing.

Me, too, on loving PI and not being able to catch it. I must admit that I don't even know when it's on! Also, absolutely love the showings of Whose Line Is It Anyway whenever they air!

Right after Nightline on ABC. They have transcripts on the website.

thx, Terry!

It's handy if you have a vcr with delayed recording so you can set it to tape for 11:00 pm every weekday night. Some VCRs do this.

but that means I'll have to take my P&P2 tape out!!! :(