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30 days of TV meme
Day 01 - A show that should never have been canceled
Day 02 - A show that you wish more people were watching
Day 03 - Your favorite new show (aired this season)
Day 04 - Your favorite show ever
My favorite show ever? That's a hard one. Because so many shows change(d) so much in the courses of their runs, didn't they? I mean. Can I say Cheers, given how different it got when Shelley Long left and Kirstie Alley came in? Ditto M*A*S*H, Wayne Rogers, Mike Farrell; although I find a lot to like in both early and late M*A*S*H, they are substantially different shows. Likewise, as we all know, Sports Night season 1 vs. season 2. Likewise, obviously, Due South seasons 1-2 and season(s) 3(-4). These were all good shows (at least at the beginning and sometimes after the big change-up), but it's hard to say any of them is my favorite ever.
On the other hand, there are shows that never changed - actually, I was about to say The Sentinel, but that was very different after season 3, wasn't it. Hmm. Or, you know, shows that were never meant to stay all that much the same, like Law & Order (the original - I watch one or two of the others, but they are not candidates) or Doctor Who.
So, hmm. My favorite show ever. I think, even given my first graf up there, I'm going to have to go with The West Wing, despite the fact that it was really two shows, those being West Wing 1999-2003 and West Wing 2003-6. I liked the latter very much, but I adored the former; it is maybe the only hour-long show for which I ever deliberately and consistently made time in my schedule. Of course, now that we have DVR, the necessity of making time in one's schedule is different - I do still stop what I'm doing for Doctor Who and the spin-offs, and I keep them; and I DVR Leverage and White Collar, but I don't keep them forever - but West Wing, man, I hadn't known that kind of devotion to a show before that (ALL! SUMMER!), and I haven't really known it since, so there you go, that's the winner.
Day 05 - A show you hate
Day 06 - Favorite episode of your favorite TV show
Day 07 - Least favorite episode of your favorite TV show
Day 08 - A show everyone should watch
Day 09 - Best scene ever
Day 10 - A show you thought you wouldn't like but ended up loving
Day 11 - A show that disappointed you
Day 12 - An episode you've watched more than 5 times
Day 13 - Favorite childhood show
Day 14 - Favorite male character
Day 15 - Favorite female character
Day 16 - Your guilty pleasure show
Day 17 - Favorite mini series
Day 18 - Favorite title sequence
Day 19 - Best TV show cast
Day 20 - Favorite kiss
Day 21 - Favorite ship
Day 22 - Favorite series finale
Day 23 - Most annoying character
Day 24 - Best quote
Day 25 - A show you plan on watching (old or new)
Day 26 - OMG WTF? Season finale
Day 27 - Best pilot episode
Day 28 - First TV show obsession
Day 29 - Current TV show obsession
Day 30 - Saddest character death
Day 02 - A show that you wish more people were watching
Day 03 - Your favorite new show (aired this season)
Day 04 - Your favorite show ever
My favorite show ever? That's a hard one. Because so many shows change(d) so much in the courses of their runs, didn't they? I mean. Can I say Cheers, given how different it got when Shelley Long left and Kirstie Alley came in? Ditto M*A*S*H, Wayne Rogers, Mike Farrell; although I find a lot to like in both early and late M*A*S*H, they are substantially different shows. Likewise, as we all know, Sports Night season 1 vs. season 2. Likewise, obviously, Due South seasons 1-2 and season(s) 3(-4). These were all good shows (at least at the beginning and sometimes after the big change-up), but it's hard to say any of them is my favorite ever.
On the other hand, there are shows that never changed - actually, I was about to say The Sentinel, but that was very different after season 3, wasn't it. Hmm. Or, you know, shows that were never meant to stay all that much the same, like Law & Order (the original - I watch one or two of the others, but they are not candidates) or Doctor Who.
So, hmm. My favorite show ever. I think, even given my first graf up there, I'm going to have to go with The West Wing, despite the fact that it was really two shows, those being West Wing 1999-2003 and West Wing 2003-6. I liked the latter very much, but I adored the former; it is maybe the only hour-long show for which I ever deliberately and consistently made time in my schedule. Of course, now that we have DVR, the necessity of making time in one's schedule is different - I do still stop what I'm doing for Doctor Who and the spin-offs, and I keep them; and I DVR Leverage and White Collar, but I don't keep them forever - but West Wing, man, I hadn't known that kind of devotion to a show before that (ALL! SUMMER!), and I haven't really known it since, so there you go, that's the winner.
Day 05 - A show you hate
Day 06 - Favorite episode of your favorite TV show
Day 07 - Least favorite episode of your favorite TV show
Day 08 - A show everyone should watch
Day 09 - Best scene ever
Day 10 - A show you thought you wouldn't like but ended up loving
Day 11 - A show that disappointed you
Day 12 - An episode you've watched more than 5 times
Day 13 - Favorite childhood show
Day 14 - Favorite male character
Day 15 - Favorite female character
Day 16 - Your guilty pleasure show
Day 17 - Favorite mini series
Day 18 - Favorite title sequence
Day 19 - Best TV show cast
Day 20 - Favorite kiss
Day 21 - Favorite ship
Day 22 - Favorite series finale
Day 23 - Most annoying character
Day 24 - Best quote
Day 25 - A show you plan on watching (old or new)
Day 26 - OMG WTF? Season finale
Day 27 - Best pilot episode
Day 28 - First TV show obsession
Day 29 - Current TV show obsession
Day 30 - Saddest character death