The shows that I at one point said to myself in my head "This is the best show on tv" at one point or another were....
The Muppets
Newhart
Cosby Show
Simpsons
Cheers
90210
Seinfeld
Frasier
Sex in the City
South Park
Aqua Teen Hunger Force
Friends
Gilmore Girls
Modern Family
The Office
Big Bang Theory
Game of Thrones
Shows that didn't reach that level but were strong #2s or 3s at one point or another
Different World
Wings
Coach
Futurama
That 70s Show
Doogie Howser
Melrose Place (for like the first season when Aaron Spelling just had that one golden year and had like 5 winning shows going at the same time)
The Wonder Years
My name is Earl
Golden Girls
Dinosaurs
Shows I knew tons of other people were getting into and loving that I just was not watching
Lost
Mad Men
Breaking Bad
True Blood
anything with zombies in it
Sopranos
24
Dr. Who
Nurse Jackie
any competition show
The Wire
Dexter
almost any doctor show whether comedic or serious
Chapelles Show
Downton Abbey
West Wing
X Files
Vikings
various shows with lawyers
30 Rock
Good Wife
Glee
Weeds
Scandal
Star Trek TNG
Married With Children
Desperate Housewives
Shows I watched in reruns that I was blown away by
WKRP
Star Trek
I Love Lucy
Honeymooners
Taxi
Happy Days
Shows I watched in reruns that I sorta get why people liked
Andy Griffith Show
Leave it to Beaver
Gilligan's Island
I Dream of Genie
The Waltons
The Adams Family
There are many other shows that I watched a little and respected but aren't extremely notable
Everyone Hates Chris
Roseane
etc etc
Many shows I thought were bad
Family Guy
etc
Everybody Hates Chris was awesome. As to the ones I've emboldened, just, no
I did like your descriptions of, "anything with lawyers in it," and, "anything with zombies in it," but allow me to add another to such a list - "anything with vampires in it."
What the **** is with Dr. Who? That show sucks, and yet it never dies. Its premise sounds interesting, but it's just terrible, imo. Gilmore Girls? Really, man? I've seen almost every [dang] episode of that show and it was terrible. How they managed to say so much, so quickly, with a small amount of oxygen is beyond me haha. Frasier? Hell no. I think there was a character who described it perfectly, "I hate Frasier Crane." The best character on the whole thing was the dad, and maybe even the dog lol. And Sex and the City!!!!!!!?? Ahhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!! Why do I know who Stanford Blatch is? Why? I really hate the E! network, what with the Kardashians, the same 20-30 Sex and the City episodes that are constantly replaying, and their horrible, "Movies We Love," that somehow invariably lead back to a bring it on cheer-a-thon all weekend long on ABC Family. Ahhhhhhhh!
Sorry, it's just too much for me lol. Seriously, though, guys, if you're going out with someone and are unsure what a particular chick-flick is about, just pm me. I've practically seen them all by now. Ugh.