TV Shows To See Before You Die

[Nightowl]

The X-Files


I haven't seen to many tv shows that really creep me out as much as The X-Files. After watching The X-Files it makes me want to take a shower.

The Twilight Zone

The show was so far ahead of it's time, that no other anthology show has come close to the genius of what Rod Sterling had created in the 1950's.

[venomx]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVAtfbEUTko&playnext=1&list=PL847C9F98FED161AA
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Star Blazers (TV Series 1979)

I want to watch EVERY episode before I kick the bucket. I started watching this back in 1980.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3RzAc3n6iY&feature=related
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Fist of the North Star. The 1984 series

Not the movie, not the remake, but the episodes, everyone I want to see in English.

[Psycho Circus]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8eBLveddSfM
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Miami Vice (1984-1990)

I've watched every episode bar the last three. I'm saving them for a special occasion I guess, and even though the series ended before I was old enough to watch it, it seems like it will depress the hell out of me when I finally get round to it. I watch every season in order though on an annual basis as soon as summer hits. The show has everything I want out of a TV series; it's filmed in the 80s, it's got style and substance by the barrel load, great acting, comedy and tragedy, a fantastic soundtrack, solid cinematography, writing and production. Still the greatest cop show ever in my opinion.

[Mr. DS]

Arrested Development

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9TXVMkQ29g
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[Flick James]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8eBLveddSfM

Miami Vice (1984-1990)

I've watched every episode bar the last three. I'm saving them for a special occasion I guess, and even though the series ended before I was old enough to watch it, it seems like it will depress the hell out of me when I finally get round to it. I watch every season in order though on an annual basis as soon as summer hits. The show has everything I want out of a TV series; it's filmed in the 80s, it's got style and substance by the barrel load, great acting, comedy and tragedy, a fantastic soundtrack, solid cinematography, writing and production. Still the greatest cop show ever in my opinion.

I watched Miami Vice on and off. I didn't watch much TV in the 80's as I was much more of a movie watcher (not much has changed), but I always appreciated the show. I never realized it ran until 1990. I don't think I watched any of it past, say, 1987. The rolled-up jacket sleeves were out of style by about 1987. Did they disappear from the show as well?

[Psycho Circus]

I don't think I watched any of it past, say, 1987. The rolled-up jacket sleeves were out of style by about 1987. Did they disappear from the show as well?

By the fourth and fifth season, yeah, much of the earlier styles had disappeared. There was a change in producers/directors for nearly all of the remaining episodes and the show had taken a much darker tone in regards to plots and overall aesthetics.

[Flick James]

The X-Files


I haven't seen to many tv shows that really creep me out as much as The X-Files. After watching The X-Files it makes me want to take a shower.

The Twilight Zone

The show was so far ahead of it's time, that no other anthology show has come close to the genius of what Rod Sterling had created in the 1950's.

Personally, I would place Twilight Zone in the top 5 television shows of all time. When you look at the period of time in which it aired, what a big gamble it was, how precedent-setting it was, and just the sheer sophistication, quality of writing, and consistency of execution for an anthology show, it is absolutely brilliant.

[Nightowl]

The Andy Griffith Show

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lli9ABUFZCU&feature=related
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Great family show.

[venomx]

There is a 1997 TV show about Godzilla's island. I'm sure it's Japanese but I would still watch it.



Plot...

In 2097, most of the world's monsters have been rounded up and are living on an island in the south pacific dubbed Godzilla Island. The kaiju are kept content on their island home, and are monitored from the G-Guard base in the center of the island. There, the G-Guard Commander watches and monitors the monsters day after day, with only the spherical robot Lucas by his side. However, the monotany of the job and of the monster's lives comes to an abrupt end when a gigantic UFO arives on Earth. Inside is the Xilien Zaguresu, who, under the command of her leader, the Giant Dark Emperor, is hell bent on taking over the planet, starting with Godzilla Island!

[Rev. Powell]

Arrested Development
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9TXVMkQ29g

Seconded.  Amazing this show didn't make it, as I've never heard anyone who's seen it who didn't think it was hilarious.

[InformationGeek]

Paranoia Agent

This is probably one of the only animes I think most people here could enjoy even if you are not into anime.  Basically, people on a verge of a mental breakdown are attacked by a mysterious figure called Lil' Slugger.  Who is he and what is his purpose?  That's where all the fun lies!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zgjbn74mL6Q
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Jericho

For the nonanime fans, I contribue this great series from the past decade.  Nuclear bombs go off throughout America one day and a little town in the middle of nowhere must try to survive in a new hostile world.  There's more to it, but I'll won't say more.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7kkZ-EQKcc
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[El Misfit]

Batman: The Animated Series- You just need to see this awesome cartoon noir TV Show Before You Die, you just have to!

[Nightowl]

^ I use to watch that all the time when I was younger.

The Adventures Of Brisco County

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVrZE5Y2lV4
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Starring the great Bruce Campbell as Brisco County Jr. It's the only western/sci-fi tv show I can think of. It really doesn't get all the notice it truly deserves.

[Mr. DS]

Arrested Development
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9TXVMkQ29g

Seconded.  Amazing this show didn't make it, as I've never heard anyone who's seen it who didn't think it was hilarious.

The characters on that show are epic...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5posU08HjXg&feature=related
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[JaseSF]

Shows I really hope to eventually see...


The Man From U.N.C.L.E.
The Girl From U.N.C.L.E.
Danger Man
Mission Impossible

Actually I caught a bit of these shows during my younger years but I really would like to see as much of them as possible through adult eyes.


I Spy
Blakes 7
My Favorite Martian
The Champions
Land of the Lost
Stingray
Science Fiction Theatre (1950s)
Jason of Star Command
Doomwatch
Space Academy
'Way Out
Fantastic Voyage
Patlabor: The Mobile Police

Everybody should see IMO (at least some of the best episodes of each) - in order of importance to me personally:

The Outer Limits (original b & w series)
The Twilight Zone (original b & w series)
The Prisoner
The Invaders
Star Trek (Original Series)
The Avengers
Kolchak: the Night Stalker
Batman: The Animated Series
Boris Karloff's Thriller
The X-Files
Lost in Space
Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons
The Wild Wild West
The Fugitive
The Incredible Hulk
Adventures of Superman
UFO