I'm a bit of a couch potato. Actually that's an understatement. I've watched TV shows ever since I understood what the electrical glowing box in the centre of the living room was trying to tell me. I don't discriminate. I will watch any kind of show. I have very fond memories of the US TV shows imported into the UK that I used to watch before the turn of the last century. I've not included animated shows or shows from outside the US. They'll be in a future post of their own.
Saturday evenings were the highlight of
my week when I was a kid. In fact as an adult every evening became the
highlight. Below are my Top 30 shows of the 20th century. I'm writing this with as little research as possible. Instead I've tried to rely on my memories of each show.
Many of your favourite shows will be
missing as there were so many, too many, to choose from, even without
all the quality shows that have been on TV in the last 15 years. I've
listed the ones that didn't make it into my Top 30 either because my
memory of them is not so good, or they didn't make the grade, or I just
never got around to watching them, or I was too young at the time to
appreciate them or they just didn't pop into my head until I'd already
picked my Top 30. Anyway, enjoy the nostalgia.
