Top 20 quality tv shows/2004

I'll contrubute "Law and Order," "NYPD Blue," and "Without a Trace."

I don't think there are 20 what I could consider to be 'top quality' shows, but here is my list in no particuliar order:

Sex In The City
The Sopranos
Six Feet Under (but after that stupid bonfire scene last week, I'm not so sure it deserves to be on this list).
Reno 911 (for it's hilarity)
The Daily Show (for it's political humor)
Bill Maher
Cell Dogs
The Simple Life (the only reality show I consider entertaining)

If it were not for HBO my list would be even shorter.

It depends on how you define "quality".

I agree with Doglover on The Daily Show.
I really love Still Standing
And I still watch SNL!
But I don't know if 20 quality shows exist!

Somebody forgot to tell the networks the shows should be entertaining.

Law and Order
Law and Order SVU
Everybody Loves Raymond
King of Queens
National Geographic Explorer
MSNBC Investigates

Reality shows suck (no reality involved, so fake and staged)

Lots of crappola on regular network TV. I seldom watch anything but the above and the news.

I think the network execs really need to get a grip on what people really want to watch (people over age 23, that is.) There are still some of us out here breathing.

1. law and order

2. ditto S.V.U.

3. Cheers

Then????

Six Feet Under
The Shield
Rescue Me (new last week, but I'm giving it a chance)
Deadwood
The Wire (assuming that they start showing S3 in 2004!)


I'd like to say The Jury, based on its Tom Fontana/Barry Levinson parentage, but other than checking out the characters from their former great shows (Oz, Homicide, The Wire), it's not that good.

Reality Shows:
Survivor
The Amazing Race

Cop Shows:
Law & Order Criminal Intent
Law & Order SVU
Monk

Craftsy Shows:
In a Fix
Extreme Makeover (Home Edition)

Comedies:
Seinfeld
Frazier
and I have just discovered The Assistant - which is a take-off of The Apprentice with Andy Dick. I actually laughed out loud at his attempts to pick fun at reality shows.

HBO
Sex and the City
Carnivale

I have an addition to make:

Da Ali G Show on HBO

The show, starring British funnyman Sacsha Baron Cohen is outrageously funny.

I don't watch a lot of TV, but I'll nominate Cold Case.

Booklover "The Wire" season 3 is scheduled to start Sept. 19.

Well, including the shows that were cancelled this past year, in no particular order:

Frasier (ended by itself)
Angel (cancelled)
The Practice (elements transferred to another show)
Law & Order (gonna be hard to envision it without Jerry Ohrbach)
Law & Order: Criminal Intent

24
The Simpsons

"The Sopranos"
"Curb Your Enthusiasm"
"Six Feet Under"
"Dead Like Me"
"Deadwood"
"Queer As Folk"
"Cold Case"
"The Tonight Show"
"Bill Maher"
"George Lopez" (having Hispanic friends and a brother-in-law, I love the humor)
"The Daily Show" (but too many repeats)
"Great Performances" on PBS
"CSI" (alhough they are now milking it to death)
"Frazier" (but it's now the end)
Rudy Maxa's "Smart Travel" on PBS
"Without a Trace"
"Carnivale" (not quite knowing where this is going until next season)
"The Wire"