TV: Favorite Series
All recommended, but see "Top Series" list for my best of the best. Some of the erstwhile shows don't always hold up, but still make comfortable viewing.
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- StarsRoger MooreIvor DeanLeslie CrawfordSimon (the Saint) Templar's an adventurer, and friend to those in need. Where his money comes from isn't mentioned, but, he travels europe in his white Volvo P1800S righting wrongs.
- CreatorMichael GarrisonStarsRobert ConradRoss MartinDick CangeyTwo Secret Service agents, equipped with a wide array of gizmos, work for the government in the Old West.
- CreatorDavid DortortStarsLeif EricksonCameron MitchellHenry DarrowThe Cannon family runs the High Chaparral Ranch in the Arizona Territory in 1870s.
- CreatorBruce GellerStarsPeter GravesBarbara BainGreg MorrisAn elite covert operations unit carries out highly sensitive missions subject to official denial in the event of failure, death or capture.
- CreatorRod SerlingStarsRod SerlingRobert McCordJay OverholtsOrdinary people find themselves in extraordinarily astounding situations, which they each try to solve in a remarkable manner.
- StarsGian SammarcoStephen MooreBill FraserThe misadventures of a nerdish teenage boy as recorded in his personal diary.
- CreatorIrwin AllenStarsJames DarrenRobert ColbertWhit BissellTwo scientists with a secret time travel project find themselves trapped in the time stream and appearing in notable periods of history.
- CreatorStephen J. CannellRoy HugginsStarsJames GarnerNoah Beery Jr.Joe SantosThe cases of an easy-going ex-convict turned private investigator.
- CreatorBruce GellerRichard LevinsonWilliam LinkStarsMike ConnorsGail FisherWard WoodPrivate detective Joe Mannix uses force to solve crimes.
- CreatorLorenzo Semple Jr.William DozierStarsAdam WestBurt WardAlan NapierThe Caped Crusader and his young ward battle evildoers in Gotham City.
- CreatorGeorge W. TrendleStarsBruce LeeVan WilliamsWende WagnerA newspaper publisher and his Asian valet/martial arts expert battle crime as the feared Green Hornet and Kato.
- CreatorPhilip DeGuere Jr.StarsMatthew LabyorteauxTodd PorterJeffrey JacquetThe adventures of a group of young kids who are amateur computer experts and detectives.
- CreatorJohn WilderMichael ZinbergStarsSam ElliottCybill ShepherdDavid SoulThe trials of the Champion family as they run the Yellow Rose ranch.
- CreatorSam DenoffBill PerskyStarsMarlo ThomasTed BessellLew ParkerAn aspiring actress moves from her hometown of Brewster, New York, to try to make it big in New York City, having to take several offbeat "temp" jobs to support herself in between her various auditions and bit parts.
- CreatorJohn Sacret YoungWilliam Broyles Jr.StarsDana DelanyMarg HelgenbergerBrian WimmerThe trials of a weary nurse, her friends and colleagues in a Vietnam War field hospital.
- StarsErnest BorgnineJoe FlynnTim ConwayThe misadventures of a misfit PT boat crew during World War II.
- CreatorJerry BelsonGarry MarshallStarsTony RandallJack KlugmanAl MolinaroTwo men, a neat freak and a slob separated from their wives, have to live together despite their differences.
- CreatorJay SommersStarsEddie AlbertEva GaborTom LesterA New York City attorney and his wife attempt to live as genteel farmers in the bizarre community of Hooterville.
- CreatorLinda Bloodworth-ThomasonStarsDelta BurkeDixie CarterAnnie PottsThe misadventures of four women and their handyman running a design firm in Atlanta, Georgia.
- CreatorJim AbrahamsDavid ZuckerJerry ZuckerStarsLeslie NielsenAlan NorthEd WilliamsSight gags, puns and non-sequiturs ensue as bumbling Sgt. Det. Lt. Frank Drebin and his colleagues at Police Squad solve various puzzling cases.
- CreatorHerman MillerStarsDennis WeaverJ.D. CannonTerry CarterA New Mexico deputy marshal gets assigned to Manhattan's 27th Precinct.
- StarsRobert ConradSimon OaklandDana ElcarThe dramatized World War II adventures of U.S. Major Gregory "Pappy" Boyington and his U.S. Marine Attack Squadron 214, (The Black Sheep Squadron).
- CreatorMel BrooksBuck HenryStarsDon AdamsBarbara FeldonEdward PlattMaxwell Smart, a highly intellectual but bumbling spy working for the CONTROL agency, battles the evil forces of rival spy agency KAOS with the help of his competent partner Agent 99.
- CreatorEarl Hamner Jr.StarsJon WalmsleyMary Beth McDonoughEric ScottThe life and trials of a 1930s and 1940s Virginia mountain family through financial depression and World War II.
- CreatorTom GriesStarsChristopher GeorgeGary RaymondEric BraedenThe World War II North African missions of an Allied commando patrol squad of the Long Range Desert Group.
- CreatorDan WakefieldStarsLance KerwinLinden ChilesLynn CarlinJames, a daydreamer and photographer, must learn to cope with life as his father moves the family from Oregon to Boston, Massachusetts.
- CreatorRoseanne BarrMatt WilliamsStarsRoseanne BarrJohn GoodmanLaurie MetcalfA revival of the popular 1990s sitcom "Roseanne," which centered on the everyday life of an American working-class family.
- CreatorDavid AngellPeter CaseyDavid LeeStarsKelsey GrammerJane LeevesDavid Hyde PierceDr. Frasier Crane moves back to his hometown of Seattle, where he lives with his father and works as a radio psychiatrist.
- CreatorSol SaksStarsElizabeth MontgomeryDick YorkDick SargentA witch married to an ordinary man cannot resist using her magic powers to solve the problems her family faces.
- CreatorLynn Marie LathamBernard LechowickStarsKyle ChandlerSammi DavisKen JenkinsWorld War II is over and the boys from the town of River Run, Ohio, are coming home. It seems that life is slowly going back to normal, but war has changed everything and they will never be the same again.
- CreatorBill MartinMike SchiffStarsDonal LogueMegyn PriceKevin CorriganThirty-something Irish Catholic couple Sean and Claudia deal with their three children as well as Sean's judgmental father and carefree brother.
- CreatorMark BrazillBonnie TurnerTerry TurnerStarsTopher GraceLaura PreponMila KunisA comedy revolving around a group of teenage friends, their mishaps, and their coming of age, set in 1970s Wisconsin.
- CreatorEdward HumeStarsBuddy EbsenLee MeriwetherMark SheraPrivate eye Barnaby Jones works with his widowed daughter-in-law to solve cases.
- CreatorMichael MannStarsRobert UrichBart BravermanPhyllis DavisDan Tanna is a private investigator in the gambling town of Las Vegas, Nevada. Vegas can be seedy or glamorous, depending on your point of view.
- StarsMarianne SheehanRikki Beadle BlairNoel ClarkeKwame is seventeen; sexy and unswervingly straight with his hormones raging like a forest fire.
- StarsPauline CollinsJohn AldertonGraham CullThis spin-off of Upstairs, Downstairs (1971) follows Sarah (parlour-maid) and Thomas (chauffeur) some time after leaving service with the Bellamys.
- CreatorBonnie TurnerTerry TurnerStarsJohn LithgowJane CurtinKristen JohnstonA group of aliens is sent to Earth, disguised as a human family, to experience and report life on the third planet from the sun.
- CreatorSherwood SchwartzStarsRobert ReedFlorence HendersonAnn B. DavisThe misadventures of a large family united when a widower and a widow marry.
- CreatorBernard SladeStarsShirley JonesDavid CassidySusan DeyThe humorous adventures of a family of pop musicians.
- CreatorJohn HawkesworthStarsGemma JonesVictoria PlucknettJohn WelshLouisa Trotter works her way up from being a skivvy to being the queen of cooks, cook to the King, and owner of the Bentinck Hotel. Her life and happenings among the guests and staff of the hotel make up the 31 episodes.
- CreatorDick WolfRick EidStarsJerry OrbachJesse L. MartinDennis FarinaNew York's finest police detectives and prosecutors fight to make the city a safer place. With integrity as the guiding force from investigation to verdict, the teams weigh every perspective in their commitment to finding justice.
- StarsJack LescoulieThe June Taylor DancersRay BlochLive variety show with Jackie Gleason.
- StarsJackie GleasonThe June Taylor DancersJohnny OlsonJackie Gleason returns to the variety show format with his "American Scene Magazine". The official title of the show was, again, "The Jackie Gleason Show". Initially taped in New York City, after two seasons in 1964 moved to Miami Beach.
- StarsJackie GleasonJohnny OlsonThe June Taylor DancersJackie Gleason's last weekly variety series, which alternated between regular variety hours with big name guest stars and musical remakes of old "The Honeymooners" sketches.
- CreatorIrwin AllenStarsGuy WilliamsJune LockhartMark GoddardA space colony family struggles to survive when a spy/accidental stowaway throws their ship hopelessly off course.
- CreatorGlen A. LarsonLou ShawStarsJack KlugmanJohn S. RaginRobert ItoThe cases of a brilliant, if Irascible, coroner who investigates suspicious deaths which usually suggest murder.
- CreatorEric KripkeMichael CollearyMike WerbStarsTravis FimmelSarah Wayne CalliesMiguel A. Núñez Jr.An exciting contemporary retelling that transforms the classic Tarzan tale into an intriguing mystery and, above all, a fiery love story.
- CreatorStephen J. CannellStephen KronishStarsMichael ChiklisTheresa SaldanaKaj-Erik EriksenTony Scali is the police commissioner of a city where solutions often require creativity. Tony's calmness and intellect are far more useful to him than guns or brute force in his fight against crime.
- CreatorLloyd J. SchwartzSherwood SchwartzStarsBarbara EdenFannie FlaggJenn ThompsonSitcom based on the 1978 film of the same name.
- CreatorJohn WilderStarsRobert UrichAvery BrooksRon McLartyMystery and suspense series based on Robert Parker's "Spenser" novels. Spenser, a private investigator living in Boston, gets involved in a new murder mystery each episode.
- CreatorGene RoddenberryStarsPatrick StewartBrent SpinerJonathan FrakesSet almost 100 years after Captain Kirk's 5-year mission, a new generation of Starfleet officers sets off in the U.S.S. Enterprise-D on its own mission to go where no one has gone before.
- CreatorRick BermanMichael PillerJeri TaylorStarsKate MulgrewRobert BeltranRoxann DawsonPulled to the far side of the galaxy, where the Federation is seventy-five years away at maximum warp speed, a Starfleet ship must cooperate with Maquis rebels to find a way home.
- CreatorFrank DunganJeff SteinStarsChristopher HewettBob UeckerIlene GraffThe humourous adventures of an English housekeeper working for an American family.
- CreatorDavid E. KelleyStarsKathy BakerTom SkerrittLauren HollyAn aging Sheriff tries to keep the peace in Rome, Wisconsin, a small town plagued by bizarre and violent crimes.
- CreatorSidney SheldonStarsBarbara EdenLarry HagmanBill DailyA United States astronaut finds his life vastly complicated when he stumbles on to a bottle containing a female genie.
- CreatorCollier YoungStarsRaymond BurrDon GallowayDon MitchellWheelchair-using, crime-fighting detective Robert T. Ironside battles the bad guys on the streets of San Francisco.
- CreatorJack KennyStarsAidan QuinnSusanna ThompsonChristian CampbellReverend Daniel Webster turns to a modern incarnation of Jesus to help him deal with his personal and professional problems.
- CreatorTom PatchettJay TarsesStarsTony RandallAllyn Ann McLerieBarney MartinFastidious Philadelphia Judge Walter Franklin has a plummy housekeeper, a sloppy court clerk, an icy secretary, and an obnoxiously ingratiating Assistant District Attorney.
- CreatorJack CowdenRicou BrowningStarsBrian KellyLuke HalpinTommy NordenRanger Porter Ricks is responsible for the animal and human life in Coral Key Park, Florida. Stories center on his 15-year-old son Sandy and 10-year-old Bud and, especially, on their pet dolphin Flipper.
- StarsCraig T. NelsonJerry Van DykeBill FagerbakkeHayden Fox is the head coach of a university football team, and eats, sleeps and lives football.
- CreatorAnthony WilsonStarsGeorge PeppardRalph ManzaMurray MathesonThe adventures of proud Polish-American freelance insurance investigator Thomas Banacek.
- CreatorMichael EliasRich EustisStarsWilliam G. SchillingJeannetta ArnetteDan FrischmanA laidback teacher provides needed guidance about life for a special class of exceptional students.
- CreatorPeter MurrietaStarsRebecca CreskoffJulio Oscar MechosoJacob VargasThe colorful Campos family, recently moved from from working class to middle class, is headed by patriarch Joaquin and his wife Elizabeth. 15-year-old David Campos wants to look hip for the upcoming dance; 18-year-old Maria is telling everyone the family is from Spain; and David's girlfriend's mother Karen gets Elizabeth's goat with a racist remark.
- CreatorIan GurvitzStarsDweezil ZappaMoon Unit ZappaJosh WilliamsChronicles the unconventional family life of a stay-at-home writer father, his overly-involved wife, and their three independent yet close children, inspired by the real-life Zappa family and rocker Frank Zappa.
- CreatorDanny JacobsonNorma Safford VelaStarsRandy QuaidLuke EdwardsTamayo OtsukiDwight Davis, a widower and grade-school principal, is raising three sons with help from his wacky father Gunny.
- StarsRichard BooneRick LenzHarry MorganThe adventures of Hec Ramsey, a turn-of-the-20th-century detective who prefers to use his brains instead of his guns.
- CreatorDick WolfJack WebbStarsEd O'NeillEthan EmbryChristina ChangLAPD Detectives Joe Friday and Frank Smith methodically investigate homicides.
- CreatorAbby MannStarsTelly SavalasDan FrazerKevin DobsonA bald, lollipop sucking police detective with a fiery righteous attitude battles crime in his city.
- CreatorHugh WilsonStarsTim ReidRobert HarperDaphne ReidA professor from Boston runs his late father's New Orleans restaurant.
- CreatorDiane EnglishStarsCandice BergenGrant ShaudRobert PastorelliThe personal and professional misadventures of an opinionated but beloved woman working as a television journalist.
- CreatorWilliam M. FinkelsteinStarsMariel HemingwayPeter OnoratiDebi MazarEli and Sydney are top divorce attorneys in New York City. The dynamic changes when Charlie is hired and Eli takes a lower profile. Sydney and Charlie develop a flirtatious arrangement while concentrating on their clients' problems.
- CreatorDavid Bar KatzJohn LeguizamoStarsJorge Luis AbreuTammi CubiletteYelba Zoe McCourtJohn Leguizamo's edgy sketch comedy show and spiritual sequel to "In Living Color".
- CreatorJames Lee BarrettStarsCarroll O'ConnorAlan AutryDavid HartThe cases and adventures of the police forces in and around Sparta, Mississippi.
- CreatorDan GuntzelmanSteve MarshallStarsBill KirchenbauerDeborah HarmonHeather LangenkampGym teacher Graham Lubbock and his wife Elizabeth live in Eureka, California with their eight children.
- CreatorJames L. BrooksAllan BurnsGene ReynoldsStarsEdward AsnerRobert WaldenMason AdamsThe trials of a former television station manager, turned newspaper city editor, and his journalist staff.
- CreatorFax BahrAdam SmallStarsMichael McDonaldDebra WilsonAries SpearsA sketch comedy show based on the seminal Mad Magazine.
- CreatorBarbara AvedonBarbara CordayStarsTyne DalySharon GlessAl WaxmanTwo female police detectives cooperate with each other both in their professions and in their personal lives.
- CreatorLon DiamondClyde PhillipsStarsCorin NemecBilly JayneTroy W. SlatenFor a cool high-school kid and his friends, thwarting authority figures and other enemies is never a problem.
- CreatorMichael LeesonStarsPamela ReedBonnie HuntJohn NevilleThe series chronicles the goings-on of various people in a small Pennsylvanian town which is renowned for its piano company.
- CreatorCarol BlackNeal MarlensStarsFred SavageDan LauriaAlley MillsKevin Arnold recalls growing up during the late 60s and early 70s; the turbulent social times make the transition from child to adult unusually interesting.
- CreatorRichard LevinsonWilliam LinkStarsPeter FalkMike LallyJohn FinneganLos Angeles homicide detective Lieutenant Columbo uses his humble ways and ingenuous demeanor to winkle out even the most well-concealed of crimes.
- CreatorChuck LorreBill PradyStarsJohnny GaleckiJim ParsonsKaley CuocoA woman who moves into an apartment across the hall from two brilliant but socially awkward physicists shows them how little they know about life outside of the laboratory.
- CreatorMichelle KingRobert KingStarsJulianna MarguliesChris NothJosh CharlesAlicia Florrick has been a good wife to her husband, a former state's attorney. After a very humiliating sex and corruption scandal, he is behind bars. She must now provide for her family and returns to work as a litigator in a law firm.
- CreatorIan BrennanBrad FalchukRyan MurphyStarsLea MicheleJane LynchMatthew MorrisonA group of ambitious misfits try to escape the harsh realities of high school by joining a glee club headed by a passionate Spanish teacher.
- CreatorNancy Hult GanisJack OrmanStarsChristina RicciMargot RobbieMichael MosleyPeriod drama about the pilots and flight attendants who once made Pan Am the most glamorous way to fly.
- CreatorAnthony HorowitzStarsMichael KitchenHoneysuckle WeeksAnthony HowellAs WWII rages, DCS Foyle fights his own war on the home-front; investigating crime on the south coast of England. Later series, see the retired detective working as an MI5 agent in the aftermath of the war.
- StarsKevin WhatelyLaurence FoxClare HolmanDI Robert Lewis and DS James Hathaway solve the tough cases that the learned inhabitants of Oxford throw at them.
- CreatorMark GatissSteven MoffatStarsBenedict CumberbatchMartin FreemanUna StubbsThe quirky spin on Conan Doyle's iconic sleuth pitches him as a "high-functioning sociopath" in modern-day London. Assisting him in his investigations: Afghanistan War vet John Watson, who's introduced to Holmes by a mutual acquaintance.
- CreatorAndrew DaviesKate BrookeStarsRon CookJeremy PivenTom Goodman-HillCenters on the real-life story of the flamboyant and visionary American founder of Selfridge's, London's department store.
- CreatorDarío MadronaCarlos MonteroStarsOmar AyusoItzan EscamillaMina El HammaniWhen three working-class teenagers begin attending an exclusive private school in Spain, the clash between them and the wealthy students leads to murder.
- StarsCarol BurnettVicki LawrenceThe Ernie Flatt DancersTelevision show featuring skits by Carol Burnett and her comedy troupe.
- CreatorMitchell BurgessRobin GreenStarsDonnie WahlbergBridget MoynahanWill EstesRevolves around a family of New York cops.
- CreatorWilliam Moulton MarstonStanley Ralph RossStarsLynda CarterLyle WaggonerTom KratochvilThe adventures of the greatest of the female superheroes.
- CreatorEdward HumeStarsWilliam ConradPatrick CullitonTom PittmanFrank Cannon, a husky ex-cop and culinary enthusiast, solves tough cases as a private investigator.
- CreatorSheldon LeonardAaron RubenDanny ThomasStarsAndy GriffithRon HowardDon KnottsWidower Sheriff Andy Taylor, and his son Opie, live with Andy's Aunt Bee in Mayberry, North Carolina. With virtually no crimes to solve, most of Andy's time is spent philosophizing and calming down his cousin Deputy Barney Fife.
- CreatorGeorge W. TrendleFran StrikerStarsDick SimmonsYukon KingVic PerrinCanadian Mountie Sgt. Preston patrols the wilds of the Yukon with his horse Rex and his faithful dog Yukon King, battling both the elements and criminals.
- CreatorJoseph BarberaWilliam HannaStarsAlan ReedMel BlancJean Vander PylThe misadventures of two modern-day Stone Age families, the Flintstones and the Rubbles.
- StarsFred MacMurrayStanley LivingstonDon GradyWidower Steve Douglas raises three sons with the help of his father-in-law, and is later aided by the boys' great-uncle. An adopted son, a stepdaughter, wives, and another generation of sons join the loving family in later seasons.
- CreatorDavid DavisLorenzo MusicStarsBob NewhartSuzanne PleshetteBill DailyThe professional and personal misadventures of a psychologist and his family, patients, friends and colleagues.
- CreatorNorman LearStarsCarroll O'ConnorJean StapletonRob ReinerA working class man constantly squabbles with his family over the important issues of the day.