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I always find it hard to recommend TV shows. While some are no brainers, many have inconsistencies across their seasons. While I vastly tried to choose shows that were good from start to finish, there are some exceptions. I've provided a list of the exceptions below.

American Horror Story: Seasons 1-4 are best. Season 8 is good. Seasons 5, 6 & 8 are solid. Skip seasons 7, 10 & 11.
Boardwalk Empire: Seasons 4 & 5 closed well. The first 75% of those seasons were lower quality.
Brooklyn Nine-Nine: Season 8 was bad.
Community: Quality steadily drops after Season 3.
Dexter: Quality steadily drops after Season 5.
Dr Who: S1 is good. S2, S3 & S4 are best. S5-S6 are good. S7-S8 are bad. S9-10 are ok. S11-S13 are average.
Happy!: Season 2 was a dip in quality.
Marvelous Mrs. Maisel: S1-2 are great. S3 was ok. S4 was bad. S5 was great.
Master of None: Season 3 is unwatchable.
Modern Family: Quality dip after Season 6.
Not Going Out: Quality dips a little after Season 8.
Office: Slight quality dip after Season 7.
Red Dwarf: Season 7 doesn't have a laugh track. Only bad season.
Shameless (US): Quality steadily drops around Season 8.
That 70's Show: Season 8 was not great.
True Detective: Season 1 deserves this list. Season 3 is worth watching. Season 2 is moderate.
Two and a Half Men: Stop watching after Season 8.
Walking Dead: Season 1-4 + Seasons 7-8. Grit and bear through Seasons 5-6. Stop after Season 8.
X-Files: Quality starts to dip around Season 7. Completely skip Seasons 10-11.

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My favorite TV shows of all time from the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s.

Whether they're old, unpopular, or they just weren't filmed with very good film, this list celebrates the shows that don't have releases above standard definition (480p or 576p) and are unlikely to get the HD treatment.

This list is frequently updated. Upscales don't count. A strong preference is given to shows with home media releases.

TV shows are listed when shows are over/cancelled.

"You're going to make it after all!"

Recently, I wrote 100 essays totaling 260,000+ words about my 100 favorite shows ever made! You can find all of them here: https://medium.com/the-television-project-100-favorite-shows

Groovy, baby! I don't know. Is that what they said in the '70s or is that an Austin Powers vibe? Not too well-versed in either, as you'll be able to tell from this list. Not many Norman Lear shows resonated with me (he's a legend; leave me alone), but some of them broke through. Pretty much everyone was on drugs anyway, so who cares? To the denouement of the counterculture pre-greed baby!

Groovy menchoos: Land of the Lost, Mr. Rogers

This isn't intended to be a comprehensive list. I'm just going to be periodically updating this list with titles from the following IMDB search parameters:

https://www.imdb.com/search/keyword/?keywords=christmas&ref_=fn_al_kw_1

UPDATED: 5/10/24

NOTE: These are all movies/shows tagged with 'christmas' on IMDB, they aren't necessarily traditional Christmas movies/shows.

What an interesting story CBS has! For two decades, they practically dominated popular programming, all-time classic sitcoms, and acclaimed series. Now, they've gone the opposite direction and, for my money, they're perennially the weakest network. I suppose that's why we need the Paley Center and reverence for the history of television. The medium is nothing without CBS, but now, it's been forgotten. I'll root for a comeback because why not? It's good to have good things.

Every Emmy winner in the Comedy category.

Missing:

Art Carney Special (1960's winner)

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